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Deeds relating to lands at Selatyn, purchased by the Brogyntyn trustees from Edward Williams, 1795-1823. The file includes a release in fee by Robert Hale of Hammersmith to Edward Williams of the Vron, of two pieces of land purchased by Robert Hale under the Whittington Enclosure Act, bounded by the road from Porkington to the Vron and the Vron to Porkington Pools (other boundaries described) 1795, and an extract from the relevant award, 1823; the will of Edward Williams, devising two messuages at Pant Glas and the land purchased from Robert Hale, 1806, proved 1807; certificates of marriages, baptisms and burials at Selatyn, 1764-1811, to substantiate the pedigree of David Williams, 1823; abstracts of the titles of Edward Williams, 1754-1823, and David Williams, 1776-1823; an affidavit of William Lloyd of Aston, 1823; a final concord followed by a conveyance by David Williams of the Forrest and Jane his wife to Edward Williams, then of Llawr-y-pant, and his trustee, 1823; a covenant by William Lloyd of Aston for the production of deeds, with schedule incorporated, 1823, reciting a feoffment to Edward Williams in 1805 (missing); deeds of sale by Edward Williams and Elizabeth his wife to the trustees of William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, of a messuage at Pant Glas in two dwellings and lands in Porkington, reciting a conveyance by William Lloyd of Aston to Edward Williams, 1823 (missing); a covenant for the production of title deeds, 1823; and the certificate of execution issued by the High Court of Chancery, 1823. Several plans incorporated

Agreements as to the appointment of Joseph Benson of Birmingham as master and Bertha Gordon Keddie of Oswestry as mistress at Pant Glas School, Selatyn, 1903

Deeds relating to property purchased from Joseph Griffiths at the Brick Fields in the parishes of Oswestry and Selatyn, 1783-1840. They comprise two feoffments to Richard Griffiths the younger, bricklayer, the first by Edward Wynne Evans, of land lately enclosed out of the commons in the manor of Whittington, 1783, the second by George Edward Henry Arthur Herbert Earl of Powis and Rev. John Robert Lloyd of Aston, of three pieces of land adjoining the turnpike road over Cernybwch from Oswestry to Llansilin, with plan incorporated, 1788; a lease by Joseph Griffiths of Wrexham to John Beard of Oswestry, of three houses and gardens and a brick yard, 1840; a declaration of Mary, wife of John Beard, daughter of Richard Griffiths, 1840; and the conveyance by Joseph Griffiths to William Ormsby Gore of a total of five messuages and the brickyard which were formerly purchased by Richard Griffiths, father of the vendor, 1840.

Deeds relating to a cottage and three pieces of land sited within the liberties of the township of Oswestry, purchased by Lord Harlech’s trustees from James Payne, 1811-1882. The file includes a conveyance by Edward, Earl of Powis and John Probert, trustees of George Edward Henry Arthur, Earl of Powis, dec. to Thomas Payne, of the western parts of fields (named), formerly Oerley Hall lands, 1811; mortgages of the messuage and garden, and the Brick Field and Little Field by members of the Payne family firstly to John Tomkies, shoemaker, 1840, assigned to Janet Bentley, 1841, secondly to Ann Broughall, 1882, and thirdly to Henry Davies, 1882; copy wills of Thomas Payne of the Brick Kilns, 1834, and William Payne, 1874 (died 1876); the declaration of Ann Thomas, wife of Andrew Thomas of Portland Place, Lord Street, Oswestry, witness to the (now lost) will of Ann Rogers (nee Payne), concerning the three pieces of land, 1882; an abstract of title of the devisees under the will of William Payne, 1840-1882; and the conveyance by the mortgagees and James Payne of Oswestry to the trustees of the Brogyntyn settled estates, 1882.

Deeds relating to a piece of land called Brick Kiln Field near Oerley in the parish of Oswestry, purchased from Mrs Elizabeth Jones, The Forest, 1848-1909. The file includes a copy of an agreement between William Ormsby Gore of Porkington, the Payne family and William and Sarah Jones of the Forest for the diversion of the road leading to the Brick Kilns, diverging from the turnpike road from Oswestry to Llansilin at or near Mount Pleasant, 1848; a conveyance by Thomas Payne, James Payne and Ann Rogers (nee Payne) to William Jones of the Forest, Selatyn, and Sarah his wife (nee Payne), of their moiety of the cottage and garden, and the field, 1850; a mortgage and further chargesto John, William and David Lloyd of Cynhinion, 1850-1851; probate of the will of Sarah Jones of the Forest, 1868, proved 1870; after the sale of the cottage (next file) a reconveyance by Jane Jones, niece of the Lloyd brothers, to John Jones, of the field described as near the Oswestry Reservoir, 1906; a copy of the burial record of John Jones at Rhydycroesau, Llansilin, 1906; copies of the wills of William Jones, father and son, with a case and opinion on the latter, 1906; the death certificate of William Jones [the son], a suicide, 1909; and the conveyance to the trustees of George Ralph Charles, Baron Harlech, 1909; with plans incorporated.

