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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

A letter concerning the pension of Gwilym Maeran P. Jones of Oswestry, 1968, and warrants for the payment of dividends on shares, 1976-1977.

Records of the Brogyntyn estate, home of the Ormsby-Gore family, Barons Harlech, 1296-1951. They include estate papers and deeds, legal papers, financial papers, family papers and county administration papers of the Ormsby-Gore family, their ancestors, the Maurices and the Owens of Clenennau, the Wynns of Glyn and others, such as Anwyl of Park, Clayton of Lea Hall, Godolphin of Abertanat, Lyster of Penrhos, Mostyn of Nant, and Vaughan of Corsygedol. The three main estates represented in the collection are Brogyntyn, Clenennau and Glyn, the latter constituting a major addition to the existing North Wales holdings of Sir Robert Owen upon his marriage to Margaret Wynn in 1683. The documentation also covers other, subsiduary estates acquired by marriage or inheritance, namely Llanddyn, Sylfaen, Ystumcegid, Nant, Cemais, Penrhos, Abertanat and properties in the west of Ireland. The record types include title deeds for lands in Caernarfonshire, Merionethshire, Flintshire, Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire, Shropshire, elsewhere in England and Wales, and in the Irish counties of Westmeath, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo and Roscommon, 1296-1838; rentals, accounts and other papers associated with estate administration, [1380s]-1951; manorial records, 1429-1804; household management papers, 1662-[c. 1949]; legal and arbitration papers, 1410-1834; financial papers such as mortgages and accounts, 1492-1876; family settlements, probate records and trusts, 1485-[c. 1862]; private letters, 1582-1950; papers relating to family interests, [14th cent.]-1951; personal papers of family members, 1672-1945; royal appointments and honours, 1795-1948; central government papers, 1581-1887; county administration papers, 1518-1904; and administration records of the church, schools and charities, 1598-[1876x1904]. Other component parts of the archive are the Clenennau Letters and Papers, which combine personal correspondence with the civil and military administration of Caernarfonshire from the late sixteenth to late seventeenth centuries. Additional records, comprising Lord Harlech's Game Books (3 volumes), 1882-1933, a journal kept by W. R. Ormsby Gore of the 13th Light Dragoons, May-September 1854, two manuscript catalogues of plays, 1815, and a manuscript catalogue of the library at Porkington, 1809, were acquired in March 2017.
The Brogyntyn (Longueville) group comprises deeds and documents relating to the Brogyntyn estate, 1607-1977, deposited by Longueville Gittins solicitors who provided professional legal services to the estate.

Miscellaneous deeds and documents relating to freehold and leasehold properties of the Owen and Ormsby Gore families of Brogyntyn at various locations in Wales and England, mainly Salop (Shropshire), Caernarfonshire, Merioneth, Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire, Berkshire, Essex, London and Cornwall, [1600x1899], 1729-1937, and one file concerning the pension of Gwilym Maeran P. Jones of Oswestry, 1968-1977. The various properties include the Trewylan estate, Montgomeryshire, 1748, a leasehold in Welbeck Street, Marylebone, 1760-1806, Brentwood, Essex, 1777, Pentre David, Selatyn, 1777, 1821, Fron, Cernybwch and the Hills, Porkington and Selatyn, 1808-1819, Little Forsters, Egham, Surrey, 1802, Canister House, Datchet, 1805, lands in Stoke Poges and Wexham, Buckinghamshire, 1810-1823, fields in Sithney in the manor of Peventon, Cornwall, 1828-1830, Drenewydd estate, Oswestry and Whittington, 1829, premises in Oswestry and Selatyn leased for brick-making purposes, 1832-1847, and Tetworth House, Sunninghill, Berkshire, 1863. Families mentioned include Owen and Ormsby Gore of Brogyntyn, Owen of Woodhouse, Lloyd of Aston and Jackson of Pentre David. There are also sundry legal cases, 1767-1819, a description of the manor of Broniarth, 1773 (ref. 64/2), useful abstracts of title, abstracts of family settlements and of wills of the Owen and Ormsby Gore family and others, 1729-182, and a schedule of deeds compiled by Longueville and Co., [1896x1904].

