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Court leet books of the manor of Cyfeiliog in Montgomeryshire, belonging to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 1820-1828, 1826-1833, and 1834-1842.

Title deeds for properties in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, and occasionally other nearby parishes, filed as Sheynton Street, 1321, 1649-1683; Wynmore Street, 1536-1682; Barrow Street, 1570-1811; miscellaneous Much Wenlock deeds, [c. 1576]-1649, 1786, 1860; Wynnells Lane, Whitwall and Burton Lane, 1576-1622, 1826; Mason’s Mill and the Nether Mill, 1589-1598; Spittle Street, 1618-1688, 1814; Blackway Farm in Hareley and Hughly, 1619-1643, 1780; Wottonhall in Prees, 1642/3; Mary Lane and Mardol Lane, 1677-1729; leases of named properties, 1684-1811; leases of unnamed properties, 1726-1733, 1816; Cressage, Broseley and Much Wenlock, 1747-1775; exchanges relating to Much Wenlock enclosures, 1773-1836; original wrappers, [post-1809]; and the title to chief rents, 1836-1837.

Papers deriving from administration of the Much Wenlock estate, consisting of rentals, 1534-1647, [?1840s]; surveys and valuations, 1540-1848; papers relating to tithes, 1548-[post-1598], (Watermark 1843); timber sale deed, valuation etc., 1617, 1857; list of gifts to Lady Bertie, 1642; estate correspondence, 1646, 1854; leases of limestone quarries, 1780, 1804; land tax assessments, 1783-1784; abstracts of leases, [1785x1796], [1840x1860]; a sale catalogue, 1858, and a wrapper and label, [19th cent.].

Papers relating to roads in which Sir Watkin Williams Wynn had an interest, both as a private landowner and as an investor in the turnpike trusts. The contents are not concerned with the construction or physical maintenance of the roads, but rather with financial and legal aspects. The files relate to securities of the turnpike trusts in Montgomeryshire, Denbighshire, Shropshire and Merioneth, 1770-1885; the diversion of a road near Gartheryr, Banhadla, 1823; and the stoppage or closure of footpaths and roads in Ruabon, 1867-1910.

Papers relating to railways mainly in Shropshire, Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire, in which Sir Watkin Williams Wynn had an interest as a landowner, shareholder or director. They comprise printed Acts of Parliament and applications for Acts, conveyances, reports, circulars and letters concerning the construction and funding of the Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway, 1845-1854; Llanidloes and Newtown Railway Company 1853-1857; Manchester, Liverpool, Swansea and Milford Haven Junction Railway (Mid Wales Section), 1858; Oswestry and Newtown Railway Company, 1858-1859; The Vale of Llangollen Railway Company and Ruabon railways, 1858-1865; and the Conway and Llanrwst Railway, [c. 1860].

Records relating to employees of the main Wynnstay estate in and near Ruabon, comprising two tradesmen’s time books, 1838-1849, and 1856-1857; and papers relating to appointments of estate employees, 1863-1930.

Papers deriving from the ownership and apportionment of tithes concerning the Wynnstay and Vale of Clwyd estate, comprising lists of tithes in the Manor of Valle Crucis, Wrexham, Stansty, etc., [pre-1719]; a tithe apportionment for Llangollen, 1841; tithe apportionment for Erbistock, 1843; tithe apportionment for Erlas, Gresford, (Watermark 1849); table and list of tithe rent charge, Plas Issa and Tatham farms, Ruabon, (Watermark 1859)-1873; and particulars of tithe rent charges due to the owners of Plas Madoc, 1890.

Miscellaneous papers deriving from the appointments of county officials, procedures of local government and the administration of justice in Montgomeryshire. The various files concern the bailiffs, 1605-1688; the sheriff 1610-1705; Justices of the Peace, 1618-1647; commission of a quarter master, 1660; the deputy lieutenant, 1703; and Machynlleth town hall, 1847.

Papers relating to various aspects of county administration in Merioneth, specifically revenues, 1590x[1626], the sheriff, 1596-1706, Quarter Sessions and Justices of the Peace, 1624-1792; deputy lieutenant, 1674-1703; and custos rotulorum, 1674-1703.

Papers deriving from official administrative procedures, local government and justice in Caernarfonshire, 1523-1715, and Anglesey, 1709.

Miscellaneous papers deriving from the acts and procedures of central government, probably accumulated by Sir Richard Wynn, Henry Wynn and Sir William Williams in the course of their official duties in service to the Crown. They comprise accounts of crown revenues, 1608, 1671; surveys of crown lands in Caernarfonshire, 1608-1673; sequestration papers for the estate of Edward Vaughan, 1622-1654; a chart of the nobility of England, [c. 1636]; proposals for the abolition of the Court of the Council of the Marches of Wales, 1641-1689; and copies of official reports, orders, evidence, etc., [c. 1653]-1705.

Manuscript copies and published versions of bills, Acts of Parliament, petitions and cases, sometimes with accompanying notes, comprising an Act for the relief of His Majesty’s army, 1640; private Acts of Parliament, and miscellaneous petitions and cases, 1646-1698; the Case of the Irish Adventurers, 1653-1668; miscellaneous bills and Acts of Parliament, [1662]-[1681], 1836-1880; and bills and Acts of parliament concerning manufacture and commerce, 1661-1680, religion, 1678-[c. 1694], regulation of the election of MPs, 1696, enclosures, 1763-1816, and canals and roads, 1794-1820.

