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Account Book of William Llewellin with the representatives of Sir Charles Kemeys Tynte containing details of receipts for the Kevenmably estate and of disbursements.

Account Book containing details of expenditure authorised by Sir Charles Kemeys, bart. Incomplete: details from: Jan. to c. 19 March missing.

Account of receipts and disbursements of Walter James, bailiff of Sir Charles Kemeys, and receipt of the said, Walter James for £5.18.10 being the balance in his favour.

Letter to their cousin Sir Nicholas Kemeys from his 'unaminous kinsmen'. The general tenor is obscure and difficult to read, but it contains references to the expected return of Lord Herbert of Raglan from a hazardous journey, the latter's favourable encounter with the King and to the despatch to the Marquis of Hertford of a commission to be delivered to Lord Herbert. Endorsement that the letter was for his most honoured cousin Sir Nicholas Kemeys, bart, high sheriff for Monmouthshire, and for his most honoured cousin John Awbrew [?Awbrey], esq., high sheriff of Glamorgan, with a note to Sir Nicholas stating 'if you will not believe me I pray look up in the inclosed list where you will find yourself ranked warm in the middest of the whole body of the Sheriffs for the Kingdom'. Sir Nicholas Kemeys was, however, not made a bart till 1642 and was sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1632, while John Awbrey was sheriff of Glamorgan in 1634. There is also a PS that the writer would be 'exceeding glad to hear that Lord Herbert is safely come home'.

Lady Mary Kemeys to Sir Charles Kemeys. Stating that Mr Powell had sent him 23 dozen bottles of excellent wine. Unaddressed and unsigned.

Lady Mary Kemeys to Sir Charles Kemeys. She had arrived in her brother's house in Soho, but was disappointed because she had not heard from him; her father had a mind to take the trust of the children upon himself again; he had taken advice of counsel, who tell him that his trust would hold good, notwithstanding the paper signed by him when he went into France; following her father's example, she had put her servants in mourning; chides him for not writing and queries if the sober or the fair company at Tredegar had ended their Christmas yet and, if not, was sure that 'that which took up his thoughts and time so' would make him unwilling to read a great deal from her.

Lady Mary Kemeys to Sir Charles Kemeys. Proposing that her father, her brother, Mr Humphrey Gunter, or some of them, be put in trust with her in respect of the business of her children, Sir Charles undertaking not to meddle in their concerns.

Lady Mary Kemeys to Sir Charles Kemeys. Telling him that if he consented she would wish to have nothing to do with the trust left by Lady Morgan; all the trustees named wished to have nothing to do with it; it would have to be left between her father and herself, unless her brother agreed to take part in his stead; unless he, Sir Charles, engaged not to concern himself in it, a lawsuit would result, which could be of no advantage to him and a great prejudice to the children; not having heard from him since she left makes her conclude that 'you are so well pleased with the company you are in and with my absence, that you do not care how little you are put in mind of me'.

Lady Mary Kemeys to Sir Charles Kemeys. Concerning the trust for her children from her first marriage, Edmund and Ann Thomas; her father was resolved to stand up for his right to be guardian to the children, unless Sir Charles would undertake never to be concerned in the business; she would much rather not be in Lady Morgan's trust than lose the children, which she feared would happen if it came to a lawsuit; she intends consulting Sir Robert Sawyer on the matter; she hopes that Lady Morgan's body would soon be shipped away to Holland, as, if they could not agree about the trustees, she would be almost ready to rise again as soon as she was laid; Sir James Morgan had called to see her, very drunk, but she was not in; he had said that the Lords Lieutenant was to be sent down again to see if they could bring the King a better account than last time, for he was resolved to leave no stone unturned to bring his designs to par.