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A discrete group of numbered vouchers (bills and receipts) originating from three estates belonging to the Ormsby Gore family, namely Porkington (Brogyntyn), 1864-1869, Merioneth and Caernarfonshire, 1860-1874, and Cemais, Montgomeryshire, 1864; and a further group of miscellaneous vouchers from the various Welsh and Irish estates (Watermark 1828)-1887.

Title deeds for properties at Sarnau in the parish of Meifod, Montgomeryshire, purchased by the Brogyntyn estate, 1828-1902

Miscellaneous vouchers from the Welsh and Irish estates of the Ormsby Gore family, Barons Harlech (Watermark 1828)-1887, found at NLW after the cataloguing of the main groups was complete (!) Some bundles relate separately to the Glyn estate in Merioneth and Caernarfonshire, Cemais and Penrhos in Montgomeryshire, or the Irish estates in Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Westmeath; other bundles contain a combination of these and the Brogyntyn estate in Shropshire and Denbighshire. The presence of original labels and wrappers suggests that these groupings, though irregular, are genuine. Some bundles contain several smaller packets inside, in which the individual items were once numbered; many of the numbers are missing or out of sequence. Some packets are conveniently labelled by the agent’s name or by category. Typically the contents comprise large numbers of bills and receipts for estate labour and wages, agents’ remittances, building materials, ironmongery, farriery, provisions, stationery, freight of goods by railway, repairs to estate properties and school buildings, marsh drainage, forestry plantations, surveys and valuations, legal expenses, poor rates, highway rates, land tax, property tax, income tax, the grand jury cess (Ireland), quit rents, crown rents, chief rents, tithe rents, insurance, and subscriptions to schools, churches, clothing clubs, other charities and freemasons, together with some accounts and covering letters by the collectors and agents. There are particularly large numbers of poor rate receipts from the unions of Tobercurry, Sligo, Mohill, Bawnboy, Carrick-on-Shannon, Granard, Strokestown and Swinford, Ireland. One file in this series (72/3) contains the papers of John Edward Parry, agent of the Glyn estate, 1856-1876

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

Deeds relating mainly to the Drenewydd estate in the parishes of Oswestry and Whittington, purchased for £35,000 by William Ormsby Gore from Annabella Williams of Penbedw, Denbighshire, and William Watkin Edward Wynne of Peniarth, Merioneth, in 1830. They include agreements between Annabella Williams and William Watkin Edward Wynne for the sale of the estate and for the application of funds arising from the sale, 1829-1830; an abstract of the vendors’ title to Gwerny Gwyddan in the parish of Whittington, 1830; the conveyance by Edward Lloyd Williams, Annabella Williams and William Watkin Edward Wynne to William Ormsby Gore and his trustee, of Drenewydd Farm, Big House, Pump House, Gwern y Gwyddan, Babbins Wood, Middleton Hall Farm and other lands, and three pews in the parish church of Oswestry, 1830; a mortgage by William Ormsby Gore of Old Port Farm and the Drenewydd estate, and a statement as to appropriation of the mortgage money, 1830; a declaration of trust by Annabella Williams and William Watkin Edward Wynne to William Ormsby Gore of moneys arising from the sale, 1830; a case and opinion, 1831; and the reconveyance by Stapleton Viscount Combermere and the mortgagees to the trustees of the marriage settlement of John Ralph Ormsby Gore and Sarah his wife, 1862. The file also contains a conveyance by George Henry Robert Charles Vane Tempest Earl Vane and other mortgagees of Thomas Savin, railway contractor, to Mary Jane Ormsby Gore of lands in Oswestry, 1867, together with an abstract of title to the same. Maps incorporated

A bundle of miscellaneous papers of the Brogyntyn estate, 1829-1846. It includes printed sale particulars of the Drenewydd estate in Oswestry and Whittington, 1829; lease agreements by William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, for Grouse Lodge, Paddock Cottage, Nant Ucha and Pant Glas in the parish of Selatyn, Brick Kiln land in Oswestry and Selatyn, a blacksmith’s shop at Cefn Broniarth and property at Brithdir Coch, Guilsfield, and Haughton Farm [Llandysilio], Montgomeryshire, Gayfron Issa and parts of Llanddyn Farm, Llangollen, with occasional plans, 1832-1846; an agreement with Charles Thaxter of Pattingham for a brick and tile factory at Drenewydd, 1846; an agreement for the purchase of two houses in Selatyn from Joseph Griffiths of Wrexham, subject to a brick-making lease to John Beard, 1840; bills and receipts, mainly for building repairs at Maesgwyn [Broniarth], 1844; acreages of lands of Thomas Howell, John Parry and lands in Oswestry, 1845; a valuation of ?Wern Wen; letters to and by William Ormsby Gore, Longueville and tenants or their representatives, 1840-1842; schedules of fixtures at The Mount, indoors and outside [1842]; the petition and accounts of Edward Lawrence of Big House Farm, Whittington, 1843-1845; references for potential tenants and servants at Brogyntyn and the Blue Bell public house, 1845-1846; and papers relating to the value of goods at the White Lion, Oswestry, distrained against Robert Hughes for rent due to William Ormsby Gore, including an agreement for sale to Charles Craighill and depositions as to the grain claimed by Samuel Drury, 1846.

