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Roberts & Evans, Aberystwyth (Solicitors) Records,
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Bankruptcy papers,

Miscellaneous papers relating to the bankruptcies of David Jones late of the village of Llanrhystud, farmer and wool dresser, and now a prisoner in Cardigan gaol, Nov. 1839; John Pugh, late of the Farmers Arms, Aberystwyth, victualler, formerly of Cwmsymlog, farmer, and now a prisoner in Cardigan gaol, June-Oct. 1842, including a letter from the county gaol describing him as 'one of the most foull mouth dirty trechous speitful felow as ever came to this place'; declaration form for transmission of ownership of a sailing ship by bankruptcy, completed in pencil for the 'Union Packet' on the bankruptcy of Thomas Davies of New Quay, ship builder, June 1855; Thomas Jones late of Fronberllan and now of Cardigan gaol, Jan. 1857; John and Peter Davies of Tregaron, drapers and grocers, Sept. 1860-May 1861; Thomas Powell Wright, formerly carrying on business as 'R. C. Wright' as a house and estate agent in Birmingham, and now of the Golden Lion Inn, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, licensed victualler, Dec. 1881; John Richards of the Bulls Head Inn in Llanilar, innkeeper and mason, Feb. 1884; and Lewis Williams of Dolgellau, Merionethshire, auctioneer, appraiser, house agent, rate collector and lodging house keeper, and William Joseph Lovegrove of the Lion Hotel, Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, hotel keeper, auctioneer, appraiser and house agent, Dec. 1885.

Baptism and marriage certificates,

Certified extracts from the parish registers of Talyllyn, co. Mer., Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, co. Card., and Amlwch, co. Ang., of a baptism and marriages of members of the Anwyl family, endorsed that they are the papers A-D referred to in a declaration of William Ellis dated 1872.

Barlow family of Iver,

Deeds and documents relating to the Barlow family of p. Iver, mainly comprising deeds relating to premises in the manor and parish of Iver, 1805-1861, and the following probate records: probate of will (dated 1820) of Robert Barlow of Iver, gent., 1823 (includes a bequest of shares in the Kennat & Avon canal), incomplete will of Benjamin Barlow of the same, 1869, and probate of will of Clara Louisa Barlow of West Hill Budleigh Salterton, Devon, 1909 (appoints Susan Elizabeth Lewis and the Rev. Evan Felix Lewis as trustees, and devises premises in West Hill Budleigh Salterton and Iver to SEL, and the residue of her estate to SEL, EFL and Jane Mathias).

Barrett v. Roberts,

Original bundle of papers relating to a case in Chancery between Osman Barrett (plaintiff) and Lewis Hopkins Roberts and Richard Roberts of 34 Rheidol Terrace, Aberystwyth (defendants), 1880-1883, relating to alleged fraud and misrepresentation in inducing the plaintiff to take a lease in 1879 of a house, Plas Hendre, near Aberystwyth, whose particulars and state of repair were not as described. Also papers relating to a case in the Queen's Bench between Lewis Hopkins Roberts and Richard Roberts (plaintiffs) and Thomas James (defendant) for damages for a diversion of a watercourse in Frongoch lands to raise and puddle clay, before it enters Cefnhendre Hall pond, 'polluted, much the same color as milk', 1880-1881.

Bills, letters and receipts,

More bills, letters and receipts, similar to CM 11/5, but also including letters and statements from the bank and the solicitors regarding insurance and property and stock market transactions; letters from tenants of properties belonging to the Misses Jones; receipts for poor rates and for ground rent on properties.

Bills, letters and receipts,

Bills, letters and receipts for goods and services, including from local tradesmen on headed notepaper; medical and nursing services; wages; subscriptions and charity donations; licences for keeping a carriage, a male servant and a dog; other miscellaneous papers.

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