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Title deeds and various other documents relating to miscellanous properties mainly in Oswestry, Selatyn and Whittington in the county of Salop (Shropshire) purchased by or belonging to the Brogyntyn estate, 1740-1939. The most substantial files are for the Parados estate, Selatyn, 1748-1829, a messuage in Porkington purchased from Edward Roberts, 1764-1826, Oerley Hall and adjoining lands, 1783-1830, Mount Pleasant, Selatyn, and land purchased from John Basnett, 1810-1819. Others include purchases from John Mytton of Halston, 1805-1826, and from John Lloyd, 1805-1829, Tynewydd or New Barns, Selatyn, 1805-1901, several fields near Oswestry, 1810-1848, Hengoed Vicarage, 1854-1897, Porkington Terrace, Oswestry, 1888-1892, the Burnt House farm, Selatyn, 1893-1901, and the Almshouses, Oswestry, 1911. A small number of deeds record the sale or lease of land by Lord Harlech to Liverpool Corporation, Oswestry Rural District Council and Oswestry Corporation for the provision of a water supply and a site for a hospital, 1895-1908.

Deed of sale by Humphrey Parry of Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, to Margaret Godolphin of Abertanat, Salop, of parcels of meadow called Goitre Wen Ucha, Goitre Wen Issa, Brithdir, Werglodd Ucha and Werglodd Issa in Broniarth [Guilsfield] 1740, part of a messuage and lands previously mortgaged in 1737 to Humphrey Parry by John Jones of Broniarth.

Title deeds relating to Pentrepant, clover fields and Ty Coch, all belonging to the Pentrepant estate in the parishes of Selatyn and Whittington, Salop, purchased by the Brogyntyn estate from George Henry Warrington and Ethel Mary Trollope, a daughter of the Carew family of Crowcombe Court, Somerset, 1741-1894.

Deeds relating to land at Porkington in the parish of Selatyn purchased from the trustees of the marriage settlement of George Henry Warrington of Pentre Pant, 1741-1804. They comprise copies of the post-nuptial settlements of Henry Strudwick and Mary his wife (nee Hanmer) [parents of Mary, wife of George Warrington], 1741, and of George Henry Warrington and Mary Carew, daughter of John Carew of East Anthony, Cornwall, then of North Brooke, Devon, 1796; a final concord, 1796; and deeds of sale by Rev. George Warrington, George Henry Warrington, his eldest son, and their trustees to Mary Jane Ormsby, of two pieces of land called the Big Clover Field and Little Clover Field [part of the Pentrepant estate], with a schedule of deeds incorporated, 1803, and a further deed endorsed, 1804.

Deeds relating to the estate of Edward Richardson, namely the Vron, Porkington, and other properties in the townships of Porkington, Frankton and Ebnal in the parishes of Selatyn and Whittington, comprising the post-nuptial settlement of Edward Richardson and Jane his wife, 1746, and an appointment charging the said estates with £300 for the portions of their younger children, 1772.

Attested copies of deeds relating to the estate of Sarah Owen of Woodhouse in the parish of West Felton. They comprise a conveyance by Sarah Owen to Edward Moreton of Ellesmere in trust for Hugh Owen, of the capital messuage of Woodhouse, Rednall Mill and numerous other properties in Salop and Montgomeryshire, subject to annuities charged thereon for Sarah Owen and Judith Powell the housekeeper, 1747; and a release by Mary Lloyd of Gloucester Street, St George the Martyr, Middlesex, to William Owen (previously Mostyn) of Woodhouse, of part of the estate devised by the will of Sarah Owen from an annuity of £50, 1775

Deeds relating to lands at Llandrinio, Montgomeryshire, 1747-1775. The file includes a mortgage from John Richards of Deuddwr and Martha his wife to Thomas Brown of Sweeney, of a tenement in Penrhynfechan in the parish of Llandrinio, 1747; the marriage settlement of John Richards and Martha his wife, 1747; an assignment of mortgage to Richard Powell of [Welsh]pool, 1750; the transcript of a recovery and a deed declaring uses, 1750; the will of John Richards, 1750; a settlement of David Richards, a foot soldier in Lieutenant Col. William Haviland of His Majesty’s Iniskilling Regiment commanded by Lord Blakney, 1757; releases by David Richards to the purchaser, Susannah Lyster, of a proviso and term of years comprised in the Richards family settlements, 1758; and an exchange between John Owen of Penrhos and Francis Lloyd of Domgae, of lands in Domgae [parish of Llandysilio], comprising Cae Groes, parcels in the common field called Spathadoc Field and in Cae Hen, lands mentioned in the marriage settlement of Edward Lloyd the younger and Jane Lloyd, and Cyffic, 1775; and related bonds.

