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Deeds labelled ‘As to houses in Stanhope and Welbeck Streets. Sold’. They comprise a lease (counterpart) by Owen Ormsby of Porkington to Phillip Henry of Bridge Street, Westminster, of No. 59 on the west side of Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, in the parish of St Mary le Bone and the coach house and stables, with a schedule of fixtures and fittings, 1795; a lease by the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, to Sir John Gore and Thomas Kenyon [trustees of Mary Jane Ormsby] of a messuage late in the occupation of Owen Ormsby, on the north side of Stanhope Street in the parish of St George, Hanover Square, 1817, and an assignment of the same to Catherine Martha Mellists of Hamels Park, Hertfordshire, 1820.

Deeds relating to the Vron in the township of Porkington and parish of Selatyn, 1785-1822. They include particulars of an exchange between Roger Kynaston of Hardwick and Rev. Joseph Venables of Oswestry, whereby the latter gained Little Erw yr Wyn, 1785; a conveyance by Edward Roberts of Oswestry, Elizabeth his wife and the mortgagee to Rev. Richard Venables and trustee, of a piece of land called Erw ?Gamdda, 1813, incorporating a schedule of deeds, 1764-1795; and an agreement between Rev. Richard Venables of Clyro, Radnorshire, and William Ormsby Gore of Porkington for the purchase of the Vron, and a house with a blacksmith’s shop, 1822

Deeds relating to Pentre David Farm and lands in the township of Porkington in the parish of Selatyn, 1778-1822. The file includes two conveyances to Thomas Baugh of Northwood, Ellesmere, firstly by William Owen of Woodhouse and Bryngwyn for the sale of Pentre David in accordance with the will of Sarah Owen of Woodhouse, 1778, and secondly by Rev. John Robert Lloyd of Aston, for the sale of the Common Patch, an orchard, a heriot and chief rent, 1785; a feoffment by Thomas Baugh, in trust for his daughter Sarah Baugh, 1807; an extract from the Whittington enclosure award of 1784 (Watermark 1811); a conveyance by Sarah Baugh to David Birds of Hadley, Wellington, 1816; a mortgage by David Birds to Maria Gough of Oswestry, 1816, followed by a conveyance to Thomas Jackson of Rhosylan, St Martin’s, and his trustee, 1818; deeds of sale by Thomas Jackson, then of Pentrewern, together with his trustee and the mortgagee, to the trustees of William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, of the messuage of Pentre David, heretofore in two dwellings, and the lands (occupants named), with a plan incorporated, 1822, and a deed of covenant by William Lloyd of Aston for the production of title deeds, with schedule incorporated, 1822. Accompanying documents comprise abstracts of the title of Thomas Jackson, 1747-1818, compiled 1822, affidavits and a map, 1822.

Papers and abstracts relating to Porkington Pools in Selatyn and lands purchased by the Brogyntyn trustees from William Lloyd of Aston, 1686-1822. The file includes a lease by Thomas Lloyd, lord of the manor of Whittington, and family to Sir Robert Owen of Porkington, of land upon the mountain called Llawnt yr Avon Goch, with liberty to enclose 2 acres about Ffynon Wen, to plant trees and to make fish ponds, 1686; a lease by Rev. John Robert Lloyd of Aston to Owen Ormsby and Margaret his wife, 1793; abstracts of title of William Lloyd, 1754-1814, compiled 1822; a coloured plan with explanation of the lands shown, 1822; and copy of a final concord between Thomas Kenyon, plt. and William Lloyd and Louisa his wife, deforcs, 1822

Appointment of Sir Robert Williames Vaughan of Nannau and David Pennant of Downing as new trustees of the Brogyntyn estates under the will of Ellen Owen, in conjunction with Thomas James Warren Lord Viscount Bulkeley, following the resignation of John Owen of Penrhos as trustee, 1804; and the appointment of a provisional trustee for the purpose of reconveying the Brogyntyn trust property, endorsed with the appointment of Thomas Netherton Parker as a new trustee, 1823.

Title deeds and other papers relating to fish ponds called Porkington Pools in the parish of Selatyn, Salop, purchased by the Brogyntyn estate, 1686-1823.

