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Answer (copy) of the defendant, William Morton, administrator with the will annexed of John Mills, who died in Smyrna on or about 15 April 1776, to the Bill of Complaint in Chancery of Mary and Jane Mills, respecting the administrator's accounts; also includes schedules of the accountant's receipts and disbursements.

Answer of Dame Elizabeth Dayrell, alias Morgan, to the Bill of Complaint of Thomas Walker, denying that the complainant had been engaged to act for her in any legal business.

Answer of Daniell Williams, [of Penpont, co. Brecknock] esq., to the bill of complaint of Walter Price relating to the title to Tir ffoes y gerwn otherwise Tir y gilvach ycha and Tir Howell gôch otherwise Tir bach parish of Trallong, specified in Nos. 1137, 1108.

Answer of Florence Lucy, one of the defendants of the bill of complaint of Daniel Williams [of Llanspethid, co. Brecknock] esq., complainant, touching the estate of John Games. Attested copy.

Answers of John ap John and Joan verch John, defendants to a bill of complaint in Chancery brought against them by Joan Williams, an infant, acting by John Williams, respecting a claim to a moiety of lands called Tyr Llwyn y Nyadd and Tyr pen y bryn in Trallong.

Answers of Rebecca Marchioness of Worcester to a bill of complaint in Chancery of Henry, Duke of Beaufort, an infant, acting by Mary, Duchess of Beaufort his grandmother and next friend, arising out of the marriage settlement in 1682 relating in the main to properties in Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire.

Answers of Roger Mainwaring, esq., and Thomas Gwynne, gent., and Jane Gwynne (wife of George Gwynne) defendants to the bill of complaint of Rees Williams, in which the said defendants disclaim all Knowledge of any conveyances made by Sir Rowland Gwynne and his brother, George Gwynne, husband of the said Jane, with the exception of a deed of 24 February 1690/1, made between the said George Gwynne of Lloynhowell, esq., co. Carmarthen, Jane his wife, and Sir Rowland Gwynne of Llanllweth, co. Radnor, of the 1st part, Thomas Gwynne aforesaid and David Evans of Cwme ye dwr, co. Carmarthen, gent., of the 2nd part, and Rowland Gwynne of Talliaris, esq., another of the defendants in the bill of complaint and the said Roger Mainwaring of the 3rd part, providing for the settlement of estates in the parishes of Kile ye Cwm, Llandingadd, the town of Llandovery, Llanvaire ar y brynne, Mothvey, Llanthoysaint, and Llangadock, co. Carmarthen, with provision for a jointure of £40 to the said Jane after the death of her husband, or should it happen that she does not cohabit with her husband during his lifetime, it is recited that by an agreement in 1695 the said Jane from 1 May following should receive £40 per annum for her separate maintenance out of the profits of lands of the said George Gwynne in Llandingad, receiving £20 on 29 September 1696 and £20 on following 1 May, and subsequently she was to hold the part of the Llwynhowell lands and the water corn grist mill called Llwynhowell mill in the occupation of said Thomas Gwynne at the rate of £12 per annum (as part of the £40) and £28 per annum from the complainant Rees Williams or his tenants; the said Jane Gwynne, having heard that her husband, George Gwynne, had sold or mortgaged lands settled to her in jointure to the complainant, pleads that she should not be prejudiced in that regard; all the defendants state that the complainant did not at any time desire them to execute any deeds to hire by the direction of the said George Gwynne, and the defendants Mainwaring and Thomas Gwynne submit that if they be compelled to sign such deeds concerning lands conveyed to them in trust they should be indemnified and saved harmless by decree of the Court.

Answers on behalf of the plaintiff, Edward Games, esq., to the claims of the defendants ffrancis Steward, Roberta, his wife, and others, in a suit concerning the claim to a moiety of the lands which Richard Hoe had estated upon his daughter, Elizabeth.

Appointment by Penry Williams of Penpont, Lieutenant of the county of Brecon, of Penry Williams, the younger, of Cefn y Parc in the same county to be one of his deputy lieutenants.

1. Penry Lloyd late of Glanhenwye, co. Radnor, but now of Llanwrtyd Wells, co. Radnor, esq.;. 2. Howell Richard Jones Williams of Cui Pare, Talybont on Usk. Appointment of a new trustee of the will and codicil of Penry Williams, deceased, for all the pur oses of the Settled Land Acts, 1882-90, and also for the purposes of Section 42 of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act, 1881.

Appointment of David Philip the younger of Blaenrheon in the hamlet of Penpont and David Williams of the hamlet of Glyn to be pound keepers for the hamlets of Penpont and Llanspythid, parish of Llanspythid, and the hamlets of Maescar and Glyn, parish of Defynnock, co. Brecknock.