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Deeds and related documents

Title deeds and other associated documents concerning properties belonging to the Owen and Ormsby Gore families of Brogyntyn in Salop (Shropshire), 1607-1939, Montgomeryshire, 1647-1902, Merioneth, 1706-1961, Caernarfonshire, 1813-1924, Denbighshire, 1844-1898, Flintshire, 1870-1897, London, 1795-1895, Ireland, 1665-1920, and miscellaneous locations, [1600x1899], 1729-1977. The deeds reflect the consolidation of the Brogyntyn home estates in and around Oswestry and Selatyn, the development of the brick-making industry in Shropshire, the leasing of mines and quarries under mountain farms in Merioneth and Caernarfonshire, and building developments in the popular resorts of Borth-y-gest, Cricieth and Portmadoc. Most of the purchases were made by the Brogyntyn trustees in accordance with the terms of family wills and settlements, particularly those of 1815, 1844 and 1881. Consequently many of the files contain official reports, orders, etc. issued by the High Court of Chancery in connection with the purchases; these are not described at file level unless deemed to be especially significant. Some deeds record sales of parts of the Ormsby Gore family estates for the purposes of water supply, cemeteries, chapels and schools, and for the schemes of the Irish Land Commission

England (misc. counties) and Montserrat, West Indies : deeds and documents,

Title deeds and other documents found with the Gogerddan estate records, relating to properties in various English counties, 1600-1845, and a single file of deeds relaring to a plantation in Montserrat in the West Indies, 1695-1698. The Gloucestershire deed has an obvious connection with Gogerddan through Walter Pryse [of Painswick]. The provenance of the remaining items in the series has not been established; neither has origin of the file relating to the property in Montserrat.

Cardiganshire (Peterwell and Nanteos) estate papers and title deeds

Deeds and other documents found with the Gogerddan estate records, relating to two other prominent Cardiganshire estates., Peterwell and Nanteos. The bulk of this section is concerned with the proposed purchase by Edward Loveden Loveden oof the Peterwell estate ultimately confined to the acquisition of a single crown property and the profits issuing from the lordship of Iscoed Gwynionydd, 1607, 1748-1811. There is also a small number of papers in this section which relate to Nanteos, 1695, 1808-1812.

Gogerddan manorial records

Records of various manors which were held by the Gogerddan estate and records of manors belonging to the Crown or other landowners, in which the Pryse/Loveden family had an interest, 1610-1919. The largest group derives from the manor of Genau’r-glyn, Cardiganshire, and it includes good series of chief rentals, court leet presentments and perambulations, 1622-1919. Other manors represented here are Emlyn Iscych and Dyffryn Breuan in Pembrokeshire, 1646-1919; East and West Pembroke, 1736-1756 and [late 18th cent]; the manor of Cyfeiliog in Montgomeryshire, [c. 1674]-1920; Anhuniog, Creuddyn, Cyfoethybrenin and other miscellaneous manors in Cardiganshire, 1610-1906.

Records of official institutions

Records of official institutions with which the Pryses of Gogerddan were either directly involved or which they supported. They comprise church and chapel records in Cardiganshire and Montgomeryshire, 1620-1945; poor law records from Penbryn parish, Cardiganshire, Aberystwyth Poor Law Union, and Berriw parish and Machynlleth Union, Montgomeryshire, 1786-(postmark 1924); and papers relating to various charities, schools in the Aberystwyth area and the University College of Wales, 1752-1914.

Probate records, settlements, trusts, etc.

Papers relating to the inheritance and settlement of the Brogyntyn estates belonging to the Owen and Ormsby Gore family, comprising probate records, 1626-1922, and family and non-family settlements, trusts and abstracts of title, 1730-1974. There is a large amount of information, in the main content of the deeds and in the recitals, about the individuals concerned, the other families with whom they married, their trustees, the operation of the trusts, investments in land purchases and the purchase of stocks and shares, in accordance with the terms of the trusts. A further series describes a small number of non-family trusts, 1790-1906.

Pryse family of Gogerddan personal papers

Family and personal papers of the Pryse family of Gogerddan, comprising one section relating to various members of the family, 1641-1952, and the other relating to Lady Marjorie Pryse, 1911-1987. They include royal appointments of the Pryses to the baronetcy and grants of the surname and arms, genealogical papers, pocket books of Pryse Pryse, manuscript poetry and other literature, printed literature, membership papers of the freemasons and other societies, family letters, and the diaries and personal papers of Lady Marjorie Pryse, documenting her early love affair with the Polish pianist, Auguste de Radwan, her subsequent life as the wife of Sir Lewes Pryse of Gogerddan and her eventual decline into poverty, 1911-1987.

Gogerddan mining and quarrying records

Records of the Gogerddan estate deriving from the industrial exploitation of minerals and quarry stone on the estate. The majority relate to the mines and quarries in north Cardiganshire, 1656-1924, covering mostly the area between Aberystwyth and Machynlleth but also including Grogwynion at Llanafan. The group also contains a substantial quantity of letters and papers arising from the development of the Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway 1875-1919; and a small number of leases, letters and accounts relating to mining and quarrying in Merioneth, 1699-1913, Montgomeryshire, 1864-1881, and Flintshire, 1740. The papers record almost every aspect of lead, silver and copper mining in Cardiganshire, describing the initial surveys, the processing and extraction of ore, the equipment required, the output of the mines, the impact on the Cardiganshire landscape, the shipping of ores to Swansea, the investment and commercial aspects, and relations between the Gogerddan estate and the mining companies. It is interesting to note the involvement of investors and prospectors from Flintshire, Derbyshire, Cornwall, Scotland and London. This section is also a rich source of personal names, both of the mining contractors and their work-force. For the names of the mines and further details, see the sections below.

Gogerddan political papers

Political papers belonging to members of the Pryse family of Gogerddan, several of whom were Members of Parliament for the Cardigan Boroughs or for the County of Cardigan at different times, [1690]-1880.. This group contains parliamentary papers accumulated by the Pryses, 1708-1880; and papers relating to elections in Cardiganshire, [1690]-1871, which include which include poll books and lists of freeholders from the early eighteenth to mid-ninetenth centuries.

Settlements, trusts, abstracts of title and probate records

Papers relating mainly to the inheritance and settlement of the Wynnstay estates belonging to the Williams Wynn, comprising marriage settlements, various family trust papers and abstracts of title, 1771-1933, and an inventory of the Wynnstay settled chattels [1948]. A separate series describes the Williams Wynn family probate records, 1710-1924. Both series contain a large amount of information, in the main content of the deeds and in the recitals, about the individuals concerned, the other families into which they married, their trustees, the operation of the trusts, investments in land purchases and the purchase of stocks and shares, in accordance with the terms of the trusts. A further series describes a small number of non-Wynnstay trusts, 1846-1881.

Gogerddan estate rentals,

Rentals, 1747-1931, receiving/collecting rentals, 1820-1920, rent arrears, 1745-1817, rent audit books, 1891-1918, tithe rent charges, 1891-1916 ; and additional rentals, 1719-1931.

Financial papers

Financial papers of the Wynnstay estate comprising mortgages and related papers, 1770-1921; accounts of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, sixth Baronet Wynnstay, and his trustees, 1844-1886; and financial reports of companies offering investment opportunities, together with miscellaneous other papers, 1870-1880.

Gogerddan papers relating to railways, roads and bridges

Papers within the Gogerddan estate records relating to Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway, Cambrian Railways and other rail companies in Wales and Shropshire, 1852-1900; and papers relating to roads and bridges in Cardiganshire, 1776-[late 19th x early 20th cent.]

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