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Chief rental of the manor of Emlyn Iscych, Michaelmas 1888.

Chief rental of the manor of Emlyn Iscych, Michaelmas 1898

Chief rental of the manor of Emlyn Iscych, Michaelmas 1900

Chief rental of the manor of Emlyn Iscych, Michaelmas 1919

Prothonotary’s charges book, 1816-1825.

Prothonotary’s charges sheets from the Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire sessions, 1823-1829, client lists and a list of judgements on the plea rolls, 1762-1820, lists of Montgomeryshire sheriffs, 1761-1828, together with private papers of Thomas Morgan, including work-related and personal letters, 1816-1831, houeshold accounts, an extract from Dr [Charles] Loudon on Leamington Water, the third Annual Report of Welshpool Dispensary (printed) 1830, and a Shrewsbury grocer’s advertisement.

Bill book, 1828-1834.

Papers deriving from various legal cases presented before the Courts of Great Sessions for the counties of Denbigh and Montgomery, and from the operation of the courts, 1787-1842. The legal cases include Milward Dovaston and John Bratton vs John Clarke, 1796, Richard Edwards vs Thomas Pugh (1826.), William Pryce of Nantycai, Llanfair, Montgomeryshire vs John Barker and Thomas Pryce, 1829, Edward Owen vs John Robinson, about a short measure of barley from Edward Robinson, 1842, an ejectment involving Sarah Youde, 1829, 1836, and various actions of debt against Sir John Powell Pryce in the Court of Great Sessions for Motgomeryshire (1771-1775), certified by Thomas Morgan, 1841. There are also observations on the new rules affecting the Court of Great Sessions, 1816-1817, a certification of attorneys to serve the Court, 1829, affidavits on the articles of clerkship of Edward Cannah, James Poole and John Mason, 1830, and a printed notice respecting the Registration and Marriage Acts, 1837.

Copy of a warrant to the Deputy Keeper of Public Records, authorising the removal of records and documents of the courts of Chancery of Montgomeryshire, Denbighshire and Flintshire, lately deposited in the record house or prothonotary’s office at Welshpool and conveyance thence to the Public Record Office in London, 1845, with a relevant questionnaire, receipt to John Cox, registrar, letters to and from Lord Langdale, Thomas Morgan and Walter Henry Black of the Public Record Office, 1842-1845;, and a nineteenth century extract from the award of the commissioners for the enclosure of [Welsh]pool Commons, (1761).

Letters addressed to Thomas Morgan and sometimes to Mrs Morgan, mainly on personal, social and financial matters, with some draft replies, 1834-1844; and undated memoranda and prayers. Individual letters of interest include Katherine E. Baily in London, widow of Richard Baily of the War Office Department, about her application for a government pension and need for financial assistance, 1834; Fallowes and Hart on the architectural plans and estimate for work at Rhiwbank, 1835; a description of Asti wine in Switzerland, 1838; and Salesbury Davenport, forwarded by John. Humphreys of Bodhilin, Welshpool, seeking Thomas Morgan’s influence in gaining a naval career for a friend’s son, 1841.

Printed balance sheets and lists of subscribers to North Cardiganshire Agricultural Society and Aberystwyth Show, 1901-1903, Aberystwyth Show schedule, 1903, and agenda for meetings, 1904

Original minute book of the North Cardiganshire Agricultural Society and Aberystwyth Show, started March 18th, 1901.

Papers of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1849-1919., and the Society’s show at Cardiff, 1919.

Programme for the Royal Agricultural Society of England show at Norwich, and rules for governors, 1849.

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

Schedule of prizes for the Welsh National Agricultural Society show at Llanelli, 1910

Show catalogues and schedule of prizes for the Llanilar and North Cardiganshire Agricultural Society show, 1904.

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

Original envelope containing an invitation by the Show Jumping Association to Sir Lewes T. Loveden Pryse to become a judge for 1925, with a membership list, rules, the Association’s objectives and a diagram of jumps, 1924.

Records of the Gogerddan estate deriving from the industrial exploitation of minerals and quarry stone on the estate. The majority relate to the mines and quarries in north Cardiganshire, 1656-1924, covering mostly the area between Aberystwyth and Machynlleth but also including Grogwynion at Llanafan. The group also contains a substantial quantity of letters and papers arising from the development of the Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway 1875-1919; and a small number of leases, letters and accounts relating to mining and quarrying in Merioneth, 1699-1913, Montgomeryshire, 1864-1881, and Flintshire, 1740. The papers record almost every aspect of lead, silver and copper mining in Cardiganshire, describing the initial surveys, the processing and extraction of ore, the equipment required, the output of the mines, the impact on the Cardiganshire landscape, the shipping of ores to Swansea, the investment and commercial aspects, and relations between the Gogerddan estate and the mining companies. It is interesting to note the involvement of investors and prospectors from Flintshire, Derbyshire, Cornwall, Scotland and London. This section is also a rich source of personal names, both of the mining contractors and their work-force. For the names of the mines and further details, see the sections below.