Papers relating to the Brogyntyn estate, extracted from the Longueville and Co. solicitors’ collection. There are three main groups comprising probate records, settlements and trusts, 1626-1974; rentals, accounts, vouchers, inventories and valuations, 1795-1934; and deeds and related documents, [1600x1899], 1607-1977. There are also six single series, of sale catalogues and papers relating to estate sales, 1827-1919; papers relating to land improvement, 1839-1955; papers relating to railway and electricity development schemes, 1866-1927; miscellaneous letters and estate papers, 1830-1880, legal papers, 1863-[c. 1924] and mortgages, 1870-1923

Family settlements, other papers relating to the family trusts, and abstracts of title of the Owen and Ormsby Gore families of Brogyntyn and others related to them by marriage, 1730-1974. They include marriage settlements of Owen Ormsby and Margaret Owen, 1730-1793, John Ralph Ormsby Gore and Sarah Tyrell, 1844, William Richard Ormsby Gore and Emily Charlotte Seymour, 1850, Fanny Mary Katherine Ormsby Gore firstly with Lloyd Kenyon, 1863, and secondly with Rev. Thomas Mainwaring Bulkeley Owen, 1880, Capt. Alfred Mordaunt Egerton and Mary Georgina Ormsby Gore, 1878, and Hugh Fortescue Viscount Ebrington and Emily Ormsby Gore, 1886. The marriage settlement of William Gore and Mary Jane Ormsby, 1815, is not present, although the content is recited in the later family settlements. The other papers comprise appointments of trustees, and various other family trust settlements, 1815-1944, including the resettlement of the Brogyntyn estates in 1881; letters relating to the financial entitlements of Fanny Mary Katherine Kenyon, 1880, and abstracts of title compiled 1911-1974, summarising the inheritance and settlements of the Brogyntyn and Glyn estates from 1878 to 1964.

Family settlements, other papers relating to the family trusts, and abstracts of title of the Owen and Ormsby Gore families of Brogyntyn and others related to them by marriage, 1730-1974; and a small number of similar documents relating to trusts of non-family members, 1790-1906.

Abstracts of title to the Brogyntyn and Glyn estates, comprising printed, typescript and manuscript drafts, memoranda and solicitors’ instructions, previously contained in a large envelope labelled ‘Brogyntyn A/Ts’, compiled 1940-1974, recording family settlements, trusts, wills and conveyances, 1878-1964, and identifying the successors to the title as: personal representatives of the late George Ralph Charles, third Baron Harlech, the Brogyntyn Estate Company and William David Ormsby Gore, fifth Baron Harlech; and a typed abstract of a transfer of mortgage on the Rug estate and subscribed with the name ‘Plas Isaf’ and other notes, 1953 (?stray)

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.

Arbitration award in accordance with the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1948, for the settlement of claims and differences between William David Ormsby Gore (landlord) and Merioneth County Council (tenant) concerning breaches of the tenancy agreement for Ty Cerrig, Glyn estate, in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-traethau, Merioneth, 1960, together with associated papers, mainly 1958-1961. Ty Cerrig and part of Tynacra were let to Merioneth County Council by the exercise of their compulsory powers to acquire small holdings in 1920. The substantial file contains the counterpart lease of 1921; the tenant’s request for a new lease, 1955; handwritten notes and official statements of the case; a supporting statement by the county secretary of the Merioneth branch of the Farmers’ Union of Wales; reports and specifications; a rental; schedules detailing the valuation of the farm and buildings, the delapidation claim on behalf of the landlord and work to be done; plans of Ty Cerrig; letters from Longueville solicitors, the clerk of Merioneth County Council, county land agent, valuers and architect; notices served on the tenants; bills of costs; instructions to counsel to advise; and a precedent case Edmunds vs Woollacott, Minehead, 1958.

Title deeds and other documents concerning properties purchased or leased by the Brogyntyn estate in the county of Merioneth, 1706-1961. They include a lease and arbitration award for Ty Cerrig, Talsarnau, in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-traethau, 1920-1961; miscellaneous properties in Llandanwg, Llanfihangel-y-traethau, Barmouth, Beddgelert, Harlech and other locations in Merioneth, 1706-1912; and mining and quarrying leases, 1837-1947.

