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Volume comprising a wallet with pockets inside the covers, enclosing a booklet of rough paper. The booklet contains feathers for tying flies, and a green pea recipe for carp bait. Wallet cover inscribed 'Cha's Morrall, Chester'; bookplate on the inside front cover, inscribed 'E. Morrall, Liverpool'. Booklet cover inscribed '(Game)'. An envelope printed 'G. Higham of Oswestry and Welshpool, gun, fishing rod and tackle manufacturer' found loose in the collection, containing a no. 4 Sneck hook has been added to the pocketbook.

Holograph letters and miscellaneous papers of the families of Morrall of Cilhendre, etc., and Challnor of Plas Yolyn, etc. The writers include Jo[hn] Morrall, London, to his brother, 1700 (the writer's voyages); [Eliza Church], Greenwich, to Mr. [Edward] Morrall, Kellhendre, 1739 (Debby's marriage, etc.); [Sir] Edwd. Lloyd, London, to Wm. Challnor, etc., 1747/8-1749 (7) (the sale of Plas Yollin estate); Geo. Evanes, Red Lyon Square [London], to [Thomas] Knight, Whitchurch, 1748/9 (a draft release [of Plas Yolyn]); Will. Prichard, Shrewsbury, to Mr. Morrall at Mr. Challnor's, 1766 (the signing of a mortgage, Sir H. Bridgeman's nomination); [the Reverend] Davd. Price, Glynn, to William Challenor, Plas Yollen, 1800 (the writer's rent); and Edw. Morrall, Plas Warren, to B. F. Buckley, 1846 (Charles Morrall's will, the preservation of game). The miscellaneous papers include a statement of rents and debts, signed J[ohn] M[orrall], [16]69; a statement of account between Mr. [John?] Morrall and the Right Hon. William Earl of Craven, 1670/1; a receipt for a legacy of £20 under the will of Frances Edwards late of Keelhendre, 1757; a pass given to Edward Morrall to go from Helsingfors to St. Petersburg, 1801; and undated [eighteenth century] particulars of land belonging to Mr. Morrall.

Holograph letters and miscellaneous papers largely of the families of Morrall of Cilhendre, etc., and Challnor of Iscoyd, Flintshire, and Plas Yolyn. The writers include Dan[iel] Morrall to his son John Morrall, Inner Temple, [16]61/2 (the recipient's letters, a visit to Mr. Chambers at Lapington, references to Mr. Jaundrell and George Meddins); Ed. Kinaston to John Morrall, Clifford's Inn, 1679/80 (a deed and bonds, the return of the grand jury); Edwd. Garlsten, Leverpool, to [ ], 1701 (payment for a servant carried away to Newfoundland); W. Myddelton, Holywell, to Mr. [Thomas] Knight, attorney, Whitchurch, 1749 (2) (a release to Chaloner); John Holland, Ludlow, to Mr. Morrall, Shrewsbury, 1725 (Mr. Mason's entitlement to fines); Edward Morrall to his cousin 'Madam' Edwards, Chester, 1735 (godmother to Will. Morrall's son); Eliz. Church, London, to [ ], 1737 (legal and personal, with references to Clayton, cousin Kezia Manley, Mrs. Edwards, Andrew Morrall, etc.) (with draft letters endorsed); J[osiah] Morrall to Anne Edwards, 1742 (the payment of interest on a mortgage); W[illiam] C[hallnor] to his sister, 1747 (the valuation of Plas Yollin) (transcript); Margt. Morrall, Hollywell and Pengwern, to Mr. Knight, attorney at law, Whitchurch, 1748 (2) (papers with Mr. Painter, brother Lloyd's coming to Whitchurch); Judith Rothwell, Bolton, to Willm. Morrall, near Elsmere, 1756 (Mrs. [Frances] Edwards's legacy); A. Carkman, Sackville Street [London], to [William] Chaullenor, 1766 (a farm to let); Edwd. Jennings to William Challnor, Red Brooke, near Whitchurch, 1771 (a fine on premises purchased by the writer's uncle); Andrew Murphy, Gray's Inn, to William Challnor, Iscoyd, Whitchurch, 1781 (3) (the inspection of deeds); T. Glover, Ellsmere, to his cousin Charles Morrall, Belmont, near Oswestry, 1804 (a financial transaction); B. B., from I. U. S. Club, to [ ] Morrall, 1831 (reform the only topic, personal, etc.); Sarah Bordman to Edwd. Morrall, Killendre, undated (the sequestration of a living); and Jo. Hownes, Onslowe, to Mr. Lathrope, undated (opinion on a will). The miscellaneous papers include calculations of the value of the Plas Yollin estate, 1747-[8?]; a printed demand, 184[ ], by R[obert] Morrall, Ellesmere, for the payment of tithe rent charge due to Edward Morrall, together with memoranda; an inventory, undated, of goods to be left at Keelhendre by Mr. Wm. Challnor for Mr. Wm. Morrall; and a list, undated, of legacies to members of the Morrall family and others.

