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Edmond Mathew to Sir Charles Kemeys. Asking him for a recommendation to his brother-in-law, Col. Wharton, that he be received into his regiment. Also draft of a letter from Sir Charles to the Marquis of Worcester, requesting that he be employed by him in the same command of horse as before, and asking him to procure a qualification for an honest minister, Howell Williams, to hold the two churches of Veynor and Eglysillan [Williams was instituted to Vaynor, 5 Feb. 1688/9, but not to Eglwysilan].

Lady Mary Kemeys to Sir Charles Kemeys. Family news, repair of coach, sale of horses, and comments on accommodation in London at 43s. per week; her brother does not doubt but to keep Sir Charles from being sheriff.

John Romsey to Sir Charles Kemeys. Refers to factions and divisions in the town of Bristol; remarks that whatever Mr Morgan told him on the road, he was another man in a short time; there was a previous agreement in case of accident that Mr Probert should be the man; Sir Charles's discourse with Mr Charles and Mr Nehemiah Williams at Newport seemed to point that he depended on his friends in that place; they would not admit that anybody should have a share in that town but the House of Tredegar and were therefore jealous of having any invasion made on them.

Lady Mary Kemeys to Sir Charles Kemeys. Wants news of the children; she had purchased and sent down the pheasants; Nany was sad because she had lost her dog, having choked him by giving him brandy; she had heard in two letters from Wales that Morgan, thinking that once publicly breading his word was enough, was keeping his promise and by his powerful interest Sir Charles was likely to be returned, though almost all the gentlemen of the county were against him; Mr Raminden had sent a good report of Neddy, adding that she prayed God he might deserve it and be a comfort to me 'who have met much to the contrary hitherto'; she had heard that Waites continued to be very ill and had given up drinking; there was a time when they would all do so, but forced repentance was seldom good for anything; urges that there should be no more borrowing of Neddy's money.

Lady Mary Kemeys to Sir Charles Kemeys. Upbraids him for not giving her news of her little boy's illness; Sir Thomas Seyliard had failed to get elected at Maidstone, but accuses his opponents of foul play; reports that James Thomas had come to see her in a drunken state wishing her to write to Lord Pembroke to promote him in the Militia.

John Romsey to Sir Charles Kemeys. States that the report in the Gazette about Killigrew's naval action had no more truth than that he had chased some units of the French navy who had rejoined their own fleet before he could give battle; the French fleet had been seen within a league of Weymouth, being about 100 sail; it is concluded that another squadron had gone elsewhere, it is feared, to link up with some men in Scotland; it had been reported to the mayor of Bristol that great firing had been heard on the south coast on Sunday evening and Monday morning (24-25 June), the noise going westwards, so it was concluded that our fleet had engaged them; conflicting reports to the effect that Lord Torrington had cut his cables with eagerness to be at them or to avoid being fired at his anchor; with no Dutch squadron with our fleet and Admiral Killigrew with a great squadron in the Straits, it is feared that the French knew their advantage before they would come on our coast; the easterly wind had blown both fleet westward, if the French fleet outnumbered us so greatly they would always keep one squadron to ply for the wind, while the others are engaging, and if any of our fleet happened to be disabled, the wind being easterly, they would be at the mercy of the French; there was not such great mortality among the French fleet as was claimed in the news letter; the French Gazette had stated that King James had written to inform the French King that he would require no more supplies this summer and was able to dispute every inch of the ground with the Prince of Orange; all of which, it was feared, was likely t be true, as his army was advancing and the people called 'Jacobites' were not 'out of heart'; reports a cock match in which Sir John Smyth, Capt. Piggott and others had engaged that day at Bath, which had aroused the 'jealousy' of the Government and so two troops of horses were sent to attend; the writer's sole desire was for peace and quiet, for he was perfectly one of Sir W. Coventry's 'Trimmers'; advises that the 'hott well' waters would do Sir Charles good if he was regular with them, but if he drank, as he feared, they would do him great mischief.

