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Order by the Master of the Rolls in the case of Arthur Weaver, esq., plaintiff, v. John Purcell, defendant, that an injunction be issued restraining the defendant from proceeding at law against the said plaintiff and Gilbert Jones, John Oliver, and Phillipp Cope, the agent and servants of the plaintiff. It recites that plaintiff had purchased the reversion of the m. and tmt in question [see D. D. 1,130] and that, after the death sometime since of Nicholas Purcell, the last tenant for life, the defendant, alleging that he had some title to the property, informed plaintiff's agent that there was a heriot due on the death of the said Nicholas Purcell, and delivered to the said Gilbert Jones a horse in lieu of the said heriot, and agreed that, if defendant were allowed to enjoy the said property, he would take a lease of it for 21 years and in the meantime pay the rent thereof; that defendant held the property for two years but neglected to pay the rent.

Order by the Master of the Rolls in the suit of Arthur Weaver, esq., plaintiff, v. John Purcell, defendant, referring all matters (excepting the heriot) to Sir Myles Cooke, kt, one of the Masters of the Court, to take account between the said parties. It recites that Katherine Purcell, being entitled to the reversion of a m. and lands called The black house in Forden, co. Mont., expectant on the determination of a lease for 99 years, if three lives (the last of which was that of Edward Purcell) should so long live, sold the said reversion, together with the benefit of the rent and a heriot, to the plaintiff. That, on the death of Nicholas Purcell about Christmas 1680, the defendant, being his nephew, delivered to plaintiff's agent a horse in lieu of the heriot and agreed to take a lease of the said property. [See D. D. 1,129.].

Proofs for the plaintiff in the suit of Arthur Weaver, esq., plaintiff, v. John Purcell, defendant. It contains the evidence to be given by the witness.

Order by the Master of the Rolls in the suit of Arthur Weaver, esq., plaintiff, v. John Purcell, defendant (in respect of a distraint by the plaintiff for rent due and a horse seized for a heriot), that £19, deposited by the defendant with the sheriff to indemnify one Cope and others, the plaintiff's agents, should remain in the sheriff's hands until the amount ordered be settled.

Order by the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal in the suit of Arthur Weaver, plaintiff, v. John Purcell, defendant, dissolving an injunction to stay defendant proceeding at law in respect to the horse taken as a heriot. [See D. D. 1,129, 1,130.].

Memorandum Of Particulars of the proceedings in the case of Arthur Weaver, esq., plaintiff, v. Mathew Jones, Thomas Jones, and John Price, defendants. It states that defendant, Price, agreed to sell a tmt and lands in co. Mont. to the plaintiff for £225, who paid £25 as a deposit, but defendant, Price, having been indicted for clipping, caused plaintiff to delay paying the balance of the purchase money, and Price in the meantime sold the property to the defendants, Mathew and Thomas Jones. The Court, on 17 June 1688, decreed that the defendants, Mathew and Thomas Jones, were the purchasers, and ordered them to repay the £25 and interest to the plaintiff, and on 7 Aug. following, the Court being informed that Price was insolvent and 'run his country', made the order absolute. This document is endorsed: '3 Nov. 1690.'.

Brief for the plaintiff in the case of Arthur Weaver, plaintiff, v. Mathew Jones, Thomas Jones, and John Price, defendants. It gives the same information as in D. D. 1,134.

Petition to the Master of the Rolls of Arthur Weaver, esq., plaintiff, in the suit of Weaver v. John Price, Mathew Jones, Thomas Jones, and Robert Thomas, defendants, for an order for all parties to the suit to attend to settle the costs in the suit. [See D. D. 1,134.].

Order by the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal in the suit of Arthur Weaver, esq., plaintiff, v. John Price, Thomas Jones, and Mathew Jones, defendants. [See D. D. 1,134], ordering defendants' solicitor, Mr Richard Jones, to pay plaintiff's costs.

[This document consists of only two ff., numbered 34 and 35, therefore 33 ff. of it are missing.].

It is endorsed 'Llwynybrain Estate', probably Llwynybrain in the parish of Llanwonog, co. Mont. It commences with a grant, dated 23 April 1600, from John Best and John Hallywell to David Williams, serjeant at law, of Parkybrain, and ends with a chirograph of a fine levied at the April sessions in 1720 from David Parry and others to Henry Wellington.

Draft Of Indenture, being a lease for six years from Bagott Read of Maesmawre, co. Mont., esq., to Benjamin Buckley of Llandyssil, co. Mont., gent., of a m. and lands called Maesmawre aforesaid, now in the tenure of the said Bagott Read, but reserving to lessor the house wherein he now lives, a new garden and orchard, a piece of land called The further paddock, and the further stable, &c. Yearly rent: £---- and one fat wether on St Thomas' day, and to carry 2 loads of peat yearly to the house of the said Bagott Read at Maesmawre.

