Lligwy Papers A collection of 1688 items consisting of, family papers (settlements, wills etc.) of the Irbys of Lincolnshire, represented by Sir Anthony Irby the elder, Anthony Irby, the younger, Sir Edward Irby, Sir William Irby, 1st Baron Boston; George, 3rd Baron Boston and George Ives, 4th Baron Boston, 1603-1873. It includes papers and documents relating to the Paget family, 1625-1771, and particularly to William, 4th Lord Paget; William 5th Lord Paget and William 6th Lord Paget (his second wife was a daughter of Sir Anthony Irby the elder); Henry, Earl of Uxbridge (first creation) and Henry, Earl of Uxbridge (second creation). This group includes surveys of the lordship and manor of Rugeley, co. Stafford and also of the manors of Heywood, Pagett's Bromley, Cannock, Longdon, Farewell and Chorley - all dated 1688; deeds and documents concerning the Penrhosllugwy estate, the Porthaml estate and the manor of Penmynydd, co. Anglesey and properties in Amlwch, Holyhead, Llanbedr-goch, Llanddaniel-fab, Llanfaelog, Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf, Llanfair-yng-Nghornwy, Llanfihangel-yn-Nhywyn, Llanfwrog, Llanidan, Penrhosllugwy and Rhodogeidio, 1627-1890; rentals of the Lligwy estate, 1740-1949; estate correspondence (including letter books), 1752-1936; surveys and valuations of lands belonging to the Lligwy estate in Holyhead, Llanddona, Llandyfrydog, Llanfachreth, Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf and Llanfwrog, 1829-1934; maps and plans, 1773-1884; and tithe apportionment maps for the parishes of Llanedwen, Llanidan, Llanfair-yn-y-cwmwd, Llanddaniel, Llanddyfnan, Llangefni and Penrhosllugwy, 1841-1937; papers relating to inclosures, including Pwllpillo Marsh (Rhoscolyn), 1825; Rhosfawr Common (Llanidan), 1858-1860; Mynydd Bodafon, 1864-1865 and Malltraeth Marsh, 1865; papers concerning the wreck of the 'Royal Charter' in Moelfre Bay, 26th October, 1859, and to subsequent salvaging operations; letters and papers relating to the extension of the Chester and Holyhead railway from Bangor to Caernarvon, 1850, and to negotiations for the building of a railway at Red Wharf Bay, 1903-1907; accounts of coal raised and sold at Taicroesion Colliery (Malltraeth), 1854-1866, and correspondence regarding the City Dulas (Penrhosllugwy) copper mine, 1872-1875, 1880 and 1906-1908. In addition to the papers relating to Lord Boston's Anglesey estate, the collection includes a small group of deeds and documents concerning properties in Berkshire, Kent, Herefordshire, Middlesex, Hampshire, Southampton (records of the court baron of the manor of Greywell, 1542-1714), Hertfordshire, Lancashire, Norfolk, Somerset, Surrey, Warwickshire and Ireland, 1455-1874. 1455-1952