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Papers relating to unrelated individuals for whom the Ormsby Gore family acted as trustees or from whom the benefit of a trust was received, namely Charles Buckworth and Elizabeth his wife, 1790-1791, General John Despard, 1853-1854, John Edwards Donne, 1869, and Charles Arthur Ellis, 1906.

Inventories and valuations of household contents at Glyn [Talsarnau], after the death of John Ralph Ormsby Gore, first Baron Harlech, 1876, and of heirlooms belonging to William Richard second Baron Harlech, deceased, 1906

An unrelated group of material, comprising stray items, relating to the Davies family of Llandinam, 1788-1901, comprising photocopies of two letters, 26 May and 2 June 1788, from Dr Richard Price; a bound volume of press cuttings, taken principally from Shrewsbury and Oswestry newspapers, June 1856-July 1857, relating to the affairs of a number of railway companies in mid-Wales; material relating to the coming-of-age celebrations of Edward Davies, Llandinam, June 1873, and his son David Davies, July 1901; and a volume of press cuttings, 1887-93, describing mainly the sittings of the Royal Commission on Land in Wales and Monmouthshire, mainly within Pembrokeshire, and on the proposed harbour trust for Cardiff.

Notes and printed booklets recording perambulations of the boundaries of the manor of Genau’r-glyn and of the mountain fence (Clawdd Mynydd), 1857-1903, and summons notices to perambulate, 1889-1908.

Papers deriving from various lawsuits and other legal matters involving Sir Pryse Pryse of Gogerddan, 1826-[post-1908]. The most substantial file concerns a dispute in the Court of the Exchequer between the Crown, represented by the Attorney General, and Sir Pryse Pryse over the entitlement to lands and minerals in the crown manor of Perfedd in 1863-1864, together with stray papers relating to the manor of Genau’r-glyn and Braichgarw Common, 1826-1896. Other papers concern Edward Pryse’s bill in Chancery respecting Llanerchclwydie mine and Brynmawr Common, 1857; a declaration on the marriage of Pryse Pryse and Jane, sister of William Cavallier, 1860; the trusts of the will of John Lewes, 1861; an ejectment of David Davies of Llandinam from Gwernerin Farm, Montgomeryshire, 1867; the foreclosure of the mortgages on Cwmsymlog, 1873-1888; and several cases of debt or bankruptcy, one of which was John Humphreys of Rhydtir Issaf, 1893-1894.

Files of unsorted papers from the office of Longueville and Co. relating to the Wynnstay estate, 1717-1909. Many of the papers concern purchases, sales and exchanges of property in Denbighshire, Merioneth, Montgomeryshire and Salop, mainly in the mid-nineteenth century. Typically they include draft deeds, abstracts, particulars, plans, valuations and conditions of sale. Some deeds relate to disentailment and the release of encumbrances on parts of the Wynnstay settled estates prior to sale, and to the right of the trustees to sell. Several documents concern the sale of Wynnstay land for railway development schemes and for water supply, such as the Vyrnwy water supply under the Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Act 1880. Several of the bundles contain papers of Watkin Edwards Wynne of Llewesog and of Owen Wynne, his brother and executor, 1785-1800. Other recurrent themes include the manorial rights of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn in the manor of Cyfeiliog, the sale of timber from the Wynnstay estates, Wynnstay finances, and the work of the trustees for the purposes of the estate sales and purchases. Several files contain statements of conveyances of parts of the Wynnstay estates and trustees’ accounts, 1858-1860. Most files contain routine accounts and correspondence of Longueville and Co., of the Wynnstay agents and other interested parties.

Title deeds relating to a brick yard, Brick Fields, Brick Kilns and cottages in the parishes of Oswestry and Selatyn, Salop, purchased by the Brogyntyn estate, 1783-1909. These deeds show the origins and development of the brick yards, on former common land in the manor of Whittington and on land formerly belonging to Powis Castle, from the late eighteenth century

Title deeds and other documents relating to properties owned by the Brogyntyn estate in Caernarfonshire, 1813-1909. They include deeds for the purchase of Penybryn Farm, Cricieth, from the Peniarth estate in 1813-1814; ‘old papers’ relating to crown rents, building developments, mining and quarrying in Caernarfonshire and Merioneth, 1847-1878; leases of Clenennau mill and its lands, 1869-1888; papers relating to Cricieth Corporation and the castle, [1869x1875]; and deeds recording the sale by William Richard, second Baron Harlech, of property in Cricieth, Dolbenmaen, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Llanystumdwy, Morfa Bychan, Penmorfa, Treflys and Ynyscynhaearn, including cottages, building plots for schools, a chapel at Penmorfa, a burial ground at Dolbenmaen and the lifeboat station at Portmadoc, 1871-1909

Documents relating to investment opportunities in Britain and overseas in which the Pryse family had an actual or potential interest, comprising company prospectuses, and a list of shareholders, 1826-1909, and a shares book, [18]96.

The collection comprises property in p's Oswestry, Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, Wrexham, Gresford, Ruabon, Holt, Llangollen, Llandysilio-yn-Iâl, Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Llandegla, Llangedwyn, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog and Llansilin, co. Denb., Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain and Pennant, co. Mont., Bangor Is-coed, co. Flint, and Tilston, Cheshire. The pre-1897 Llangedwyn estate rents (the estate of Lady Williams Wynn) are not contained in separate volumes as below, but, rather, with other estate rentals in the series of Farm and Cottage receiving rentals. After 1911 (RD29), the Llangedwyn rents re-appear in those rentals. Some additional properties are included in the Llangedwyn rentals from 1897 onwards as a result of the transfer of certain properties from the Wynnstay and Ruthin estate to the Llangedwyn estate. Llangedwyn rents will also be found in the series of general rentals (see Farm and cottage rents, 1863-1898). The Llangedwyn rentals are half-yearly, ending either at Lady Day or Michaelmas. Cynllaith Owain chief rents, consisting of property in t's Lloran and Priddbwll [p. Llansilin], co. Denb., are also included from 1898 (RD4). However, since these chief rents were collected yearly, at Michaelmas, they will only be found in the Michaelmas volumes. Details of Cynllaith Owain chief rents before 1898 will be found in the general rentals, and in the series of Tithe, chief and fee farm rentals.