Attested Copy Of An Agreement, whereby, in consideration of an intended marriage between Thomas Kitchin the younger (son and heir apparent of Thomas Kitchin the elder of p. Kerry, co. Mont., gent) and Anne Pountney of Clee Downton, Shropshire, spinster (only child and heir of Thomas Pountnay of Wettleton, Shropshire, chirugeon, dec., by Joan, his first wife), the said Thomas Kitchen the elder and Margaret, his wife, and Thomas Kitchen the younger covenant to grant all their realty in the t's of Gwernawyd, Kefenyberen, Treyrllan, and Brinllawarch in p. Kerry, co. Mont. to John Littleton of Stocke, Shropshire, gent., and Charles Lucas of Edgton, Shropshire, gent., on trust (as to the property in Gwernawydd) for the said Thomas Kitchen the elder and Margaret, his wife, for their lives, with remainder to the said Thomas Kitchen the younger for his life; and upon trust (as to all the other property) for the said Thomas Kitchen the younger for his life (subject to an annuity of £4 to the said Thomas Kitchen the elder for his life), with remainder [ . . . ] their first and other sons successively in tail, with remainders over. Witnesses: James Lucas; Samuel Littleton; George Morris.

Receipt for the payment of £246.19s. by Mr Richard Haine the younger of Llwyn-y-brayne in p. Llanwonog, co. Mont., to Edward Turner on behalf of his father, Mr William Turner, of Gwernogee in p. Kerry, co. Mont., being the amount of the principal sum of £200 and interest secured by mortgage on the estate of Mr John Oliver in the t. of Garthilin in said p. Kerry and of £35 secured by bonds given by the said John Oliver to William Tumer. Witness: Charles Humphreys.

Agreement whereby Edward Powell the younger, late of p. Clunn, Shropshire, yeoman, third son of Edward Powell the elder of the Wain in p. Kerry, co. Mont., yeoman, covenants to convey to Thomas Kitchin of Clothie in said p. Kerry, gent., a m. and lands called The wain in the t. of Pen-y-gelly in said p. Kerry and in the tenure of the said Edward Powell the elder and John Jones. Proviso that the said Edward Powell. the elder shall occupy for his life the house and garden belonging to the said premises at the yearly rent of 40s. Consideration: £160. Witnesses: J. Livesay; Chas Gardiner Humphreys.

Abstract Of The Title of Andrew Berkeley Drummond and John Drummond, esq's (trustees of the estates of Bell Lloyd, esq., dec.), to Cloddie Farm and other lands in p. Kerry, co. Mont. It commences with an indenture dated 16 Mar. 1707-8 and ends with indentures dated 24 and 25 Oct. 1791.

Probate Of The Will of John Jones, late of Black Hall and now of Montgomery, gent. Testator bequeathed as follows:- To my daughter, Jane, the interest of £765 due from my sons, John, Charles, and Henry, and, after her death, I give the said principal to my said son, John. To my said daughter, Jane, the amounts due from Charles Thomas Jones, gent., dec., and my relation, Mrs A. Jones, of Stone House. Residue to my son and executor, John. Witnesses: Martha Jones and Sarah Davies, both of Montgomery, spinsters. Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 25 Aug. 1812 by the executor. Sworn under £1,000.

Copy Of Agreement whereby John Jones of Blackhall in p. Kerry, co. Mont., esq., agrees to permit William Tilsley of Milford in p. Llanllwchaiarn, co. Mont., esq., to erect a weir or dam across the River Severn to the lands of the said John Jones in p. Newtown in any situation below the mouth of a mill leet leading through the lands of the said William Tilsley to a mill and factory erected by him at Milford aforesaid and to enjoy the same during the life of the said John Jones. Yearly rent: 1s. Witness: Wm Pugh.

Copy Of Bill In Chancery (undated but addressed to the Rt Hon. John, Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain) of George Arthur Evors of New Town Hall, co. Mont., clerk. Orator states that he purchased, in May 1824, Great Vaynor Farm, situate in co. Mont., and that a gent. named Jones, now dec., who was formerly owner of the said farm, granted to William Tilsley, the defendant, liberty to erect and maintain a dam across the River Severn and also a lease of land (on which the dam was built) during the life of the said Mr Jones (see D. D. 1,146); that defendant last winter repaired and heightened the said dam, with the result that damage had been done to orator's land, and defendant is now engaged in deepening and widening a channel, which will divert a great part of the water of the said stream from its ancient course.

Copy Of An Affidavit in the suit in Chancery of George Arthur Evors, plaintiff, v. William Tilsley, defendant, of George Watson Buck of Welshpool, co. Mont., civil engineer, in respect of a new weir on the River Severn and its effect on the water level of the river, in connection with alleged damage done to the farm of Vaynor in p. Newtown aforesaid. [See D. D. 1,147.].