Draft agreement for exchange of Lands between Gertrude, Lady Dinorben of Llysdulas, and Hugh Robert Hughes of Kinmel Park, the genealogist and antiquary, grandson of the Rev. Edward Hughes and nephew of Lord Dinorben (1865).

This material is held atArchifdy Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University Archives

Reference
- GB 222 LLYS/143
Dates of Creation
- n.d.

Scope and Content

The lands to be exchanged by H.R.Hughes were mainly in the parish of Llanwenllwyfo, especially rhe three Rhosmanachs; those by Lady Dinorben were mainly in St. Asaph and Abergele parishes, especially Plas Newydd in the first and Hendre Ucha in the second.

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Llysdulas PapersLLYS

Copy will of William Lewis of Tryslwyn.LLYS/1

Release together with a lease under the Statute of Uses by William Lewis of Llanddyfnan, son and heir of William Lewis of TrysglwynLLYS/2-3

Indenture of four parts arising out of the difficulties of administering the will of William Lewis of Llysdulas (d.1762), in particular relating to the payment of his debts and of the specific benefactions named by himLLYS/4

Exemplification of a recovery suffered of lands in Anglesey.LLYS/5

Will of Margaret Lewis of Llysdulas (19 May, 1784; codicil, 18 April, 1786).LLYS/6

Marriage settlement of Robert Roberts of Maes y Llwyn, Amlwch, surgeon, and Ann Lewis of Llannerch-y-meddLLYS/7

Declaration of trust of a mortgage on Llysdulas for securing £350 and interest by Thomas Williams to the Rev. Edward Hughes.LLYS/8

Apportionment of provisions before limited for the benefit of their children and Revocation of Uses with Declaration of new Uses with regards to Revd. Edward Hughes and wife (Mary, daughter of Chancellor Robert Lewis and niece of William Lewis of Llysdulas, d.1762)LLYS/9

Lease in possession under the Statute of Uses by the Rev. Edward Hughes and others, of his estates in Anglesey, to Rowland Williams of Beaumaris, in order to facilitate the operation of certain trusts and recoveries.LLYS/10-11

Indenture being a recovery deed of five parts,of the Llysdulas estate in Anglesey to the use and behoof of the Rev. Edward Hughes and his son and heir William Lewis HughesLLYS/12-13

Marriage settlement of William Lewis Hughes and Charlotte Margaret Grey, daughter of Ralph William Grey of Backworth House, NorthumberlandLLYS/14

Draft of a codicil to the will of the Rev. Edward Hughes of Kinmel ParkLLYS/15

Copy of the last will and testament of the Rev. Edward Hughes of Llysdulas and Kinmel Park by Abergele.LLYS/16

Six papers relating to the redeeming of mortgage debt of £2,000 by Gertrude, Lady Dinorben [second wife of William Lewis, first Baron] upon a villa in Malta contracted by her sister Penelope Caroline, Princess of Capoa, widow of Carlo Borbone, Prince of Capoa.LLYS/17-22

Four documents relating to the respective wills of the Rev. Edward Hughes and his son the first Lord DinorbenLLYS/23-26

Map, illustrative of a dispute over a right of way claimed by John Griffiths of Carreg Lwyd against William Lewis of Llysdulas (Uncle of Mary, wife of Rev. Edward Hughes)LLYS/27

Deed of exchange between William Lewis of Llysdulas (uncle of Mary, wife of the Rev. Edward Hughes) and the Meyricks of Bodorgan (Owen Meyrick the elder, d. 1760, and Owen Meyrick the younger, d.1770)LLYS/28

Copy of the last will and testament of David Owen of White Friars, London, "chandler, citizen, and mason"LLYS/29

Mortgage by Henry Owen of Wern in Llanddona and Owen Owen his son of the will of David Owen of London and bond of obligation in £400 to perform covenantsLLYS/30-31

Declaration of the Uses of a Fine levied upon certain lands in the parish of Llechylched.LLYS/32

Miscellaneous documents relating to the transaction between a William Griffith and William Lewis of Ty Croes in the parish of LlechylchedLLYS/33-36