Deeds relating to The Parados estate in the township of Porkington in the parish of Selatyn, purchased by the Brogyntyn trustees, 1748-1829. The file includes disentailing deeds for the estate of John Hughes of Porkington, followed by a mortgage to Peter Basnet of Wikey, 1748; another mortgage to Richard Meredeth, assigned to Hugh Owen of Woodhouse in trust, 1754; an assignment of the mortgage to William Edwards of Pentrewern, 1760, assignment of the remaining term of years to John Arther of Pentrewern in trust, 1760, and a release by John Hughes and Elizabeth his wife to William Edwards of the equity of redemption, 1763; probate of the will of Richard Hughes of Holborn Bridge, London, 1797; deeds by Richard Boodle and Theresa his wife, surviving daughter of Richard Hughes, Alexander Green Boughton, her son by her first husband, and Richard Edwards [surviving heir of William Edwards] and by Mary Rogers the elder, Thomas Rogers and Mary his wife, for suffering a joint recovery of The Parados estate and a messuage at Pentreclever, 1822; affidavits on the redemption of the mortgage and the title, 1823, 1828; a lease agreement by Alexander Green Boughton of Oswestry, 1824; two mortgages by Alexander Green Boughton, then of Manchester, to John Jones of Oswestry, 1827; a final concord and deed declaring joint uses of the fine, of The Parados to the use of Alexander Green Boughton and of other properties in the parish of St Martin to the use of Thomas Davies of Ruabon, then to his wife, Elizabeth, 1829; official reports, orders, etc. issued by the High Court of Chancery, 1828-1829; a list of deeds, 1829; the deeds of sale by John Jones of Oswestry (mortgagee), Sarah Upjohn (widow of Richard Hughes’s trustee), Alexander Green Boughton and John Hayward (trustee), to the Brogyntyn trustees to be settled to the uses of the settled estates of William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, with a plan incorporated, 1829, and assignment of the remaining term of years by John Boodle and Mary his wife (daughter of John Arther) to Septimius Burton in trust for Thomas Netherton Parker and David Pennant, the Brogyntyn trustees, 1829

Bundle labelled ‘Miscellaneous’ relating to estates and individuals in Salop, Montgomeryshire and Buckingamshire, 1748-1823, which may be distinguished as follows: Sarah Owen of Woodhouse, a final concord and an Act for vesting part of the estates devised by her will in Salop and Montgomeryshire in trustees for sale, 1748-1776; William Lloyd and John Robert Lloyd of Aston, an Act for vesting part of the settled estate of William Lloyd in trustees for the discharge of debts, legacies, etc., an abstract of the marriage articles and settlement of John Robert Lloyd, an extract and attested copy of the Selatyn enclosure award, and abstract of the title of William Lloyd to his estates in the county of Salop, 1768-1822; a description of the manor of Broniarth, 1773; bond by Mary Combers to David Archer for performance of covenants, 1777; William Gore, bond and a statement of property for settlement prior to his marriage to Mary Jane Ormsby, 1793-[1815]; Stoke Poges and Wexham, Buckinghamshire, a copy of the Enclosure Act, survey and valuation of Duffield Farm, particulars of sale, an account of part of Little Appletons given to Rev. Arthur Bold in lieu of small tithes, sketch of a proposed road at Stoke Green, abstracts of title of Colonel Vyse and William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, and the affidavit of Septimius Burton relative to the purchase money paid by John Penn, 1810-1823; and an agreement between William Ormsby Gore and Thomas Jackson about the purchase of Pentre David, 1821.

