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Notice to Joseph Buckmaster, and to the executors of the Rev. John Ward dec., and to Sir William Henry Dillon, and Miss Anne Firmin, of an assignment and conveyance to Mr Patrick Nolan, dated 14 July 1859.

1 William Legh Hilton of Sandhurst, Hampshire, a Major in HM Army;. 2 Elizabeth Essex Hilton of the same, wife of the said W. L. Hilton;. 3 Essex Ann Hilton of Llanerchrugog Hall, Ruabon, co. Denb., spinster, Sarah Beatrice Hilton, Augusta Hilton, Margaret Hilton, and Rose Eliza Hilton, all of Sandhurst, spinsters;. 4 Robert Morrall of Plas Warren, Chirk, near Ellesmere, Shropshire, esq. Deed Of Release and Indemnity.

Undated drafts, fragments and copies.

Contains the signatures of Edw. Linfeild (arms: between a chevron, 3 demi lions, with 3 trefoils charged on the chevron); Anthony Farindon Carms; a chevron engrailed, with 3 mullets in chief); James Devereuex (arms: Per pale, a lion rampant, a bend).

Contains the signatures of William Scot, R. Harison, [--] Cooke, Rice Vaughan, Humfrey Jones, [--] Bosservile, and [?--]ake.

Deeds and documents, mainly relating to the Morrall family of Plas Yolyn, but also associated families, including Bee, Challnor, Edwards, Guthrie, Jennings and Lingard, and associated properties, including Cilhendre, Plas Warren and Soddyll (later Sodylt). Also photocopies of deeds and documents, transcripts and research notes on the same families.

Probate records, comprising probate of the will (dated 1667) of Thomas Edwards the elder of Cilhendre, 1667; probate of the will (1693) of Thomas Bee of London, mercer, 1694; probate of the will (1722/3) of John Bee of Shrewsbury St Marys, esq., 1723 (paper copy); probate of the will (1794) and codicil (1800) of William Challnor of Plas Yolyn, esq., 1800; administration of the will (1791) and three codicils (all 1808) of William Challnor of Iscoed, co. Flint, esq., 1809; probate of the will (1812) and two codicils (1817 and 1822) of Charles Morrall of Plas Yolyn, esq., 1823; probate of the will (1821) and codicil (1823) of Frances Morrall of Plas Yolyn, widow, 1824; and letters of administration of the will (1812) and three codicils (1817 and two 1822) of Charles Morrall the elder of Plas Yolyn, esq., 1832.

Court book of the manor of Traean, Oct. 1716, Oct 1724-Oct. 1741, 1743, and Oct. 1750-Oct. 1771, including jury list

Lease for 21 years by John Bee of Shrewsbury, esq., to Samuel Haile of Silverston, co. Northants, laceman, of four parcels of inclosed land (12a.) and several parcels of land (60a.) dispersed in the open and common fields, all in p. or t. Silverston, co. Southampton [recte Northampton], 1722; lease for 21 years ('from the first of may new style next ensuing') by Charles Morrall of Chester, surgeon, to Thomas Jones of Dudleston, yeoman, of a m. and tmt lately occ. by the said Thomas Jones and which is hereby surrendered, and a m. or tmt called Kyah, both t. Dudleston, and several parcels of ground (named) belonging therewith, 1786 (schedule of Kyah and Jones's tenements (76a.) inscribed on the back of the lease); lease for 21 years by the dean and chapter of Bristol to Ellen Sutton of Shrewsbury, widow, of the tithes of h. Hill in p. Bakeley, co. Glos., 1842; lease for 10 years by Robert Morrall, esq., and Rev. Cyrus Morrall to William Davies, John Davies and Edward Davies, all of the Flanog, t. St Martins, p. Ellesmere, miners, of coal mines at the Flanog, 1870; agreement between Elizabeth Dora Morrall of Plas Warren, spinster, and Cyrus Morrall of Plas Yolyn, esq., for letting Plas Warren, 1885; leases of coal seams under various parts of the Plas Yolyn estate to the Black Rock Colliery Co., 1904-1930; and leases of sporting rights over the Plas Yolyn estate, and over Sodylt Farm (62a.), 1920.