Deeds relating to lands in Porkington and to Porkington Pools purchased by the Brogyntyn trustees from William Lloyd of Aston, 1784-1823. The file includes an attested copy of the Selatyn enclosure award, showing the plots allocated to Thomas Vernon and to Rev. John Robert Lloyd, with plan enclosed, 1784; the copy will of Thomas Vernon of Oswestry, 1785; an abstract of title of Edward Williams, showing a purchase from William Lloyd, 1754-1823; and deeds of sale by William Lloyd to the trustees of William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, of Porkington Pools, with a schedule, plan and references annexed, 1822

Deeds relating to lands at Selatyn, purchased by the Brogyntyn trustees from Edward Williams, 1795-1823. The file includes a release in fee by Robert Hale of Hammersmith to Edward Williams of the Vron, of two pieces of land purchased by Robert Hale under the Whittington Enclosure Act, bounded by the road from Porkington to the Vron and the Vron to Porkington Pools (other boundaries described) 1795, and an extract from the relevant award, 1823; the will of Edward Williams, devising two messuages at Pant Glas and the land purchased from Robert Hale, 1806, proved 1807; certificates of marriages, baptisms and burials at Selatyn, 1764-1811, to substantiate the pedigree of David Williams, 1823; abstracts of the titles of Edward Williams, 1754-1823, and David Williams, 1776-1823; an affidavit of William Lloyd of Aston, 1823; a final concord followed by a conveyance by David Williams of the Forrest and Jane his wife to Edward Williams, then of Llawr-y-pant, and his trustee, 1823; a covenant by William Lloyd of Aston for the production of deeds, with schedule incorporated, 1823, reciting a feoffment to Edward Williams in 1805 (missing); deeds of sale by Edward Williams and Elizabeth his wife to the trustees of William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, of a messuage at Pant Glas in two dwellings and lands in Porkington, reciting a conveyance by William Lloyd of Aston to Edward Williams, 1823 (missing); a covenant for the production of title deeds, 1823; and the certificate of execution issued by the High Court of Chancery, 1823. Several plans incorporated

Bundle labelled ‘Miscellaneous’ relating to estates and individuals in Salop, Montgomeryshire and Buckingamshire, 1748-1823, which may be distinguished as follows: Sarah Owen of Woodhouse, a final concord and an Act for vesting part of the estates devised by her will in Salop and Montgomeryshire in trustees for sale, 1748-1776; William Lloyd and John Robert Lloyd of Aston, an Act for vesting part of the settled estate of William Lloyd in trustees for the discharge of debts, legacies, etc., an abstract of the marriage articles and settlement of John Robert Lloyd, an extract and attested copy of the Selatyn enclosure award, and abstract of the title of William Lloyd to his estates in the county of Salop, 1768-1822; a description of the manor of Broniarth, 1773; bond by Mary Combers to David Archer for performance of covenants, 1777; William Gore, bond and a statement of property for settlement prior to his marriage to Mary Jane Ormsby, 1793-[1815]; Stoke Poges and Wexham, Buckinghamshire, a copy of the Enclosure Act, survey and valuation of Duffield Farm, particulars of sale, an account of part of Little Appletons given to Rev. Arthur Bold in lieu of small tithes, sketch of a proposed road at Stoke Green, abstracts of title of Colonel Vyse and William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, and the affidavit of Septimius Burton relative to the purchase money paid by John Penn, 1810-1823; and an agreement between William Ormsby Gore and Thomas Jackson about the purchase of Pentre David, 1821.

