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Clenennau, Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid estate correspondence,

Letters to Sir William Maurice, 1609, [Sir John Owen], 1634, and Mrs [Jonet?] Owen, [c. 1637], William Wynn of Glyn, 1644, Sir Robert and Dame Margaret Owen, [1682x1698], 1698-1725, Ellen Owen, 1688-[c. 1702], Jane Owen, 1700-1703, William Owen, 1714-1765, Mary Owen, 1736-1779, Robert Godolphin and Ellen Owen, 1769-1793, Owen Ormsby, 1793-1796, Mary Jane Ormsby-Gore, 1810-1860, William Ormsby-Gore, 1822-1859, and William Richard Ormsby-Gore, 1880-1888, received from the Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire estate stewards, tenants, solicitors and other individuals concerning estate business, accompanied by occasional replies and relevant letters from third parties. Recurrent subjects include problems associated with tenancies and property repairs on the Clenennau, Glyn and Ystumcegid estates, accounts and outgoings, provision of commodities, family and local news, rights to sitting places in church, creation of burgesses, particularly at Cricieth, [1688x1702], 1793, 1796, enclosures, trespasses, crown lands, exploitation of timber and extraction of minerals (1880s especially). Particular topics of interest include the mortgage on Ystumcegid, 1688-1703; horse racing in Caernarfonshire, 1732; purchase of Dolbenmaen, 1735-1736; the construction of the Porthmadog railway; road improvement and other public works; the authority of the mayor and bailiff of Bala; building leases on Corporation land at Cricieth; and construction of a factory at Singrig [Llanfihangel-y-Traethau], 1841-1860. Several of the letters incorporate agent's accounts.

Clenennau, Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid miscellaneous estate papers

Miscellaneous administrative papers of the Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire estates of Clenennau, Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid, concerning crop and livestock husbandry [17 cent., first ½], 1662, [mid 18 cent.], property repairs, [1678x-1705]-1857, surveys and valuations, 1705-[1815x1860], mines and quarries, 1726-1853, enclosures and embankments, 1806-1830, tithes, [c. 1836] and game, 1885-1902.

Property repairs,

Reports on the condition of properties on the Caernarfonshire estates of Clenennau, [1679x1705], and Ystumcegid, 1753; estimates for repairs of houses and other buildings belonging to Clenennau, Glyn and Ystumcegid in Penmorfa and Cricieth, at Singrig mill and elsewhere, 1857; and nineteenth century notes on estate work done between 1721 and 1747.

Crop and livestock husbandry,

List of cattle and a horse delivered to Pantyrodyn, Merionethshire [17 cent., first ½]; an agreement for the growing and harvesting of crops on the demesne of Ystumcegid, which refers to sowing seed called 'Bierth glas-dail', 1662; and a note on sheep breeding [mid 18 century].

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