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Title deeds relating to farms and lands purchased by Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, situated mainly in the parish of Meifod, Montgomeryshire, 1582-1837. The properties include the Rhosfawr and Dyffryn estates, purchased in 1803, Pentrego, Maes-y-wern, Pen-y-coed, Main, Ceunant, etc., purchased 1806, Tyddyn y Cae Du in the township of Peniarth, purchased 1810, Allt Fawr purchased 1811, Peniarth Farm purchased 1812, Mathrafal or New Bridges in Llangynyw, and Gelly in the township of Peniarth, purchased 1813-1814. Among the former owners of the properties were Evan Meredith and his son David Evans of Mathrafal, the Phillips family of Pentrego, Humffreys (Humphreys) of Llwyn, Parry of Main and Penyvoil, Williams and Davies of Peniarth, Montgomeryshire, Richard Rocke of Trefnannu and Shrewsbury, Ann Jodrell of Ankerwyke, Buckinghamshire, William Mostyn Owen of Woodhouse and Thomas Owen Jones of Bishopsgate Street, London.
Many of the deeds are extremely complex and it may be necessary to search more than one file in the chronological sequence below, in order to trace all of the deeds relating to a single property.
Found with the deeds is the original schedule compiled in 1849, and a deed not listed in the schedule, 1853.

Miscellaneous draft conveyances to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and his trustees, Edward James Earl of Powis and Hugh Williams, of houses and lands purchased, exchanged or mortgaged, mainly in the parish and townships of Ruabon but also including properties in Llangedwyn, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Wrexham and elsewhere in Denbighshire, Llangurig in Montgomeryshire, and Llanuwchllyn and other parishes in Merioneth, 1842-1865. There is also an abstract of title to the Llwyn-y-maen and Horseley estates in Salop and Flintshire respectively, 1752-1782.

Poll books from the Denbighshire election of 1868, recording the polling district, parishes and townships, names and addresses of the voters in numerical order, the votes and remarks.

Check books of the clerks from the Denbighshire election of 1868, showing the booth number, the number on the register, electors’ names, location of property for qualification, the votes for each candidate and observations.

Literary, legal and historical manuscripts, together with volumes of pedigrees and account books, including the account rolls of Sir Richard Wynn, treasurer of Queen Henrietta Maria.

Papers from various elections in which the Williams Wynn family stood for Parliament or otherwise had an interest, comprising miscellaneous papers from Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire and Merioneth, 1813-1874, and from Merioneth, 1868.

Two bundles of papers relating to elections in Montgomeryshire, 1863-1877. The first comprises legal papers in a lawsuit of 1863 relating to the Montgomeryshire parliamentary election of 1862; and the second contains an electoral register, vouchers and letters dating from the Montgomeryshire Boroughs election, 1877.

Abstracts, schedules, requisitions on title, etc. found with the conveyances and assembled by Longueville and Co., probably for the purpose of land purchases and sales by the Wynnstay estate between 1771 and 1881.

Papers relating to other estates and families for whom the Williams Wynn family acted as trustees, namely the Wynne family of Peniarth, Merioneth, 1846-1881, the Rug estate, 1868-1874, and the Cornwallis West family, 1870.

Particulars and rentals of parts of the Wynnstay estate, the first watermarked 1857 and the last tentatively dated post-1882, listing estates in Denbighshire purchased by the late Sir Watkin Williams Wynn [fifth Baronet] subsequent to his marriage settlement of 1817 and devised by his will to trustees to uses, other entailed estates, and chief, fee farm and other rents.

Miscellaneous Wynnstay estate records comprising an abstract of the Caereinion Uwch Coed Enclosure Act and award, 1858, a form of agreement to let estrays, 1871, and tax assessment certificates, 1886.

Drafts and final accounts of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, sixth Baronet Wynnstay, and the trustees under the will of his father the late Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (d. 1840), 1844-1885; Longueville and Co.’s accounts with Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and the trustees, 1853-1869; and the succession account of the sixth Baronet, 1885-1886. Most of the accounts list properties which were sold by the Wynnstay estate, their locations and the names of the purchasers, or properties valued for the succession acccount.

Papers relating to the mining of lead, coal and slate on parts of the Wynnstay estate, at Plas Issa Colliery, Denbighshire, 1814-1827, Cafartha, Van, Snowbrook, etc. lead mines, Montgomeryshire, (Watermark 1853)-1886, Trefonnen Colliery, Oswestry, 1873-1883, and various quarries in Montgomeryshire and Caernarfonshire, 1882-1886.

Agreements and other associated papers concerning the construction of tramways and railways on land belonging to Wynnstay or otherwise affecting the estate, 1878-1891. The files relate to the Glyn Valley Tramway, 1878, Pant Glas Tramway at Eglwyseg, 1878-1884, the Great Western Railway at Ruabon, 1882, and The Shropshire Railways Company in Denbighshire, 1891. Some papers in the file for Pant Glas Tramway relate to the erection of fences in the manor of Llanegwest.

Leases, agreements and various other papers relating to tenancies mainly on the Wynnstay estate, comprising a distraint on the tenant of Allt Goch in the parish of Meifod, Montgomeryshire, 1815-1823, miscellaneous leases and agreements, 1842-1892, and a lease to Cefn Mawr and Rhosymedre Gas Company Limited, 1865.

Papers relating to the scheme by Liverpool Corporation to obtain a water supply from the rivers Vyrnwy, Marchnant and Conwy in Montgomeryshire, and the effect of the scheme on the estates of Llwydiarth and Llanforda belonging to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn of Wynnstay, 1880-1893. They comprise a petition against the bill, amendments to the Act of Parliament, together with relevant maps and correspondence.

Mainly agreements for sale, conveyances, particulars and conditions of sale for lands and timber in Montgomeryshire sold by the Wynnstay estate, 1853-1897. The locations include Hirnant, Llanerfyl, Llanfyllin, Llanfair Caereinion, Llangadfan, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Llanwddyn, Montgomery, Pennant Melangell, Trefeglwys and Welshpool. One file concerns the sale of Llwydiarth estate timber, 1870. Others relate to the Arwystli chief rents, 1881, and the Wynnstay Arms, Llanfyllin, 1891.

Papers from the office of Longueville and Co., drawn up in the preparation of lawsuits mainly involving members of the Williams Wynn family of Wynnstay, [c. 1817]-1904. The most substantial of these is a case brought by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn against Robert Edwards of Gronwen, Oswestry, and Thomas Roberts, concerning trespass and a dispute over land at Moelfre Pool in the manor of Cynllaith Owain, 1883-1884. Others include an alleged case of trepass by Richard Tyrwhitt on lands in Llansanffraid Glynceiriog and Llandysilio, Denbighshire, [c. 1817]-1820; the recovery of royalties from William Farr of Plas Llysyn, Montgomeryshire, 1833-1839; possession of a cottage at Commins Coch, Cemais, Montgomeryshire, 1873-1878; and several separate cases relating to tenancy and arrears of rent, 1874-1904. The files typically include cases and counsels’ opinions, notices, the complaint or statement of claim, court summons, affidavits, court orders, attorneys’ bills of costs, correspondence, counterparts and copies of relevant deeds, and maps and plans.