Papers relating to trusts of the Ormsby Gore family, comprising an appointment by William Gore the elder of Sir Robert Williames Vaughan as trustee of the estates in Ireland, 1815; a declaration preceding the marriage of William Gore and Mary Jane Ormsby, 1815; a copy statement of property and proposals for the marriage settlement (Watermark 1821); an order issued from the High Court of Chancery for a change of trustees, 1823, and the Master’s report appointing Thomas Netherton Parker in place of Sir Robert Williames Vaughan, 1823

Bundle labelled ‘Deeds relating to the manor of Deytheur and containing a description of the boundaries of the Manor of Deytheur’. It does contain the said description of the manor of Deuddwr, 1821, and an abstract of title of William Harry Earl of Darlington and Henry Viscount Barnard to estates in Montgomeryshire, 1743-1813 (Watermark 1821). The bundle also contains two copies of an appointment by Mary Jane Ormsby Gore to the trustees of the will of Ellen Owen, of the estates in Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo in Ireland, for securing the sum of £5000, 1816.

Deeds for the Vron (Fron) and and another messuage with a blacksmith’s shop, called Knotsford in the township of Porkington and parish of Selatyn, purchased from Rev. Richard Venables, 1696/7-1824. They include the post-nuptial settlement of John Davyes of Porkington and Elizabeth his wife (nee Jones), 1696/7; leases by John Davies, 1725, and Elizabeth Venables, 1765; the pre-nuptial settlement of Rev. Richard Venables of Wood Hill, Salop, and Sophia Lister of Tetley, Lincolnshire, 1808; a release from the representatives of the younger children of Rev. Joseph Venables and Elizabeth his wife of their shares in £2800 charged by their mother’s will on the Vron, to the family trustees, Lazarus Jones Venables, Joseph Venables Lovett, George Lister and John Henry Maw, 1823; a release by William Lloyd of Aston to Rev. Richard Venables then of Clyro, Radnorshire, and his trustees, of heriots and chief rents issuing out of the Fron, 1823; extracts (1823) from the parish registers of Oswestry, Selatyn, Ruabon, Chirk, Whittington and St George’s Liverpool, recording baptisms, marriages and burials of the families of Davies, Venables and Lovett, 1697-1822; the affidavit of Thomas Howell of Oswestry, adding that John Venables was ‘very infirm and paralytic’, 1823; reports issued by the High Court of Chancery, as to the purchase from Richard Venables and another from Edward Williams, 1823-1824; and the deeds of sale (lease and release) to the trustees of the marriage settlement of William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, 1823, together with a covenant, abstracts of title and a coloured plan

Brogyntyn, 1698-1824, namely Sir Robert Owen of Porkington, 1696, with codicil, 1698, proved 1698; Jane Owen previously of Porkington, then of Wrexham, 1727, with codicil, 1732, proved 1733; William Ormsby of Willy Brooke [Ireland] 1737, proved 1739; Lewis Owen of Wexham, Buckinghamshire, B.D., 1735, with deposition, 1746, and administration, 1758; Margaret Godolphin of Abertanat, 1764; Francis Lord Godolphin, 1764, with codicils, 1764, 1765, proved 1766; William Owen of Porkington, 1762, proved 1767; Francis Owen of Conduit Street, St George’s [London], 1773, proved 1775; William Ormsby of Willowbrooke, Sligo, 1780; Francis Lord Godolphin, with codicil, 1784, proved 1785; Owen Ormsby of Porkington, 1804; Margaret Ormsby of Porkington and of Stanhope Street [London], Middlesex, 1805, proved 1806; Elizabeth Gore of Baker Street Marylebone, 1813, proved 1815, and part of a previous will, signed and dated 1810; and John Owen of Penrhos, Montgomeryshire, 1817, proved 1824. The file also contains the will of Hugh Owen of Woodhouse, Salop, 1764, with an official extract of the will and successive administrations, 1768 and 1773; the will of Sarah Owen of Woodhouse, 1764; and the administration of Humphrey Jones of Machynlleth, 1809.

