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Account of the Jacobite rebellion

Two volumes containing an account by John Williams of the trial for treason of certain persons concerned in the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. John Williams was one of the counsellors for the Crown.

Bodelwyddan manuscripts,

  • GB 0210 MSBODEL
  • Fonds
  • [18 cent.].

This collection comprises the legal manuscripts of John Williams, together with part of a copy of A General Abridgment of Cases in Equity ... by Williams and copies of other printed legal works.

Williams, John, d. 1788.

Cases in Equity

A part of a copy of A General Abridgment of Cases in Equity, Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery, &c. ... By a Gentleman of the Middle Temple [i.e. John Williams]... (London, 1732). The copy is interleaved, with numerous manuscript notes.

Legal notes

Five volumes containing notes on legal terms and precedents compiled by John Williams.

Legal notes,

Two volumes containing miscellaneous legal notes, copies of Acts, etc. by John Williams.

Notes on law administration

Two volumes containing notes by John Williams on the administration of English law in Wales and legal charges and practices in Wales from the time of the conquest by Edward I until the reign of George III.

Notes on law cases

Notes by John Williams on law cases. The volume was used later, 1793-1795, to record cash received for farm produce, farm and household expenses, and payments made to servants, etc., possibly at Bodelwyddan.

Pleas of the Crown ...

An interleaved copy of Sir Matthew Hale and Giles Jacob: Pleas of the Crown ... (London, 1716), with numerous manuscript additions by John Williams.