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Title deeds of houses and lands in the parish of Penegoes. 1558-1674, in the combined parishes of Penegoes and Machynlleth, 1606-1695, and in Trefeglwys, 1664-1666. The river Dyfi (Dovey) appears consistently in the boundary clauses. The deeds record several purchases in Penegoes and Machynlleth by the Pughe family of Mathafarn, notably Cae Vownog, Gweirglodd Ledver, Y Borva Las, etc., from Oliver Herbert of Dolforgan, 1634; Kaethgwin or Kae Quin, Llyast Havod Ffraidd, Kae Glas yn Hen Bont, etc., from Richard Danson of St Michaels, Lancaster, 1694/5; and Dolbachoe in Trefeglwys from John Gwyn, 1664-1666. Other personal names include the Pughe family of Dolyrafonddu, Llanwrin, and Ll'n ap Res ap Ieuan ap Gwilkok [of Machynlleth]. The series also contains a lease by Sir Roger Owen of Condover, Salop, of the market tolls of Machynlleth, Melyn y Penrose and fishing rights in the river Dyfi, 1607.

1. John Owen;
2. Richard Humphreys.
   Release of property specified in Sotheby Deeds 606.

Letter, 11 March 1694/5, from William Owen, Wexford, to John Owen, esq., at Penrhose (Sotheby Deeds 608), enclosing a power of attorney to the same to collect arrears of rent (Sotheby Deeds 609), and a note: 'Mr. Jon. Davies Dyed about the last of July 1690 4 miles from Tallough' (Sotheby Deeds 610).

1. John Wiltshire of Welwyn, co. Herts. and Dorothy his wife
2. Luke Lloyd of Brinn, co. Flint, gent.
   Lease and release of a messuage in the occupation of Daniell Ratcliffe and closes called the Stockings, the house yard or field, the Kilne Yard, the Neer Keykundrick and the Far Keykundrick and other enclosures (named) in Tybroughton and Bronington in p. Hanmer, co. Flint, with convenant to levy a fine

Title deeds of houses and lands called Kaethgwin or Kae Quin, Llyast Havod Ffraidd, Kae Glas yn Hen Bont, Kae Pen Bont or Gwirglodd Pen y Bont in the parish of Penegoes, in the townships of Uwchygarreg and Isygarreg in the parish of Machynlleth, and in Pentre’rallt Street and Pentremaengwyn Street, Machynlleth, 1620, 1694/5. Boundaries include Kae Bach to the highway, the river Dyfi (Dovey) and Gwirglodd Bant. The file includes a deed of sale by Rytherch ap Owen of Machynlleth to Lewys Evans, of Y Kae Glas Ymhen Bont, 1620; and deeds from Richard Danson of St Michaels, Lancaster, Jane, his wife, and Richard Danson the younger, their son, for the sale of all the properties to William Pughe of Mathafarn, with associated documents, 1694/5.

Assignment by John Jones of London to Arthur Champness in trust for John Oldbury, of a judgement obtained in 1670 by Henry Rumsey of Dolwyn Eglwys, Cardiganshire, against Henry Vaughan of Gelli-goch, Montgomeryshire, for a debt secured on tenements called Moel y Coed, Ty Braich Ythellgam, and lands called Dolegau and Llechweth Dyrris, subsequently purchased by Humphrey Jones, then by William Corbett of the Middle Temple, 1695.

1. John Owen of Bewmares, esquire;
2. Richard Humphreys of Hendre, co. Merioneth, gent.
   Bargain and sale for six months of part of Vodle Voyle, parish of Llanbadricke, co. Anglesey.

Copy.

Mainly leases, 1619-1675, by Sir William Lewis of Llan-gors, then of Westbury and Borden in the county of Southampton (Hampshire), of properties in the parishes of Llanfihangel Nant Bran, Llan-gors, Brecon, Llanfihangel Tal-y-llyn, Trallong and Merthyr Cynog, including the fulling mill on part of Pont Willim Issa in the parish of St John the Evangelist, Brecon, 1657, and the mill in Ysgyr-fawr, Merthyr Cynog, 1662. Other deeds comprise a release by Thomas Lewis of Tir y Ffynnant Ucha, Tir y Klyn Hire, Tir y Klyn Llwyd and a portion of Tir yr Aeldwy in Llanfihangel Nant Bran, purchased from Howell Thomas and Elizabeth his wife in trust for Sir William Lewis, 1657; a lease by Leonard Bilson of Maple Durham, Hampshire, and Christopher Buckle of Burrough, Surrey, of land in Llan-gors, 1679; and the gift by Thomas Fowler of St Thomas, Staffordshire, of a yearly rent charge from the manor of Stow, Staffordshire, and from lands in Amerton, Admaston, Grainley etc. to Patrick Madan of St Giles in the Fields, Middlesex, doctor in physic, 1685, and related bond, 1694/5.

Bill of complaint by Edward Pryse, Dame Dorothy Pryse, Francis Vaughan of Llanlery and others, plaintiffs, against Lewis Lewis of Penmaen, Merioneth, defendant, a former agent of Sir Richard Pryse, late of Gogerddan [1683x1695], in response to defendant’s claim for debts against the estate of Sir Richard Pryse and subsequently Sir Thomas Pryse, and his refusal to come to a fair account with plaintiffs.