Miscellaneous loose papers comprising an abstract of the title of the late William Penn to an estate at Brentwood, Essex, 1616-1756, with opinion thereon; case and opinion on the will of J.K. (sic) made in 1813, which includes bequests to her grandson W.G., 1817; certificate dated 1822 of the burials at West Felton of Richard Cotton of Rednall, 1770, Margaret Rosser of Grimpo, 1797, and Mary Lloyd of Oswestry, 1806; valuation of two cottages, the property of John Jones, and a field belonging to William Ormsby Gore for the purpose of exchanging, 1833; and a fragment of ‘Plan B’ showing the township of Weston Lullingfields [mid-19th cent]

Deeds relating to land purchased from Edward Roberts of Oswestry, 1764-1826, comprising a messuage in Porkington in the parish of Selatyn, bounded by the road from Gyrn Bwch to Oswestry (other boundaries described) together with a pew in Selatyn parish church, and lands called Cae Glas or Cae Tan y Tu, Cae ?Choy, and two pieces of land abutting on the road from Oswestry to Selatyn which were enclosed out of the commons in the manor of Whittington. The deeds include a conveyance by Edward Roberts, Rebecca his wife and her sister, Martha Morris, to Martha’s son Edward Morris, of two moieties of a messuage and lands inherited by the two sisters from their father John Hughes, 1764; a mortgage by Edward Morris of Vron of the messuage and recent allotments of common land, 1784; an assignment by the sisters of Edward Morris and their mortgagee, 1792, and deeds of sale by Elizabeth Morris to John Roberts of Berllan Deg, St Martins, 1795; a mortgage by John Roberts, 1810, followed by an assignment of a term of 500 years by his son, Edward Roberts, to Benjamin Colley of Poynton, Salop, and declaration of uses of a fine, 1814; an abstract of title of Edward Roberts, 1764-1816, approved 1825; various official extracts (1826) from the enclosure award made to Edward Morris in 1784, from parish registers recording marriage, baptism and burial records of John Roberts and family at Selatyn, 1761-1812, and the burial of Benjamin Colley at Ercall Magna, 1816, and from the wills of Benjamin Colley 1809, and of Thomas Panting [a trustee] 1811, both proved in 1816; affidavits; a report and orders issued from the High Court of Chancery in connection with the contracts for this purchase from Edward Roberts and another from John Mytton, 1826; and the deeds of sale to William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife and their trustees, 1826.

Draft abstract of the will of William Owen of Porkington, 1762, proved 1767 (Watermark 1804)

Parcel labelled ‘Miscellaneous’ containing six bundles of documents with original labels, 1767-1819. The first, labelled ‘Sundry Cases, Statements, etc. received from Mr Mortimer’ contains a case for the opinion of Mr Kenyon on the customs for paying and the entitlement of Robert Godolphin Owen to receive rents out of the Merioneth and Caernarfonshire estates after the death of William Owen, 1767; a writ commanding Robert Godolphin Owen, late sheriff of Merioneth, to transfer official documents to his successor Rice James, 1769; Brogyntyn estate accounts and particulars of Edward Thomas’s cottage, 1788-1793; a bond and papers from a lawsuit by William Relph of Dublin and Mary his wife (otherwise Beckett), plts, against Owen Ormsby, deft, concerning a debt claimed by the plts under the marriage settlement of Francis Ormsby in 1716, and a copy of an amended bill, Dalley vs Ormsby, 1794; an abstract of the will of Owen Ormsby, 1804, and draft will of Mary Jane Ormsby, 1810; the London Gazette, 14 Jan. 1815, reporting that William Gore was to take the name Ormsby in addition to Gore, 1815; a case and opinion on an action of ejectment (not specified), 1815; and a letter to Thomas Hill Mortimer from Mary Jane Ormsby Gore requesting an Act of Parliament to sell or exchange property, with a list of relevant deeds and witnesses, 1819.
The other five bundles relate to purchases by Mary Jane and William Ormsby Gore and the trustees under the will of Ellen Owen, of properties in Porkington and Selatyn including the Fron, Cernybwch and the Hills, and other allotments of former common land, from [John] Basnett, Edward Williams, George Henry Warrington, the trustees of Rev. Daniel Griffiths, Walter Williams and James Thomas, 1808-1819. They include abstracts of the titles of the vendors and of William Lloyd, lord of the manors of Whittington and Middleton, agreements, draft conveyances, abstracts of individual deeds, schedules of deeds, solicitors’ correspondence, accounts, bills for legal expenses and receipts; and a description of the intended road from the Lodge to Chirk Bank (in bundle for James Thomas)

Title deeds relating to Pant Glas Farm (formerly Nant) and land at Pant Glas, 1771-1868, and to Pant Glas school, 1903, all in the parish of Selatyn, purchased by or owned by the Brogyntyn estate.

