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Title deeds of lands acquired through 'tir prid' conveyances, purchase, exchange and leasehold by the successive owners of the Glyn estate, lying in the parishes of Llanaber and [probably] Llanbedr, 1618-1697, Llandanwg, 1576-1674 and [18 cent., first quarter], Llandecwyn, Llanenddwyn and Llanfair[-juxta-Harlech], 1500-1664 and [c. 1695], Llanfihangel-y-traethau, 1500-1637 and 1807; and miscellaneous parishes, 1499-1720.

Title deeds of properties acquired through purchase, lease, mortgage and exchange by the owners of the Sylfaen estate in Penyfed and Pennant, which fell within the boundaries of the parishes of Dolbenmaen, Penmorfa and Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, 1586-1596, and properties in Llanaber, 1509-1698, together with a smaller number of premises in Llanfihangel-y-traethau, 1519-1545, and other Merionethshire parishes, which appear to have a connection with Sylfaen, 1614-1634, (Watermark 1811).

A small number of title deeds, 1597-1672, for properties acquired by the Owen family of Ystumcegid and later by the Wynns of Glyn, situated in Caernarfonshire at Clynnog, Dolbenmaen, Llanfihangel-y-pennant and Llanystumdwy combined with Cricieth, Penyfed and Pennant.

Title deeds of properties acquired by the Conway and Mostyn families of Nant in the localities of Bodfari and Cwm, 1497-1625; Gwaunysgor and Llanasa, 1372-1650; Nant and Prestatyn in the parish of Meliden, 1367-1659; Rhiwlyfnwyd, Rhuddlan, and Whitford, 1435-1658; and miscellaneous parishes in Flintshire, Denbighshire and Cheshire, [mid-14 cent.], 1458-[c. 1686]. They include several fifteenth century 'tir-prid' conveyances.

Title deeds of properties in the parishes of Alberbury, 1539, Baschurch, 1296-1695, Ellesmere, 1367-1485, Loppington [13 cent.] and Llansilin, 1596, 1727.

Title deeds of properties in the town and parish of Oswestry, 1397-1838. A number of properties in and around the town were owned by Richard Dryhurst and his son, Edward, prior to their purchase by William Owen in 1636-1639. Other premises were purchased by William Owen, 1660-1661, Sir Robert Owen, 1688-1689, and William Ormsby-Gore, 1835-1838. Detailed boundary clauses in many of the deeds provide useful information about the urban development of Oswestry from the late Mediaeval period onwards.

Title deeds of properties situated in the adjacent Shropshire parishes of St Martin 's, 1582-1672, and Selatyn, 1479-1834; the latter includes the township of Brogyntyn (Porkington). Among the more significant transactions are leases, family settlements, purchases and sales by Thomas, Margaret and John Lacon in Selatyn, 1479-1623; the acquisition of plots of land by John Owen of Fernhill, 1607; deeds of sale and mortgage to William Owen 1623-1664, Sir Robert Owen, 1686-1691, his son William Owen, 1732-1743, Mary Jane and William Ormsby-Gore, 1802-1834; and deeds relating to old common land in the manor of Whittington, adjoining the turnpike road in Selatyn, enclosed under the Enclosure Act and transferred to private ownership, 1783-1834.

Title deeds relating to properties in the parishes of West Felton, 1624-1767, Whittington, 1527-1725, and miscellaneous Shropshire parishes, 1571-1830. Some of the deeds illustrate the development of the agricultural landscape by the division of ancient, open fields into smaller, enclosed plots during the seventeenth century. The file of miscellaneous deeds contains documents which relate to the purchased estates of Pentre-pant and Drenewydd.

Title deeds, 1498-1829, of properties of the Llanddyn estate, situated mainly in Trefor Uchaf, Llangollen, and also in Cristionydd Cynrig, Rhiwabon, acquired or disposed of at different times by the owners, John Edwards, 1498, 1505, William Maurice, 1587, John Lacon, 1596, William Owen, 1653-1674, Sir Robert Owen, 1679-1686, William Owen, 1729, Mary Jane Ormsby, 1807, and William Ormsby-Gore, 1829.

