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Lease by John Ralph Ormsby Gore of Porkington to Robert Jones of two pieces of land forming part of Clenennau Mill lands in the parish of Penmorfa, Caernarfonshire, including a covenant to build a house thereon, with plan incorporated, 1869, and counterpart; a lease to Isaac Watkin of the water corn grist mill of Clenneny, 1873, and notice by Robert Evans to Isaac Watkins of the termination of his lease, 1888.

A discrete group of numbered vouchers (bills and receipts) originating from three estates belonging to the Ormsby Gore family, namely Porkington (Brogyntyn), 1864-1869, Merioneth and Caernarfonshire, 1860-1874, and Cemais, Montgomeryshire, 1864; and a further group of miscellaneous vouchers from the various Welsh and Irish estates (Watermark 1828)-1887.

Original bundle of vouchers from the Sligo estate belonging to William Richard Ormsby Gore second Baron Harlech, labelled ‘1885’ actually dated 1882-1887 (mainly 1885-1886)

Miscellaneous vouchers from the Welsh and Irish estates of the Ormsby Gore family, Barons Harlech (Watermark 1828)-1887, found at NLW after the cataloguing of the main groups was complete (!) Some bundles relate separately to the Glyn estate in Merioneth and Caernarfonshire, Cemais and Penrhos in Montgomeryshire, or the Irish estates in Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Westmeath; other bundles contain a combination of these and the Brogyntyn estate in Shropshire and Denbighshire. The presence of original labels and wrappers suggests that these groupings, though irregular, are genuine. Some bundles contain several smaller packets inside, in which the individual items were once numbered; many of the numbers are missing or out of sequence. Some packets are conveniently labelled by the agent’s name or by category. Typically the contents comprise large numbers of bills and receipts for estate labour and wages, agents’ remittances, building materials, ironmongery, farriery, provisions, stationery, freight of goods by railway, repairs to estate properties and school buildings, marsh drainage, forestry plantations, surveys and valuations, legal expenses, poor rates, highway rates, land tax, property tax, income tax, the grand jury cess (Ireland), quit rents, crown rents, chief rents, tithe rents, insurance, and subscriptions to schools, churches, clothing clubs, other charities and freemasons, together with some accounts and covering letters by the collectors and agents. There are particularly large numbers of poor rate receipts from the unions of Tobercurry, Sligo, Mohill, Bawnboy, Carrick-on-Shannon, Granard, Strokestown and Swinford, Ireland. One file in this series (72/3) contains the papers of John Edward Parry, agent of the Glyn estate, 1856-1876

Original bundle of vouchers from the Irish estates of William Richard Ormsby Gore, second Baron Harlech, labelled ‘Mr Vernon’s vouchers’ and part of the wrapper, giving the date ‘1st May 1884’ but Mr Vernon’s vouchers are actually dated 1880-1885. The bundle has several packets inside, including Mr Walker’s receipts, 1876-1877; and William Percy Jones’ vouchers, 1883-1885

Title deeds for Bank Farm, Guilsfield, 1729-1870, parcels of meadow in Broniarth purchased by Margaret Godolphin of Abertanat in 1740, and for a cottage in Broniarth purchased by William Ormsby Gore of Brogyntyn in 1826, and a few later documents, 1830-1885.

Deeds relating to a cottage and lands at Broniarth in the parish of Guilsfield, Montgomeryshire, comprising a conveyance by Anne Davies, widow of Thomas Davies of Cox Street, Birmingham, eldest son and heir of Robert Davies of Broniarth, to William Ormsby Gore of Porkington, 1826; a copy of the will of Robert Davies, 1813 (Watermark 1828); a letter relating to an ejectment, Davies vs Gore, 1830; and a power of attorney by the Earl of Wiltshire to Mark P. Bouverie, 1885.

Papers concerning a case in the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division between William Richard Baron Harlech, plt, and William Henry Allen Hall of Brixton and New Bond Street, deft. in a claim for money received for the plt’s use, including rent for Tetworth House, 1880-1884. The file includes letters from W.H.A. Hall, 1880, and George Blagden, solicitor, 1883; the writ and particulars of writ, affidavits of Harry King Millard, and particulars of search of bill of sale, 1881-1884; the judgement and bill of plaintiff’s costs, 1884.

Original bundle labelled ‘Glynne’ (deleted) and ‘Lord Harlech’s Vouchers, Irish Estates’, now divided into three for convenience of handling, and containing several packets of vouchers from the Brogyntyn estate, the Clenennau and Glyn estates, and the Irish estates, 1874-1884 (mainly 1877-1880). Includes bills for the attendance of the Fire Brigade at Brogyntyn, 1874; repairs to Laganomer Barracks and expenses for the Dromod estate (in vouchers for Mr Percy Jones’ account, November 1881); and a letter to William Percy Jones from John Smith, chairman of the Balinaglera Relief Committee about the potato famine, 1880 (in vouchers year ending December 1880)

Original bundle of vouchers from the Irish estates belonging to William Richard Ormsby Gore, second Baron Harlech, 1875-1884 (mainly 1878-1881), now divided into three for convenience of handling. Includes accounts of repairs to the Dromod estate and barracks, 1878-1879, general estate expenditure and temporary abatements to tenants, 1879-1881; vouchers for William Percy Jones’ account and for William Evans’ account, 1881-1882

Papers deriving from applications by the Brogyntyn estate to the Land Loan and Enfranchisement Company and the General Land Drainage and Improvement Company under schemes for the improvement of landed estates, 1870-1883. They include a schedule of lands to be charged with new outlay including Brogyntyn mansion, Home Farm (Ty Coch), Glyn, Sylfaen, Ystumcegid and others; copies of the official application form by John Ralph Ormsby Gore; a statement of additions and deductions, estimates for building work; summary of accounts; Inland Revenue forms for succession duty; prospectuses of the Land Loan and Enfranchisement Company and the General Land Drainage and Improvement Company; a copy of the Company’s Act (1849); letters from the relevant companies, the Inclosure Commission, John Ward of Oswestry, contractor for public works, Robert Owen of Oldport, solicitors and the tenant of Cefn Collfryn, Cricieth. The file also contains a grant by William Ormsby Gore to his son William Richard, of an annuity of £20 issuing out of the Oerley Hall estate, Oswestry, 1839.

