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Correspondence and a typescript copy of a play about 1950’s village characters submitted unsuccessfully to BBC Wales.

Scrapbook of newspaper articles on beekeeping and associated notes; press cuttings titles identify the area as Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

A very early version of 'De Veritate', [?c.1619]x[1624].

Copy, [1610x1624], of ‘Observations of France’, by Sir George Carew, ambassador to France before 1610, together with a typescript review of the document, [1965xc.1990], by John Butler of the University of Manitoba.

‘Of the antiquity of parliament’, being extracts taken from the works of Sir John Doderidge [Doddridge], Francis Tate, William Camden, Joseph Holband, and Sir Thomas Smythe [Smith], [1600x1648].

Title deeds mainly relating to properties in the township of Mathrafal [parish of Llangynyw], Montgomeryshire, 1582-1697. Most of the deeds concern properties purchased by Evan Meredith, which descended to his son David Evans. They include the marriage settlements of David Deckyn and Jane vch Thomas ap Ieuan 1582, and of John Deacon the younger and Alice vch Robert Taylor, 1624; a deed of sale by John Deacon and family to Evan Meredith of messuages in Mathrafal and Cynhinfa, including a walk mill, 1640; a mortgage by David Evans to Thomas Richards of a ‘Meas-place’ or ancient tenement called Tomkis Tenement and lands (named) in the township of Mathrafal, 1690, which had been conveyed [c. 1650] by Thomas Benion and Sara his wife to Evan Meredith, dec.; a mortgage by Thomas Richards to John Edwards of ?Roxington, Salop, as security for the payment of arrears of rent on a capital messuage in Llannerchrochwel, 1695; an assignment of the mortgage of Tomkis Tenement and its lands by Thomas Richards, then of Moedog, to John Harris of Stretton, Salop, 1697; and a mortgage by John Harris (who had purchased the property from the heir of David Evans) as security for the payment of £150 due to Thomas Richards, 1697. Other evidence of the debts of David Evans comprise an assignment in 1677 of premises in Hirnant and Trefedryd which he had previously mortgaged to David Charles; and assignments of two judgements obtained against him, 1691 and 1694. The file also contains a conveyance by Henry Smith of Yockleton, Salop, to William Harries of Alberbury, of Whittiniacks Coppys and the Banckcroft, Yockleton, 1610.

Original bundle labelled as per title but also including some items relating to Gogerddan and the Brecosnhire estate, mainly dated 1710-1781. The contents relate mainly to the settlement of the debts of William Pughe, John Pughe, Thomas Pryse and John Pughe Pryse .They include accounts, rentals, and letters from agents and creditors. Items of interest include ‘John Pughe’s case’ [c. 1726], ‘debts and incumbrances of John Pughe’, 1744; Mr Powell’s charges for chief rents on Gogerddan, 1733-1744; a table of fees of the court baron of Cyfeiliog [1730s]; a case of trespass and ejectment in the court of the manor of Caereinion, 1737; rentals or rent accounts of Gogerddan, Cardigan Priory and Glanmeryn [c. 1737], Mathafarn, 1749, Cwm Cynvyl, 1774, Fynon Caradoc and Brynbanadle, 1755-1767, and chief rents of Gwynionydd Iscoed, (Watermark 1811); the bill of Doctor Alban Thomas for attendance on Thomas Pryse, 1744/5, an extract from the Gogerddan labourers’ book, 1751; and a letter to [Edward Loveden Loveden] from George Morgan of Brecon about the sale of the manor of Llanfihangel Tal-y-llyn, 1781. The file also contains a draft family settlement by Richard Lloyd of Mabws [pre-1757].

