- NLW MS 17053D.
- Ffeil
- [post 1661].
A volume containing lists of commissions granted by the Crown during the period 1485-1661. Paper; pp. 1-125; 334 x 212; full parchment.
A volume containing lists of commissions granted by the Crown during the period 1485-1661. Paper; pp. 1-125; 334 x 212; full parchment.
Transcripts of warrants follow forfeitures of popish recusants' estates,
Transcripts of warrants follow forfeitures of popish recusants' estates. Transcripts, in different hands, of warrants directed to the receivers of revenue issuing from the forfeitures of Popish recusants, 1680-1683, together with an Index. Paper; pp. [I], 1-200, many being blank, aid [1 - 14]; 359 x 234; full parchment.
Resolutions for the establishment of a Lancasterian School at Usk, rules for its conduct, and minutes of the meetings of its committee of management, 24 June 18125 November 1823. Paper; 35 ff., unnumbered; 375 x 230; 1812-1823; half calf. At the end of the volume is a fragment of what appears to have been a list of pupils at the school. The earlier resolutions are not original, and must have been transcribed after the present volume was acquired by the committee. [See Western Mail, 7 January 1939, and Schoolmaster, 19 January 1939.
Estat au vray du trésor royal, année 1675.
A transcript, [18 cent., second ½] (watermark similar to Churchill, no. 317, dated 1770), of a summary account of the revenue and expenditure of the French Treasury, mainly for the year 1675 but compiled in 1678 by Gédéon Berbier du Metz, garde du Trésor royal, for king Louis XIV.
It includes incomes from ordinary taxes deducted in the généralités (ancient French tax dominions) on woods, bridges, roads and Paris duties, from the 'Cinq Grosses Fermes', gabelles and other indirect taxes, royal farms and 'Parties casuelles' (incomes related to the selling of public charges), from extraordinary taxes in Pays d'états (free-tax French lands) and Church 'don gratuit' and levies, and from the selling of annuities, 1674-1677 (ff. 4-65 recto); expenses from king's rolls and gifts, 1674-1678 (ff. 66-80 recto); with a total sum for the year 1675 (f. 80). The original summary account is believed to have been destroyed during the French Revolution.
Du Metz, Gédéon Berbier, 1626-1709.
Transcript of minutes of the Committee of Secrecy to inquire into the conduct of Sir Robert Walpole,
Transcript of the minutes of the secret committee appointed to inquire into the conduct of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 31 March 15 July1742. Paper; pp. 1-233; 370 x 235; full calf with gilt tooling.
Calendar of the Journal of The House of Lords,
Calendar of the Journals of the House of Lords April, 1660- November, 1689, both chronologically and alphabetically arranged, together with lists of appeals and writs of error, 1660-1685. Paper; 30 ff., unnumbered; 368 x 253; full parchment.
Transcript of the Journal of the House of Lords,
Transcript of the Journal of the House of Lords 6 January- 17 March 1646/7. The name of Jno. Walker is written inside the back cover. Paper; 471 ff., unnumbered; 352 x 230; early 18th century; full calf with blind tooling.
A composite volume containing legal precedents in English and Latin of the late Tudor and Stuart periods relating to accounts, entries of writs, dower, case, trespass on the case, declaration of debt, trespass and insult, etc. Paper; 176 ff.; 330 x 210; full rough calf.
Transcripts of warrants, letters, etc., relating mainly to measures for the defence of the realm,
Transcripts of warrants, letters, and other documents of Queen Elisabeth, 1583/4 - 1588, relating mainly to various measures for the defence of the realm. Most of the transcripts are contemporary, the remainder, together with the marginal and other notes, being in an early eighteenth century hand. Paper; ff. 1-191, some unnumbered, some blank, and some cut away; 346 x 240; half sheepskin.
Indexed alphabetical calendar of the Journals of the House of Lords,
Indexed alphabetical calendar of the Journals of the House of Lords,. 1640-1642. Formerly in the library of Sir Robert Walpole. Paper; pp. 1-460 (100-109 twice), 374 x 234; full blue morocco with gilt tooling.
Inventory of [Thomas Cooke of Goitre, Momouthshire],
Inventory of the library, statues, busts, paintings, instruments, etc., of [Thomas Cooke of Goitre]. Paper; 42 pp., numbered, 17 of which are blank; 236 X 187. On the fly-leaf the volume is called 'Cooks Inventory'.
Trial of George Crossley for forgery,
Record of the trial of George Crossley late of the parish of St. Martin in the fields, co. Middlesex, gent., at the Old Bailey Sessions, 22 Feb., 1796, on the charge of forging the will of the Reverend Henry Lewis of Hygga, parish of Trelech, co. Monmouth. Paper; 270 pp., numbered, and 1 unnumbered; 321 X 186; paper.
Letter from Ad[am] Adams, Oxford, to his brother William Adams, Monmouth,
Robin's administration of their father's estate. The writer's prospects at the election. His expenses at Oxford, and a request for money.
Letter from H. M. Ashmead, Laurel Bench, to [William Addams-Williams],
Thanks for a present.
Letter from Bailey & Co., Old Bank, Newport to W[illiam] A[ddams-]Williams,
The removal of a deposit account.
Letter from David Bennett, Pitt, to Roger Williams, Swanzey,
The return of documents together with Roger Williams' reply.
Letter from A. D. Berrington, Pant-y-Goitre, Abergavenny, to W. Addams Williams,
The gift of an engraved portrait of the late Mr. Granville Somerset.
Letter from J. C. [?Blamire], Thackwood, Cumberland, to [?],
The recipient's health. Pictures of the recipient's relatives at Whitehaven.
Letter from Messrs Blount & Davis, Usk, to W[illiam] A[ddams-]Williams, Boyd Villa, [Clifton],
A deed relating to Mrs Cheslyn's estates.
Letter from Elis Bohun, Monmouth, to [William] Powell, [Llantilio],
The payment of a debt.