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Title deeds and other documents relating to properties mainly in the parishes of Oswestry, Selatyn and Whittington in the county of Salop (Shropshire), either purchased by the Brogyntyn estate or already owned and later sold or leased by them, 1607-1939. The properties include lands which formerly belonged to the Earls of Powis, the Lloyd family of Aston and the Owen family of Woodhouse, former common lands in the manor of Whittington and the Drenewydd estate purchased from the Wynne family of Peniarth in 1830. There are substantial quantities of deeds for the farm of Pentreclawdd, 1607-1899, the Vron, Selatyn, 1697-1874, Pentre David, 1707-1827, Pentrepant, 1741-1894, lands around the Brick Kilns in Oswestry, 1783-1909, and miscellaneous other properties, 1740-1939.

Title deeds and other documents relating to property owned by the Brogyntyn estate in Montgomeryshire, 1647-1902. One series concerns properties of the Penrhos and Cemmes (Cemais) estates, formerly belonging to John Owen, which descended to Mary Jane Ormsby Gore, 1647-1899; another series comprises records of the manors of Broniarth and Deuddwr, 1773-1894. Other deeds concern properties in the township of Broniarth in the parish of Guilsfield, 1740-1885, and at Sarnau in the parish of Meifod, 1828-1902.

Title deeds and other documents relating to properties belonging to the Brogyntyn estate in Caernarfonshire, 1813-1924. There are four series, comprising leases of parts of Borth-y-gest farm, Ynyscynhaearn, for building plots, 1847-1924; miscellaneous deeds and documents for properties in Cricieth, Dolbenmaen, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Llanystumdwy, Morfa Bychan, Penmorfa, Treflys and Ynyscynhaearn, 1813-1909; licences and leases of mines and quarries in Caernarfonshire, 1845-1890; and licences for Ereiniog Peat and Brick Works, 1871-1883.

Wills and executors’ accounts of the Owen and Ormsby Gore families (misc.), 1626-1860, of Mary Jane Ormsby Gore, 1841-1870, John Ralph Ormsby Gore, 1876-1877, and William Richard Ormsby Gore, 1904-1922.

Original and copy wills, administration bonds, occasional inventories and other documents associated with probate belonging to the main families of Maurice of Clenennau, Owen of Clenennau and Brogyntyn (Porkington) and Ormsby-Gore of Brogyntyn, 1621-1829, and those who were connected with them by marriage, namely Anwyl of Park, 1600-1700, Godolphin of Abertanat, 1725-[c. 1862], Vaughan of Corsygedol, 1606, 1636, and Wynn of Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid, 1563-1682.

Original, draft and copy marriage settlements, other family settlements and trusts of the families of Maurice, Owen and Ormsby-Gore of Clenennau and Brogyntyn, 1485-1839 and other families related to them by marriage, namely Wynn of Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid, 1516-1683, Clayton (incorporating Griffith), 1704-1709, Godolphin, 1733, Hanmer, 1620-1656, and Lyster (incorporating Derwas), 1665-1703, with related deeds and documents of the type normally associated with disentailment and resettlement.

Private correspondence of the main Clenennau and Brogyntyn families of Maurice and Owen, 1587-1801, and their descendants, the Ormsbys and Ormsby-Gores, 1777-1950, together with two smaller groups of letters of their relatives, the Owens/Lysters of Penrhos, 1703-1823, and the Owens/Claytons of Brymbo, 1714-1739.

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 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.

Complete editions, cuttings and pages of newspapers, 1685-1887; printed newsletters, broadsides, advertisements and general information leaflets, 1666-1861; and manuscript newsletters, 1676-1710.

Administrative records of the estates of Lea Hall in Preston Gubbals, Shropshire, and the Brymbo estate near Wrexham, Denbighshire, previously in the ownership of Richard Clayton, comprising rentals and accounts, 1586, 1710-1743, 1750, memoranda of leases, 1736-1749, and miscellaneous estate administration papers, 1684-1739.

Title deeds of properties belonging to the Brymbo estate near Wrexham, originally owned by the Griffith family and later administered by William Owen of Brogyntyn, 1555-1765; deeds of properties belonging to the Clayton family of Lea Hall in Preston Gubbals, Shropshire, 1682-1719; and a small number of deeds referring to premises in Bangor-is-coed, Wrexham and Gresford, 1574-1725, placed here on evidence connected with Mary Clayton and her first husband, Robert Jeffreys of Acton.

Papers comprising deeds, abstracts, agreements, bonds, rentals, accounts, legal opinons and correspondence relating to several family and non-family trusts administered by members of the Maurice and Owen families, 1584, 1636-1666, [1698], 1725-1773. The family trusts here are specific and separate from those incorporated into the family settlements (section PBF).

