Letters to Thomas Pryse, Thomas Lloyd and John Lloyd
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- 1738-1762
Rhan oGogerddan Estate Records
Letters to Thomas Pryse of Gogerddan from David Roberts of Rug, Nurse Jones of Corwen, and Howell Wynne of Corwen. 1738-1743, and correspondence between Thomas Lloyd of Abertrinant, John Lloyd of Rug and Oswestry, 1748-1755, with one letter from John Pughe Pryse, 1762. The main subjects are described at series level. Several of the letters mention Madam Salesbury’s clothing charity and other charity for the poor at Corwen. Two letters discuss the political stance of Gogerddan in the elections for Cardigan Borough, 1747, and Cardiganshire, 1755, mentioning Thomas Powell of Nanteos, Herbert Lloyd of Peterwell, Sir John Philipps, Thomas Johnes of Llanfair and Wilmot Vaughan of Crosswood (Trawsgoed). Other topics include the death [of Mrs Pughe of Mathafarn], the sale of Mathafarn, 1752; lead mining on the Gogerddan estate, 1752; and brick making, 1762.