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Brogyntyn Estate and Family Records Series
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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.

The Vron, Porkington, Selatyn

Title deeds relating to the Vron (Fron) and another house with a blackmith’s shop called Knotsford in the township of Porkington in the parish of Selatyn, Salop, purchased by the Brogyntyn estate, 1640-1874.

Porkington (Brogyntyn) estate vouchers

Bundles labelled ‘Porkington estate vouchers’ 1864-1869. The descriptions on the labels do not always match the dates of the receipts. Most of the vouchers are numbered but some are missing from the sequence. They cover both the Porkington (Brogyntyn) estate and the Llanddyn estate at Llangollen. Typically they include bills and receipts for building materials, repairs to buildings, railway freight of stone and timber, ironmongery, coal, stationery, labourers’ wages, land drainage, garden work under James Edwards, bailiff’s bills of David McConnell, gamekeeping equipment, tithe rent charges, general district rates, church rates, poor rates, land tax, income tax and chief rents in Selatyn, Oswestry, Whittington, Llanforda, Middleton and Llangollen, subscriptions to schools at Trefor [Llangollen], Llandysilio and Guilsfield, subscriptions to Shropshire and North Wales Natural History and Antiquarian Society, annuities, allowances and sick pay, and the rent of a pew in Oswestry parish church. There are occasional letters from tradesmen presenting bills to the Brogyntyn agent. Specific points of interest are described at file level.

Drenewydd and Old Port estates, Oswestry and Whittington

Title deeds relating mainly to the Drenewydd estate in the parishes of Oswestry and Whittington, Salop, purchased in 1830 for £35,000 by William Ormsby Gore from Annabella Williams of Penbedw and William Watkin Edward Wynne of Peniarth, 1826-1867. They include deeds for Old Port estate, 1679-1830.

Wills and executors’ accounts of the Owen and Ormsby Gore families (misc.)

Wills and executors’ accounts of various members of the Owen and Ormsby Gore families of Brogyntyn, of their Maurice ancestors, and of the Godolphin and Lyster families who were linked to them by marriage. The files contain the wills of Dame Ellin Eure, 1626, miscellaneous Owen, Ormsby Gore, Godolphin and Lyster family members, 1698-1826, William Owen, 1767 (Watermark 1804), Ellen Owen, 1802, Margaret Ormsby [1806], and William Ormsby Gore, 1860.

Pentre David, Porkington, Selatyn

Title deeds, which appear to relate to two separate parts of a property called Pentre David in the parish of Selatyn, Salop, 1707-1827. One part, together with Hen Plassey, was purchased by the Brogyntyn trustees from Frederick West in 1827, and the other, Pentre David Farm, had been purchased from Thomas Jackson in 1822

Family and non-family trusts,

Papers deriving from trusts of the marriage settlement of Owen ap John Owen and Anne Lewis, 1584; wardship of William and Ellen Vaughan of Corsygedol, 1636-1653; the will of Thomas Hanmer of Pentre-david, 1666; the Taltreuddyn estate, [1698], 1725-1726; the will of William Mostyn of Bryngwyn, 1729-1735; the will of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 1748; the estate of Roger Mostyn of Aberhirieth, 1749-1773; and a trust for Dr Hugh Wynne, 1755.

Correspondence of Mary Owen of Brogyntyn,

Letters to Mary Owen (née Godolphin), wife of William Owen of Brogyntyn, 1730-1784, mainly from her immediate family, Godolphin and Owen relatives, friends and other close associates. They constitute a rich, lively source of information on the personal, domestic and social circumstances of an eighteenth century gentry family. Many of the letters reflect Mrs Owen 's own interests in music, theatre, literature, political news and high society gossip among her contemporaries. Recurrent topics include the ecclesiastical career of Lewis Owen; renovations at Porkington, 1735-1743; the estates of Richard Clayton and Arthur Owen; Elizabeth Longueville 's settlement; Jacobite disturbances; elections in North Wales and Shropshire; church preferments in England and Wales; and court life under the Hanoverian royal family, 1731-1752.

Correspondence of the Owen and Ormsby-Gore families,

Letters to Mary Owen (the younger), 1760-1761, Robert Godolphin Owen, 1770-1790, Francis Owen, 1774, Margaret Ormsby (née Owen), 1777-1803, Ellen Owen, 1785-1801, Owen Ormsby, 1785-1802, Mary Jane Ormsby-Gore, 1810-1863, John Ralph and Sarah Ormsby-Gore, 1832-1875, Emily Charlotte Ormsby-Gore, 1844-1876, and Beatrice Ormsby-Gore, 1913-1943, with occasional drafts or copies of their replies. In addition to news of family and high society acquaintances, recurrent topics include elections in North Wales and Cornwall; settlement of financial matters following the death of Mary Owen in 1784; the genealogy of Gorges and other ancestors of the Ormsby-Gores; and the military careers of male family members.

Correspondence of William Ormsby-Gore,

Letters to William Ormsby-Gore, 1800-1858, from Gore and Ormsby-Gore family members, estate owners, politicians and business men. The subject matter reflects the recipient 's public role in the local government of Shropshire and the Caernarfonshire boroughs, in addition to his responsibilities as a private landowner in Wales, England and Ireland. Topics include civic matters relating to Criccieth, namely the constableship of Criccieth Castle and the hereditary mayoralty, building developments on corporation land and the position of Criccieth as a contributory borough under the Reform Bill, 1831-1832; fundraising for the restoration of public buildings and churches in Shropshire and Ireland; administration of charities and schools at Oswestry, Deuddwr and Sligo, 1838-1842; establishment of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Company, lines to Dublin and North Wales, 1843, and the Festiniog Railway Company, 1851; political representation and elections in Ireland and Caernarfonshire; social conditions in Ireland; the Poor Law Amendment Bill, [1834]; the Corn Laws, 1840-1842; an act to unite the dioceses of Bangor and St Asaph, 1843; the Crimean War, 1854-1855; formation of the Genealogical Society, 1853-1854; and the army careers of his sons. There are also drafts and copies of outgoing correspondence, 1831-1857.

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