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Miscellaneous loose printed material, comprising a Liverpool & Manchester Railway timetable, with details of connecting coaches and steam packets, 1831; John Burke, 'A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland', part 8, 1835 [Morrall of Plas Yolyn, pp. 595-6]; auction catalogue of genteel household furniture etc. at Beaumaris, co. Ang., the property of the representatives of the late Cyrus Morral, esq., 1855; 'The Standard' newspaper, 16 Nov. 1896, including an account of the trial trip from London to Brighton to celebrate the repeal of the red flag restrictions; electoral register for Dudleston ward, p. Ellesmere, 1958.

1 Roger Jennings of Sodyll, Dudleston, Shropshire, gent.;. 2 Richard Chambre of Burlton, Loppington, clerk, and John Chambre of Petton, gent., and Margaret Chambre, spinster, sister of the said John Chamber;. 3 Edward Kynaston of Hardwick, Shropshire, Francis Price of Gwernhailed, co. Flint, esq's;. 4 John Harris of Cruckton, Shropshire, and Vaughan Barrett of Oswestry, esq's. Prenuptial Settlement, of Roger Jennings and Margaret Chambers, which includes the properties specified in No. 35.

1 Thos Beckett of Malpas, Cheshire, maltster;. 2 Frances Murhall of Malpas, spinster;. 3 Charles Murhall of city of Chester, surgeon, and Charles Beckett of Whitchurch, Shropshire, mercer. Pre-nuptial Settlement of Thos Beckett and Frances Murhall.

1 Margaret Lodge of Liverpool, Lancashire, widow;. 2 Cyrus Morrall of Liverpool, merchant;. 3 Owen Maurice Owen of Liverpool, merchant. Prenuptial Settlement of the said Margaret Lodge and Cyrus Morrall.

1 Ellinor Whattall of Crickett, Shropshire, widow, and relict of Edward Whattall late of Crickett, yeoman, dec., and Richard Whattall, their son and heir;. 2 George Betton of Dudlaston, Shropshire, yeoman, and Mary Betton, his second daughter;. 3 Edward Morhall of Dudlaston, gent., and John Gittings of Alkington, Shropshire, yeoman. Prenuptial Settlement of Richard Whattall and Mary Betton.

1 John Bee of St Martins-in-the-fields, hosier;. 2 Anne Attwood of London, spinster;. 3 John English of Mile End, Stepney, gent., and Joseph Hunt of London, scrivener. Prenuptial Settlement of John Bee and Anne Attwood, settles lands in Southampton, Wiltshire, and Oxfordshire.

1 Tymothy Edwardes of Dudliston, Shropshire, gent., Ales his now wife, Frauncys Edwardes son and heir apparent of the said Tymothy, and Mary wife of the said Frauncys;. 2 John Figes the elder of Twemles, Richard Warde of Cotton, John Vaughan of Dudliston, Edward Kynaston of Dudliston, Phillip Jenynges of Dudliston, and Edward ap Thomas of Dudliston, all in Shropshire, gent's. Post-nuptial Settlement of Frauncys Edwards and Mary his now wife. No. 1 covenant to levy a fine of the following properties - the capital m. called Kylhendre (where Timothy now dwells); Bryn Danyell; six other m's in Dudliston; Y skybor ucha; a tmt at Yfton; amount to some 270 a.; to the uses as to y skybor ucha, with a garden and orchard, and two closes of land in Dudliston, one called Kay Coyd yr hayme near the road from lle yr heane velyn and Pantubursley, the other called Mays yr ughelwyr, of Edward Kynaston and his heirs; as to a m. in Dudliston, a close containing 12 butts of land called Mays Orton alias Mays Overton, a parcel of land containing 4 butts of land in Kay Allice at Dudliston, and other lands there, to the use of Phillip Jenynges and his heirs: as to a m. and a close called Kay Newydd y wghlaw yr ffordd, a toft called Llurick Ieuan, a close called Mays Mawre in Dudliston near Kay Ithynock, and near Kay Meyrick to the use of Edward ap Thomas and his heirs: as to Kyllhendrey and appurtenances, and pieces and closes of land called Kay Kochyn, Kyllhendrey woodd, the wall yoard, Kay Keede, the great Kyllhendrey ffyld, the lesser Kyllhendrey ffyld, Plassey Sable, Erw Veyrick, the hyrdyr, the Werne or Moor, the Chaple ffyld, the mydle chaple Ffyld, to the use of Tymothy Edwardes for life, with remainder to Frauncys Edwardes his son, with remainder to the issue of the said Frauncys by Mary his wife.

