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Extracts from published sources, lists, notes, etc., relating to various historical and antiquarian subjects, [1656], 1693, [1761], [late 19 cent.]. Original material includes a description, dated 1795, of how the predecessors of the Tanat family were awarded the Broniarth charter in return for the capture of Lord Cobham in 1417; and substantial annotations by W.W.E. Wynne to a list of Caernarfonshire sheriffs, with a covering letter and genealogical enquiry to William Ormsby-Gore, 1832. Also of interest is a roll of casualties in Major Bringhurst 's troop at Waterloo, 1815.

Accounts of the Tanat and Godolphin families of Abertanat, which include a receipt by Sir John Throckmorton to Thomas Tanat for £120 due by mortgage, 1573; a receipt for a legacy bequeathed under the will of Ellen Godolphin, 1767; general receipts of Penelope Tanat, 1671, Sydney Godolphin, 1720, and Margaret Godolphin, 1748-1765; a list and calculated cost of mourning clothes for members of the Tanat and Owen families; a list of money in bags and a purse, 1720; an account of money borrowed from Margaret Godolphin and repayments, 1757-1768; and legal costs incurred in her purchase of Moreton Hall, [c.1763].