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Deeds relating to property purchased from Joseph Griffiths at the Brick Fields in the parishes of Oswestry and Selatyn, 1783-1840. They comprise two feoffments to Richard Griffiths the younger, bricklayer, the first by Edward Wynne Evans, of land lately enclosed out of the commons in the manor of Whittington, 1783, the second by George Edward Henry Arthur Herbert Earl of Powis and Rev. John Robert Lloyd of Aston, of three pieces of land adjoining the turnpike road over Cernybwch from Oswestry to Llansilin, with plan incorporated, 1788; a lease by Joseph Griffiths of Wrexham to John Beard of Oswestry, of three houses and gardens and a brick yard, 1840; a declaration of Mary, wife of John Beard, daughter of Richard Griffiths, 1840; and the conveyance by Joseph Griffiths to William Ormsby Gore of a total of five messuages and the brickyard which were formerly purchased by Richard Griffiths, father of the vendor, 1840.

Deeds relating to lands in Porkington and to Porkington Pools purchased by the Brogyntyn trustees from William Lloyd of Aston, 1784-1823. The file includes an attested copy of the Selatyn enclosure award, showing the plots allocated to Thomas Vernon and to Rev. John Robert Lloyd, with plan enclosed, 1784; the copy will of Thomas Vernon of Oswestry, 1785; an abstract of title of Edward Williams, showing a purchase from William Lloyd, 1754-1823; and deeds of sale by William Lloyd to the trustees of William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, of Porkington Pools, with a schedule, plan and references annexed, 1822

Deeds relating to Mount Pleasant in the parish of Selatyn, and three pieces of land enclosed out of the common called Gyrn y Bwch in the manor of Whittington, 1784-1824, endorsed 1844. They include copies [1824] of the Act for dividing and inclosing the commons or waste lands within the Manor of Whittington in the county of Salop, 1777; an attested copy of the Selatyn enclosure award and an abstract of the award to Robert Hale late of Copthorn, then of Penrhyn, Caernarfonshire, 1784; a mortgage by Robert Hale of the three allotments, 1785; a purchase deed from Robert Hale then of Spring Gardens Middlesex and Elizabeth Freeman his wife to George Stoakes of Oswestry, 1788; deeds for the sale by George Stoakes to Mary Jones of her dwelling house called Mount Pleasant and the three parcels of former common land, 1790; a copy and extract of the will of Mary Jones, 1796-1797; attested copies of three family deeds involving Pryce Jones of Cofronydd, Matthew Jones and Margaret Jones, children of Mary Jones, 1797, 1802, 1812, including the marriage settlement of Rev. Evan Lewis of Llanfair Caereinion and Margaret Jones, 1802; the will of William Jameson of Oswestry [trustee of the term of 500 years in the mortgage] 1794, proved 1818; a conveyance by the assignees of Matthew Jones, bankrupt, dec., to Thomas Parry Jones Parry of Madryn, Caernarfonshire, an assignment by David Jameson of the term of 500 years, and covenants for the production of deeds, 1819; abstracts of title of Richard Pryce, Richard Edmunds and George Gould, assignees of Matthew Jones, 1784-1814, and of Thomas Parry Jones Parry, 1823; affidavits by Pryce Jones and Margaret Lewis (nee Jones), and by Richard Pryce, George Gould and John Davies Corrie, 1824; deeds of sale by Thomas Parry Jones Parry to William Ormsby Gore of Porkington and his trustee, and an assignment of the residue of the term of years to Septimus Burton of Lincolns Inn, 1824; and a schedule of the deeds and documents relative to the title of Mount Pleasant [1824]

Deeds relating to the Vron in the township of Porkington and parish of Selatyn, 1785-1822. They include particulars of an exchange between Roger Kynaston of Hardwick and Rev. Joseph Venables of Oswestry, whereby the latter gained Little Erw yr Wyn, 1785; a conveyance by Edward Roberts of Oswestry, Elizabeth his wife and the mortgagee to Rev. Richard Venables and trustee, of a piece of land called Erw ?Gamdda, 1813, incorporating a schedule of deeds, 1764-1795; and an agreement between Rev. Richard Venables of Clyro, Radnorshire, and William Ormsby Gore of Porkington for the purchase of the Vron, and a house with a blacksmith’s shop, 1822

Papers relating to the Penrhos and Cemmes (Cemais) estates in Montgomeryshire, formerly belonging to John Owen, which descended to Mary Jane Ormsby Gore, 1788-1848. The file may have been compiled for the purposes of a mortgage by William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife to Samuel George Pechell, Richard Grose Burfoot and Jonathan Bullock in 1828, with later additions, 1830, 1848. The contents include a copy of an Act for enclosing the commons within the manors of Streetmarshal (Ystrad Marchell), Tirymynech and Deytheur (Deuddwr), 1788; a book of reduced maps of the Penrhos estate with acreages and valuations, 1796, and loose maps, 1827; lease agreements for Tanyglanney, Galltybibilfa, Dolyscelog and Cammes mansion in the parish of Cemais, 1802-1814, and a lease of Penrhos, 1824; rentals of the Penrhos estates in the manors of Broniarth and Deuddwr, 1828, and part of the Cemais estate, 1830; a copy of the burial record of John Owen at Trinity Chapel (1823); a valuation of Penrhos by Thomas Kyffin; pedigrees of Penelope Owen of Abertanat and of the descendants of Sir Robert Owen of Porkington; schedules of deeds; abstracts of title to the Penrhos and Cemmes Bychan estates, and queries; an abstract of the Deuddwr award of 1799 as an additional abstract of the title of Mrs Ormsby Gore to the Penrhos estate; solicitors’ accounts and correspondence, 1828; and an agreement by William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife with Richard Grose Burfoot and Jonathan Bullock with respect to the interest on the mortgages and the continuance of the securities for the term mentioned, 1848.

