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Assignment by John Jones of London to Arthur Champness in trust for John Oldbury, of a judgement obtained in 1670 by Henry Rumsey of Dolwyn Eglwys, Cardiganshire, against Henry Vaughan of Gelli-goch, Montgomeryshire, for a debt secured on tenements called Moel y Coed, Ty Braich Ythellgam, and lands called Dolegau and Llechweth Dyrris, subsequently purchased by Humphrey Jones, then by William Corbett of the Middle Temple, 1695.

‘Mr Hughe’s observations on the abstract of the title laid before him of Mrs Mary Evans and Mrs Jane Evans’s house…sent by Mr Cuthbert’, listing deeds from 1706 to 1759, some of which name Wiliam Brigstocke

Rental of the estate of [Richard] Lloyd [ of Mabws] situated in Llanrhystud, Llansanffraid, Llanbadarn Fawr, etc. in Cardiganshire, Llanegwad in Carmarthenshire, Llanfrynach, Llanfigan and Llanelli in Breconshire, and Newcastle Upon Tyne, St Nicholas, in Northumberland, as evidence of his property qualification in the elections of 1729 and 1741

Volume entitled ‘Mr Loveden’s election account for 1852 as pd by Thomas Jones’ in 1853. Includes payments to sea captains and travelling expenses of voters from Builth, Bristol, Liverpool, etc.

Copy of information and correspondence, subscribed with the legal opinion of Lancelot Shadwell on the title of Pant y Bettws and Coed y Perthy, which Edward Loveden Loveden proposed to purchase, 1797.

Papers of William Poole of Peithyll, comprising accounts, bills, receipts and relevant letters, 1829-1837. The bundle inlcudes bills and receipts for building work done at Troedrhiwgwine between 1824 and 1830; William Poole’s accounts with Pryse Pryse for Troedrhiwgwine and Peithyll, 1824-1836, settled in 1837; accounts of rabbit damage at Peithyll, 1826-1827; letters between the agents, Oliver Lloyd of Cardigan and William Williams of Aberystwyth, concerning Poole’s lease, rent arrears and the proposed sale of his property, 1830-1836; and a list of livestock and crops proposed by Poole to assign to Oliver Lloyd as security for his arrears of rent, 1833.

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]

Letters and papers addressed to Pryse Pryse, labelled ‘Mrs Baily’s Papers’, concerning the application of Katherine E. Baily, widow of Richard Baily of the War Office Department, to the government for financial assistance in view of her husband’s service to the country, 1836-1837. The contents comprise a printed statement of Mrs Baily’s case, 1821, with a copy of a petition to Lord Viscount Melbourne, and letters by Katherine Baily at Aldersgate Street and King’s Bench, concerning the damage to her family’s reputation, her appeal to Lord Euston, naming various other government ministers with an interest in the case; and a reply to her from Pryse’s aunt, J.M. Gill (undated)

Original envelope containing building accounts, bills and receipts for materials and labour for a new dwelling house and out-kitchen at Neuaddyrynys, 1885-1888

Original bundle labelled as per title but also including some items relating to Gogerddan and the Brecosnhire estate, mainly dated 1710-1781. The contents relate mainly to the settlement of the debts of William Pughe, John Pughe, Thomas Pryse and John Pughe Pryse .They include accounts, rentals, and letters from agents and creditors. Items of interest include ‘John Pughe’s case’ [c. 1726], ‘debts and incumbrances of John Pughe’, 1744; Mr Powell’s charges for chief rents on Gogerddan, 1733-1744; a table of fees of the court baron of Cyfeiliog [1730s]; a case of trespass and ejectment in the court of the manor of Caereinion, 1737; rentals or rent accounts of Gogerddan, Cardigan Priory and Glanmeryn [c. 1737], Mathafarn, 1749, Cwm Cynvyl, 1774, Fynon Caradoc and Brynbanadle, 1755-1767, and chief rents of Gwynionydd Iscoed, (Watermark 1811); the bill of Doctor Alban Thomas for attendance on Thomas Pryse, 1744/5, an extract from the Gogerddan labourers’ book, 1751; and a letter to [Edward Loveden Loveden] from George Morgan of Brecon about the sale of the manor of Llanfihangel Tal-y-llyn, 1781. The file also contains a draft family settlement by Richard Lloyd of Mabws [pre-1757].

Household bills addressed to Pryse Loveden of Gogerddan, from cabinet makers and other tradesmen in Aberystwyth, Carmarthen and London, with summary account, paid 1861.

