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Title deeds and other documents relating properties belonging to the Brogyntyn estate in the county of Merioneth, 1706-1912. The most substantial files are for Tygwyn Gamlas, Carreg-y-ro and Ty Newydd in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-traethau, 1818-1911, and for Erw Wen and Lasynys in the parishes of Llandanwg and Llanfihangel-y-traethau, 1872-1908. Others include Lasynys Fach, Garthmawr Hen and Garthmelan, 1706-1852, Glyn woollen factory, 1841-1869, building leases at Beddgelert, 1868-1890, Porkington Terrace, Barmouth, 1871-1877, and the site of a Baptist chapel at Harlech, 1896.

Copy of a notice published in the Dublin Gazette, of an order by the Irish Land Commission to vest the estate of George Ralph Charles Baron Harlech in the counties of Sligo and Mayo in the Congested Districts Board for Ireland, 1911, and memos of the allocation schedule, 1912.

Bundle of accounts and receipts labelled ‘Brogyntyn trust vouchers 1911-1912’. Several of them refer to the sale of Church Island, Lough Gill, Sligo, and parts of the Caernarfonshire and Merioneth estate in Cricieth, Portmadoc, Beddgelert, Barmouth, Llanfrothen and Ffestiniog. Some accounts and letters mention improvements made at Bryn Efail Issa and the White Lion Hotel, Cricieth, prior to the sale

Bundle labelled ‘Brogyntyn trust. Deeds relating to freehold farm lands and hereditaments known as Tygwyn Gamlas, Carreg-y-ro and Ty Newydd in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-traethau, Merioneth, purchased from Prichard trustees’. The file includes deeds of sale by the enclosure commissioners to John Prichard of Ty Gwyn y Gamlas, of a portion of the common in Llanfihangel-y-traethau bounded by Traeth Bach, the embankment and the road from Harlech to Traeth Bach, 1818; a release by representatives of the Roberts family to William Williams of Llanycil of sums charged on Tygwyn y Gamlas and other properties for legacies paid to them under the will of Robert Morris of Cae Glas, Trawsfynydd, 1821; deeds effecting a disentailment by William Williams, son of David Williams of Blaen y Cwm, Llanycil and Mary his late wife (nee Roberts), of Tyddyn Du, Carreg-y-roe and Ty Gwyn yn y Gamlas, 1821, followed by a mortgage, 1821, and a conveyance by William Williams and his mortgagee to John Prichard, 1825; a succession of mortgages and transfers by John Richard Prichard of the National Bank of Wales, Portmadoc, of the lands, now with houses erected thereon, 1892-1904; a printed sale catalogue, 1910; the sale agreement and conveyance by the executors of John Richard Prichard to the trustees of the Brogyntyn settlement, subject to access by the occupiers of Ty Gwyn Cottages, to a public right of way along a path to the shore and to Crown mineral rights, 1910-1911; an abstract of title, and a schedule of deeds and documents, 1818-1911. Plans included.

Sale catalogue of lots 71-132, properties in the parishes of Dolbenmaen, Ynyscynhaearn and Beddgelert, sold at Porthmadog town hall and the Royal Goat Hotel, Beddgelert, 13 Sept. 1911, with memoranda of agreement bound into the back of the volume. Photographic illustration of Beddgelert in frontispiece.

Sale catalogue of lots 133-274, properties in the parishes of Llanfrothen, Ynyscynhaearn and Llandecwyn, sold at Porthmadog town hall, 14 Sept. 1911, with memoranda of agreement bound into the back of the volume. Bound by mistake with a cover of the Corsygedol Hotel sale of Sept. 15. Photographic illustration of Borth-y-gest in frontispiece.

Papers deriving from applications made previously by the Brogyntyn estate to the General Land Drainage and Improvement Company, later merged with The Lands Improvement Company, to fund improvements at Ystumcegid Isaf (Cricieth) in the parish of Llanystumdwy, Caernarfonshire, Old Port Farm in the parishes of Oswestry, Selatyn and Whittington in the county of Salop (Contracts 1208 and 1208B). The papers comprise apportionments of rent charge, a release of Ystumcegid Isaf from the rent charge imposed on the properties as security for the loan, and letters mainly to Longueville and Co. from The Lands Improvement Company relating to the same and discussing difficulties arising in the release from the rent charge, all dated 1911.

Title deeds relating to land near Summerhill in the parishes of Oswestry and Selatyn, Salop, purchased by George Ralph Charles Ormsby Gore, Baron Harlech, and his trustees from Frances Sarah Brancker, 1840-1911

Conveyance of 2 pieces of land near Summerhill, Selatyn, purchased by the trustees of the Brogyntyn settlement of 1881 from Mrs Frances Sarah Brancker, with plan incorporated, 1911; with abstract of title, 1867-1911 (typescript); and a request on the label for the deeds of Cross Lanes Farm.

A conveyance of the six Porkington Almshouses in Oakhurst Road, Oswestry, by the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the Borough of Oswestry (named) to George Ralph Charles Baron Harlech and his trustees, in exchange for part of the White Lion Croft abutting on Arundel road, for the purpose of road improvement, as explained in a letter by Frank Lloyd, the valuer, 1911. The file also contains the declaration of Joseph Parry-Jones of Plas Glyn, Ruabon, JP, giving the history of the almshouses, official forms and letters, and plans.

Sale catalogue of lots 1-70, properties in the parishes of Cricieth, Llanystumdwy, Clynnog, Dolbenmaen and Ynyscynhaearn, sold at the Public Hall, Cricieth, 12 Sept. 1911, with memoranda of agreement bound into the back of the volume. Photographic illustration of Cricieth in frontispiece.

