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Papers of Humphrey Jones, brother of John Jones of Maesygarnedd, including the deputation, 22 March, 1653/4, by Rice Vaughan of Graies Inne, co. Middlesex, esquire, and Humfrey Jones of London, gentleman, of the stewardship of the manor and lordship of Bromfeild and Yale, co. Denbigh, to Colonel John Carter of Kinwell [Kinmell], co. Denbigh, esq., together with an undertaking by John Carter to give a just account (mutilated); an account of receipts and disbursements on behalf of [?John Jones] since 6 August, 1683; a holograph letter from Hugh Williams, Marle, to Humphrey Jones, Alderman Bury, London, 1686 (legal, with reference to the Voylas estate); an account of money resting in Mr. [Charles] Price's hands, 23 August, 1687, and of money due at Michaelmas; and the answer, undated, of Humphrey Jones, one of the defendants to the bill of complaint of William Lloyd concerning properties said to be mortgaged by John Jones ('the regicide') (mutilated).

Accounts of the receipts and disbursements of Allen Sherrot on behalf of his master, 1654-1655/6. The receipts include rents for properties in Iscoyd, Bronnington, Hanmer, Halthton, Willington, Tybroughton, Bangor, Whixall, Crickett, Estweek, Whitechurch, Moorton, and Fenns demesnes, in Flintshire and Salop.

Holograph letters and miscellaneous papers of the family of John Jones, Junior, of Wrexham, etc. The writers include Anne Vaughan, Corsygedol, to her brother Collonell Hugh Wynne, Bodscallan near Conway, [16]72 (a dispute with Mr. Jones of Wrexam over a right of way); Humphrey Jones to John Jones, 1673-1681 (4), and to [his step-daughter] Mary Jones, [16]86 (James Payne's portion, a debt due from Tho. Humphreys, and other money matters, a tenant for the ferry at Conway; the receipt of the writer's rent, the troubles of 'poor Dicke' [Richard Jones of Llanenddwyn]); J[onathan] Edwardes [archdeacon of Londonderry], Newtown Limavady, to his nephew [John] Jones, [16]79 (news of the writer's family); Charles Price, Machynlleth, to [John Jones] 1683 (Humffrey Jones's estate) (endorsed with a letter from Thomas Griffith, Llanciling, [16]83); Ann Major, London, to her aunt Mrs. Mary Jones, Brynnyfunon in Wrexham, 1684 (news of the writer's family); Jo. Jones to [his father-in-law Humphrey Jones], [16]84, and from Wrexham, etc., to his wife Mary Jones, Brin y ffynnon, etc., 1686-1690 (9) (an account of the possession of Penamnen, the likely ruin of the Taltreithin estate, personal, concerns in Mallwyd, Sir Richard Middleton's death, hangings in the Wrexham area, news of friends, money matters, the writer's term of office as sheriff [of Denbighshire], elections of 1690, Merioneth sessions); Roger Sontley, Wrexham, to Mr. 'Debity' Jones, Aldermanbury, London, 1689 (legal, news of actions in Ireland); Mary (Marry) Jones to her [step-]father Humphrey Jones, Aldermanbury, London, [16]86, and to [her husband John Jones], undated (2) (the recipient's concerns, losses caused by Tho. Jones, a visit to Sir W[illiam] W[illiams]); Wm. Williams to [ ] Jones, 1688 (arrears of rent) (fragment); F[ranics] Prichard, Jesus Coll[ege, Oxford], to John Jones, [16]88 (Oxford University news); Vrsula Mathewes, Blodwell, to her aunt Mary Jones, Cheapside, London [1689/90] (personal, the elections) (together with a postscript by the recipient's niece F[rances] Edwards); Thomas ?Speed, London, to John Jones, 169[ ] (the passing of Sir J. Fenwick's Act, Hugh Nanny's appointment as Vice-Admiral of North Wales, the negotiation of a treaty, a proclamation concerning hammered money) (mutilated); E. Wynne to John Jones, [16]92 (a transaction with the recipient's uncle) (endorsed with a note by John Jones); O[wen] P[richard] to John Jones, 1693 (money matters, alms money belonging to Beaumaris School, Dyffryn [Ardudwy] and Mallwyd rents, the employment of a miner); [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [1st bart.], Greys Inn, to Mr. Sergeant Rutland, [16]95 (the sealing of cousin Jones's deed); George Wooller, Chester, to John Jones, [16]95 (Mrs. Anne Jones's poor and low condition); Jo. Nicholas, Hook Norton, etc., to John Jones, 1696-1709 (2) (an invitation, family news); Richard Vaughan, Dolegwin, [16]99 (the writings belonging to Vchlawrcoed, etc., the recipient's rights to Talwrn); Charles King, Oxon., to John Jones, 1705 (the sale of the recipient's books, life in Oxford); U. Bridgeman, Blod[well], to her uncle John Jones, 1710 (legal); and John Williams, London, to John Jones, 1714/15 (lottery tickets). The miscellaneous papers include the certificate, 1663, by John Taylor, clerk of the parish of Woolwich, of the marriage of John Jones and Mary Paine on 9 February, 1662/3 (mutilated); rentals and memoranda, 1665-1696 and undated, relating to estates in Mallwyd, Montgomeryshire, and in Dyffryn [Ardudwy], Merioneth; the instrument, 17 April, 1696, of the appointment of John Jones, esquire, to be deputy lieutenant of the county of Merioneth (seal wanting); a sheet containing particulars of the location and measurements of parcels of land, 1701; lists of title-deeds, temp. Edward VI-1695 and undated, relating to land in Ardidwy, Merioneth; the will of John Jones of the township of Dudliston, co. Salop, esquire, 24 February, 1714/15 (cancelled 17 April, 1717); a poem, undated, by John Carless entitled 'To His Ever Honoured Patron Mr. Humphry Jones of Aldermanbury. And one of the Common Counsell of this Great Matropolis'; instructions, undated, to Owen Prichard concerning deeds and writings [of John Jones]; a list of manors in the lordshp of Bromfield and Yale, with an estimate of the profits of their courts, 11-14 Charles [II] (1659-1662); an account of the reprises due to the purchasers of Bromfield and Yale [after 1653]; and a list, undated, of the hundreds, parishes, and parts of parishes in the lordship of Englefeild.

