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Mainly pedigrees and notes, [1764]x1789, together with a letter to Mrs Ormsby-Gore, 1868, elucidating the descent of the Godolphin family and Bridgeman of Castle Bromwich from Tanat of Abertanat; the marital connections of Tanat and Godolphin with Owen of Brogyntyn; the descent of the Cornish Earls of Godolphin, Francis Baron Helston and the relationship to Dr Henry Godolphin; intermarriages through the female line with the Dukes of Newcastle and Leeds; and a marital link with the Boscawen family. The file also includes a list by Mary Godolphin of the birthdays and ages of her own family and the Sleech family of Eton, 1724; notes on the deaths and burials of Susanna Godolphin and Owen Tanat in 1724 and 1768 respectively; and an eighteenth century copy of 'Achau Teilyoedd Abertanatt' compiled by the sons of David Lloyd, c. 1400.

Genealogical papers relating to the families of Wynn(e) of Glyn, Gwydir and Peniarth who were linked by common ancestry and intermarriages. They comprise eighteenth century memoranda from papers at Glyn and pedigrees [post-1830] showing the marital connections of Wynn of Glyn with Owen of Ystumcegid, Anwyl of Park, Owen of Brogyntyn and others; extracts taken in 1790 from the parish register of Llanwddyn, Montgomeryshire, for 1665-1699; an eighteenth century pedigree of Wynne of Gwydir; and a pedigree by W.W.E. Wynne of Peniarth, 1837, tracing his own ancestry through the Wynns of Glyn back to Sir William Maurice of Clenennau.

Handwritten and printed eighteenth and nineteenth century pedigrees, notes and essays relating to miscellaneous Welsh and English families, including the ancestors and descendants of James I [post-1727]; Watkin Kyffin of Glascoed, Denbighshire, 1860; Osborn Wyddel of Llanaber, 1862; Sir Roger Puleston and others (Watermark 1824); Somerset; Mansel of Margam; and Villiers. The file also contains an essay on the tribes of Wales; a list of heraldic quarterings including those of Owen, Lacon, Wynn of Glyn, Godolphin and Tanat; and an album of well-known national and individual coats of arms.

Large volumes, notebooks and folders, containing mainly poetry and prose compositions accumulated by various members of the Owen and Ormsby-Gore families, 1624-1868, and in particular by Frances Morres Gore, 1809-1832. The great majority are in English, but they include some works in French, Welsh, Latin and Italian by published and unpublished authors, including members of the Gore family. They broadly cover contemporary national events and politics of the Stuart period, the Hanoverian monarchy and the Napoleonic Wars, together with matters of local interest, and various romantic and moralistic themes.

Manuscript volume, mainly of poetry, riddles and word puzzles, 1773, 1800-1801. Some of the verses have theatrical associations and include To David Garrick esq. Upon Meeting him at Mr Rigby 's House in the Country by C. Austen and Garrick 's Answer; a dramatic poem, Prologue for Venice Preserved by Richard Cumberland, Epilogue to Venice Preserved by William Hanbury and a further Epilogue by Cumberland, performed at Kelmarsh, 1773. Other works comprise a memorial to Rev. Samuel Love, a minor canon of Bristol Cathedral, 1773, and his lines to a robin residing in the cathedral; a copy of Beddgelert [by William Robert Spencer], dated at Dolymelynllyn, 1800; and poems written at Porkington by John Kynaston, 1801. The volume also contains a copy of the retort of George Nugent Reynolds, former justice for Leitrim, to the Earl of Clare, following his dismissal from the Commission of the Peace.

Manuscript volume belonging to L.M. Gore, containing elegies, odes, epitaphs, French chansons, other songs, popular rhymes and prose compositions on generally on romantic or bucolic themes, and on the Napoleonic Wars, 1785-1807. They include unpublished Lines by Mrs [Frances] Grevelle; a eulogy of Isaac Corry by Mrs [Henrietta] O 'Neill; To_'Fanny farewell...' by William Gore; copies of published works by Sir Brooke Boothby, William Cowper, Wentworth Dillon, Samuel Johnson, George Lewis, Richard Mant, Thomas Moore, Dr Thomas Percy, Mary Darby Robinson, 1788, William Roscoe, R. B. Sheridan, Thomas Sheridan, and Esther Vanhomrigh. Other titles comprise Inscription on the Cave in the Wood at Barrrowmount, 1786, To a Favorite Sister on her Birthday by 'An Etonian' [William Gore], To Eliza Gore with a Bouquet, 1797, To Capt William Gore Leaving Ireland, 1805, The Tears of the Cruets on Taxing Vinegar and Salt, 1805, and several other anonymous or unidentified works. Many other items in the volume are associated with the theatre and personalities such as David Garrick, Mrs O 'Neill of Shanes Castle, 1785, Madam Mara, 1795, Mrs Jordan at Drury Lane, 1798, George Baker, 1803, [George] Colman, Thomas Dibdin, 1803, and Robert Elliston, 1804; there is also a prelude to a children 's play, The Desert Island; and Prelude by Richard Cumberland upon Nelson 's death, 1805.