Mortgage by Joseph Williams of Glan'rafon (Bach) by Caernarvon to Richard Williams of Gwaenynog upon Penrhyn Ucha in the parish of LlangeinwenLLYS/37

Assignment of judgement by Hester Meyrick of Bodorgan to Rowland Jones of Maesoglan.LLYS/38

Release and release made under the Statute of uses by Robert Davies, clerk, of Llandyfrydog, and Elizabeth his wife, to Edward Owen of Beaumaris of Ty'nylon in the parish of PenmonLLYS/39-40

Marriage settlement of Hugh Owen of Orielton, co. Pembroke (and Bodeon in Anglesey) and Anna Colby, daughter of John Colby late of Bletherston, deceasedLLYS/41

Assignment and ratification of a mortgage upon Derry Issa, parish of Llandyfrydog from Robert Allen and his wife (Beaumaris) and Owen Owen (Aber, co.Carn), to Nicholas Owen, clerk, of Llandyfrydog, to secure £200 and interest.LLYS/42

Assignment of the mortgage on Penrhyn Ucha in the manor of Celliniog, parish of LlangeinwenLLYS/43

Counterpart of a lease by the Rev. Edward Hughes of Llysdulas to William Williams, yeoman, upon the messuage of Ty Du in the parish of Llanfihangel DinsylwyLLYS/44

Counterpart of lease by the Rev. Edward Hughes of Llysdulas to Hugh Hughes, carpenter, upon a house called Hen Efail in the parish of AmlwchLLYS/45

Counterpart lease by the Revd. Edward Hughes of Llysdulas to Robert Jones, yeoman, upon Carreg Biso in the parish of AmlwchLLYS/46

Abstract of title of Sir John Owen, Bart. to certain messuages in the parishes of Llanfeirian, Llangadwaladr, Llangristiolus, etc., and also to certain allotments of Malltraeth and Corsddaugan Marsh in the parishes of Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog and Trefdraeth in the county of Anglesey purchased by the Revd. Edward Hughes, clerk (father of the first Lord Dinorben).LLYS/47

Appointment and release of certain estates in the county of Anglesey in the parishes of Llanfeirian, Llangadwaladr, etc., and particular allotments out of the Malltraeth and Corsddaugan marshes, by Sir John Owen of Orielton in Pembrokeshire (and Bodeon in Anglesey) to William Lewis Hughes, esq., eldest son and heir-at-law of the Rev. Edward Hughes of Kinmel Park, deceasedLLYS/48-51

Release by John Prichard of Gors, parish of Holyhead and Elizabeth his wife, to William Lewis Hughes of Kinmel Park, of the messuage of Bryn y Fuches (about 54 acres in extent) with the appurtenant Ynys Gadarn in Dulas Bay, the messuage bordering on the Llysdulas demesne and being practically surrounded by land already included in the Llysdulas estateLLYS/52

Maps of Bodowen (Bodeon) estate in the cos. in Anglesey and Caernarfon, the property of W. Lewis Hughes, Esq.(afterwards Lord Dinorben).LLYS/53

Lease under the statute of uses by Anne Benjamin, widow of William Benjamin, and younger daughter of David Thomas, to William Lewis Hughes of Kinmel Park (afterwards Lord Dinorben), of the messuage of Ffynnon Wen and two gardens lying upon a tract of land called Moelfre in the parish of St. George, co. Denbigh. Release consideration : £80LLYS/54

Documents (12) relating to various quillets and closes of land in Amlwch which belonged as of right to the Bishops of Bangor for the time beingLLYS/55-66

Release with a lease under the Statute of Uses by Thomas James Owen of Lambeth to William Lewis Hughes of Kinmel Park, of Ty'n Lon in the parish of Penmon Consideration, £100LLYS/67-68

Release by Thomas James Owen of Lambeth, coach-painter, and others, to William Lewis Hughes of Kinmel Park, of his one-fifth share in Hafod Onnen, parish of Amlwch, and Bryn y Fuches in Llanwenllwyfo, for a consideration of £250.LLYS/69

Documents (6) being deeds of mortgage, further charges, covenants to produce title-deeds relating to Berth Hwfa in the parish of TrefdraethLLYS/70-75

