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Plas Yolyn household, tax, tithe, succession and rent accounts, 1887-1908. Inserted items include an undated memorandum from J. Wilson, gamekeeper, to C. Morrall, esq., that he had given a warning to James Rice, labourer, Edward Jones, wheelwright, and George Richards and Thomas Morris of Ifton Heath, colliers, their dogs having chased a rabbit on Plas Warren land; and a poem, the 1909 defeat of England against Australia at cricket having been attributed to their senility, the team having had an average of thirty-four.

Note's in a child's hand on the English constitution, based on Dicey's Law of the Constitution. From the rear of the volume are score cards for six innings of a cricket match, presumably England v. Australia, 1880s-1890s, with W. G. Grace and [R. S.] Lucas opening for one team (Grace and [Dick] Barlow for the third innings), and [Alick] Bannerman and [Percy] McDonnel for the other team. The first three pages (at least) have been torn out. Top edge inscribed 'M Guthrie Ilatian' [sic.], and inside front cover inscribed 'M L Guthrie, 22 Sep'r 1878'.

Rental of half-yearly rentals, Lady Day 1878-Lady Day 1881. Inserted items include rent-day receipt accounts, Lady Day 1878-Dec. 1885.

Loose papers relating to mortgages, principally relating a mortgage by Rev. Cyrus Morrall to Edward Birch, esq, to secure £3,000 and interest, 1862, with a further charge of £200 in 1875, and a mortgage by Robert Morrall, esq., to Rev. George E. C. Casey to secure £2,200 and interest, 1871.

Volume of recipes, plus a very few embrocations, polishes etc, including several inserted items. Spine stamped 'Recipes'. The only two dated items are for 1876 and 1887.

Original bundle comprising Rev. Cyrus Morrall's will, 1874, and codicils and draft codicils, 1866, 1871, 1872, 1874, 1875 and 1881; draft transfer of a mortgage for £3000 etc., secured on property in p. Ellesmere, to which Rev. Cyrus Morrall was a party, 1875; and letters from Cyrus Morrall, his son, to Messrs Robinson, Preston & Stow about the terms of his father's will, 1881.

Deeds relating to annuities on the life of Hon. Michael William Bellow Nugent, late of Earls Park, Co. Galway, Ireland, but later of Leamington, co. Warwick, then of Higham Grange, co. Leics., including assignments to Robert Morrall, esq.

Receipt and expenditure accounts, including returns on investments, personal accounts paid, executors' accounts, and rents received. Spine labelled 'Day book'.

Volume of food, household and medicinal recipes. Title page inscribed ' Mrs Lingard's recipe book, Heaton Lodge, June 1840'. Includes a few inserted recipes, including one dated Nov. 1892.

Printed volume: 'Erinnerung an Hamburg, 20 hamburg Volkstrachten [Memory of Hamburg: 20 Hamburg costumes], Herausgegeben und verlegt von [ed. & pub. by] B. S. Berendsohn, Hamburg, Alsterarcaden No. 14'. Title page, index page and plates 1-19 [of 20] with interleaved tissues.

Original bundle of deeds and related papers relating to Sodylt Farm, otherwise Trwyn-y-Swch, mainly relating to trustees under the will of Rev. Cyrus Morrall (d. 1882). Includes a lease into possession (release not found) by Charles Morrall of Chester, esq., and others to Longueville Longueville of Oswestry, co. Shrop., esq., of Pit House farm, Trwyn-y-Swch and other m's and lands in Dudleston, p. Ellesmere, and Cilnant (51a.), p. Llangollen, co. Denb., 1839; office copy of the will (1867, proved 1869) of Henry Jones of Llanerchrugog Hall, co. Denb., 1869; a reconveyance by William Charles Hussey Jones of Wandsworth, co. Surrey, esq., to Michael William Bellew Nugent of Earlspark, Co. Galway, of Earlspark and other Irish property, 1872; and plan of property (1a.) at Dudleston presented by Rev. Cyrus Morrall as a site for a parsonage house, 1878.