Papers deriving from miscellaneous legal cases involving several members of the Vaughan family of Llwydiarth, 1600-1664. They concern the inheritance of Owen Vaughan, 1600-1616; the title to lands in Montgomeryshire, previously belonging to the dissolved abbey of Ystrad Marchell, 1606; peaceful possession of lands in Cefn-llys, Kyffin, Farchoel, etc., 1608; and the title to lands and grazing in Penllyn, 1652, and Pennant-lliw, Caergai, Maestran and Penaran, 1664.

Legal papers deriving from disputes concerning the Llwydiarth and Llangedwyn estates after the death of the heir, John Vaughan, son of Owen Vaughan, in 1616, until until the death of Edward Vaughan in 1661. The disputes partly concerned the title, which due to a lack of male heirs had passed to John Vaughan’s brothers, Robert and Edward, in succession; and partly claims for maintenance and portions made by the female members of the family. The most substantial cases are the application by Magdalen and Katherine Vaughan, for a financial settlement out of the Llangedwyn estate, firstly against Sir Robert Vaughan, 1616-1623, secondly against Edward Vaughan, 1655-1657; the attempt by William Herbert Lord Powys to prove the title of Herbert Vaughan, postumous son of Sir Robert Vaughan, 1625-1631; Edward Vaughan’s case to regain possession of the sequestered Llwydiarth estate, 1644-1649; and Dame Katherine Palmer’s claim to dower out of the estates of her former deceased husband, Sir Robert Vaughan, 1653-1661. The series includes the inqusition post-mortem Owen Vaughan, 1620; several smaller lawsuits involving members of the Herbert and Vaughan familes, 1629-1655, Brochwell Griffiths, 1653-[c. 1657] , and others; and a file of letters and papers accumulated during the legal cases concerning the estate of Edward Vaughan, 1650-1669.

Legal papers, 1666-1675, from cases involving William Salesbury of Rug and Gabriel Salesbury of Gray’s Inn and Llwydiarth, nephews and devisees of Charles Salesbury, mainly in dispute with various individuals claiming title or financial settlements out of the estates of Edward Vaughan (d. 1661). Some of them also involved Howell Vaughan of Glan-llyn and John Lloyd of Maes y Pandy, trustees appointed by Edward Vaughan in a lease of 1655. Some of the lawsuits were continuations of the claims made by Sir Charles Lloyd of Garth and his sons (alias Vaughan), 1666-1671, and by Magdalen and Katherine Vaughan, 1667-1668. The most substantial case related to complaints by Edward Vaughan and his brothers, all sons of Howell Vaughan, and by various creditors against the Salesburys, for mismanagement of the Llwydiarth trust, 1666-1671. Other disputes, which are probably subsiduary to the main case, involve the Kyffin family of Glascoed, 1667-1668, the tenants of Edward Vaughan, 1668, and the Hunt family of Shropshire, 1675. One case concerns the dower lands of Frances Vaughan, 1668.

Legal papers 1666-1716, from cases involving Edward Vaughan of Llwydiarth (d. 1718) in dispute with various individuals, mainly claiming title or financial settlements out of the estates. The most substantial of the lawsuits was jointly against former claimants, Magdalen and Katherine Vaughan, surviving daughters of John Vaughan, and Sir Charles Lloyd of Garth and his sons (alias Vaughan), who attempted to revive their respective claims, 1672-1677. Other cases include disputes with Frances Vaughan over a claim of dower, 1666-1671; with Thomas Mason over property in Hopton, Montgomeryshire, 1675-1680; with the Lloyd family of Berthlloyd concerning the purchase of the manors of Arwystli, 1695-1701; with George Higgins for the recovery of debts, 1708-1716; and as defendant against Roger Salesbury concerning the marriage portion of Jane Vaughan, 1711-1713.

Various inventories and catalogues, comprising an inventory of household goods at Wynnstay and Llangedwyn, 1749; catalogue of plans and elevations at Wynnstay [c. 1789]; inventory of Wynnstay theatre [1789]; inventory of household furniture and linen at Wynnstay, 1790-1810; London cellar book, 1836-1839, catalogue of the Sandby exhibition at Nottingham, 1884; and Wynnstay cellar book, 1924-1946.

Letters to members of the Wynn family of Gwydir, namely Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, 1599-1619; Richard Wynn and his brother William Wynn of Garthgynan, 1642-1664; and Sir John Wynn of Gwydir and Watstay, 1671-1695. The files include occasional copies of outgoing correspondence.

Letters to two members of the Williams Wynn family, namely Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 3rd Baronet., 1719-1744, and Sir Hugh Williams of Bodelwyddan, 1859.

Letters of the families of Thelwall, Kyffin and Vaughan, who were linked to Wynnstay by marriage, and others who may have had business or social connections with the estate. The files comprise letters to Edward Williams of Isaf, sheriff of Caernarfonshire, 1571-1574; letters by Theodore Maurice of Kevenhire, 1656-1662; letters to Edward Thelwall of Plas y Ward, [17th cent., first half]; a letter to Charles Kyffin of Glascoed, 1659; letters to the Vaughan family of Llwydiarth and Llangedwyn, 1663-1697; and letters of miscellaneous correspondents, 1671-1913.