1 Robert ap Ellis of Arbistocke, co. Denb., yeoman, so[n] [of] Robert ap Ellis;. 2 William ap Robert Humphrey ap Robert Winne of Wrexham Abott, in the said co., tanner, [and] John Winne of Rwyton, in the said co., gent. Post Nuptial Settlement between Robert ap Ellis and Alles the daughter of the said William ap Robert Humphrey ap Robert Winne, whereby the following lands are settled in trusts - Y Cocksinte, tir y Cocksinte, Tir Meriog, Kae Davydd gam, Erw Evyn Ucha, Erw Evyn yssa, Yr Ackre, pâl yscallog, y Qwetkal bychan, Kae gwenith alias gwyrglodd Kae Delud, gwyrglodd gwern Nithlig, Kae du, in cos Denb. and Flint. Badly mutilated.

Volume intitled 'Survey of the Plas Yolyn estate, the property of the Rev'd Cyrus Morrall, 1878'. At the rear of the volume is a rough rental in pencil of the half-year's rent due 2 Feb. 1910.

Volume containing typescript copies of auctioneers' descriptions (some with plans) of sixteen properties sold, Jan. 1920-May 1921. Cover inscribed 'The trustes of the Reverend Cyrus Morrall deceased. Plas Yolyn estate. Details of the conveyances of the various portions of the estate which have been sold, both privately and by auction. Stow Preston & Lyttelton, 12 Lincolns Inn Fields, W.C.2'.

Volume listing game (partridge, teal, rabbit, hare, landrail, waterhen, pheasant, grouse, wood pigeon, wood cock, snipe etc.) killed, Sept. 1890-Feb. 1912. From the other end of the volume, fishing book, April 1890-June 1911, fox hunting book, Nov. 1894-Dec. 1900, and Bangor races, April 1901-1911.

Manuscripts, estate records and family papers of the Edwards and Morrall families of Cilhendre and Plas Yolyn in Dudleston, Shropshire, including the manuscripts and papers of Morgan Llwyd (1619-1659); Colonel John Jones 'the regicide' of Maesgarnedd (?1597-1660); correspondence of the Edwards and Morrall families; papers of the Jones family of Cilhendre, descendants of Colonel John Jones; a small group of papers relating to the Hanmer family (including documents relating to the part played by William Hanmer of Fennes in the Civil War and a travel journal of Thomas Hanmer, 1728); and deeds, 1282-1869 relating to properties mainly in Denbighshire, Flint, Merionethshire and Shropshire, but also in London, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.

Plas Yolyn household, tax, tithe, succession and rent accounts, 1887-1908. Inserted items include an undated memorandum from J. Wilson, gamekeeper, to C. Morrall, esq., that he had given a warning to James Rice, labourer, Edward Jones, wheelwright, and George Richards and Thomas Morris of Ifton Heath, colliers, their dogs having chased a rabbit on Plas Warren land; and a poem, the 1909 defeat of England against Australia at cricket having been attributed to their senility, the team having had an average of thirty-four.