The plea and demurrer [1655] of Sir Mauris Williams, kt., one of the defendants to the petition of Collonell John Jones; and brief, undated, for the defendant in the case of Sir Maurice Williams by Tho. Caprett, his lessee, plaintiff, against Coll. John Jones, by Will. Jones, ejector, defendant, touching the title to properties of Dr. William Lewis in Llandiwe and Llanendoyni [sic], Merioneth.

The original manuscript of Gwaedd ynghymru yn wyneb pob Cydwybod, a tract by Morgan Llwyd which he published in Dublin, probably in 1655. There are instructions to the printer in another hand on the fly-leaf.

Accounts, 1655-1660, entitled 'A noth of all such monis as I have disburss since the third of november 1655'. The identity of the writer is not known. Several entries relate to Whitchurch, Hanmer, and Bettisfield.

A holograph copy of a letter from Mor[gan] Llwyd to H[enry] Jessey, 1656 (lessons and observations from Jac[ob] Behmen, John Goodwin's answer, converse with Mr. Hartlib); holograph copies and one draft of letters (3) from [Morgan Llwyd] to unknown correspondents, 1658/1659, and undated (the recipient's change of doctrine, kindness to David Hughes's son, the recipient's action in Tho. Tillams and the writer's in breaking bread at Chester, the writer's wish to reside in the country); a holograph letter from Hen[ry] Jones, from Dublin, to [?Morgan Llwyd], 1655 (the writer's former course in writing, references to Robin, dear Daniell Lloyd, Capt. Prichard, Sontley, Kathrin, Lowrey Williams, and Eliz. Powell) (together with a draft reply in the hand of Morgan Llwyd); a sheet marked 'fourth' in the hand of Morgan Llwyd, concerning the diversity of thoughts in the human heart, together with notes, dated 1655/1656-1656/1657, on apparitions; and 'The heads of the bill for Gouernment' in the hand of Morgan Llwyd, 1656.

