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Family and personal papers of the Pryse family of Gogerddan, comprising one section relating to various members of the family, 1641-1952, and the other relating to Lady Marjorie Pryse, 1911-1987. They include royal appointments of the Pryses to the baronetcy and grants of the surname and arms, genealogical papers, pocket books of Pryse Pryse, manuscript poetry and other literature, printed literature, membership papers of the freemasons and other societies, family letters, and the diaries and personal papers of Lady Marjorie Pryse, documenting her early love affair with the Polish pianist, Auguste de Radwan, her subsequent life as the wife of Sir Lewes Pryse of Gogerddan and her eventual decline into poverty, 1911-1987.

Papers relating to the inheritance and settlement of the Brogyntyn estates belonging to the Owen and Ormsby Gore family, comprising probate records, 1626-1922, and family and non-family settlements, trusts and abstracts of title, 1730-1974. There is a large amount of information, in the main content of the deeds and in the recitals, about the individuals concerned, the other families with whom 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-family trusts, 1790-1906.

Records of official institutions with which the Pryses of Gogerddan were either directly involved or which they supported. They comprise church and chapel records in Cardiganshire and Montgomeryshire, 1620-1945; poor law records from Penbryn parish, Cardiganshire, Aberystwyth Poor Law Union, and Berriw parish and Machynlleth Union, Montgomeryshire, 1786-(postmark 1924); and papers relating to various charities, schools in the Aberystwyth area and the University College of Wales, 1752-1914.

Records of various manors which were held by the Gogerddan estate and records of manors belonging to the Crown or other landowners, in which the Pryse/Loveden family had an interest, 1610-1919. The largest group derives from the manor of Genau’r-glyn, Cardiganshire, and it includes good series of chief rentals, court leet presentments and perambulations, 1622-1919. Other manors represented here are Emlyn Iscych and Dyffryn Breuan in Pembrokeshire, 1646-1919; East and West Pembroke, 1736-1756 and [late 18th cent]; the manor of Cyfeiliog in Montgomeryshire, [c. 1674]-1920; Anhuniog, Creuddyn, Cyfoethybrenin and other miscellaneous manors in Cardiganshire, 1610-1906.

Deeds and other documents found with the Gogerddan estate records, relating to two other prominent Cardiganshire estates., Peterwell and Nanteos. The bulk of this section is concerned with the proposed purchase by Edward Loveden Loveden oof the Peterwell estate ultimately confined to the acquisition of a single crown property and the profits issuing from the lordship of Iscoed Gwynionydd, 1607, 1748-1811. There is also a small number of papers in this section which relate to Nanteos, 1695, 1808-1812.

Title deeds and other associated documents concerning properties belonging to the Owen and Ormsby Gore families of Brogyntyn in Salop (Shropshire), 1607-1939, Montgomeryshire, 1647-1902, Merioneth, 1706-1961, Caernarfonshire, 1813-1924, Denbighshire, 1844-1898, Flintshire, 1870-1897, London, 1795-1895, Ireland, 1665-1920, and miscellaneous locations, [1600x1899], 1729-1977. The deeds reflect the consolidation of the Brogyntyn home estates in and around Oswestry and Selatyn, the development of the brick-making industry in Shropshire, the leasing of mines and quarries under mountain farms in Merioneth and Caernarfonshire, and building developments in the popular resorts of Borth-y-gest, Cricieth and Portmadoc. Most of the purchases were made by the Brogyntyn trustees in accordance with the terms of family wills and settlements, particularly those of 1815, 1844 and 1881. Consequently many of the files contain official reports, orders, etc. issued by the High Court of Chancery in connection with the purchases; these are not described at file level unless deemed to be especially significant. Some deeds record sales of parts of the Ormsby Gore family estates for the purposes of water supply, cemeteries, chapels and schools, and for the schemes of the Irish Land Commission

Title deeds and other documents found with the Gogerddan estate records, relating to properties in various English counties, 1600-1845, and a single file of deeds relaring to a plantation in Montserrat in the West Indies, 1695-1698. The Gloucestershire deed has an obvious connection with Gogerddan through Walter Pryse [of Painswick]. The provenance of the remaining items in the series has not been established; neither has origin of the file relating to the property in Montserrat.

Family papers of the Lewes and Pryse families of Abernantbychan, Coedmor and Woodstock, comprising probate records, settlements, evidence of title, and executor’s trusts, 1599-1770; and personal memoranda and journals of Walter Pryse, Lewis Pryse and George Lewis Langton, 1702-1778.