John Romsey to Sir Charles Kemeys. Glad to be favoured with a letter at the time when he was busy with the security of the Kingdom and with the 'Church of England rascals' who were to have met the French, which the author of the Modest Enquiry [Baldwin - see 170] had said should be brought to light by this time, but had not yet been as good as his word; thinks it was lucky foresight to secure Sir James Morgan, for though the greater danger was from his principles, by his experience of wars and mathematical knowledge, if applied to gunnery and fortifications, he could be 'plaguey dangerous'; such arms and horses as he had might have constituted a danger if they had fallen into the hands of some resolute Jacobites; he had been regaled last week with stories of the recent battles by certain officers, who gave more instances of the King's heroism than fame had reported of him; thanks Sir Charles for his good reports of his family and his horses.

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.

John Humberstone to Sir Charles Kemeys. Sending on dorse the household and workmen's accounts from 29 Dec. to 4 Jan.; little master and Mary were very well, though the latter had a swelling of the gums through breaking teeth; the scabs on her face had almost dried off; William Edward Morgan of Eglwysilan, a tenant and the last life in a lease, was dead, from whom they received a bullock valued nearly £2 as a heriot; Margaret John, his tenant at Eglwysilan, was also dead, but was so poor that there was nothing to be had for a heriot; Anne Treharne was married in a private house by Lewis Jones, formerly a curate; the household expenses amount to £2.2.31/4 and the workmen's account to £2.5.01/2.

William Springett to Sir Charles Kemeys. Giving an account of the weekly household expenditure 7-14 Dec., and payments to workmen; Humblestone had sold 10 pigs from Kevenmably for £5.15.0, which went to pay the fourth payment of the King's aid, and he intended to give the corn and wheat at Kevenmably to the poor; 80 bushels of barley were to be sent to Newport; they were about to plough up a summer fallow at Ruperra; family news and other miscellaneous estate business; the household accounts, including 8 sacks of coal (2s.8) from Redgwern amount to £2.5.21/2, from which 6s.3 to be deducted for pigs and poultry; the workmen's account amounts to £1.5.8.

William Springett to Sir Charles Kemeys. Giving an account of household expenditure and of payments to workmen, 20-27 Dec.; expresses concern over Sir Charles's illness; family news, including the fact that his little daughter's clothes 'begin to decay'; Mr Miller had begun to use the coal in the 'renewed' pit; miscellaneous estate business wants the park gates locked till charcoal is carried out; the workmen's account amounts to £1.4.9 and the household expenses to £2.3.5.

William Springett to Lady Mary Kemeys. Giving his account of household expenses and of payments to workmen, 11-18 April; 79 bushels of barley at 2s.8 per bushel had been sold out of the tithe barn; the clear gain of the coal works last week was only 16s.11, but on having more workmen there will be great profit; the household account amounts to £2.8.61/2 and the workmen's account to £3.8.5.

Charles Jevan to Sir Charles Kemeys. Wishing him to send the lease which Llewelyn Jenkins had delivered up, so that it could be seen whether a re-entry could be made in the case of insufficient distress and to send a witness to prove that Arthur French, as agent to Sir Edmund Thomas, had acted property in the transaction.

John Bubb of Bristol to Sir Charles Kemeys. Stating that a bill to Sir Charles for £100 on Sir Thomas Lane, the value of which Mr Basset sent him, has not come to hand.

Thomas Bassett to Sir Charles Kemeys. He had agreed that bearer should bring Sir Charles's horse up to London for £1; reference to his distraining on cattle.

W. Catchmay of Monmouth to Sir Charles Kemeys. Informing him that peace had been concluded between the townsmen after the great debate in the Chancellor's court at Hereford, though he understood that the parson of the parish was 'left out on both sides'' at a meeting of JPs at Uske, Ffortune had begged them to sign a certificate on behalf of Sam Pye to be postmaster in his stead, to which Messrs Probert, Ffloyer and Jones assented, but Perkins and the rest refused to sign; the writer, the present postmaster, did not know what they intended to allege against him, but he relies on Sir Charles's support.