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Letters, draft deeds, cases and counsel's opinions, plans etc. relating to the Ynyslas Estate Co's estate in p's Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn and Llangynfelyn, including abstract of title (1890-1892), 1910; particulars and conditions of sale of Ynyslas estate properties (633a.) (four copies: printer's draft, and copies with memorandums of agreement for the purchase of lots 3 (Tygwyn, 45a.), 4 (Tycanol, 136a.) and 6 (Brickyard, 123a.); the letting of land to the Borth golf club, 1928-1929; and a dispute between Messrs Gregson and the county surveyor relating to the track through the dunes to Ynyslas beach, 1931-1932. Also a copy of OS Second Edition 25-inch Cardiganshire Sheet 14, 1901.

Solicitors' personal and clients' papers accumulated by the depositor. The Montgomeryshire papers derive from early in the depositor's career, as a solicitor in Newtown. Some of the Ceredigion papers in clients' files derive from Griffith Jones of Aberystwyth, solicitor (1880), later of Aberllolwyn, esq. (1890), while other papers relate to his personal affairs. Other papers derive from the practice of R. Geddes Smith of Aberystwyth, solicitor (1882-1887), which became Smith Owen & Davies [Robert Geddes Smith, William Pierce Owen and William Davies] (1890s), Smith, Davies & Evans [C. Denham Evans] (1910s), Smith Davies & Co., and Smith Jessop & Tomley (late 1960s-early 1970s).

Papers relating to the estate of William Beauclerc Powell of Nanteos (d. 6 Dec. 1911), including letters from E. A. L. Powell to Kenneth Cobb relating to investments and a proposed resettlement, 1909; statement of account for the Penmachno estate, including royalty account for the Penmachno, Bugail and Blaen-y-Cwm quarries, for the half-year ending Sept. 1911; particulars of the Blaenycwm estate, p. Penmachno, co. Caern, 1912; succession duty papers, 1912-1917; corrective affadavits, comprising a valuation of farm and garden furniture and effects, a statement of rental income due but not received prior to the death, and a statement of the deceased in the Blaenycwm estate, 1912; and observations by and copy replies to the Estate Duty Office, 1912-1914.

Original bundle of papers relating to the sale of freehold m's and lands called Wenffred (282a.) and Castell Coch (39a.), both p. Llanbadarn Fawr, 1894, including a poster advertising the sale by public auction, particulars and conditions of sale, letters and valuations, 1894. Also a map of Wenffred, [1851x1900], and tenancy agreements, 1888-1894.

Notices, minutes and committee reports of Tywyn Urban District Council's bi-monthly meetings, May 1936-April 1939 (with gaps).

Loose Trawsgoed papers, comprising leases of Llwynwnwch and Tynybwlch (136a.), p. Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, from year to year, 1872 and 1875; copy resettlement of the Trawsgoed and other estates in co's Card. and Carm., 1884 (endorsed as having been displayed in a case in Chancery of Lisburne v. Davies & others (ref. 1895 L. 468), 1895); abstract of releases of parts of the Trawsgoed estate, 1890; memorandum of agreement for the sale of Cefnllwyn (112a.), p. Lledrod, 1924; and memorandum of agreement for the sale of Maesalwad (25a.), p. Caron Uchaf, 1924.

Original bundle of papers relating to Rhydalen Farm (38a.), including correspondence, 1907-1908; Thomas Davies's appointment and warrant as collector of inhabited house duties and land tax in p's Cydblwyf, Llanina, Llanllwchaearn and New Quay, 1907; printed particulars and conditions of sale by public auction (two copies, one with memorandum of agreement to purchase Rhydalen), 1908; accounts of Thomas Davies with Smith Davies & Evans of Aberaeron, solicitors, 1908; and drafts, including mortgages and bills of costs.

The National Operatic & Dramatic Association members' year book for 1938-1939. F. Hubert Jessop of Aberystwyth is listed as a member.

Loose deeds relating to the Tan-yr-allt mine, comprising a lease by John Maurice Davies of Penpompren, esq., and Jane his wife, to Christopher Robins of Strand, co. Mddx, and John Williams of South Brent, co. Devon, gents, of the minerals under Tan-yr-allt and Penpompren, p. Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, 1870; mortgage of the 1870 lease by the said Robins and Williams, trustees of the North Allt-y-crib Silver Lead Mining Co. Ltd, to Rev. Charles John Fisher of Ovington, co. Essex, to secure £1,000 and interest, March 1871; mortgage by the North Allt-y-crib Silver Lead Mining Co. Ltd to Thomas Palmer Baker of New Cross, co. Kent, engineer, to secure an advance of £800 and 12% interest, Oct. 1871; transfer of the March 1871 mortgage by said Rev. Fisher to Captain Thomas Palmer Baker of Lewisham, co. Kent, 1872; assignment by Thomas Palmer Baker, esq., to the Tan-y-Rallt (Cardiganshire) Silver Lead Mining Co. Ltd, of the Tan-y-Rallt silver lead mine, 1874; assignment by the Tan-y-Rallt (Cardiganshire) Silver Lead Mining Co. Ltd to the Cardiganshire Mining Co. Ltd of the leasehold mines called the Tan-y-Rallt Silver Lead Mines, 1877; notice of a special meeting of the Cardiganshire Moning Co. Ltd, to be wound up voluntarily, 1878; assignment by the Cardiganshire Mining Co. Ltd to Arthur Johnson Hughes of Aberystwyth, gent., of the 1870 lease, 1878; assignment by the said Arthur Johnson Hughes to Captain Charles Williams of Tretaliesin, [p. Llangynfelyn], mine agent, of the 1870 lease, 1880; assignment by the said Charles Williams to Henry Mallory of Warwick, chandler, of a moiety of the 1870 lease, 1880; schedule of deeds, 1870-1880; assignment by the said Henry Mallory to John Jenkins of Aberystwyth, livery stable proprietor, of the 1870 lease, 1887.