Papers relating to the lease by George Ralph Charles Baron Harlech to Merioneth County Council of Ty Cerrig, Talsarnau, in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-traethau, 1920-1921, and to a subsequent arbitration award, 1958-1961.

Papers deriving from compensation claims for loss of development value or ‘Treasury Scheme cases’ under the Town and Country Planning Acts of 1947 and 1954, dealing mainly with the valuation of claims submitted by the Brogyntyn Estate Company and recommendations for fulfilment of the criteria, 1949-1955. The properties for which compensation was claimed included Brogyntyn mansion and farm, Oerley Hall, The Mount, Brick Kilns, other Brogyntyn estate properties, parts of the Glyn estate including requisitioned land at Harlech Camp, mineral interests such as the limestone quarries at Underhill and Carreg-y-big, Llwyn Sand and Gravel Pits, Foel Wood Sandpit and Sandstone Quarry, Salop, Dorothea Slate Quarry, Nanhoron Quarry, Portmadoc Quarry, and the Sand Pit, Golf Links, Harlech. The papers comprise mainly the official Central Land Board claim forms, schedules of Brogyntyn estate claims, circulars and correspondence between the Inland Revenue District Valuers in Shrewsbury and Bangor, the Central Land Board, Birmingham, E. Pakenham Hamilton of the Brogyntyn Estate Office in Oswestry, Mssrs Yard and Hardcastle of the Estate Office, Pwllheli, Capt. D.E. Anderson, and Durnford and Lee mining engineers, Doncaster.

Papers relating to applications by the Brogyntyn estate mainly between 1870 and 1955, under government schemes in accordance with the Improvement of Lands Acts 1864 and 1899, the Settled Land Acts, 1882 to 1890, and the Town and Country Planning Acts, 1947 and 1954. The lands in question included Brogyntyn mansion, Home Farm (Ty Coch), Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid, 1870-1883; Penrhos, Old Port and Cross Lanes (Pentrepant), 1903-1905; Mardy Farm, Selatyn, 1905-1906; Ystumcegid Isaf, 1911; and Brogyntyn mansion and farm, Oerley Hall, The Mount, Brick Kilns, Harlech Camp, stone quarries and sand pits in Shropshire, Caernarfonshire and Harlech, 1949-1955.

Game books recording game birds, hares, rabbits, and occasionally deer, shot at Brogyntyn (Porkington), Glyn, Penrhos, Cemais, and other estates in Wales, England, Ireland and Scotland, and listing game given or received as presents, 1822-1933, 1951 They also record persons present at the shoots, such as the Ormsby Gore family (Lords Harlech), the Egerton family, Lord Kenyon, Lord Spencer Chichester, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, the Duke of Portland, Lord Gordon, the Duke of Grafton, the Bentinck family, Sir John Gladstone, Lord Churchill, the Prince and Duke of Teck, Lord Penrhyn, Lord Powis and numerous other members of the aristocracy.

Account of game given away from Porkington and game received, August 1828 –March 1835.

Leases mainly by members of the Ormsby Gore family of Brogyntyn, of lead, copper, manganese and sulphur mines, and of slate quarries in the parishes of Llanaber, Llandanwg, Llandecwyn, Llanddwywe, Llanelltud, Llanfihangel-y-traethau and Llanfrothen in the county of Merioneth, 1837-1947. The sites include Bwlch-y-Plwm, Pant y maesudor and Pant-y-Maesydd, 1837-1875, Rhosiger, Farchynys and Sylfaen, 1859-1888, Lletty Fwyalch and Llechwedd Du, 1867-1872, Hafod Ucha, 1872-1873, Rhosydd, 1890-1891, and others. One file (ref. 55/8) contains a lease by Queen Victoria to William Richard Ormsby Gore of coal, metals, metallic minerals and ores, limestone and slate on or under land in the parishes of Llanenddwyn, Llanddwywe and Llanelltud, Merioneth, 1894.

