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Chief rental of the manor of Genau’r-glyn, 1867-1873, followed by a note of George Griffiths Williams, acknowledging receipt of the book and papers, 1884, with enclosures, 1875-[18]94.

Title deeds relating to the estate of Mathrafal in the parish of Llangynyw, Montgomeryshire, 1785-1814. The file includes an agreement between William Mostyn Owen of Woodhouse, Salop, and Thomas Owen[s] of Gaer, Meifod, for the sale of Mathrafal, 1785; a copy release by William Mostyn Owen to John Humffreys Jones of Mathrafal and several other mortgaged premises mainly in the parish of Llanfechain, 1787; deeds for two purchases by Elizabeth Owens of Gaer, firstly from George Edward Henry Arthur Earl of Powis, of pieces of land in the tenancy of William Owen, 1786, and secondly from William Mostyn Owen, with the agreement and at the request of Thomas Owens, with John Humffreys Jones of Llanfyllin acting as trustee for the purchase, 1787; attested copy of the will of Elizabeth Owen, then of Meifod, devising Mathrafal to her grandson Thomas Owen Jones 1806; a printed ‘Act for inclosing lands in the manor of Caereinion Iscoed in the county of Montgomery’ [1810]; a release by John Whitticase of Guilsfield to Thomas Owen Jones of an annuity charged on Mathrafal, 1813; and a mortgage and bond by Thomas Owen Jones to Bruce, Simpson and Mackenzie, bankers of London, 1813, endorsed with an undertaking by the bankers to execute a reconveyance of the premises to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, the purchaser, upon repayment of the mortgage, 1814.

Bundle in original wrapper labelled ‘Meifod leaseholds and conveyance to A.W. Wynn’ containing a conveyance by the trustees of the late Evan Ellis of Meifod to Thomas Owens of Frondeg of the Triangle Field near Meifod for the residue of a term of years created by the will of John Humphreys, 1836; successive assignments of the leasehold by Thomas Jones and David Davies to Rev. Levi Rees Jacob, vicar of Llanllugan, 1869, to William Evans, 1869, and to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn of Coedymaen, 1871, with a schedule of deeds, 1881; and a conveyance by Charles Watkin Williams Wynn of his estate for life to his son Arthur Watkin Williams Wynn in a messuage and lands called Penygraig or Tynygraig in the township of Peniarth and parish of Meifod, 1891.

Original parcel of vouchers labelled ‘Merionethshire and Carnarvonshire bills paid 1861’, containing separate packets for each of the two counties. Includes in Merioneth: bills for building repairs at Glyn Hall and farm, Friddfedw, Llechollwyn, Ty Cerrig, houses in Harlech, Glan y Mor, Singrig Mill and Hafod Ucha; and a subscription for the celebration at Barmouth of William Wynne coming of age. Includes in Caernarfonshire: building repairs at Braich y Saint, houses in Penmorfa, Ty Mawr in Treflys, Brynefail Isa, Maesyllech, Bwlchyfedwen, Clenennau, Tynlone, Fronolau, Blaen y Cae, Plas yn Pennant, Ystumcegid, etc.

An address by William Robert Maurice Wynne of Peniarth to the electors in the Merioneth election, 1868.

Typescript copy of an adult story published by ‘Pembrokeshire Women’s Institute Writer’s Magazine' including an extract.

Correspondence and two typescript copies, with slight differences, of a factual article, and an extract from the issue of ‘Pembrokeshire Federation of Women’s Institutes – Produce Guild Bulletin’ (March 1956) in which it was published.

Original parcel of letters marked ‘Miscellaneous Letters 1851-1855’. The letters are mostly to the Gogerddan agent, John Graham Williams of Aberystwyth, and occasionally to Edward Lewis Pryse, dated 1851-1854. Correspondents include James Lloyd of Lodge Park, J.M Davies of Penpompren, James Davies of Ffosrhydgaled, 1851, William Wilkins [Office of Woods and Forests], 1851, Thomas Hughes of Castelldu, 1852, Jeffreys of Glandyfi Castle, 1852, John James of Ynyseidol, 1852, Aberystwyth Foundry, 1853, Thomas Holmes of Llanidloes, 1853-1854, Matthew D. Williams of Cwmcynfelyn, 1854, and Capt. W.T. Jones of Gwynfryn. Items of interest include Thomas Penson of Gwersyllt Hall and Oswestry about the new Llyfnant Bridge, 1851-1852, Llewellyn Davies of Llanidloes on mapping Nantyrarian manor, 1851, Charles Wilding of Powis Castle about the rent for Trwyngwningen near Aberystwyth Castle, 1851-1853, Lewis Roberts of the Feathers Inn, Aberaeron, about his profligate father’s illicit sale of Ty Quarrel, 1852, J. Bithell of Westminster on the lack of Welsh investmentt in the Shrewsbury and Aberystwyth Railway, 1852, and a letter to Capt. Gwynne of Glanlery, enclosing the resolution of a vestry to extend the road at Borth, 1854. The file also contains a valuation at Rhydypennau, 1853, a copy of an agreement between Pryse Loveden and the commissioners of the Turnpike Trust to widen the road from Aberystwyth to Ponterwyd near Parson’s Mill; and a small number of estate accounts and receipts, 1851-1853.

