Mortgages by members of the Pughe family and and associated documents, relating to properties of the Mathafarn estate and the manor of Cyfeiliog, mainly in the parishes of Darowen, Llanbryn-mair, Llanwrin, Machynlleth and Penegoes, Montgomeryshire, and Mallwyd in Merioneth, 1569-1734. One file concerns the Llwydiarth estate in Tal-y-llyn and Pennal, 1578-1621. Some of the properties were mortgaged several times between 1635 and 1718, and these included a capital messuage in Machynlleth, other premises in the townships of Isygarreg and Uwchygarreg, Machynlleth; the capital messuage of Mathafarn, the mills, Bryn Melyn, Keven y Gader, etc. in Llanwrin, Tal yr Henbont, and other properties in Machynlleth; the manor of Cyfeiliog, the ffriths in Cemais, Llanbryn-mair and Darowen, four tenements and the mills upon the premises; Cwm yr Angell or Gartheiniog Farm, and Nant Hir in the parish of Mallwyd, Cefn y Gader in Glynceirig, Llanwrin, a forge at Goeddol, Llanwrin Farm, Gwerne Y Stabley, the corn and fulling mills, etc. in the parishes of Llanwrin and Mallwyd. Later mortgages relate to Gwern y Berethen in Darowen, Llanwrin Farm and Machynlleth properties, 1725-1734.