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Acknowledgment by Humphrey Davies Owen to George Ralph Charles Baron Harlech for production of an indenture of conveyance of a piece of land in Borth-y-gest, used by him as a garden, 1924.

Legal papers of the Ormsby Gore family of Brogyntyn, 1863-[c. 1924]. They cover three main aspects of work handled by the office of Longueville and Co., firstly prosecutions by or against the Ormsby Gore family in the High Court of Justice, Oswestry Borough Session, and the county courts of Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire; secondly petitions to the High Court of Chancery in connection with family trust settlements; and thirdly, cases for legal opinion. The most substantial of the files comprise the matter of Fanny Mary Katherine Ormsby Gore, to enable a settlement upon her marriage to Lloyd Kenyon, 1863; a petition to the High Court of Chancery concerning powers of leasing mines under the Ormsby Gore family settlement, 1866-1875; Borth-y-gest ejectment [c. 1874]-1879; Cooper and Allen vs Harlech concerning a contract for a land purchase, 1876; Harlech vs Hall in a claim for money, 1880-1884; lawsuits on behalf of Lord Harlech in a case of assault and a boundary dispute, 1889; and Lord Harlech, Jones and Lewis vs Parry in a case to recover lands at Morfa Bychan, 1896. There is also a file of solicitor’s working notes from the office of Longueville and Co. [c. 1924]

Documents relating mainly to mortgages by William Richard Ormsby Gore and George Ralph Charles Ormsby Gore of the estates in Leitrim Ireland, together with papers concerning trust moneys and sales of the Brogyntyn estate, 1870-1923.

Reassignment by Martin Benson Lawford to George Ralph Charles Baron Harlech of a policy of assurance previously assigned to Edward Williams [Vaughan] in 1891 for securing payment of a mortgage on the estate in Leitrim, with a related letter by Lord Harlech attached, 1923.

A miscellaneous file relating to mortgages, trust moneys and sales of the Brogyntyn estate, 1885-1923. The contents include a security (mortgage) by George Ralph Charles Ormsby Gore to Edward Williams of Oswestry of all his property in the county of Leitrim, Ireland, a rent charge issuing from the same and a policy of assurance, 1885, and a reassignment to him of the policy of assurance, 1913; a similar mortgage dated 1891, a transfer by the executors of Edward Williams, lately Edward Williams Vaughan, to Martin Benson Lawford of Oswestry, 1902, and reassignment of the policy of assurance to George Ralph Charles Baron Harlech, 1923; an abstract of the title of George Ralph Charles Ormsby Gore, 1891; an indemnity to his father, William Richard Baron Harlech, from payment of £800 secured by bond to Edward Broughall, 1894; instructions to the Brogyntyn trustees to pay funds appointed to William George Arthur Ormsby Gore into Drummonds Bank, with receipts, 1913, and to pay compensation to the solicitors of Thomas Bryan relating to a land sale in Broniarth, 1921; and a list of Brogyntyn estate purchases at Oswestry sales and the sums payable on completion, 1921.

Wills and executors’ accounts of the Owen and Ormsby Gore families (misc.), 1626-1860, of Mary Jane Ormsby Gore, 1841-1870, John Ralph Ormsby Gore, 1876-1877, and William Richard Ormsby Gore, 1904-1922.

Marriage settlement of Hugh Fortescue Viscount Ebrington and Emily Ormsby Gore, 1886, and associated documents including a supplemental agreement by Seymour John Fortescue and Lionel Henry Dudley Fortescue with Hugh Third Earl Fortescue and Viscount Ebrington as to the order of priority of the powers contained in a settlement of 1858; an indemnity by Hugh fourth Earl Fortescue to George Ralph Charles Baron Harlech and other trustees, 1906; accounts of the trustees and of Longueville and Co.’s charges against the trustees, 1905-1907; letters to Longueville and Co. by Ford Harris and Ford of Exeter, Earl Fortescue’s solicitors, in connection with the Irish estates and charges on Castle Hill, 1905 and the London Stock Bank, 1907; authorisations to trustees to invest the trust funds of Lady Emily (Pussy) Ebrington, 1903-1905; and a draft receipt by the trustees of the marriage settlement of Countess Fortescue for £4000 charged on the Brogyntyn settled estates in Salop, 1922. The file also contains an assignment of a sum of £4000 to John Charles Thynne and Seymour Fitzroy Ormsby Gore in trust for Mary Georgina Ormsby Gore supplemental to an indenture of 1878

Two original envelopes containing receipts of George Ralph third Baron Harlech, Henry Arthur Ormsby Gore, Seymour Ormsby Gore, Alfred M. Egerton, Emily Fortescue Countess Ebrington and Lady Mary Egerton, 1904-1905, for legacies received under the will of William Richard, second Baron Harlech, and portions under the Ormsby Gore family resettlement of 1881, together with a list of the trust funds, Inland Revenue forms for legacy duty, 1905, and a letter to Longueville and Co., 1922.

Draft and epitome of the marriage settlement of Capt. Alfred Mordaunt Egerton and Mary Georgina Ormsby Gore and other related trust papers, 1878-1922. The latter include the appointment of Seymour Fitzroy Ormsby Gore to be a trustee of the settlement, 1896; an appointment of a sum of £2000, 1896; letters to Mr Lawford from Lord Harlech and to Longueville and Co. from Linklaters and Paines of Walbrook, London, 1921-1922; and an abstract of two appointments of new trustees, 1922.

