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Deposited by the B.R.A.

Deposited by Messrs Parker, Garrett & Co., London, per B.R.A.

Deposited by Messrs Gregory, Rowcliffe & Co., London, per B.R.A.

Deposited by Messrs Julius, White & Bywaters, London, per B.R.A.

Deposited by Messrs Riders, London, per B.R.A.

Records of the main Gogerddan estate, comprising title deeds relating to properties mainly in Aberystwyth, Llanbadarn Fawr, Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, Llangynfelyn and Machynlleth, 1332-1930; estate administration records, 1474-1950;; estate and general correspondence, 1586-1924; papers of James Morice and Thomas Morgan, 1779-1894; papers of agricultural societies, 1815-1924:, mining records, 1656-1924; manorial records, 1610-1919; legal and arbitration papers, 1441-[post-1908]; financial records, 1577-1926; political papers, [1690]-1880; county administration papers, 1523-1929; records of official intstutions such as churches, schools and charities, 1620-1945; papers concerning roads, railways and bridges, 1776-1900; Pryse family probate records, settlements and trusts, 1549-1950; and Pryse family personal papers, 1641-1987

Estate papers and title deeds of the Mathafarn estate, which were identified as a distinct group within the Gogerddan archive by Glyn Parry at NLW. Mathafarn was gained by Gogerddan when Thomas Pryse married Maria Charlotta, daughter of Rowland Pughe, c. 1738. Gogerddan sold the Mathafarn estate in 1752 but the deed confirming the sale to Dame Frances Williams Wynn (acting for her son, Sir Watkin) is dated 1754. No definite reason can be given for the retention of the title deeds at Gogerddan after the sale of the Mathafarn estate to Wynnstay. These may be the deeds which were retained to settle a dispute with Mr Owen (letter from John Chambre, 3 Sept. 1754, papers of Thomas Pryse, ref. GCC1/15)
This section includes title deeds, 1403-1754, family settlements and probate records, 1505-1742, mortgages, 1569-1734, mining leases, 1698-1713, legal papers and arbitration awards, 1546-[c. 1743/4], and letters, 1704-1734. The Mathafarn papers also incorporate a trust of the Caethle estate in Tywyn, Merioneth, for which William Pughe acted as trustee, 1505-1726.

This section contains deeds and documents relating to miscellaneous other estates and places, found with the Gogerddan estate records. The reasons for their presence here can be readily identified in some cases, while others cannot be determined with any certainty. The Cardiganshire section includes the intended purchase by Edward Loveden Loveden of the Peterwell estate near Lampeter, 1607, 1748-1811, and papers relating to Nanteos, 1695-1812. The other sections comprise deeds and documents relating to various Welsh counties, notably Carmarthenshire and Merioneth, 1562-(Watermark 1887); miscellaneous counties in England, 1600-1845; and Montserrat, West Indies, 1695-1698.