Lease by William Lewis, Lord Dinorben, to James Hughes of Llysdulas (his younger brother), Stephen Roose of Amlwch, and Thomas Williams of Beaumaris, upon the copper and other ore under Rhosmanach Ganol, Rhosmanach Ucha, Brynyfuches, and Cae Glan y Mor in the parish of Llanwenllwyfo; 21 years; royalty "one full and clear tenth part share or dish, of all copper ore, etc .... raised or brought to grass out of the said premises".LLYS/76

Lease by Lord Dinorben to Sir R. B. Williams Bulkeley, Bart., and others of a moiety of Parys Mine; 21 years.LLYS/77

Lease by William Lewis Hughes of Kinmel Park (afterwards the first Lord Dinorben) to William Edwards of Llangefni, druggist, and William Owen of the same, draper, upon the coal mined upon two several allotments of Malltraeth and Corsddaugan Marsh (marked 11 and 14 upon the Commissioners' award), usually known as the Glan Traeth colliery;LLYS/78-80

Disentailing conveyance by William Lewis, Lord Dinorben, to Lawrence Walker of Gray's Inn, of the Lleiniog and other lands in Anglesey.LLYS/81

Documents (29) relating to the mortgages, assignments, and re-assignments upon Derry Issa in LlandyfrydogLLYS/82-110

Lease by Lord Dinorben to Henry Jones of Nebo by Amlwch upon a plot of ground, being part of Mynydd y Graywen situate in that village, 74 yards by 62 Term 3 lives; £1 a year.LLYS/111

Duplicate Lease by Lord Dinorben to Richard Parry upon Llanrhos y llech in the parish of Llaneilian Term : 60 Years, at £1 annual rent.LLYS/112

Conveyance by Henry William (second) Marquess of Anglesey and his mortgagees, to Gertrude, Lady Dinorben, of Rhosfadog (91 acres) and Tyddyn y Colyn (34 acres), both in the parish of Llanwenllwyfo; Consideration, £2.345.LLYS/113-114

Conveyance with map and schedule of the lands, by Henry Webster, proprietor of the Amlwch Vitriol Works, and his mortgagees, of the farm of Derry Issa in the parish of Llandyfrydog to Gertrude, Lady Dinorben.LLYS/115-116

Deed of recovery upon the one-eighth part of Derry Fawr, parish of Llandyfrydog, lately divided and allotted by virtue of a decree of the Court of Chancery (Great Sessions of Anglesey), which includes Tyfadog, two parcels of Gadfa, and an undivided eighth part of the turbary of Derry Fawr; by Anne Roberts of Beaumaris, widow, Anthony Walker of Beaumaris, and Margaret Ann Lewis his wife, to John Evans of Caernarvon, the well known attorney of Porth yr Aur.LLYS/117-126

Lease by Hugh Robert Hughes of Kinmel Park (nephew of the first Lord Dinorben) to the Trustees of the Liverpool Docks of the telegraph station and lands adjoining on Llaneilian mountain Term : 21 years, from 29 September, 1841; 20/- a year.LLYS/127

Lease with counterpart by the Revd. Edward Hughes of Greenfield Hall, co. Flint, to Hugh Jones of Tyddyn Iorwerth in Penrhoslligwy, upon Rhos Fadog in the parish of Llanwenllwyfo; two lives, the life of H. Jones himself and that of his son John, aged 6 in 1788; £20 annual rentLLYS/128-132

LeaseLLYS/133

Lease by Gertrude, Lady Dinorben, to Benjamin Roose of Amlwch upon the house and premises called Frondeg Term : 21 years, to commence on 12 November 1858; £50 a year.LLYS/134

Lease with counterpart by Gertrude, Lady Dinorben, to Robert Williams upon the farm of Gwaunfynydd in the parish of Llechylched Term : 21 years, at £84 a year.LLYS/135-136

Lease by Gertrude Lady Dinorben (second wife of the first Baron Dinorben) to Messrs. H. and R. Hughes, of Berw Uchaf Colliery and of the surface and adjoining lands in the parish of Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog for 21 years; commencing date of lease, 12 November 1847; surface rent, £40 a year; royalty, one-twelfth of produce.LLYS/137-138