Lease by Queen Victoria, represented by Edward Stafford Howard, a Commissioner of Woods, to William Richard Baron Harlech of coal, metals and metallic minerals and ores, limestone and slate on or under land in the parishes of Llanenddwyn, Llanddwywe and Llanelltud, Merioneth, and draft, 1894; a licence granted by George Ralph Charles Baron Harlech to Harry Johnson Wright for the mining of manganese at Graig Issa and Graig Ucha, Llanenddwyn, 1916; royalty accounts, 1893-1895; a copy of the Enclosure Act for Llanaber, Llanddwywe, Llanenddwyn, Llanbedr and Llanfair, 1810; letters mainly to Longueville and Co. from the Dyffryn Mining Company Limited, the Office of Woods, Macqueen Bros, Samuel Pope QC and W.H. More, concerning the Dyffryn Company at Graig Issa, ascertainment of figures for the Crown Receiver’s accounts, claims for royalties due to Lord Harlech and to the Crown, and Lord Harlech’s mineral lease in Llanaber Inclosure, 1894-1896; a map (tracing) of the allotments of common [made post 1810 Act] in the parishes of Llanddwywe and Llanenddwyn; and 6 inch ordnance survey maps, Sheets X, XXVI, 1888. The file also contains draft deeds relating to a wooden bungalow at The Morfa, Harlech, originally leased by George Ralph Charles Baron Harlech to George Reid of Stafford, 1925-1931; and enclosures, 1895-1947.

Family settlements and other associated papers of the Ormsby Gore family, 1844-1944. The file includes a disentailing deed followed by the marriage settlement of John Ralph Ormsby Gore and Sarah Tyrell of Bereham, Essex, 1844, and appointment of William Kenyon Slaney as a new trustee, 1871; a disentailing assurance of stocks and bonds and agreement by William Richard Baron Harlech and his son George Ralph Charles Ormsby Gore, 1880; a resettlement by William Richard second Baron Harlech and George Ralph Charles Ormsby Gore of the Brogyntyn estates in England, Wales and Ireland, and of heirlooms and trust moneys, 1881; appointment of a jointure to Margaret Ethel Ormsby Gore and portions for the younger children, 1881; surrenders and conveyances of property in the parishes of Cemais, Llanbryn-mair, Darowen and Machynlleth, 1902, Cross Lanes farm at Five Crosses, Pentreclawdd, Selatyn, 1906, and Blue Bell Farm, Guilsfield Without, with plan, 1909; an appointment of £7000 out of trust funds, disentailing assurances referring to the sale of the estates in Ireland in 1915, and a deed of indemnity to Lord Harlech subsequent to the marriage of William George Arthur Ormsby Gore and Lady Beatrice Cecil, with associated papers, 1913-1927; a conveyance by William George Arthur Ormsby Gore to the Brogyntyn Estate Company of reversionary interests in the Brogyntyn settled estates and settled funds, with schedule incorporated, 1929; the marriage settlement of Hugh Fortescue Viscount Ebrington and Emily Ormsby Gore, 1886; appointments of new trustees of Sarah, Baroness Harlech, 1890, 1894; an agreement concerning the ownership of money paid by the Gorsedda Junction and Portmadoc Railways Company to the Brogyntyn settled estates, 1896, and two copies of the will of William Richard Baron Harlech, 1898, with codicils, 1900-1902, proved 1904, extracted from the Principal Registry, 1944.

Title deeds and other documents relating to properties mainly in the parishes of Oswestry, Selatyn and Whittington in the county of Salop (Shropshire), either purchased by the Brogyntyn estate or already owned and later sold or leased by them, 1607-1939. The properties include lands which formerly belonged to the Earls of Powis, the Lloyd family of Aston and the Owen family of Woodhouse, former common lands in the manor of Whittington and the Drenewydd estate purchased from the Wynne family of Peniarth in 1830. There are substantial quantities of deeds for the farm of Pentreclawdd, 1607-1899, the Vron, Selatyn, 1697-1874, Pentre David, 1707-1827, Pentrepant, 1741-1894, lands around the Brick Kilns in Oswestry, 1783-1909, and miscellaneous other properties, 1740-1939.