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Title deeds relating to Pentreclawdd Farm and cottages in the parish of Selatyn, Salop, purchased by the Brogyntyn estate, 1607-1899

Title deeds for properties in Willow Street, Oswestry, Salop, including houses and cottages purchased by the Brogyntyn estate, 1678-1854, and a site for the gas works, 1820, and the old tan yard, 1905, formerly belonging to Brogyntyn

Title deeds relating to Pentrepant, clover fields and Ty Coch, all belonging to the Pentrepant estate in the parishes of Selatyn and Whittington, Salop, purchased by the Brogyntyn estate from George Henry Warrington and Ethel Mary Trollope, a daughter of the Carew family of Crowcombe Court, Somerset, 1741-1894.

Title deeds relating to Pant Glas Farm (formerly Nant) and land at Pant Glas, 1771-1868, and to Pant Glas school, 1903, all in the parish of Selatyn, purchased by or owned by the Brogyntyn estate.

Title deeds and other documents relating properties belonging to the Brogyntyn estate in the county of Merioneth, 1706-1912. The most substantial files are for Tygwyn Gamlas, Carreg-y-ro and Ty Newydd in the parish of Llanfihangel-y-traethau, 1818-1911, and for Erw Wen and Lasynys in the parishes of Llandanwg and Llanfihangel-y-traethau, 1872-1908. Others include Lasynys Fach, Garthmawr Hen and Garthmelan, 1706-1852, Glyn woollen factory, 1841-1869, building leases at Beddgelert, 1868-1890, Porkington Terrace, Barmouth, 1871-1877, and the site of a Baptist chapel at Harlech, 1896.

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.

Title deeds and other documents relating to properties belonging to the Ormsby Gore family in Ireland, 1665-1920. The main locations are the counties of Sligo, Mayo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Westmeath, and one file relates to Barrowmount, Kilkenny. There is a file of deeds for the estates settled on the marriage of William Richard Ormsby Gore, 1665-[1899]. The majority of the deeds, 1885-1920, record the sale of lands by William Richard Ormsby Gore, second Baron Harlech, to individuals and to various rural district councils for the provision of public utilities such as new waterworks at Lisduff, Sligo, 1885, cemeteries in Rue Poor Law Union, Tobercurry, 1902, and in Killasser, 1906, and sales of Willowbrook estate lands for the purposes of the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1907-1910, and to the Congested Districts Board, 1911-1918, under the Irish Land Commission schemes.

Printed catalogues advertising the sale of specific parts of the Brogyntyn estate in Caernarfonshire, Merioneth and Salop, 1827, 1911-1919, and of Tetworth mansion, Berkshire, belonging to William Richard Ormsby Gore, 1905. Some of the catalogues have photographic illustrations of the locality in the frontispiece. Several are annotated with manuscript notes in the margins. Maps are incorporated. Other papers include draft conveyances and schedules of deeds.

Agreements and conveyances of land by successive members of the Ormsby Gore family to the Mawddwy Railway Co, 1866, Cambrian Railway Company, 1870-1882, Great Western Railway Company, 1897-1898, and The Portmadoc Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway Company, 1904, for the purposes of various railway development schemes; and a document relating to an electricity development scheme by North Wales Power Company, 1927.

Documents relating mainly to mortgages by William Richard Ormsby Gore and George Ralph Charles Ormsby Gore of the estates in Leitrim Ireland, together with papers concerning trust moneys and sales of the Brogyntyn estate, 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.

Papers which were probably compiled during the audits of the Brogyntyn estate, comprising memoranda and statements of errors in the rentals, 1834-1847, and reports on the Brogyntyn and Glyn rentals and accounts, 1919-1926

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.

Wills and other probate records of Sir William Maurice and family, 1621-1627; Col. William Owen and family, 1629-[c. 1674]; Ormsby-Gore family, 1675-1829; William Owen and family, 1678-1732; Sir Robert Owen and family, 1698-1754; and his son, William Owen and family, 1762-1802.

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.

Letters to Arthur Owen of Brymbo, 1738-1739, his wife, Mary, 1714, 1736, Mary 's previous husband, Richard Clayton and their daughter, Jenny, mainly relating to family settlements and debts.

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.

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.

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.

Letters to William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, fourth Baron Harlech, from relatives, military and government colleagues, and fellow board members of national cultural institutions, 1894-1950. Recurring general topics are the disendowment of the Church in Wales, 1914; political, military and social matters during the two World Wars; Gore 's involvement with the Arab Bureau, the War Cabinet and Palestinian affairs, 1917-1942; British foreign policy and the system of colonial administration; the government, economy and culture of South Africa during Gore 's appointment as High Commissioner, 1941-1943; civil defence organisation in Yorkshire, 1941-1942; committee business of the National Gallery and other cultural institutions; preservation of London architecture, 1931-1933; and items of historical interest, including the grave of Owen Arthur Ormsby-Gore.