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To John Owen. Subject: His intention to stand as candidate for Anglesey at the next election.

1. Owen Roberts of Cayrey;
2. John Owen of Penrhos.
   Release of the properties specified in Bodewryd deeds 257.

Copies of: (a) The concluding portion, from 1065 to the end, of the Historia de gestis regalibus regum britannie of Alfred of Beverley. This copy contains the additional paragraphs which are to be found in Peniarth MS 384 (ff. 1-3 verso, 10-16 verso); (b) Portions of the chronicle of Robert of Torigni: 1. Prologus Roberti de Torineio, beginning 'De Chronographia temporum descriptione ...' (ff. 7-8), 2. The letter of Henry of Huntingdon to Guerin le Breton ('Incipit Epistola Archidiaconi ad Warinum Britonem de regno Britonum ...') wherein he refers to a copy of a history of the British Kings by Geoffrey Arthur in the Abbey of Bec, in 1139 (ff. 8-9 verso and ff. 4-5 verso).
The Chronicle of Robert of Torigni is printed in Chronicles of the Reigns of Stephen, Henry II and Richard I ..., edited from manuscripts by Richard Howlett, 4 vols (London, 1884-1889), IV (1889) [Rolls Series, vol. 82].

An autograph letter, 9 June 1698, from Edward Lhuyd, Pembroke, to [Humphrey Humphreys], Bishop of Bangor, relating to Lhuyd's ongoing tour of South Wales, describing the difficulties faced in corresponding, his fossil collecting and his research into Welsh manuscripts (f. 1).
Also included is an engraved portrait of Lhuyd, 1796 (f. 2).

Leases and an assignment of a lease originally granted by William Pughe of Mathafarn, of lead mines in Penegoes, Darowen, Llanbryn-mair and Dylife, to prospectors from London, York and Derbyshire, 1698-1713.

Legal papers of the Salesbury family of Rug, deriving from a dispute between Elizabeth Salesbury and Margaret Salesbury, and Roger Salesbury, concerning the payment of portions due to the plaintiffs under the trusts of the will of their father, Owen Salesbury, 1698-1715, and the case of Roger Salesbury about a deed executed at Ruthin, 1713, which may be indirectly related.

Papers deriving from a dispute in the High Court of Chancery between Elizabeth Salesbury and Margaret Salesbury, daughters of Owen Salesbury, deceased, (per Elizabeth Salesbury their mother), plaintiffs, and Roger Salesbury, Sir John Trevor, Owen Eyton, Sir Roger Mostyn, Gabriel Salesbury, Ellis Young and Ellis Lloyd, defendants, concerning the payment of the portions due to the plaintiffs in accordance with the trusts of the will and settlement of Owen Salesbury, 1698-1715. They comprise the decretal orders, a report, a letter to Roger Salesbury from R. Green, and the answers of Elizabeth Baraston [nee Salesbury] and Margaret Salesbury, and of Sir Roger Mostyn to bills of complaint by Roger Salesbury.

Volume entitled 'Collectanea Hear. Sijpenateinii ad Vincent. Lirinensem', a collection of extracts relating to Sr. Vincent of Lerins, taken from printed sources, made c. 1700.

Manuscripts and antiquarian notes collected by T. Llechid Jones. Many of these are transcripts, with dates of files taken from the original material, not from the copies.

A collection of miscellaneous letters and papers, 1698-1969, purchased or received by donation from various sources by the National Library of Wales during the period September 2004-April 2013 and boxed as one volume.

Years for which transcripts are filed: 1698-1699, 1721, 1723-1794, 1796-1861.

Field notebook in the hand of Edward Lhuyd, probably compiled during a tour in preparation for his proposed work on the topography and natural history of Wales, 1698-1699. The contents form an itinerary, starting at Kidwelly [sic] and recording the orientation and distance between each of the places visited, from Carmarthenshire through Cardiganshire, Brecknockshire, Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire, Merioneth, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, back to Conwy and then Anglesey. There are occasional brief remarks on the landscape, weather, and Welsh names for the last three days of March and the first of April. On the penultimate page is a sketch of a starfish found near Harlech.

A notebook of Edward Lhuyd, written 1698 (see pp. 10, 52), containing details of monumental inscriptions in Llanboidy (p. 6), Defynnog (p. 7), Llanfihangel (Mongomeryshire) (p. 17), Trawsfynydd (p. 31), Llangadog (p. 53), Herefordshire (pp. 58, 72), Llanllywenfel (p. 75), Llanafan Fawr (p. 77) and Llandanwg (p. 89); sketches of stone crosses (pp. 59-61, 73), stone circles (pp. 27, 44, 94, 99, 100) and further stones (pp. 2, 9, 42-3, 56), lime pit fossils (pp. 14, 44, 54, 62, 84-5, 145), a window (p. 3), Llangorse lake (p. 36), and the shore by Barry Island (pp. 37-8); and details of tombstones and their epitaphs (pp. 4, 11, 13, 39, 47, 63, 69, 81). The volume also includes notes relating to manuscripts and their owners (pp. 65-74), etc. An autograph note on p. 120 states: 'Mr. Edward Lhwyd was born at Lappiton parish, his nurse is now [?1698] living at Krew green (where he was nurs'd) 9 yre of her at Mrs. Judith Cowfield at Lappiton / his nurse says he is 41 years old 3 days before Michaelmas last according to Catherine Bowen his nurse to ye best of her memory'.

