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Papers of J. H. Davies, 1883-1929, including correspondence, diaries, writings, notes and cuttings.

Two series of Gogerddan estate records comprising fire, life and livestock insurance policies, 1847-1929; and miscellaneous, pre-boxed estate papers which include documents relating to fire insurance and other matters, (Watermark 1801)-[early 20th cent]

County administration papers from Cardiganshire, reflecting the role of the Pryse family of Gogerddan in the public life of the county, notably Sir Richard Pryse in the seventeenth century, and Pryse Pryse and Edward Lewis Pryse in the nineteenth, . The papers comprise appointments to the offices of Deputy Lieutenant and Keeper of the Rolls of Cardiganshire, 1607-1859; papers of sheriffs, gaolers, bailiffs, JPs and the militia, 1603-1896; crown revenue records, 1523-1651; Cardigan court leet presentments and an account, 1701-1767; miscellaneous Cardiganshire administration papers, [late-17th x early-18th cent.]-1919; and Aberystwyth Corporation and Court Leet papers, 1705-1929

Papers relating to county administration in Montgomeryshire, 1603-1661, 1893-1929, Merioneth, 1580-1740, Breconshire, Herefordshire, Pembrokeshire and miscellaneous Welsh counties, 1607-1859, which reflect the public role of the families of Pryse of Gogerddan, Pughe of Mathafarn, Salesbury of Rug and Lewis [of Llan-gors] within those counties. The section includes a number of seventeenth century documents pertaining to the office of sheriff, deputy lieutenant and other county officials

Papers,1870-1930 (mostly [early 1880s]-1899), of or relating to Thomas Edward Ellis.

Family deeds and documents of the Pryse family of Gogerddan, Woodstock and Buscot Park, comprising probate records, 1584-[19]16, and family deeds and settlements, 1549-1932. They include records of branches of the Pryse family of Glanfread, Ynysgreigog, Glanmeryn and Aberllefenni, and of Loveden of Buscot Park.

The rentals are arranged into four series: first series, c.1550-1740; main series, 1760-1933; draft rentals, 1818-1874, and tithe rentals, 1818. Rentals for 1662-1665 and 1742-1759 are with the rentals of the Badminton Welsh estate at BM1. Some of the rentals were removed from Badminton Group II; previous reference numbers are given where appropriate.

Accounts of the Brogyntyn estate and Ormsby Gore family, comprising general accounts, 1833-1890, and Brogyntyn trust accounts and vouchers, 1848-1934

Papers relating mainly to the Gogerddan hunt but also to a small number of other hunts in Wales and England. The Gogerddan group comprises personal hunting journals or diaries of several members of the Pryse family, 1836-1923, Gogerddan Hounds pedigree books, 1834-1899, and Gogerddan Hunt hound pack lists, accounts, etc., 1840-1935. The non-Gogerddan group, relates to other hunts in west Wales and the Cotwolds, and to various hunting associations, and comprises mainly hound pack lists, reports and year books, 1848-1910

Deeds and other documents recording sales of Wynnstay land in Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire, 1853-1921, Merioneth, 1858-1860, Montgomeryshire, 1853-1897, Salop, 1851-1853, miscellaneous counties, 1840-1938, and London, 1857. Typically the files include draft or copy agreements for sale and purchase, conveyances, auction notices, sale particulars, conditions of sale, requisitons on title, solicitors’ correspondence and maps or plans. There is a further series of abstracts, schedules, requisitions on title, etc. found with the conveyances and probably accumulated for the purpose of the estate sales and purchases [1771x1789]-1881.

Title deeds and other documents relating to properties mainly in the parishes of Oswestry, Selatyn and Whittington in the county of Salop (Shropshire), either purchased by the Brogyntyn estate or already owned and later sold or leased by them, 1607-1939. The properties include lands which formerly belonged to the Earls of Powis, the Lloyd family of Aston and the Owen family of Woodhouse, former common lands in the manor of Whittington and the Drenewydd estate purchased from the Wynne family of Peniarth in 1830. There are substantial quantities of deeds for the farm of Pentreclawdd, 1607-1899, the Vron, Selatyn, 1697-1874, Pentre David, 1707-1827, Pentrepant, 1741-1894, lands around the Brick Kilns in Oswestry, 1783-1909, and miscellaneous other properties, 1740-1939.

Papers, 1892-1942, of Annie J. Hughes-Griffiths (née Davies, other married name Ellis), including letters to her from her first husband Thomas Edward Ellis, 1897-1898, her son Thomas Iorwerth Ellis, 1907-1942, and others; diaries, 1909-1939; and other papers.

Fishing records of the Gogerddan estate, comprising a series of fishing books specifically for recording catches at the Angler’s Retreat, 1870-1943, and other fishing books and permits for the Gogerddan estate in general, 1903-1926.

Deeds and other documents relating mainly to purchases and exchanges by the Wynnstay estate of farms and lands in Denbighshire and Flintshire, 1859-1927, Merioneth, 1892-1893, Montgomeryshire, 1836-1945, and miscellaneous counties in Wales, and in Salop, [1782]-1865

Records found in the Gogerddan estate papers relating to various parish churches in Cardiganshire and Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, 1620-1921, with which the Pryse family were involved, and a small number of papers from two nonconformist chapels in Carno and London, 1812, 1945.

Papers deriving from the administration of the Abernantbychan estate in south Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire, belonging to the families of Lewes, Pryse and Loveden, comprising general and regular stated accounts, 1613-1918, bonds and share certificates, 1660-`1838, surveys and valuations, 1720-[19th cent, second ½ ], leases, notices to quit and other tenancy papers, 1815-(Postmark 1906), demands and receipts for tax,, tithe rent and poor rate, [1779x1822], 1806-1918, notes, catalogue, schedule, etc. relating to estate sales and purchases,, 1797-1882, [1918x1946] and estate letters, 1699-1910; and a single series of legal papers, 1672-1891.

Papers and other material of or relating to members of the Rev. Charles Francis Powys's family, in particular his brother Major Littleton Albert Powys, his father the Rev. Littleton Charles Powys and his mother Amelia (Emily) Powys.

Family settlements, papers relating to the family trusts, and abstracts of title of the Williams Wynn family of Wynnstay, 1771-1933, together with an inventory of the Wynnstay settled chattels, [1948]; and a small number of similar documents relating to trusts of other, non-Wynnstay families, 1846-1881. Most of the documents are copies or drafts.

Letters mainly to the Pryse and Loveden family or their representatives, from their agents, solicitors, banks, other landowners, local authorities, commercial businesses, and social acquaintances, 1586-1949. They cover mainly the routine administration of the Gogerddan estate, and occasionally Mathafarn, Rug, Abernantbychan, Woodstock and Buscot Park. There is much detailed information on the local Cardiganshire houses and their occupants, relations between the estate and tenants, the exploitation of the estate resources such as timber, minerals and peat, investment in the railways and other commercial ventures (from 1860s), the development of housing in Aberystwyth and the surrounding villages (mainly 19th cent), estate improvements and technical advances in agriculture (19th-20th cent.), the effects of increased official legislation by county councils, rural district councils and the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. (early 20th cent.), sales of Gogerddan property, the maintenance of flood defences around Borth and Tal-y-bont; the establishment of local agricultural shows (late 19th –early 20th cent.), the Gogerddan mortgages, improved communications via the telegraph and telephone (early 20th cent.), problems of implementing the Pryse family settlements and the eventual financial decline of the Gogerddan estate (early 20th cent.). The eighteenth and nineteenth century letters frequently discuss the involvement of the Pryse family in Cardiganshire politics and parliamentary affairs.