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Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, mainly letters addressed to the Wynnstay estate office, or relating to Wynnstay estate business, 8 Nov.-30 Dec. 1957. Spine labelled 'Letter book'. Index (unused) at the front of the volume.

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 25 June 1956-8 Nov. 1957. Spine labelled 'Letter book' and inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 14'. Discusses the future of the picture ‘The Blind Harpist’ following the death of Sir Eric Skaife, 30 October 1956 (p. 203), 24 Sept. 1957 (p. 861)

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 3 Feb. 1955-25 June 1956. Spine labelled 'Letter book' and inscribed 'No. 13'

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 27 Oct. 1953-3 Feb. 1955. Spine inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 12' and labelled 'Letter book'. Topics include the Wynnstay George III silver gilt toilet service, 16 January 1954 (p. 145); the National Library of Wales binding of John Gould’s monograph on Humming Birds, March-May 1954. Index (unused) at the front of the volume.

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 30 June 1952-27 Oct. 1953. Spine inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 11' and labelled 'Letter book'.

DescriptionVolume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 30 Dec. 1950-30 June 1952. Spine inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 10' and labelled 'Letter book'. Index (unused) at the front of the volume. Describes the origin and valuation of some furnishings and pictures belonging to the Williams Wynn family, 11 July 1951 (p. 321). Gives information about the Wynn name and arms, 10 November 1951 (p. 523). Discusses deposit of Wynnstay estate records at the National Library of Wales, November 1951. Index (unused) at the front of the volume.

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 13 June 1949-30 Dec. 1950. Spine labelled 'Letter book' and inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 9’. Discusses the position and valuation of the Wynnstay heirlooms; the picture of the Blind Harpist was sold to Brigadier Eric Skaife, 1 February 1950 (p. 533)

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 11 May 1948-13 June 1949. Spine labelled 'Letter book', and front cover inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 8'. Describes the sale of Glan-llyn and parts of the Montgomeryshire estates, 28 December 1948 (p. 597); and the cleaning of Hoppner portraits, 25 April 1949 (p. 867)

Letters in an original folder labelled ‘Jan. ’48 to Dec. ’48. WYNN, A.W. Williams, Probate [?] 1948 only’, concerning the payment of death duties due on the estate and investments of Arthur Watkin Williams Wynn of Coedymaen, dec., the settlement of his widow’s financial affairs and the trust of Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, dec. The bulk of the correspondence is between the office of Longueville and Co. and the executrices, Alice Nesta Margaret Williams Wynn and her mother, Alice Mary Williams Wynn. Other correspondents and recipients include the Estate Duty Office of the the Inland Revenue, representatives of Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd, Meifod Electricity Company, Cooke and Arkwright of Mold acting as agents for the Coedymaen estate, Lady Harvey, other firms of solicitors, banks and insurance companies.

An inventory of Wynnstay settled chattels [1948] in two parts: Part I listing articles of national, historic or artistic interest at Dolben, Cefn, National Provincial Bank in St Asaph, Langedwyn Hall and the London Museum, St James, which include important pictures, gold plate and silver, and objects of art, Jacobite relics, etc.; and Part II listing furniture, table and ornamental china and glass, books, pictures and miniatures, oil paintings and drawings, gold plate, silver, etc., silver-gilt, silver, Sheffield and electro-plate, jewellery and further similar items at Dolben, Llangedwyn Hall, Belan, Cefn, Llandysilio Hall, National Provincial Bank in St Asaph and Wynnstay Estate Office. The inventory describes the location, the room where deposited and valuation for insurance purposes. Two sets of typescript proofs

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 31 May 1947-11 May 1948. Spine labelled 'Letter book', and front cover inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 7.

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 11 July 1946-31 May 1947. Spine labelled 'Letter book', and front cover inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 6'. Index (unused) at the front of the volume.

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 5 Dec. 1944-11 July 1946. Spine labelled 'Letter book' and inscribed 'Wynnstay no. 5'. Discusses the deposit of Wynnstay mediaeval deeds at the National Library of Wales, 1945, the inspection of the family portraits by John Steegman of the National Portrait Gallery, 1945, and the exhibition of pictures by the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1946. Includes information about the manorial rights of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn in Valle Crucis (Eglwysegl), 1945

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 19 June 1940-4 Dec. 1944. Spine labelled 'Wynnstay 4'. Includes information about the manorial rights of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn in Arwystli and Cyfeiliog (Llanbryn-mair estate), 1940-1941.

