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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.

Accounts of the executors of William Richard Ormsby Gore, second Baron Harlech, 1904-1910, and receipts of family members for legacies received under his will, 1904-1922

Probate of the will of John Ralph Ormsby Gore, first Baron Harlech, 1876, and executors’ accounts, 1876-1877.

Inventories and valuations of household contents at Glyn [Talsarnau], after the death of John Ralph Ormsby Gore, first Baron Harlech, 1876, and of heirlooms belonging to William Richard second Baron Harlech, deceased, 1906

A schedule of lands and a draft licence relating to coal mining in the parishes of Whittington, Selatyn and Oswestry, Salop, (Watermark 1873)-1874

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.

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.

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.

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.

Legal papers of the Ormsby Gore family of Brogyntyn, 1863-[c. 1924]. They cover three main aspects of work handled by the office of Longueville and Co., firstly prosecutions by or against the Ormsby Gore family in the High Court of Justice, Oswestry Borough Session, and the county courts of Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire; secondly petitions to the High Court of Chancery in connection with family trust settlements; and thirdly, cases for legal opinion. The most substantial of the files comprise the matter of Fanny Mary Katherine Ormsby Gore, to enable a settlement upon her marriage to Lloyd Kenyon, 1863; a petition to the High Court of Chancery concerning powers of leasing mines under the Ormsby Gore family settlement, 1866-1875; Borth-y-gest ejectment [c. 1874]-1879; Cooper and Allen vs Harlech concerning a contract for a land purchase, 1876; Harlech vs Hall in a claim for money, 1880-1884; lawsuits on behalf of Lord Harlech in a case of assault and a boundary dispute, 1889; and Lord Harlech, Jones and Lewis vs Parry in a case to recover lands at Morfa Bychan, 1896. There is also a file of solicitor’s working notes from the office of Longueville and Co. [c. 1924]

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.

Brogyntyn trust accounts and vouchers, which include substantial bills of costs for legal services provided by Longueville and Co., 1848-1934. The titles of the files generally reflect the content. The bills elucidate the trustees’ functions, the details of family settlements, land purchases, sales, estate improvements and investments in stocks and shares under the terms of the trusts. There are accompanying letters to and by Longueville and Co., H.T. Dix of Dublin, other solicitors, Lord Harlech, the Brogyntyn trustees, surveyors and auctioneers. Many of the accounts refer to the sale of parts of Lord Harlech’s estate under the Irish Land Commission schemes in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Most files contain authorisations by Lord Harlech to the trustees to invest or release money, and brokers’ notes for the purchase or transfer of stocks and shares.

Title deeds relating to Cyrnybwch or Gowry Bank, Selatyn and Oswestry, purchased by the Brogyntyn estate, 1848-1891

Mainly leases by William Ormsby Gore of Brogyntyn, Mary Jane his wife, and John Ralph Ormsby Gore, of parts of Borth-y-gest farm in the parish of Ynyscynhaearn, Caernarfonshire, for development as building plots, 1847-1860, and for the erection of a quay wall, 1867. There is also a lease for the site of Borth-y-gest Independent Chapel, 1871; and an acknowledgement for the conveyance of a garden plot, 1924.

Leases and licences granted by members of the Ormsby Gore family of Brogyntyn, of minerals and slate quarries in Caernarfonshire, 1845-1890. The locations include Fron Oleu in the parish of Penmorfa, 1845-1872, 1875-1881, Hendre Ddu, Dolbenmaen, 1860-1874, Mynyddednyfed and Braich-y-Sant, Cricieth, 1861, Plas yn Pennant, Penmorfa, 1862-1866, Ty Cerrig, Penmorfa, 1864-1880, and elsewhere in Beddgelert, Cricieth, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant and Penmorfa, 1849-1890. One file contains licences to make railways or tramways for the transport of slate from the quarries, 1855-1873

Deeds and other documents relating to properties in the parish of Llangollen, Denbighshire, owned by the Brogyntyn estate, 1844-1898. The locations include Dinbren and Siamber Wen, Erw Garn Ucha, Trefor, Canal Side, land sold to Thomas Gee in 1895, and Llangollen School, 1898.

The will of Mary Jane Ormsby Gore of Brogyntyn, 1869, various accounts gathered by her executors, dated 1841-1870, and a claim for life insurance, 1870

Title deeds relating to land near Summerhill in the parishes of Oswestry and Selatyn, Salop, purchased by George Ralph Charles Ormsby Gore, Baron Harlech, and his trustees from Frances Sarah Brancker, 1840-1911

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.

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.