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Eleven bundles of letters from Bishop Thirlwall to [Miss Elizabeth Johnes of Dolaucothi, co. Carm.], 1864-1875 (these letters have been published in A. P. Stanley (ed.), Letters to a Friend by Connop Thirlwall....., London, 1881); also, a bundle of letters, many incomplete, from Miss Johnes to the bishop during the same period

Transcripts of deeds in the Court of Chancery in the matter of certain estates devised by the will of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (d. 1840), a private Act of Parliament, 25 & 26 Vic., c.108, and the trusteeship of Edward James, Earl of Powis, and Sir Hugh Williams of Bodelwyddan, Flintshire, 1873-1876

Abstracts of title, schedules of deeds and extracts accumulated by Longueville and Co., probably for sales and purchases of parts of the Wynnstay estates [1771x1789]-1877. The file includes abstracts of title of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, successive baronets Wynnstay to the manor of Maenan and diverse lands in Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire (from 1657) compiled [1771x1789], estates in Merioneth, 1832, premises at Cefn Mawr, Ruabon [c. 1842], and Cefn y Gaer, 1854; abstracts furnished to purchasers at Sir Watkin Williams Wynn’s sales (Watermark 1859); abstracts of the will (proved 1840) of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 1853, a deed for evidencing the cesser of a term of years for raising the portions of his younger children, 1858 and the settlement made upon his marriage with Lady Henrietta Antonia Clive of estates in Denbighshire and Flintshire, specifically Tan y Castell in the parish of Llansilin, 1864; schedules of title deeds relating to the Llwynymaen estate in mortgage, 1836, Plas Kynaston estate in Ruabon, 1847, Mallen Fechan, 1851, estates in mortgage to Lord Willoughby de Broke (Watermark 1851), property belonging to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and his trustees, 1849-1863, and deeds relating to properties in Montgomeryshire executed by Edward James Earl of Powis as trustee, 1877; abstracts of deeds and copies of parish registers relating to John and Ann Parry, Edward Davies, Sarah Mills, her second husband Thomas Williams, and the mortgagee, Edward Williams of Chirk, in connection with Sir Watkin Williams Wynn’s purchase of the Dee Tavern at Newbridge, Ruabon, 1844; an abstract of the title of William Watkin Edward Wynne of Peniarth and William Robert Maurice Wynne to estates in Flintshire and Denbighshire, for purchasers, 1871; and extracts from earlier enclosure awards of Caereinion Uwch Coed showing the allotments made to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and lands received by him in exchange, 1858-1859.

Bundle of letters, sermons, MS extracts from newspapers, etc., 1834-1873. These are accompanied by a letter from Bishop Thirlwall's daughter Christina forwarding some of her father's papers to an unknown recipient, 1884, other letters concerning his papers, 1878-1880, and a list of his works found in Trinity Library, Cambridge, n. d.

Various abstracts of title pertaining to the Wynnstay estates as follows: Sir Watkin Williams Wynn to estates in the parish of Oswestry, Salop [c. 1804]; the trustees of the late Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, dec. to estates in Denbighshire and in the parish of Oswestry, 1857, and in Montgomeryshire, 1858; Sir Watkin Williams Wynn to hereditaments in the parish of Ruabon, 1857, to estates in Denbighshire, 1857, to the Llanforda estate, 1881; and Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and the trustees to the Llwydiarth settled estates, 1884. Several of the headings and endorsements have been altered and are not altogether clear.

Bundle of stated accounts of Thomas Edward Davies, for chief rents and various expenses incurred in the administration of the courts of the manor of Emlyn Iscych, 1878-1880, together with receipts, 1879-1884. See series description for details.

Papers relating to Montgomeryshire tollgates, including a mounted letter from Thomas Penson, road surveyor, to Mr Griffiths, lessee of tollgates, 1822; a mounted 'Memorandum of interest due from the commissioners of Llanymynech Trust', from the Oswestry District trustees' minute book, 1 May 1824; a mounted memorandum of the clerk to the Oswestry District trustees, 1824; handbills and posters relating to the First District of Montgomeryshire Roads, 1840-1885; a newspaper cutting containg a notice of auction of tolls of First District of Montgomeryshire Roads, 1842; and three encapsulated posters, 1842 and 1870.

