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Miscellaneous papers deriving from administration of the Lea Hall and Brymbo estates, comprising mining and timber industry records at Brymbo, 1684-1738, a terrier, [18 cent., first half, and correspondence, 1736, 1739.

Accounts of Brogyntyn servants' wages, 1698-1699, 1745-1748; instructions for the duties and conduct of household servants [mid-18 cent.]; and wages books, 1811-1866.

Bills and receipts from the North Wales and Shropshire estates, mainly for foodstuffs, wines, beer, fabrics, haberdashery, clothing, shoes, repairs to household utensils, medicines and veterinary treatments purchased by Owen Wynn, 1662, Madam [Susanna] Godolphin, 1703-1705, Richard and Mary Clayton, 1708-1727, Arthur and Mary Owen of Brymbo, 1725-1739, 1750, and other members of the Owen and Ormsby-Gore families, 1714-1878.

Original, draft and copy court rolls of the great and small courts, court leet, view of frankpledge and court baron of the manor of Broniarth, 1429-1464, [c. 1559]-1577, 1636-1701; most of the files are in Latin.

Title deeds of lands acquired through 'tir prid' conveyances, purchase, leasehold and exchange by the successive owners of the Clenennau estate, lying in Beddgelert, Dolgellau and Ffestiniog 1522-[pre-1622], Harlech, 1484-1666, Llandecwyn, Llanenddwyn and Llanfair[-juxta-Harlech], 1506-1580, Llanfihangel-y-Traethau, 1457-1833, Llanfrothen, 1513-1572, Trawsfynydd, 1562, 1635, and miscellaneous parishes in Merionethshire, 1454-1685. Some of the deeds are accompanied by or endorsed with nineteenth century notes.

Title deeds of properties acquired through purchase, lease, mortgage and exchange by the owners of the Sylfaen estate in Penyfed and Pennant, which fell within the boundaries of the parishes of Dolbenmaen, Penmorfa and Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, 1586-1596, and properties in Llanaber, 1509-1698, together with a smaller number of premises in Llanfihangel-y-traethau, 1519-1545, and other Merionethshire parishes, which appear to have a connection with Sylfaen, 1614-1634, (Watermark 1811).

A small number of title deeds, 1597-1672, for properties acquired by the Owen family of Ystumcegid and later by the Wynns of Glyn, situated in Caernarfonshire at Clynnog, Dolbenmaen, Llanfihangel-y-pennant and Llanystumdwy combined with Cricieth, Penyfed and Pennant.

Legal papers, 1410-1834, which include writs, bills of complaint, defendants' answers, breviates, court orders, cases with opinions of counsel, affidavits, interrogatories and depositions of witnesses, jury lists, copies and abstracts of deeds, lawyers' accounts, pedigrees to prove title and notes on legal procedure.
A large part of the records comprises disputes over title to land, inheritance or debt in North Wales and Shropshire, which took place in the High Court of Chancery, the Court of the Exchequer, the Court of King 's Bench or the Council in the Marches of Wales, or which were treated as equity cases in the Court of Great Sessions. The most substantial of them concern Sir William Maurice 's quarrels with the Ellis family of Ystumllyn over the title to lands in Gest, [c.1597]-1620; his financial disputes with his step-son, Sir Henry Johnes of Abermarlais, 1611-1620; and Sir Robert Owen 's disputes with Col. William Price of Rhiwlas over the title to lands in Rhedynogfelen and Gest, 1679-1694. A number of the cases provide information about the distribution of both freehold properties and leasehold crown lands in Eifionydd, Caernarfonshire, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Several other files contain papers relating to the Flintshire estates of the Conway family of Nant, dated from around 1540 to 1633; boundary disputes and trespasses in Merionethshire, 1587-1749; property of the Wynn family of Glyn, 1587-1686; the indebted estate of Sir Robert Owen, 1698-1705; and the illicit activities of William Owen 's agents on the Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire estates, 1733-1754.

Accounts, bills and receipts of the Maurice family of Clenennau, 1560-1620, Tanat and Godolphin of Abertanat, 1573-1767, miscellaneous individuals, [16 cent., last quarter]-1680, Conway of Nant, 1578-1630, Wynn of Glyn, 1582-1691, various members of the Owen family of Clenennau and Porkington, 1612-1711, the estate of Sir Robert Owen deceased, 1698-1725, William Owen and family, 1710-1798, Richard Clayton of Lea Hall and Brymbo, 1719-1720, Mary Owen, 1765-1783, John Owen of Penrhos, 1765-1816, Robert Godolphin Owen, 1768-1796, Owen and Margaret Ormsby, 1776-1796, and the Ormsby-Gore family, 1797-1876. Many of them relate to marriage portions, legacies, annuities, investments, funeral expenses and legal costs.

Wills and other probate records of the families of Anwyl of Park, 1600-1700; Godolphin of Abertanat and Baylies, 1725-[c. 1862]; Vaughan of Corsygedol and Talhenbont, 1606, 1636; and Wynn of Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid, 1563-1691.

