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Title deeds for various houses and burgages in the town of Aberystwyth, 1332-1657. Landmarks include the town cross, the river Rheidol, the bridge, the castle, the mill, Dinas Maylour, Sarne Pwll Budyr and Porth Tywyll. Properties include Y Tyddyn Dan y Dinas, Parcke yr Eithyn, Parcke Bache, Park y Helig Duon, Maes Glas, Tythin yr Hen Fagwyr, Gwayn Lladron and others. The earliest deeds record a quitclaim by Germyn Dryw to his son Roger Dryw and Matilda his wife, 1331/2; acquisitions by John Dyer, 1372, Philip and John, sons of John ap Gwilym Vechan, 1421, 1425; a mortgage by Robert Scuten and Elen his wife, 1397/8; and a bond by John Faunt of Glym Watir, Dublin, and several other Irish fishermen to John Vachan, 1430. Several deeds name Meredith Glays or Glais, David Glays and Henry Glais, 1444, 1448/9, 1450, 1460. Other deeds involve the families of Voya, Phillips and Rogers, 1481-1602, including William ap John Voya, 1488, 1533/4, Roger ap Richard, 1568, Richard Phyllips, 1572; and the will of William ap John Voya, 1539/40. There are marriage settlements of Rycharde Phelippes of Aberystwyth and Elen vch Morgan of Llanychaearn, 1568; of William ap Roger (Rogers) and Katteringe vch Mer'edd, comprising a mansion house, the Store House in Maesglas, etc., 1581-1582; and Richard ap David Lloyd and Tanglwyst vch Moris, 1609; and a gift in fee tail by Richard Phillipps to David Lewes of Gernos, and Gwenllian vch Thomas Parry his wife, and to Rees David Lloyd of Llanddeiniol and Anne vch Thomas Parry his wife, 1602. Further items comprise the probate of the will of David ap Harrye, 1559/60; acquisitions by Sir Richard Pryse and Dame Gwen Pryse, from Thomas Odinghells and John Collopp of London and others, 1593-1657; and a grant by Elizabeth I to James Lewis of lands previously possessed by Rice ap Griffith, attainted, 1593.

Pedigree roll, dated 10 March 1664, with additions to 1672, recording the genealogy of the family of Puleston (or Pyvelesdon) of Puleston, Shropshire, and their descendants the Pulestons of Emral, Flintshire, and of Havod-y-Wern, Allington and Bersham, all in Denbighshire. It was transcribed by John Salusbury of Erbistock from the books of Robert Davies of Gwysaney, Edward Puleston of Allington, and Owen Salusbury of Rhug.
The pedigree is traced from 'Sr Richard Pyvelesdon de Pyvelesdon' (fl. 12-13 cents) and contains no heraldry.

Pedigree and achievement, 1654, of John Edwards (1619-1673) of Stanste [Stansty], Denbighshire, compiled and executed by Randle Holme II, containing thirty-nine other fully painted coats of arms, mostly impaled, tracing Edwards's descent in the male line from Coel Godebog and Cadwalader ap Cadwallon, through their mutual descendant Rhodri Mawr, alongside his paternal grandmother's descent from Morion ap Morgenew, Lord of Dyffryn Clwyd.
The names of individuals, together with additional biographical and genealogical information, are enclosed in roundels, with those of the earliest royal and noble figures being surmounted by crowns, coronets or caps of maintenance as appropriate. The pedigree is mostly arranged as two parallel lines of descent, except the final three generations where other relatives such as siblings and John Edwards's son and stepchildren are recorded, without heraldry. The title, beginning 'The Genealogie or Pedegree of John Edwards of Stanste', is given in a scroll cartouche at the head of the roll; the achievement of John Edwards, with eleven quarterings, is placed at the foot. There are a few additions in a different hand, [?1670s], including notice of the marriage of John Edwards the younger (aged 2 in 1654) to Mary, daughter of the Rev. Robert Lloyd of Llanychan; two sections of text appear to have been altered by scraping away the original ink. The pedigree is an example of Style 3 in Michael Powell Siddons, Welsh Pedigree Rolls (Aberystwyth, 1996), pp. 11-12.

Lease by Edward Morgan of Cwmllygodig, Montgomeryshire, to Jonett Morgan of Mallwyd, his sister, of messuages called Keven Llandybo, Tythyn Tu yn y Trayan and Tythyn Tu yn y Keynant, a parcel of a meadow called Y Weirglodd Faine and several cottages in All Ddû, all in the township of Caereinion Fechan, 1701

Rental of the estate of Lewis Pryse in Genau’r-Glyn and Llanbadarn Fawr, due at May and Michaelmas, 1719.