Drafts, written during March-April 1656, of the beginnings of two tracts by Morgan Llwyd. The first, consisting of three pages and a sheet of rough notes, is entitled 'Y llyfr Bychan' (cf. Revelations, 10). Of the ten paragraphs written, the last three are mutilated. The other draft, consisting of one page and a slip of paper, is entitled 'Dim iw henw y llyfr. Neu ymddadleu rhwng dim a rhywbeth. Neu yn hytrach, y dim yn gorchfygu y rhywb. ag yn mynd drwy bob peth'.

A letter from John Browne, Hugh Prich., Vau. Powell, Rich. Robts., Jn. Meredith, and Jn. Rbts., to their 'ancient honourd & beloued friend' [Walter Cradock] [1656], commenting on the matter and style of a late paper called 'an addresse &c.', that is, The Humble Representation and Address to His Highnesse of several Churches and Christians in South Wales and Monmouthshire, 1656, being a reply by Cradock and others to A Word for God published in the previous year by Vavasor Powell and his followers. Also included in the volume, being originally pinned to the letter, are three sheets in the hand of Morgan Llwyd, one containing 'Marginall Notes on the preface of the Word of God. so called to my deare V.P.', written '11m. 11d. 55 or 56', and the others containing a rough draft, partly cancelled, of a statement of the writer's attitude towards Cromwell's government, written '12m. 15d. 55'.

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.

A draft by Morgan Llwyd, 17 April, 1657, of a statement on the Fifth Monarchy Men. Also included in the volume, being originally attached to the statement, is a leaf containing an exhortation not to forerun the steps of Jehovah.

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.

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 mainly addressed to John Jones, Junior, of Wrexham, etc., together with a few miscellaneous papers. The writers include Ka. Jones, his step-mother, [16]66-67/8 (2) (a journey to London, the return to St. Albons, the meaning of the recipient's and his wife's letters, personal, the writer's spinning wheel) (together with a Biblical commentary written in the blank spaces of one letter); H[ugh] C[ourtney] [16]66 (spiritual experiences); Tho. Jones, London, 1668-1684 (2) (the arrest of the drover John Rouland at Epping fair, cousin Robert Wynne in Ireland) (the one endorsed with sermon notes, the other mutilated); Humfrey (Humphrey) Jones to his step-son John Jones and to his step-daughter Mrs. Mary Jones, Bryn y ffynnon house in Wrexham, [16]83-1684 (2) (the health of Mary Jones, the trial of Collonell Sydney, personal, news of friends); Tho. Major, London, to his sister [? Mary Jones], 1684 (family news; Mora Abbott, the Camp at Dundalke, to Humphrey Jones, London, 1689 (military actions in Ireland); J. Humphrey to [ ], 1689 (the appointment of cousin John Jones to the shrievalty of [Merioneth]); Jo. Jones, from Glascoed, to his wife Mary Jones in Cheapside, 1689/90 (3), and from Chester to Mrs. Anne Edwards, Keelhendrey, 1708/9 (the shrievalty of Merioneth, the Assize sermon, etc., the Pretender's attempted invasion of Scotland); [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [1st bart.], Greys Inn, to Hugh Jones, St. John Street, [16]92 (the payment of 'brin y ffynnon' rent) (together with a receipt); Richard Jones, nephew of John Jones, [16]95 (desiring his interest with cousin John Maddackes); Hugh Pyers, Mertyn-ysglan, 1695 (a copy of the Duke of York's conveyances); Cad. Wynne, Dublin, [16]97 (the sale of the writer's patent for the office of 'Cheefe seriant at Armes' in Ireland); Richd. Simpson, Poulton, near Lanc[aste]r, 1697 (money due upon a bond); John Billingsley, London, [16]97 (the election of the Elector of Saxony to be King of Poland, military preparations and actions at Namur and Barcelona, the escape of the English E[ast] India ship 'The Tavistock'); Richard Vaughan, Dolegwin and Cors-y-gedol, [16]97/8-1699 (2) (personal, the completion of designs) (the earlier letter endorsed with a note of moeny left in a bag brought from Chester by Owen Prichard, and a note of washing left at Mallwyd 1697/8); Jo'n Davies [1700] (money matters, the recipient's father's quondam concerns in Ireland) (fragment); Jonath. Edwards, Jes[us] Coll[ege], Oxford, 1706/7 (the writer's book - 'a preseruatiue against Socinianisme', references to Dr. King of Merton College); Jonathan Jones, Wrexh[am], 1712 (the duel between the Duke of 'Hambelton' [Hamilton] and Lord Mohun, news of the war between Sweden and Denmark); [?Isaac] Manley, Dublin, 1712/13 (Mr. Davis's answer); U. Bridgeman, Blod[well], niece of John Jones, undated (thanks for wine, personal); and F[rances] E[dwards], niece of John Jones, undated (news of the writer's sister). Also bound in the volume are a bond, 1675/6, from Joseph Mould, distiller, and John Jones, gentleman, both of Wrexham, to William Jones of the same, gentleman, for the payment of £10; a list of persons to be offered for sheriff of Merioneth, 1683; and an undated list, in the hand of John Jones, Junior, of family title-deeds and papers, 1659-1696 and undated.