Sale catalogue of lots 276-300, properties in the parishes of Llanaber, Barmouth and Harlech, sold at the Corsygedol Hotel, Barmouth, 15 Sept. 1911, with memoranda of agreement bound into the back of the volume. Photographic illustration of Harlech Castle in frontispiece.

Settlements and other documents relating to trusts on behalf of Fanny Mary Katherine Ormsby Gore, 1856-1910. The file includes a charge of £5000 on the Porkington settled estates and settlement by her father, John Ralph Ormsby Gore, for her benefit, 1856 (attested copy, much deleted and annotated); the settlements made prior to her marriages, firstly to Lloyd Kenyon of Gredington Hall, Flintshire, 1863, and secondly to Rev. Thomas Mainwaring Bulkeley Owen of Tedsmore Hall, Salop, together with an apppointment to him of the sum of £800 and a leasehold property in Onslow Square, Middlesex, 1880; appointments of new trustees by Fanny Mary Katherine Bulkeley Owen, 1882 (copy) and 1901 (draft); releases of trustees from the trusts declared in the wills of William Ormsby Gore and John Ralph Baron Harlech, and in the marriage settlement of John Ralph Ormsby Gore, 1901; an acknowledgement and undertaking by the trustees to produce documents to William Richard second Baron Harlech, 1901; and requests by Fanny Mary Katherine Bulkeley Owen for the investment of funds, 1890, 1910.

Bundle of accounts and receipts labelled ‘Brogyntyn trust vouchers etc. 1909-1910’, showing Longueville’s legal costs from 1907, billed to the trustees in 1909-1910.

Accounts of the executors of the late William Richard Ormsby Gore, second Baron Harlech (d. 1904) showing cash in the house and various bank accounts, funeral expenses, legacies, debts due to and from the deceased, expenses for carrying on Glyn, Brogyntyn, Chesham Place and Tetworth, trustees, mortgages, insurance, taxes, stocks and shares, solicitors, etc. and income, 1904-1909, with a statement showing the amount of estate duty payable by the executors of the will to the trustees of the Brogyntyn settled estates in respect of the portions for the younger children, charged on the English and Irish estates.

Accounts of the executors of the late William Richard Ormsby Gore, second Baron Harlech (d. 1904), showing stocks and shares, the estates of Tetworth and Derrycarne, debts and funeral expenses, assets and deductions together with Inland Revenue assessment forms for estate duty, 1904-1908, a list of securities sent by the London Joint Stock Bank Limited, 1904, letters to Longueville and Co., 1904-1909; and receipts for personal legacies including a gold watch previously given to the deceased by Sir George [Francis] Seymour, 1904-1905.

Copies and drafts of agreements and conveyances by William Richard third Baron Harlech, George Ralph Charles fourth Baron Harlech and the Brogyntyn trustees, relating to houses and lands in Caernarfonshire, with letters to Longueville and Co., maps and plans, 1871-1909. The properties include pieces of land conveyed to the United School Board of Penmorfa to build schools at Garn and Prenteg, Penmorfa, and at Gyfyny in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, 1877; cottages at Morfa Bychan, Portmadoc, 1896; land at Prenteg conveyed to Dolbenmaen Parish Council for a public burial ground, 1902-1903; Llidiart Cwpwl, Penmorfa, 1908; sites of a grocer’s shop and the Calvinistic Methodist Chapel at Penmorfa, 1908; and Tynymynydd and Tyn-y-gorlan in Garn Dolbenmaen, Penmorfa, 1909. Correspondents include J.E Parry of Glyn, 1871, J. Watkin of Clenennau, 1873, and Robert Thomas of Plasdu, 1874-1875

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

Deeds relating to a piece of land called Brick Kiln Field near Oerley in the parish of Oswestry, purchased from Mrs Elizabeth Jones, The Forest, 1848-1909. The file includes a copy of an agreement between William Ormsby Gore of Porkington, the Payne family and William and Sarah Jones of the Forest for the diversion of the road leading to the Brick Kilns, diverging from the turnpike road from Oswestry to Llansilin at or near Mount Pleasant, 1848; a conveyance by Thomas Payne, James Payne and Ann Rogers (nee Payne) to William Jones of the Forest, Selatyn, and Sarah his wife (nee Payne), of their moiety of the cottage and garden, and the field, 1850; a mortgage and further chargesto John, William and David Lloyd of Cynhinion, 1850-1851; probate of the will of Sarah Jones of the Forest, 1868, proved 1870; after the sale of the cottage (next file) a reconveyance by Jane Jones, niece of the Lloyd brothers, to John Jones, of the field described as near the Oswestry Reservoir, 1906; a copy of the burial record of John Jones at Rhydycroesau, Llansilin, 1906; copies of the wills of William Jones, father and son, with a case and opinion on the latter, 1906; the death certificate of William Jones [the son], a suicide, 1909; and the conveyance to the trustees of George Ralph Charles, Baron Harlech, 1909; with plans incorporated.

Title deeds and other documents relating to properties owned by the Brogyntyn estate in Caernarfonshire, 1813-1909. They include deeds for the purchase of Penybryn Farm, Cricieth, from the Peniarth estate in 1813-1814; ‘old papers’ relating to crown rents, building developments, mining and quarrying in Caernarfonshire and Merioneth, 1847-1878; leases of Clenennau mill and its lands, 1869-1888; papers relating to Cricieth Corporation and the castle, [1869x1875]; and deeds recording the sale by William Richard, second Baron Harlech, of property in Cricieth, Dolbenmaen, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Llanystumdwy, Morfa Bychan, Penmorfa, Treflys and Ynyscynhaearn, including cottages, building plots for schools, a chapel at Penmorfa, a burial ground at Dolbenmaen and the lifeboat station at Portmadoc, 1871-1909