The First District of Montgomeryshire Roads handbills and posters comprise conditions of letting, 7 Feb. 1840, 2 Feb. 1841; notice of auction of Berthllwyd gate, 5 June 1840; notice of auction of St Giles and Pwllybidron gates, 7 Aug. 1840; notice of auction of tollgates of First District, 24 Dec. 1840; notice (2) of meeting of Trustees of Turnpike for co's Mont., Mer., Shrop. and Denb., 24 Dec. 1840, to consult re. erecting tollgate near Highgate; notice as above re. erecting tollgate at Nantdwyfildir; notice of auction of tolls, 5 Feb. 1841; newspaper cutting (2) of a notice of auction of tolls of First District, 6 March 1841; notice of auction of tolls of same, 27 Jan. 1842; notice for electing new trustees, 22 Mar. 1842; notice for electing new trustees, 8 Dec. 1842; notices of expiration of Trust, 28 Feb. 1885; 2nd District of Mont. Roads, statement of receipts.

Cyfrol, [1856x1857]-[1860au cynnar], yn llaw Ceiriog, yn bennaf yn cynnwys barddoniaeth, anerchiadau a hwiangerddi (ff. 1-49), ynghyd ag eitemau rhyddion, 1862-1886 (ff. 50-63, mewn amlen archifol). = A volume, [1856x1857]-[early 1860s], in the hand of Ceiriog, containing mostly poetry, speeches and nursery rhymes (ff. 1-49), together with loose items, 1862-1886 (ff. 50-63, in an archival envelope).
Mae'r gyfrol yn cynnwys drafftiau, neu rannau o ddrafftiau, [1850au hwyr]-[1860au cynnar], o dros ugain o gerddi (ff. 17-27 a 36 verso-49 verso (tesun wyneb i waered), 59-60 verso), gan gynnwys 'Gair Tros y Delyn' (f. 24), 'Syr Meurig Grynthwth' (ff. 24 verso-25 verso) ac 'Y Telyniwr dall' (ff. 39-40 verso), a gyhoeddwyd yn Oriau'r Hwyr (Rhuthun, 1860); 'Alun Mabon' (ff. 17 recto-verso), 'Lisi Fluelin yn deir blwydd oed' (f. 18), 'Garibaldi a Charcharor Naples' (ff. 18 verso-19), 'Tywysog Cymru' (f. 23), 'Myfanwy Fychan' (ff. 36 verso-38 verso), 'Y Wlanen' (ff. 43 recto-verso, 46-47), 'Y Glowr' (ff. 44-45 verso), 'Datod mae rhwymau' (f. 48 verso), 'Bum tros y Wyddfa fawr' (f. 48 verso), 'Eich Bachgen' (ff. 48 verso-49) ac 'Evan Benwan (Ail Ran)' (f. 59 recto-verso), a gyhoeddwyd yn Oriau'r Bore (Rhuthun, 1862); a 'Paham mae Dei mor hir yn dod' (ff. 63-64), a gyhoeddwyd yn Oriau Eraill (Wrecsam, [1868]), tt. 63-64. Mae cerddi ar yr Ysgol Sul (f. 41 recto-verso) a Samuel Roberts, Llanbrynmair (f. 42 recto-verso), ymysg eraill, o bosib heb eu cyhoeddi. Ceir hefyd casgliad o saith deg dwy hwiangerdd, [1856x1857], tua chwe deg ohonynt yn ymddangos yn Oriau'r Haf (Wrecsam, [1870]), tt. 21-47 passim (ff. 1-10 verso); ac eitemau o ryddiaith, gan gynnwys anerchiad ar farddoniaeth i Gymdeithas Lenyddol Gymreig Manceinion, [?1858] (ff. 27 verso-34 verso), 'Pilsen i Ffarmwyr' (ff. 35-36 verso), a nodiadau (ff. 23 verso, 26 verso). Mae'r papurau rhyddion yn cynnwys rhestr anghyflawn o alawon Cymreig, [1862], o bosib mewn perthynas â'r gyfrol Cant o Ganeuon (Wrecsam, [1863]) (ff. 50-57), ac anfonebau am gario nwyddau, 1874-1886, oddi wrth y Van Railway Company (ff. 61-63). = The volume includes drafts, or parts of drafts, [late 1850s]-[early 1860s], of over twenty poems (ff. 17-27 a 36 verso-49 verso (inverted text), 59-60 verso), including 'Gair Tros y Delyn' (f. 24), 'Syr Meurig Grynthwth' (ff. 24 verso-25 verso) and 'Y Telyniwr dall' (ff. 39-40 verso), published in Oriau'r Hwyr (Ruthin, 1860); 'Alun Mabon' (ff. 17 recto-verso), 'Lisi Fluelin yn deir blwydd oed' (f. 18), 'Garibaldi a Charcharor Naples' (ff. 18 verso-19), 'Tywysog Cymru' (f. 23), 'Myfanwy Fychan' (ff. 36 verso-38 verso), 'Y Wlanen' (ff. 43 recto-verso, 46-47), 'Y Glowr' (ff. 44-45 verso), 'Datod mae rhwymau' (f. 48 verso), 'Bum tros y Wyddfa fawr' (f. 48 verso), 'Eich Bachgen' (ff. 48 verso-49) and 'Evan Benwan (Ail Ran)' (f. 59 recto-verso), published in Oriau'r Bore (Ruthin, 1862); and 'Paham mae Dei mor hir yn dod' (ff. 63-64), published in Oriau Eraill (Wrexham, [1868]), pp. 63-64. Poems on the Sunday School (f. 41 recto-verso) and on Samuel Roberts, Llanbrynmair (f. 42 recto-verso), amongst others, are possibly unpublished. Also included is a collection of seventy-two nursery rhymes, [1856x1857], some sixty of which appear in Oriau'r Haf (Wrexham, [1870]), pp. 21-47 passim (ff. 1-10 verso); and prose items including a speech on poetry for Cymdeithas Lenyddol Gymreig Manceinion, [?1858] (ff. 27 verso-34 verso), 'Pilsen i Ffarmwyr' (ff. 35-36 verso), and notes (ff. 23 verso, 26 verso). The loose papers include an incomplete list of Welsh airs, [1862], possibly in connection with the publication of Cant o Ganeuon (Wrexham, [1863]) (ff. 50-57), and invoices for the carriage of goods, 1874-1886, from the Van Railway Company (ff. 61-63).

