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Notice from Robert Jones and Hugh Edwards to Samuel Saice to quit Coesybrain in p. St Asaph, co. Denb., at Michaelmas.

Torn.

Part of the pre-nuptial settlement of Meredith Wynne and Mary Vaughan, involving messuages and lands in p's Nantglyn, Llanrhaydr., Llangwm and Henllan, co. Denb. Names mentioned: Tyddin y nant, Tan y grit, Melyn Nantglyn of Melyn y plâs, y T kelyn, gelli y kra, y plâs yn Nantglyn, ffrith y vedw gôch, kae newydd, kae /r/ vallen, kae wrth kefn y Skybor, tyddyn du, kae glâs bychan, Bron dôl y gwydd, Branar bach, kae /r/ Clomend, dl y gwydd, dl y bwrdd, kae Rhûg, kae y Bittw, Kae /r/ gwallie, Dôl y ffynnon, Dôl y perthie dûon, Berth lwyd, llayn y geirw, yr Erw gyregog, kee gwndwn, y weirglodd hîr, Dôl yr odyn, kae pen y bryn, kae tan y ffordd, dryll y tarw, y fron, y roft bach, kae yr Skybor, Maes y llan, Maes yr heol, ffrith Coed y brain, kae banadle, y wern vcha, y wern issa, y kae popt, kae pistill, kae tan y Cappel, Tyddyn yr henblas, yr Henfryn.

Records of the Wynne and Edwards families of Plas Nantglyn, Denbighshire, including Welsh literary manuscripts, [17 cent.]-[18 cent.]; deeds and documents, 1527-1817; correspondence, 1827-1876; and printed items.

A volume consisting mainly of prayers in the autograph of Foulke Wynne. Most of the prayers are grouped under the title 'Gweddiau Gerard gwedi eu dosparthu am bob dydd or wythnos', and are a Welsh translation of the 'Prayers' of Johann Gerhard, originally written in Latin as Meditationes sacrae (1606), but were afterwards translated into English by Ralph Winterton as Gerards prayers: or, a daily practise of pietie (1st ed., 1631). At the beginning of the volume are prophecies and verses by 'Brenin Jerusalem' and 'englynion' by Gabriel Wynn, and at the end are Collects taken from the Welsh Book of Common Prayer - 'Collectiau allan or llyfr Gweddiau Cyffredin'.

Probate of the will of Robert Wynne of Nant in p. Nantglyn, co. Denb., gent., dec. Will dated April 26 1698.

Receipt from Hugh Peake of Denbigh, co. Denb., gent., to Mrs Mary Mehoyle, widow, for a Warrant of Attornay to confess judgement against Hugh Edwards, gent., for £500.

Receipt from Jane Wynne to her brother Thos Wynne for £5, viz. one half year's payment of the annuity bequeathed to her by her father.

Release from Thomas Wynne to Mr Hugh Edwards of Nantglyn for £12.9.4. [Reference to a legacy of £40 left by Thomas Wynne of Nantglyn, esq., dec.].

A composite leather-bound volume containing:(a) The Breuiary of Britayne ... writen in Latin by Humfrey Lhuyd of Denbigh ... and lately Englished by Thomas Twyne, Gentleman. 1573; (b) Mundus alter et idem ... by Mercurius Britannicus [i.e. Joseph Hall (1574-1656), Bishop of Exeter and Norwich], Frankfurt, ? 1605. There are a few marginal annotations in the former.

The number and value of trees [? on the Plas Nantglyn estate, ] appraised by John Edwards and John Roberts]. [Names mentioned: Coed y Brain, Maes'r Rheol, Henfryn, Cae Tan y Coed, Cae'r Scubor, Cae pumb Derwen, Dl y Nant, Dôl y Gwidd, Cae Glase, Lled Uron, Dolburn, Berthlwud, Cae Cwndwn, Ty n Llidiart, Coed Icha, Coed Isa, Branar Bach, Cae'e Meinion, Cae Icha, Cae Clemendu, Clydfa, Cae Melin, yr Orsa, Cae Lloie, Tan y Gris, Frith Icha, Cae Pistill, yr Cors, yr Ddol, Cae Poptu, Cae'r Graig, Frith yr Ochor, Cae'r ffynnon, Llun y pandu, Cae'e pen Lone y Uelin, yr Vron, Cae pen y Bont, Dol y perthu Duon, Tan Cappel, Rhiwie and Pennwl Isa].

(a) The pedigree and achievement of Edward Almor of Pant Yokym, co. Denb., esq., and the achievement and a part of the pedigree of Gilbard Gerrarde, esq., who married Jane, Daughter and heir of William Almor, esq., drawn by Rhys Cain of the town of Oswestry and finished 9 Dec. 1602; (b) The pedigree and achievement of Lady Elizabeth Salesbury, one of the daughters of Walter Vaughan of Goulden grove, esq., and wife of Sir Henry Salesbury of Llyweny, bart, drawn by John Cain of the town of Oswestry, Shropshire, and finished 31 July 1623.

A volume of Welsh poetry, with some prose items, written in the seventeenth and late eighteenth centuries in several distinct hands. The following are among the previous owners: John Jones of Tu yn y graig, Cerrig y druidion, Edward Jones, 1723, and David Morris.