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Papers from a case in the County Court of Cardiganshire at Aberystwyth concerning the bankruptcy of John Humphreys of Rhydtir Issaf, Bow Street, and a debt owed to Sir Pryse Pryse of Gogerddan, 1894. They include a bill for crop seeds, 1893, official forms, an affidvait of the Gogerddan agent, and a letter from the official receiver at Carmarthen, 1894..

Notebook entitled ‘Barddoniaeth’ (Poetry), containing poems in Welsh and English and other compositions by John Lewis, son of Anne Lewis, the old nurse of Sir Pryse Pryse of Gogerddan, compiled at Cardiff, 1879-1880. The contents include ‘Ar Drefn Natur’, ‘Ar Ddyfodiad Syr Pryse Pryse i gyflawn oed ai etifeddiaeth ar y 18 Ionawr 1858’, ‘What this doleful sound they are making? ‘ (on the death of a young girl in a coal pit at Aberavon), 1851; other poems to the heir of Gogerddan, the Marquis of Bute, 1872, and Charles Bird of St John’s church, Canton, 1877, together with reminiscences on John Lewis’s own career and the life of his mother, Anne Lewis (d. 1867); with enclosures, 1847.

Correspondence relating to the remaining stock and copyright of Dr H. M. Fraser’s book.

Typescript copy of a children’s story, extract from ‘Sunny Stories’ and a note stating ‘All rights sold’ to the story. ‘Bertie the bus’ was originally titled ‘Bertie the little bus’.

Election bills to be charged to Edward Edward Loveden in the account for 1785, expended in the year 1784, in the canvass between Mr Powell and Lord Lisburne for the county of Cardigan.

Volume numbered ‘Book 2’ containing a list of freeholders entitled to vote in the various parishes and townships in the hundred of Genau’r-glyn, 1817-1818.

Volume numbered ‘Book 3’ containing a list of freeholders entitled to vote in the various parishes and townships in the hundred of Pennardd, 1817-1818.

Papers and letters mainly concerning the drainage of Cors Fochno, particularly referring to Ynysfergi and Ynyslas, 1857-1899; an envelope on top of the bundle is entitled ‘Borth drainage and Ynyslas embankment’. For general content see series level description. The file also includes letters concerning the rights of the lord of the manor of Genau’r-glyn to wrecks in the foreshore of the river Dovey, under a proposed Dovey Reclamation scheme. The letters are addressed to G.G. Williams, Sir Pryse Pryse and Pryse Pryse Pryse, from Boys and Tweedie, 1857-1899; Thomas Savin, 1866, Cambrian Railways, 1881-1883, F.J. Webb of the Land Drainage Offices, Evesham, 1881-1882, the Land Loan Enfranchisement Company, 1882-1886, and H.J. Wyley of Bridgnorth, 1882-1887, with occasional copies of replies.

Papers labelled ‘Borth y gest ejectment’ from a case in the High Court of Justice (Exchequer Division) which includes a statement of claim by William Watkin Edward Wynne and other trustees of the Brogyntyn estate, plts, against William Williams Jones, deft, concerning the deft’s refusal to give up a property called Craigydon at Borth-y-gest and a piece of land which was appropriated to make a wharf, 1877-1879. The file contains a list of building leases granted between 1858 and 1874; letters to Longueville and Co. from Jones and Jones of Portmadoc, Lord Harlech and John Charles Burton Borough, 1877; tracings of plots in Mersey Street and Ralph Street; and particulars of building leases, 1878.

Published volume: ‘British Encampments lying between the Rivers Rheidol and Llyfnant in the County of Cardigan and their connection with the mines’ by J.G. Williams of Gloster Hall near Aberystwyth (Aberystwyth 1866). Map included.

