Series JAA2 - Machynlleth title deeds

Title deeds of houses, tenements and lands in the town and parish of Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, 1440-1697, and in the townships of Isygarreg, 1560-1683, and Uwchygarreg, 1567-1694. The early deeds provide information about the layout of the town in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, together with the names and occupations of some of the inhabitants, notably in the textile and glove-making trades. Some files record streets which still exist and their earlier alternative names. The deeds record acquisitions mainly by the Pughe family of Mathafarn during the seventeenth century. Other prominent names include Oliver Herbert, the families of Owen, Vaughan and ap Richard/Prichard of Machynlleth, Ll'n ap Res ap Ieuan ap Gwilkoc and his descendants, and occasionally, Owen of Peniarth. Witnesses include bailiffs of the town.