Series JD - Mathafarn estate mortgages

Mortgages by members of the Pughe family and and associated documents, relating to properties of the Mathafarn estate and the manor of Cyfeiliog, mainly in the parishes of Darowen, Llanbryn-mair, Llanwrin, Machynlleth and Penegoes, Montgomeryshire, and Mallwyd in Merioneth, 1569-1734. One file concerns the Llwydiarth estate in Tal-y-llyn and Pennal, 1578-1621. Some of the properties were mortgaged several times between 1635 and 1718, and these included a capital messuage in Machynlleth, other premises in the townships of Isygarreg and Uwchygarreg, Machynlleth; the capital messuage of Mathafarn, the mills, Bryn Melyn, Keven y Gader, etc. in Llanwrin, Tal yr Henbont, and other properties in Machynlleth; the manor of Cyfeiliog, the ffriths in Cemais, Llanbryn-mair and Darowen, four tenements and the mills upon the premises; Cwm yr Angell or Gartheiniog Farm, and Nant Hir in the parish of Mallwyd, Cefn y Gader in Glynceirig, Llanwrin, a forge at Goeddol, Llanwrin Farm, Gwerne Y Stabley, the corn and fulling mills, etc. in the parishes of Llanwrin and Mallwyd. Later mortgages relate to Gwern y Berethen in Darowen, Llanwrin Farm and Machynlleth properties, 1725-1734.