Bundle vaguely labelled ‘Old papers taken out of old lease book’ which relate to Caernarfonshire and Merioneth properties of the Brogyntyn estate, 1847-1878. The file contains a receipt for the sale of materials at the toll house, Brynyrefail, 1847; papers relating to crown rents in Caernarfonshire and Merioneth, including letters of J.E. Parry and the Office of Woods, schedules of rents and a deed for the purchase of the crown rents by the Brogyntyn trustees, all wrapped in a printed sale notice of property at Harlech, 1858-1878; a request and plan for a new house at Pant Dwr Oer, Beddgelert, 1873; the petition of Edward Lloyd concerning Harlech Lletty mines, 1875; a list of shareholders in Penmorfa Sett Quarry, 1876; a list of leases from Mrs Ormsby Gore of building land at Borth-y-gest and other places, commencing 1858-1874; leases, plans, and letters mainly by W.R. Lawford relating to Clenennau Mill, 1869, 1874, building plots and a site for schools at Borth-y-gest in the parish of Ynyscynhaearn, plots at Cricieth and at Porkington Terrace and Caefadog in Barmouth, showing the position of the railway line, Mynydd Gorllwyn in the parish of Llanaber, and the stone quarries at Fron Oleu, Portmadoc, 1858-1878; and a list of charges by Longueville and Co. with reference to a lease from Lord Harlech, 1877.

‘On obedience to kings’; anecdotes (many about clergy in France); Roman history; and other observations, [1610x1648].

Letters mainly from W.W. Wynne of Wynne, Holme and Wynne, Lincolns Inn, to Rev. George Williams, with one reply from Longueville and Co., concerning financial issues over mortgaged property in Llanfair [?Caereinion], namely Pentre Farm, Brynglas and Erw Wenith, 1901.

Household bills addressed to Pryse Loveden of Gogerddan, from cabinet makers and other tradesmen in Aberystwyth, Carmarthen and London, with summary account, paid 1861.

Original bundle of papers deriving from lawsuits brought in the High Court of Chancery by Martin de Carbonell and Justina his wife, plaintiffs, against Edward Pryse, Dame Dorothy Pryse and others, and subsequently by Carbonell’s executors, John Bontanden of St Anns, Blackfriars, London, John Guerrier of St Anns, Westminster, and Paul Jodrell of the Inner Temple against Lewis Pryse, 1696-1711. They relate to a claim on the personal estate of Sir Anthony Vandyke that was in the possession of Sir Richard Pryse (whose second wife was Mary, widow of Sir Anthony Vandyke and mother to Justina). The file includes letters to Edward Pryse mainly from Francis Meyricke and Thomas Barneby, 1696-1699; a decretal order of the High Court of Chancery, 1697; a bill of complaint and the answer of Lewis Pryse [1707], mentioning the doubtful validity of the will of Sir Carbery Pryse (d. 1694); and a bill of costs, 1711.

Large bundle of vouchers, account books, loose accounts and letters, 1856-1876, labelled ‘Papers relating to J.E. Parry’s estate taken from Mr Jones’s side table 18 April 1876’, referring to John Edward Parry, agent of the Glyn estate, Talsarnau. These papers also include a packet of vouchers from the Penrhos estate, Montgomeryshire, 1870-1871. The whole file has now been divided into six smaller bundles for convenience of handling. As expected, some of the content derives from J.E. Parry’s management of the Glyn estate. Many other vouchers and accounts relate to building work for J.E. Parry at Moelygarnedd, Bala, by Richard Roberts, William Evans, Edward Jones and others, 1872-1875; and there are traced plans of Moelygarnedd, 1873-1875. Other items include bank books of John E. Parry in account with the National Provincial Bank of England, and Cassons and Co, Portmadoc, 1856-1875; a licence to kill game, 1873; and a report by Howell Hedd Lloyd Clough and [?] Williams on the mineral lordship of Mold, 1872. The letters are mostly to or by J.E. Parry, and occasionally William Ormsby Gore. Correspondents include Parry’s agent or foreman, Richard Roberts (in Welsh) concerning the building work and grounds at Moelygarnedd, 1873-1875; T.H. Clough of Ruthin, about Parry’s request for a lease on the College Plantation, Bala, 1873; Robert Jones of Bryn Tegid on the necessity of widening Llanycil Bridge, 1875; and A.A. Passingham on behalf of the Local Board, requesting Moelygarnedd land to create a reservoir near Bala, 1875. The Penrhos estate vouchers relate mostly to building repairs and work on the timber plantations, 1870-1871.

