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Printed report of the Beagle Club, 1907.

Bundle of stated accounts of Thomas Edward Davies, for chief rents and various expenses incurred in the administration of the courts of the manor of Emlyn Iscych, 1878-1880, together with receipts, 1879-1884. See series description for details.

Schedule of papers and securities sent to David Morgan and to Mr Fleming, some of which relate to Aberystwyth Mill and to Lovesgrove, 1762.

Deeds by the mortgagees of Thomas Griffith of Penpompren, Llanfihangel Genau’r-Glyn, deceased, and his brother and devisee, Charles Griffith, for the sale in accordance with a decree in Chancery, to Margaret Pryse of Woodstock, Oxfordshire, 1787, of Cwmbwa, Melin Cwmbwa, Pandy Cwmbwa, Darren Vawr, Darren Vach, Tythin Gelly, Penygraig Llanbadarn and Penrhyncoch in the parish of Llanbadarn Fawr, and Kefn Erglawdd, Pantymoilin, Pantryebolion and Braichgarw in the parishes of Llangynfelyn and Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, reciting the will of the vendor’s father, John Griffith, the subsequent mortgages, and including a schedule of deeds, 1724-1785.

Mortgage for £10 by Sir Richard Pryse of Gogerddan to Phillipp Reignald of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, of a messuage called Y Tythyn Bach yn Y Braych Garw, otherwise Y Llyest Vach yn Y Braych Garw in the township of Cynnull Mawr in the parish of Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, 1660; and a reconveyance by David Edward, assignee of the mortgage, to Thomas Pryse of Gogerddan, reciting previous assignments, 1733.

Demands, returns and letters concerning mineral duties on the Loveden mine, Tirymynech, Hafan, Vaughan mine, Allt-y-crib, Glanfread, Plas Wigwam, Penrhyngerwyn quarry and Cadno quarry, 1910-1912, 1924.

Catalogue of Machynlleth horse, cattle, sheep, dog, poultry and horticultural show, 1895.

Letters to Sir Edward John Webley-Parry-Pryse of Gogerddan, George R. Pryse and William Lloyd, 1907. Recurrent correspondents and subjects are described at series level. Other correspondents include D. Williams of Cletwr Hall, J.G. Morris-Davies of Hafod estate office, RSPCA, Lewes T. Loveden Pryse, Matthew Vaughan-Davies MP, the Loveden Mining Company, John Mitchell of Wanlockhead, Lanarkshire, the Royal Engineers Office at Pembroke Dock, Evan Evans of Cardiganshire County Council, R.J.R. Loxdale of Castle Hill, Llanilar, the Office of the Official Receiver in Bankruptcy, Evan Reese of Machynlleth, Edward Owen of Beulah, J.J. Hughes of Tal-y-bont, relieving officer and registrar, Frederick W. Cable of Westminster, E.R. Hunt and Lilias Hunt of Baschurch, and Walter G. Thomas of Immanuel Baptist Church, Utica, USA. Subjects include leases of land for the use of the Cardigan militia; the erection of drainage at Tal-y-bont and Rhydypennau schools; the bankruptcy of John Davies of Lampeter, clogger; negotiations for a cricket field at Borth; the leases of Cwmbwa, Penrhyn-coch, and Ffynon Caradog; and operation of the quarry at Braich Garw. The file also contains a schedule and notice of distraint for chief rents in the manors of Cyfoethybrenin and Perfedd, the deputation of Edward John Webley-Parry-Pryse as His Majesty’s gamekeeper in the parish of Ysbyty Ystwyth, a prospectus of the General Land Drainage and Improvement Company, and an account of J.E. James of Aberystwyth

Leases for properties in the parish of Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, including Felin Cyffin, 1867.

For general description see series level.

Rental of the estate of Lewis Pryse in Genau’r-Glyn and Llanbadarn Fawr, due at May and Michaelmas, 1719.

An additional volume of annual rentals for the Gogerddan estate, September 1848 – November 1873, for properties in and around Aberystwyth, Llanbadarn, Lovesgrove, Llanon, Eglwysfach, and Tywyn.

Rent book recording rents, tithes, income tax, etc. collected on the Gogerddan estate, 1916-1920, audited 1917 and 1919, with further headings for the cottage rent audit, cottage supplementary rents and rent audit (farms), 1919.

‘Rent book of Gogerthan Estate belonging to Tho. Prsye Esqr. commencing May 1741, Lib: ?' and ‘Chief Rents’ in a different, faded hand, containing rent accounts, 1741-1746. Childish sketches of animals and houses on end papers.

Arrears due at Michaelmas 1812.

Public notice, dated 1902, of an audit of land rents on the Gogerddan estate, to be held at the White Lion Hotel, Tal-y-bont, in January 1903.

Book of permits to fish on the Gogerddan etate and counterfoils, 1911-1918.

Modern research aid, consisting of two folders of notes, correspondence, 1939-1997; extracts from the Gogerddan rentals, 1741; print-outs from the uncorrected draft calendar of deeds and legal papers created by Glyn Parry, [c. 1997.]; abstracts of Pryse family wills, 1584-1694; the previous NLW outline box-list; copies of printed and typescript articles from the NLW Journal and other publications; research notes on Aberystwyth streets provided by Michael Freeman [?c. 2000] detailed lists supplied by Gerald Morgan of Boxes 56, 66, 68-69 (these box numbers now obsolete); and a letter by Walford Wynn-Jones to Glyn Parry, 1997. The file contains much useful information on the history of the Pryse family of Gogerddan, Lewes of Abernantbychan and Sir Bulstrode Whitlocke, as well as the administrative history of the archive and its acquisition by NLW, including the deposit from the British Records Association (BRA).

Papers concerning the enclosure and drainage of Cors Fochno (Borth Bog), 1816-1882. For general content see series level description. The file includes letters mainly to James Morice of Moelcerney and Richard Griffithes of Bishops Castle, from Isaac Williams of Lincolns Inn, 1825, Robert Williams of Bangor, 1820-1825, and Thomas Richards of Aberystwyth, 1833; a copy case over illicit turf-cutting, 1823, and a list of property in Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn of H.R. Jones of Garthmil Hall, Montgomeryshire, in which he claimed rights of pasture and turbary.