Clenennau letters and papers (main schedule),
- Clenennau 204-245.
- Series
- 1603/4-1608.
Clenennau letters and papers (main schedule),
Clenennau letters and papers (main schedule),
Clenennau letters and papers (main schedule),
Clenennau letters and papers (main schedule),
Clenennau letters and papers (main schedule),
Charities and schools administration papers,
Papers relating to Oswestry charities and school, 1635-1772, charities in North Wales and Shropshire, 1644-1855, charitable donations by John Owen of Penrhos, 1814-1823, and schools, 1841-1863.
Church administration papers mainly from North Wales, Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, concerning cases in the consistory courts, 1598-1638, church buildings and churchyards, 1633-[1876x1904], the clergy, [1670x1680], 1829, Penrhos chapel, 1696-1844, poor law records, 1711-1749, and legislation affecting the church, 1835, [c. 1868].
Miscellaneous county administration papers,
Administrative papers from miscellanous counties in Wales and England, concerning crown officials, [1620x1670]; the Civil War and Commonwealth, [c. 1644]-1660, and public works, 1664-1858.
Irish county administration papers,
County administration papers from Leitrim in Ireland, comprising official administrative appointments of members of the Ormsby-Gore family, 1878 and 1904.
Shropshire county administration papers,
County administration papers from Shropshire relating to the mayor and town council of Oswestry, 1640-1735, county poll assessments, 1660, JP 's papers, 1714-1743, land and window tax assessments, 1722-1761, elections, 1759-1832, and appointments of county officials, 1796, 1846.
Denbighshire, Flintshire and Montgomeryshire county administration papers,
County administration papers relating to the militia, taxation, appointments of county officials and other routine matters in Denbighshire, 1621-1794, Flintshire, 1641-[18th cent.], and Montgomeryshire, 1723-1830.
Merionethshire county administration papers,
County administration papers from Merionethshire, comprising mainly taxation records and officials' papers relevant to the whole county, 1549-1712, 1794; and a file of documents relating specifically to the borough of Harlech, 1573-1612, 1650.
Criccieth borough administration papers,
Official administration papers from the borough of Criccieth, consisting of confirmation of the charter, 1518, (Watermark 1830), several burgess lists, an election roll and certificates, 1680-1831, court books, 1703-1831, and miscellaneous papers relating to the borough, castle and corporation, 1727-(Watermark 1873).
Criccieth (Wales : Borough)
Caernarfonshire county administration papers,
County administration papers mainly from Caernarfonshire and occasionally elsewhere in North Wales, comprising county officials' papers, [c. 1576]-1820, assessments and taxation records, 1583-1664, [18 cent.], militia papers, [1588x1595]-1683, and election papers, 1620-1831. Documents which concerned Sir William Maurice and Sir John Owen as Deputy Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of North Wales have been included here since the main sphere of their duties lay within the county of Caernarfon.
Speeches, Acts of Parliament, petitions, etc.,
Official papers deriving from administrative procedures of central government, comprising manuscript copies and published versions of speeches, addresses and official letters, 1621-1868, Acts of Parliament and bills, 1656-1887, petitions and cases [1660]-1781, proclamations, 1671-1694, a 'claim to a barony' [1689]-1800, lists of ministers and MPs., [1766]-1837 and miscellaneous political papers, 1581-[c. 1720].
Certificates, grants and orders of ceremonies,
Certificates of appointments to the Privy Chamber, 1795, 1816, grants of arms, 1815, 1876, statutes and a grant of the order of the Bath, 1925, 1936, orders of installation ceremonies within the orders of the Garter and of St Michael and St George, 1947-1948, and grant of the Dignity of a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, 1947-1948, all relating to honours conferred by royalty on members of the Ormsby-Gore family.
