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Sparse series of deeds for properties on Anglesey, which appear to have belonged to the estates of Chwaen and Glasinfryn. The files describe properties in Beaumaris, Penmynydd and Pentraeth, 1595-1612; Llanbadrig and Llandysilio, 1605; Llanddona, 1594; Llan-faes, 1527; Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, 1594-1595; Llanfair-yn-Neubwll and Treflesg, 1577-1603; Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog and Llanidan, Berw estate, 1656-1672; Llangoed and Penmon, 1509, 1580-1609; Llangwyllog, 1609; Llanrhuddlad, 1608; Llantrisant, 1598-1641; Newborough, 1607; Penmon Rectory and Millne Hely, 1642; and miscellaneous deeds, 1636.

File of notes, index cards and transcripts on the mediaeval charters originating from the abbey of Ystrad Marchell and from Wrockwardine, made by various antiquarians between 1795 and 1871, and by cataloguing staff of NLW [1945x1980]. See file description for details.

Two deeds, 1570-1572, recording the conveyance of Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid or Pimbremear), ultimately to the existing tenant, Howell Vaughan of Llanuwchllyn. The lake and its surrounds lay in the territory of Penllyn once owned by Ystrad Marchell Abbey and appropriated by the Crown after the dissolution. The deeds recite a grant by Queen Elizabeth in 1569/70 and the names of successive owners, London gentlemen, the last of whom conveyed the property to Vaughan; it then formed part of the Glan-llyn estate. Both deeds were contained in an envelope [c. 1945]

Fourteen charters, 1340-1549, by several of the lords of Powys, namely John de Charleton, Edward de Charleton, Henry Gray, Edward Sutton and Edward Gray, issued at [Welsh]pool (Powys) Castle or Mathrafal Manor. They include five pardons by Edward de Charleton to individuals who had taken part in the rebellion of Owain Glyndwr and whose lands were restored to them, 1408-1420. The lands to which they refer lay mainly in the lordships of Mechain Is Coed, Mechain Uwch Coed and Caereinion, Montgomeryshire. The recipient of the pardon of 1420 was Gruffith ap Jankyn ap Llewelyn ap Eignon ap Kelynnyn, an ancestor of the Vaughans of Llwydiarth and former squire to Charleton. Two deeds of 1418 and 1420/1 show that he benefited from further gifts of land and privileges. The gift of 1420/1 is the subject of a deed to settle a dispute between Edward Gray, lord of Powys and John ap Howell Vaughan in 1549. The charters of Henry Gray, 1446, and Edward Sutton, 1508/9, refer to lands in Caereinion and Deuddwr, granted to retainers for faithful service. Two other deeds, of Edward Gray, 1524 and 1540, concern previously forfeited lands in Trefedryd and Moel y Cornorion in Mochnant.

Twelve deeds, 1302/3, 1537-1675/6, the majority of which relate to the manors or lordships of Mechain Is Coed and Uwch Coed, Caereinion, Mochnant, Mawddwy, Cyfeiliog, Talerddig and Arwystli. Two of the deeds, 1302 and 1588, appear to have originated from the manor of Caus. The Vaughan family is strongly represented and the series includes settlements of the Llwydiarth estate, 1538, and the manor of Talerddig, 1673-1675/6, involving John ap Howell Vychan and Edward Vaughan respectively. Among witnesses named in the deeds is Richard Herbert, seneschal of Powys, 1537-1538.

Six mediaeval deeds concerning lands mainly situated in Wrockwardine, Shropshire, [1289x1324]-1336. The grantors include Fulk Lestrange, lord of Wrockwardine and William, Abbot of Shrewsbury. Other parties and witnesses named are Adam le Despenser and members of the Lochard family of Wrockwardine. Two of the deeds refer to a piece of field called Vedelye, which appears to be the subject of a family settlement between Walter, rector of Culmington, his sister, Godithe and Adam Lochard, her son, 1327 and 1336.

Two mediaeval deeds concerning lands in Wick, Carswell and Wroxhale [Wraxhall] in Somerset. The first [late 12 x early 13 cent] is a grant by the Beket family pertaining to land at Wick, containing specific boundary clauses and details of the payment made partly in money and partly in high-status goods. The second, a quitclaim dated 1307, may be part of a settlement involving families located ‘atte Wike’ and Clopton, relating to lands at Carswell and Wroxhale [Wraxhall].

Thirty seven charters of the Abbey of Ystrad Marchell near Welshpool, dating from 1183 to 1529, together with three Elizabethan inspeximus of the earlier charters, 1577-1588/9. The original foundation charter of c. 1170 is missing, but copies have survived in TNA and in the Wynnstay Estate Records at NLW. Twelve of the charters comprise grants and sales by Gwenwynwyn ap Owain of lands in the commote of Cyfeiliog, the hundred of Arwystli and the manor of Caereinion Uwch Coed, 1185-1215. Other documents in the Wynnstay archive include six grants by members of the former ruling elite of Arwystli [c. 1195]-1215; several grants of lands or pasturage rights in Penllyn and Edeirnion, Mochnant, Montgomery, Caledffrwd and Bachwilym; confirmations by King John, 1200, and Edward de Charleton, 1420, of previous grants; conveyances by Llywelyn Fawr, [1209] and his son, Gruffudd, 1226; records of disputes between the abbeys of Ystrad Marchell and Cwm Hir over lands in Arwystli, [c. 1216], 1227; a mandate of Anian, bishop of St Asaph, [1268x1292]; confirmation of a grant by John de Charleton of the abbot’s right to hold a court of his tenants, 1367; leases of lands in Arwystli by two of the abbots, 1490-1529; and a single charter of Owain ap Madog granting land in Dinmael to Valle Crucis Abbey, 1207.