Case for opinion of counsel on the right of Edward Pryse and Richard Pryse to pass a fine and recovery of the Gogerddan estate and to settle the same on Lewis Pryse and his heirs male without Benjamin Collyer, mortgagee of Park [Bodvage], being a party to the recovery [c. 1719]

A manuscript copy, 1729, of Henry Rowlands's 'Antiquitates Parochiales', transcribed by 'G.M.' [William Morgan] (pp. 1-146). The synchronism of free tenants for 1300-1700, 'Synchronismi quinque lustrales liberorum tenentium comot Maenei', is included (pp. 127-146) but the manuscript also includes an addendum not recorded elsewhere, in the hand of William Morgan and possibly a later addition, updating it to 1725 (pp. 147-148). The tract entitled 'Bellum Mariscum', absent from some copies, is also present (pp. 151-160).
Items found loose in the volume have been placed in an archival envelope (pp. 163-168).

Mortgage for £10 by Sir Richard Pryse of Gogerddan to Phillipp Reignald of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, of a messuage called Y Tythyn Bach yn Y Braych Garw, otherwise Y Llyest Vach yn Y Braych Garw in the township of Cynnull Mawr in the parish of Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, 1660; and a reconveyance by David Edward, assignee of the mortgage, to Thomas Pryse of Gogerddan, reciting previous assignments, 1733.

‘Rent book of Gogerthan Estate belonging to Tho. Prsye Esqr. commencing May 1741, Lib: ?' and ‘Chief Rents’ in a different, faded hand, containing rent accounts, 1741-1746. Childish sketches of animals and houses on end papers.

Cyfrol, 1750-[1752], yn llaw Edward Llwyd, Llundain, yn cynnwys copïau o wyth deg pum cerdd, cywyddau yn bennaf. Ymysg y beirdd a gynrhychiolir mae Dafydd Nanmor (5), Doctor John Cent (7), Rhys ap Ednyfed (2), Guto'r Glyn (6), Dafydd ap Gwilym (4), Syr Dafydd Trefor (2), Lewis Glyn Cothi (4), Wiliam Llŷn (3), Tudur Penllyn (2), Bleddyn Fardd (5), Meilir Brydydd (2), Llywarch Brydydd y Moch (2), Lewys Môn (2), Simwnt Fychan (2), Siôn Tudur (7), Edward ap Ralph (2) a Iolo Goch (2). = A volume, 1750-[1752], in the hand of Edward Llwyd, London, containing copies of eighty-five poems, mainly cywyddau. Amongst the poets represented are Dafydd Nanmor (5), Doctor John Cent (7), Rhys ap Ednyfed (2), Guto'r Glyn (6), Dafydd ap Gwilym (4), Syr Dafydd Trefor (2), Lewis Glyn Cothi (4), Wiliam Llŷn (3), Tudur Penllyn (2), Bleddyn Fardd (5), Meilir Brydydd (2), Llywarch Brydydd y Moch (2), Lewys Môn (2), Simwnt Fychan (2), Siôn Tudur (7), Edward ap Ralph (2) and Iolo Goch (2).
Mae'n debyg i'r gyfrol gael ei ailddefnyddio fel llyfr nodiadau (gw. t. 251) ond oherwydd colled nifer o ddalennau ychydig iawn o olion o'r fath ddefnydd sydd wedi goroesi. Mae ychydig nodiadau mewn pensil ar tt. 247, 250-251 a thu mewn i'r clawr cefn mewn llaw diweddarach. = The volume was apparently reused as a 'Mamarandam Boock' (see p. 251) but due to the loss of several leaves little trace of such use remains. A few notes in pencil on pp. 247, 250-251 and inside the back cover are in a later hand.