Deeds relating to a messuage and garden at the Brick Kilns, Oswestry, purchased from Mr John Jones of The Forest, 1851-1905. They include articles of agreement by Thomas Payne of America and others for the sale to John Jones of a moiety of the cottage and garden, 1851; a copy death certificate of Richard Jones, 1872; requisitions and abstract of title, 1850-1888, compiled 1905; the vendor’s declaration, and the conveyance to George Ralph Charles, Baron Harlech and trustees, 1905; with plans incorporated.

Deeds relating to two purchases by Mary Jane Ormsby in the parishes of Selatyn and Oswestry, 1811-1813. The first concerns Skybor Issa, previously called Ty Coach or Ty Cough in the township of Porkington, purchased from Edward Gatacre, his trustees, and Miss Lloyd, excluding a plantation belonging to Mr Warrington, 1811. The second purchase concerns an allotment of former common land at Middleton, acquired from the trustees of Major Watkin Williams [of Penbedw], 1812-1813. Documents include an abstract of the title of Edward Gatacre, Annabella his wife and trustees, and Miss [Jane] Lloyd, 1688-1807, compiled 1811, plans, and letters mainly from Edward Edmunds of Oswestry and Thomas Panting of Salop, 1811-1813; and notes on the line of inheritance from Francis Baron Godolphin and Ellen Owen of Brogyntyn

Deeds relating to lands at Porkington purchased by the Brogyntyn trustees from David Jameson, 1808-1820. They comprise a feoffment by William Lloyd of Aston of a house, buildings and lands, 1808, and a conveyance by John Arthur Lloyd of Croesmere of an allotment previously enclosed out of the commons in the parish of Selatyn, with a schedule of deeds incorporated, 1809, both sold to David Jameson; and the conveyance by David Jameson and Elizabeth his wife to the trustees of William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, of both the properties described in the earlier deeds, with a coloured plan incorporated, 1820. The file also contains copies (1820) of the parish registers of Ellesmere, recording the burials of Francis Lloyd of Croesmere, 1719, another Francis Lloyd of Croesmere, 1788, and other burial records of annuitants in the will of Mr Lloyd of Croesmere; copy preamble of an Act for vesting part of the settled estate of Rev. William Lloyd in trustees, 1768; and a letter from the solicitor of J.A. Lloyd

Title deeds relating to a farm house and lands in the township of Porkington in the parish of Selatyn, Salop, purchased by the Brogyntyn trustees from David Jameson of Oswestry, 1808-1820

Documents relating to a farm house, buildings and lands in the township of Porkington in the parish of Selatyn, originally enclosed from the commons, previously belonging to William Lloyd of Aston and John Arthur Lloyd of Croesmere, purchased by the trustees of Mary Jane Ormsby Gore from David Jameson, 1819-1820. The file includes queries and observations on the title; the opinion and instructions of Robert Walters (Watermark 1819); abstracts and supplemental abstracts of the titles of William Lloyd, 1754-1810, John Arthur Lloyd, 1708-1809, and David Jameson, 1680-1810; a letter from David Jameson and solicitors’ correspondence, 1819-1820; and a plan of the land.

Deeds relating to land near Summerhill, Oswestry, purchased from Mrs Frances Sarah Brancker, 1840-1905. They comprise a conveyance by Anne Griffithes of Welshpool and Mary Griffithes of Llanfyllin, daughters of Margaret Griffithes and nieces of Walter Williams, dec., to Edward David Bennion of Summer Hill and his trustee, of a messuage and lands in the township of Llanforda, 1840; agreements for the sale, and the conveyance by Mrs Frances Sarah Brancker (nee Dean) to George Ralph Charles Ormsby Gore, Baron Harlech, and his trustees, with an abstract of title, 1905; plan incorporated.

Title deeds relating to land near Summerhill in the parishes of Oswestry and Selatyn, Salop, purchased by George Ralph Charles Ormsby Gore, Baron Harlech, and his trustees from Frances Sarah Brancker, 1840-1911

Conveyance of 2 pieces of land near Summerhill, Selatyn, purchased by the trustees of the Brogyntyn settlement of 1881 from Mrs Frances Sarah Brancker, with plan incorporated, 1911; with abstract of title, 1867-1911 (typescript); and a request on the label for the deeds of Cross Lanes Farm.

Conveyance to the trustees of William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, from the trustees of the will of John Bonnor of Brynygwalie, Denbighshire, of allotments in Cyrnybwch or Gowry Bank, Selatyn, incorporating a plan and schedule, 1848, with an abstract of title of the testator’s son, Richard Bonnor Maurice Bonnor, 1784-1848.