Lease with counterpart by Gertrude, Lady Dinorben, to John Hughes upon Pen'rorsedd farm, parish of Llanrhwydrus Term : 21 years, at an annual rent of £146.LLYS/139-141

Confirmation by C. Bunt Dyer to the Clerk of the Peace for co. Anglesey "of the lock up House at Amlwch"LLYS/142

Draft agreement for exchange of Lands between Gertrude, Lady Dinorben of Llysdulas, and Hugh Robert Hughes of Kinmel Park, the genealogist and antiquary, grandson of the Rev. Edward Hughes and nephew of Lord Dinorben (1865).LLYS/143

Conveyance by Thomas Peers Williams and John Williams to Gertrude, Lady Dinorben, of lands in the several parishes of Llanbadrig (chiefly the Isallt messuage) and Penmon (Drylliau Brynmawr, being a quillet in Lleiniog farm); Consideration, £1,950.LLYS/144-145

Lease with counterpart by Gertrude, Lady Dinorben, to Henry Brasier Mitchell of Gorffwysfa near Bangor, upon the farm of Lleiniog in the parish of Penmon Term : 21 years, at £100 a year; term to commence, 25 March 1867.LLYS/146-147

Conveyance by the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Bangor (Dr James Colquhoun Campbell), with the approval of the Church Estates Commissioners, to Gertrude, Lady Dinorben , of "two quillets pieces or parcels of ground situate ..... on the South East side of the Stables belonging to the house called Ty Mawr otherwise the Dinorben Arms Hotel in the town of Amlwch"; about one rood, five perches in area; consideration, £105.LLYS/148-149

Abstract of the will of Henry William (second) Marquess of Anglesey, so far as it relates to the devise of his estates in the county of Anglesey - for the perusal of B. Roose, esq., on behalf of Gertrude, Lady Dinorben, the purchaser of certain lots at the sale by auction at the Bull Inn, Llangefni (26 September 1867).LLYS/150

Agreement for farm-letting on the Llysdulas estate Edward Owen for Penrhyn Ucha in Llangeinwen; John Jones for Tyddyn Bwrdais in Llangadwaladr; Richard Evans for Morfa'r Brenin allotment, and Richard Roberts for Cae'r Sech, both in Llangristiolus; Hugh Evans for Parc Mawr, Thomas Jones for Tyddyn Botwm, John Roberts for Tyddyn Bach, and Ann Williams for Perth Hwfa, all four in the parish of Trefdraeth. Printed conditions of the letting attached to agreement.LLYS/151-158

Statement of the title of Hugh Robert Hughes of Kinmel Park to land and hereditaments in co. Anglesey forming part of the Parkia estate (in Llanallgo)LLYS/159

Conveyance by the trustees under the will of the late Marquess of Anglesey to Gertrude, Lady Dinorben, of various lots of land contiguous to the village of Pensarn, parishes of Llaneilian and Llanwenllwyfo Consideration, £726. Map and schedule attached.LLYS/160

Counterpart lease by Gertrude, Lady Dinorben, to John Lewis upon the farm of Ty'nycoed in the parish of Amlwch Term : 21 years, at £14 a year.LLYS/161

Abstract of title of Mr Joseph Lewis to certain premises called Bryntirion situate at Moelfre in the parish of Llanallgo.LLYS/162

Agreement for farm-letting : Thomas Edwards for Ty Main in the parish of St. Peter's Newborough.LLYS/163

Lease with counteraprt by Gertrude, Lady Dinorben, to Thomas Fanning Evans of Mona Lodge, Amlwch upon Llanlliana farm and lime-kiln; 21 years; rents and dues - for the farm, £60 a year; for the kiln, five-eighths of one penny for every quarter measure of lime to be made, burnt, or produced.LLYS/164-166

Assignment by Owen Jones of Amlwch of the lease upon the Dinorben Arms Hotel in Amlwch with all appurtenances to Rochfort Connor, Inland Revenue Officer, Beaumaris Consideration, £900LLYS/167-172

Lease with counterpartLLYS/173-174

Counterpart lease by the Hon. Lady Neave of Llysdulas to Messrs. John and Charles F. Richardson of London of the Rhosmanach (in this doct. Rhosmanerch) Mines in the Rhosmanach district in the parishes of Llaneilian and Llanwenllwyfo Term : 21 yearsLLYS/175

