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Rental [of the Abernantbychan estate] for Lady Day 1836

Notebook of S. M. Holworthy, Bath, containing extracts from diaries and prayers, 1837

Llyfr tonau Richard Jones, Mathan Ganol, Boduan, 1839.

One hundred and two engravings, some dated 1736-1841, comprising (i) twenty-seven topographical and architectural views, 1755-1841 and [n.d.], eighteen of which relate to County Durham and the surrounding area; (ii) nineteen portraits, 1740-1832 and [n.d.], including five by Jacobus Houbraken; (iii) eight satirical cartoons, caricatures, etc., 1736-1816, by William Hogarth, Robert Dighton, Richard Dighton, and possibly others; (iv) forty-two heraldic coats of arms, bookplates, etc., [n.d.]; (v) a map of 'The Boundaries of the City of York & the peculiar District called Ainsty…' [by Francis Drake], [1736]; (vi) and five miscellaneous others, [n.d.]. Also included are (vii) a title deed on vellum (partly illegible) and and a leaf containing sketches in pen, ink and pencil.

Copy rental of Pryse Pryse [of the Abernantbychan estate] for Michaelmas 1843.

Bundle of thirty two letters to John Thirlwall, Alnwick, Northumberland, his uncle, 1815-1844; also, a MS extract from The Quarterly Review, January, 1829, on Thirlwall's books

Manuscript journal of a tour of south and west Wales, as well as parts of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, 4 June-2 October 1805 (ff. 3-32 verso passim), also including several contemporary illustrations and later pasted-in engravings.
The writer is unknown but appears to be female and was travelling in the company of her 'Papa' and several other presumed relatives. Beginning in Gloucester (ff. 3-4), the journal then recounts a journey down the River Wye from Ross-on-Wye to Chepstow (ff. 7-8, 10-11 verso) and an extended stay at Swansea, 16 June-30 July (ff. 13-14, 16-17, 19, 21-22), before proceeding to Pembrokeshire (ff. 22 verso-23, 26-28 verso), Aberystwyth (ff. 29-31 verso) and Dolgellau (ff. 32 recto-verso), where the narrative ends abruptly, mid-sentence. The volume includes descriptions of Gloucester Cathedral (ff. 3-4), Margam Park (ff. 12-13), the Brownslade estate, [Castlemartin] (ff. 26-27 verso), St Govan's Head (ff. 26 verso-27 verso), the lower River Teifi (ff. 28-29), Devil's Bridge (ff. 29 verso-31) and the house at Hafod, Cardiganshire (f. 31 recto-verso). The illustrations are of pen and wash in a naïve style and comprise eight full page drawings (ff. 2, 6, 9, 15, 18, 20, 24, 25) and three text illustrations (ff. 8, 14, 17) all depicting views along the route. Conversely the fifteen engravings, [1831]-[1845], pasted into the volume depict various views in England, Wales and India and are, with a single exception, unrelated to the text (inside front cover, ff. 1 verso, 2 verso, 33-44 (rectos only)).

List of candidates for Holy Orders, with remarks by the examining chaplain, 1851

Bundle of three letters to Julius Hare, Cambridge, 1824-1853

Printed particulars and conditions of sale with agreements to purchase properties sold by the Wynnstay estate in Denbighshire, incorporating plans of the various lots, July 1853. The names of the purchasers and prices paid have been added in some cases. The file also contains a manuscript list of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn’s property to be offered for sale and a list of Wrexham property biddings. The properties include lands at Rhos Robin, near the turnpike road and near Rose Villa in the township of Gwersyllt in the parish of Gresford; houses near the turnpike road and at Cross Lanes in the parishes of Marchwiail and Bangor [Is-coed]; Brynyffynnon, Brynyffynnon Lodge, parts of the garden and the orchard, the Bowling Green Inn, the Hop Pole in York Street, a slaughterhouse and other premises in High Street, Brook Street and Penybryn, Wrexham; and tithe rent charges from farms and lands in the several townships of Wrexham.

Surrender by David Jones, by the direction of Rev. Richard John Davies of Aberhafesb, to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, of the leasehold of a house previously erected by Lewis Pugh on part of a field called Tirdu belonging to Pentrego Farm in the parish of Meifod (boundaries described) 1853.

A transcript, 1853, in the hand of Matilda Pasley, of a version of George Owen of Henllys's 'Description of Milford Haven', dated 17 December 1595 (ff. 2-26), together with a note by the transcriber (f. 1).
The manuscript mostly agrees with the texts of Cardiff 2.46 and BL Add. 22623, as published in George Owen, The Description of Penbrokshire, ed. by Henry Owen, Cymmrodorion Record Series, 4 vols (London, 1892-1936), pp. 529-562; where Henry Owen lists minor variations between those two manuscripts the present transcript does not consistently correspond with one or the other. The wording of the title page (f. 2) is significantly different (see Henry Owen (ed.), p. 533), while the section beginning 'For the more ease…' which concludes the other manuscripts is here interpolated on ff. 17-18. A memorandum concerning Owen's methodology for drawing his map of Milford Haven does not appear to be recorded elsewhere (f. 22). The present manuscript is itself copied from an intermediate transcript made at Worsley [New] Hall, Lancashire, on 22 October 1852, by Mary L[ouisa Egerton, Viscountess] Brackley, from the original 1595 manuscript belonging to her father-in-law [Francis Egerton, 1st] Earl of Ellesmere (probably the manuscript now Huntington Library MS EL 1145 (34/B/32)) (see f. 1). In 1853 Matilda Pasley's husband, Sir Thomas Pasley, Bart, was in command of Pembroke Dockyard and the Pasleys became acquainted with Lady Brackley during visits to Stackpole Court, the seat of her father, the 1st Earl Cawdor (see Lawrence Phillips, 'Captain Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, Bt., R.N., and Pembroke Dockyard, 1849-1854', Mariner's Mirror, 71.2 (1985), 159-165 (pp. 160-161)).