Y gyfrol gyntaf mewn cyfres o chwech yn cynnwys adysgrifau o bregethau ar y Testament Newydd gan y Parch. Griffith Jones, Llanddowror, wedi eu copïo yn nhrefn y Beibl. Mae'r gyfrol hon yn cynnwys pregethau ar Efengyl Mathew ac fe'i cwblhawyd ar 5 Tachwedd 1760 (t. 1244). = The first volume in a series of six containing transcripts of sermons on the New Testament by the Rev. Griffith Jones of Llanddowror, transcribed in Bible order. This volume contains sermons on the Gospel of St Matthew and was completed on 5 November 1760 (p. 1244).
Mae'r gyfrol wedi ei ysgrifennu mewn dwy law: mae'r rhestr cynnwys anghyflawn (ff. ii-iii) a nifer o gywiriadau ac arnodiadau yn y testun yn llaw'r Parch. Thomas Evans, curad Llanddowror a rheithor Walton, sir Benfro; ni adnabuwyd copïwr y prif destun (tt. 35-1244) gan y catalogydd. O'r 93 pregeth a gopïwyd i'r gyfrol yn wreiddiol (gw. y nodyn y tu mewn i'r clawr blaen) erbyn hyn mae pump, gan gynnwys y cyntaf, yn anghyflawn, ac mae un ar goll yn gyfan gwbl (tt. 476-[486]). = The volume is in two hands: the incomplete table of contents (ff. ii-iii) and a number of corrections and annotations to the text are in the hand of the Rev. Thomas Evans, curate of Llanddowror and rector of Walton, Pembrokeshire; the scribe of the main body of the text (pp. 35-1244) has not been identified by the cataloguer. Of the 93 sermons originally transcribed in the volume (see note inside front cover) five are now incomplete, including the first, and one is missing in its entirety (pp. 476-[486]).

Schedule of papers and securities sent to David Morgan and to Mr Fleming, some of which relate to Aberystwyth Mill and to Lovesgrove, 1762.

Pedigree, dated 31 January 1771, of the brothers Robert Davies [II] and Thomas Davies of Gwysaney in the hand of Ralph Bigland, Somerset Herald, extracted by him from a 1622 pedigree in College of Arms, MS Vincent 135, f. 296, probably compiled by Augustine Vincent (d. 1626).
The pedigree includes five fully painted coats of arms and is traced, in the male line only, from 'Madoc ap Mredith [Madog ap Maredudd] Princeps Powisiae', through his son 'Kenwricus Euell' [Cynric Efell].

Mid eighteenth manuscript copy of Lady Mary Wortley's Extempore Epitaph on Mrs Bowes.

First rental made by John. Lewis in 1779 of the Abernantbychan estate from May 1778 to Michaelmas 1778.

Rental of the Abernantbychan estate for one year ending Michaelmas 1785, showing disbursements, 1783-1786, and an account by the representatives of John Lewes

Deeds by the mortgagees of Thomas Griffith of Penpompren, Llanfihangel Genau’r-Glyn, deceased, and his brother and devisee, Charles Griffith, for the sale in accordance with a decree in Chancery, to Margaret Pryse of Woodstock, Oxfordshire, 1787, of Cwmbwa, Melin Cwmbwa, Pandy Cwmbwa, Darren Vawr, Darren Vach, Tythin Gelly, Penygraig Llanbadarn and Penrhyncoch in the parish of Llanbadarn Fawr, and Kefn Erglawdd, Pantymoilin, Pantryebolion and Braichgarw in the parishes of Llangynfelyn and Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, reciting the will of the vendor’s father, John Griffith, the subsequent mortgages, and including a schedule of deeds, 1724-1785.

An account of the sales of culm sold from the Four Foot Vein in Fawlkeston (John Philipps Laugharne, esq. was a third shareholder), 1 June 1793-1 Jan. 1794.

Travel journal belonging to Bryan Cooke of Owston, Yorkshire, recording various tours undertaken between 1790 and 1797 through Wales and the north of England and other journeys between his seats at Owston, [near Doncaster], and [Hafod-y-Wern], Wrexham.
The volume describes tours of North Wales, beginning and ending at Wrexham, 13-20 September 1790 (ff. 1 verso-3), the Lake District, 14 June-3 July 1793 (ff. 4 verso-9 verso), and South Wales (in the company of his second cousin George Cooke[-Yarborough] and his sons), 10-29 July 1793 (ff. 10 verso-19 verso), together with brief accounts of journeys from Owston to Wrexham, via Leeds and Ripon, 8-15 July 1790 (ff. i verso, 1), Wrexham to Owston, 23-25 September 1790 (ff. 3 verso-4), Owston to Wrexham, May 1791 (ff. 3 verso-4), Owston to Wrexham, via Kilnwick Percy, Ripon and Storrs, May 1797 (ff. 21, 22), Wrexham to Askrig[g], 9-[?10] August 1797 (ff. 22 verso-23 verso), and Askrig to Wrexham, 20-[?22] August 1797 (ff. 24 verso-25). Each account includes a table listing places visited, distances, inns visited, time on the road and remarks on the state of the roads, etc. (ff. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 21, 23, 25); the remaining pages contain general remarks and notes. Items found inside the pocket have been placed in an archival envelope (ff. 35-37). These include a table, [?1793], detailing a tour of Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, similar but not identical to that on ff. 10 verso-14 verso, possibly in the hand of George Cooke[-Yarborough] (f. 35 recto-verso).