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Probate with the will attached of Stephen Edwards of Bwlchydderwen, p. Llanbadarn Fawr, co. Card., 1883.

Papers of Roberts & Evans (R&E), solicitors of Aberystwyth, and their predecessors in business, including office and clients' papers. Also including the personal and family papers of the Roberts family.

Original bundle of probates with the wills attached of John Boultbee of Leamington Priors, co. Warw., esq., 1880, David Davies of Llangwyryfon, farmer, 1880, David Davies of Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, shoemaker, 1880, John Davies of Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn Uchaf, mason and freeholder, 1880, William Evans of Aberystwyth, farmer and carrier, 1880, Richard Hughes of Aberystwyth, grocer, 1880, David Jones of Llangwyryfon, farmer, 1880, John Jones of Llanilar, farmer, 1880, Daniel Evans of Llanrhystud, farmer, 1881, Elizabeth Morris of Gwnnws Uchaf, widow, 1881, Thomas Williams of Aberystwyth, druggist, 1881, Daniel Evans of Llansanffraid, farmer, 1883, James Evans of Llangeitho, farmer, 1883, David Phillips of Llanilar, farmer, 1883, John Walters of Aberystwyth, stonemason, 1883, Ebenezer Lewis of Llansanffraid, tailor, 1884, Mary Benjamin of Llanrhystud, 1885 (copy), Evan Evans of Llanbadarn Trefeglwys, smith, 1885, John Harries of Llangynfelyn, shoemaker, 1885, and Richard Hughes of Blaenpennal, farmer, 1886 (some rodent damage); the original wills of Rev. Francis Robert Dayrell of Baschurch, Shropshire, clerk, 1882, Cornelia Decima Davies of Aberystwyth, 1883, Margaretta Davies of Antaron, spinster, 1883, Victoria Davies of Antaron, spinster, 1883, Thomas Delahoyde of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, retired farmer, 1883, and Catherine Davies of Llanddewi Aberarth, spinster, 1885; copies of the wills of Thomas Jones of Aberystwyth, merchant, 1879, and Morgan Davies of Llanrhystud, yeoman, 1882; and administrations of the effects of David Evans of Llanrhystud, gent., 1880, Moses Morgan of Caron, farmer, 1880 (will annexed), John Jones of Eglwys-fach, farmer, 1881, Rev. David Jones of Llawhaden, Pembrokeshire, 1882, Evan Jones of Nancwnlle, farmer, 1884 (will annexed), John Maurice Davies of Antaron, esq., 1885, and John Evans of Aberystwyth, draper, 1886.

Deeds and documents relating to Sarah Roberts of Bridge Street, Aberystwyth, widow (d. 10 Dec. 1891), and David Charles Roberts, one of her sons and the surviving trustee of her will. The papers include deeds, leases, letters, insurance policies, inland revenue papers etc., including leases and related papers relating to saw mills and premises in Rofawr, 1890, Glenhurst, South Road, 1897-1959, m's and timber yard in Trefechan, 1906-1948, and Cranbrook House (formerly no. 26, later no. 47), Bridge Street, 1935. Also including lease and release of a dwellinghouse and gardens in Maesglas, Aberystwyth, 1813; copy of the will (dated 1852) of Richard Roberts of Aberystwyth, merchant, proved 1854; Merchant Seamen's Fund pension ticket for a master's widow, granted to Jane Griffiths of Upper Portland Street, Aberystwyth (d. 1886), 1869; Aberystwyth Burial Board grave space certificate of Jane Griffiths of Aberystwyth, widow, 1873; bill of sale by David Richards and James Mills of Liverpool, shipbrokers, to David Jones of Aberystwyth, ship-owner, of two shares in the 'Aberystwith Castle' (1055 tons, built Liverpool, 1875, no. 74485), 1876; probate of the will (dated 1878) of David Jones of Aberystwyth, retired master mariner, 1878, including bequests of twenty shares in the Cardiganshire Bay Steam Packet Co., eight shares in the North & South Wales Banking Co., 4/64th shares in the schooner 'Louisa' of Porthmadog, 32/64th shares in the brigantine 'Rheidol Queen', 2/64th shares in the iron ship 'Aberystwyth Castle', and 4/64th shares in brig 'Kilvey'; conveyance by Sir Pryce Pryce of Gogerddan, bart, and others, to Sarah Roberts of Aberystwyth, widow, of four m's and land in Tal-y-bont, p. Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, 1887, enclosing 1853 and 1854 leases of the same; and probate of the will (dated 1888) of Sarah Roberts of Aberystwyth, widow, 1892.

