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Letters relating to unpecified quarries and Dolgoch mine, 1861-1865, and accounts from Aberllefenni slate quarries, 1913, all in the county of Merioneth.

Presentments of the grand jury of the court leet and view of frankpledge and court baron of the manor of Genau'r-glyn which sat twice a year, at Easter and Michaelmas, usually at Tal-y-bont. The presentments are usually arranged according to the constituent townships within the manor. The presentments are of new officers of the courts, for not repairing fences or ditches, encroachments, turning foreign cattle out of the manor, herding cattle out of the manor, etc.

Notes and printed booklets recording perambulations of the boundaries of the manor of Genau’r-glyn and of the mountain fence (Clawdd Mynydd), 1857-1903, and summons notices to perambulate, 1889-1908.

Estreat roll and lists of fines and amercements within the manor of Genau’r-glyn, listing the parish of Llangynfelyn and several townships, 1622-1623, 1811-1820.

Printed schedules or official catalogues of the Welsh National Agricultural Society shows at Aberystwyth, 1904-1909, and at Llanelli, 1910.

Ore weighing tickets from the mines of Allt y Crib, Blaen Ceulan, Camdwr Mawr, Cardigan Consols mine, Cwmbrwyno, Cwmerfyn, Cwmsebon, Darren, Eaglebrook, Esgair Hir, Loveden United mine, Ponterwyd and Taliesin, belonging to the Gogerddan estate, mainly within the manor of Genau’r-glyn, Cardiganshire, and at Grogwynion near Llanafan, 1850-1862.

Letters and papers relating to James Morse, former post master of Cardigan, 1831-1855, disnissed from office and subsequently appointed stamp distributor at Carmarthen, for whom Pryse Pryse acted as surety and who defaulted to the Crown. There are three files, comprising letters by James Morse to Pryse Pryse with related papers, 1831-1847, letters and papers from the office of Hale, Boys and Austen (later Boys and Tweedie), 1834-1855, and further letters, 1847-1849. The correspondents include Pryse Pryse, Thomas Davies of Cardigan, John James Stacey of Carmarthen, Morris Thomas of Carmarthen, Posthumous Richard Philipps of Carmarthen, the Inland Revenue and the Board of Stamps and Taxes. The papers illustrate the career of James Morse, as well as his financial situation.and political interests. There are detailed insights into the political events of Cardiganshire, north Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire during the first half of the nineteenth century, referring to influential figures such as Sir John Owen and Lord Cawdor. They reveal Morse’s fervent support of Pryse Pryse, MP for the Cardigan boroughs, and his own comments on parliamentary affairs and government reform. The remaining letters and papers discuss the discharge of the payment owed by James Morse to the Crown, describing the insecure position of his mortgagee, represented by William Sackville Hamilton, and the attempts to gain indemnity for the co-sureties, Pryse Pryse and P.R. Philipps. Some of Thomas Davies’ letters also cover Abernantbychan estate business, county politics and the recommendation of Mr Lloyd, ironmonger, for the appointment of a gaoler [?at Cardigan]

Correspondence of the firm of solicitors, Hale, Boys and Austen, later called Boys and Tweedie, of Ely Place and Lincolns Inn Fields, London, 1845-1924. There are two sub-series, comprising letters addressed to the firm by the Pryse family, their trustees, agents and other parties 1845-1870, and letters by Boys and Tweedie to various members of the Pryse family of Gogerddan or their representatives, 1852-1924. The majority of the letters deal with legal and financial aspects of the Gogerddan estate management. Areas of particular concern include the Pryse family settlement of 1846, financial and legal affairs affecting the Buscot, Woodstock and Gogerddan estates after the death of Pryse Pryse in 1849, the mortgages on the Welsh estates, the administration of the estates by the trustees following the death of Pryse Loveden in 1855, the Gogerddan inheritance, investment in stocks, and financial provisions under terms of the family settlements, notably the portions due to Jane Elizabeth Loveden and Harriet Thiebault (previously Thayer), from 1845, and the allowances to the younger sons and daughter of Sir Pryse Pryse, from the time of his death in 1906.

Probate records mainly of the Morice family of Bridge Street, Aberystwyth. comprising the will of William Hallen Morice, 1853, and documents relating to the probate of the wills of Anne Morice, widow, and her son, James Morice, 1873-1877; and the will of David Jenkin of Blaencarrog, Llanddeiniol, 1813.