Title deeds of properties belonging to the Brymbo estate near Wrexham, 1555-1765, the Lea Hall estate in Preston Gubbals, Shropshire, 1682-1719, and other premises in Bangor-is-coed, Wrexham and Gresford belonging to Robert Jeffreys of Acton, 1574-1725.

Title deeds of properties belonging to the Abertanat estate of the Tanat and Godolphin families, lying in the township and manor of Broniarth in Guilsfield, 1476-[1792], also in the parishes of Llandysilio, 1552-1736, Llanfechain and Meifod, 1640, 1722, Llangedwyn and Llansanffraid in Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire, 1690, 1749, Llanyblodwel and Llanymynech, 1535-1746, St Martin 's and Whittington in Shropshire, 1527-1765. The documents relating to Broniarth show clearly how land was acquired and transferred under the manorial system. Some of the late sixteenth century Montgomeryshire deeds illustrate the acquisition by the Tanats and others of strips of land within larger named fields previously in multiple ownership under the mediaeval agricultural system. A large file of Shropshire deeds relates to the Moreton Hall (renamed Margaret Hall) estate in Weston Rhyn, Ifton and Daywell, purchased by Margaret Godolphin between 1760 and 1763.

A small number of title deeds for properties belonging to the Cemais estate in Montgomeryshire, gained through the marriage of William Lewis Anwyl of Parke to Elizabeth Herbert at the end of the sixteenth century. The surviving deeds relate to properties situated in the parishes of Berriw, 1577, Cemais, 1690, Kerry, 1591-1596, Llanbryn-mair, 1545-1585, and Llanfair Caereinion, 1675-1679.

Title deeds of lands acquired through purchase, marriage, mortgage and lease by the families of Derwas of Penthryn Fechan, Penrhos and Llwyn y Mapsis, Penryn of Domgae and Llandrinio, Lyster and Owen of Penrhos, and Ormsby-Gore of Brogyntyn, situated for the most part in Haughton, Llandrinio and Llandysilio, 1508-1827. Other locations include the parishes of Castell Caereinion and Welshpool, 1585-1728, Guilsfield, 1573-1826, Llanfechain and Llansanffraid Deuddwr, 1592-1794, in Montgomeryshire, Llanymynech on the Shropshire border, 1672, and miscellaneous parishes, 1541-1828. The effects of the enclosure of common land are apparent in some deeds of the late sixteenth to late eighteenth centuries. Other documents illustrate the acquisition by single landowners, such as the Penryn family, of mediaeval field strips previously in multiple ownership. During the first half of the eighteenth century the Penrhos estate was consolidated and enlarged by Elizabeth Lyster and by her daughter, Elizabeth Lyster (married name Owen). William Ormsby-Gore increased the estate still further with the purchase of a farm in Guilsfield, 1826.

Title deeds of houses, burgages and other pieces of land in the town of Harlech and the immediate locality, particularly in Acrey Newydd, Acrey Hen, and Y Gors, many of which were leased or purchased from the borough Corporation, 1327-1649. Detailed boundary clauses in the majority of the deeds provide useful information about the early development and town layout of Harlech.

Title deeds and associated documents relating to properties of the Faenol estate in the parishes of Caerhun, Lanwnda and Llanbedrycennin, Caernarfonshire, 1596-1645, the Irish estates of the Ormsby-Gore family mainly in Mayo, Sligo, Roscommon, Leitrim and Westmeath, 1606-1799, and the township of Dolbenmaen, Caernarfonshire, 1721-1737.

Stray deeds relating to properties in the Welsh counties of Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire, 1298-[post-1758], parts of England, 1538-[early 18 cent.] and unspecified locations, 1767-1773. They may derive from parts of the Brogyntyn estate where the provenance has not been traced, or from other estates belonging to related families in Wales and England, or as the result of trusts or lawsuits involving family members. The series also includes a number of stray bonds, 1530-1748, and unplaced general releases, 1632-1780, the purpose of which has not been established.