Miscellaneous documents including instructions, 1666/7, by Richard Wynn for the payment of money to him; meditations on sufferings, 1667/8; a form of warrant, 1678, to levy the forfeiture of £5 imposed by the Act for burying in woollen upon persons who neglected to produce the required cerificate; particulars of rents received by Sir Hugh Williams for Penrallt [Conway] lands, 1683 (mutilated); an acknowledgement, 1720, by Jno. Bee and Eliz. Bee of the receipt of their annuity of £50 and of the sale of lottery annuities, together with a statement of account by James Harrison [of Red Lion Square, Middlesex]; holograph letters from Bart. Jones, Greenwich, to his grandfather, 1736/7 (Mr. Podmore's note for £20), from G. Wentnor to Mr. Prichard, [17]66 (the draft of a mortgage), from Ann Carkman, Sackville Street [London], to her uncle Mr. Prichard at Shrewsbury, 1766 (the writer's marriage), from C. Leigh (aft. Cooke), Balliol [College, Oxford], etc., to Mrs. Bee, Shrewsbury, 1767-1774 (5) (the writer's financial affairs, Sir Edwd. Turner's legacies, the writer's proposed marriage, news from Oxford, impressions of Bookham in Surrey, etc.), and from M. L., Oxford, to Mrs. Bee, Shrewsbury, 1772 (personal); a statement of account, 1782, for cockspurs and other items bought of Richard Singleton at the Fighting Cocks on Corkhill, Dublin; case, with the opinion of John Leach, 1816, concerning an application by John Smith for a fellowship founded in Brasenose College, Oxford, by John Williamson, clerk, parson of St. George's, Canterbury, in 1521; a fragment of a lease [late seventeenth century] from Samuell Burrowes to Samuell Smith; two sheets containing accounts of miracles and of Catholic persecution, and an unsigned poem; a poem, c. 1680, in the form of a dialogue between Britannia and Raleigh on the state of England under King Charles II; and undated [eighteenth century] poem in Russian and an English-Russian vocabulary.

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 mainly addressed to John Jones of Wrexham, etc., only child of John Jones of Maesygarnedd, together with some miscellaneous papers. The writers include Vincent Corbett, [16]97 (the writer's inability to act as J.P.); [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [1st bart., of Glascoed], Gr[ays] Inn, [16]95 (complaints from Mr. Fowle of the recipient's ill dealing); John Jones, Llansilin, to Lady [Margaret] Williams, Glascoed, [16]98 (the vacant living of Llangollen); Edward Kyffin, [16]99 (the recipient's home journey); J. Morgan, Wrexham, 1700 (money against the fair, etc.) (together with a copy of the recipient's reply); J. V., Lond[on], 1703 (the rejection of the Conformity Bill by the House of Lords) (mutilated); Jo. Jones to his cousin, 1706 (money matters); John Williams (endorsed: 'ancestor of Bodelwyddan'), Wrexham, 1713 (an action against the recipient's cousin); [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [2nd bart.], 1719/20 (a loan of £300); and ?John Jones to his uncle Humphrey Jones, undated (the recipient's concerns at Machynlleth, etc.) (fragment). Also bound in the volume are a list of four title-deeds, 1689-1696, left with Owen Prichard, 1697; a list, 1698/9, of deeds which Simon Lloyd took to show [Richard] Vaughan of Cors a Gedol [Corsygedol] and were not returned; a receipt, [16]99, from [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [1st bart.] to cousin John Jones for £40, being arrears of rent for his part of Bryn y Fynnon [Wrexham]; a news letter, 20 October, 1716, addressed to Mr. Jones at Keel-hendre; a notice, 13 May [ ], from [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [1st bart.] to [ ], to pay £30 for two and a half years' rent for Bryn y Fynnon; a second bill for £100 drawn by Hen. Jones upon Mr. Humph. Jones to Clemt. Ireton, 1670; and an imperfect sheet, c. 1684, containing particulars of securities on lands.

