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Draft Porkington (Brogyntyn) rental and account for the estates in Salop, Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire for one half year ending Lady Day 1846.

Brogyntyn cash book labelled ‘Porkington receipts and payments book’, April-June 1845, also showing rents received by Mr McKie and costs of labourers since 14 January 1845.

Porkington (Brogyntyn) estate vouchers, 1868-1869. Includes bills for repairs at Llanddyn Hall and Rose Cottage, 1868; and interior decorating at No. 3 Porkington Terrace, 1869.

Porkington (Brogyntyn) estate vouchers, 1867. Includes bills for repairs at Old Port Farm, Scybor Issa and Underhill Farmhouse.

Porkington (Brogyntyn) estate vouchers, 1864-1865.

Papers labelled ‘Penmorfa Award’ relating to a dispute over the boundary between Lord Harlech’s lands and Gesail [Gyfarch], 1877, comprising a letter from W.R. Lawford, a bill of charges by Spooner and Co., and two plans showing the boundary and a quarry leased to Humphrey Richard Thomas.

Large bundle of vouchers, account books, loose accounts and letters, 1856-1876, labelled ‘Papers relating to J.E. Parry’s estate taken from Mr Jones’s side table 18 April 1876’, referring to John Edward Parry, agent of the Glyn estate, Talsarnau. These papers also include a packet of vouchers from the Penrhos estate, Montgomeryshire, 1870-1871. The whole file has now been divided into six smaller bundles for convenience of handling. As expected, some of the content derives from J.E. Parry’s management of the Glyn estate. Many other vouchers and accounts relate to building work for J.E. Parry at Moelygarnedd, Bala, by Richard Roberts, William Evans, Edward Jones and others, 1872-1875; and there are traced plans of Moelygarnedd, 1873-1875. Other items include bank books of John E. Parry in account with the National Provincial Bank of England, and Cassons and Co, Portmadoc, 1856-1875; a licence to kill game, 1873; and a report by Howell Hedd Lloyd Clough and [?] Williams on the mineral lordship of Mold, 1872. The letters are mostly to or by J.E. Parry, and occasionally William Ormsby Gore. Correspondents include Parry’s agent or foreman, Richard Roberts (in Welsh) concerning the building work and grounds at Moelygarnedd, 1873-1875; T.H. Clough of Ruthin, about Parry’s request for a lease on the College Plantation, Bala, 1873; Robert Jones of Bryn Tegid on the necessity of widening Llanycil Bridge, 1875; and A.A. Passingham on behalf of the Local Board, requesting Moelygarnedd land to create a reservoir near Bala, 1875. The Penrhos estate vouchers relate mostly to building repairs and work on the timber plantations, 1870-1871.

Bundle vaguely labelled ‘Old papers taken out of old lease book’ which relate to Caernarfonshire and Merioneth properties of the Brogyntyn estate, 1847-1878. The file contains a receipt for the sale of materials at the toll house, Brynyrefail, 1847; papers relating to crown rents in Caernarfonshire and Merioneth, including letters of J.E. Parry and the Office of Woods, schedules of rents and a deed for the purchase of the crown rents by the Brogyntyn trustees, all wrapped in a printed sale notice of property at Harlech, 1858-1878; a request and plan for a new house at Pant Dwr Oer, Beddgelert, 1873; the petition of Edward Lloyd concerning Harlech Lletty mines, 1875; a list of shareholders in Penmorfa Sett Quarry, 1876; a list of leases from Mrs Ormsby Gore of building land at Borth-y-gest and other places, commencing 1858-1874; leases, plans, and letters mainly by W.R. Lawford relating to Clenennau Mill, 1869, 1874, building plots and a site for schools at Borth-y-gest in the parish of Ynyscynhaearn, plots at Cricieth and at Porkington Terrace and Caefadog in Barmouth, showing the position of the railway line, Mynydd Gorllwyn in the parish of Llanaber, and the stone quarries at Fron Oleu, Portmadoc, 1858-1878; and a list of charges by Longueville and Co. with reference to a lease from Lord Harlech, 1877.

Original parcel of vouchers labelled ‘Merionethshire and Carnarvonshire bills paid 1861’, containing separate packets for each of the two counties. Includes in Merioneth: bills for building repairs at Glyn Hall and farm, Friddfedw, Llechollwyn, Ty Cerrig, houses in Harlech, Glan y Mor, Singrig Mill and Hafod Ucha; and a subscription for the celebration at Barmouth of William Wynne coming of age. Includes in Caernarfonshire: building repairs at Braich y Saint, houses in Penmorfa, Ty Mawr in Treflys, Brynefail Isa, Maesyllech, Bwlchyfedwen, Clenennau, Tynlone, Fronolau, Blaen y Cae, Plas yn Pennant, Ystumcegid, etc.