Arbitration awards and associated bonds to abide by the terms stipulated by the arbitrators. They derive mostly from boundary disputes involving Eliza ap Moris, Moris ap Eliza and Sir William Maurice of Clenennau, 1521-1618, and the Wynn family of Glyn, 1543-1619, with a smaller number of items relating to lands of the Derwas family of Penrhos on the Montgomeryshire/Shropshire border, 1561-1717, the Owen family of Porkington and Llanddyn, 1631, 1725, Ormsby-Gore, 1822, and others in Flintshire, [c. 1429], 1566, 1581, and Merionethshire, 1556-1628.

Legal papers, 1410-1834, which include writs, bills of complaint, defendants' answers, breviates, court orders, cases with opinions of counsel, affidavits, interrogatories and depositions of witnesses, jury lists, copies and abstracts of deeds, lawyers' accounts, pedigrees to prove title and notes on legal procedure.
A large part of the records comprises disputes over title to land, inheritance or debt in North Wales and Shropshire, which took place in the High Court of Chancery, the Court of the Exchequer, the Court of King 's Bench or the Council in the Marches of Wales, or which were treated as equity cases in the Court of Great Sessions. The most substantial of them concern Sir William Maurice 's quarrels with the Ellis family of Ystumllyn over the title to lands in Gest, [c.1597]-1620; his financial disputes with his step-son, Sir Henry Johnes of Abermarlais, 1611-1620; and Sir Robert Owen 's disputes with Col. William Price of Rhiwlas over the title to lands in Rhedynogfelen and Gest, 1679-1694. A number of the cases provide information about the distribution of both freehold properties and leasehold crown lands in Eifionydd, Caernarfonshire, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Several other files contain papers relating to the Flintshire estates of the Conway family of Nant, dated from around 1540 to 1633; boundary disputes and trespasses in Merionethshire, 1587-1749; property of the Wynn family of Glyn, 1587-1686; the indebted estate of Sir Robert Owen, 1698-1705; and the illicit activities of William Owen 's agents on the Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire estates, 1733-1754.

Accounts, bills and receipts of the Maurice family of Clenennau, 1560-1620, Tanat and Godolphin of Abertanat, 1573-1767, miscellaneous individuals, [16 cent., last quarter]-1680, Conway of Nant, 1578-1630, Wynn of Glyn, 1582-1691, various members of the Owen family of Clenennau and Porkington, 1612-1711, the estate of Sir Robert Owen deceased, 1698-1725, William Owen and family, 1710-1798, Richard Clayton of Lea Hall and Brymbo, 1719-1720, Mary Owen, 1765-1783, John Owen of Penrhos, 1765-1816, Robert Godolphin Owen, 1768-1796, Owen and Margaret Ormsby, 1776-1796, and the Ormsby-Gore family, 1797-1876. Many of them relate to marriage portions, legacies, annuities, investments, funeral expenses and legal costs.

Mortgages made by the successive owners of Brogyntyn on various parts of the estate, primarily in Caernarfonshire, Llangollen and Oswestry. The files relate to Rhedynogfelen and Gest, 1581, 1611, Braich y Ddinas, 1585, Kay 'r Pwll, 1586, lands in Llangollen, 1587-1588, Constable 's Hall, 1590-1611, Llanddyn and part of the Merionethshire estate, 1674-1675, Constable 's Hall, 1674-1681, lands in Middleton and Oswestry, 1677-1680, Ty Shion Lake?, 1682, Ynys Llanfihangel, 1682, messuages in Oswestry, 1684-1711, lands in Middleton, 1686-1717, Porkington, Clenennau and Llanddyn, 1687-1730, Ystumcegid, 1687-1734, Dolbenmaen and others, 1737, and Haughton and Carnbwl, 1827. Associated documents include counterparts and bonds.