Volume apparently belonging to Owen Ormsby [pre-1804], containing copies of published poems and letters by Alexander Pope, Abraham Cowley, John Dryden, George Lyttelton and Thomas Parnell; A Recipe for the Vapours by Lord Lansdowne; letters by Countess Castelli to Baroness Treville concerning their friendship, a journey to Paris, Parisian society, fashion and etiquette, and the courtship of the Count de Castelli; other letters by unidentified authors on the subjects of romantic attraction, women and marriage; elegies on the poet 's emotional sensitivity and on separation from 'Celia'.

Exercise book of George Gore (aged 13), 1868, entitled Fairy Tales, containing a story, The Poor Man and his Sons Luck, with an exercise in gothic lettering at the back.

Two manuscripts of a play entitled Valerie, one version in three acts, the other in five acts (Watermarks 1811-1812).

Papers relating to music, produced between 1731 and 1888, including instructions from a printed manual on technique and music for playing on the harpsichord; notes, programmes and other items associated with concerts and musical scores; and a paper relating to art, consisting of remarks on a famous equine portrait.

Manuscript and printed papers of academic and general interest collected or researched by the family, comprising original documents [14 cent.], 1590, sermons [early 17 cent. x mid 18 cent.], epitaphs, [c. 1686], 1736, prophecies, [c. 1694], [19 cent.], catalogues of books and documents, including Brogyntyn library, 1702-1946, various academic exercises, notes, articles and other literature relating to religion, historical and antiquarian subjects, literature, natural history and topography, philosophical and moralistic themes, money and other subjects of general interest, [1656]-1940.

Manuscript and printed papers of academic and general interest comprising original documents with accompanying items [14 cent., second ½], 1590, 1924; sermons and notes on religious subjects [early 17 cent. x mid 18 cent.]; epitaphs [c. 1686], 1736; academic exercises [17 cent.]-1836; catalogues of books and documents, 1702-1946; volumes of historical and literary material, 1743-1780, 1797; anecdotes, 1776; a catalogue of coins, and notes about money [c. 1835]-1940. There are also notes, transcripts, articles and other literature relating to historical and antiquarian subjects, [1656]-[late 19 cent.], natural history and topography, [c. 1693-19 cent.], prophecies, [c. 1694], [19 cent.], miscellaneous depositions and notes, [c. 1722], and philosophical and moralistic themes, [1730x1784], 1842. Further volumes purchased in Bonhams sale, March 2017, comprise a catalogue of Brogyntyn library, 1809-1812, and two catalogues of plays, 1815.

A file of papers concerned with religious subjects which appear to date from the early seventeenth to the mid-eighteenth century. They include sermons; notes of sermons preached by [Thomas] Gatacre, [George] Carew, [Edward] Bentham and others; prayers and reflections on religious matters by Jane Owen [1669x1732]; considerations on appropriate attitudes to death, sin and sickness; arguments of John Frith the martyr; prayers entitled Prayers Out of Ye Christian Life; an essay on Daniel 's vision of the ram and the goat; notes on chapters of the Bible and the interpretation of various theological ideas; and extracts from the works of Bishop [Thomas] Newton.

Accounts of mysterious fires and the deaths of cattle and other farm animals in Merionethshire from an unknown disease [c. 1693]; a copy of Edward Lhuyd 's Parochial Queries [c. 1697]; notes on how the plague spread to Britain [18 cent., first quarter]; and a list of mountains and hills in North Wales and Shropshire, showing their heights in feet [19 cent., first half].

Various undated academic exercises in English and Latin, which appear to date from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. Some are based on imaginary scenarios, namely an address to King Malcolm III of Scotland, speculative letters by Henry Harris to Oxford University tutors and the attempted rescue of the Earl of Desmond from the Tower of London, involving a consultation with Dr John Dee. Also included are an essay written from memory after a lecture on the history of Odonoghue, king of Kerry (Watermark 1806); notes on European alphabets, poetry and mythology; and an English translation of Undine, 1836.

A list of the nobility of England, 1680 (from Adams, J., Index Villaris London 1680), a published currency conversion table '...dedicated to the merchants of England, 1769, and a pamphlet describing the ceremonies to be observed at the coronation of William IV and Queen Adelaide, 1831.

Statutes of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, 1925.

Order of the annual service of the Order of St Michael and St George in St Paul 's Cathedral, including the installation of the banners of the Rt. Hon. Baron Harlech, 1947.

Order of the ceremony of installation of Lord Harlech in the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1948, accompanied by instructions for the ceremonies, an invitation, procession list and guest list for the royal luncheon.