Pen yr Orsedd Papers

Collection comprises material relating to Thomas Prys and his descendants, the Hughes family, of Pen yr Orsedd (sometimes referred to as Tyn yr Orsedd) including: 

• Rent receipts and papers relating to the will of Thomas Prys, 1751-1808
• Notebook in shorthand written by Grace Hughes, on sermons, texts and preachers in the Llanrhuddlad/Cemlyn area, 1837-1840
• Letters to Owen Hughes, from his mother Grace and others, 1840-1845
• Account of property left by Catherine Hughes of Monachdy, 1847
• Sundry account book for Pen yr Orsedd, 1850-1852
• Highway rate book for the parish of Llanrhwydrus, 1858-1873
• Inventory of goods and chattels of John Hughes, 1871
• Apportionment of rents, tithes and rates for Ty fatw, Llanrhwydrus, 1873
• Miscellaneous letters, bills and receipts

Pen yr Orsedd, Cemlyn, is situated in the parish of Llanrhwydrus, Anglesey. Property at Pen yr Orsedd was occupied by Grace Thomas (1807-1885), a daughter of Owen Thomas, who married John Hughes of Monachdy (1800-1870). They had a son, Owen Hughes, who married Margaret Williams of Llanfwrog, Anglesey. Grace Thomas was a descendent of Thomas Prys (or Price), who died ca. 1807.

Material is arranged according to type, then in chronological order and incorporated into the General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts .

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Description compiled by Anne Lenaghan, March 2002.

Item level word-processed list is available at the Archives Department of the University of Wales, Bangor. Reference numbers: General Collection of Bangor Manuscripts: 636-641

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