Papers relating to unrelated individuals for whom the Ormsby Gore family acted as trustees or from whom the benefit of a trust was received, namely Charles Buckworth and Elizabeth his wife, 1790-1791, General John Despard, 1853-1854, John Edwards Donne, 1869, and Charles Arthur Ellis, 1906.

Deeds relating to trust moneys under the marriage settlement of Charles Buckworth and Elizabeth, his wife of Park Place, Berkshire, comprising a copy declaration of trust for Owen Ormsby, 1790, and releases by the four Buckworth offspring, Anna Maria, Frances Margaretta, Peter Everit and Joseph Francis, to Elizabeth their mother and Owen Ormsby, 1790-1791.

Title deeds relating to purchases by Mary Jane Ormsby of Skybor Issa and land at Middleton in the parishes of Selatyn and Oswestry, Salop, 1790-1813.

Rentals of various parts of the Brogyntyn estate in Merioneth, Caernarfonshire, Shropshire, Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire, 1795-1913; and memoranda and reports on the rentals and accounts, 1834-1926.

Deeds relating to lands at Selatyn, purchased by the Brogyntyn trustees from Edward Williams, 1795-1823. The file includes a release in fee by Robert Hale of Hammersmith to Edward Williams of the Vron, of two pieces of land purchased by Robert Hale under the Whittington Enclosure Act, bounded by the road from Porkington to the Vron and the Vron to Porkington Pools (other boundaries described) 1795, and an extract from the relevant award, 1823; the will of Edward Williams, devising two messuages at Pant Glas and the land purchased from Robert Hale, 1806, proved 1807; certificates of marriages, baptisms and burials at Selatyn, 1764-1811, to substantiate the pedigree of David Williams, 1823; abstracts of the titles of Edward Williams, 1754-1823, and David Williams, 1776-1823; an affidavit of William Lloyd of Aston, 1823; a final concord followed by a conveyance by David Williams of the Forrest and Jane his wife to Edward Williams, then of Llawr-y-pant, and his trustee, 1823; a covenant by William Lloyd of Aston for the production of deeds, with schedule incorporated, 1823, reciting a feoffment to Edward Williams in 1805 (missing); deeds of sale by Edward Williams and Elizabeth his wife to the trustees of William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, of a messuage at Pant Glas in two dwellings and lands in Porkington, reciting a conveyance by William Lloyd of Aston to Edward Williams, 1823 (missing); a covenant for the production of title deeds, 1823; and the certificate of execution issued by the High Court of Chancery, 1823. Several plans incorporated

Various records relating to the financial status of the Brogyntyn estate and the Ormsby Gore family, comprising groups of rentals with related memoranda and reports, 1795-1926, accounts, 1833-1934, estate vouchers (Watermark 1828)-1887, and a single series of inventories and valuations, 1876-1906.

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.

Deeds relating to leasehold properties held by various members of the Ormsby Gore family in London, 1795-1895. The locations are Stanhope Street and Welbeck Street, Portland Place and St James Place, Grosvenor Crescent, and Halkin Street West in Belgrave Square. The leaseholds usually included a coach house and stables. Some files contain details of fixtures and fittings

Deeds labelled ‘As to houses in Stanhope and Welbeck Streets. Sold’. They comprise a lease (counterpart) by Owen Ormsby of Porkington to Phillip Henry of Bridge Street, Westminster, of No. 59 on the west side of Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, in the parish of St Mary le Bone and the coach house and stables, with a schedule of fixtures and fittings, 1795; a lease by the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, to Sir John Gore and Thomas Kenyon [trustees of Mary Jane Ormsby] of a messuage late in the occupation of Owen Ormsby, on the north side of Stanhope Street in the parish of St George, Hanover Square, 1817, and an assignment of the same to Catherine Martha Mellists of Hamels Park, Hertfordshire, 1820.

Rental of the Cemais and Darowen estate [of John Owen of Penrhos] which after his death became part of the Brogyntyn estate, 1795-1805, with observations to 1806.

Rental of the Merioneth and Caernarfonshire estates of Owen Ormsby and Ellen Owen of Porkington, with accounts of money received and disbursements, mainly for building repairs and the estate timber, 1799-1800.

Probate copy of the will of Ellen Owen of Porkington, Salop, made in 1796, proved 1802, which includes bequests to the charities founded by the Owen family in Selatyn, Penmorfa and Llangollen.

Release by Mansel Dawkin Mansel of Lathbury, Buckinghamshire, to Owen Ormsby of the covenants contained in Mr Ormsby’s lease (from Elizabeth Vernon in 1788) of Little Forsters with a courtyard, pasture and gardens in Egham, Surrey, and assignment by Owen Ormsby and his trustee of the said lease to Mr Mansel’s trustees and also of an under-lease granted of the said premises to John King, together with the counterpart of another under-lease granted by John King to Charles Smith and the yearly rent of £80 thereby reserved, 1802. Recites that Mansel Dawkin Mansel was entitled to the premises under the will of Elizabeth Vernon.