Leases of dwelling houses in Greenland Terrace, Princess Street, Church Street, Victoria Street, Portland Street, Portland Place, Belle View Terrace, Queen Street, Lower Regent Street, Victoria Street, Masons Row, Market Street, Tabernacle Street, North Road and Alban Square, Aberaeron, and of the harbour dues due at the same together with 'the sole and exclusive right and liberty of constructing using and working swing-boats ... from one side of the river across to the other side', 1887; and of Mynachdy House, p. Llanbadarn Trefeglwys, 1920.

Original bundle of deeds, correspondencce etc. relating to a m. called Porthlysky, p. St Davids, co. Pemb., including probate of will (dated 1800) of Thomas William Evans now residing at Fort George in the island of Martinique, West Indies (a captain in the Light Infantry), 1812; copy letter (dated 1799) from the said TWE on board the Indiaman 'Bennington' in which he refers to his late release after being imprisoned in France for sixteen months, 1823; will of William Williams late of Haverfordwest, but now of Bristol, 1830; probate of [another] will (dated 1831) of the said WW, 1842; memoranda about the births of the said WW's children [c.1813], written on part of the log book of the ship 'Kinston', bound from St Helena to London, 5-8 Nov. 1799; certified extracts (1791-1834) from parish registers of Haverfordwest, Bristol and Liverpool relating to the Williams family, 1844-1845; particulars and conditions of sale and sale poster of a moiety of the said m., 1854, and abstract of title (1830-1845) of the said moiety, 1854. Original label marked 'J. H. Davies dec.'.

Original bundle containing a case for the opinion of counsel, 1832, concerning the non-payment of royalty arising from the Cwmystwyth lead mines, p's Llanbadarn Fawr and Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, due to William Edward Powell, from the assignees of Thomas Anderson, a bankrupt and surviving lessee of the said mines; concerning the recovery of possession of the said mines and the payment of wages to the miners, together with accounts between W.E.P. and the lessees, 1823-1833, abstract of the lease of the said mine to Sir George Alderson and the said Thomas Anderson, lead merchants and copartners, 1825, accounts of ore raised by each miner, 1826-1827 and 1831-1832, correspondence 1827-1833, and valuation of materials and tools at the said mine, 1833.

Papers relating to Sir John Williams (1840-1926) and his bequests to the National Library of Wales (NLW) and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (UCW).

Papers relating to the Davies, Williams and Howell families, successive owners of Cwmcynfelyn [sometimes abbreviated to ‘Cwm’], and related estate papers. The papers relating to the estates of David Howell of Cwmcynfelyn and Gertrude his wife, 1915-1932 (formerly Roberts & Evans C 5/3), mostly concern the guardianship of their adopted daughter Gwendoline Marjorie Howell and the sale of the Cwm estate.

Original bundle of papers relating to the sale, in 1844, of a capital messuage previously called Tythyn Brynglas and now called Lovesgrove, p. Llanbadarn Fawr, to John Evans of Aberystwyth, esq., comprising an abstract of the marriage settlement of James Hughes of Aberystwyth [mortgagee] and Mary Bonsall, 1820; sale posters, particulars and conditions of sale and map of Lovesgrove, 1843; draft agreement to purchase and opinions and requisitions of titles, 1843-1844, and deed of covenant to produce title deeds.

Deeds, mainly drafts and copies, relating to lead mines owned by the Nanteos estate, comprising an agreement to search and dig for ore upon farms called Blaencenant and Alltfedw, p. Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, 1847, and surrender, 1860; copy counterpart lease of Cwmystwyth lead mines in the same p., 1848; lease of Bwlchgwyn and Ystumtuen ['Esymtien'] lead mines, p. Llanbadarn Fawr, 1853; surrender of a lease (dated 1853) of Llwybrllwynog, Gwaithcoch and Alltddu lead mines in the same p., 1855; take note to search for ore upon a farm called Ffynonwen in the same p., 1855; copy lease of Cwmsymlog lead mine, p. Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, 1860; copy draft lease of Troedrhiwfelen and Llechweddmelyn mines, p. Llanbadarn Fawr, 1863; draft lease of lead and other mines in [unspecified], 1865; abstract of a lease (dated 1861) of the Cwmsymlog lead mines, 1867; and account of royalty received from the Nanteos and Penrhiw mines, [p. Llanbadarn Fawr], 1861. Several of the mines are leased by John Taylor the elder and John Taylor the younger.