Manuscript London newsletters from John Gadbury and others, 1676-1710, addressed mainly to Sir Robert Owen, which strongly reflect the government, politics and society of the Stuart period. Recurrent topics are the relations between the Stuart monarchs and Parliament; proceedings of Parliament and government departments; English election results; events at the royal court; the establishment of Protestantism; antipathy towards Catholics and Protestant dissenters; political conspiracies; foreign affairs in Europe; British overseas trade and colonisation; local government in London; City gossip and Oxford University news. Items of specific interest include the murder of Sir Edmund Berry [Godfrey], 1679; rebellion of the Scottish Covenanters, 1679; the Titus Oates plot and its repercussions, 1679-1685; the trial of Lord Stafford, 1680; the Rye House Plot, 1683; the formation of a mounted bodyguard for Charles II, 1683; effects of Quo Warranto, 1683, and subsequent restoration of London and other corporation charters, 1688; the Austro-Turkish War, 1683-1691; the controversial electorship of Cologne, 1688; a protest by seven bishops against the Declaration of Indulgence, 1688; the abdication of James II and accession of William and Mary, 1688-1689; reviews of revenue and excise, 1688-1689; abolition of the Council of the Marches of Wales, 1688-1689; Jacobite rebellions in Ireland and Scotland, 1688-1691; War of the Grand Alliance, 1688-1697; the papal successsion, 1689; government of the Scottish Church, 1689; the suicide of Lord Teviot, 1694; the War of Spanish Succession, 1710; and activities of Dr Sacheverell, 1710.
Gadbury, John, 1627-1704.
Printed newsletters and leaflets,
Printed newsletters and broadsides relating to contemporary news and politics, 1666-[c. 1800], general information leaflets, 1680-1831, and advertisements for goods, 1687-1861.
Complete editions and pages of newspapers, namely Adams 's Weekly Courant, 1750, 1755; Baner ac Amserau Cymru, 1887; The Britannia, 1869; The Champion or Evening Advertiser, 1741; The Country Journal or the Craftsman, 1736-1748; The Denbighshire Gazette Extraordinary, 1794; The Dublin Evening Mail, 1831-1832; The Englishman, 1740; The Flying Post or The Post-Master, 1701-1702; Fog 's Weekly Journal, 1733-1736; The Globe, 1820; The Illustrated London News, 1881; John Bull, 1835; The London Courant, 1688; The London Evening Post, 1748, 1754; The London Gazette, 1685-1702; The Middlesex Journal or Chronicle of Liberty, 1770; The Middlesex Journal and Evening Post, 1780; Le Moniteur Ottoman, 1837; The Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser, 1783; New State of Europe, 1701; North Wales Chronicle, 1830-1837; Old England, 1748; The Post Boy, 1702; The Post Man, 1702; The Remembrancer, 1748-1749; Shropshireian Journal, 1832-1835; Shrewsbury Chronicle, 1780-1861; The Shrewsbury News, 1841; The Standard, 1834; The Sun, 1818-1821; The Times, 1886-1887; The Weekly Journal or Saturday 's Post, 1718; The Weekly Packet, 1715-1716; The Westminster Journal or New Weekly Miscellany, 1746; and The Whitehall Evening Post or London Intelligencer, 1746-1753. The North Wales Chronicle, Shropshireian Journal and Shrewsbury Chronicle contain reports and letters referring to elections for the Caernarfonshire Boroughs, Caernarfon County and North Shropshire in which William and John Ralph Ormsby-Gore were Conservative candidates, 1831-1837. The series also includes a scrapbook of press cuttings, 1814-1856 and loose articles, 1837, 1887.
Original documents, notes, transcripts and catalogues,
Manuscript and printed papers of academic and general interest comprising original documents with accompanying items [14 cent., second ½], 1590, 1924; sermons and notes on religious subjects [early 17 cent. x mid 18 cent.]; epitaphs [c. 1686], 1736; academic exercises [17 cent.]-1836; catalogues of books and documents, 1702-1946; volumes of historical and literary material, 1743-1780, 1797; anecdotes, 1776; a catalogue of coins, and notes about money [c. 1835]-1940. There are also notes, transcripts, articles and other literature relating to historical and antiquarian subjects, [1656]-[late 19 cent.], natural history and topography, [c. 1693-19 cent.], prophecies, [c. 1694], [19 cent.], miscellaneous depositions and notes, [c. 1722], and philosophical and moralistic themes, [1730x1784], 1842. Further volumes purchased in Bonhams sale, March 2017, comprise a catalogue of Brogyntyn library, 1809-1812, and two catalogues of plays, 1815.