Deeds relating to the mines in Cardiganshire belonging to the Gogerddan estate, 1656-1918 (mainly 1849-1901). They comprise mainly leases and agreements made between the Pryse family and individual prospectors or mining companies to mine for lead, copper, silver and quarry stone under various farms in the parishes of Llanbadarn Fawr, Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn and Llangynfelyn, and under the common or waste lands in the lordship of Genau’r-glyn. The mine workings extended under single farms or under groups of several farms. The most substantial of the files relate to the mines and companies at Grogwynion, 1656-1887, Esgair Hir, Esgair Fraith, Henfwlch and Lluest y Gravie, 1696-1900, Tal-y-bont, Tyhen, Allt y Crib, Camdwr, etc., 1744-[c. 1910], Cwmbrwyno, Cefn Cwmbrwyno, Nantyrarian, Llywernog, etc. 1762-1886, Cwmsymlog, Darren, Llettyspence, etc., 1762-1889, Darren Fawr, Darren Fach and Llwynllantesni (Cwmsebon) 1783-1868, Ceulan a Maes-mawr, 1852-1899, Bryn yr Afr, 1879-1910, and East Darren, 1888-1904. Many of the documents contain detailed recitals of former leases, some of which are not extant here. They name the numerous individuals and companies involved in the mining ventures. They also describe the physical locations, water supplies, access roads, methods of working the mines and their maintenance. Several lessees had their leases revoked for not adhering to the conditions specified and several went into liquidation. The documents include original leases, counterparts, drafts and copies. This series also includes one file of schedules of leases (Watermark 1851)-1888; a file of mortgages involving the Cambrian Mining Company, 1881-1884; and notices of breaches of covenant, 1911. Maps and plans are incorporated or attached to many of the documents.

A large body of correspondence mainly to the Gogerddan agents, relating to the silver-lead and copper mines, and the stone quarries in north Cardiganshire, often with copies of the replies and forwarded third party letters, 1697-1920. Letters of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, mainly to Thomas Pryse, Lewis Pryse and Edward Loveden Loveden, include a single letter from Lewis Morris, 1742, and several from Chauncy Townsend, 1757-1765. The majority, however, are dated mid-nineteenth to early twentieth century, and the principal recipients are Capt. Edward Lewis Pryse, John Graham Williams, Col. George Griffiths Williams, Sir Pryse Pryse, Pryse Pryse Pryse, William Lloyd and George R. Pryse, or their agents. The correspondents include the Taylor family, the Garland family of Cymsymlog and Goginan, the Francis family of Goginan, Jonathan and George Pell, John and James Paull of Goginan, Michael Barbery, George Green of Aberystwyth, James McIlquham of Aberystwyth, Robert Girdwood of Edinburgh, David Williams of Glandyfi, John Mitchell of Goginan, Joseph Fell of London and John Henry Murchison of Austin Friars, London, whose letters draw interesting comparisons between the mining in Wales and in Cornwall. Common to most files are letters from Hughes and Sons, Atwood and Hughes, A.J. Hughes, and Roberts and Evans, all solicitors of Aberystwyth, Boys and Tweedie of Lincolns Inn Fields, and various other solicitors representing the mining companies. The letters elucidate the history of the mines in north Cardiganshire and the fluctuating fortunes of the lead mining industry. They describe the methods of mineral extraction, water supplies to the mines, the mine buildings and roads, the transport and sale of ore, trespasses and breaches of covenant by the mining companies, boundary disputes, relations with the Gogerddan estate agents and farmers, the granting of tack notes (take notes) and mineral leases, the capital outlay and financial investments, the payment of rents and royalties, the formation of the mining companies, their management and eventual liquidation. Official notices from the mining inspectors mention the dangerous state of the abandoned works. Many letters refer to the rights and title of the Pryse family as lords of the manor of Genau’r-glyn. Some letters discuss other, more general aspects of the Gogerddan estate administration. The content of the series is similar throughout, so no further detail is given in the file level descriptions.

Mortgages by successive members of the Pryse family to private individuals and to the Crown Life Assurance Company, mainly of parts of the Gogerddan estate situated in Aberystwyth, Ceulan a Maes-mawr, Cynnull Mawr, Cyfoethybrenin, Elerch, Faenor, Llanbadarn Fawr, Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, Llangynfelyn, and Trefeurig, 1617-1895, also incoporating the Abernantbychan estate in Penbryn, Troed-y-aur, Betws Ifan, Llangrannog, Blaenporth and Llangynllo, Cardiganshire, in 1882; and mortgages of the annuities and life assurance policies of Sir Edward John Webley Parry Pryse, 1896-1910. The mortgaged properties include the manor of Genau’r-glyn and Park Bodvage (Lodge Park), 1719-1732, Cwm Bwa, Cefnerglodd and Tyn-y-pwll, 1791-1839, Bryngwyn Ganol and Cronwen, 1829-1878, and Bronygof, 1841-1851. This series also contains abstracts of mortgages affecting Gogerddan and Nanteos, 1738-[post1763], and a collateral security on lands in Begeli and Tenby, Pembrokeshire, 1863-1873. Several of the mortgages recite parts of the Pryse family settlements. They also contain details of the mortgagees: their names, their trustees and recitals of their wills and family settlements.

