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Will of Lewis Gwyn of Dolegwyn, co. Mer., esq. Bequeathes 20s. towards repairing the church of Towyn, [co. Mer.], and 20s. to be divided between the poor of the said p., and 5s. towards repairing the cathedral church of Bangor. Devises all his lands in t. Mays Llangedrys, p. Talyllyn, being late the lands of Richard Howell, to his daughter Gwen Gwyn but if his daughter Anne Nanney, wife of Griff Nanney, pays to the said Gwen £50 within four years after his death he devises the same to the said Anne, his lease of the King's mill called Melyn Llanegryn, p. Llanegryn, to the said Gwen, lands called Tir Reinallt, t. Bodgadvan, [p. Llangelynnin], purchased from Hugh Thomas, to his said daughter Anne, all the rest of his lands in co. Mer. to his daughter Gwen until Michaelmas 1630, and a mortgage of £200 on lands called Bodgadvan and Effinglawdd, p. Llanglynin, to the said Gwen. Bequeathes money, livestock, household goods, etc., to relations and servants.

Will of Henry Jones of p. Mellteyrn, co. Caern. Bequeathes all his books to his nephew John Hughes of Dwylan, p. Llaneingan.

Will of Evan Evans late of Penryn, co. Caern., but now of the city of Bath, Somerset, esq. Devises all his estate, both real and personal, to his wife Ellin Evans. Endorsed: Note of exhibition of the said will to one of the witnesses to the same in an action in the court of Exchequer between the said Ellin Evans, widow, complainant, and Evan Pritchard, Ellin Evans, Richard Jones, John Rowland, Richard Rowland and Gwladis Evans his wife, 5 Jan. 1782.

Will of Evan David ap Hugh of p. Darowen, co. Mont., gent. Desires to be buried in the church of Darowen. Devises m's in t. Noddva, p. Darowen, which he purchased from Richard Morris, to his eldest son Griffith Evan subject to a charge of £60 to his wife Margaret in trust for his daughter Jane. Empowers his executors to sue and implead Richard Morris Lewis and Rowland ap Richard Morris for non-performance of articles of agreement relating to a mortgage for £80 of a m. called Tythin Duy in t. Noddva aforesaid and to use the benefit thereof for his five younger children by his present wife and to his daughter Jane by his second wife.

Will of David Maurice of Penybont, co. Denb., esq. Bequeathes to his son Edward Maurice 'one shilling only because when requested by me he denied to give my Lord [Henry] Newport at his first Election' [for Shropshire].

Will of Charles Henry [Stanhope], baron of Kirkehoven, lord Wootton in Kent, and earl of Bellamount in Ireland. Desires to be buried in Canterbury cathedral and that a monument be erected there at the cost of £500. Devises to his wife man. St Johns Wood, Middlesex, for her life and that two annuities of £200 and £20 charged upon the same shall be paid out of the profits of his other man's. Devises his house in Hampstead, Middlesex, and man. Belize otherwise Belsayse, which he holds by lease from the dean and chapter of Westminster, to his wife during her widowhood. Devises the reversion of man. St Johns Wood, man's St Mary Coay, otherwise St Mary Okemare, Shilton and Shirly More, Kent, Wroxham, Norfolk, his part of man's Burton Dassett, Byl[ton]s and Wootton Lands, Yorkshire and Warwickshire, all man's formerly the inheritance of his grandfather Thomas, late lord Wootton, and his barony of Kirkehoven in the province of Flanders to his nephew Charles Stanhope the younger, son of his brother Philip, earl of Chesterfield (further uses specified). Desires his executors to erect near his house at Hampsteed an almshouse for six poor men and six poor women, all of whom are to be over the age of 60, together with a warden and a chapel, the warden to be a deacon and to read the prayers of the Church and the scriptures daily for which he is to receive £20 a year and a black gown at Christmas, and each of the poor persons to receive 14s. a month and at Christmas a grey cloth gown faced with yellow bayes, all of which is to be paid for after the death of his wife from the rents and profits of man. St Johns Wood. Bequeathes £20 to the poor of p. Swarkeston, Derbyshire, and £50 to the poor of p. Hampsteed. Desires that a dinner be given annually to his executors and the dean and chapter of Westminster at Hampsteed House to see that the same is kept in good repair.