Accounts of the executors of William Richard Ormsby Gore, second Baron Harlech, 1904-1910, and receipts of family members for legacies received under his will, 1904-1922

Papers relating to Ty Cerrig, Talsarnau, in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-traethau, and part of Tynacrau, leased to Merioneth County Council by the exercise of their compulsory powers to acquire small holdings in 1920. These farms were acquired in substitution for Tyddyn Sion Wyn. The file contains draft leases by George Ralph Charles Baron Harlech, with schedule and map, 1920-1921; correspondence between the Brogyntyn agent, W.E. Stamer, David Breese of Breese, Jones and Casson, Clerk of the Peace for Merioneth, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1920-1921; notes on the terms of agreement; and an extract from Mr Roberts’s report, 1920

Bundle labelled ‘Brogyntyn Trust’ containing assorted papers connected with the functions of the trustees, 1904-1921. They include valuations of horses and carriages at Brogyntyn and Glyn, and lists of pictures and articles of vertu at 37 Chesham Place and Tetworth valued for estate duty after the death of William Richard Baron Harlech, 1904-1905; an application under the Settled Land Acts for the provision of a water supply to Brogyntyn mansion, home farm and other parts of the estate in Oswestry and Selatyn, 1906-1907; a statement of interest due to Lord Harlech, 1910-1912, a bill of trustees’ costs from a Dublin solicitor, 1912, and receipts, 1913-1914; and letters from Longueville, Henry C. Legge and Frank Lloyd and Sons of Wrexham, concerning money to be advanced on mortgage to purchasers in the sales of the settled estates in Caernarfonshire, 1911-1912, Llandrinio, 1919, and Oswestry, 1921

Title deeds and other documents relating to properties belonging to the Ormsby Gore family in Ireland, 1665-1920. The main locations are the counties of Sligo, Mayo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Westmeath, and one file relates to Barrowmount, Kilkenny. There is a file of deeds for the estates settled on the marriage of William Richard Ormsby Gore, 1665-[1899]. The majority of the deeds, 1885-1920, record the sale of lands by William Richard Ormsby Gore, second Baron Harlech, to individuals and to various rural district councils for the provision of public utilities such as new waterworks at Lisduff, Sligo, 1885, cemeteries in Rue Poor Law Union, Tobercurry, 1902, and in Killasser, 1906, and sales of Willowbrook estate lands for the purposes of the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1907-1910, and to the Congested Districts Board, 1911-1918, under the Irish Land Commission schemes.

Copy draft conveyances by William Richard second Baron Harlech, by George Ralph Charles third Baron Harlech, and the trustees of the Brogyntyn estate, to several rural district councils and to private individuals in the counties of Sligo, Mayo, Leitrim and Westmeath, Ireland, 1902-1920. They include conveyances to Tobercurry Rural District Council of land in the townland of Rue Poor Law Union for a new cemetery, 1902; to Sligo Rural District Council land in the townlands of Clooskirt and Kinkillew, 1905; to Swinford Rural District Council a plot for the proposed enlargement of Killasser graveyard, 1906; to the Coole Rural District Council land in Togher, Finea, Williamstown and Lisnugent, to Mohill Rural District Council lands in Clooncorrick, Drumod More, Faulties, Callough, Drumod Beg and Furnace (Bleankillew), to Sligo Rural District Council land in Carrickcoola, Clooskirt and Bellawillinbeg, to Tubbercurry Rural District Council land in Lislea, Toberscardan, Castleloye, Magheranore, Carrownaworan, etc. all for the purposes of the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1907-1910; and to the Congested Districts Board the Aclare fairs and markets , 1918. There are other conveyances to private individuals of the farm of Leitrim Hill, the Drumcoura Royal Irish Constabulary Barracks in the parish of Drumreilly, part of the town and lands of Willowbrook, various parts of Clooncorrick, Carrigallen, Drumlea Wood, a plantation in Carrownaworan, Tobertelly Wood, a house and garden in Dromod, and part of the mountain of Tullyvellia, land in Clooskirt adjoining the Coola crossroads, 1903-1920; and to the trustees of the will of Owen Wynne, Church Island in Lough Gill, 191[1]. The file also contains relevant letters to Longueville and Co. from H.T. Dix and Sons, Dublin, 1910-1919; and plans.

Printed catalogues advertising the sale of specific parts of the Brogyntyn estate in Caernarfonshire, Merioneth and Salop, 1827, 1911-1919, and of Tetworth mansion, Berkshire, belonging to William Richard Ormsby Gore, 1905. Some of the catalogues have photographic illustrations of the locality in the frontispiece. Several are annotated with manuscript notes in the margins. Maps are incorporated. Other papers include draft conveyances and schedules of deeds.

Sale catalogue of the outlying portions of the Aston estate near Oswestry at the Victoria Rooms, Oswestry, 1918. Photographic illustrations.

Schedules of deeds etc. (mainly counterpart leases) handed over by Longueville to other firms of solicitors, including Lloyd George, in Cricieth, Barmouth, Portmadoc, Dolgellau, Caernarfon and Llanfairfechan at the time of Lord Harlech’s land sales in Caernarfonshire and Merioneth, 1911-1914.

Bundle of accounts and receipts labelled ‘Brogyntyn trust vouchers 1914 (Dec.)’ but actually showing Longueville’s legal costs from 1911, billed to the trustees in 1913-1914. Some of the accounts record the sale of lands in Leitrim and Mayo through the Court of the Irish Land Commission, accompanied by affidavits of Baron Harlech and relevant letters

Volume recording Glyn estate leasehold property in Merioneth and Caernarfonshire, 1858-1913, and enclosures, 1838-1903.

Rentals of various parts of the Brogyntyn (Porkington) estate in Merioneth, Caernarfonshire, Shropshire, Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire, 1795-1913. Specific rentals exist for Cemais and Darowen, Drenewydd, Glyn and Porkington.