Original bundle of papers and letters relating to Aberystwyth Borough and Corporation, 1706-1929. They refer mainly to the constitution and procedure of Aberystwyth Court Leet and the powers of the Corporation, particularly in the election of the mayor amd in the control of waste lands around the town; and the file includes a case and opinion of C. Abbott of Shrewsbury on those issues, 1815. Several letters and notices demonstrate the interest of the Powell family of Nanteos as lords of the manor of Aberystwyth and conflict with the Gogerddan interest. The file includes lists of Aberystwyth Corporation officers and of burgesses, 1706-1709 (certified 1729/30), 1812; a representation to the Commissioners of H.M. Customs on the dissolute behaviour of John James and Richard Lloyd; letters to Thomas Pryse, Edward Loveden Loveden and Pryse Pryse from William Williams, 1737, Uvedale Price of Foxley, 1795, Edward Horne of Lincolns Inn, Thomas Jones of Machynlleth, 1814-1823, and Rice Williams on his dispute over land near Brindiodde, 1827, a list of allotments granted, 1813, and a rental of new and renewed grants from the Corporation of Aberystwyth, 1821; a printed report of the committee appointed by the Council of the Borough of Aberystwyth, to inquire into the unappropriated land belonging to the Corporation, 1837; a petition to the Board of Guardians of Aberystwyth Union to sever the township of Trefeurig from the current district and attach it to Aberystwyth for the purpose of registering births and deaths [1849x1855]; and printed articles on the history of parliamentary representation, 1849, and on the former office of ragler (rhaglaw0 in Cardiganshire, 1929.

Typescript copy of a children’s story. See also reference in correspondence in file 35.

Title deeds relating to Peniarth Farm in the parish of Meifod, Montgomeryshire, 1800-1812. They comprise a mortgage by Rev. Thomas John Davies of Trewylan to Thomas Evans of Farchwel, 1800; an abstract of title of Rev. Thomas John Davies, 1732-1800 [compiled c. 1800]; a report by Humphrey Jones of Meifod to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn on the condition of the property and a valuation of the timber, 1810; an agreement for the purchase, 1812; an assignment by Mary Evans, widow and administratrix of Thomas Evans, to William Parry Richards, of the term comprised in the mortgage, in trust for Charles Watkin Williams Wynn 1812; and the conveyance by Rev. Thomas John Davies to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn and his trustee, 1812.

Title deeds relating to properties in the township of Peniarth in the parish of Meifod, Montgomeryshire, and in Mathrafal, parish of Llangynyw, 1694-1815. The earliest is an assignment by David Jones of Bringlas and Ales his wife (nee Vaughan) to John Harris of Yockleton, Salop, of a judgement obtained in 1673 against David Evans of Mathrafal, 1694. The majority of the deeds relate to John David ap Humphrey’s house in Peniarth and they include: a deed declaring uses of a fine, 1708; a mortgage by John David ap Humphrey and Katherine his wife to Richard Derwas vicar of Meifod, 1721; the post-nuptial settlement of John David ap Humphrey of Peniarth and Katherine his wife, 1721; assignments of the mortgage from the Derwas family, with consent of Humphrey Williams and Sarah his wife, niece and heir of John David ap Humphrey, and their sons, David, William and Humphrey, to Sinah Price of Garth, 1754, then to William Williams of Coedtalog and Humphrey Morris of Peniarth, incorporating a settlement of the Williams family estate, 1759, then to William Moreton of Main, 1765, 1769, and to Evan Davies of Llanfihangel, 1772; the will of David Evans of Gwenynog in the parish of Llanfair Caereinion, 1763, proved 1767; a deed by Anne Williams and her son David to lead uses of a recovery, 1778; an agreement and deeds by David Williams and his mortgagee to Thomas Owen of Mathrafal for purchase of the property, 1796-1797; an abstract of title of Thomas Owen Jones (Watermark 1810); articles of agreement, correspondence and a conveyance by Thomas Owen Jones of Bishopsgate Street and his bankers to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn of the farm called Mathrafal or New Bridges, Llangynyw, and Gelly in the township of Peniarth and assignments of the terms of years to new trustees, 1813-1814. Other items comprise an Act for enclosing lands in the manor of Llanfyllin and Mechain Uwchcoed (printed), with commissioners’ receipts for lots purchased by Charles Watkin Williams Wynn and Thomas Owen on the commons of Allt-yr-Anchor, Rhos y Glascoed and Rhosfawr, 1813-1815; a lease by John Beck of Shrewsbury to vest possession of Rhosfawr in Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, 1803; and a conveyance by Earl Temple to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and Charles Watkin Williams Wynn of a cottage in Bakers Lane, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, 1804.

