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Miscellaneous documents including three holograph letters to Thomas Jenyns (Jennings), Dodleston, from Edward ap Ellis, 1630 (sureties), T. Vaughan, Hengwrt, 1631/2 (the apprehension of a barker for a debt of £200), and Rich. Vaughan, Corsygedol, 1632/3 (the release of a poor prisoner); two holograph letters from J[ohn] Pardoe, London, to Madam [ ], 1762 (the receipt of letters), and to Mrs. Anne Bee, Salop, 1773 (the payment of a dividend); a holograph letter from Edw. Lewis, Dolgelley, to Richard Whittacres, Cottone, 1634 (Edward ap Ellis's writ); a holograph letter from [ ] Lucking?, London, to [ ], 1703 (the affairs of the family of Mr. Abbott); a holograph letter from Sinah Mathews, C[astle] B[romwich], to her nephew John Williams, Chester, 1734 (begging the acceptance of two cheeses); a holograph letter from [ ] to the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Affairs [1688?] (the writers' determination not to sit upon a case) (transcript; mutilated); a receipt, 1710, by Mary Hieron to Mrs. Susannah Hulton, Dudliston, for a guinea; a receipt, 1762, by B. Hatchett to the Reverend George Hodges and William Prichard, trustees in the will of William Morrall, deceased, for £62.6s. received upon a bond; an undated [eighteenth century] poem entitled 'The Ghost'; a memorandum, 1633, concerning the apprehending of Edd. ap Elice otherwise Edd. Wynne; a copy of an inscription upon a memorial tablet to Ellis Lloyd of Penylan [Ruabon], who died in 1712; an abstract of the will [13 September, 1663] of Sir Griffith Williams [of Pen'rallt, Conway] (mutilated); an account (1 page) of Dudliston, said to have been written by W. Challner, senior; a draft of a letter [nineteenth century] relating to a road to be constructed in order to avoid the Oswestry Trust; and a pen drawing of an ecclesiastical dignitary.

The duplicate of the account of Sir Richard Wynn for converting the Tennis Court and tenement adjoying to Somerset House alias Denmark House into a chapel vestry and other rooms for the Queen's Majesty's service, 25 May 1630-31 December 1635.
See PRO lists & indexes, II, Declared accounts, Pipe Office roll 3404. Audit Office bundle 2490.

1. Morgan Lloyd, alias Morgan ap Robert ap David Lloyd, of Penrhos Bradwen, gent.;
2. John Thomas Owen of Penrhos and Thomas Owen of Bronheylog, gentlemen.
   Lease of tenements in the townships of Gadrod, Vchdryd, Llanvawr, Trefowen, Devbwll and yr arw, co. Anglesey.

1. Edward Wynne of Bodewryd, esquire;
2. William Bold, esquire, gentleman porter of the Tower of London.
   Lease of Melin rhos goche in Erriannell.

Final concord in a fine levied between Hugh Pennant, gent., plaintiff, and Rondle ap Harry Kenricke, gent., and Thomas Parry, his son and heir apparent, deforceants, when the deforceants recognized two messuages, etc., in Northop and Caervallough to be right of the plaintiff.

1. John ap Edward ap Thomas of Llanbedr, co. Denbigh, gent., and Robert ap John, his son;
2. Sir Roger Mostyn of Mostyn, co. Flint, knight, and Roger Oakes of Llanwothan, commote of Creythin, co. Carnarvon, yeoman.
   Grant of a messuage in Conway with the moiety of a meadow in Boditha and Castell. With a power of attorney to Nicholas Hookery and Peter Jones to deliver seisin.

1. Rondle ap Harrie Kenrick of Caervallough, co. Flint, gent., and Thomas Parry, his son and heir apparent;
2. Hugh Pennant of Dooninge, gent.;
3. John Humphreys of Placebelin and Humffrey Jones of Flint, gentlemen.
   Deed leading the uses of a fine to be levied and a recovery to be suffered of a messuage and closes of land called y Berllan, ddyoske vcha, ddyoske issa, y vron gelin, maen llwyd vcha, maes yr on, quoetkay bychan, maen llwyd Canol, quoethay vchben yr odyn, quoetkay vch ben Ty pant y ffynon, groft tan y skybor, y ddole y vron dderow, y vron Coed wrth y ty, y parke and Kay Tegus vcha, in Northop and Caervallough.

1. Edward Wyn of Bodewred;
2. Edward David ap Ier' of Clygyrocke, labourer.
   Agreement whereby Edward Wyn is to pay Edward David 40s. and half a peck of pilcorn and one summer cheese every year, and Edward David is to make and maintain a watercourse from Rhyd y garreg wen to llynn y plwmp.