Original documents, 1771-1890, the earliest on parchment, relating to the Ropars family of Bolazec, Finistère, Taldir's maternal ancestors.

Notebook of George Henry Strick of Swansea and Brynaman, tinplate manufacturer, recording detailed notes and observations of a visit to America, September-November 1890, where he met with fellow industrialists and visited numerous blast furnaces, steelworks, ironworks and other industrial sites in several states.
Beginning apparently in Philadelphia, PA, 25 September-1 October (ff. 1-4), Strick then participates in a lengthy excursion, visiting the Warwick Furnace, [Pottstown, PA], 6 October (ff. 4-9), Lebanon [Valley] blast furnace, [Lebanon, PA], [?7 October] (ff. 10-11), Altoona Railway Works, [Altoona, PA], 8 October (ff. 11-12), the Edgar Thomason and Homestead works, the Isabella and Lucy furnaces, the Carbon Iron Co. works and adjoining aluminium works, all in Pittsburgh, PA, 9-11 October (ff. 12-17), Joliet Steel Works, South Chicago, IL, 14 October (ff. 18-22), various mines and limestone quarries, Bessemer blast furnaces and steel rolling plant, Bessemer Steel Works and the Ensley and Thomas furnaces, all in Birmingham, AL, 16-17 October (ff. 22-31), blast furnaces in Talladega and Anniston, AL, 18 October (ff. 32-35), Basic Steel Works in Chattanooga, TN, and blast furnaces in South Pittsburg, TN, 20 October (ff. 35-38), the town of Middlesboro, KY, 21 October (ff. 38-42), zinc works and a blast furnace in Pulaski, VA, 22 October (ff. 42-44), and Baltimore, MD, 24 October (ff. 45-46), before returning to Philadelphia, 26-28 October (ff. 46-48). While in Philadelphia and Baltimore particularly (ff. 1-4, 45-48) he discusses with fellow tinplate manufacturers and importers the state of the tinplate industry and the level of tinplate exports from Wales to America, against the background of the Tariff Act of October 1890 (The McKinley Tariff). The notes were compiled by Strick in November 1890 during the return voyage (see f. ii).