Holograph letters and miscellaneous papers of the families of Morrall of Cilhendre, etc., and Challnor of Plas Yolyn, etc. The writers include Dan. Morhall to his son John Morhall, Holborne Court [London], [16]59 (three houses in Hodnet, personal) (together with a note by John Beeston); E. Parry to John Morrall, 1687 (together with the latter's petition to the King for a grant of the reversion of the office of examiner in the Court of Exchequer in the County Palatine of Chester); D[aniel] Morrall, Portsmouth, to his brother Edward Morrall, Royal Oak in Elsmere, [16]97 (the writer's capture by the French and his enforced enlistment in the Duke of Bolton's regiment); John Aldersey to Edward Morrall, the New Hall at Penley, 1699 (financial transactions with Mr. Dymock and Mr. Jones); Jno. Morrall, London, Rochester, etc., to his brother Edward Morrall, Keelhendrey, 1733-1739 (8) (the writer's deputy purser, the purchase of S[outh] Sea Stock, brother Andrew's maintenance, the writer's illhealth, etc.); John Whitehall, Lincolns Inn, to Edward Morrall, Kilhenry, 1739 (comments on the recipient's arrears and his proposal to purchase a field); Thos. Knight, Whitchurch, to William Challnor, Keelhendrey, 1747-1747/8 (3) (the recipient's purchase of the Plas Yollin estate); Margt. Morrall, Hollywell, etc., to her brother William Challner, Keelhendre, 1747 (2), and to Mr. [Thomas] Knight, attorney at law, Whitchurch, 1748 (3) (the valuation of the Plas Yollin estate); [Sir] Edwd. Lloyd, London, to Thomas Knight, Whitchurch, 1748 (Plas Yollin estate deeds); Edwd. Jennings, Plas Warren, to William Challner, Iscoyd, 1748-1771 (3), and to Mr. [Thomas] Knight, Whitchurch, 1748 (Plas Yollin estate deeds, the conveyance of Mascynnycod); Wm. Challnor to Mr. [Thomas] Knight, Whitchurch, 1748 (2) (the title to Plas Yollin); Jos. Lee, Redbrook, to Chas. Morrall, Plas Yollen, 1812 (a sketch of allotments on Dudleston Heath, and the proportion due to the recipient for his leaseholds); and D[eborah] Morrall to her father [Edward Morrall], undated (personal). The miscellaneous papers include a bill of complaint of Richd. Pryce, gent., one of the clerks in the office of the pleas of the Court of Exchequer, against Edward Morrall and Thomas Aldersey for the payment of a debt due from John Morrall, deceased, 1698/9; particulars of miscellaneous disbursements, 1739-1741; a computation of the value of the late Mr. Murhall's estate in Dudliston, 1747; and an undated [eighteenth century] notice to beggars that no relief will be given at the door at Plas Yollen, but that any family recommended by creditable neighbours will be relieved, etc.

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'.

A letter, 25 March 1651, from Morgan Llwyd, from Wrexham, to Mr. John Whittell, Chester, 'to bee comunicated to them that are taught of God in Chester' (testifying a word concerning the being and life of Jesus Christ). Only the last paragraph is in the hand of Morgan Llwyd.

Miscellaneous papers, including fragments of printed Acts of Parliament [17 cent.]-[18 cent.]; franks of letters addressed to Thomas Knight, attorney at law, Whitchurch, William Challnor, Keelhendre, Mrs. Frances Edwards, Keleheendre, Mrs. Bridgeman, Castle Bromwich, etc.; annotations on labels attached by C[yrus] J. M[orrall] to bundles of Plas Yolyn correspondence; etc.

1 Edward Morrall;. 2 William Kynaston of Ryton, gent. Memorandum whereby Edward Morrall acknowledges himself indebted to William Kynaston in £209.11.0.

