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Title deeds and other documents relating to property owned by the Brogyntyn estate in Montgomeryshire, 1647-1902. One series concerns properties of the Penrhos and Cemmes (Cemais) estates, formerly belonging to John Owen, which descended to Mary Jane Ormsby Gore, 1647-1899; another series comprises records of the manors of Broniarth and Deuddwr, 1773-1894. Other deeds concern properties in the township of Broniarth in the parish of Guilsfield, 1740-1885, and at Sarnau in the parish of Meifod, 1828-1902.

Records of the manors of Emlyn Iscych (Emlyn Is Cuch) and Dyffryn Breuan in Pembrokeshire, which had descended to the Pryses of Gogerddan by inheritance from the Lewes family of Abernantbychan, comprising chief rentals, 1742, 1793, 1853-1919; court books and court leet presentments, 1832-1918; accounts and receipts, 1646, 1843-1915; and letters, 1876-1895. The court leet was held at Boncath.

Family and personal papers of various members of the Pryse family of Gogerddan, 1641-1952. They comprise royal appointments to the baronetcy and grants of the name of Pryse or Loveden, 1641-[late 19th cent.], genealogical papers, 1738-1928, sermon books from Cardiganshire and Berkshire parishes, 1747-1853, pocket books of Pryse Pryse, 1760-1803, 1821-1838, manusrctipt poetry and other literature, [1650x1950], printed books and pamphlets, 1714-1912, newspapers and cuttings, 1760-[1925], membership books and papers of various clubs and societies including the freemasons, [post-1804]-1925, Pryse family letters, 1697-1952, and miscellaneous Pryse family papers.1673-1674, 1828-1919. This section reflects the status of the Pryse family, their interests and family relationships. The pocket books of Pryse Pryse supplement the diaries which are listed as NLW Manuscripts (q.v.). The family letters reveal a deep concern over the deteriotating financial position of the estate, leading to a serious decline around the turn of the twentieth century.

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.

Records of the manor of Genau’r-glyn (Genaur-glyn) , Cardiganshire, belonging to the Pryse family of Gogerddan, who were lords of the manor. The main series comprise chief rentals, [1682]-1894; court leet presentments, 1721-1918; perambulations of the boundaries, 1857-1908; estreats, 1622-1820; affidavits and notices concerning wrecks, 1747-1882; and officers' papers such as appointments of officers, constables’ returns and notices to the bailiff to summon the court leet, 1752-1913. A further series contains assorted papers including a table of court fees, jury lists, a valuation, a constable’s list of estrays, and other documents relating to the administration and the title of the manor, 1729-1913.

Records found in the Gogerddan estate papers relating to various parish churches in Cardiganshire and Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, 1620-1921, with which the Pryse family were involved, and a small number of papers from two nonconformist chapels in Carno and London, 1812, 1945.

Papers deriving from the administration of the Abernantbychan estate in south Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire, belonging to the families of Lewes, Pryse and Loveden, comprising general and regular stated accounts, 1613-1918, bonds and share certificates, 1660-`1838, surveys and valuations, 1720-[19th cent, second ½ ], leases, notices to quit and other tenancy papers, 1815-(Postmark 1906), demands and receipts for tax,, tithe rent and poor rate, [1779x1822], 1806-1918, notes, catalogue, schedule, etc. relating to estate sales and purchases,, 1797-1882, [1918x1946] and estate letters, 1699-1910; and a single series of legal papers, 1672-1891.

Records of various manors, either held by the Pryse/Loveden family or in which they had an interest, 1610-1906, firstly the lordship of East and West Pembroke, 1736-1756, [late 18th cent]; the manor of Cyfeiliog, [c. 1674]-1920; Anhuniog, Creuddyn, Cyfoethybrenin and miscellaneous other manors, 1610-1906. Files of particular interest include an original bundle of ‘old papers’ relating to the manor of Cyfeiliog, [c. 1674]-1920; a copy (dated 1830) of the history of the crown manor of Creuddyn by Lewis Morris, 1750; and early court leet presentments for Llanbedr Pont Steffan (Lampeter), 1610-1758 (with gaps). Other records typically include appointments or deputations of stewards and gamekeepers, chief rentals, court leet presentments, and papers relating to boundaries and fences.