A volume containing illustrations and short biographies of all Welsh Members of Parliament in post in 1894

Catalogue of Machynlleth horse, cattle, sheep, dog, poultry and horticultural show, 1895.

Bundle of undated drafts of letters

A volume containing some one hundred and sixty-three letters and other papers, 1576-1810, mostly of the Davies family of Llanerch and Gwysaney or of the related families of Mutton, Whitehall and Dod (ff. 1, 3-92, 97 verso-98), together with a few later additions, 1813-[late 19 cent.] (ff. 2, 3a, 11a recto-verso, 18 verso, 40a).
The papers include commissions signed by Charles I, 19 July 1643 (f. 1), and Charles II, 15 August 1651 (f. 3), and an order signed by Oliver Cromwell, 30 June 1658 (f. 4); other correspondents include the 1st Earl of Bridgewater, 1620-1647 (ff. 5-9), the 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, 1650-1653 (ff. 10-11), Charles, Earl of Derby, 1652-1663 (ff. 14-16), Barnabe Fizpatrik [Barnaby Fitzpatrick] to [Edward VI], 4 March [1552] (f. 17), Sir Peter Mutton to his mother (in Welsh), 17 January 1604/5 (f. 19), Sir Marmaduke Lloyde, 1635-1637 (ff. 22-23), Robert Corbett, Stanwardine, 1636-1639 (f. 24), [Col.] Thomas Davies, [1624]-[?1625] (ff. 33-34), Mutton Davies, 1654-1657 (f. 41), Sir Roger Mostyn, 1st bart, 1655-1686 (f. 42), Thomas Price, Bishop of Kildare, 6 March 1660/1 (f. 43), Eubule Thelwall, 15 April 1661 (f. 48), Letitia Davies to her husband Robert Davies [IV], 1700-1708 (ff. 59-62), Sir Watkin Wm Wynne, 4th bart, 20 February 1777 (f. 76), Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th bart, 1784 (f. 77), Thomas Pennant, 1784-1796 (f. 78, 2 letters), [Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron] Kenyon, 1796 (f. 80, 2 letters) and Wm Oliver, Bath (f. 91). The main recipients are Robert Davies [II], 1620-1633 (ff. 5-6, 33-35, 37-39), his brother Col. Thomas Davies, 1635-1650 (ff. 7-10, 22-32), Robert Davies [III], 1652-1665 (ff. 14, 16, 38, 40, 41-46, 48), Robert Davies [IV], 1685-1708 (ff. 13, 36, 42, 46-50, 53, 56, 59-63), Peter Davies, [Tybroughton, brother of Robert Davies VI], 1777-1796 (ff. 73-80) and Thomas Pennant, 1784 (f. 77). A list of the contents, [19 cent., last ¼], is on ff. 93-97.

Copi of Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd by Thomas E Ellis, published by Jarvis and Foster, London.

