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Title deeds, dated between 1527 and 1765, mainly of the Moreton Hall estate, situated mainly in Weston Rhyn, Ifton and Daywell, but also including property at Oswestry.
They include the marriage settlement and related documents of Sir John Trevor of Morton and Gaynor Wynne, 1634-1639; prenuptial and postnuptial settlements of Margaret Trevor and Edward Hunt, 1652-1653, 1658, containing conditions for the payment of John Trevor 's debts and mortgages by Anthony Hunt of Fernhill; various conveyances to the trustees of the marriage settlement and to Anthony and Edward Hunt, 1653-1656, 1665; a surrender of title by Anthony Hunt to his son, Edward, 1658; mortgages, 1670, 1679, 1701, and a deed of sale of parts of the estate by Edward Hunt, 1701; family settlements of Edward Hunt and his son of the same name, 1702, 1705; schedules of aforementioned deeds and duties payable, 1632-1702; the will of Margaret Hunt, 1705; a mortgage and other documents concerning securities by Thomas Seed and his wife, Mary, heiress to Edward Hunt, 1736; subsequent leases and assignments of mortgage, 1740-1751; and further deeds relevant to Margaret Godolphin 's purchase of Moreton, afterwards called Margaret Hall, 1760-1763. The file also contains a schedule of deeds for properties in Weston Rhyn and Daywell, mortgaged to Margaret Godolphin in 1758.

Accounts of the Moreton (Margaret) Hall Estate, Weston Rhyn, St Martin's, Shropshire, purchased by Margaret Godolphin of Abertanat. Some of the accounts, 1748-1760, predate the purchase; and subsequent accounts, 1761-1766, include renovation bills for the house and Morton Mill.