Title deeds and other documents relating to properties mainly in the parishes of Oswestry, Selatyn and Whittington in the county of Salop (Shropshire), either purchased by the Brogyntyn estate or already owned and later sold or leased by them, 1607-1939. The properties include lands which formerly belonged to the Earls of Powis, the Lloyd family of Aston and the Owen family of Woodhouse, former common lands in the manor of Whittington and the Drenewydd estate purchased from the Wynne family of Peniarth in 1830. There are substantial quantities of deeds for the farm of Pentreclawdd, 1607-1899, the Vron, Selatyn, 1697-1874, Pentre David, 1707-1827, Pentrepant, 1741-1894, lands around the Brick Kilns in Oswestry, 1783-1909, and miscellaneous other properties, 1740-1939.

The contents of this section reflect the complex negotiations between Edward Loveden Loveden of Buscot Park and John Adams, executor of Sir Herbert Lloyd, for the purchase of part of the Peterwell estate near Lampeter, Cardiganshire. The intermediary was Loveden’s agent, John Lewes of Carmarthen. The deeds, 1607, 1748-1780, record successive crown leases on Keven y maes in Iscoed Gwynionydd and the profits of courts, tolls, fairs and various manorial courts in Iscoed Gwynionydd and elsewhere in Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire, followed by a mortgage and the final assignment to Edward Loveden Loveden. This section also contains accounts, rentals and inventories, 1771-1811, and letters, 1779-1784, which evoke the final days of the Peterwell estate. They show the physical deterioration of Peterwell mansion, the extent of John Adams’ debts and the determined pursuit by his creditors. Letters and documents record that the Lampeter Corporation books and some of the Peterwell silver had been pledged as security for the repayment of a sum due by bond to Edward Loveden Loveden. Some of the letters refer to the unauthorised removal by John Adams and his wife of the household goods. The inventories and auctioneer’s accounts reveal the depleted household contents of Peterwell at the final sale in 1781. There is also part of a legal case [post-1660].

Papers deriving from trusts involving members of the Pryse family of Gogerddan, 1587-1950. These comprise trusts administered on behalf of the Pryse famliy and also trusts undertaken by the Pryses on behalf of others. The first series describes trusts involving various members of the Pryse family, 1587-1950, notably Sir Richard Pryse (d. 1623), and Richard Pryse (d. 1675) administrator of the estate of Lady Mary Vandyke in 1653; this series also includes two reports on the settled estates of Sir Pryse Pryse, 1888 and 1896, and later accounts to 1950. The second series concerns exclusively the administration and trust papers of Pryse Loveden who died intestate in 1855.

Letters mainly to the Pryse and Loveden family or their representatives, from their agents, solicitors, banks, other landowners, local authorities, commercial businesses, and social acquaintances, 1586-1949. They cover mainly the routine administration of the Gogerddan estate, and occasionally Mathafarn, Rug, Abernantbychan, Woodstock and Buscot Park. There is much detailed information on the local Cardiganshire houses and their occupants, relations between the estate and tenants, the exploitation of the estate resources such as timber, minerals and peat, investment in the railways and other commercial ventures (from 1860s), the development of housing in Aberystwyth and the surrounding villages (mainly 19th cent), estate improvements and technical advances in agriculture (19th-20th cent.), the effects of increased official legislation by county councils, rural district councils and the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. (early 20th cent.), sales of Gogerddan property, the maintenance of flood defences around Borth and Tal-y-bont; the establishment of local agricultural shows (late 19th –early 20th cent.), the Gogerddan mortgages, improved communications via the telegraph and telephone (early 20th cent.), problems of implementing the Pryse family settlements and the eventual financial decline of the Gogerddan estate (early 20th cent.). The eighteenth and nineteenth century letters frequently discuss the involvement of the Pryse family in Cardiganshire politics and parliamentary affairs.

Title deeds and other papers relating to land purchases mainly in Meifod, Montgomeryshire, by Charles Watkin Williams Wynn of Llangedwyn, second son of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, fourth Baronet, 1582-1837, together with the original schedule compiled in 1849, and an unscheduled deed of Charles Watkin Williams Wynn [the younger] 1853. These deeds were found as a discrete group in six consecutive boxes within the Longueville archive. There is also a single file of financial papers, discovered elsewhere in the Longueville archive, but clearly associated with the purchase of Dyffryn in Meifod and various other monetary matters, 1806-1818.