Marriage settlements, other family settlements and associated documents of Owen of Ystumcegid, 1516-1612, and Robert [Wynn] ap John, Moris ap Robert Wynn and family, 1544-1607, [1649], William and Robert Wynn and family, 1611-1657, and Owen Wynn, 1661-1683, all of Glyn.

Settlements of four sets of families related by marriage to the Owens of Brogyntyn, namely Clayton and Griffith of Lea Hall and Brymbo, 1704-1709, Godolphin, 1733, Hanmer of Pentre-pant, 1620-1656, and Lyster and Derwas of Penrhos, 1665-1703.

Letters to Sir William Maurice, 1587-1619, and Elen Eure 1624; Col. William and Mary Owen, 1632-1670; Sir John Owen, 1647-1660; Jane Owen, 1669-1718; Catherine Owen, 1679; Ellen Owen, 1679-[c. 1701]; Sir Robert Owen, 1681-1697; Lady Margaret Owen, [c. 1682]-1727; and Elizabeth and Thomas Longueville, 1724-1743. Recurrent topics include the public duties of Sir William Maurice, Sir John Owen and Sir Robert Owen; local and national official appointments; the aftermath of the Civil War; post-Restoration political events and religious unrest; debts owed by Sir Henry Johnes of Abermarlais to Sir William Maurice and his immediate descendants; litigation concerning the North Wales and Oswestry estates; and financial issues arising from the estates of Sir Robert Owen and his sister, Ellen. There are several letters by Humphrey Humphreys, Bishop of Bangor and of Hereford, and other correspondents to Sir Robert Owen about family settlements; and to Jane Owen, Ellen Owen and Lady Margaret Owen concerning the education of Sir Robert 's children after his death, personal debts and encumbrances on his estate, particularly the mortgage of Ystumcegid, 1698-1704.

Letters to John Owen of Penrhos and his sister Margaret, 1772-1782, their mother, Elizabeth Owen, [1740x1746], grandparents, Richard and Elizabeth Lyster 1703-1710, 1761 and Miss Susanna Lyster, 1758-1762. A recurrent theme is the patronage of Penrhos Chapel, Llandrinio.

Letters received by William Owen, [c. 1705]-1767, together with a number of copies or drafts of his replies. Some of the letters are from members of the Godolphin and Owen families, [c. 1705]-1758, and others are from solicitors, bankers, national figures and local gentry, including several from Edward Wynn(e) of Bodewryd. General topics include charitable bequests and legacies by Anne Jones of Clenennau, [c. 1705]-1716; William Owen 's role in local government; elections in Shropshire and North Wales, particularly corrupt practices in the Caernarfon Borough elections for 1713 and 1722; improvements to Brogyntyn (Porkington) Hall, 1734; the appointment of Dr Hutton as bishop of Bangor, 1743; the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746; the purchase of Dolbenmaen, 1735; litigation relating to the estates of Richard Clayton and Arthur Owen, 1740-1760, boundary disputes in Gest and Penyfed, and quarrels with Margaret Lloyd of Cesail Gyfarch, 1741. The last file contains correspondence between William Owen, Edward Wynn(e), a Flemish lawyer and others, in an attempt to prove his claim to £500 out of the Bodysgallen estate, following the death of a distant kinsman John Francis Ouwens, 1710-1711, 1785.

Personal papers associated with the career and interests of William Ormsby-Gore, specifically political papers deriving from his membership of Parliament, 1822-1857, his presidency of the Genealogical Society, 1853, and a tribute by the London Stock Bank immediately following his death, 1860.

Personal papers of George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore, comprising two diaries from his days at school and in the Coldstream Guards, 1873, 1883, and a small number of army certificates, 1874, 1878.

Pedigrees, transcripts and extracts from original and published sources, copies of monumental inscriptions, notes and relevant correspondence relating to the intermarried families of Gore, Gorges and Ormsby, 1794x[1904] and numerous peripheral families such as Bertie, earls of Lindsey, Willoughby of Eresby, (Watermarks 1814-1830), Gordon of Huntly, 1887-[c. 1906], Hyde of Castle Hyde, [1832x1855], Smyth of Long Ashton, [1822x1857], and miscellaneous other families, [1812x1864]. Several of the files contain material relating to the connections of the Gore family in Ireland. Much of the material appears to have been compiled in the nineteenth century by William and Mary Jane Ormsby-Gore, and the sources they used are cited in the majority of cases.

Title deeds of properties acquired by the Conway and Mostyn families of Nant in the localities of Bodfari and Cwm, 1497-1625; Gwaunysgor and Llanasa, 1372-1650; Nant and Prestatyn in the parish of Meliden, 1367-1659; Rhiwlyfnwyd, Rhuddlan, and Whitford, 1435-1658; and miscellaneous parishes in Flintshire, Denbighshire and Cheshire, [mid-14 cent.], 1458-[c. 1686]. They include several fifteenth century 'tir-prid' conveyances.

Title deeds of properties in the parishes of Alberbury, 1539, Baschurch, 1296-1695, Ellesmere, 1367-1485, Loppington [13 cent.] and Llansilin, 1596, 1727.