Settlement (lease and release) of the estate, 1808; marriage settlement of Rev. John Williams of Llandybïe and Hester George of Cirencester, co. Glos., spinster, and attested copy (1819) of the same, 1819; appointment of new trustees, and counterpart, 1826; disentailing conveyance, 1844; release by John and Elizabeth James and the trustees of their settlement, to the trustee of the 1819 settlement, from Mrs James's dower, 1848; and attested copy (1864) of the appointment of Robert and John Wardlaw, esq's, as new trustees of the marriage settlement (1846) of Gerard Wardlaw, then of Llettygog, co. Carm., and Elizabeth Jane Bowen, spinster, 1862.

Original bundle of letters etc. relating to the sale of timber on Lan, Penuchardre and Mountpleasant, p. Llanfallteg, to Ben Jones of Penlle'r-gaer, co. Glam., timber merchant.

Printed particulars and conditions of sale, (i) of a portion of the Penglais estate in p's Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth and Llanddeiniol, 1885 (two copies, one annotated with sale prices, the other with memorandum of agreement to purchase for lot 12, three cottages and a field (1a.) called Nantygleisiaid, p. Llanbadarn-y-Creuddyn Isaf); (ii) of outlying portions, 1915 (two copies, one ('own copy') annotated with sale prices, the other with memorandum of agreement to purchase lot 10, a piece of land and warehouses at Penranchor); and (iii) of freehold farms, cottages, building plots and ground rents, 1919 (two copies, one including details of purchasers, sale prices, and memorandums of agreement to purchase, 1919-1925, the other with memorandum of agreement lot 66).

Original file of Russian 5% State-Loan of 1906 bonds, comprising 1 bond (187 rouble 50 kop.) certificates no's 357-361 and 549-553, and 5 bond (937 rouble 50 kop.) certificates no's 2341-5, 3771-5 and 4351-5. Also sheets of interest coupons, no. 21 [Oct. 1917]-40 (April 1927). The Oct. 1917 coupons have been cut away, and were presumably paid. Included in the file is a letter from the Foreign Claims Office of the UK Foreign Office, acknowledging receipt and registration of Mrs E. A. Lewes's Russian claim, Sept. 1918.

Marriage settlement of Roderick Richards of the Navy Office, London, esq., and Mary Wilson of p. St Stephen Coleman St, London, spinster, Feb. 1754, and related deeds, May-Nov. 1754.

Original bundle of papers relating to a claim in the Queens Bench (Aberystwyth District Registry (ref. 1954 R 6) between David Blakeway Roberts (plaintiff) and Alun Richards (defendant), and the counter-claim of Alan Richards (plaintiff), David Blakeway Roberts and Glynne Whittington Rowlands (defendants) and Glynne Whittington Rowlands (third party). The claims relate to a collision between Glynne Whittington Rowlands of Aberystwyth, grocer's motor car, Alun Richards of Cwmsymlog, agricultural worker's motor cycle, and Dr David Blakeway Roberts of Rhydyfelin's motor car opposite Caebeidwl, between Penparcau and Rhydyfelin, on 11 Nov. 1952. The papers include statements, reports, instructions to counsel, opinions, and snapshots and negatives of the site.

Original bundle comprising an underlease by Elizabeth Edwards of Aberceiro, p. Llanbadarn Fawr, widow, to John Hugh Davies of North Parade, Aberystwyth, pharmaceutical chemist, of premises in Portland Street, Aberystwyth, 1869 (engrossed with coloured elevations to Terrace Road and Portland Street); assignment by John Hugh Davies to Robert Ellis, both of Terrace Road, Aberystwyth, chemists, of a leasehold shop and premises in Terrace Road, and the goodwill of the business of chemist and druggist, 1881; and a covering letter, 1889.

Original bundle of papers relating to the sale of Rhydalen, New Quay, including a poster advertising the sale by public auction of contractor's plant, machinery, stock-in-trade and household furniture at Rhydalen, 1908; draft and printed particulars and conditions of sale, 1908; bills of costs, correspondence and receipts. C. Denham Evans of Smith, Davies & Evans of Aberaeron, solicitor, acted for one of the parties.

Original files of papers relating to the prosecutions at the Cardiganshire Winter Assizes, Lampeter, of (i) Robert Evans for rape and unlawful wounding, and (ii) of William Evans of having carnal knowledge without consent, contrary to Common Law, comprising statements and brief for the prosecution. Verdict for (i): guilty of rape and pleaded guilty to actual bodily harm; 3 years penal servitude.

Original file of papers relating to a prosecution of Mary Ellen Jones and Anne Jones, both of Bethania, Llan-non, housewives, the one with intent to procure a miscarriage, the other with aiding and abetting the same.

Original bundle of notes for sermons, the few dated ranging from 1883 to 1901, plus two printed items: 'Farewell sermon preached at the Church of the Holy Trinity, East Finchley, by the Rev. T. Denham Williams on Sunday evening, April 26, 1891', and 'When ye pray : war prayers compiled by Bernard W. Keymer, vicar of Eastleigh' (1916).