Correspondence and a typescript copy relating to a children’s story submitted to Brockhampton Press 9 July 1968 with no success, and also submitted unsuccessfully to BBC Schools in June 1970.

Original parcel labelled ‘Miss Loveden’s receipts 1833’, comprising bills and receipts, actually dated 1827-1841, mainly for building work, repairs and furnishings at her house in Bridge Street by various Aberystwyth tradesmen including Edward and John Lumley, Lewis Hopkins, William Williams, glazier and painter, and William Jones; some carriage and saddlery repairs; and the salary of William Williams for managing her affairs

Papers relating to the election of a member to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Montgomery, 1877, in which the candidates were Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest Viscount Castlereagh and Frederick Stephen Archibald Hanbury-Tracy. The file contains a printed register of persons entitled to vote, listing the boroughs and polling districts of Llanfyllin, Llanidloes, Machynlleth, Montgomery, Newtown and Welshpool, 1877, accompanied by vouchers and bills for election expenses, and letters mainly requesting and acknowledging payments, enclosed in an issue of the Mid-Wales Telegraph & Observer, and Cambrian General Advertiser, 21 July 1877, labelled ‘Election Expenses’

Assignment by John Jones of London to Arthur Champness in trust for John Oldbury, of a judgement obtained in 1670 by Henry Rumsey of Dolwyn Eglwys, Cardiganshire, against Henry Vaughan of Gelli-goch, Montgomeryshire, for a debt secured on tenements called Moel y Coed, Ty Braich Ythellgam, and lands called Dolegau and Llechweth Dyrris, subsequently purchased by Humphrey Jones, then by William Corbett of the Middle Temple, 1695.

‘Mr Hughe’s observations on the abstract of the title laid before him of Mrs Mary Evans and Mrs Jane Evans’s house…sent by Mr Cuthbert’, listing deeds from 1706 to 1759, some of which name Wiliam Brigstocke

Rental of the estate of [Richard] Lloyd [ of Mabws] situated in Llanrhystud, Llansanffraid, Llanbadarn Fawr, etc. in Cardiganshire, Llanegwad in Carmarthenshire, Llanfrynach, Llanfigan and Llanelli in Breconshire, and Newcastle Upon Tyne, St Nicholas, in Northumberland, as evidence of his property qualification in the elections of 1729 and 1741

Volume entitled ‘Mr Loveden’s election account for 1852 as pd by Thomas Jones’ in 1853. Includes payments to sea captains and travelling expenses of voters from Builth, Bristol, Liverpool, etc.

Copy of information and correspondence, subscribed with the legal opinion of Lancelot Shadwell on the title of Pant y Bettws and Coed y Perthy, which Edward Loveden Loveden proposed to purchase, 1797.

Papers of William Poole of Peithyll, comprising accounts, bills, receipts and relevant letters, 1829-1837. The bundle inlcudes bills and receipts for building work done at Troedrhiwgwine between 1824 and 1830; William Poole’s accounts with Pryse Pryse for Troedrhiwgwine and Peithyll, 1824-1836, settled in 1837; accounts of rabbit damage at Peithyll, 1826-1827; letters between the agents, Oliver Lloyd of Cardigan and William Williams of Aberystwyth, concerning Poole’s lease, rent arrears and the proposed sale of his property, 1830-1836; and a list of livestock and crops proposed by Poole to assign to Oliver Lloyd as security for his arrears of rent, 1833.

Case for opinion of counsel on the right of Edward Pryse and Richard Pryse to pass a fine and recovery of the Gogerddan estate and to settle the same on Lewis Pryse and his heirs male without Benjamin Collyer, mortgagee of Park [Bodvage], being a party to the recovery [c. 1719]

Original bundle of vouchers labelled ‘Mr Wynn’s receipts’ recording the receipt of payments from Farr and Pickering on account of coal, by Ellis Wynne for Plas Issa Company, and for Farr, Wynne and Jones, 1814-1827.