Memorandum that John Jenninges the elder and John Jenninges the younger of Dudliston have sold two parcels of land to John Murall of Dudliston called the Pinfould Close and Erow bengloge.

Memoranda of properties including in Dudleston, Ifton Rhyn, Ifton Heath and Bronygarth, with field numbers referring to maps 2-4. The only dated item is a note of game killed in 1828. From the rear of the volume are pencil notes relating to a Jones family, 1553-1696.

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)].

The Plas Yolyn manuscripts, [17 cent., first ¼]-[19 cent.], comprising manuscripts and correspondence of Morgan Llwyd; correspondence and papers of Colonel John Jones, Maesygarnedd; the correspondence and papers of the family of Colonel John Jones and their associates; papers relating to the Edwards family of Cilhendre; manuscripts and papers relating to the Hanmer family; papers relating to the Morrall family of Cilhendre, Plas Yolyn, and to the sale of Plas Yolyn to William Challnor; miscellaneous manuscripts and papers. The group includes bound volumes as well as family and personal papers subsequently bound at the National Library of Wales.

Original bundle of papers mainly relating to the manor of Stretton en le Dale, including copy admittances and surrenders (11) in the manor of Stretton en le Dale, 1770-1823; notes of judgments in Morrall v. Sutton relating to leaseholds granted for life by the will of Edward Lloyd, 1841-1842; office copy of the will (1789, proved 1790) of Edward Lloyd, esq., (1839 watermark); abstract of subsequent title (1838-1839) to personal property bequeathed by Edward Lloyd's will, (1836 watermark); abstract of title (1770-1848) of Edward Morrall, esq., to a copyhold estate at Church Stretton, 1849, and schedule of title deeds (1770-1849) to the same, 1849; articles of agreement between Edward Morrall of Plas Warren, esq., and Henry Evans, master of Church Stretton workhouse, for the sale of a parcel of copyhold land near Church Stretton called Hales Close (3a.), and a patch of land (33p.) in a parcel of copyhold land called Staniel, both in the manor of Stretton en le Dale, 1853; conditions of sale and receipts for the payment of deposits of lots 6-8 of a copyhold estate at Church Stretton sold by auction, 1853, and deeds of covenant for the production of deeds etc. after the same auction, 1854.

Miscellaneous loose deeds, including feoffment by Robert Price alias Robert ap Res ap Lle'n of Dudleston, co. Shrop., chaplain, to Philip Jennings and Thomas ap Richard ap Edward ap Ieu'n ap Owen of Dudleston, yeomen, of all his m's, tmts etc., to the use of the said Robert Price for life, and after his death to Philip Price otherwise Philip ap Res and his heirs for ever, and in default to Thomas Price otherwise Thomas ap Res and his heirs for ever, and in default to Edward Price otherwise Edward ap Res and his heirs for ever, 1576, Aug. 10 (18 Eliz. 1); bargain and sale by Rice Vaughan of Grays Inn, co. Mddx, esq., and Humfrey Jones of London, mercer, to Colonel John Jones of Allington, co. Denb., of the lordship of Bromfield and Iâl, co. Denb., 1656; post nuptial settlement of Thomas Challnor of Bronington, co. Flint, yeoman, and Esther his wife, daughter of George Betton of Dudleston, yeoman, 1716; three leases for a year (releases not found), 1752-1796. Also Plas Yolyn disentailing and vesting deeds, 1857 and 1927.

Miscellaneous loose financial papers, including Land Tax redemption certificates, for William Challnor's m's and lands in the Chapel division, 1798, and for Charles Morrall of Chester's m's and lands in the Chapel and Pentrecoed divisions, 1799, all t. Dudleston; Inland Revenue succession duty papers relating to Rev. Cyrus Morrall (d. 30 May 1882), Rev. John Morrall (d. 22 March 1886) and Cyrus Morrall (d. 13 April 1912); insurance policies, 1897-1941; file of receipts etc. for repairs and improvements to Plas Yolyn, 1912; and sale catalogue (inscribed 'Kilhendre') for a Plas Yolyn herd of 74 Friesian dairy cattle, 1974.