Bill of complaint in the Chancery division of the Court of Great Sessions for Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Cardiganshire, 1695, by Lewis Lewis, son and heir of Richard Lewis of Kefn Gwynn, Cardiganshire, and Margaret Lewis, widow, plaintiffs, against Dame Dorothy Pryse and Edward Pryse, defendants, for attempted fraud by their refusal to enter a receipt for interest, due upon a bond for payment, entered into by Richard Lewis with the defendants in 1685, and their insistence on repayment of the whole sum, with interest..

Bill of complaint in the Chancery division of the Court of Great Sessions for Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Cardiganshire, 1692, by Alice Lewis of Abergwili, widow of Lodowicke Lewis, plaintiff, against Dame Dorothy Pryse, Edward Pryse and Evan Jones, defendants, for neglecting to repay two sums lent by the plaintiff to Sir Thomas Pryse and Sir Richard Pryse in 1674; and a subsequent bill by Griffith Lloyd of Cwmgwili, for non-payment of the debt which was required to fulfil a bequest in the will of Alice Lewis to the poor of the parish of Abergwili, with a bond by the defendants to Lodowicke Lewis,, 1685, a writ and the answer of Edward Pryse, 1696.

Family deeds and settlements of Thomas Pryse of Glanfread, Sir Thomas Pryse of Lodge Park, and Edward Pryse of Gogerddan, 1663-1696. They comprise a conveyance by Thomas Pryse the elder to his daughter Elizabeth of Tythin Dolglessing and Pwll yr Yscawen in Faenor, Llanbadarn Fawr, for her maintenance, 1663; a settlement by Sir Thomas Pryse on Dame Elizabeth, widow of Sir Richard Pryse of Gogerddan, then wife of John Herbert, by order of a decree of the Court of Chancery, of parts of the Gogerddan estate in and near Aberystwyth, but excluding the mansion, 1677; a settlement by Vincent Corbett of Ynysmaengwyn and other trustees, for Edward Pryse in accordance with the will of Sir Thomas Pryse of Bodfage Park [Lodge Park, p. Llangynfelyn], following the death of his nephew and heir, Carbery Pryse, 1695; an agreement by Edward Pryse for the financial compensation of Hester Scawen of Llanbadarn Fawr and her daughters, upon renunciation of their interest in the personal estate of Sir Carbery Pryse, deceased, including annuities deriving from his shares in the mines of Bwlch Hir and Esgair Hir, 1695/6., and a declaration of trust by Nicholas Haywood of London to John Oldbury and Thomas Phipps, which may be relevant, 1695.

A transcript of 'Captain W. Middleton's translation of the Psalms into Welsh' copied by Samuel Williams from a transcript in the hand of 'W. Dafydd Lewelyn o blwyf Llangynydr Eglwys Yail o. c. 1606' (p. 312).
Samuel Williams found W. Dafydd Llewelyn's text 'more correct than the printed copy'. The manuscript bears Samuel Williams's inscription: 'Yscrifennwyd ym/mhen y wern ym hlwyf Llanarth. 1696.' (p. 313).

1. Margarett Bold of Bewmares, widow; William Thomas of Glan y gors ddy; and John ap Robert Lewis of Llanbeder Newborough and Martha his wife;
2. William Bold of Llanedwen.
   Covenant to levy a fine upon the messuages of Margarett Bold in Castle Street, Bewmares, Scybor wen in Llanfaes and Llaniestyn, Black Anchor in Bewmares; and Kefn bychan in the township of Hendre Rhose fair, parish of Llanbeder Newborough.

1. The Rt Hon. Marcus Trevor, Lord Viscount Dungannon, Sir Philip Meadows, knight; Sir Robert Hamilton of Mount Hamilton, co. Ardmagh, Knight and Bart; and James Hamilton of Tallymore, co. Downe;
2. John Owen of Penrhos, co. Anglesey.
   Lease for a year of Penrhyn Towyn mawre and Clippere in the townships of Tre Ednyfed, Trevadog, Trelowarchth [sic], Llanvoorog and Llanfaythlu in the commote of Tallibollion.

1. The Rt Hon. Marcus Trevor, Lord Viscount Dungannon;
2. Sir Philip Meadows;
3. Sir Robert Hamilton; and James Hamilton;
4. John Owen of Penrhos.
   Release of the properties specified in Bodewryd deeds 252.

1. Thomas Roberts of Castellor, co. Anglisey;
2. Owen Roberts of Cayrey.
   Release of Rhiwy, the moiety of Ynis Savall and Ty Hen in the parishes of Llanvoorog and Llanvachreth, commote of Tallabollion. Copy.

Mortgages by John Pughe of Mathafarn and by his son, William Pughe, 1666-1697. The first was for £1000 by John Pughe, son of Rowland Pughe, to Nicholas Vanacker of London, of the manor of Cyfeiliog, land called Ffryth Kevenartheg, in Cemais, Ffrydd Tavolwern in the parishes of Llanbryn-mair and Darowen, four tenements and old mills upon the premises, 1666, followed by an assignment by William Pughe and the mortgagee’s sons to Francis Bagshaw of the Middle Temple, London, 1676. The second mortgage was for £1500 by William Pughe to Francis Bagshaw, of a capital messuage in Machynlleth, a tanhouse, Tal yr Henbont and other lands in Isygarreg (tenants named), property in Brynmelin, Penygoes, and Eskir Hyder, Bryn Crono, etc. in Glynceirig, Llanwrin, 1676. Both mortgages were assigned to Thomas Saunders of Beechwood, Hertfordshire, 1684; and there is a further mortgage for £400 to his widow, Helen Saunders, of all the properties, 1696/7.