Private letters exchanged between Margaret Godolphin, [c. 1698]-1764, and various members of the Godolphin family of Abertanat, Eton and Thames Ditton, 1698-1763, including her parents, Sydney and Susanna, her sisters, Ellen and Mary, her nephew, Francis, their Hoblyn and Pendarves relatives, and others; together with letters from friends, solicitors and other professionals. The contents reflect in great detail the personal, domestic and social circumstances of an eighteenth century upper class family, against the background of the Jacobite Wars. Recurrent topics include the management of the Abertanat estate, especially the exploitation of timber, the death of Master Henry Godolphin, 1722, physical ailments, financial investments, family settlements and inheritance. The correspondence of Ellen, Margaret and Mary Godolphin from 1728 to 1730 shows a preoccupation with the reluctance of Miss Mary Godolphin to marry William Owen of Porkington!

The group contains pedigrees in handwritten and printed forms, extracts from original and published sources, notes and correspondence on the genealogy of Ormsby-Gore and the families from whom they were descended, such as Gore and Gorges, 1794-[c. 1906], Owen of Brogyntyn, Wynn of Glyn, and other families who were related to them by marriage or who were relevant to the history of the estate, 1698-1951.

A play and miscellaneous other papers relating to drama, [1684]-(Watermark 1812), together with papers relating to music and art, [1731]-1888.

Title deeds of lands acquired through 'tir prid' conveyances, purchase, leasehold and exchange by the successive owners of the Clenennau estate, lying in Caernarfonshire, mainly in Penyfed and Pennant, Dolbenmaen, Penmorfa and the surrounding parishes, 1427-1732, and in Merionethshire, around Llanfihangel-y-Traethau, Harlech and Llanfrothen, 1454-1833. Several of the deeds refer to crown lands, which were much disputed and subject to investigation by government officials. Some of the Merionethshire deeds are accompanied by or endorsed with nineteenth century notes

Title deeds of lands acquired through purchase, 'tir prid' conveyances and leasehold by the successive owners of the Glyn estate, mainly in Llanaber, Lanbedr, Llandanwg, Llandecwyn, Llanenddwyn Llanfair[-juxta-Harlech] and Llanfihangel-y-traethau in Merionethshire, 1499-1807; the Sylfaen estate, mainly in Llanaber, Merionethshire, and to a lesser extent, Dolbenmaen, Caernarfonshire, 1509-1698, [1811]; and for lands belonging to the Owen family of Ystumcegid and later to the Wynns of Glyn, in the locality of Dolbenmaen, Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Llanystumdwy and Criccieth in Caernarfonshire, 1597-1672. Several of the deeds refer to former crown lands in Merionethshire.

Title deeds of properties acquired through purchase, lease, mortgage, marriage and inheritance by members of the Conway and Mostyn families of Nant, [mid-14 cent.], 1367-[c. 1686], mainly in the parishes of Cwm, Llanasa, Meliden and Rhiwlyfnwyd, but also in Bodfari, Gwaunysgor, Cilcain, Rhuddlan and Whitford. The earliest title deeds include a small number of fourteenth century documents involving the de Crevecoeur family, lords of Prestatyn. Further items of significance are conveyances of lands in Cwm and Diserth from 1533 to 1625 by the Lloyds of Hiraddug, who had established a marital connection to the Mostyn family. Other deeds show the acquisition of land by the Conway family, mainly in Llanasa and Meliden, between 1539 and 1624. Family settlements and associated documents of the Mostyn family, dating from 1625 to 1659, relate to lands mainly in Meliden, but also in Llanasa, Cilcain, Cwm and Whitford. Other families represented in the deeds include Holland of Prestatyn, and Prestland of Prestatyn and Wardle, Cheshire.

Records deriving from administration of the Clenennau, Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid estates in Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, 1530-1902. The lands belonging to Clenennau were situated in Penmorfa, Gest, Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Beddgelert, Llanystumdwy, Caernarfon town, Pwllheli, Treflys and Ynyscynhaearn, Caernarfonshire, and in Llanfair[-juxta-Harlech], Llanenddwyn, Llanfihangel-y-traethau, Penrhyn, Ffestiniog, Penllyn, Llanfrothen and Nanmor, Merionethshire. The Glyn and Sylfaen estates lay in Talsarnau, Llanfihangel-y-traethau, Llandanwg, Llandecwyn and Llanaber; and Ystumcegid in Llanfihangel[-y-pennant], Llanystumdwy, Penmorfa, Cricieth, Clynnog and Penyfed. The records from each estate are similar, comprising rentals and related papers, [1535]-1849, accounts, 1534-1827, leases, 1530-1842, correspondence, 1609-1888, and miscellaneous estate administration papers, 1662-1902. It is interesting to note the relationships of the Owen family with the eighteenth century estate stewards, notably Anne Jones of Clenennau, Griffth Parry, John Parry of Brynbanon and Humphrey Owen of Lasynys.