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Deeds relating to leasehold properties held by various members of the Ormsby Gore family in London, 1795-1895. The locations are Stanhope Street and Welbeck Street, Portland Place and St James Place, Grosvenor Crescent, and Halkin Street West in Belgrave Square. The leaseholds usually included a coach house and stables. Some files contain details of fixtures and fittings

Legal papers of the Ormsby Gore family of Brogyntyn, 1863-[c. 1924]. They cover three main aspects of work handled by the office of Longueville and Co., firstly prosecutions by or against the Ormsby Gore family in the High Court of Justice, Oswestry Borough Session, and the county courts of Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire; secondly petitions to the High Court of Chancery in connection with family trust settlements; and thirdly, cases for legal opinion. The most substantial of the files comprise the matter of Fanny Mary Katherine Ormsby Gore, to enable a settlement upon her marriage to Lloyd Kenyon, 1863; a petition to the High Court of Chancery concerning powers of leasing mines under the Ormsby Gore family settlement, 1866-1875; Borth-y-gest ejectment [c. 1874]-1879; Cooper and Allen vs Harlech concerning a contract for a land purchase, 1876; Harlech vs Hall in a claim for money, 1880-1884; lawsuits on behalf of Lord Harlech in a case of assault and a boundary dispute, 1889; and Lord Harlech, Jones and Lewis vs Parry in a case to recover lands at Morfa Bychan, 1896. There is also a file of solicitor’s working notes from the office of Longueville and Co. [c. 1924]

Inventories and valuations of household contents at Glyn [Talsarnau], after the death of John Ralph Ormsby Gore, first Baron Harlech, 1876, and of heirlooms belonging to William Richard second Baron Harlech, deceased, 1906

Title deeds relating to the Vron (Fron) and another house with a blackmith’s shop called Knotsford in the township of Porkington in the parish of Selatyn, Salop, purchased by the Brogyntyn estate, 1640-1874.

Title deeds relating to a brick yard, Brick Fields, Brick Kilns and cottages in the parishes of Oswestry and Selatyn, Salop, purchased by the Brogyntyn estate, 1783-1909. These deeds show the origins and development of the brick yards, on former common land in the manor of Whittington and on land formerly belonging to Powis Castle, from the late eighteenth century

Title deeds relating to purchases by Mary Jane Ormsby of Skybor Issa and land at Middleton in the parishes of Selatyn and Oswestry, Salop, 1790-1813.

Miscellaneous administrative papers of the Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire estates of Clenennau, Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid, concerning crop and livestock husbandry [17 cent., first ½], 1662, [mid 18 cent.], property repairs, [1678x-1705]-1857, surveys and valuations, 1705-[1815x1860], mines and quarries, 1726-1853, enclosures and embankments, 1806-1830, tithes, [c. 1836] and game, 1885-1902.

Letters to William Owen, 1666, Sir Robert Owen, 1690, and Dame Margaret Owen, 1698-1709, William Owen, 1730-1765, Robert Godolphin Owen, 1777-1784, Owen Ormsby, 1793, 1796, William Ormsby-Gore, 1830-1843, and William Richard Ormsby-Gore, 1887, received from the agents of Brogyntyn and Llanddyn and from other individuals, sometimes accompanied by relevant letters from third parties. Recurrent subjects include the submission and payment of accounts; rent collection; leasing of properties; payment of chief rents, poor rate and taxes; debts on the estate of Sir Robert Owen; problems with the lease of Ruyton Park from Lord Craven, 1701-1705; the provision of commodities; sales of timber and livestock; fishing rights and the lease of Llynclys Pool from Lord Powis, 1740-1743; property purchases; and repairs to estate buildings.

Rentals and related papers for the of the Abertanat estate, 1711-1803, [c. 1949]; the Cemais estate, between 1747 and 1824; the Penrhos estate, 1824-1833; and the three combined Montgomeryshire estates, 1803-1846. The portions of the Abertanat estate lying in Llanyblodwel, Oswestry, Llanymynech and Llansanffraid-ym-Mechain do not feature in rentals later than 1746, and in 1766 they passed to another branch of the family under the terms of Margaret Godolphin's will. The remaining part of the estate, lying in Montgomeryshire, was called Broniarth. The Abertanat (Broniarth) rentals exhibit a regularity of format, with separate columns for arrears, land tax and expenses for repairs. The Cemais rentals show that John Owen was aready in possession by 1786. By the time of the 1801 rental he also owned the Montgmeryshire portion of Abertanat in Broniarth, inherited from his cousin, Robert Godolphin Owen (died 1792).

Account books and a large number of loose bills and receipts, 1653-1829, deriving from administration of the estate of Abertanat (Broniarth), incorporating Moreton Hall, and of the Cemais and Penrhos estates, showing income from rents and duties; usual outgoings for tithes, chief rents, taxes, and other dues; profits from estate produce and livestock; occasional rentals; disbursements for repair and maintenance of buildings, purchase and carriage of commodities; employees' wages, agent's travelling expenses and subsistence.