Papers of other (ie. non-Gogerddan) hunts and associations in Wales and England, in which the Pryse family obviously took an interest, 1848-1910, namely Bronwydd, Pembrokeshire and Tivyside, Carmarthenshire and Cotswold hunts, the Beagle Club and the Association of Masters of Harriers and Beagles. The papers include printed pack lists, an agreement appointing a master, reports and year books.

Printed schedules or official catalogues of the Welsh National Agricultural Society shows at Aberystwyth, 1904-1909, and at Llanelli, 1910.

Letters, accounts and other papers relating to the foundation and administration of various local schools and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1751-1910. The schools include Penrhyn-coch, Commins Coch and Clarach. There is evidence of attempts to found charity schools at Llanbadarn Fawr, 1752, and at Moelcerni, 1830. The series includes some letters which refer to other topics such as Penrhyn-coch church, Llangorwen (Clarach) church, Cwmsymlog chapel and Cors Fochno enclosure.

Letters to the families of Lewes of Coedmor and Abernantbychan, Pryse of Gogerddan and Edward Loveden Loveden of Buscot Park, from their agents, solicitors, land surveyors and other landowners, 1699-1910. Most files also contain forwarded third-party letters and copies of outgoing letters. The letters cover several major themes. Firstly, the routine administration and finances of the Abernantbychan and Coedmor estates, and occasionally Gogerddan. Secondly, the administration of the manors of East and West Pembroke, Cilgerran, Emlyn Iscych, Dyffryn Braean and Gwynionydd Iscoed, the proceedings of the manorial courts, the rights of the lord of the manor, and the payment of chief rents. Thirdly, the Pembrokeshire coal mines and the dispute with Lord Milford at Moreton Colliery. Further common topics include valuations of the estates; the leases of Pantybettws, Trevane, Hopshill, Hodgeston and other farms; leases of crown lands; enclosure of common lands from c. 1806; the advowson of the parish of Hodgeston, the Court Leet of Aberystwyth, the Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire elections, and use of the Loveden and Pryse family’s influence in county and personal spheres. Some letters provide an insight into the social and political activities of the gentry families of Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire, such as Campbell of Stackpole Court, Owen of Orielton and Philipps of Picton Castle. Those of John Lewes of Carmarthen, 1780-1784, are noteworthy for their colourful accounts of local events involving both gentry and tenant farmers. The correspondence of Oliver Lloyd, 1834-1843, and Thomas Davies, 1843-1866, describes the difficulty of collecting property rents, chief rents and tithes, and the nuances of county politics. Additional points of interest are described at file level. There is evidence from the mid-nineteenth century of increasing concern over the structural condition of Cilgerran and Pembroke castles and the need for public guardianship.

Mortgages by successive members of the Pryse family to private individuals and to the Crown Life Assurance Company, mainly of parts of the Gogerddan estate situated in Aberystwyth, Ceulan a Maes-mawr, Cynnull Mawr, Cyfoethybrenin, Elerch, Faenor, Llanbadarn Fawr, Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, Llangynfelyn, and Trefeurig, 1617-1895, also incoporating the Abernantbychan estate in Penbryn, Troed-y-aur, Betws Ifan, Llangrannog, Blaenporth and Llangynllo, Cardiganshire, in 1882; and mortgages of the annuities and life assurance policies of Sir Edward John Webley Parry Pryse, 1896-1910. The mortgaged properties include the manor of Genau’r-glyn and Park Bodvage (Lodge Park), 1719-1732, Cwm Bwa, Cefnerglodd and Tyn-y-pwll, 1791-1839, Bryngwyn Ganol and Cronwen, 1829-1878, and Bronygof, 1841-1851. This series also contains abstracts of mortgages affecting Gogerddan and Nanteos, 1738-[post1763], and a collateral security on lands in Begeli and Tenby, Pembrokeshire, 1863-1873. Several of the mortgages recite parts of the Pryse family settlements. They also contain details of the mortgagees: their names, their trustees and recitals of their wills and family settlements.

Loose administration papers and letters of the Welsh National Agricultural Society, mainly 1904-1910. The files appear to be original and somewhat miscellaneous in content. They include letters to Lewes T. Loveden Pryse of Gogerddan, demonstrating support for the establishment of a national agricultural show in Wales, further correspondence about the location of the show, its administration, printing costs and the resignation of Sir Lewes Pryse as secretary in 1909, together with lists of subscribers, rules, reports, balance sheets and accounts, entry forms and press cuttings. Additional items or points of interest are described at file level

Quarterly returns of royalties due to the Pryse family of Gogerddan as proprietors of the mines and quarries in north Cardiganshire, 1774, 1838-1910. The earliest is for Allt y Crib, 1774. The most substantial of the files relate to Bryn yr Afr, 1881-1908, Cwmbryno and Cefn Cwmbwryno, 1851-1886, Cwmsebon (South Darren), 1854-1891, East Darren, 1852-1897, Esgair Hir and Esgair Fraith, 1854-1907, and Grogwynion, 1850-1887, The decrease in royalties from several of the mines is evident from the 1880s onwards. Some of the files also include covering letters and accounts of lead and copper ore sold, often naming the purchasers and ships.