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County administration papers from Merionethshire, several of which relate to taxes and duties, including collection of the relief in Penllyn, 1549; an escheat roll; items relating to the submission of money collected by Moris ap Robert Wynn as escheator of Merionethshire, 1602-1608; payment by a Dutch merchant of customs duties at Barmouth, 1615; neglect of highway repairs near Aberglaslyn, 1619; Merionethshire 's contribution to a sum levied for a ship of war, 1637; and tax assessments in Llanenddwyn, 1651. Papers of county officials include a bailiff 's pledge for payment of amercements, 1618; letters patent for the appointment of sheriff to William Wynn of Glyn, 1636, and Owen Ormsby, 1794; bonds of indemnity to Sir John Owen, 1631, and Sir Robert Owen, 1688, by the county gaoler and deputy sheriff respectively; a list of presents sent to the sheriff [mid-17th cent.]; a list of sheriffs from 1541 to 1677; a certificate of Sir Robert Owen 's oaths of allegiance and supremacy, 1680; a list of JPs, 1688; and a bond for the performance of covenants associated with William Owen 's appointment as high sheriff, 1712.