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Warrant by John Warren, T. Lloyd and Robert Griffith, justices of the peace, to the High and Petty Constables of the Hundred of Kemes to summon six persons (named) to appear before them at the dwellinghouse of William Philips of Constantinople in the parish of Nevern, so that choice may be made of two of them to serve the said office of High Constable for the following year in the place of John Evans and William Myles, the present high constables of the said Hundred.

Warrant from William Bradshaw and Alban Owen to the High Constables [? of Kemes and Eglwyswrw] requiring them to summon persons for the viewing of defective armour at Eglosserrowe on 16 Nov. 1615.

Warrant Of Attorney from Alban Owen, Johan his wife, and David Owen his son in the fine specified in Nos. 1594-1595 dated 1651.

A File of 28 sheets (i-xxviii below) being the Returns made by the Petty Constables of the parishes of the Hundred of Kemes to the following Warrant touching the administration of the Elizabethan Poor Law, &c. [Ff. i-xxvii]; Warrant, dated 4 April 1631, by Alban Owen, George Owen and Thomas Warren, justices of the peace of the county of Pembroke (following orders to them from the Privy Council for the better administration of justice relating to the Relief of the Poor, and well ordering and training of youths in trades, and the reformation of disorders) to the High Constables of the Hundred of Kemes ordering them to direct the Petty constables of every parish within the said hundred:. (1) To arrest all Rogues and Vagabonds wandering in their parishes, and to bring them to the house of Simon Sellwood (?) at Melindre Marchog on Thursday, the 16th instant. (2) To bring before us, &c., all masterless servants, young children fit to be apprentices, and all cottagers and inmates within every parish. (3) To present the names of all masters who have turned away their servants before their covenants were expired; the names of all those relieving or harbouring rogues and vagabonds; the names of all poor and important maintained at the charge of the parish. (4) To seek the aid and assistance of the Overseers of the Poor, the Overseers of Highways, and the Churchwardens of every parish, and to summon them to appear before them as aforesaid. (5) To cause watches in the night and warding in the day to be kept for the apprehension of Rogues, and for safety, and good order to be kept and observed. (6) To present unto us the names of all the persons aforesaid, written on a sheet of paper with distance between every name for the setting down of such order as then shall be taken with them. The Warrant concludes with an injunction to the High Constables themselves to use all care and diligence for the performing of this service and the execution of the warrant in every parish, and to be present at Melindre Marchog as aforesaid with their Returns, etc. Here follow 26 sheets detailing the Returns made by the Petty Constables, together with the Orders of the justices of the peace in each case, for the following parishes in the Hundred of Kemes:. Ii. Eglwyswrw; iii. Meliney; iv. Nevarn; v. Moylgrove; vi. Monington; vii. Whitchurch and Nantgwyn; viii. Manachlogddy; ix. Llanvernach; x. St. Dogmell's; xi. Deynas; xii. Llanllawarn; xiii. Llanychlwydog; xiv. Pontvaen; xv. Morvill; xvi. Llangollman; xvii. Llandyllo; xviii. Maenclochog; xix. Harrismote; xx. Castelbigh; xxi. Poucherston; xxii. Newcastle; xxiii. Llanvair Nantygove; xxiv. Llanychaeth; xxv. Fishguard and Capel Myhangell; xxvi. Fishguard. xxvii. Bayvill. [A series of documents of great interest to the social historian]. F. xxviii. Warrant for the arrest of an absconding apprentice and of his receiver (contrary to statute) in the parish of Nevarne, together with a certificate (16 March 1631) of the arrest of the apprentice, and an order by the justices of the peace that he shall continue with his master unto the full end of the term of seven years, and not to depart out of his service.

Warrant signed by J. Puckering, justice to William Gwillim Penrye and others [of Kemes] to appear before the justices [of the Great Sessions] at Haverfordwest to testify in the suit between John Browne, plaintiff, and William Lewis Meredith, defendant.

Warrant by Thomas Evans, town clerk of Newport, (in the name of Oliver, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth, &c.) to the bailiffs of the borough of Newport to collect the ancient custom of Aleprise from every person brewing or selling ale or beer within the Borough.

Warrant to the high constables of the hundred of Kilgerran with a schedule annexed for viewing of the defects of the armour imposed upon the persons specified in the said schedule together with a warrant (dated 10 Nov. 1615) ordering the said persons to appear &c. at a muster at Eglosserow on the 16 Nov. 1615, ff. 6.

Warrant addressed to the High Constables of the hundred of Kemes by the Deputy Lieutenants &c., (as Kemes 5 Aug. 1616 above) requiring all persons named on a schedule annexed to appear at Haverfordwest on Friday, 30 Aug. inst. &c., 3 pp.

A manuscript of 111 folios containing pedigrees mainly of South Wales families. The original compilation dates from the early years of the Seventeenth Century, and there are additions in several hands bringing the record of many of the families down to the beginning of the Eighteenth Century. The Reverend Samuel Williams has added several folios at the beginning and at the end; and there are some notes in the hand of Iago ab Dewi. The majority of the pedigrees are of Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire families. See Schedule of Group II, p. 262 (nos. 7095 and 7214) for fragments of above. English and Welsh.

Will of Benjamin Howell of Stagenhoe, parish of Pauls Waldon, co. Hertford, clerk, bequeathing lands in the parish of Llanboidy, co. Carmarthen.