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Brogyntyn Estate and Family Records
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Porkington cash book

Cash book of the Porkington (Brogyntyn) estate, showing payments mostly for routine estate work, charity and rates, 1833-1839. Points of interest include schooling six children and gowns for the poor at Llangollen, repairs to the malt kiln at Whittington, making bricks at Drenewydd, and pews in the churches of Llandysilio and Llangollen.

Account of Longueville with Lady Sarah Harlech

Mssrs Longueville and Co.’s cash account with Lady Sarah Harlech, 1879-1890 (1880 missing), showing figures since 1876 for carriage of goods, the Brogyntyn trustees, mortgages, property purchases, rents, insurance premiums, furniture bequeathed to her, interest payments, etc. and work done by Longueville concerning their client’s liablity to make new drains at Westfield Lodge, 1889.

‘Brogyntyn trust vouchers 1911-1912’

Bundle of accounts and receipts labelled ‘Brogyntyn trust vouchers 1911-1912’. Several of them refer to the sale of Church Island, Lough Gill, Sligo, and parts of the Caernarfonshire and Merioneth estate in Cricieth, Portmadoc, Beddgelert, Barmouth, Llanfrothen and Ffestiniog. Some accounts and letters mention improvements made at Bryn Efail Issa and the White Lion Hotel, Cricieth, prior to the sale

Merioneth and Caernarfonshire estate vouchers

Bundles of vouchers from the Merioneth and Caernarfonshire (i.e. Glyn and Clenennau) estates of the Ormsby Gore family, 1860-1874. Most are numbered but some are missing. They comprise bills and receipts, typically for slates and other building materials; ironmongery; freight of goods by boat and railway; repairs to Glyn Hall, Singrig Mill, Clenennau, Ystumcegid and other estate properties; wages for estate labour; rent dinners; gamekeeping; rent allowances; crown rents; taxes, poor rates; subscriptions to schools at Llanfihangel-y-traethau, Harlech, Dyffryn, Barmouth, Llanenddwyn, Penmorfa, Cricieth, Beddgelert, and the sewing school at Llanystumdwy; alms for the poor of Penmorfa; the Charity for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Clergymen within the Diocese of Bangor; the Royal National Lifeboat Institution; clothing clubs; Tremadoc Friendly Society; Cricieth Corporation dinner; and Harlech marsh drainage. Specific items of interest are described at file level.

Merioneth and Caernarfonshire vouchers

Loose vouchers from the Merioneth and Caernarfonshire estates of the Ormsby Gore family, 1867-1874. Includes bills for building a new stable at Glyn, 1867-1868; Merioneth and Caernarfonshire disbursements, 1872-1873, and the wood accounts, 1872.

Montgomeryshire : ‘Vouchers Cemmes Estate’

Original bundle of vouchers from the Cemmes (Cemais) estate, Montgomeryshire, belonging to the Ormsby Gore family of Brogyntyn, 1864. Most are numbered but some are missing. Includes payments for estate work in the tree nurseries; ironmongery; building materials and repairs at Cemmes Bychan, Caeathgen, Gribin, etc.; accommodation at the Penrhos Arms; a subscription to Darowen school; rail freight of goods; and toll charges at Lledfor, Cemmes and Maengwyn gates.

Merioneth, Caernarfonshire and Penrhos estate vouchers

Vouchers mainly from the Merioneth and Caernarfonshire estates of the Ormsby Gore family, 1858-1876, and a few from Penrhos, Montgomeryshire, 1865-1866. This massive parcel contained several original packets and many loose vouchers, which have now been divided into seventeen bundles for convenience of handling. Includes a plan of the lordship of Mawddwy, Merioneth (Watermark 1828), the receipt of Charles Mickleburgh, enclosure commissioner, for the purchase by William Ormsby Gore of lands in Trefor and Dinbren, Llangollen, 1841, accounts of estate work and repairs at Glyn Hall and Sylfaen, 1859, 1873 and bills for repairs at Ystumcegid, 1867.

‘Papers relating to J.E. Parry’s estate’ and Penrhos estate vouchers

Large bundle of vouchers, account books, loose accounts and letters, 1856-1876, labelled ‘Papers relating to J.E. Parry’s estate taken from Mr Jones’s side table 18 April 1876’, referring to John Edward Parry, agent of the Glyn estate, Talsarnau. These papers also include a packet of vouchers from the Penrhos estate, Montgomeryshire, 1870-1871. The whole file has now been divided into six smaller bundles for convenience of handling. As expected, some of the content derives from J.E. Parry’s management of the Glyn estate. Many other vouchers and accounts relate to building work for J.E. Parry at Moelygarnedd, Bala, by Richard Roberts, William Evans, Edward Jones and others, 1872-1875; and there are traced plans of Moelygarnedd, 1873-1875. Other items include bank books of John E. Parry in account with the National Provincial Bank of England, and Cassons and Co, Portmadoc, 1856-1875; a licence to kill game, 1873; and a report by Howell Hedd Lloyd Clough and [?] Williams on the mineral lordship of Mold, 1872. The letters are mostly to or by J.E. Parry, and occasionally William Ormsby Gore. Correspondents include Parry’s agent or foreman, Richard Roberts (in Welsh) concerning the building work and grounds at Moelygarnedd, 1873-1875; T.H. Clough of Ruthin, about Parry’s request for a lease on the College Plantation, Bala, 1873; Robert Jones of Bryn Tegid on the necessity of widening Llanycil Bridge, 1875; and A.A. Passingham on behalf of the Local Board, requesting Moelygarnedd land to create a reservoir near Bala, 1875. The Penrhos estate vouchers relate mostly to building repairs and work on the timber plantations, 1870-1871.