Papers, 1630-[?1877], of the Griffith family of Garn, Henllan, Denbighshire, mostly relating to George Griffith.
The papers comprise twenty-six letters, 1841-1865, to George Griffith (ff. 44-94), including ten from his wife Charlotte Griffith (née Douglas), March 1841, on the illness and death of her brother Hargreave (ff. 44-63), and ten from Joseph Brereton, Liverpool, 1861-1862 (ff. 69-79, 82-89); nine letters, 1833-1842, to Charlotte Griffith (ff. 22-43); and eleven letters, 1763-1848, addressed to other members of the family (ff. 1-21); together with other papers of George Griffith, [1850s]-[?1877] (some 100 items in total), which include draft and copy letters, newspaper correspondence, and drafts of articles and speeches, mostly by Griffith, on topics of both national interest, such as taxation, the Game Laws, the Reform Bill, etc, and local Denbighshire interest (ff. 95-415), some being written on the reverse of printed ephemera, dated 1859-1866 (ff. 95-108, 245-246, 306-307, 309-310). Also included are miscellaneous items including a receipt, dated 1 October 1630 (f. 416); part of a transcript, [?1690], of a valuation of the Lordship of Ruthin (ff. 417-418); draft answers, [c. 1705], to a bill of complaint of Richard Griffith, relating to the 1686 marriage agreement of Grace Williams, Coedmawr, and John Williams, Caerberllan (ff. 419-423); notes, [c. 1816], on Napoleon and recent European military matters (ff. 424-430); and a letter, 30 October 1853, from [the Deputy Assistant Adjutant General], Scutari, [Istanbul], to the Commanding Officer of the troops at Kulali, [Istanbul] (f. 431). A letter, 4 November 1958, from Ermine Dixon, Preston, to Edward Hall is included (f. iii), together with a few notes on specific items, apparently in the hand of Edward Hall (ff. 2a, 3a, 7a, 13a, 16a, 21b, 416a, 423a).

Pedigree and achievement, [1630], of Lewis Powell of Lamphey, Pembrokeshire, in the hand of the herald George Owen, Rouge Croix, with one hundred and twenty coats of arms, all emblazoned and painted. The pedigree is traced from 'Gwilim Cantington alias Cainton' of Eglwyswrw, Pembrokeshire, and 'Gwenlhian daughter of the Lord Rees ap Griffith', both depicted at the head of the pedigree in hand coloured portraits, and also from Rhirid Flaidd, from whom Powell's grandmother was descended. A number of collateral lines are depicted, including those of the Earls of Pembroke and of Worcester and the Warren family of Trewern, Nevern.
It should be noted that various sources, including Peniarth MSS 128, 131 and 132, give Gwilim Cantington's wife as Gwladus rather than Gwenllian (see P. C. Bartrum, 'Plant yr Arglwydd Rhys', National Library of Wales Journal, 14 (1965-66), 97-104 (p. 100)). The pedigree was checked and ratified by Owen and contains a certificate of authentication granting the arms to Powell, signed by Sir Richard St George, Clarenceaux King of Arms.

Deeds and legal papers relating to the Crosswood estate, Cardiganshire, 1631, 1705-1820, and to the Plas Llangoedmor estate, 1808-1898, mainly in Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire.

Probate records of the Pughe family of Mathafarn and Llanwrin, comprising a commission from the Court of Arches to administer the estate of of John Pughe during the the minority of his daughter Bridgett Pughe, 1631; letters of administration of Rowland Pughe of Mathafarn, and an account of his goods and debts by his widow and administratrix, Mary Pughe, who ‘alleadgeth…that a great part of the horses and cattle of the said dec[edan]t. …was taken from her by force and violence of souldiers in these late warrs….’ 1646-1647; and a copy of the will of William Pughe, late of Mathafarn, then of Machynlleth, referring to a purchase of the Gellygoch estate and providing for his younger children from the profits of mines in the lordship of Cyfeiliog, 1718.

1. Rondle ap Harry Kenricke of Caervallough, co. Flint, gent., and Thomas Parry, his son and Heir apparent;
2. John ap David ap Evan and Ellis ap David ap Evan of Soughton, gentlemen.
   Mortgage of two closes of land called Kae Tegvs vcha and y Parke in Caervalloughe aforesaid.

1. Rondle ap Harry and Thomas Parry;
2. John ap David ap Ieuan and Ellis ap David ap Ieuan.
   Bond for the performance of covenants.

1. Hugh ap John Owen of Llanvaythly, gent.;
2. Hugh Gruffyth ap Morris of Cornwylys, gent.
   Lease of Gweyn Rynion in Cornwylys, aforesaid. Annual rent 20s., two capons at the feast of All Saints and two days reaping.

Holograph letters, etc. of the family of Edwards of Cilhendre. The writers include Jo. Leche, Carden, to cousin Thomas Edwards [the elder], Starchamber office in Greas Inne, 1631/2 (the apprenticeship of children, a hearing in Easter term, a debt, personal); [ ] to [ ] [1692] (aunt's legacy to the chapel, a promise of the Anatomy Professor's place, Granvel's trial) (fragment); John Bridgeman to his son (addressed to Mrs. Anne Edwards at John Bridgeman's at Blodwell), 1697 (free leave to travel the world) (mutilated); Tho. Harry, Glascoed, to Anne Edwards [the elder], Keelhendre, 1698/9 (the attornment of tenants); F[rances] E[dwards], Castle Bromwich, etc., to her mother Anne Edwards [the elder], Killhendre, and others, 1701-1716 and undated (6) (personal); Tho. Morrall, Sheldon, to Anne Edwards, junior, Keilheindrey, 1706/7 (personal); Robert Totty, Holywell, to Mr. Challnor, Keelhendre, 1752 (probate of the will of Anne Edwards the younger); F[rances] E[dwards], Blod[well], to her mother, 1756? (a visit to Llangedwine) (together with a note by Sinah Mathews) (mutilated); U[rsula] B[ridgeman] to Anne Edwards [the elder], undated (the recipient's health, sermons by Mr. Morrall); and Thomas Edwardes [the younger] to his father Thom[as] Ed[war]ds [the elder], 'Kilhendrum', undated (personal). Also bound in the volume is a rent roll of Keelhendrey in the time of Frances Edwards and Ann Edwards [early eighteenth century].

Subject: Business matters.