Plas Brondanw Estate Records,

Correspondence, 1732-[1820], of the Williams and Ellis family; and deeds and documents, 1611-1838, relating to properties mainly in Merionethshire and Caernarfonshire, together with genealogical material and a brief history of Plas Brondanw.

The Ellis family can be traced back to Thomas Ellis (d. 1703), of Porthdinllaen, Edern, Caernarfonshire. His eldest son was the Venerable John Ellis (1721-1785), rector of Bangor, chancellor of Bangor Cathedral and Archdeacon of Merioneth. His heir was the Rev. Thomas Ellis (d. 1833). He was succeeded by the Rev. John Williams-Ellis (1808-1882), who adopted the name of Williams on inheriting the Brondanw estates. He married Harriet Ellen, only child of James Henry Clough, of Plas Clough, Denbighshire, in 1831. His eldest son, Thomas Parr Clough (1832-1897) succeeded to the Plas Clough estate in 1878 and assumed by royal licence the name of Clough in accordance with the will of his grandfather. His second son, the Rev. John Clough Williams-Ellis (1833-1913) succeeded to the Glasfryn and Brondanw estates.

Arranged chronologically into two sections: correspondence, and deeds and documents.

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Deposited by Mr Clough Williams-Ellis, Plas Brondanw, Llanfrothen, pre-1941.

The Ellis family can be traced back to Thomas Ellis (d. 1703), of Porthdinllaen, Edern, Caernarfonshire. His eldest son was the Venerable John Ellis (1721-1785), rector of Bangor, chancellor of Bangor Cathedral and Archdeacon of Merioneth. His heir was the Rev. Thomas Ellis (d. 1833). He was succeeded by the Rev. John Williams-Ellis (1808-1882), who adopted the name of Williams on inheriting the Brondanw estates. He married Harriet Ellen, only child of James Henry Clough, of Plas Clough, Denbighshire, in 1831. His eldest son, Thomas Parr Clough (1832-1897) succeeded to the Plas Clough estate in 1878 and assumed by royal licence the name of Clough in accordance with the will of his grandfather. His second son, the Rev. John Clough Williams-Ellis (1833-1913) succeeded to the Glasfryn and Brondanw estates.

Title supplied from contents of fonds.

Hard copies of the catalogue are available at NLW and HMC (now part of TNA).

June 2001.

Compiled by Mair James.

The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Burke's Landed Gentry, Burke's Landed Gentry (London, 18th ed., 3 vols, 1965-1972), vol I.; Nicholas, Thomas, Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales, (London, 2 vols, 1872), vol. I-II;

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Action: All records deposited at NLW have been retained..

Accruals are not expected.

Further papers relating to the estate, 1906-1943, are National Library of Wales, Sir Clough Williams-Ellis Papers. Photocopies of estate and family letters and accounts and title deeds, 1615-1865, are NLW Facs 47-51. The location of the originals is currently unknown.

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