Articles Concluded & Agreed on for the Surrender of Oxford & Farrington To His Excellency Sir Tho. Fairfax, Upon Wednesday the 24th of this instant June: And Read in the Honourable House of Commons, June 23. 1646 (London: Printed for Edward Husband ... June 24, 1646); the petition, 29 April, 1651, of Willm. Lewis of Bryn y Voyle, Merioneth, to the Commissioners for Compounding, that the sequestration of Bryn y Voyle and his other messuages and tenements in Merioneth be discharged, as he had paid his proportion of the general fine imposed upon North Wales (copy, attested by T. Bayly, 24 March [16]54/5; the oder, 29 April, 1651, of the Committee for Compounding to refer the petition of Willm. Lewis to the Committee of North Wales (copy, attested by T. Bayly, 24 March, [16]54/5; the report, 19 December, 1651, of Tho. Ball, sheriff [of Denbighshire], John Peck, and Daniell Loyd, from Wrexham, upon the case of Willm. Lewis (Colonel John Jones, M.P., had informed them that Lewis was a delinquent beyond the seas and therefore excepted from any benefit of the Act) (copy, attested by T. Bayly, 24 March, [16]54/5); the report, 20 September, 1653, of Jo. Reading upon the case of William Lewis, D.D. (copy, attested by T. Bayly, register at Haberdashers' Hall, 30 January, [16]54/5; the affidavit, 8 February, 1654/5, of Joseph Collier, sworn before Henry Pytt, that on 25 March, 1654, he received an annexed certificate of the discharge of the sequestration of the estate of William Lewis, D.D., upon the payment of £56.3s. (copy, examined by Edw. North) (according to an endorsement the document refers to the case of Col. Jones and Sir Maurice Williams); the plea, 14 February, 1654/5, of Humfrey Jones, plaintiff, before the Commissioners of Obstructions, in an action against Sir Maurice Williams, defendant, for the justification of his title to the lands of Dr. William Lewis (mutilated); the certificate, 24 March, 1654/5, of Tho. Browne, auditor, of an entry relating to the estate of Dr. William Lewis of Landony [sic], sequestered for delinquency, and to the payment of £40, being rent for the years 1650 and 1651, by Mr. Humfrie Jones, together with a certificate, 28 December, 1653, by T. Bayly that the did not find any confirmation of the contract made for the estate (according to an endorsement the document relates to the case of Jones and Williams) (mutilated); the petition [27 May, 1655] of Coll. John Jones to the Commissioners for Relief upon Articles of War (Dr. William Lewis declined the clemency of Parliament under the Articles of Oxford and did not compound for his lands in Llanethoyn and Llanddwywe within the time prefixed, but went to France; the trustees for forfeited lands sold these properties to Humfrey Jones, petitioner's brother; in 1653, Dr. Lewis, combining with Sir Maurice Williams, was admitted to compound upon the pretence that the properties descended to him from his mother in 1647; he petitions for the reversal of the order of 17 August, 1653), together with a draft of the same; the case, 2 November, 1655, of Dorety Lloyd, widow of Hunffrey John ap Ruddergh late of Bron y foel, parish of Llanenthoyn, deceased, concerning rent for Bronyfoel paid in 1649 by the said Humffrey by the hand of Caddr. ap Rees Gruff., drover, to Mr. Goslinge, steward of Dr. William Lewis of Bronyfoel (sequestrators demanded payment of rent for the same year, and Hunffrey John was ejected; soon after he died of consumption, the complainant being left helpless and forced to scatter her children among friends) (signed by Richard Jones, clerk, and Dorety Lloyd alias Jones, complainants); and an undated and imperfect account of the case between Humfrey Joens, plaintiff, and Sir Maurice Williams, defendant, before the Committee for Removing Obstructions in the Sale of Delinquents' Lands, touching the lands of Dr. William Lewis, a delinquent, in Llanthwywe and Llanenthoyn, Merioneth.

The petition [1656] of John Jones, Esquire, M.P., for such a proportion of lands in Ireland as may give him satisfaction for former services, which he had lost due to his absence on service in Ireland from 1650 (read 17 February, 1656/7); a list, 17 October (emended to February), 1656, of the members of the Committee appointed to consider the petition (mutilated); and the report, 18 March, 1656/7, of the Committee to whom the consideration of Coll. John Jones's petition was referred (mutilated), together with a copy of the same.

Pedigrees, genealogical notes, biographical details, and coats of arms of the kindred families of Jones Maesygarnedd, Edwards of Cilhendre, Morrall of Plas Yolyn and Cilhendre, Challnor of Iscoed, Bee of Wendlebury, Oxfordshire, etc.