Original bundle of vouchers from the Irish estates of William Richard Ormsby Gore, second Baron Harlech, labelled ‘Mr Vernon’s vouchers’ and part of the wrapper, giving the date ‘1st May 1884’ but Mr Vernon’s vouchers are actually dated 1880-1885. The bundle has several packets inside, including Mr Walker’s receipts, 1876-1877; and William Percy Jones’ vouchers, 1883-1885

Original bundle of vouchers from the Irish estates of William Richard Ormsby Gore, second Baron Harlech, 1877-1883. Includes a list of allowances to tenants [undated]

Original bundle of vouchers from the Irish estates belonging to William Richard Ormsby Gore, second Baron Harlech, 1875-1884 (mainly 1878-1881), now divided into three for convenience of handling. Includes accounts of repairs to the Dromod estate and barracks, 1878-1879, general estate expenditure and temporary abatements to tenants, 1879-1881; vouchers for William Percy Jones’ account and for William Evans’ account, 1881-1882

Original bundle labelled ‘Glynne’ (deleted) and ‘Lord Harlech’s Vouchers, Irish Estates’, now divided into three for convenience of handling, and containing several packets of vouchers from the Brogyntyn estate, the Clenennau and Glyn estates, and the Irish estates, 1874-1884 (mainly 1877-1880). Includes bills for the attendance of the Fire Brigade at Brogyntyn, 1874; repairs to Laganomer Barracks and expenses for the Dromod estate (in vouchers for Mr Percy Jones’ account, November 1881); and a letter to William Percy Jones from John Smith, chairman of the Balinaglera Relief Committee about the potato famine, 1880 (in vouchers year ending December 1880)

Original bundle of vouchers from the Sligo estate belonging to William Richard Ormsby Gore second Baron Harlech, labelled ‘1885’ actually dated 1882-1887 (mainly 1885-1886)

Bundle labelled ‘Deeds relating to the manor of Deytheur and containing a description of the boundaries of the Manor of Deytheur’. It does contain the said description of the manor of Deuddwr, 1821, and an abstract of title of William Harry Earl of Darlington and Henry Viscount Barnard to estates in Montgomeryshire, 1743-1813 (Watermark 1821). The bundle also contains two copies of an appointment by Mary Jane Ormsby Gore to the trustees of the will of Ellen Owen, of the estates in Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo in Ireland, for securing the sum of £5000, 1816.

Bundle labelled ‘Brogyntyn Trust’ containing assorted papers connected with the functions of the trustees, 1904-1921. They include valuations of horses and carriages at Brogyntyn and Glyn, and lists of pictures and articles of vertu at 37 Chesham Place and Tetworth valued for estate duty after the death of William Richard Baron Harlech, 1904-1905; an application under the Settled Land Acts for the provision of a water supply to Brogyntyn mansion, home farm and other parts of the estate in Oswestry and Selatyn, 1906-1907; a statement of interest due to Lord Harlech, 1910-1912, a bill of trustees’ costs from a Dublin solicitor, 1912, and receipts, 1913-1914; and letters from Longueville, Henry C. Legge and Frank Lloyd and Sons of Wrexham, concerning money to be advanced on mortgage to purchasers in the sales of the settled estates in Caernarfonshire, 1911-1912, Llandrinio, 1919, and Oswestry, 1921

Accounts and receipts labelled variously ‘Brogyntyn trust vouchers’ and ‘Lord Harlech - Longueville & Co’s receipts & bills of costs’, dated 1914-1929. Some of the accounts record the sale of lands in Sligo, Leitrim and Westmeath through the Court of the Irish Land Commission, 1914-1923.

Bundle of accounts and receipts labelled ‘Brogyntyn trust vouchers etc. 1909-1910’, showing Longueville’s legal costs from 1907, billed to the trustees in 1909-1910.

Bundle of accounts and receipts labelled ‘Brogyntyn trust vouchers 1914 (Dec.)’ but actually showing Longueville’s legal costs from 1911, billed to the trustees in 1913-1914. Some of the accounts record the sale of lands in Leitrim and Mayo through the Court of the Irish Land Commission, accompanied by affidavits of Baron Harlech and relevant letters

Bundle of accounts and receipts labelled ‘Brogyntyn trust vouchers 1911-1912’. Several of them refer to the sale of Church Island, Lough Gill, Sligo, and parts of the Caernarfonshire and Merioneth estate in Cricieth, Portmadoc, Beddgelert, Barmouth, Llanfrothen and Ffestiniog. Some accounts and letters mention improvements made at Bryn Efail Issa and the White Lion Hotel, Cricieth, prior to the sale