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 6 Aug. 1936-18 June 1940. Spine labelled 'Wynnstay 3'. Includes a letter to R.O. Reynolds discussing the legal implications of an escaped tiger in Birkenhead, Liverpool, 16 August 1939 (p. 799); deleted, probably not relevant to Wynnstay.

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 23 Dec. 1930-6 Aug. 1936. Spine stamped 'Letter book, Wynnstay 2'

An original series of volumes containing typescript copies of letters sent out from the office of Longueville and Co. on behalf of the Wynnstay estate, 1928-1957. The letters are addressed to the Wynnstay estate agents, other solicitors’ firms, private individuals, Wrexham Rural District Council, Denbighshire County Council, Machynlleth Urban District Council, Ceiriog Rural District Council, Cefn Mawr Parish Council, Penllyn Rural District Council, the County Council of Salop, utility companies, mining agents, land agents, the Coal Commission, insurance companies, banks, vicars, St Asaph Diocesan Registry, the War Agricultural Executive Committee (WAEC), the Inland Revenue, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Forestry Commission, members of the Williams Wynn family and the trustees. The contents reflect the routine work of the solicitors’ practice, referring to estate sales and purchases; leases; financial management under the Wynnstay family trusts; tithe rent charges and chief rents; charities; sporting rights; mineral rights; manorial rights; and sales of Wynnstay land for housing, public utilities, amenities and commercial purposes. Most of the transactions concern the main Wynnstay estate and Llangedwyn estate in Denbighshire, Machynlleth, Cemais and Llanbryn-mair in Montgomeryshire, Llanuwchllyn and Bala in Merioneth, and Llanforda and Trefonnen near Oswestry, Salop. Notable land sales include Plas Kynaston Hall and estate, 1935-1947, 1951. Purchases include the Bryngwalia estate, Denbighshire, 1951-1954. Projects involving former Wynnstay lands are Liverpool Corporation waterworks and the Vyrnwy Aqueduct, 1930-1936, the Great Western Railway and Plas Madoc Branch, 1930-1934, the Swansea to Manchester Trunk Road, 1953, 1957, and the Dovey Valley Water Scheme, 1954-1957. Some of the contents demonstrate the local effects on the Wynnstay estate of various Acts of Parliament, such as the Housing Acts 1930, 1936 and 1949, the Tithe Act 1936, the Coal (Registration of Ownership) Act 1937, the Coal Acts 1938 and 1943, the Hill Farming Act 1946, the Town and Country Planning Acts 1947 and 1954, the Agricultural Holdings Act 1948; National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949; and the effects of the Second World War such as Defence Regulations 1939-1946, requisitioning by the WAEC, 1943, and the evacuation of [Hawtreys] School to Llangedwyn Hall, 1944-1946. Letters following the deaths of Sir Herbert Lloyd Watkin Williams Wynn in May 1944 and his son, Watkin Williams Wynn in May 1949, discuss the subsequent legal business under the terms of the will and the family trusts; recurrent themes are the separate trust of the Llanbryn-mair estate, death duties and the family heirlooms. The financial decline of the Wynnstay estate is perceptible in the negotiations for the sale of Llwydiarth, Glan-llyn, Aberhirnant, part of the Cefn estate, Eglwyseg, Erbistock Hall, Wynnstay Hall and its contents, Llandysilio Moor, Plas Isa, parts of the Llangedwyn and Llanforda estates, and many other individual properties, 1944-1957; the demolition of Llanforda mansion is recorded, 1949.

Volume of typescript copies on flimsy paper of letters out, 7 Feb. 1928-23 Dec. 1930. Spine stamped 'Letter book', and labelled 'Wynnstay 1'

Agreement by Sir Herbert Lloyd Watkin Williams Wynn to J.D. Abbott of St James’ Court, London, for sporting on part of the Llwydiarth estate in the parishes of Llanfihangel[-yng-Ngwynfa] and Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, with related correspondence, 1927.

Abstract of the re-settlement dated 3 July 1918 of the estate of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn [sixth] Baronet.