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William Springett to Sir Charles Kemeys. Hopes that he has recovered from his lameness; Lady Kemeys and his son were very well and Jenny was recovering.

William Springett to Sir Charles Kemeys. Hopes that the effects of Jenny's distemper were now over and discusses other miscellaneous matters.

William Springett to Sir Charles Kemeys. Mostly family news; report that the King would go to Holland in May and so Parliament was likely to rise before all disputes were ended; it was thought that Parliament would be dissolved 'because they act so sharply'.

William Springett to Sir Charles Kemeys. Reporting that Lady Kemeys, Master and Madam Jane's health were quite good; Charles Monmouth had been robbing churches in Wales; he wishes that Ruperra might be defended against him; the church, being so small, was much too crowded in the winter time. Badly dilapidated fragment.

William Springett to Sir Charles Kemeys. Request of a groom of Charles Morgan of Machen to rent a farm, in which he might put in £50 or £60 for one or three lives; he had told him that there was a good farm available for £24 or £25 pa, now held by John Humberstone at £20 pa.

William Springett to Sir Charles Kemeys. Sending accounts of household expenditure and for payments to workmen for the three weeks, 8 to 29 Dec.; family news and social gossip; wants to know if he wished oats bought for the stables, as they were cheap, and whether they should sell the barley or not; the workmen take the wheat that can be spared; reference to cording and coking at Cadogan's wood and at Kevenmably Park; for the first week the household expenses were £2.13.9 plus cost of 4 sacks of coal, 1s.4 and the workmen's £2.10.8; for the second week £2.9.63/4 plus 50 sacks of coal, 16s.8, and the workmen's £2.9.41/2; and for the third week the household expenses were £2.0.93/4 plus 8 sacks of coal, £2s.8, and the workmen's account 18s.10; intends borrowing the neighbours' oxen to help to end cutting the park.

William Springett to Sir Charles Kemeys. Sending the household account and expenditure on workmen, 21-28 Feb.; family news and estate business; workmen's account amounts to £2.9.11 and the household account to £2.4.11.

William Springett to Sir Charles Kemeys. States that 100 bushels of wheat had been sent by the Newport boat which was going to Bristol, where the rate was 6s. per bushel, while at Cardiff it would not reach 5s.; the price of corn was falling, barley could not be sold except at 2s.6 per bushel, and wheat 4s.10; references to the letting of farms, the provision of clothing for servants, and to the brewing of ale at Ruperra and Kevenmably.

William Taylor [minister (?) of a Nonconformist chapel at Newbury] to Lady Mary Kemeys. Progress report on building of a meeting place, to which Lady Kemeys had contributed; hopes that she had abandoned thoughts of suing the executors of her late Father's trust and that she would do nothing to obstruct so charitable a design; if her father had altered his instructions, it must have been not long before his death.

William Taylor to Lady Mary Kemeys. Describes a disastrous fire which took place in the town of Newbury on 25 Aug.