Deeds relating to land in Oswestry purchased from the Rev. Dr Donne, 1811-1826. The file includes a conveyance by Edward Earl of Powis and John Probert of Copthorn, devisees in trust under the will of George Edward Henry Arthur, Earl of Powis, dec., to Rev. James Donne of Oswestry of two parcels of land, the first in the western part of a field called Gwerglodd adjoining the turnpike road, previously part of Park Issa on the eastern side of Oswestry, and the second comprising Cae Ffeg, Cae Brute, Well Piece and other lands (named), a barn and other buildings, previously part of Park Ucha on the western side of Oswestry, 1811, with a schedule of deeds annexed (1674-1710); the abstract of title of Rev. Dr Donne, 1751-1811; a schedule of deeds, papers and a bond of the Gore family delivered up by Mr Dawson (1772-1815); copy orders issued by the High Court of Chancery concerning the purchase, with affidavits of Thomas Kyffin as to the identity and value of the lands, 1826; and deeds of sale by Rev. James Donne of Oswestry, D.D., to William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, and their trustees, of Cae Ffeg, Cae Brute, Well Piece, etc. 1826. Plans incorporated

Bundle labelled ‘Probates etc.’ containing mainly copy wills of the Godolphin, Owen and Lyster families, 1730-1799, namely Henry Godolphin, Provost of the College of Eton, Berkshire, 1730, with codicil, 1731; Rev. Lewis Owen of Wexham, Buckinghamshire, 1735 (recte 1745), proved 1746; Elizabeth Lyster of Penrhos, Montgomeryshire, 1747, proved 1764; Elizabeth Owen [widow of Lewis Owen], 1752, with codicils, 1753, 1756; Margaret Godolphin of Abertanat, 1764; and Ellen Owen of Porkington, 1796; cases and opinions concerning devises in the wills of Francis Lord Godolphin and Margaret Godolphin to Ellen Owen and Francis Owen, 1793, and a bill to Ellen Owen for legal expenses, 1797-1799. The file also contains the administration of Rev. Richard Hughes of Dolgellau, 1826.

Deeds relating to the Drenewydd estate in the parishes of Oswestry and Whittington, 1826. They comprise the will of John Thomas of Drenewydd, 1825, proved 1826; and an attested copy of a lease and release by William Watkin Edward Wynne, Edward Lloyd Williams and Annabella his wife to make Meaburn Tatham tenant to the precipe for suffering a recovery (by William Ormsby Gore) of the Drenewydd estates, 1826

Deeds relating to land purchased from Edward Roberts of Oswestry, 1764-1826, comprising a messuage in Porkington in the parish of Selatyn, bounded by the road from Gyrn Bwch to Oswestry (other boundaries described) together with a pew in Selatyn parish church, and lands called Cae Glas or Cae Tan y Tu, Cae ?Choy, and two pieces of land abutting on the road from Oswestry to Selatyn which were enclosed out of the commons in the manor of Whittington. The deeds include a conveyance by Edward Roberts, Rebecca his wife and her sister, Martha Morris, to Martha’s son Edward Morris, of two moieties of a messuage and lands inherited by the two sisters from their father John Hughes, 1764; a mortgage by Edward Morris of Vron of the messuage and recent allotments of common land, 1784; an assignment by the sisters of Edward Morris and their mortgagee, 1792, and deeds of sale by Elizabeth Morris to John Roberts of Berllan Deg, St Martins, 1795; a mortgage by John Roberts, 1810, followed by an assignment of a term of 500 years by his son, Edward Roberts, to Benjamin Colley of Poynton, Salop, and declaration of uses of a fine, 1814; an abstract of title of Edward Roberts, 1764-1816, approved 1825; various official extracts (1826) from the enclosure award made to Edward Morris in 1784, from parish registers recording marriage, baptism and burial records of John Roberts and family at Selatyn, 1761-1812, and the burial of Benjamin Colley at Ercall Magna, 1816, and from the wills of Benjamin Colley 1809, and of Thomas Panting [a trustee] 1811, both proved in 1816; affidavits; a report and orders issued from the High Court of Chancery in connection with the contracts for this purchase from Edward Roberts and another from John Mytton, 1826; and the deeds of sale to William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife and their trustees, 1826.

