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[Corwen documents]  Deeds to The Royal Oak Inn & Other Property
An 1839 mortgage and an 1840 additional mortgage, both signed by innkeeper John Peters.  The loan covered 8 houses in Corwen, of which The Royal Oak was one.  Both deeds are in manuscript on parchment.  The pair (ref 464/34)  £20.00
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[Corwen document]  Property Deed concerning the Related Smith and Jones families
This 1858 conveyance of an acre plot of land called Cae tan y bryn otherwise known as Cae-yn-y-bryn is a dream for both the family and local historian.  It refers back to much property left in the will of Erasmus Jones (d 1850) which eventually devolved to his brother Thomas (d 1853, leaving 10 children) and his sister Elizabeth Smith (who had 6 children).  For the family historian all 16 children are named, and for the local historian the deed contains a schedule of earlier transactions going back to 1622 showing parties involved.   In the schedule is mention of a court case between the two related families which the family historian will undoubtedly wish to follow up.  Manuscript on 4 large parchment sheets, bearing signatures of 7 Smiths.  (ref 464/36)  £18.00
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[Corwen document]  Conveyance of Cottages on Corwen Mount
This 1855 deed records the sale of 'five messuages cottages or dwellinghouses.....now or late in the occupation of Grace Jones, David Davies and David Williams [and] 'two messuages cottages or dwellinghouses.....now or late in the occupation of William Williams and Evan Thomas.....and also a loft over the house in the holding of the said Evan Thomas formerly in the occupation of Ellin Jones and since in the occupation of Margaret Bleyddyn.....but now unoccupied.....'.  Manuscript on single large parchment sheet.  (ref 464/37)  £12.50
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[Corwen document]  Conveyance of Cottages and Land
This 1830 pair of deeds records the sale of 3 cottages at Pen y bryn and 3 fields called Cae tan y Ty, Cae bach and Y Fydd, left in the will of Margaret Roberts to her children Robert Owens of Cwybyr in the parish of Rhyddlan, Flintshire, and Jane Jones of Croesfan in the parish of Llangwm, Denbighshire.  The two documents have been joined together, but each one bears the signatures Robt Owens and Jane Jones.   Manuscript on 3 large parchment sheets - old water damage has dissolved some of the ink  and parts are now unreadable.  (ref 464/38)  £15.00
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Harlech Castle
HM Office of Works official guide, 1924. 19pp booklet + 3 photo ills + folding ground plan. Blue thin card covers. A little dog-eared, generally G. £1.00   UK post-free

The Merioneth Lay Subsidy Roll 1292-3
Edited by Keith Williams-Jones, 1976. 144+136pp inc index, 3 maps. An early list of tax payers, the 1st 144pp being an invaluable background to the scene both locally and generally. M in VG d/w. (ref 2318) £7.50

Another Copy
This one is ex-Glamorgan Record Office Library, their stamp at bottom corner of title page.  F copy except for a stain on the title-page, the d/w is worn along the top edge and there's a lib class mark in ink at the top of its spine.  (ref 252/137)  £5.00

A Calendar ofthe Merioneth Quarter Sessions Rolls - Vol 1: 1733-1765
Merioneth County Council, 1965.  Large 8vo, 376pp inc 2 indexes, 5 plates, folding map of parishes and townships.  Nice clean copy in grubby & worn d/w.  Ex-Glamorgan Record Office Library, their stamp in lower corner of title-page, lib class mark in ink at top of spine of d/w.  (ref 252/141)  £25.00

Another Copy - Nice clean copy in quite worn and sunned d/w.  (ref 5111)  £30.00