Transcripts, [19 cent., second ¼]-1854, in the hands of the Rev. Thomas Dyer (1782-1852) of Abbess Roding and W. H. D. Longstaffe, of letters, 1759-1775, of Fanny Morgan, Wales and Cross Inn, primarily to Catherine (Kitty), Elizabeth and Armine, daughters of the Rev. Thomas Dyer (1700-1780), Marylebone, and to Sally Dyer (later Phillips) of Court Henry, their cousin.
The letters were copied by the younger Thomas Dyer, in no particular order, into two notebooks formerly belonging to Elizabeth. W. H. D. Longstaffe dissected the notebooks to reassemble the transcripts in chronological order, recopying portions as necessary. These were then pasted onto guards, and annotated by Longstaffe, and apparently assembled into a volume; this was subsequently also disbound and the individual leaves put in the present plastic sleeves. The elder Thomas Dyer (1700-1780) was the younger brother of John Dyer, the poet; the younger Thomas Dyer (1782-1852) was his grandson and the nephew of the three Dyer sisters.

Diary, 1 May 1851-18 September 1852, of Lieutenant Herbert M[illingchamp] Vaughan, 90th Light Infantry, mostly while stationed at Ballincollig and Cork, Ireland. The diary contains an account of his various duties, his social and recreational activities, including balls, regattas, parties and picnics, and hunting and shooting.
Vaughan's company was at Ballincollig until late 1851, when it removed to nearby Cork; the regiment was sent to Dublin in August 1852 (f. 112 verso). Additionally Vaughan spent most of September 1851 on leave in London (ff. 38-46 verso) and was at home at Plas Llangoedmor, Cardiganshire, [9] October-[29] December 1851 (ff. 49-65 verso). Among the incidents recounted are the death by suicide of one of his men during an assignment to transport ammunition (ff. 8-11); [George W. Stone] performing Electro-Biology [i.e. hypnotism] experiments on some of his men (ff. 26 verso, 29 verso-30); several visits to the Great Exhibition in London (ff. 39 verso-43 verso passim); attending the Cork garrison races, [21] April 1852 (ff. 86-87 verso); and a riot by paupers at Cork workhouse, [9] May 1852 (f. 90 recto-verso). Vaughan assisted in keeping order during the Cork County by-election in March 1852 (ff. 82-83) and in Cork City at the General Election in July 1852 (ff. 102 verso-103 verso). His main preoccupation in open season was fox hunting and shooting game (ff. 49 verso-84 verso passim). A memo found loose within the volume, dated 31 July 1852 with additions to 1855, has been tipped in inside the back cover (f. 122, see also f. 109).

Bundle of two letters to the Rev. R. Williams, St David's College, Lampeter, 1856

Copy accounts for the rebuilding of Llanegwad church, 1849-1850 with addition of 1856

Printed letter sent to The Times, 1857, regarding the Burial Act Amendment Bill. The letter was not inserted, but was printed for circulation (Damaged)

Bundle of copies of the letter to The Times, 1857, regarding the Burial Act Amendment Bill.

Bills and receipts of the Gogerddan estate, 1858, Lady Day to Michaelmas. For general description see series level.

Conditions of sale with agreements to purchase farms and lands belonging to the Wynnstay estate, mainly 1857, with additional items, 1843, 1857-1858. The properties include Llwyn Issa, Hewl Bach, Tynyffrith, Llwynybresych and Henffridd in the parish of Derwen; Vach Lwyd Ucha, Pen y pentre, Pentre Poltas and Brynllwyd in Gyffylliog; Hafodwen in Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog; Hafod, Cwmdy and an allotment of common in the parish of Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr; Plas Ucha and Tynycoed in Llanelidan; Tydy and Maes y cae in Llangadwaladr; an allotment of land on Erithig Hill and Maes Onn, Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch; Pentrepoeth, Vownog in the townships of Lloran Uchaf and Lloran Isaf in the parish of Llansilin; cottages and lands in Llangadwaladr, Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch, Bodlith, Lloran Uchaf and Lloran Isaf, Llansilin, Llanynys, Cefn Mawr, Street Issa, Acrefair, Dinhinlle, Bodylltyn and Ruabon; the Boar’s Head Inn, the Spread Eagles Inn, Sir Watkin’s Coffee House, and a stationer’s shop and printing office, Ruthin; Gwernsebon in the township of Cefn-coch and Tynant in Henfachau in the parish of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire. The purchasers include William Lord Bagot. The file also contains a numbered schedule of landowners in Hafodgynfor [Llangollen] (postmark 1843) and enclosures, 1857-1858