Papers relating to churches, schools etc., comprising copy bargain and sale by the Rev. Richard Lloyd of p. Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, clerk, to Edward [Smallwell], bishop of St Davids and Thomas Powell of Nanteos, of a m. called Mochno otherwise Tymawr in Mochno, p. Llangynfelyn, for the endowment and maintenance of a minister to serve the new-built church at Aberystwyth, erected at the expense of the inhabitants of the same at a cost of near £400, 1786; affidavit of Adam Murray, land agent, as to the value of a piece of land lying within the quarry field near the north turnpike gate, Aberystwyth, intended to be exchanged by William Edward Powell with the Rev. Richard Evans, vicar of Llanbadarn Fawr, for the purpose of building a house for the vicar, for lands in p. Llanychaearn, 1817; copy drafts of a conveyance of a parcel of land, part of a field called Caegwaunbadarn, forming part of a m. called Piercefield in p. Llanbadarn Fawr, as a site for a national school for poor persons from p's Llanbadarn Fawr and Llanychaearn, 1845; draft conveyance of a piece of land for the enlargement of Llanychaearn churchyard, 1848; replies to queries about tenure of a parcel of land intended as a site for a national school in Tregaron, together with printed forms, 1850; and agreement for the sale and purchase of a piece of land to erect a workhouse in Tregaron, 1863, together with related correspondence, 1873-1875.

Deeds relating to the rectory and tithes of p. Nevern, co. Pemb., including a summary of a lease of the said rectory granted by the college of St David in 1545 together with copy warrant signed by Lord Burghley and John Fortescue to make a new lease of the same to Thomas, John and Robert Byrtt, 1596; copy letters patent being a grant in fee farm of the rectory and tithes by James I to Francis Morris of Westminster and Francs Philips of London, 1613; bargain and sale by the said Francis Morris and Francs Philips to Nathaniel Rich, 1615; probate of will of the said Nathaniel Rich of London, 1635 (includes a bequest of profits of seven of his shares in the 'Bermudaes now called Somer Ilands' to his sister and her husband if they will go and inhabit upon them and £150 for transporting themselves and such of their children as they shall think fit to carry with them, a bequest of one other share to his nephew Robert Browne now residing in 'Somer Iland', and fifteen shares for the maintenance of a free school in 'those islands' and desires that some of the Indian children be brought either from Virginia or New England or some other continent of America to be instructed in the knowledge of the true religion, £200; to his nephew Nathaniel Browne 'now in New England with Mr [Thomas] Hooker', £200; the rectory of Nevern to Lord Mandeville in trust to sell; to his nephew Thomas Grimsditch now in the Isle of Providence £40 per annum; his library books and papers to Lord Mandeville with a request that part of them at least he would furnish a library to be set up in the said free school; and to his 'dear friend Mr John Pym' his best gelding and a ring of £20); bargain and sale by lord Mandeville to Morgan Owens of Glashallt, co. Carm., DD, 1638; copy will of the said Morgan Owens, bishop of Llandaf, 1644 (includes bequests of the rectory and tithes of Nevern, co. Pemb., and of Llanegwad and St Ishmael, co. Carm., to his nephew Morgan Owens; £20 to Carmarthen school or to maintain apprentices to the common council of that town; £10 to the poor of p. Myddfai, co. Carm., where he was born); quitclaim by the nephew Morgan Owens to Owen Price of Glancloydach, Carmarthen, esq, 1665; pre nuptial settlement of Thomas Price son of the said Owen Price and Elizabeth Gwynn, one of the daughters of William Gwynn of Taliaris, co. Carm., 1667; administration with inventory annexed of the said Thomas Price of Gerllwyn, co. Carm., gent., 1692; bargain and sale by Bulkeley Price of the Inner Temple, London, to George Owen of the Middle Temple, 1704; and copy will of the said George Owen, gent., 1710. Original wrapper marked 'Old deeds belonging to the Nevern tithes from 1637 to 1753'.

Original bundle, mainly bills etc. receipted Jan. 1887-March 1888, but including some receipted 1886.

Original bundle, mainly bills etc. receipted 1886, but including some receipted 1885.

Original bundle of bills etc. receipted 1884, but including some dated 1883.

Original bundle, mainly bills etc. receipted 1885, but including some receipted 1884.

Frederick Rowland Roberts’s personal household and farm accounts, invoices, receipts and vouchers etc. for wages, income and other taxes, tradesmen’s accounts for goods and services, etc., originally filed on a spike (discarded).

Accounts of wages paid to day workers on Penywern Farm, Penywern new building and Frondel, properties apparently belonging to F. R. Roberts.

Original bundle of papers relating to Ivor Melvyn Evans’s Austin 95, GEJ 554, 1959; his purchase of Jaguar 3.8 Mk 2, MEJ 284, rectification of faults and subsequent service history, 1961-1970, and sale, 1971; and order for a Jaguar Saloon 4.2 XJ6, 1970. Also papers relating to a road accident between Elizabeth Eira Evans of Aberystwyth’s Austin mini van, NEJ 359, and Mrs Gott of Llandysul’s Austin Cambridge Saloon, 44 ETH, in Aberystwyth, 1970.