Conveyance by the Right. Hon. The Earl Amherst and Edmund Hope Verney of Rhianva, Commander R.N., at the request of the Hon. Lady Neave to H.B. Mitchell, Esq., the Hon. C.W. More Smyth, of the Glybcoed and Tyddyn Bach lots (over 200 acres) in Llanwenllwyfo; consideration, £7,270.LLYS/176-178

Conveyance by the Right Hon. John Roberts, Earl Sydney, and Lord Clarence Paget (at the request of the Hon. Lady Neave) to Henry B. Mitchell and the Hon. C.W.M.Smyth of messuages, lands, and hereditaments in the parishes of Amlwch and Llaneilian to the uses of the will of Lord DinorbenLLYS/179-180

Draft lease by the Honourable Lady Neave (Gwen Gertrude Hughes, daughter of Lord Dinorben by his second marriage, and married to Sir Arundell Neave of Dagnam Park in 1871) to Mr William Roberts upon Derri Farm in Llanwenllwyfo.LLYS/181

Declaration of identity by W. G. Haslam of Menai Bridge (5 April, 1879) in relation to the sale of certain estates in the parishes of Amlwch and Llaneilian(by the Marquis of Anglesey to the Hon. Lady Neave)LLYS/182

Memorandum of agreement between Henry Brasier Mitchell, agent for Lady Neave, and William Arthur Hills of Queensferry, co. Flint, chemical manufacturer; latter given liberty for two years to mine for copper, lead, and other ores, in the Llanlliana district (farms of Llanlliana, Bryn Llywelyn, Tydu); and including Dinas Hill; annual rent, £5, and one-eighteenth part of the produce clear of all expenses; further provisions if this take-note be superseded by a lease.LLYS/183

Memorandum of agreementLLYS/184

Lease by the Hon. Lady Neave to Thomas Jones upon a farm called Corbwll in the parish of Llaneilian (not Llanielian) Term : 21 years, at £17 a year.LLYS/185

Terms of agreement for compromise by the defendants in the case of Neave v. Parys Copper Corporation (H.C.J., Queen's Bench Division, 1883, no.422).LLYS/186

Counterpart lease by the Hon. Lady Neave to Thomas Fanning Evans of Amlwch upon the moiety of the Parys Mine with lands adjoining for 21 years upon royalty terms varying with the selling price of copper and other ores producedLLYS/187-189

Conveyance by the Hon. Lady Neave and others to the Rev. John Celynydd Rees and others of a piece of land with the Baptist chapel called Sardis and minister's house theron situate in the parish of LlanwenllwyfoLLYS/190

Award of W.A. Dew (Messrs. W. Dew & Son, auctioneers and valuers, Bangor) regarding the fit and proper price to be paid by Sir R.H. Williams Bulkeley to Lady Neave for three farms in the parishes of Llaniestyn and Llanfihangel Dinsylwy. Total area a little over 234 acres; price fixed £5,150.LLYS/191

Document relating to the messuage of Tyddyn Mawr (later more commonly known as Bryn y Mor) in the parishes of Llaneilian and LlanwenllwyfoLLYS/192-198

Conveyance by the Hon. Lady Neave to Thomas Williams, timber merchant, of a piece of land in the town and parish of Amlwch Consideration, £28.LLYS/199

Agreements (7) between the 4th Marquis of Anglesey and the Hon. Lady Neave and 7 persons of AmlwchLLYS/200-206

Agreement between the 4th Marquis of Anglesey and the Hon. Lady Neave and Mr John Roberts for sale and purchase of premises known as part of Pen y Bonc in the parish of Amlwch, in the County of Anglesey.LLYS/207

Agreement between the 4th Marquis of Anglesey and the Hon. Lady Neave and Miss Mary Owen for sale and purchase of premises known as part of Pen y Bonc in the parish of Amlwch, in the county of Anglesey.LLYS/208

Agreement between the 4th Marquis of Anglesey and the Hon. Lady Neave and Mr John Jones for sale and purchase of premises known as Tanrallt in the parish of Amlwch, in the county of Anglesey.LLYS/209