Deeds relating to lands in the parish of Selatyn purchased from John Mytton of Halston, 1805-1826. The file includes a feoffment by William Lloyd of Aston to Edward Manning of Oswestry [trustee?], of a the site of a house and land, 1805; a mortgage by Edward Manning to Richard Davies, of the above property and an adjoining piece of land, 1808, followed by an assignment to Francis Campbell of Oswestry, of a newly erected dwelling and the lands, 1818; a conveyance by William Lloyd, Edward Manning and Francis Campbell to John Mytton, 1825; an abstract of title of John Mytton, 1805-1825; an appointment and release by John Mytton to Thomas Netherton Parker and David Pennant, trustees of William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, 1826; and orders, etc. issued by the High Court of Chancery in connection with the contracts for the purchase from John Mytton and another from Edward Roberts, 1826.

Deeds relating to lands at Selatyn purchased by the Brogyntyn trustees from Frederick West of Culham Court, Berkshire, and later of Ruthin Castle, Denbighshire, 1707-1827. They relate to two properties in the township of Porkington, namely Pentre David, formerly owned by Thomas Hanmer, and Hen Plassey (or Blassey), formerly belonging to Edward Kynaston of Hardwick. The documents for Pentre David include a deed to lead uses of recovery on the estate of Thomas Hanmer, 1707; the wills of Thomas Hanmer, 1749/50, proved 1752, Austin Leigh of St John, Westminster [nephew of Thomas Hanmer], 1774, and William Leigh of Oswestry, 1805; a conveyance by the descendant of William Leigh’s trustee and by Rev. George Wasey and Anne Sophia his wife, and the other daughters of John Frodsham and William Frodsham [legatees in the will of William Leigh] to Frederick West, 1822; and the affidavit of Alice Davies of Oswestry, former servant to William Leigh, 1827. The deeds for Hen Plassey include the will of Edward Kynaston, 1771, proved 1772; purchase deeds from his brother Roger Kynaston to William Smith of Shrewsbury, 1786, and from the latter to Thomas Whitehurst of Pen y Clawdd, Chirk, Denbighshire, 1796; the marriage settlement of Thomas Whitehurst the younger and Sarah Edwards of Vivod, Llangollen, 1798; a deed of exchange between Thomas Whitehurst and Mary Jane Ormsby, with a bond of indemnity, 1814; assignment of the bond and conveyance by Thomas Whitehurst and Edward Whitehurst to Frederick West, of the fields comprised in the exchange, 1822; and a deed by the same parties for the sale of Hen Blassey Farm and a double pew in Selatyn church, 1822. The deed of sale includes Hen Blassey, other lands in Lower Porkington, Ty Cefn yr Eglwys and fields (named), with plan incorporated, 1827. Other items comprise an abstract of title, 1771-1825; a release by William Lloyd of Aston of two heriots issuing out of Hen Plassey, 1827; and copies (dated 1822 and 1827) of burial records of Mrs Kynaston, wife of Roger Kynaston, 1766, Victoria Kynaston, 1781, Elizabeth Smith, 1788, all in Shrewsbury, Catherine Whitehurst, 1797, and Sarah Whitehurst, 1821, both in Chirk, Rev. Thomas Hanmer of Selatyn, 1749/50, and William Frodsham of Nether Knutsford, 1809.

Deeds relating to lands in Oswestry purchased from Elizabeth Whitridge and John Davies, devisees in trust of the will of Rev. John Whitridge of Oswestry, and other members of the Whitridge family in 1827. The lands are decribed as part of Gwerglodd Fawr, another piece with a plantation of fir trees lately in the holding of Edward Earl of Powis and John Probert, the middle part of Erw Car, formerly part of Oerley Hall lands on the western side of Oswestry, and other lands in the occupation of Hugh Hughes. The file includes abstracts of deeds, 1810-(Watermark 1820) relating to the estate of Edward Earl of Powis, specifically the rectory of Oswestry and that part of the Oswestry estate comprised in a mortgage of 1798, and coal mines under Oerley Hall and Park Wharf (?Uchaf) leased to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn in 1798; an attested copy of the will and codicil of John Whitridge, 1823-1824; an abstract of title of the trustees named in the will, 1747-1823, and schedule of deeds, 1747-1827; official reports, orders, etc. issued by the High Court of Chancery in connection with the purchase, 1827; and the deeds of sale to William Ormsby Gore and Mary Jane his wife, and their trustees, with a plan incorporated, 1827.