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Leases in Beddgelert, 1573, 1618, and notice of tenant to quit in Pwllheli [parish of Deneio], 1749.

Leases of properties in several Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire parishes, including Penyfed, Pennant and Llanfrothen; and a list of Caernarfonshire tenants of Robert Godolphin Owen served with notices to quit, 1773.

Loose papers and notebooks listing books, periodicals, private papers, documents and maps contained in closets and chests, most of them presumably at Brogyntyn, dated between 1702 and 1893. The catalogues include: Ellen Owen 's books found after her death, 1702; books brought from Abertanat to Oswestry, 1771; bound pamphlets published between 1699 and 1813; books belonging to the library of Lady Morres Gore, 1819; and Brogyntyn charters, 1508-1740, belonging to the Penrhos and Abertanat estates in Montgomeryshire, with a covering letter by the compiler, I.H. Jeayes, 1893. The file also includes a book plate of Robert Godolphin Owen and notes of papers examined by W.W.E. Wynne, 1861, 1870.

Notes on philosophical and moralistic themes, one of which is addressed to Madam Owen, [1730x1784]; and the opinion of James Deville on improvement of the character, 1842.

Notebook of extracts relating to Saxon and Norman monarchs, translated from L'Histoire d'Angleterre (The History of England) by Paul de Rapin Thoyras, 1797.

Contains a report of the wedding of George Ralph Charles Ormsby-Gore and Margaret Ethel Gordon.

Press cutting relating to the Tithes Commutation Bill [c. 1837], and reprint of a newspaper article by W.D.W. Griffith of Garn, protesting against the Tithe Bill, 1887.

Manuscript London newsletters from John Gadbury and others, 1676-1710, addressed mainly to Sir Robert Owen, which strongly reflect the government, politics and society of the Stuart period. Recurrent topics are the relations between the Stuart monarchs and Parliament; proceedings of Parliament and government departments; English election results; events at the royal court; the establishment of Protestantism; antipathy towards Catholics and Protestant dissenters; political conspiracies; foreign affairs in Europe; British overseas trade and colonisation; local government in London; City gossip and Oxford University news. Items of specific interest include the murder of Sir Edmund Berry [Godfrey], 1679; rebellion of the Scottish Covenanters, 1679; the Titus Oates plot and its repercussions, 1679-1685; the trial of Lord Stafford, 1680; the Rye House Plot, 1683; the formation of a mounted bodyguard for Charles II, 1683; effects of Quo Warranto, 1683, and subsequent restoration of London and other corporation charters, 1688; the Austro-Turkish War, 1683-1691; the controversial electorship of Cologne, 1688; a protest by seven bishops against the Declaration of Indulgence, 1688; the abdication of James II and accession of William and Mary, 1688-1689; reviews of revenue and excise, 1688-1689; abolition of the Council of the Marches of Wales, 1688-1689; Jacobite rebellions in Ireland and Scotland, 1688-1691; War of the Grand Alliance, 1688-1697; the papal successsion, 1689; government of the Scottish Church, 1689; the suicide of Lord Teviot, 1694; the War of Spanish Succession, 1710; and activities of Dr Sacheverell, 1710.

The letters include a warning to Sir Robert Owen not to proceed with action against an eminent public figure and hints of his sympathy for the Catholics, 1687.

Certificate of the appointment of William Ormsby-Gore as a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, 1816.