A large quantity of correspondence between the successive owners of the Gogerddan estate, their agents, solicitors and other parties. The main group comprises incoming letters from miscellaneous correspondents, 1586-1949. The next group contains letters of specific correspondents, 1753-1924, namely the London solicitors, Charles Deare, and Boys and Tweedie, and the stamp distributor, James Morse. The third group consists of numerous letter books containing copies of outgoing correspondence, 1851-1925. The final group comprises the letters and papers of Thomas Pryse and his trustee, mainly 1660-1790. The main subject throughout the correspondence is the routine management of Gogerddan esate business. Other prominent themes include lead mining, quarrying and timber production; commercial ventures such as shipping (mid-18th cent.); the railways (1860s); the development of housing in Aberystwyth and the surrounding villages (mainly 19th cent), manorial rights in the manors of Genau’r-glyn, Perfedd and Cyfoethybrenin, agricultural improvements; the establishment of local shows (late 19th –early 20th cent.), patronage of local schools and charities, and the financial decline of the Gogerddan estate (early 20th cent.) Many of the letters from other landowners reveal the social scene and political interests of the Cardiganshire gentry in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. They demonstrate clearly the exercise of personal influence to obtain positions for their own families and acquaintances. The solicitors’ letters concentrate on the family settlements, trusts and financial issues affecting the Gogerddan estate. Some letters and documents relate to other estates as well as Gogerddan.. For example, the papers of Thomas Pryse (d. 1745) cover the administration of the Mathafarn and Rug estates; and the letters to Pryse Pryse (d. 1849) refer to the Buscot Park and Woodstock estates.

The deeds and related documents appear to fall naturally into three main groups. Firstly there are the deeds and financial papers for land purchases in Montgomeryshire by Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, which were found as a physically discrete group in the archive, 1582-1853; secondly there are deeds relating to various property purchases and exchanges made by the Wynnstay estate in Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merioneth, Montgomeryshire and Salop, [1782]-1945; and thirdly, conveyances, particulars, conditions of sale, abstracts of title, etc. recording extensive land sales by the Wynnstay estate, [1771]x1938.

Financial papers of the Pryse family of Gogerddan, comprising mortgages to private individuals and to the Crown Life Assurance Company, of parts of the Gogerddan estate and of various financial assets, 1617-1910; bonds and other documents relating to financial loans and the repayment of debts, 1577-1912; bank books, 1786-1926; and company prospectuses and a shares book, 1865-1909.

Family and estate papers, mainly of the Salesbury family of Rug, comprising settlements and wills, 1602-1741; rentals and an inquisition into rents, 1566, 1713-1744, accounts, 1687-1709, mortgages, 1688-1696, [1738x1745], legal papers, 1698-1715,
and letters, 1695-1739. Most of the material relates to the Salesbury family of Rug prior to its association with the Pughe family of Mathafarn and Thomas Pryse of Gogerddan.

A small number of title deeds and other documents found with the Gogerddan estate records, originating from various estates in Caernarfonshire, Flintshire, Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and miscellaneous counties in Wales, 1562-(Watermark 1887) and two other series relating to estates in Carmarthenshire, 1619-1841, and Merioneth, 1568-1676. With the exception of the Carmarthenshire deeds, it has proved difficult to establish any connections with the Gogerddan estate

Items listed in the original printed catalogue 'Llandaff Chapter Records' (1963).

Arranged into rentals, [c.1550]-1933 (BBA), rent arrears, 1732-1759 (BBC), stewards' account books, 1815-1858 (BBE), draft ledgers, 1812-1814 (BBF), land tax accounts, 1813-1831 (BBH), accounts, 1791-1808 (BBM), registers of leases, 1683-1847 (BBP), indexes of leases, [?mid 1740s]-1760 (BBQ), abstracts and copies of leases, conveyances etc., 1662-1893 (BBR), and registers of tenancy agreements, 1876-1911 (BBS).

Probate records of the Pryse family of Gogerddan, Woodstock and Buscot Park and various other branches of the family at Glanfread, Ynysgreigiog, Glanmeryn and Aberllefenni, 1584-[19]16, family deeds and settlements, 1549-1932, and trust papers, 1587-1950. The trust papers include the administration and trust of Pryse Loveden, who died intestate in 1855.

Papers deriving from various legal actions mainly involving the Pughe family of Mathafarn, Montgomeryshire, 1626-[c. 1743/4]; and arbitration awards, 1546-1599.

Title deeds of properties belonging to or associated with the Rug estate in the county of Merioneth, situated in the parishes of Corwen, 1529-1717, Gwyddelwern and Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy, 1629-1702, and miscellaneous parishes in Denbighshire and Flintshire, and in Suffolk and Leicestershire, 1551-1662.

Papers deriving from official administrative procedures at a local level in Cardiganshire, 1523-1929, and in Montgomeryshire, Merioneth, Breconshire, Pembrokeshire and miscellaneous Welsh counties, 1580-1929, which reflect the prominent role of the families of Pryse, Pughe, Salesbury and Lewis in the public life of those counties. They typically include appointments of sheriffs, deputy lieutenants and other county officials, town corporation records, JPs’ papers, crown revenue records and a small number of county council papers.