Original bundle of deeds, comprising a lease and release by Ann Edwards of Cilhendre, co. Shrop., spinster, to George Glover of the city of Chester, apothecary, of her m's and lands in p. St Martins, in trust, 1742; and a lease and release, being the marriage settlement of William Challnor of Iscoed, co. Flint, gent., and Frances Morrall of Cilhendre, spinster, of her m. and lands in p. St Martins in the occ. of Robert Roberts, 1743. Original wrapper inscribed 'Title deeds relating to an estate in the parish of St Martins late in the holding of Jno Roberts'.

Letter book containing letters and invoices relating to linen shipped from Dundee to merchants in London to sell on behalf of John Guthrie, 1768-1774. Spine inscribed 'Lett'r book no. II', although one 'I' has been erased to create 'no. I'. Enclosed loose, (i) a certificate from Theodore Charles Mozard, resident French consul at Boston for New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, that Samuel Barrett is a notary public at Boston, 5 Germinal 6 [=25 March 1798]; and (ii) a printed 'Summary view of statistical returns for the year ending June 30, 1896. Diocese of Brechin', of numbers for the congregations, baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations, school attendances etc. for each parish.

Volume containing memoranda relating to gardening (gooseberries, vines, strawberries, fruit trees, melons etc.), building (exterior wash, rough cast, slates), workmen's wages, destroying vermin, gout, diseases in cattle, horses, dogs, sheep, fishing, poultry, surveying, charcoal, oxen etc. etc. The few dates mentioned in the text cover 1794-1814. At the rear of the volume is a family memorandum, 1794 (pp. [176-8]). Includes many inserted items, the few dated items covering 1774-1850.

Loose maps, plans and prints, including three coloured prints, of 'Guardia nobile', 'Ufficiale della Guardia Svizzera', and 'Soldato Svizzero in gran tenuta' by Guis'e Mochetti, [19 cent.]; a copy of Speed's map of Shropshire, extracted from a volume, [19 cent.]; plans 1-2 from the Plas Yolyn estate sale, 1920; OS 6-inch 2nd ed. Shropshire sheet V NE, 1902, marked with the lands referred to in a lease of 1920; and OS 6-inch map [?showing the lands to be sold (blue) and (retained)].

An estate map-book intitled "Several messuages & lands within the manor or lordship of Trayan in the several townships of Dudleston parish of Ellesmere, Ifton Rhyn Weston Rhyn & Bronygarth in the parish of Saint Martin's in the county of Salop, the property of Edward Morrall esq're, copied from a survey made in 1820, by O. D. Owen in 1823".

Diary, 28 May 1827-24 Feb. 1828, of a tour of the USA, commencing "Landed from the Hannibal and breakfasted at Niblo's" [in New York], and including Philadelphia, Schenectady, Canandaigua, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Prescott, Cornwall, Montreal, Quebec, Cap Tourmente ['Cape Tourmont'], Salem, Savannah, Charleston, Montgomery, the Creek Nation, Mobile, and New Orleans. Includes several references to buying cotton; also references to the treatment of slaves and Indians. The writer is not identified, but writes "I am this day 20 years of age - hope that another year will find me increased in wisdom & virtue" (27 Aug. 1827). Inside front cover initialled in pencil, 'J. C. M.'

Volume containing a copy of the Burlesque Oxford Prize Poem, subject 'Pompeii', by James White of Pembroke College, Jan. 1828, and other poems, pictures and extracts, the last dated item being March 1867. Flypage inscribed 'Cyrus Morrall, Brasenose College, Oxford, Jan'y 21st 1828'.

Precis of the capital arrangements of Adam Lodge, Cyrus Morrall and Robert Greaves, in partnership as Robert Greaves & Co. of Liverpool, ropemakers, Aug. 1829 (Greaves contributing ropemaking machinery valued at £500, and Lodge and Morrall each contributing £500 in money) (pp. 1-2), and day book or journal, Sept. 1829-June 1830 (pp. 3-24). Followed by an account intitled 'Robert Morrall's cash account', Jan. 1858-Sept. 1870, plus a few entries, Oct. 1870-Aug. 1871. Spine labelled 'Day book'.