Cyfres GHA10 - Cases of Sir Pryse Pryse

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.