File 72/3 - ‘Papers relating to J.E. Parry’s estate’ and Penrhos estate vouchers

Large bundle of vouchers, account books, loose accounts and letters, 1856-1876, labelled ‘Papers relating to J.E. Parry’s estate taken from Mr Jones’s side table 18 April 1876’, referring to John Edward Parry, agent of the Glyn estate, Talsarnau. These papers also include a packet of vouchers from the Penrhos estate, Montgomeryshire, 1870-1871. The whole file has now been divided into six smaller bundles for convenience of handling. As expected, some of the content derives from J.E. Parry’s management of the Glyn estate. Many other vouchers and accounts relate to building work for J.E. Parry at Moelygarnedd, Bala, by Richard Roberts, William Evans, Edward Jones and others, 1872-1875; and there are traced plans of Moelygarnedd, 1873-1875. Other items include bank books of John E. Parry in account with the National Provincial Bank of England, and Cassons and Co, Portmadoc, 1856-1875; a licence to kill game, 1873; and a report by Howell Hedd Lloyd Clough and [?] Williams on the mineral lordship of Mold, 1872. The letters are mostly to or by J.E. Parry, and occasionally William Ormsby Gore. Correspondents include Parry’s agent or foreman, Richard Roberts (in Welsh) concerning the building work and grounds at Moelygarnedd, 1873-1875; T.H. Clough of Ruthin, about Parry’s request for a lease on the College Plantation, Bala, 1873; Robert Jones of Bryn Tegid on the necessity of widening Llanycil Bridge, 1875; and A.A. Passingham on behalf of the Local Board, requesting Moelygarnedd land to create a reservoir near Bala, 1875. The Penrhos estate vouchers relate mostly to building repairs and work on the timber plantations, 1870-1871.