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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.

Legal papers from the office of Longueville and Co. comprising miscellaneous documents resulting from the routine administrative work carried out by the solicitors on behalf of the Wynnstay estate, 1782-1925; and papers deriving from lawsuits mainly about trespass and property disputes involving members of the Williams Wynn family, [c. 1817]-1904. Notable items include an eighteenth century account book for the Court of Great Sessions, Merioneth, 1782-1784, and substantial papers from a lawsuit concerning trespasses at Moelfre Pool, Llansilin, in the manor of Cynllaith Owain (Watermark 1836)-1884.

Papers of James Morice originally of Carrog, Llanddeiniol,, later of Wallog, relating mainly to his work as agent to the Gogerddan estate but also incorporating papers of his wife, Anne Morice, and her family, Watkin of Moelcerney, 1810-1877; and the papers of Thomas Morgan of Rhiw Bank, Berriew, who had a personal connection with the Watkin family, 1779-1894.

Papers of, or in the possession of, the Rev. Charles Francis Powys, father of John Cowper Powys, comprising personal papers; letters from family members and other correspondents; personal and family estate documents; and papers of various family members, namely his brother Major Littleton Albert Powys, his wife Mary Cowper Powys and her sisters, and his parents Littleton Charles and Amelia Powys.

Papers of or relating to John Cowper Powys, comprising correspondence with family members, friends and acquaintances, publishers and agents, literary papers, including early prose works, and material relating to the Powys estate and literary executorship; together with papers, including estate papers, of previous generations of Powys's family.

Papers relating to the family of Peter Williams. Arranged into the papers of the Rev. Eliezer Williams, 1777-1816 (227-233), the Rev. Peter Williams (later Peter Bailey Williams), 1792 (234-235), and the Rev. St George Armstrong Williams, 1827-1860 (236-262).

Loose letters and other associated papers, 1777-1948; and 15 volumes containing outgoing letters from the office of Longueville and Co. relating to the Wynnstay estate which was one of their major clients, 1928-1957. Many of the letters concern purchases, sales and exchanges of land in Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire, Merioneth and Salop, and they incidentally provide a record of contemporary conveyancing practices. Other recurrent topics include the Williams Wynn family settlements and trusts; the development of the railways; mining and mineral rights; fee farm rents and chief rents. The letter books provide a record of the Wynnstay estate in financial decline during the first half of the twentieth century, referring to the sales of land for housing development and the provision of local amenities. They also show how life on the estate was affected by defence regulations, requisitioning and evacuation during the Second World War.

Papers within the Gogerddan estate records relating to Aberystwyth and Welsh Coast Railway, Cambrian Railways and other rail companies in Wales and Shropshire, 1852-1900; and papers relating to roads and bridges in Cardiganshire, 1776-[late 19th x early 20th cent.]

Financial papers of the Wynnstay estate comprising mortgages and related papers, 1770-1921; accounts of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, sixth Baronet Wynnstay, and his trustees, 1844-1886; and financial reports of companies offering investment opportunities, together with miscellaneous other papers, 1870-1880.

Personal papers of Bishops of St Davids

Rentals, [c. 1722]- 1887,and receiving rentals, 1815-1816, and additional rentals, 1778-1881

Rentals, 1747-1931, receiving/collecting rentals, 1820-1920, rent arrears, 1745-1817, rent audit books, 1891-1918, tithe rent charges, 1891-1916 ; and additional rentals, 1719-1931.

Papers relating mainly to the inheritance and settlement of the Wynnstay estates belonging to the Williams Wynn, comprising marriage settlements, various family trust papers and abstracts of title, 1771-1933, and an inventory of the Wynnstay settled chattels [1948]. A separate series describes the Williams Wynn family probate records, 1710-1924. Both series contain a large amount of information, in the main content of the deeds and in the recitals, about the individuals concerned, the other families into which they married, their trustees, the operation of the trusts, investments in land purchases and the purchase of stocks and shares, in accordance with the terms of the trusts. A further series describes a small number of non-Wynnstay trusts, 1846-1881.

Political papers belonging to members of the Pryse family of Gogerddan, several of whom were Members of Parliament for the Cardigan Boroughs or for the County of Cardigan at different times, [1690]-1880.. This group contains parliamentary papers accumulated by the Pryses, 1708-1880; and papers relating to elections in Cardiganshire, [1690]-1871, which include which include poll books and lists of freeholders from the early eighteenth to mid-ninetenth centuries.

Miscellaneous papers, 1681, 1759-1994, acquired by Mari Ellis (and in a few cases by T. I. Ellis).

Records of the Gogerddan estate deriving from the industrial exploitation of minerals and quarry stone on the estate. The majority relate to the mines and quarries in north Cardiganshire, 1656-1924, covering mostly the area between Aberystwyth and Machynlleth but also including Grogwynion at Llanafan. The group also contains a substantial quantity of letters and papers arising from the development of the Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway 1875-1919; and a small number of leases, letters and accounts relating to mining and quarrying in Merioneth, 1699-1913, Montgomeryshire, 1864-1881, and Flintshire, 1740. The papers record almost every aspect of lead, silver and copper mining in Cardiganshire, describing the initial surveys, the processing and extraction of ore, the equipment required, the output of the mines, the impact on the Cardiganshire landscape, the shipping of ores to Swansea, the investment and commercial aspects, and relations between the Gogerddan estate and the mining companies. It is interesting to note the involvement of investors and prospectors from Flintshire, Derbyshire, Cornwall, Scotland and London. This section is also a rich source of personal names, both of the mining contractors and their work-force. For the names of the mines and further details, see the sections below.