Notes 'taken in short hand of the Earle of Shaft[e]sbury['s] Speech in the house of Lord[s] upon the Debate of appointing a day for the heareing of Doctor Sherlies Cause', 20 October, 1675.

Holograph letters and miscellaneous papers of the family of Morrall of Cilhendre, etc. The writers include John Morrall to 'Dear Subtle', 1681 (personal, references to coz. Bowker and Wm. Rider), to 'Neddy', 1686 (Mr. Edisbury at Erthigge), to cousin Basnett, 1687 (bill in Chancery), and from Mould to Edward Morrall, Dudlyston, 1688 (a request for diet drink, etc.); Rich[ard] Murhall, Whitchurch, to Edward Morrall, 1703/4 (the payment of a bill); Tho[mas] Morral, C[astle] Br[omwich], to Frances Edwards, 1718 (money matters, an eye mixture, personal); and Tho[ma]s Knight, Whitchurch, to William Challnor, 1748 (a bond). The miscellaneous papers include receipts to John Murrell of Kil-Henery, 1678-1685, Edward Murrell, 1689, and Edward Morrall, 1832; a note of the debt due from Frances Morrall to Mrs. Morrall, widow, 1746; and a late seventeenth century note of the value of the Plas Yollin estate.

Holograph letters and a few miscellaneous papers of the family of Edwards of Cilhendre. The writers include Marga[ret] Williams to Anne Edwardes [the elder], 1689 (herb water, recipe); Roger Bridgeman, Oxon., to his aunt, 1720 (college news); M. Bridgeman, C[astle] B[romwich], to her aunt [ ] Edwards, Chester, 1734 (aunt Frances Edwards's tombstone); [Sir] Edward Lloyd, London, to Mr. Challnor, Kilhendre, 1747/8 (repairs at Plas Yollin); F[rances] Edw[ards] to her mother Anne Edwards [the elder] and to her sister Anne Edwards [the younger], undated (3) (alterations at Keelehendry, the christening); Tho. Hanmer, Fens, to cousin [ ] Edwards, 1682/3 (a bond); V[rsula] M[athews], Llangedwin and Blod[well], to Anne Edwards [the elder] and Frances Edwards, both at Glascoyd, [16]92-1693 (2) (personal, interment of uncle Kynaston); T. Aldersey, Spurstow, to cousin Mrs. [Anne] Edwards [the elder], Kilhendrey, [16]96/7 (the writer's offer on behalf of his son); John Davise, Bettus, to Anne Edwards the elder, Keelhendre, 1700 (the writer's distress); Ur[sula] Bridgeman, Blodwell, to Anne Edwards [the elder], Keelhendrey, [17]05-1717/18 and undated (5) (family news, the rectory of Wigan); P. Logan, London, to Mr. Jones, Killhendry, 1706 (personal); John Williams, Chester, to Frances Edwards, Castle Bromwich, 1719 (cousin Bridgeman's health); E[lizabeth] M[arkham] to [Anne?] Edwards [the younger], 1730 (the payment of money); Sarah Bordman, undated (Madam Edwards's estate); Mary Bassnet to Mrs. Edwards at Keelhendry, undated (money matters); F. Edwardes, Ellesmere, undated (an answer to a letter); M. Edwards to her cousin, undated (cousin Price of Gunley's estate); Deb. Basnett, Bor[ ], to Ann Edwards, Kelhendry, undated (personal); etc. Also bound in the volume are a copy of the memorandum of account, 1730, contained in NLW MS 11451B; and a receipt, 1752, for a legacy bequeathed by the will of Ann Edwards [the younger].