Miscellaneous loose family papers, including draft articles of agreement for the division of the Marshamley estate between Thomas Churton of Marshamley, yeoman, Ralph Churton of [Ightfield?], his brother, yeoman, Edward [Chesus?] of Hodnett, grocer, and Sarah his wife, all co. Shrop., and Alice Meare of Malpas, co. Ches, widow, 1713; letter from J'n Bridgeman to her aunt, Mrs Edwards of Cilhendre, 1730, relating to a chalice given to Mr Sharratt under the terms of a will; a letter from John Ellis of Wrexham to Mr Challnor of Cilhendre, including "I am desired by Sist'r Morrall to acquaint you y't she ... desires ye favour of you to meet her here on thursday next to put an end to affairs depending betwixt you", 1748; a copy of a character sketch of Mr Hastings of Woodlands, [earl of Shaftesbury (1621-1683), ?from Leonard Howard's 'Collection of letters and state papers' (1753)], [1776x1800?]; certificate of Thomas Sackville Curteis, to be presented to the vicarage of Sevenoaks, co. Kent, 1777; and a home-made copy of the caricature "Cestina Warehouse or Belly Piece Shop", the original, dated 1793, attributed to Isaac Cruikshank [British Museum Satires 8387; Krumbhaar 141], with on the reverse a caricature of "Dr Slop - Easer of Belly Pieces".

Miscellaneous loose family papers, including rough pedigrees and notes relating to the Bee family (1603-1706) of New Sarum, co. Wilts, "our grandmother family", [early 19 cent.]; a commission to Charles Morrall, esq., as deputy-lieutenant of co. Shrop., 1803; commission to Robert Morrall of Stockport, co. Ches., gent., to take affadavits in co's Ches., Lancs, York, Derby and Shrop., 1810; a clean bill of health issued in Alicante, Spain, to Thomas Morrall, 1810; pedigree of the Morrall family "under which John Morrall of Brasen-nose College, Oxford, obtained his Port Fellowship, 1818; recorded in the Heralds College, Lib. Arundel; NB the claimant for this fellowship must be born in the county or city of Chester", (1817 watermark; much repaired); a study ticket from M. Dubois Drabonnet to M'me Smith, to enter the Louvre and Luxembourg museums, 1821; an admonitory letter from J. Morrall (later Rev. John) to his brother Ned (Edward Morrall), 18 years his senior, 1824; copy of John Jones's petition to Parliament through General Mytton re. the tenure of lands in Wales (1828 watermark); a copy of a letter from Cyrus Morrall to Adam Lodge repudiating accusations of having spent some hundreds of pounds on his pedigree, 1835, on the back of a printed reference from the churchwardens recommending Rev. Cyrus Morrall to the vacant ministry of Liverpool St Michaels, 1834; a Christmas letter from James Guthrie of Dundee, Scotland, to his cousins in Carnoustie, 1834; four Morrall family letters, 1836-1847; inventories of silverware and settled furniture, portraits etc., 1839-1888; two letters from John Jones of St Servan, France, to Edward Morrall, relating to the consanguinity of their families, Edwards of Cilhendre and Rorington, 1853-1854; account of the marriage of Cyrus Morrall and Anne Kinloch Lingard Guthrie at St Pauls Episcopal Church, Dundee, 1885; and death certificate of Rev. John Peak of Ellesmere Vicarage, 1896.

Miscellaneous loose family papers, including marriage certificate of John de Mestre Hutchison and Dorothy May Yonge at Sparkwell, co. Devon, 1912; inventory of settled furniture, portraits etc. at Plas Yolyn and Plas Warren settled by Rev. Cyrus Morrall's will, 1914; death certificate of Edward Leathes Young Deacle, vicar of Messing, co. Essex, 1915; newspaper cuttings of the marriage of Walter Lewis Reed and Jean O. Lingard Guthrie of Carnoustie, [n.d.]; letters, 1944-1945, relating to the death of John Rowson Lingard (1860-1944) at the Hospital for Mental Disease, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, where he had been a patient since 1926. Lingard's estate was divided one half to Mrs A. K. Morrall, the other half between his brothers and sisters Mr R. K. Lingard-Guthrie of Cirencester, Charles H. L. Guthrie, Miss Ellen A. L. Guthrie and Mrs Jean O. Reed.

Photocopies from a volume intitled 'Geo. Drinkwater esq., mayor, 1829 & 30', listing the names of those who sat down to various mayoral dinners, including a dinner for the Duke of Wellington, sessions dinners, dinner parties in Rodney Street, and an election dinner. Several Morrall entries are highlighted. Also a covering letter, 2003.