Parcel containing two bundles of deeds relating to Pant Glas Farm [formerly called Nant], 1771-1820. The file contains an attested copy (1820) of the will of Peter Tomkies of Oswestry, 1771; the marriage settlement of Edward Tomkies and Ann his wife (late Clutton), which includes Nant, 1779; a feoffment by Rev. John Robert Lloyd of Aston to Edward Tomkies of four pieces of land in Porkington and an allotment of common land awarded out of the manor of Whittington, 1789; a trust settlement to provide portions for the children of Edward Tomkies, of Nant and other properties in Leg Street and Bailey Street, Oswestry, 1795; a mortgage by Charles Eyeyley and Anne his wife (nee Tomkies) and John Tomkies, 1808; deeds associated with disentailment involving John Tomkies and Elizabeth his wife, William Henry Rosser of St Andrew Holborn and John Pugh of Cardiston, 1820; and the conveyance by John Tomkies and his mortgagee to William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife and their trustees of the messuage of Nant, now called Pant Glas Farm, comprising the house, buildings, fold, garden and fields (named), with plan incorporated, 1820. Further documents comprise an abstract of title, 1771-1820, a coloured plan and solicitors’ correspondence.

A description (perambulation) of the manor of Broniarth, Montgomeryshire in brown paper cover, 1773; Broniarth rent book, with enclosures, 1798-1812; accounts of rents received by Mr Llewellyn and Richard Croxon for John Owen, 1811-1816, with numerous vouchers, mainly for carriage of coal, chief rents and landlord’s property tax received from George Morgan, Elizabeth Edwards, Thomas Edwards, Elizabeth Roberts, Richard Allen, William Allen and others, 1808-1816. Accounts of interest include repairs at Pentre Biarth, 1811-1812, the attendance of Richard Daniel, bailiff, at the court leet of the manor of Broniarth, 1812-1813, and a blacksmith’s account from William Jones, 1815. The file also contains a notice to John Owen by Henry Bowman, commissioner appointed for the enclosure of lands in the manors of Llanfyllin and Mechain Uwch Coed of his intention to perambulate the boundary of part of the manor of Mechain Uwch Coed, 1812; and two lease agreements by John Owen of Penrhos for a messuage with the garden called Lord Cobham’s, Guilsfield, 1811, and for a farm in Guilsfield, 1814.

Records of the manors of Broniarth and Deuddwr in Montgomeryshire. They include a description (perambulation) of the manor of Broniarth, 1773, deeds relating to the manor of Deytheur (Deuddwr) which include a description of the boundaries, 1816-1824, rentals of chief rents in both manors, 1823-1894, and chief rent collector’s cash receipts, 1891.

Deeds of sale by Mary Combers and Charles Combers, both of Brentwood, Essex, to David Archer of Shenfield, of Conduit Mead, Nunnsi or Nunsies Grove and another parcel of land in the hamlet of Brentwood and parish of South Weald, Essex, and articles of agreement to produce writings, 1777.

Deeds relating to Pentre David Farm and lands in the township of Porkington in the parish of Selatyn, 1778-1822. The file includes two conveyances to Thomas Baugh of Northwood, Ellesmere, firstly by William Owen of Woodhouse and Bryngwyn for the sale of Pentre David in accordance with the will of Sarah Owen of Woodhouse, 1778, and secondly by Rev. John Robert Lloyd of Aston, for the sale of the Common Patch, an orchard, a heriot and chief rent, 1785; a feoffment by Thomas Baugh, in trust for his daughter Sarah Baugh, 1807; an extract from the Whittington enclosure award of 1784 (Watermark 1811); a conveyance by Sarah Baugh to David Birds of Hadley, Wellington, 1816; a mortgage by David Birds to Maria Gough of Oswestry, 1816, followed by a conveyance to Thomas Jackson of Rhosylan, St Martin’s, and his trustee, 1818; deeds of sale by Thomas Jackson, then of Pentrewern, together with his trustee and the mortgagee, to the trustees of William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, of the messuage of Pentre David, heretofore in two dwellings, and the lands (occupants named), with a plan incorporated, 1822, and a deed of covenant by William Lloyd of Aston for the production of title deeds, with schedule incorporated, 1822. Accompanying documents comprise abstracts of the title of Thomas Jackson, 1747-1818, compiled 1822, affidavits and a map, 1822.

Title deeds relating to a brick yard, Brick Fields, Brick Kilns and cottages in the parishes of Oswestry and Selatyn, Salop, purchased by the Brogyntyn estate, 1783-1909. These deeds show the origins and development of the brick yards, on former common land in the manor of Whittington and on land formerly belonging to Powis Castle, from the late eighteenth century