Agreement between the 4th Marquis of Anglesey and the Hon. Lady Neave and Mrs Mary Jones for sale and purchase of premises known as Tanrallt in the parish of Amlwch, in the county of Anglesey.LLYS/210

Acknowledgements of the right to production of conveyance of premises in Amlwch and Rhosybol between the 4th Marquis of Anglesey and the Hon. Lady Neave and othersLLYS/211-218

Acknowledgement of the right to production of conveyance of premises between the 4th Marquis of Anglesey and the Hon. Lady Neave and Mr John Jones touching upon premises known as Tanrallt in the parish of Amlwch in the county of Anglesey.LLYS/219

Acknowledgement of the right to production of conveyance of premises between the 4th Marquis of Anglesey and the Hon. Lady Neave and Miss Ellen Parry and another touching upon premises known as Rhwnc in the parish of Amlwch, in the county of Anglesey.LLYS/220

Acknowledgement of the right to production of conveyance of premises between the 4th Marquis of Anglesey and the Hon. Lady Neave and Mr Richard RobertsLLYS/221

Conveyance by the Hon. Lady Neave to Edward Morgan Jones, tobacco manufacturer, of a parcel of ground in Amlwch on the Bull Bay Road Consideration, £192.1.6; map attached.LLYS/222

Counterpart lease by the Hon. Lady Neave to James P. Leche of Liverpool, wine merchant, upon the Dinorben Hotel in Amlwch Term : 21 years, at £120 a year, term to commence 13 November 1899LLYS/223-226

Draft lease by the Hon. Lady Neave to Richard Hughes of Nant Norman, farmer, upon the dwelling-house called Plas Isallt in Llanbadrig (1 rood, 33 perches); 99 years, at £3 a year, to commence 29 September 1897. Map attached.LLYS/227

Conveyance by the Hon. Lady Neave and her Trustees to Richard Robinson Jones of Amlwch, chemist, of a parcel of land of 1,265 square yards and having a frontage of 60 feet on the road to Bull Bay Consideration, £94.17.6.LLYS/228

Agreement between Dame Gertrude Neave, widow, and Sir Thomas L. H. Neave, Bart. (one part) and the Twrcelyn Rural District Council (other part) regarding a footpath and recreation ground near Llanlleiana Head in the parish of Llanbadrig.LLYS/229

Lease by Robert Owen of Glan'rafon, Llaneilian, to the Hon. Dame Gwyn Gertrude Neave, of a way for horses, cattle, cars, etc. from the farm of Castell Maelgwyn in Llanwenllwyfo over Tyddyn Main to the road leading to Llannerch-y-medd; 2/- a year rentLLYS/230

Agreement between Dame Gwyn Gertrude Neave and Sir Thomas L.H. Neave, Bart., and the parish council of Llaneilian over the Point Lynas footpath controversy; reference to the Council's contention that public footpaths over Balog and Pant-y-groes farms had been obstructed and to the owner's denial that such paths were for the public; both sides agreed to refer the question to Mr L.W. Chubb, Secretary of the ..... Footpaths Preservation Society.LLYS/231

Conveyance by Alfred Savill and another to Miss Mary G. C. Neave (sister of Sir Thomas L.H. Neave, Bart.) of certain lands and hereditaments in the county of Anglesey, viz., Derry Issa in Llandyfrydog, Tyfadog in the same parish, etc., all of which had been made the subject of a decision by Mr. Justice Astbury in the Chancery Division. Savill and others were defendants in the action, and had been trustees under the will of Gertrude, Lady Dinorben.LLYS/232

Altered apportionment of tithe rent charge under the Tithe Acts, 1836-1918; parish of Amlwch.LLYS/233

Document relating to a contract and conditions of sale by Lady Hughes-Hunter (Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of William Bulkeley Hughes of Plas Coch, and widow of Sir Charles Hughes-Hunter, Bart.) to Sir Thomas L. H. Neave, Bart., of Llysdulas, of certain quillets or parcels of land in the parish of Llanbadrig, lying intermixed with the Isallt portion of the Llysdulas estate; purchase money, £150.LLYS/234-236

