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Garn Estate Records
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Estate accounts (Caernarfonshire)

The series comprises an account drawn up in 1740 for money received and disbursed by the agent (name not given) for Ffrith Bodvel, Caerhun, between 1737 and 1740.

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Estate accounts (Denbighshire)

The series consists of accounts deriving from agricultural management of the Denbighshire estate, 1759-1849, and from the maintenance and repair of buildings, 1799-1911.

Estate accounts (miscellaneous counties)

The series comprises loose accounts, 1708-1836, and a notebook containing accounts, 1764-1768, of profits from sale of estate produce, expenditure on agricultural implements, livestock, seeds, fertiliser, building materials and labour, together with an unrelated Greek and Latin vocabulary.

Estate administration papers

The group consists of administrative records of the estates in Denbighshire, Flintshire, Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, including rentals, 1658-1784, leases and related documents, 1756-1906, papers concerning crown rents, 1791-1845, enclosures and commons, 1802-1848, timber and mineral exploitation, 1748-1789, sporting rights, 1912, surveys and valuations, 1751-1880, maps and plans, 1776-1866 and estate accounts, 1708-1911.

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Estate administration papers (Denbighshire)

The group consists of administration papers for the Denbighshire estates, comprising leases, 1756-1906, papers concerning enclosures and commons, 1802-1848, timber and mineral exploitation, 1748-1814, sporting rights, 1912, estate accounts, 1759-1911, and maps and plans, 1776-1866.

Estate administration papers (miscellaneous counties)

The group comprises rentals, 1658-1784, papers concerning crown rents, 1791-1845, estate accounts, 1708-1836, surveys and valuations, 1751-1880, and plans and elevations, [pre-1811]-1835, for various parts of the estate in the parishes of Henllan, Denbigh, Llanefydd, Llanrwst, Nantglyn and Rhuddlan.

Estate papers

The group comprises estate papers relating to the administration of the Garn estates, mainly in the parishes of Denbigh, Henllan, Llanefydd, Llanrwst, Nantglyn and St Asaph in Denbighshire, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, and Caerhun, Caernarfonshire. They include rentals, 1658-1784, and other estate management papers, 1708-1912, title deeds, 1572-1903, maps and plans, 1776-1866, and domestic management papers, 1725-1885.

Extracts and educational notes

The file comprises a notebook of William Henry Griffith containing extracts from Middleton's Life of Cicero, 1820, and loose notes on Cheops pyramid, 1841, old stone crosses in Denbighshire, 1925, and temperature conversions.

Family and private papers

The group comprises family and private papers of the Griffith family of Garn and the families to whom they were related by marriage, such as Hughes of Gwydir, Llwyn Gronw, Weeg and Cae'r berllan, Wynne of Voelas and Wynne of Garthmeilio, Cwm Mein and Plasnewydd. The Hughes family papers include Williams of Cae'rberllan and Wynn of Havodgregog, to whom they were connected by marriage. The Roberts family of Bryn y neuadd is also represented due to the marital connection between Mary, daughter of Humphrey Roberts, and Robert Wynne of Garthmeilio and Plasnewydd. The papers consist of family settlements and probate records, 1606-1863, literary papers, [1660]-1925, letters of the Griffith family, 1724-1943, and others, 1680-1882, and other personal papers such as diaries and memoranda, 1701-1853, and school and career papers, 1746-1920, records of court cases and other civil disputes, 1672-1928, pedigrees and genealogical notes, [pre-1614]-[c.1934], family and non-family trusts, 1712-1879, and financial papers such as mortgages and accounts, 1680-1906.

Hughes family of Gwydir, Llwyn Gronw, Cae'r berllan and Weeg

Family probate records

The group comprises original and copy wills, administration bonds, occasional inventories and other documents associated with probate belonging to the main families of Griffith of Garn, 1685-1835, Hughes of Gwydir, Weeg, Llwyn Gronw and Cae'r berllan, 1670-1823, Roberts of Bryn y neuadd, 1714-1774, Wynne of Garthmeilio, Cwm Mein and Plasnewydd, 1782, 1811, Wynne of Voelas, 1732, and two other families, Griffith (ancestors of Davies of Trewylan), 1666, and Chambres of Plas Chambres, 1704.

Family settlements

The group comprises marriage settlements, other family settlements and related deeds and documents of Griffith of Garn, 1723-1863, Hughes of Gwydir, Llwyn Gronw, Cae'r berllan and Weeg, 1654-1784, Roberts of Bryn y neuadd, 1722, Wynne of Garthmeilio, Cwm Mein and Plasnewydd, 1713, 1751, and Wynne of Voelas, 1606.

Family settlements and probate records

The group comprises original, draft and copy marriage settlements, other family settlements, wills, administration bonds and related deeds and documents of the main families of Griffith of Garn, 1685-1863, Hughes of Gwydir, Llwyn Gronw, Cae'r berllan and Weeg, 1654-1823, Roberts of Bryn y Neuadd, 1714-1722, Wynne of Garthmeilio, Cwm Mein and Plasnewydd, 1713-1811, and Wynne of Voelas, 1606, and a small number of peripheral families, such as Chambres of Plas Chambres, 1704, and Griffith (ancestors of Mary Davies of Trewylan), 1666.

Family trust papers

The series comprises papers deriving from John Griffith's trusteeship of Cadwallader Wynne's Voelas estate, 1712-1763, and John Wynne Griffith's trusteeship of Robert Watkin Wynne's Plasnewydd and Garthmeilio estates, 1783-1843.

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Ffrith Bodvell, Caerhun, Cae Fadock, Gyffin

The file comprises a deed of sale by Sir George Markham, Bart. to Robert Hughes of Gwydir, of Ffrith Bodvell, in the parish of Caerhun and Cae Fadock in Gyffin. [Like the other lands in Caerhun, the two properties ultimately descended to Robert Hughes', niece, Jane Griffith, mother of John Wynne Griffith of Garn, who conveyed them to his son, Robert Griffith, in a family settlement of 1814].

Ffrith Eithin/Rhes y Cae, Henllan

The file comprises deeds, 1766-1856, for Ffrith Eithin, alias Rhes y Cae, which had been mortgaged to Mary Wynne by Thomas Evans of Denbigh in 1803. As executor of her will, her son-in-law, John Wynne Griffith, was entitled to claim repayment of the mortgage money. The presence of a draft deed of sale would suggest that the property had become forfeit to the Griffith family, intended to be sold by George Griffith in 1856.

Financial papers

The group comprises financial papers of the Griffith family of Garn and others such as Hughes of Gwydir and Weeg and Wynn of Havodgregog, including accounts, bills and receipts, 1687-1906, mortgages, 1680-1862, bonds and promissory notes, 1736-1876.

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