Dangos 839215 canlyniad

Years for which transcripts are filed: 1696, 1725-1861.

Years for which transcripts are filed: 1696, 1721, 1723-1800, 1802-1820, 1822-1823, 1826-1833, 1846, 1848-1863, 1868, 1875-1876. See Llanharan for 1801.

Years for which transcripts are filed: 1697, 1725-1868, 1870-1879, 1881-1884.

1. Margarett Bold of Bewmares, widow; William Thomas of Glan y gors ddy; and John ap Robert Lewis of Llanbeder Newborough and Martha his wife;
2. William Bold of Llanedwen.
   Covenant to levy a fine upon the messuages of Margarett Bold in Castle Street, Bewmares, Scybor wen in Llanfaes and Llaniestyn, Black Anchor in Bewmares; and Kefn bychan in the township of Hendre Rhose fair, parish of Llanbeder Newborough.

1. The Rt Hon. Marcus Trevor, Lord Viscount Dungannon, Sir Philip Meadows, knight; Sir Robert Hamilton of Mount Hamilton, co. Ardmagh, Knight and Bart; and James Hamilton of Tallymore, co. Downe;
2. John Owen of Penrhos, co. Anglesey.
   Lease for a year of Penrhyn Towyn mawre and Clippere in the townships of Tre Ednyfed, Trevadog, Trelowarchth [sic], Llanvoorog and Llanfaythlu in the commote of Tallibollion.

1. The Rt Hon. Marcus Trevor, Lord Viscount Dungannon;
2. Sir Philip Meadows;
3. Sir Robert Hamilton; and James Hamilton;
4. John Owen of Penrhos.
   Release of the properties specified in Bodewryd deeds 252.

1. Thomas Roberts of Castellor, co. Anglisey;
2. Owen Roberts of Cayrey.
   Release of Rhiwy, the moiety of Ynis Savall and Ty Hen in the parishes of Llanvoorog and Llanvachreth, commote of Tallabollion. Copy.

Miscellaneous papers mainly in the hand of Dr Robert Morgan, rector of Ross, relating to the diocese of Hereford, including lists of documents belonging to the Cathedral Chapter; copies of acts and orders; an account of procedure at every chapter; a table of fees claimed by the sextons, etc. (f. 50); a table of fees taken for causes ecclesiastical within the diocese; proposals for reducing the ecclesiastical courts at Hereford and Ludlow to certain terms with rules that the Proctor may not use delays, etc., whereby the clamours of the people may be silenced; a copy of Bishop Croft's Notitia of the diocese of Hereford; etc.

A large body of correspondence mainly to the Gogerddan agents, relating to the silver-lead and copper mines, and the stone quarries in north Cardiganshire, often with copies of the replies and forwarded third party letters, 1697-1920. Letters of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, mainly to Thomas Pryse, Lewis Pryse and Edward Loveden Loveden, include a single letter from Lewis Morris, 1742, and several from Chauncy Townsend, 1757-1765. The majority, however, are dated mid-nineteenth to early twentieth century, and the principal recipients are Capt. Edward Lewis Pryse, John Graham Williams, Col. George Griffiths Williams, Sir Pryse Pryse, Pryse Pryse Pryse, William Lloyd and George R. Pryse, or their agents. The correspondents include the Taylor family, the Garland family of Cymsymlog and Goginan, the Francis family of Goginan, Jonathan and George Pell, John and James Paull of Goginan, Michael Barbery, George Green of Aberystwyth, James McIlquham of Aberystwyth, Robert Girdwood of Edinburgh, David Williams of Glandyfi, John Mitchell of Goginan, Joseph Fell of London and John Henry Murchison of Austin Friars, London, whose letters draw interesting comparisons between the mining in Wales and in Cornwall. Common to most files are letters from Hughes and Sons, Atwood and Hughes, A.J. Hughes, and Roberts and Evans, all solicitors of Aberystwyth, Boys and Tweedie of Lincolns Inn Fields, and various other solicitors representing the mining companies. The letters elucidate the history of the mines in north Cardiganshire and the fluctuating fortunes of the lead mining industry. They describe the methods of mineral extraction, water supplies to the mines, the mine buildings and roads, the transport and sale of ore, trespasses and breaches of covenant by the mining companies, boundary disputes, relations with the Gogerddan estate agents and farmers, the granting of tack notes (take notes) and mineral leases, the capital outlay and financial investments, the payment of rents and royalties, the formation of the mining companies, their management and eventual liquidation. Official notices from the mining inspectors mention the dangerous state of the abandoned works. Many letters refer to the rights and title of the Pryse family as lords of the manor of Genau’r-glyn. Some letters discuss other, more general aspects of the Gogerddan estate administration. The content of the series is similar throughout, so no further detail is given in the file level descriptions.