Title deeds mainly for Pentrego, formerly the estate of Thomas Brookes and Margaret his wife, and Maes y Wern in the townships of Main and Dyffryn in parish of Meifod, 1730-1795. They include deeds relating to a recovery of the estate of Thomas Phillips, 1730; a mortgage by Robert Phillips to Mary Harwood of Shrewsbury, 1731; a succession of assignments of mortgage by the mortgagees of Robert Phillips, 1734, John Lloyd of Pentrego, widowed husband of Elizabeth, niece of Robert Phillips, 1748-1750, William Humphreys of Llwyn, husband of Anne, daughter of John Lloyd, who had purchased the premises, 1759, and an assignment from the last mortgagee, Rev. Richard Maurice, back to William Humphreys, 1765; a conveyance prior to the marriage of William Humphreys and Ann Lloyd, in trust for the payment of annuities to John Lloyd and his brother Meyrick Lloyd, 1757; a mortgage by William Humphreys, of Pentrego, Calcots Field in Trefedyryd, Maes y Wern, Penybryn, Erw Glomen, Alt Vawr in Peniarth and Teitref, and several other properties, 1768, followed by successive assignments, a further mortgage, and releases by Ann, Hawley, Mary Esdaile, Frances Humphreys and Lucy Humphreys, daughters of William Humphreys the elder, of legacies received under their father’s will, 1787-1795; deeds by John Humphreys and the mortgagees and trustees, for the sale of Pentrego and Maes y Wern to Thomas Morris 1795, which the latter mortgaged to Edward Edwards, Archdeacon of Brecon, 1795; and copies of the wills of Robert Phillips of Shrewsbury, 1735, William Humphreys, 1772, his son William Humphreys, 1781, Jenkin Parry of Main, 1787, and Powel Parry of Overton, Flintshire, 1791.

Papers labelled ‘Penmorfa Award’ relating to a dispute over the boundary between Lord Harlech’s lands and Gesail [Gyfarch], 1877, comprising a letter from W.R. Lawford, a bill of charges by Spooner and Co., and two plans showing the boundary and a quarry leased to Humphrey Richard Thomas.

Title deeds for Pentrego in Dyffryn Meifod and Main, Montgomeryshire, 1665-1692. They include the following marriage settlements: Ambrose Phillips and Margaret his wife, daughter of Thomas Brookes of Dyffryn, 1665; Robert Parry of Main and Alice his wife, daughter of William Lloyd of Main, settling property in Main, Dyffryn and Dolgronn, 1667; and Robert Phillips of Shrewsbury and Elizabeth Scott, daughter of Richard Scott, naming Pentre yr Goe, the Bull in the township of Peniarth and other messuages in Dyffryn, Meifod, Main and Peniarth, preceded by a deed to lead uses of a fine involving Margaret Davies, wife of Richard Davies of Altfawr, to whom Robert Phillips was nephew, 1691, and followed by the final concord, 1692. The file also contains an assignment by Thomas Brookes, Margaret his wife and trustees to Ambrose Phillips of an annuity, 1667/8; and the will of Ambrose Phillips of Shrewsbury, 1677.