Probate records and related papers, including office copy probate of the will (1839) of Charles Morrall of Plas Yolyn, esq., 1839; special administrations of the rest of the goods of William Morrall of Neston, co. Ches., esq., dec., 1840 and 1873; drafts, copies and probates of wills, including limited probate of the will (dated 1854) of Margaret Morrall, widow, 1856; probate of the will (1850) and codicil (1858) of Edward Morrall of Plas Yolyn, esq., 1859; administration of Margaret Morrall, widow, dec., 1856; probate of the will (1871) of Robert Morrall of Plas Warren, co. Shrop., esq., 1872; will (1851) of Cyrus Morrall of Beaumaris, co. Ang., esq. (d. 6 April 1855), and letters of administration de bonis non, 1872; probate of the will (1875) and codicil (1881) of Rev. Cyrus Morrall, 1882; release of Rev. John Peake and others from the trusteeship of Margaret Morrall's will, 1883, and enclosed papers, 1882-1887; probate of the will (1882) and codicil (1883) of Rev. John Morrall of Whitchurch, 1886; will (1899) of Cyrus Morrall of Plas Yolyn, esq., [n.d.]; appointment of Alan Leonard Stapleton Greenwell of Matlock, co. Derby, esq., as trustee of the will of Cyrus Morrall, dec., 1920; will (1935) and codicil (1950) of Anne Kinloch Morrall of Plas Yolyn, widow, 1952.

Original bundle of deeds relating to, among others, m's and lands called Chapel or Chapel House farm (57a.) and Kyah otherwise Caia (70a.), both t. Dudleston, p. Ellesmere, and the Rock otherwise Coed-yr-allt (28a.), p. St Martins, all co. Shrop., 1837-1838 and 1870-1871, and particulars of Chapel House and Kyah farms, part of the Plas Yolyn estate, considered by Cyrus Morrall as security for an advance of £2,200 and 4% in 1910. The original packet (discarded) was inscribed 'Stewart Landeman's trustees' and 'C. Morrall's £2,200 mortgage Plas Yolyn estate, Salop (paid off)'.

Miscellaneous loose printed material, comprising a Liverpool & Manchester Railway timetable, with details of connecting coaches and steam packets, 1831; John Burke, 'A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland', part 8, 1835 [Morrall of Plas Yolyn, pp. 595-6]; auction catalogue of genteel household furniture etc. at Beaumaris, co. Ang., the property of the representatives of the late Cyrus Morral, esq., 1855; 'The Standard' newspaper, 16 Nov. 1896, including an account of the trial trip from London to Brighton to celebrate the repeal of the red flag restrictions; electoral register for Dudleston ward, p. Ellesmere, 1958.

Photocopies from a volume intitled 'Geo. Drinkwater esq., mayor, 1829 & 30', listing the names of those who sat down to various mayoral dinners, including a dinner for the Duke of Wellington, sessions dinners, dinner parties in Rodney Street, and an election dinner. Several Morrall entries are highlighted. Also a covering letter, 2003.

Precis of the capital arrangements of Adam Lodge, Cyrus Morrall and Robert Greaves, in partnership as Robert Greaves & Co. of Liverpool, ropemakers, Aug. 1829 (Greaves contributing ropemaking machinery valued at £500, and Lodge and Morrall each contributing £500 in money) (pp. 1-2), and day book or journal, Sept. 1829-June 1830 (pp. 3-24). Followed by an account intitled 'Robert Morrall's cash account', Jan. 1858-Sept. 1870, plus a few entries, Oct. 1870-Aug. 1871. Spine labelled 'Day book'.

Original bundle of papers relating to a visit to Paris, Jan.-March 1830, including a French passport for Charles Guthrie; prescriptions from J. P. Roberts, surgeon & apothecary to the British embassy, for Mr Guthrie and Miss E. Guthrie, 12 Rue Castiglione, Paris; receipts; and recipes (in French) for brioches, feuilletage, biscuits de savoie, caprices, and crême d'amande ou frangipanne. Also an estimate (1829 watermark) and calling cards for London shops, n.d.

Memoranda of properties including in Dudleston, Ifton Rhyn, Ifton Heath and Bronygarth, with field numbers referring to maps 2-4. The only dated item is a note of game killed in 1828. From the rear of the volume are pencil notes relating to a Jones family, 1553-1696.

Volume containing a copy of the Burlesque Oxford Prize Poem, subject 'Pompeii', by James White of Pembroke College, Jan. 1828, and other poems, pictures and extracts, the last dated item being March 1867. Flypage inscribed 'Cyrus Morrall, Brasenose College, Oxford, Jan'y 21st 1828'.

Personal expenditure account, in [Oxford?], Jan.-May 1826, Scotland, Nov. 1827-May 1828, and France and Paris, June 1828-April 1830. Front cover inscribed '1819, Insurance orders'; rear cover inscribed '1819, Orders for returns'. Inside front cover inscribed 'Rue Grenville St Honore, no. 44, Hotel de Mayence'.