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- 1582-1933 (Creation)
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4 folders. Several letters are incomplete.
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Letters of various individuals connected to the families of Maurice, Owen, Ormsby-Gore and Godolphin through marriage, friendship or business and a small number of items where neither the author nor the recipient can be identified, 1582-1933.
They comprise letters to, from or about the Wynn family of Glyn, 1596-1690 (whose correspondents include Hugh Pennant, [c. 1663]), Anne Jones of Clenennau, 1679-1695, Rowlands of Nant, [1680s], Glynne of Eleirnion, [1680s]-1703, Humphrey Humphreys, 1700, Waller [of Castletown], 1706-1710, James Brynker, 1724, John Egerton, 1756, Edward Lloyd of Llanforda, 1680, the Seymour family, 1831-1868, Frank Weston, 1914, and others, 1582-1933. Topics include threats of invasions by the Spanish 1596, and the French, 1743; genealogies of Glynne of Glynllifon, [1605] and Gore, 1912; collection of the ship mise in Merionethshire, 1618; Sir Robert Owen 's dispute with Col. William Price of Rhiwlas over land in Gest, 1679-[c. 1694]; estate business of Margaret Lloyd of Cesail Gyfarch, 1729; claims on the estates of Richard Clayton, 1735, and of Robert Godolphin Owen, 1793; church administration in Llanyblodwel and elsewhere, [1730s?], 1756, 1868, 1914; parliamentary elections in Montgomeryshire, 1774 and Leitrim, 1874; the compulsory purchase of Oswestry Corporation property for improving access to London Bridge, 1831; complaints about the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, 1854; the Crimean War, 1855; First World War action against the Turks, 1918; and other items of national and international news. - - - The Stuart correspondence (mainly copies) includes James I to Sir George Calvert on the priveleges of the House of Commons, 1621; the Covenanters to the Earl of Essex, 1639; Sir William Temple to the Countess of Essex on the death of her daughter, [pre-1699]; and others, on the Oath of Allegiance, [1606], the rebellion and conquest of Ireland, 1649-1652, and the character of Sir George Jeffreys, 1680.
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Arranged chronologically, with undated items, fragments and stray envelopes at the end.
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Preferred citation: PEF1.
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- Church management -- England -- Llanyblodwel.
- Crimean War, 1853-1856.
- Elections -- Wales -- Montgomeryshire.
- Elections -- Ireland -- Leitrim.
- Ships -- Taxation -- Wales -- Merioneth.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Turkey.
- Great Britain -- History -- Invasions.
- Ireland -- History -- 1649-1660.
- Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714.
- London Bridge (London, England)
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- Oswestry (England). Corporation (Subject)
- Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway. (Subject)
- Pennant, Hugh, d. 1669 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Jones, Anne, of Clenennau, d. 1705 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Humphreys, Humphrey, 1648-1712 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Brynker, James, 1668-1740 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Egerton, John, 1721-1787 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Lloyd, Edward, 1635-1681 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Weston, Frank, 1871-1924 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Owen, Robert, Sir, 1658-1698 (Subject)
- Clayton, Richard, of Lea Hall d. 1724 -- Estate. (Subject)
- Owen, Robert Godolphin, 1733-1792 -- Estate. (Subject)
- Lloyd, Margaret, of Gesail Gyfarch, d. 1759. (Subject)
- Jeffreys, George Jeffreys, Baron, 1644 or 5-1689 (Subject)
- Jones, Anne, of Clenennau, d. 1705. (Subject)
- Brynker, James, 1668-1740. (Subject)
- Egerton, John, 1721-1787. (Subject)
- Lloyd, Edward, 1635-1681 (Subject)
- Weston, Frank, 1871-1924. (Subject)
- Wynn family, of Glyn and Ystumcegid -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Waller family, of Castletown -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Glynne family, of Eleirnion -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Rowlands family, of Nant -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Glynne family, of Glynllifon. (Subject)
- Waller family, of Castletown. (Subject)
- Seymour family, Marquesses of Hertford. (Subject)
- Glynne family, of Eleirnion. (Subject)
- Rowlands family, of Nant. (Subject)
- Humphreys, Humphrey, 1648-1712 (Subject)