Accounts : : Owen of Clenennau and Brogyntyn,

Accounts of several members of the Owen family of Clenennau and Porkington, 1612-1706, including the account of Ellen Owen during her administration of the estate of her late husband, John Owen of Whittington, 1612; a receipt to William Owen for a fine of £16 for discharge of the order of knighthood, 1631; a bill to Sir John Owen for clothing, fabrics and haberdashery, 1638-1648; a demand for allowances from Sir John Owen for a prisoner escaped from Caernarfon Castle, for sheep, corn, crown rents and soldiers' quarters, [post-1644]; Sir Robert Owen 's promissory note to pay the fees for his knighthood, 1678; bills for legal costs, 1679-1698; receipts for legacies bequeathed by William Owen to his younger children, 1682-1687; an account of the funeral expenses of Ellen Owen, 1702-1706; and an account of Jane Owen as executrix and trustee of her sister, Ellen Owen, 1702-1711.

Owen, John, Sir, 1600-1666.

Accounts : : Mary Owen,

Accounts of Mary Owen of Porkington and her agent, John Jones, 1763-1783, including expenses for the funeral of Margaret Godolphin, the erection of memorials at Abertanat and Llanyblodwel church, heriots, tithes and payments of her legacies, 1766-1767; funeral expenses for William Owen, 1767; a notebook listing coins, medals, cash and financial transactions, 1763-1768; receipts for legacies to Mary Owen 's family from Francis Owen, for a quantity of gold and for various other payments, 1765-1775; and accounts of interest on mortgages to the Owen family, with relevant correspondence, 1780-1783.

Owen, Mary, d. 1784.

Accounts : : John Owen of Penrhos,

Accounts of John Owen of Penrhos, 1765-1816, comprising receipts for food, drink, laundry, personal items and lodging, 1765, a bill for lawyer 's expenses, 1793-1794, and a bank book of accounts mainly with the Oswestry bank but containing some deleted entries for the Oswestry and Pool banks, 1799-1816.

Owen, John, of Penrhos, d. 1823.

Accounts : : Ormsby-Gore family,

Accounts of the Ormsby-Gore family, 1797-1876, comprising a small account book of William Gore 's expenses at Oxford University, with later entries for housekeeping and other expenses, 1797-1805; receipts for subscriptions to the Barmouth Road, 1809, and to a school and charities in Ireland, 1858-1859; further receipts for annuity stocks, the purchase of an allotment of common land at Fedw, a survey and rent on a church-owned house in Stanhope Street, London, fire insurance and water rent, 1806-1820; executors' and trustees' accounts under the wills of Ellen Owen, 1813-1820, and Mary Jane Ormsby-Gore, 1869-1870; bankers' drafts and other papers relating to investments of the Jacques family, 1837-1859; and bills for school fees, 1869-1876.

Mortgages of Constable 's Hall,

Mortgage for £700 of Constable 's Hall and lands in Porkington and Whittington by William Maurice the elder and William Maurice the younger to John Swinarton the younger of London as additional security for an unpaid bond debt of £400 to John Swinarton the elder, with associated documents, 1590; a further mortgage for £700 by William Maurice, John and Ellen Owen and Elis and Margaret Brynker to Thomas Middelton of London, with a short lease back to the mortgagors, 1598; subsequent conveyances by Thomas Middelton to others, 1601-1609, and the final reconveyance to Ellen Owen, 1611.

Mortgage of lands in Middleton,

Mortgage for £300 of Manedire House and other properties in Middleton, Oswestry, by Sir Robert Owen to Simon Hanmer of Shrewsbury, with accompanying bond and receipt, 1686, and the mortgagee 's receipt for payment of the remaining debt by William Owen, 1717

Mortgage of Haughton and Carnbwl,

Mortgage for £2000 of Haughton and Carnbwl in Llandysilio, Montgomeryshire, by William Ormsby-Gore and Mary Jane his wife to William Turner of Dothill Park, Shropshire, with a bond to secure repayment, 1827, and an abstract of the mortgagors' title to Haughton from 1740 to 1824.

Bonds, other securities and debts : : miscellaneous,

Bonds for securing repayment and acknowledgements of debts owed to or by miscellaneous individuals, dated between 1492 and 1714, including Thomas Conway of Nant, 1577, Robert Gruffyth of Brymbo, 1680; and Richard Clayton of Lea Hall, 1714. Several of the items relate to loans from merchants and other tradesmen in London, such as a bond for payment of £10 by Maurice Reynald, musician of Llanycil, to Rowland Jones, clothworker of London, 1676.

Probate records,

Original and copy wills, administration bonds, occasional inventories and other documents associated with probate belonging to the main families of Maurice of Clenennau, Owen of Clenennau and Brogyntyn (Porkington) and Ormsby-Gore of Brogyntyn, 1621-1829, and those who were connected with them by marriage, namely Anwyl of Park, 1600-1700, Godolphin of Abertanat, 1725-[c. 1862], Vaughan of Corsygedol, 1606, 1636, and Wynn of Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid, 1563-1682.

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