Bundle in original wrapper labelled ‘Brogyntyn trust. Old receipted accounts, brokers’ notes and requests etc. to trustees’, 1895-1907. The contents include bills for legal services charged by Longueville and Co., W.W. Carruthers, and H.T. Dix and Sons of Dublin, and occasional related letters, 1896-1906; an application to the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, 1898, to enforce a payment to the current Brogyntyn trustees for land purchased by the Gorsedda Junction and Portmadoc Railway Company, together with transcripts of the relevant accounts of John Ralph Ormsby Gore and William Watkin Edward Wynne and William Kenyon Slaney against Patersons Snow Bloxham and Kinder, 1873-1898; and accounts for the sales of Dee Side, [Bangor Is-coed], the Cemais estate, Montgomeryshire, and properties in Sligo, Leitrim and Mayo, 1903-1907.

Bundle of accounts and receipts labelled ‘Brogyntyn trust vouchers 1911-1912’. Several of them refer to the sale of Church Island, Lough Gill, Sligo, and parts of the Caernarfonshire and Merioneth estate in Cricieth, Portmadoc, Beddgelert, Barmouth, Llanfrothen and Ffestiniog. Some accounts and letters mention improvements made at Bryn Efail Issa and the White Lion Hotel, Cricieth, prior to the sale

Bundle of accounts and receipts labelled ‘Brogyntyn trust vouchers 1914 (Dec.)’ but actually showing Longueville’s legal costs from 1911, billed to the trustees in 1913-1914. Some of the accounts record the sale of lands in Leitrim and Mayo through the Court of the Irish Land Commission, accompanied by affidavits of Baron Harlech and relevant letters

Bundle of accounts and receipts labelled ‘Brogyntyn trust vouchers etc. 1909-1910’, showing Longueville’s legal costs from 1907, billed to the trustees in 1909-1910.

Accounts and receipts labelled variously ‘Brogyntyn trust vouchers’ and ‘Lord Harlech - Longueville & Co’s receipts & bills of costs’, dated 1914-1929. Some of the accounts record the sale of lands in Sligo, Leitrim and Westmeath through the Court of the Irish Land Commission, 1914-1923.

Bundle labelled ‘Brogyntyn Trust’ containing assorted papers connected with the functions of the trustees, 1904-1921. They include valuations of horses and carriages at Brogyntyn and Glyn, and lists of pictures and articles of vertu at 37 Chesham Place and Tetworth valued for estate duty after the death of William Richard Baron Harlech, 1904-1905; an application under the Settled Land Acts for the provision of a water supply to Brogyntyn mansion, home farm and other parts of the estate in Oswestry and Selatyn, 1906-1907; a statement of interest due to Lord Harlech, 1910-1912, a bill of trustees’ costs from a Dublin solicitor, 1912, and receipts, 1913-1914; and letters from Longueville, Henry C. Legge and Frank Lloyd and Sons of Wrexham, concerning money to be advanced on mortgage to purchasers in the sales of the settled estates in Caernarfonshire, 1911-1912, Llandrinio, 1919, and Oswestry, 1921

Correspondence and papers relating to the Disasters of War: ‘Cadair Ddu’ banners, including preliminary design sketches and notes, location sketches, correspondence and papers regarding materials, material samples and photographs of the finished designs; together with slide images of the Bible banners and correspondence regarding the production of banners for Plaid Cymru.

Original bundle of bills and receipts labelled ‘Cardigan Receipts 1851 & thereabouts’ but the contents are actually dated 1850-1854, and include items from Pembrokeshire and occasionally from Gogerddan. There are bills for the freight of timber from Cardigan to Saundersfoot; building materials and repairs at Trevane in Pembrokeshire, Cillech, Cefenmaesbach and other estate properties, 1852-1854; election expenses for 1849-1852; and a letter of attorney to Thomas Davies of Cardigan, 1853, for the purpose of an enclosure act in 1845-1846. The file also contains Evan David’s bill for housework and gamekeping [at Gogerddan], 1850; and tax receipts for Gogerddan and Lodge Park, 1853.

Volume entitled ‘Cardiganshire list of freeholders’, showing freeholders and leaseholders of the several parishes, hundreds, precincts and commotes, 1767.

account for building materials and work done for Pryse Loveden at Gogerddan mansion and some other estate properties, together with measurements of the carpenters’ and masons’ labour, 1860-1861