Bundle of vouchers and receipts, mainly for contributions to charities, c. 1897-1900

Visitation return for Llangyfelach, 1900 (Badly damaged)

A volume containing some one hundred and two letters and other papers, [1487x1503]-1895, many relating to the Davies, Cooke and Davies-Cooke families of Gwysaney, Owston and Llanerch and relatives such as the Earl of Kingston, with other letters apparently collected as examples of autographs. Also included are items such as engravings, photographs and cuttings relating to some of the correspondents, 1788-1900; some items are accompanied by biographical notes, [19 cent., third ¼].
The papers include the Earl and Countess of Kingston's invitation to Queen Victoria's Coronation, 1838 (ff. 1-2), a sign manual of Henry VII, [1487x1503], thanking John Pillesdon [Puleston] (f. 5), two warrants of Henry VIII, 1538 (ff. 5 verso-6), an acquittance signed by Geo: Asapher: [George Griffith, Bishop of St Asaph], 1664 (f. 24) and two receipts relating to Théodore de Bèze and François Bonivard, 1554, 1575 (f. 53; French). Other correspondents include William, Duke of Clarence [later William IV], 1828 (f. 7), Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, 1805-1825 (ff. 9-11), Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, [1827x1857] (f. 13), Princess Elizabeth of Hesse Homberg, [1810x1827] (f. 15), Princess Sophia Matilda, [1810x1827] (f. 17), Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, 1808-1824 (ff. 18, 29), Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, 1809-1810 (ff. 20-21), J[ohn Egerton, 1st Earl of] Bridgewater, 1638 (f. 22), Cardinal Consalvi, Rome, 1818-1819 (ff. 25-27; letters and passports to Bryan Cooke, in Italian), George IV [two signatures only] (f. 28), Baron Atthalin, Aide de Camp to the Duc d’Orleans, 1820 (f. 30; French), F[rançois] d'Orléans, [prince de Joinville], 1843 (f. 32; French), General G. H. Dufour, Berne, 1851 (f. 33; French), E[dward] B[ulwer] L[ytton] (f. 34), [5th Duke of] Richmond, Goodwood, 1847 (f. 34), Pope Pius IX [signature only], [?1859] (f. 34), Spencer Perceval, Downing Street, 1810 (f. 35), Eleanor Butler and [Sarah] Ponsonby, [the Ladies of Llangollen], 1785, 1791 (ff. 35 verso-36), [René-Eustache, marquis d']Osmond, 1816-[1821] (ff. 37, 39 verso-40; French), [11th Duke of] Norfolk, [?1790s] (f. 38), W. E. Gladstone, 1852 (f. 38 verso), [Benjamin] Disraeli, Downing Street, 1868 (f. 39), [Viscount] Palmerston, 1810 (ff. 41 verso-42), [Viscount] Kingsborough, 1834 (f. 43), William Wilberforce, 1798, 1801 (ff. 43 verso-44), Warren Hastings, 1807 (f. 45), Thomas Telford, 1829 (f. 47), Sir John Sinclair, 1816 (f. 48), Francis Chantrey, 1820-1834 (ff. 48 verso-51), [Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of] Westminster, 1852 (f. 53 verso), Sir Robert Peel, [2nd bart], 1836 (f. 56 verso), George Canning [signature only], 1797 (f. 58 verso), M[artin] F[arquhar] Tupper, [1860] (f. 59 verso), W[illiam] Spence, 1850 (f. 60), [Professor] John Phillips, York, 1853 (f. 62), H[umphry] Repton, 1796 (f. 64), Jos[eph] Sabine, 1827, 1828 (f. 65), John Franks, Calcutta, 1832 (f. 66), R[amsay] R[ichard] Reinagle, 1828, 1829 (f. 67) and Gathorne Hardy, 1867 (f. 68). The main recipients include Captain Thomas Davies, 1638 (f. 22), Bryan Cooke, [?1790s]-1821 (ff. 25-27, 38, 40, 42, 43 verso-44, 46, 50 verso, 56 verso, 58, 64), Philip Davies Cooke, 1820-1852 (ff. 30, 34, 37, 38 verso, 48 verso-51, 53 verso, 55, 56 verso-57, 60 verso-62, 65, 67), and his father-in-law George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston, 1815-1838 (ff. 2, 7, 9-11, 18, 29, 35, 56, 57 verso, 63, 65).