Letters to William Dean of Palsgrave Place, including one from Longueville, apparently concerning a conveyance from John Gibbons’ trustees to the Gore trustees of land in Oswestry, 1830.

Files of miscellaneous letters and papers mainly concerning the management of the Brogyntyn estates, 1830-1880. The letters are mostly to Longueville and Co. and they concern estate business, finance, legal matters, and insurance claims following a fire at Brogyntyn Hall in 1874. The estate papers include lease agreements, valuations, building accounts, notices served on tenants; there are also small quantities of legal papers and Ormsby Gore family documents [post-1863]-1871.

Cash book of the Porkington (Brogyntyn) estate, showing payments mostly for routine estate work, charity and rates, 1833-1839. Points of interest include schooling six children and gowns for the poor at Llangollen, repairs to the malt kiln at Whittington, making bricks at Drenewydd, and pews in the churches of Llandysilio and Llangollen.

General accounts of the Brogyntyn (Porkington) estate and the Ormsby Gore family, comprising estate cash books of Penrhos and Brogyntyn, 1833-1845, account books of John Ralph Ormsby Gore, 1866-1874, Longueville’s account for the conveyance of a reservoir site near Oswestry, 1869-1877, fixtures and fittings at Brogyntyn Hall, 1871-1875, and Longueville and Co.’s account with Lady Sarah Harlech, 1879-1890.

Feoffment by John Evans of Knockin, Salop, to Edward Evans of Trewern, Montgomeryshire and his trustee, of a messuage at the Upper Green in the townships of Melverley and Tir-y-coed in the parishes of Melverley and Kinnerley, to the uses and trusts of the will of the feoffor’s father, Evan Evans of Melverley, dec., which was deemed void and ineffectual in law, 1833.

Rental of chief rents received for Mrs Ormsby Gore, lady of the manor of Broniarth, and for William Ormsby Gore, lord of the manor of Deuddwr, Montgomeryshire, due 1833 (Nov. 5) – 1882 (Michaelmas); and enclosures, 1872-[c. 1883]

Accounts of the Brogyntyn estate and Ormsby Gore family, comprising general accounts, 1833-1890, and Brogyntyn trust accounts and vouchers, 1848-1934

Cash book of the Penrhos estate, Montgomeryshire, showing payments mostly for routine estate work, 1833-1836. Points of interest include a rent paid to to the curate of Penrhos Chapel for the rector, and repair of the conservatory.

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

A miscellaneous bundle apparently relating to the amendment of errors in the rentals and accounts of the Brogyntyn estate, 1834-1847. It includes several memoranda and statements of errors headed ‘Porkington Rental’, 1844-1847; the account of Edward Lloyd, 1834-1845; a letter from Mr Drinkwater of Shrewsbury about payment for a carriage road, 1836; Thomas Hill’s valuation of damage to crops by game at Old Port Farm, 1843; a bill of Thomas Pemberton for straw, 1845; and Porkington arrears lists for rents due on Lady Day 1846.

Drenewydd estate and Willow Street [Oswestry] rentals, Salop, Sept. 1836 - Jan. 1842. Front cover embossed 'Cash'. Back cover embossed ‘Bills’.

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.

Leases of mines and minerals under farms and lands called Bwlch-y-Plwm, Pant y maesudor and Pant-y-Maesydd in the parish of Llanfrothen, Merioneth, by William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife to Samuel Holland of Plas-yn-Penrhyn, 1837, 1854, and a surrender of lease, 1863; leases by Mary Jane Ormsby Gore to The Bwlch-y-Plwm Lead Mining Company (Limited), 1863, and by John Ralph Ormsby Gore and his trustees to the Penrhyndeudraeth Lead Mining Company Limited, 1875, with maps incorporated; licences granted by John Ralph Ormsby Gore to John Hindle Young, Henry Patteson and others to search for copper ore and other minerals, 1869, 1873; and a letter to Longueville and Co. from Breese, Jones and Casson of Portmadoc, 1875.

Agreements by William Ormsby Gore for lease or surrender of properties in the counties of Montgomeryshire and Salop, 1837-1847. The properties include Cefn Broniarth in the parish of Guilsfield, houses sub-let by Martha Alexander of Garddlin, Big House Farm in the parish of Whittington, and three houses and a brickyard at Porkington in the parish of Selatyn. The file also contains letters to and by William Ormsby Gore, 1845-1846, one of which relates to the lease of Oerley Hall; and Mr McKie’s list of arrears.