Original bundle of papers deriving from lawsuits brought in the High Court of Chancery by Martin de Carbonell and Justina his wife, plaintiffs, against Edward Pryse, Dame Dorothy Pryse and others, and subsequently by Carbonell’s executors, John Bontanden of St Anns, Blackfriars, London, John Guerrier of St Anns, Westminster, and Paul Jodrell of the Inner Temple against Lewis Pryse, 1696-1711. They relate to a claim on the personal estate of Sir Anthony Vandyke that was in the possession of Sir Richard Pryse (whose second wife was Mary, widow of Sir Anthony Vandyke and mother to Justina). The file includes letters to Edward Pryse mainly from Francis Meyricke and Thomas Barneby, 1696-1699; a decretal order of the High Court of Chancery, 1697; a bill of complaint and the answer of Lewis Pryse [1707], mentioning the doubtful validity of the will of Sir Carbery Pryse (d. 1694); and a bill of costs, 1711.

Original bundle of papers and letters relating to Aberystwyth Borough and Corporation, 1706-1929. They refer mainly to the constitution and procedure of Aberystwyth Court Leet and the powers of the Corporation, particularly in the election of the mayor amd in the control of waste lands around the town; and the file includes a case and opinion of C. Abbott of Shrewsbury on those issues, 1815. Several letters and notices demonstrate the interest of the Powell family of Nanteos as lords of the manor of Aberystwyth and conflict with the Gogerddan interest. The file includes lists of Aberystwyth Corporation officers and of burgesses, 1706-1709 (certified 1729/30), 1812; a representation to the Commissioners of H.M. Customs on the dissolute behaviour of John James and Richard Lloyd; letters to Thomas Pryse, Edward Loveden Loveden and Pryse Pryse from William Williams, 1737, Uvedale Price of Foxley, 1795, Edward Horne of Lincolns Inn, Thomas Jones of Machynlleth, 1814-1823, and Rice Williams on his dispute over land near Brindiodde, 1827, a list of allotments granted, 1813, and a rental of new and renewed grants from the Corporation of Aberystwyth, 1821; a printed report of the committee appointed by the Council of the Borough of Aberystwyth, to inquire into the unappropriated land belonging to the Corporation, 1837; a petition to the Board of Guardians of Aberystwyth Union to sever the township of Trefeurig from the current district and attach it to Aberystwyth for the purpose of registering births and deaths [1849x1855]; and printed articles on the history of parliamentary representation, 1849, and on the former office of ragler (rhaglaw0 in Cardiganshire, 1929.

Original bundle of miscellaneous papers comprising lists of the aldermen, Common Council and burgesses of the Borough of Cardigan, Troed-yr-Aur, Blaen-porth, other nearby parishes, and Aberystwyth, 1701-1726; presentments by the grand jury of the borough of Cardigan in which stray animals are described in Welsh, 1734-1739, 1766; an agreement and bond between Lewis Pryse of Gogerddan and William Powell of Nanteos about fishing rights in the rivers Rheidol and Ystwyth at Aberystwyth, 1718; a copy dated 1729 of the parliamentary return declaring the election of Thomas Rawlins MP for Cardigan in 1597; and an order from the Committee of Privileges and Elections to permit Thomas Pryse to inspect the records of burgesses at Llanbedr Pont Steffan, 1741

Original bundle of letters to Hale, Boys and Austen (later Boys and Tweedie) of Ely Place, London, 1848-1853. For main correspondents and content see sub-series description. Other correspondents include the Legacy Duty Department of the Inland Revenue Office, Decima Dorothea Rice of Llwynybrain, Lewis Morris of Carmarthen, Alfred Cox of New Bond Street, the British Institution, William Margetts of Woodstock, and Graham and Son of Abingdon. Additional subjects include the trusteeship of the will of Jane Gill; the canvass [for the Cardigan boroughs election, 1849];; disposal of the property of James Morse; pollution by a lead mining company, and mineral rights under the site of New Hooks School, Tenby.

Account of the election expenses of Pryse Pryse at Cardigan, 1847-1848.

‘Raphael’s Prophetic Almanac or the Prophetic Messenger and Weather Guide for 1912’ (London : W. Foulsham & Co., 1912)

Volume entitled ‘Rough leases and agreements’ but which actually contains applications for leases of properties around Aberystwyth, Bow Street, Penrhyn-coch and Ponterwyd, belonging to the Gogerddan estate, 1883-1908.

Copy of the sales and show yard timber account book of the Gogerddan estate, 1909.

Title deeds, letters and legal papers relating to a dispute between Walter Pryse on behalf of George Lewis Langton, and John Philipps of Kilgetty, 1726-1743, concerning the title to the Paddock, the Old Slate House, etc. near the beach at Saundersfoot in the parish of St Issells. The papers include drafts and copies of earlier leases, deeds and disputes, 1622-1683. The letters are addressed to the Lewis family of Hurst and Coedmor, and to Walter Pryse in Holborn, London, mainly from lawyers and agents, 1701-1743; one of them justifies an attempted salvage from a shipwreck at Freshwater East, 1729. There are statements of the claims on both sides, describing the construction of a quay by Walter Pryse, with a pictorial map of the area in dispute [1726]; evidence of boundaries and rights in the lordships of Coydrath and East and West Pembroke, and a copy of the chief rent roll for the latter, 1738