Farm, household and other accounts of Dr Wynne for 1750-1751, with memoranda and notes of books. This seems to be a jotter from which Dr Wynne would enter the accounts into his ledger.
A bill for 1812 is also included (ff. 39-40).
Accounts of payments to Mr Edward Vaughan and others
Accounts of David Roberts for rents of the Plas Eneon and Glanhespin estates
Accounts for the rebuilding of Penrhyn barn
A seventeenth-century merchant's account-book for miscellaneous groceries and draperies supplied to persons mainly in Denbighshire, 1662-1687 (pp. 1-76). The remainder of the volume contains copies of Welsh poems in strict and free metres, a copy of Areth Wgon, and a few recipes (pp. 77-190, 193-194). The majority of the poems are in free metres, and among a large number of authors who are represented the following have several poems to their names: Robert Klidro and Sion Prys Caerddynen. A table of contents is on pp. 173-174.
Robin Clidro, fl. 1545-1580
Statement of payments made for day labour, including harvest work in 1740.
A composite volume consisting of two manuscripts (ff. 1-26 and ff. 28-44), containing accounts of Roger Lloyd, 1556-1566, including statements of payments made in respect of his niece Jane Lloyd, and of his [?nephew] Thomas Yale (clothing and school fees); Llandorog charges, including priest's wages; payments made to his sister Elen; references to his brothers Hugh Yeal and Dr Yeal; receipts for the farm of Llantrissaint for the use of his brother Dr Yale, parson there; etc.
Thomas Yale, LL.D, was rector of Llantrisant, Anglesey, from 1556 to his death in 1577. He became Chancellor of Bangor in 1562, and was Dean of the Arches from 1567 to 1573. See also 'Owdl foliant Doctor Tho. Ial' by William Cynwal in Mostyn MS 145, p. 119.
The entries opposite the names of persons are in respect of 'lambes woole fle' lac' ', and they may represent tithe accounts for Chwythrinie, Maes yr ychen, Bodanwydog, Koydrwg, etc., between 1603 and 1618.
Copies of Chwaen, Bodewryd and Penrhyn Gwybedog estate accounts for 1683-1723, made by Chancellor Wynne and Hugh Hughes (f. ii recto-verso, pp. 1-58).
Hughes, Hugh, 1706-1774
Account of work done for Mr John Owen
Account of work done by William Owen, smith, at Eglwys y Bedd, Holyhead
Account of walls plastered by Edward Roberts at Eglwys y Bedd
Account of the Stock upon Penrhose Demesne
An account of the Stock upon Penrhose Demesne as apprais'd by Richard Rowland Owen and William Morris.
Account of the names of the tenements 'in Sister Wynn's Settlement'
Account of the misfortunes of John Goodman of Ruthin, feltmaker
Petition (copy) and an account of the misfortunes of John Goodman of Ruthin, feltmaker,
Account of the Goodman family, &c.
Miscellaneous documents relating to members of the Goodman family, transcribed for Chancellor Edward Wynne. The documents transcribed include the wills of Gabriel Goodman, DD, Dean of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, dated 1600 (pp. 5-13), Thomas Goodman, of Plas Ucha, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, 1623 (pp. 33-39), and Godfrey Goodman, Bishop, late of Gloucester, 1655 (pp. 43-50); some account of the Goodman family; rules for the good government of Goodman's School at Ruthin; conveyances; marriage settlements; records of litigation relating to lands limited for the use of charities under the will of Bishop Godfrey Goodman; etc.
Dr Edward Wynne started most of the transcripts which were then continued for him by other scribes, and he has added several remarks on the documents. Goronwy Owen, then a seventeen-year-old schoolboy, transcribed most of the earlier part of the volume, during the Christmas vacation of 1739, as shown by this note by Dr Wynne on p. 72: 'January ye 11th 1739-40. Here ends the Transcripts of Copies of Wills &c. Beginning at Page ye fift & wrote by Grono Owen in ye Christmas Holydays 1739 for ye Preservation of them By my Order'.
Owen, Goronwy, 1723-1769?
Account of sums of money borrowed of Dr Wynne by Hugh Owen
Account of Mr Rice Williams' Charity to the Chapel of Llanvair