Release with a lease under the Statute of Uses by John Williams of Wardour Street in the parish of St. Ann, Soho, and Mary his wife, of lands at Warren, parish of Bodfari, co. Flint, to John Twist of Bodfari and Thomas Roberts of Henllan, one being a trustee to prevent the dower of Mary Williams.LLYS/237-240

Abstract of title to premises in Tirhirgroen otherwise Nant in Hirgroen, commonly called Nant, parish of Abergele, of Robert Davies, yeomanLLYS/241

Assignment of a mortgage for the residue of a term of 500 years from William Parry of Rhyd by the direction of John Twist, timber merchant, and his trustee, to Thomas Dawson of Nant by Meliden for securing £400 and lawful interest. The land concerned was the messuage of Warren in Bodfari.LLYS/242

Memorandum of agreement between Pierce Wynne Yorke of Dyffryn Aled and the Rev. George Strong, one of the Vicars-Choral of the Cathedral Church of St. AsaphLLYS/243

Agreement and undertaking between Richard Parry the elder, of Warfield, co.Berks, and Richard Parry the younger, son and heir, of the parish of St. George, Hanover Square and the Rev. Edward Hughes of Kinmel Park, for a sale to the latter of certain freehold estates lying in the several parishes of Abergele and Saint George, co. Denbigh; there was also a somewhat complicated undertaking to procure the execution of a deed of release and appointment in which a certain Charles Goodwin of Farndon in Cheshire was an interested party.LLYS/244

Lease and release by Lewis Hughes of the Cottage by St. Asaph to Pierce Wynne Yorke of Dyffryn Aled, of that quillet or parcel of land called Dryll Erwau Hirion, three roods and 23 perches, in the township of Meiriadog; consideration, £42.LLYS/245

Release in fee with a deed of covenant for the production of title deeds, preceded by a lease under the Statute of Uses, by Pierce Wynne Yorke of Dyffryn Aled to the Rev. Edward Hughes of Kinmel ParkLLYS/246-248

Indenture sexpartite with a lease under the Statute of Uses by which Hendre Ucha and several other substantial messuages and tenements in the Abergele district were conveyed by Elizabeth Giffard, spinster, of Nerquis Hall in Flintshire, to William Lewis Hughes (later the first Lord Dinorben), for a consideration of £5,550.LLYS/249-250

Certificate by the Commissioners of H.M.'s Woods, Forests and Revenues of having sold to William Lewis Hughes (afterwards Lord Dinorben) an allotment or parcel of common land in the parish of Abergele, the bounds of which are particularly described in an accompanying map; consideration, £130.LLYS/251

Release with a lease under the Statute of Uses by John Maddocks of Fron Yw and Glan y Wern in Denbighshire, in conjunction with his Trustees, to William Lewis Hughes (first Lord Dinorben) of two parcels of land in the parish of Henllan; consideration, £360.LLYS/252-254

Report upon the state of Kinmel and Lleweny EstatesLLYS/255

Conveyance by Richard Sankey of Nant, parish of Meliden, to Lord Dinorben of "a quillet piece or parcel of land now forming part of a field called Gwndwn lying close to the Town of Abergele", part of the freehold property devised by will (10 April,1833) by Charles Sankey to his son Richard; consideration, £63.LLYS/256

Documents attesting the somewhat rapid transfer of interest in certain leasehold premises in Abergele fronting the Turnpike RoadLLYS/257-262

Release and covenant by Hugh Robert Hughes of Kinmel to Gertrude, Lady Dinorben, that he has received from her certain sums of money which the late lord Dinorben had received for lands sold by him to the Trustees under Acts of Parliament for preventing encroachment by the sea (parishes of Abergele and Rhuddlan), and for securing an equality of exchange of land with John Price of Llanrhaiadr Hall - all this in order to carry out certain clauses in the wills of the Rev. Edward Hughes and Lord Dinorben respectively.LLYS/263

Counterpart lease by Gertrude Lady Dinorben, to George Searby of London, upon the copper and other minerals under 194 acres of land at Plasnewydd in the parish of St. Asaph but in the county of Denbighshire (see map on fourth skin); term, 21 years; royalty rent or dues, one twelfth of produce.LLYS/264