Papers relating to county administration in Montgomeryshire, 1603-1661, 1893-1929, Merioneth, 1580-1740, Breconshire, Herefordshire, Pembrokeshire and miscellaneous Welsh counties, 1607-1859, which reflect the public role of the families of Pryse of Gogerddan, Pughe of Mathafarn, Salesbury of Rug and Lewis [of Llan-gors] within those counties. The section includes a number of seventeenth century documents pertaining to the office of sheriff, deputy lieutenant and other county officials

Papers deriving from lawsuits and other legal business involving the Pryse and Loveden family of Gogerddan and Buscot Park, their tenants and others, 1574-[post-1908]. The earliest series comprises small numbers of papers from miscellaneous legal cases relating mainly to Cardiganshire properties of the Pryse family and others, notably Our Lady’s Mill in Aberystwyth, 1574-1682. Subsequent series describe cases involving Sir Richard Pryse and Thomas Pryse, 1657-1679; Dame Dorothy Pryse and Edward Pryse, 1661-1711; Lewis Pryse, [1712x1719]; John Pryse, Thomas Pryse, John Pughe Pryse and Walter Pryse, [1712x1717] -1755, 1860; Lewis Lewis of Doleclettwr, and other miscellaneous cases, 1727-1744; Lewis Pryse, Margaret Pryse and Edward Loveden Loveden, [1753]x1828; miscellaneous cases in Cardiganshire, Merioneth and Montgomeryshire, 1809x[1850]; Pryse Pryse and Pryse Loveden, 1817-1869; and Sir Pryse Pryse, 1826-[post-1908]. Notable among these are the recovery of debts on the estate of Thomas Pryse, 1661-1711; a dispute between Walter Pryse and Lord Lisburne over the boundaries of Grogwynion lead mine, 1741-1751; an action of trespass ibrought by Mathew Davies of Tanybwlch against Pryse Loveden, in the manor of Genau’r-glyn, 1860; and a dispute between the Crown, represented by the Attorney General, and Sir Pryse Pryse, concerning the title to land and minerals in the manor of Perfedd, 1863-1864. The legal papers constitute a rich source of personal names, identifying the parties, attorneys and witnesses, often with their ages given. They may also describe geographical locations, wills and settlements of the Pryse family, and genealogical details which may not appear elsewhere

Family deeds and settlements of the Pughe family of Mathafarn, Montgomeryshire, and of individuals related to them by birth or by marriage, 1565-1742, and probate records, 1631-1718.

The rentals are arranged into four series: first series, c.1550-1740; main series, 1760-1933; draft rentals, 1818-1874, and tithe rentals, 1818. Rentals for 1662-1665 and 1742-1759 are with the rentals of the Badminton Welsh estate at BM1. Some of the rentals were removed from Badminton Group II; previous reference numbers are given where appropriate.

Family deeds and documents of the Pryse family of Gogerddan, Woodstock and Buscot Park, comprising probate records, 1584-[19]16, and family deeds and settlements, 1549-1932. They include records of branches of the Pryse family of Glanfread, Ynysgreigog, Glanmeryn and Aberllefenni, and of Loveden of Buscot Park.

Title deeds of houses and lands relating to the Mathafarn estate in the county of Merioneth, situated in the several parishes of Dolgellau, Llanelltud, etc., Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Llanfor, Llangywer, Llanycil and Llanymawddwy, 1544-1704; the parish of Mallwyd, 1571-1701; and the parishes of Pennal and Tal-y-llyn, 1558-1629.

County administration papers from Cardiganshire, reflecting the role of the Pryse family of Gogerddan in the public life of the county, notably Sir Richard Pryse in the seventeenth century, and Pryse Pryse and Edward Lewis Pryse in the nineteenth, . The papers comprise appointments to the offices of Deputy Lieutenant and Keeper of the Rolls of Cardiganshire, 1607-1859; papers of sheriffs, gaolers, bailiffs, JPs and the militia, 1603-1896; crown revenue records, 1523-1651; Cardigan court leet presentments and an account, 1701-1767; miscellaneous Cardiganshire administration papers, [late-17th x early-18th cent.]-1919; and Aberystwyth Corporation and Court Leet papers, 1705-1929