Weekly Accounts of pig iron produced at the Brymbo furnaces, p. Brymbo, co. Denb., extracted from the 'Brymbo furnace journal', Jan. 1807-Mar. 1810.

Warrant to Rees ap Richard and Erasmus Evans to act as arbitrators in a dispute between Richard Owen, esq., and John Lloyd, esq.

1 Elizabeth Vaughan of Castellmarch, co. Caern., spinster. 2 Robert Nanney, Hugh Price and Owen Owen, gent's, attornies of the court of Great Sessions. Warrant Of Attorney To Confess Judgement in an action of debt brought against 1 by Robert Jones of Llannor, co. Caern., in respect of DC209. Endorsed on 1st leaf: as DC192, 20 June 1733.

1 Watkin Williams, esq., and Elizabeth his wife. 2 Humphrey Humphreys and Ambrose Gethyn, gent's. Warrant Of Attorney by 1 to 2 to appear in their place in a common recovery of 12 m's, 6 cottages, 12 gardens, etc. (960 a.) in p. Mallwyd, co. Mont. Draft.

1 Watkin Williams and Elizabeth his wife. 2 Rice Hughes and William Jones, gent's. Warrant Of Attorney as above of 12 m's, 6 cottages, 6 gardens (3,200 a.), p's Mallwyd and Llanymowddwy, co. Mer. Draft.

Warrant Of Attachment to the sheriff, high and petty constables of co. Mer. signed by Lewis Owen of [Peniarth], to attach John Pugh of Bodylan, p. Llanfihangel, gent., and bring him before a J.P. to find sufficient sureties for his appearance at the next quarter sessions for assaulting Margaret Roberts of the same p.

Warrant Of Attachment from Richard Owen to the high and petty constables of hd Ardidwy is Artro, co. Mer., to apprehend Elizabeth Edward Davies, wife of Hugh Lewis of p. Llanaber, to appear to answer complaints made against her by John Evan Owen of Llanelltyd, and also to summon Hugh William of p. Tal y Llyn and Gwen William of p. Llanaber to testify.

Warrant Of Attachment against David Lewis of Ynis Vaig, t. Morva, p. Llanglynin, [co. Mer.], to answer the complaint of David Edward of Cyvannedd, p. Llanegrin, for bringing on horseback five sheep and two skins to the door of D.L.'s house and laying them to his [D.L.'s] charge.

Warrant from Thomas Wynne, sheriff of co. Caern., to the bailiffs of hd's Eivionydd, Cymittmaen and Gafflogion to proclaim the holding of the quarter sessions on 15 Jan. 1713 and to warn the person therein named to be present at the sessions [to serve as jurors].

Warrant from Thomas Wynne, sheriff of co. Caern., to Rowland ap Robert, bailiff of hd Uchgorfai, to proclaim the holding of the quarter sessions at Carnarvon on 15 Jan. 1712/13 and to summon [jurors] (named) within the said hd to be present.

Warrant from Thomas Wynne, esq., sheriff of co. Caern., to the bailiffs of hd Issaph, Nant Conway and Creithin to proclaim the holding of the quarter sessions on 9 Oct. 1712.

Warrant from Richard Vaughan, sheriff of co. Caern., to the county gaoler of the said co. to have the bodies of Griffith Pugh, John Williams, clerk, and Tydyr Thomas, clerk, before the Court of Exchequer to answer Thomas Ellis, gent., in a plea of trespass, by virtue of a writ of capias received by the said sheriff. Latin.