Original bundle of vouchers from the Irish estates of William Richard Ormsby Gore, second Baron Harlech, 1877-1883. Includes a list of allowances to tenants [undated]

Rental of chief rents received for Mrs Ormsby Gore, lady of the manor of Broniarth, and for William Ormsby Gore, lord of the manor of Deuddwr, Montgomeryshire, due 1833 (Nov. 5) – 1882 (Michaelmas); and enclosures, 1872-[c. 1883]

Licences or take notes granted by John Ralph Ormsby Gore and William Richard Baron Harlech and other papers relating mainly to the Ereiniog Prepared Peat Fuel Works or the Ereiniog Prepared Peat and Brick Works, 1874-1880, but also including other items relating to parish matters in Cricieth and quarrying at Llanfrothen, 1871-1883.

Papers concerning mainly the Ereiniog Prepared Peat Fuel Works or the Ereiniog Prepared Peat and Brick Works, 1874-1880, but also including other items relating to parish matters in Cricieth and quarrying at Llanfrothen, 1871-1883. The main contents of the file comprise licences or take notes granted by John Ralph Ormsby Gore and William Richard Baron Harlech to Thomas Edward Davies of Bodenham, Herefordshire, then of Penmorfa, John Humphrey Jones of Portmadoc and George Percival Spooner to dig peat, turf, clay and sand at Ereiniog, Cefn Coch Ucha, Maesllech, Ynyswen and Hen Maesllech in the parishes of Penmorfa, Ynyscynhaearn and Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Caernarfonshire, 1874-1878; an assignment of their interest to George James Barnard, and an agreement for the sale of the take note to William Augustus Beckles, trustee on behalf of a new company called Portmadoc Brick, Clay and Peat Works Limited, 1879; a notebook containing a survey and valuation of the peatland under Cefn Coch Ucha and Ereiniog, 1874; letters to Longueville and Co. from T.E. Davies, George Percival Spooner, G.J. Barnard of Portmadoc, W.R. Lawford of Glyn, John H. Jones of Portmadoc and Lord Harlech, 1874-1880, with occasional copies of replies; a map, 1876; and printed prospectuses of the Ereiniog Brick and Tile Company [post-1876], the West of England Compressed Peat Company Limited, 1878, Portmadoc Brick, Clay and Peat Peat Works, Limited [1879]. Other items include letters to Longueville and Co. from the rector, churchwarden and clerk of Cricieth respectively, about the provision of a new school classroom and an additional burial ground in the parish, 1871-1876; and a licence granted by William Richard Baron Harlech to John Parry, Arundel John Drew and Frederick William Jones to quarry slate under Hafod Ucha farm in the parish of Llanfrothen, Merioneth, 1883.

24 Dec. 1870, John Ralph Ormsby Gore and others to The Cambrian Ry Co. duplicate conveyance of lands in cos Mer. and Caern.; 2 Sept. 1873, Cambrian Railway Co. to The Trustees of the Marriage Settlement of John Ralph. Ormsby Gore, conveyance of land at Barmouth; 19 Dec. 1882, Cambrian Railway Co. to Trustees of Brogyntyn Settled Estates, coveyance of land at Barmouth.

Agreement by William Richard Baron Harlech for the sale of Hafodwen, Llanfor, to William Ellis, with an accompanying letter from the purchaser, and a draft conveyance of Hafodwen Bach to Robert Vaughan Jones, 1882.

Deeds relating to a cottage and three pieces of land sited within the liberties of the township of Oswestry, purchased by Lord Harlech’s trustees from James Payne, 1811-1882. The file includes a conveyance by Edward, Earl of Powis and John Probert, trustees of George Edward Henry Arthur, Earl of Powis, dec. to Thomas Payne, of the western parts of fields (named), formerly Oerley Hall lands, 1811; mortgages of the messuage and garden, and the Brick Field and Little Field by members of the Payne family firstly to John Tomkies, shoemaker, 1840, assigned to Janet Bentley, 1841, secondly to Ann Broughall, 1882, and thirdly to Henry Davies, 1882; copy wills of Thomas Payne of the Brick Kilns, 1834, and William Payne, 1874 (died 1876); the declaration of Ann Thomas, wife of Andrew Thomas of Portland Place, Lord Street, Oswestry, witness to the (now lost) will of Ann Rogers (nee Payne), concerning the three pieces of land, 1882; an abstract of title of the devisees under the will of William Payne, 1840-1882; and the conveyance by the mortgagees and James Payne of Oswestry to the trustees of the Brogyntyn settled estates, 1882.

Licence or take note granted by John Ralph Ormsby Gore to William Skinner Searell of Tremadoc, Caernarfonshire, 1875; a lease by the Brogyntyn trustees and William Richard Baron Harlech to William Skinner Searell and John Francis of quarries, slates, slabs, minerals, etc. under lands forming part of the farm of Fron Oleu in the parish of Penmorfa, 1877; and letters from W.S. Searell and W. R. Lawford of Glyn, 1881.

Draft re-settlement by William Richard Baron Harlech and his eldest son, George Ralph Charles Ormsby Gore, of the Brogyntyn estates in England, Wales and Ireland, and of heirlooms and trust moneys, 1881.