Letters relating mainly to Esgair Hir (the Welsh Potosi) and Esgair Fraith, but also referring to Allt y Crib, Darren, Eaglebrook, the Island and other mines, 1697-1918. For main content see series description. The earliest letters are to Edward Pryse of Gogerddan, Thomas Pryse, David Morgan of Tal-y-bont, John Lewes of Carmarthen, Lewis Pryse, and Edward Loveden Loveden of Buscot Park, written by George London of Royal Garden, discussing an action for debt [by Martin de Carbonell], 1696/7, Rev. Thomas Jones of Llanasa, mentioning Mr Pennant’s colliery, and Thomas Pryse’s parliamentary business [at the time of Walpole’s downfall], 1741-1744, Thomas Burton of Brynmoyle, 1753-1757, Richard Richardson of Chester, 1755-1757, Evan Rogers, 1771, 1780, John Jones of Aberystwyth, 1776, Thomas Slaughter of Chester, 1777, Edward Hughes of Aberllolwyn, 1779-1780, and Philip Tangye of Knenock (?Cyneiniog), 1800, and a copy of an outgoing letter to Henry Bowdler, 1766. Later correspondents include James Reed of Penrhyn-coch, 1852, Samuel Williamson of Holywell, 1852-1853, Richard Griffiths of Machynlleth, 1852, John M. Davies, of Antaron [Aberystwyth], 1852-1853, J.B. Higgs, 1853, Matthew Francis, 1853, Thomas William Wilkinson, 1853-1857, John Henry Murchison, 1858, 1864, all of London, Pryse Loveden, 1853, Edward Lewis Pryse, [c. 1853], James Paull of Goginan, 1855-1858, James Willyams of Llanelli Copper Works, 1856, ? T.H. Rickard of Esgair Hir, 1859, James Lofthouse of Manchester, 1857, James Sanders of Willow Bank Mine, 1858, Joseph Fell of London, 1885-1894, J. Phillips of Goginan, 1888; William Northey of Esgair Hir, 1898-1908, M. Engledue of Byfleet and Tunbridge Wells, 1898-1901, Arthur E. Northey of Esgair Hir, 1900-1902, W.H. Bartlett and J. Whittall of the Welsh Copper Mining Syndicate Limited, 1902-1908, George W. Haywards of Sota and Aznar, London, 1905, Thomas W. Ward Limited of Sheffield, 1908-1909, and E. Llewelyn Davies of Ynyspenllech estate office, 1918. The file also contains a notification of ore-weighing by Evan Rogers at Esgair Fraith, 1778; evidence of Morgan Morgans, sent by Oliver Lloyd [of Cardigan], an account of Welsh Potosi ore bought by Mr Eyton of Holywell, 1855; royalty returns, 1857; a printed report on Esgair Fraith by J. Noel Sparks, 1898; and an inventory of machinery at Esgair Hir and Esgair Fraith [1908],

1. The Rt Hon. Marcus Trevor, Lord Viscount Dungannon; Sir Phillip Meadowes; James Hamilton; William Shawe of Dublyn; and Andrew Card of Grayes Inne;
2. Martin Caulfield Basill of Lincolnes Inne;
3. John Owen of Penrhos;
4. Hugh Wynne of Tregarworth and Richard Owen of Holyhead.
   Assignment of a term of years in the properties specified in Bodewryd deeds 252 in trust to attend upon the inheritance.

Title deeds relating to the Parry family of Main and Penyvoile, Montgomeryshire, 1697-1753. The deeds concern mainly messuages and lands situated in the township of Peniarth in the parish of Meifod, namely Tyddyn Pen y Voel, Tyddyn y Goetre-las, Maes y Kestill, Tire Nonio, Erw Forchog, Gweirglodd Dduddge and Gwerglodd Tir Nonio, and part of Cae tan y Lloyne (detailed boundary clauses) near Pentrego, also in the parish of Meifod. They include include a deed of partition between Alice Parry of Main, Mary Ellis of Garneddwen, Llanwddyn, and Margaret, wife of Methusalem Jones of Pant, all daughters and co-heiresses of William Lloyd of Pen y Voile, 1696/7; deeds of exchange between Methusalem Jones of Hunderdell (Underdale), Salop, and Robert Parry of Penyvoile, 1698, and between Alice Parry and her son Robert Parry, and Margaret Phillips of Shrewsbury and her son Robert Phillips, 1706/7; a settlement between Alice Parry and her son Robert, 1717; an appointment by Alice Parry to her grandson John Williams of £40, 1721; and a conveyance by Methusalem Jones to Robert Parry and his son Andrew Parry, to uses specified, 1723. The file also contains deeds of sale by John Bishop of Newtown to Robert Parry, of a messuage and a bakehouse converted into a dwelling in the township of Peniarth, 1741; a mortgage of the same to Elizabeth Thomas of Llannerchrochwel1, Guilsfield, 1741; and the copy probate of the will of Elizabeth Thomas, made 1743, proved 1750.