Subject: Personal and family affairs.

1. Owen Roberts of Cayrey, co. Anglisey;
2. John Owen of Penrhos.
   Lease for a year of quillets of land in the occupation of Owen Marks, fisherman, the moiety of Ynis Savall, p. Llanvoorog.

Brogyntyn, 1698-1824, namely Sir Robert Owen of Porkington, 1696, with codicil, 1698, proved 1698; Jane Owen previously of Porkington, then of Wrexham, 1727, with codicil, 1732, proved 1733; William Ormsby of Willy Brooke [Ireland] 1737, proved 1739; Lewis Owen of Wexham, Buckinghamshire, B.D., 1735, with deposition, 1746, and administration, 1758; Margaret Godolphin of Abertanat, 1764; Francis Lord Godolphin, 1764, with codicils, 1764, 1765, proved 1766; William Owen of Porkington, 1762, proved 1767; Francis Owen of Conduit Street, St George’s [London], 1773, proved 1775; William Ormsby of Willowbrooke, Sligo, 1780; Francis Lord Godolphin, with codicil, 1784, proved 1785; Owen Ormsby of Porkington, 1804; Margaret Ormsby of Porkington and of Stanhope Street [London], Middlesex, 1805, proved 1806; Elizabeth Gore of Baker Street Marylebone, 1813, proved 1815, and part of a previous will, signed and dated 1810; and John Owen of Penrhos, Montgomeryshire, 1817, proved 1824. The file also contains the will of Hugh Owen of Woodhouse, Salop, 1764, with an official extract of the will and successive administrations, 1768 and 1773; the will of Sarah Owen of Woodhouse, 1764; and the administration of Humphrey Jones of Machynlleth, 1809.

Assignment by Francis Gell of London to Edward Thompson of York and Charles Middelton of London, of lead mines in the commons of Uwch y Coed, Penegoes, in the lordship of Cyfeiliog, Montgomeryshire, 1697/8. Recites that William Pughe of Mathafarn granted the lease to Franci Gell on 20 Nov. 1693.

Papers relating to Thomas Parker and his estate in Kidwelly, 1761-1818; papers of Louisa Parker, comprising mainly letters received by her, 1790-1833, and drafts of outgoing correspondence, notes and memoranda, 1822-1832; diaries, account books, etc., 1808-1832; papers relating to the Allihies copper mine, 1817-1837; papers relating to the London estate [parish of St Katherine Cree] of Lousia Parker, 1819-1832; deeds and documents for properties in Kidwelly, 1698-1832; papers relating to the administration of the estates of Mr and Mrs Parker, 1833-1838; inventories, catalogues and valuations, 1818-1833; letters and accounts of the executors, 1818-1847; and miscellanea, 1807-1825.

Correspondence mainly of Paul Panton, senior, and Paul Panton, junior, 1779-1799, the correspondents including John Bruce, Edinburgh, 1779, S. Pellet, Richard Thomas, Jesus College (to Evan Evans), J. Parry, 1780-1781, Henry Baker, Peter Grosvenor, W. Wynne, Mold, 1782, Watkin Williams, Penbedw, Paul Panton (to Mr. Howlett concerning the population of Anglesey), J. Mander, Roger Ellis, Cornist, 1785, Edward Jones, Wepre, 1785-1794, Evan Evans, Gynhawdref, 1787, Paul Panton (to Evan Evans), John Wilkins, Bersham, 1789, Thomas Parry, Chester, Thomas Williams, Holywell, William Owen, Pentonville (relating to the Padoucas, 1791, Welsh Archæology, emended by Paul Panton to Archaiology, 1798), S. Small, Holywell, 1792-1795, Thomas Hughes, Nant y moch, 1792, William Shackfield, Denbigh, 1793, L. Hansard (instructions for Paul Panton's printing press, 1794), Benjamin Hughes, Birmingham, 1795, William Jennings, Covent Garden, David Thomas, Amlwch (to John Williams, Plas-y-brain), John Williams, Plas-y-brain, 1796, and J. Williams, Treffos, 1798. Also included are draft letters of Morgan Jones, Mold, 1698; correspondence between Evan Williams, the Strand, Thomas Percy, bishop of Dromore, and Paul Panton, 1798; correspondence and papers relating to protests against the appointment of John Probert, 1779, heads of a speech by Lord Powis, and an abstract of Edmund Burke's bill, 1780; papers relating to lawsuits over Talar Goch and Disserth mill, 1777; an account of Paul Panton's journey to Glyder Fawr and Glyder Fach, 1780; a list of works by Richard Wilson at Clemendu, 1786; a document relating to coal works at Coleshill, 1787; estimates for a fire engine, 1787; a translation of 'Marwnad Lleucu Llwyd', 1790; papers relating to Penmynydd almshouses, 1792-1793; a report by the keeper of the Common Gaol of Flintshire, 1794; copies of letters between Col. Richard Bulkeley and Capt. Stephen Rich, 1646; and a declaration in ejectment touching property in Holywell, 39 Geo. III.