Accounts, bills, receipts and letters demanding payment for expenses incurred in elections for the Cardigan Boroughs or for the county, in which members of the Pryse family either stood for election or supported another candidate, [1769]-1853.. The accounts record expenditure on election dinners and drinks for the voters in taverns at Cardigan, Lampeter, Newcastle Emlyn and Aberystwyth, costs of horse fodder, travel, agents’ expenses, constables, mace-berarers, musicians, bellringers, ribbons, flags, dressing the chair, chairmen’s fees, printing election notices, etc. Most of the files are similar in content. Additional points of interest are noted at file level

Several miscellaneous bundles and various separate items relating mainly to elections in Cardiganshire, in which members of the Pryse family were either candidates or supporters, [1690]-1862 (Mainly 1770-1862). Some of the bundles incorporate burgess lists from various parishes in Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Official documents and letters supply information about the constitution of the boroughs of Cardigan and Lampeter in the eighteenth century. Other papers include a rental of Mabws to prove Richard Lloyd’s qualification [1741]; election notices, an address to Pembrokeshire freeholders, 1811, bills of expenses, the state of the poll and other papers relating to specific elections in 1812 and 1816; a possible canvassing book [pre-1829]; evidence concerning the theft of the Aberystwyth poll books in the contested election between Pryse Pryse and John Scandrett Harford; 1841, and election literature, 1841-1849.

Papers of Aberystwyth Corporation and its governing body, the Court Leet. After the Municipal Corporations Actt of 1835, the Court Leet was supplanted by Aberystwyth Borough Council. The series provides good information on the constitution and procedure of Aberystwyth Court Leet and the powers of the Corporation, particularly in the election of the mayor amd in the control of waste lands around the town, 1705-1929. The contents include an original bundle of papers and letters relating to Aberystwyth Borough and Corporation, 1706-1929, a copy of the borough charter granted by Edward I in 1277; an interesting representation by the Corporation and inhabitants to the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Customs on the dissolute behaviour of two individuals [pre-1746]; an official statement issued by Aberystwyth Corporation about lands in the wastes of Aberystwyth, [post-1824]; and papers concerning the provision of amenities including the town clock, 1858, and a new water supply, 1879-1880.

Papers deriving from county administration in Montgomeryshire, 1603-1661, 1893-1929, reflecting the publc role of the families of Pryse of Gogerddan and Pughe of Mathafarn within the county. The majority of the papers are seventeenth century and include a petition against the mise in Arwsytli and Cyfeiliog, [1603x1612] and papers relating to the offices of sheriff, coroner and deputy lieutenant, 1603-1661. There are also a few papers of Montgomeryshire Rural District Council and County Council concerning sanitary nuisances and a job applcation, 1893-1929.

Records relating to the parish churches of Cardigan, 1784-1831, Llanbadarn Fawr, 1865 (Postmark [18]93), Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, 1728-1739, [late 19th x early 20th cent.] and Penrhyn-coch, 1877-1921, in Cardiganshire, and Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, 1620-1824, demonstrating the involvement of the Pryse family in local parish affairs. The records include a contract for a church clock at Cardigan, 1831; plans for a parsonage site at Llanbadarn Fawr, 1865; a terrier of Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, 1728; an early ecclesiastical appointment at Machynlleth, 1620; and faculties for the creation of burial grounds at Penrhyn-coch, 1877, 1901. There are also a few printed leaflets of various church societies, 1716-[c.1888].

Poor law records from Montgomeryshire, found with the Gogerddan estate records, comprising a poor law clothing account book, probably from the parish of Berriw, 1832-1843, and Machynlleth Poor Law Union records, 1921.

Papers of charities either instigated by the Pryse family of Gogerddan or supported by them, 1821-1914. The files relate to the Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, 1821, the Gogerddan charity of Capt. E.L. Pryse and Pryse Loveden, 1856-1866; Lady Pryse’s charitable payment for medical treatment during a scarlet fever epidemic, [18]73; and the Rowland Hill Memorial and Benevolent Fund, 1914.

Letters, accounts and other papers relating to the foundation and administration of various local schools and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1751-1910. The schools include Penrhyn-coch, Commins Coch and Clarach. There is evidence of attempts to found charity schools at Llanbadarn Fawr, 1752, and at Moelcerni, 1830. The series includes some letters which refer to other topics such as Penrhyn-coch church, Llangorwen (Clarach) church, Cwmsymlog chapel and Cors Fochno enclosure.