Attested copies of deeds relating to the estate of Sarah Owen of Woodhouse in the parish of West Felton. They comprise a conveyance by Sarah Owen to Edward Moreton of Ellesmere in trust for Hugh Owen, of the capital messuage of Woodhouse, Rednall Mill and numerous other properties in Salop and Montgomeryshire, subject to annuities charged thereon for Sarah Owen and Judith Powell the housekeeper, 1747; and a release by Mary Lloyd of Gloucester Street, St George the Martyr, Middlesex, to William Owen (previously Mostyn) of Woodhouse, of part of the estate devised by the will of Sarah Owen from an annuity of £50, 1775

Deeds relating to lands in Oswestry purchased from Elizabeth Whitridge and John Davies, devisees in trust of the will of Rev. John Whitridge of Oswestry, and other members of the Whitridge family in 1827. The lands are decribed as part of Gwerglodd Fawr, another piece with a plantation of fir trees lately in the holding of Edward Earl of Powis and John Probert, the middle part of Erw Car, formerly part of Oerley Hall lands on the western side of Oswestry, and other lands in the occupation of Hugh Hughes. The file includes abstracts of deeds, 1810-(Watermark 1820) relating to the estate of Edward Earl of Powis, specifically the rectory of Oswestry and that part of the Oswestry estate comprised in a mortgage of 1798, and coal mines under Oerley Hall and Park Wharf (?Uchaf) leased to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn in 1798; an attested copy of the will and codicil of John Whitridge, 1823-1824; an abstract of title of the trustees named in the will, 1747-1823, and schedule of deeds, 1747-1827; official reports, orders, etc. issued by the High Court of Chancery in connection with the purchase, 1827; and the deeds of sale to William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, and their trustees, with a plan incorporated, 1827.

Bundle labelled ‘Deeds relating to land at Selatyn purchased from Peploe Cartwright by the trustee of the will of Ellen Owen’ but also containing deeds described on the inner label as ‘Purchase from Commissioners under Inclosure Act’, 1810-1842, referring to two purchases by Mary Jane Ormsby of portions of common land in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-traethau, Merioneth, bordering the parish of Llanfair, the first bounded by the farms of Plas Ucha and Moel y Glo, 1810, the other being part of Moelgoedog, 1812 (other boundaries described); also a conveyance by the trustees under the will of Watkin Williams of Penbedw to Mary Jane Ormsby, of a parcel of former common land in Middleton, Oswestry, bounded by the road leading out of the road from Wootton to Oswestry and from Middleton to the Milehouse (other boundaries given) 1813; and a conveyance by Mary Jane Ormsby of Porkington to her trustees of the lands comprised in the three previous deeds, 1813. The remaining items comprise two mortgages of the Allotment, formerly part of the commons in the parish of Selatyn, by Peploe Cartwright of Oswestry, firstly to Edward Lloyd of Llangollen, 1831, secondly to Ann Humphreys of Berghill, 1835; and a conveyance by Peploe Cartwright, with his mortgagee and trustee, to Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, surviving trustee of the will of Ellen Owen of Porkington, on behalf on William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, and an assignment of the term of years to Septimius Burton, 1842; a schedule of title deeds; abstract of the acts of Parliament in 1777 and 1780 for enclosing the commons and waste lands in the manor of Whittington and of the award in 1784 made to Edward Peplow (sic); abstract of the mortgages, 1831-1835; and abstract of the title of Peploe Cartwright, 1732-1823, with an opinion thereon, 1842. Plans incorporated

Deeds relating to land in Oswestry purchased from the Rev. Dr Donne, 1811-1826. The file includes a conveyance by Edward Earl of Powis and John Probert of Copthorn, devisees in trust under the will of George Edward Henry Arthur, Earl of Powis, dec., to Rev. James Donne of Oswestry of two parcels of land, the first in the western part of a field called Gwerglodd adjoining the turnpike road, previously part of Park Issa on the eastern side of Oswestry, and the second comprising Cae Ffeg, Cae Brute, Well Piece and other lands (named), a barn and other buildings, previously part of Park Ucha on the western side of Oswestry, 1811, with a schedule of deeds annexed (1674-1710); the abstract of title of Rev. Dr Donne, 1751-1811; a schedule of deeds, papers and a bond of the Gore family delivered up by Mr Dawson (1772-1815); copy orders issued by the High Court of Chancery concerning the purchase, with affidavits of Thomas Kyffin as to the identity and value of the lands, 1826; and deeds of sale by Rev. James Donne of Oswestry, D.D., to William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, and their trustees, of Cae Ffeg, Cae Brute, Well Piece, etc. 1826. Plans incorporated

Documents relating to a piece of land in Porkington Upper in the parish of Selatyn, enclosed out of the commons in the manor of Whittington and alloted to Elizabeth Walters, sold to Richard Bickerton and later purchased from William Bickerton by Mary Jane Ormsby, 1813-1814. The file contains an abstract of the enclosure award made to Elizabeth Walters in 1784, an abstract of title of William Bickerton and his trustee, Rev, John Whitridge, 1784-1813, and solicitors’ letters, 1813-1814

Feoffment by John Evans of Knockin, Salop, to Edward Evans of Trewern, Montgomeryshire and his trustee, of a messuage at the Upper Green in the townships of Melverley and Tir-y-coed in the parishes of Melverley and Kinnerley, to the uses and trusts of the will of the feoffor’s father, Evan Evans of Melverley, dec., which was deemed void and ineffectual in law, 1833.