Letters to [Col. William Owen?], [16]66, Sydney Godolphin, 1700-1728, Margaret Godolphin, 1717-1759, Arthur and William Owen, 1739, 1754, Mary Owen, 1776-1783, John Owen of Penrhos, 1789-1814, Owen Ormsby, 1794, and William Ormsby-Gore, 1842-1859, from tenants, solicitors and the agents of the Abertanat, Cemais and Penrhos estates, accompanied by occasional replies and relevant letters from third parties. The subject matter comprises mostly routine estate business, such as rent collection, leasing of properties, chief rents, taxes, tithes, submission of accounts, family and local news, problems encountered by agents and tenants, enclosures and encroachments on common land, particularly in Deuddwr and Broniarth, sale of crops and livestock, a sitting place in Llanymynech church, 1759, exploitation of timber and property repairs. Items of interest include fishing rights in Broniarth Pool, 1725-1728; Margaret Godolphin's intention to divert the River Tanat and a mill stream, 1733, 1737; the manorial courts of Cyfeiliog, 1754; consultation of the 1655 sessions rolls at Powis Castle in connection with property of John Owen at Broniarth, 1796; disputes over a sheepwalk on the Cemais estate of John Owen, 1806-1813; subscriptions to a new road from Meifod, 1807; and proposals for a railway near the Cemais estate, 1859. Some letters contain integral accounts.

Miscellaneous estate administration records, comprising crown land commissions, 1590-1650, accounts, 1601-1733, 1834-1837, lists of properties [17 cent., first quarter], letters, [c. 1638]-1938, a rental, 1760, agriculture, 1633-[18 cent., last quarter, gamekeeping, 1682, timber, 1741-1747, property surveys, valuations and sales, [c. 1794]-1894, and a list of papers, [post-1853], deriving from Moynes Court in Monmouthshire, Tetworth House and various other estates, mainly in Caernarfonshire, Shropshire, Berkshire, Hertfordshire and Cornwall.

Miscellaneous records relating to the manor of Broniarth, comprising a grant of customs and privileges, 1536; estreats of fines and amercements, 1606-1632 and [mid-18 cent.]; questions and notes on the rights of the lord of the manor, 1639-[c. 1721]; a list of cottagers and enclosures, [17 cent., first half]; copies of the charter and related memoranda, 1652, 1687, [18 cent.]; and boundary surveys, 1690, 1773.

Miscellaneous records of the manor of Deuddwr, comprising boundary surveys, 1661, 1708, 1830, a list of encroachments, 1789, notices, plans and a draft rental of chief rents, 1821-1840, a suit roll, 1823-1830, and a steward's appointment, 1839.

Rentals of the manors of Aber and Cemais in Caernarfonshire and Anglesey, 1591 and legal papers from the manors of Whittington, 1632-1709, 1749-1774, and Aston in Shropshire, 1768-1769.

Title deeds of lands acquired through 'tir prid' conveyances, purchase and leasehold by the successive owners of the Clenennau estate, lying in the parishes of Aber-erch, Beddgelert, Clynnog, Cricieth and Deneio, 1496-1625, in the townships of Penyfed, Pennant, Rhedynogfelen and Gest (incorporating parts of Dolbenmaen, Penmorfa, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Llannor and Ynyscynhaearn), 1427-1632, as well as in Llanaelhaearn, Lanbeblig, Llanystumdwy and Penmorfa, 1515-[c. 1700] Treflys, 1441-1665 and miscellaneous parishes in Caernarfonshire, 1521-1732.

Title deeds relating to properties in the parishes of West Felton, 1624-1767, Whittington, 1527-1725, and miscellaneous Shropshire parishes, 1571-1830. Some of the deeds illustrate the development of the agricultural landscape by the division of ancient, open fields into smaller, enclosed plots during the seventeenth century. The file of miscellaneous deeds contains documents which relate to the purchased estates of Pentre-pant and Drenewydd.

Marriage settlements, other family settlements and related deeds and documents of the owners of Clenennau and Brogyntyn and their immediate relatives, namely John ap Maredudd, his son Moris, Eliza ap Moris and Moris ap Eliza, 1485-1574; William Maurice, 1556-1619; Ellen Maurice and John Owen (she later remarried to become Ellen Eure), 1599-1674; Sir John and Col. William Owen, 1626-1663; William Owen, 1675-1680; Sir Robert and Dame Margaret Owen, 1682-1717; William Owen 1727-1761; Robert Godolphin Owen, 1767; and members of the Ormsby-Gore family, 1743, 1806, 1839.

Letters to George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore, third Baron Harlech, 1862-1938, from his wife, family, friends, political acquaintances, military personnel and several individuals whose sons were killed in service with the Welsh Guards. Topics of interest are: political representation of Merionethshire; the Unionist party in Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1910-1912; army appointments, including the recipient 's command and eventual resignation from the Welsh Guards, 1915-1918; government military policy and army life during the First World War; travel in China; renovations to the grave of Owen Arthur Ormsby-Gore in South Africa, 1926-1928; the economic life of pre-war Canada, 1910; the military and political career of William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore in Egypt and Palestine during the First World War and later in the British cabinet; family history relating to Sir George Seymour and to Gore monuments in Ireland; research on a painting of Charles II; history of the coastline at Harlech; liquidation of the Ardudwy Farmers' Association, 1912; formation of Talsarnau Co-operative Society, 1914; a church appointment in Shropshire, 1937; and the transfer of Criccieth Castle to H.M. Office of Works, 1932-1933.