Dangos 446 canlyniad

The file comprises the answer of William Markham, deft. to Joan Roberts, alias Williams, plt., claiming a legacy under the will of Evan Jones of London, 1741.

The file includes cases and opinions on the entitlement of John Griffith (3) of Garn to his mother's fortune and to the Cwyber estate, and the liability of his father's personal estate to payment of debts and legacies, following the latter's death in 1758. The difficulties had arisen through John Griffith (2)'s failure to fulfil completely the stipulations of his marriage settlement, despite a further settlement in 1755.

The file comprises the deposition of John Myddleton, smith, of Denbigh, reporting theft of £5 belonging to John Wynne Griffith, 1804.

The file comprises a claim by George Griffith of a debt from the bankrupt firm of Edward Weatherly, James Hilton Ford, William Legh Hilton, Richard Addison and Robert Gibson, 1840.

The file comprises an opinion on right of way, 1823, with copies of maps and an enclosure award, and heads of agreement and other papers regarding an exchange of land between Rev. Richard Briscoe and George Griffith to enable more convenient access by the vicarage road, Henllan, 1839.

The group comprises financial papers of the Griffith family of Garn and others such as Hughes of Gwydir and Weeg and Wynn of Havodgregog, including accounts, bills and receipts, 1687-1906, mortgages, 1680-1862, bonds and promissory notes, 1736-1876.

The file comprises life assurance bills and receipts, 1819-1860.

The file comprises tithe accounts for Merllyn, Bryn Issa and Garn, demands for payment of tithe to the parishes of Cwm, Rhyl, Rhuddlan, Llanefydd and Llanrwst, with receipts and occasional covering letters, 1841-1844, 1904.

The file comprises a mortgage for £1000 dated 1760, by John Griffith (3) to Robert Wynne of Garthewin, of Cwyber and Tre-Llewelin in the parish of Rhuddlan, Flintshire, preceded by a deed to make a tenant to the precipe, 1759, to enable a recovery to be suffered to the use of the said John Griffith. This mortgage followed shortly after the death of John Griffith (2) in 1759, presumably a time of considerable expense, and indeed legal records suggest that his personal estate was insufficient to meet all the debts.

The series comprises bonds, a promissory note and receipt deriving from financial arrangements of the Wynn family of Havodgregog and the Griffith family of Garn, 1739-1769, 1867, 1876.

The series comprises a pedigree roll, other manuscript and typed pedigrees, extracts from parish registers, copies of tombstone inscriptions and genealogical notes on the families of Griffith of Garn, [1792x1809]-[c. 1900], Hughes of Cae'r berllan, [post-1810], [c. 1934], Maurice of Llanasa, 1838, Myddelton of Gwaunynog, [pre-1614], Price of Llanrhaeadr Hall, 1887, Roberts of Bryn y Neuadd, post-1713, and Wynne of Garthmeilio, Cwm-mein and Plasnewydd, 1843, 1880.

The file comprises pedigrees and notes, [1792x1809], 1814-1842, [post-1869], [c. 1900], showing the kinship of Griffith with Wynne of Garthmeilio and Plasnewydd, and the descent of Wynne from Roberts of Bryn y Neuadd and Coytmore; the descent of John Wynne Griffith and family from Hugh Roberts, Hughes of Cae'rberllan and Robert Griffith of Garn; copy burial record of William Henry Griffith; the family of George Griffith.

The file comprises a copy of the tombstone inscription of Thomas Roberts of Bryn y neuadd, who died in 1713.

The series comprises pedigrees and notes on the descent of Griffith of Pengwern, Lloyd of Gwrych, Abergele and Owen of Brymbo, compiled some time betweeen 1872 and 1922.

The file comprises notes on the descent of Mary Owen of Brymbo. Her daughter, Jane, married Watkin Wynne, son of Cadwalader Wynne of Voelas and his wife, Jane (née Jane Griffith of Garn).

The series comprises original compositions and copies of works both published and unpublished, written in English, Welsh and Latin, consisting of poems, translations, essays and stories about contemporary and historical events and local figures, [1660]-1925, a script for a public address, [1834], and suggestions for a commemorative inscription, 1815.

The group comprises letters written by members of the Griffith family of Garn, mainly the family of John Wynne Griffith, and close relatives, 1724, 1783-1876, with many details of family life, social activities, travel abroad, the children's school and university days, the progression of John Wynne Griffith's sons in their careers and assistance to their father in managing the estate, and acquaintance with other well-known families in north-east Wales, such as Clough, Kirkwall, Shipley, Jones of Llysmeirchion and Wynne of Plasnewydd, and letters from other correspondents addressed to various members of the Griffith family, 1733-1943, on many different subjects, the most frequently recurrent being estate business, particularly disputes over enclosures and encroachments, rights on crown lands, purchase of property and questions of title, legal and financial complications of the Plasnewydd estate trust, Denbigh borough and parliamentary elections, contemporary national and local events during the Napoleonic Wars, and public duties of individuals.

The file comprises a letter by Margaret Griffith to her son [John Griffith], concerning debts on the Cwyber estate, 1724.

The file comprises letters, 1789-1809, mainly to her husband, John Wynne Griffith, about local social acquaintances and the Hunter family of Birmingham, vestry meetings at Henllan for landowners 'claiming their property in the church', 1804, requests for fabric and personal items, intention of Miss Giffard to sell lands in Henllan, 1807, and to Jane Evans on the unfairness of legacies left by Mrs Myddleton, with a remedy for illness.

The file comprises letters by Edward Humphrey Griffith, 1806-1842, to his father, mother, brother, George, and wife, Maria, on his school work, requests for clothing, death of Conway Shipley, 1808, work as an apprentice in the import and wholesale business and bankruptcy of the company, Patterson and Malonek, Liverpool, 1810-1811, friendship with Philip Jones of Llysmeirchion, a riot at the theatre, 1810, news of the French defeat by Wellington, 1815, management of Denbighshire estate, particularly arrears of rents and difficulty of selling livestock, with accounts to his father, 1820-1822, an accident while travelling by boat, news of the Chambres and Heaton families, enclosures, 1822, lameness of his brother, William, 1824, and the death of George's wife [1842].