Letters written by members of the Pryse family of Gogerddan to each other, and various other private correspondence from their trustees, solicitors and acquaintances, 1697-1952. Early correspondents and recipients include Edward Pryse, 1697; Walter Pryse, 1738, and John Pughe Pryse, [c.1750]-1755. The most substantial correspondence belongs to Edward Loveden Loveden [c. 1792], his daughter, Margaret and her husband, Rev. Dr Samuel Wilson Warneford of Bourton-on-the-Hill, Gloucestershire, 1792-1842, Pryse Pryse and his son, Pryse Loveden, 1820-1855, and Pryse Pryse Pryse, Herbert William Pryse and Lewes Thomas Loveden Pryse, all sons of Sir Pryse Pryse, 1894-1928. The majority of the letters concern the financial encumbrances imposed on the Gogerddan and Buscot Park estates by the family settlements and mortgages, and the implementation of those trusts. There are frequent demands by Jane Loveden and Harriet Thiebault for the anuuities settled on them by Edward Loveden Loveden., and requests by Samuel Wilson Warneford to redeem the mortgage on Buscot Park. 1792-1842. Likewise the correspondence of Sir Pryse Pryse’s sons concerns mainly their monetary requirements and it highlights the financial difficulties facing the Gogerddan estate in its decline around the beginning of the twentieth century, 1894-1928. The contents provide an insight into the operation of the family trust and and the measures adopted by the trustees to address the financial problems.. Many of the letters contain complaints by Sir Pryse Pryse’s sons about the curtailment of the income due to them under the family settlements. The letters in this series also discuss family news, hunting, estate business at Buscot Park and in Wales, parliamentary and county politics, and the social acquaintances of the Pryse family.

Letters relating to specific silver-lead and copper mines and to quarries belonging to the Gogerddan estate, 1697-1919. For main content see series description. The most substantial files relate to Allt y Crib, 1851-1914, Bronfloyd and New Bronfloyd, 1852-1907, Bryn yr Afr, 1880-1918, Camdwr Mawr and Camdwr Bach, 1856-1908, Darren (Fach and Fawr), 1742-1910, East Darren, 1852-1906, Esgair Hir and Esgair Fraith, 1697-1918, Grogwynion, 1739-1910, Hafan and Henfwlch, 1752-1914, Leri Valley mines, 1907-1914, Loveden United, 1852-1918, and South Darren, 1880-1918; others include Blaenceulan, the Bog mine, Cwmsymlog and Ystrad Einion.

Deeds for the Vron (Fron) and and another messuage with a blacksmith’s shop, called Knotsford in the township of Porkington and parish of Selatyn, purchased from Rev. Richard Venables, 1696/7-1824. They include the post-nuptial settlement of John Davyes of Porkington and Elizabeth his wife (nee Jones), 1696/7; leases by John Davies, 1725, and Elizabeth Venables, 1765; the pre-nuptial settlement of Rev. Richard Venables of Wood Hill, Salop, and Sophia Lister of Tetley, Lincolnshire, 1808; a release from the representatives of the younger children of Rev. Joseph Venables and Elizabeth his wife of their shares in £2800 charged by their mother’s will on the Vron, to the family trustees, Lazarus Jones Venables, Joseph Venables Lovett, George Lister and John Henry Maw, 1823; a release by William Lloyd of Aston to Rev. Richard Venables then of Clyro, Radnorshire, and his trustees, of heriots and chief rents issuing out of the Fron, 1823; extracts (1823) from the parish registers of Oswestry, Selatyn, Ruabon, Chirk, Whittington and St George’s Liverpool, recording baptisms, marriages and burials of the families of Davies, Venables and Lovett, 1697-1822; the affidavit of Thomas Howell of Oswestry, adding that John Venables was ‘very infirm and paralytic’, 1823; reports issued by the High Court of Chancery, as to the purchase from Richard Venables and another from Edward Williams, 1823-1824; and the deeds of sale (lease and release) to the trustees of the marriage settlement of William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, 1823, together with a covenant, abstracts of title and a coloured plan

Copies of letters by Edward Pryse of Gogerddan to his cousin (unidentified) about financial support for Mr Waller, and to Sir William Whittlock of the Middle Temple concerning the debts of Sir Carbery Pryse and a lawsuit involving Carbonell, 1697, together with an early twentieth century summary

Years for which transcripts are filed: 1698, 1725-1865, 1899.

Years for which transcripts are filed: 1698-1699, 1725-1731, 1734-46, 1748-1835, 1837-1843, 1845, 1848, 1855-1861, 1863-1864, 1868-1673.

The last of four volumes of letters addressed to Edward Wynne, chancellor of Hereford, most having drafts of Edward Wynne's replies written on them (Nos 787-847); together with drafts of letters from Edward Wynne (Nos 848-880).

To John Owen. Subject: Business matters.