Series GKB4 - Miscellaneous Cardiganshire election papers

Several miscellaneous bundles and various separate items relating mainly to elections in Cardiganshire, in which members of the Pryse family were either candidates or supporters, [1690]-1862 (Mainly 1770-1862). Some of the bundles incorporate burgess lists from various parishes in Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Official documents and letters supply information about the constitution of the boroughs of Cardigan and Lampeter in the eighteenth century. Other papers include a rental of Mabws to prove Richard Lloyd’s qualification [1741]; election notices, an address to Pembrokeshire freeholders, 1811, bills of expenses, the state of the poll and other papers relating to specific elections in 1812 and 1816; a possible canvassing book [pre-1829]; evidence concerning the theft of the Aberystwyth poll books in the contested election between Pryse Pryse and John Scandrett Harford; 1841, and election literature, 1841-1849.