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1. Gruff' ap Robert Vychan, and John ap Rutherch ap Res, free tenants of the King, of the township of Trefgayan, commote of Meney;
2. Dd. ap Res ap Ll'n ap gruff'.
   Grant of Tuthyn Hoell bagh and Kay Eign' vychan in Bodavon, and Tuthyn llowarch in Llechog, commote of Turkelyn.

Record of a recovery suffered between Roland Gruffith of Porthamall, esquire, and Richard Owen of Penmyneth and Hugh ap Robert ap Res, of twenty messuages in Llanvawr Vyrior Vchtryd and Kaderod. (Seal of great sessions for cos. Merioneth, Carnarvon and Anglesey; green wax; slightly chipped.)

1. Gruffith ap Gwillim ap Gruff. ap Ieuan ap Ll', and William ap Gruff. ap Gwillim, his son, free tenants of the Bishop of Bangor, of the township of Cowrnweylan in the commote of Taleybolion;
2. David ap Res ap Mered' ap Tud'r and Thomas ap Dd. ap Ieuan ap Mered.
   Grant of y fron heilog in Cowrnweylan, to be held to the use of the grantors and their heirs.

Original bundle comprising a quitclaim of land called Gwern Ladron by John Lewys, son and heir of Lewys ap Moris of Aberystwyth, to Davit ap John alias David Saer, 1545, and a gift to William David ap John, otherwise William David Saer, with further quitclaim and bond, 1577.

1. Henry ap Rys, Clerk.
2. Hugh ap Dd. ap Rys, Rys goch ap Hugh Lewys, Hugh ap Rys ap Ll' ap Gruff' and William ap Dd. ap Kyn'.
   Grant of all his goods and chattels to the use of his next of kin, Hugh ap Harri, Rys ap Harri, Jenet verch Harri, Agnes verch Harri and Elizabeth verch Harri.

1. Johanna verch Gruff' ap Hoell, widow, free tenant of the King, of the township of Trevadok in the commote of Taleybolion;
2. Owen ap John Owen ap Meyrik, gent.
   Grant of Tuthyn Moris y ffiread in the said township.

Title deeds of the estate of Main or Tre Main in the parish of Meifod, Montgomeryshire, 1545-1684. The files relate to miscellaneous arable lands, and to various houses and lands named Maes y Bont, Maes y Tir Newydd, Gro Meredith Lloyd, The Long Leasow, Y Ty yn y Tyr Calch, Y Wyg, Y Borva Newydd, and the capital messuage of Main, with Y Ty yn y Cwm and another unnamed messuage. The deeds show that estate was purchased by Richard Hunt, a Shrewsbury draper, between 1609 and 1617, and sold by his descendants to Owen Williams of Ystumcolwyn, Montgomeryshire, in 1676. Prior to these purchases, former owners of the properties included the descendants of John Goch, Ieuan ap Me’dd ap Ll’n ap Tuder, Edward ap David ap Ll’n ap Tuder, David Lloyd ap John ap Ieuan ap Owen, Howell ap William, Me’dd David ap Howell and his brothers, Owen Lloyd, Owen David Lloyd and William Benyon. The deeds also show the survival of the mediaeval field system of strips or parcels of land within larger fields at the start of the seventeenth century.

Title deeds of houses and lands mainly in the township of Main, 1545-1635. Property names include Y Werglodd Gronn, Pant Koch, Maes y Llannerch, Pwlldir, Maes Lletty Ieuan, Y Gyvynys Vawr, Grose Yn Y Werne, and Maese y Mayne. The earliest deed is a gift by Gruffith ap D'd ap Hugh ap Gruff' ap Tuder of Main to Roger ap Gruff' ap Guttun of arable land (unspecified), 1545. The file includes the pre-nuptial settlement of David ap John ap Ieuan ap Owen and Katherine vch Owen ap Mer'edd ap Lle'n ap Tuder, deceased, of lands in Main and Broniarth [Guilsfield], 1549; a quitclaim of dower by Catherine verch Mer'edd Lloid to Howell ap William of the lands of Thomas Rees, her late husband, 1585; a bond by William ap Ieuan ap Howell ap Madocke of Bodynfoel and others, to Reginald ap John Goch of Llandrinio referring to a lease made in 1551 by Ieuan ap Lli'n Goughe of Deuddwr, of property in the parish of Llanfechain, 1563; a grant by Owen Lloyd of a seat in Meifod church to his brother Humffrey, 1616; a quitclaim and several bonds to Richard Hunt of Shrewsbury, by Meredith ap David ap Howell of Main and his brothers, John, Owen, and Humfrey, by Humfrey Jones of Main, and Andrew Parry of Dyffryn Meifod, 1622-1635. Other deeds record transactions of Edward ap David Lle'n ap Tuder, 1552/3, Hoe'll ap W[illia]m ap Ieuan ap Hoe'll ap Mad', 1552/3; Owen ap John Gough ap David Gough ap Lle'n ap Hoe'll ap David ap Meredithe of [Welsh]pool, 1553, David Lloid ap John ap Ieuan ap Owen, 1555, 1567/8, William ap Owen ap Llewis ap Owen, 1555, Edward ap David ap Lle'n ap Tuder, 1556, Ieuan ap Mer'dd ap Lle'n ap Tuder, 1556, 1562, Hoe'll ap W[illia]m, 1562, 1577, 1592, Humffrey ap Owen ap M'redd, 1567/8, Ieuan ap Mer'dd, 1570/1, David Tuder of Collfryn, 1570/1, Mathew ap John Goch and David ap John Goch late of Poole, 1577, William Beynon, 1608, and Owen David Lloyd and Mary his wife, 1608.

Title deeds for properties mainly in the parishes of Llangoedmor and Penbryn, 1545-1773, including Melyn Werna alias Y Velyn Ganol, Penbryn, acquired by James Lewis, 1569, the New Mill and a moiety of the fulling mill, 1598; Tyr Blaen Sayth or Tyr Keven y Graege and Tyr Velyn Dilas, gained by John Lewes of Abernantbychan, 1623; and Parke Aberharthen, in a bond to James Lewis of Coedmor, 1661. The file also includes a quitclaim of of Plase Fose y Lloyne, Llangoedmor, to Rees ap John Thomas, 1545; the 1578 pre-nuptial settlement of James Lewes of Penbryn and Anne Lloyd [daughter of John Wogan of Wiston], 1578; the sale of Plas Dyffryn Llynan, Cardigan, to Owen Powell of Aberporth, 1581; a quitclaim of Kay Gwyn and Lletty Madog, Llangathen, Carmarthenshire, 1596/7; a demise of Cawres, Llangoedmor, by James Lewis the elder to Nicholas Lewis of Heane Castle, 1666; and a lease by Lewis Pryse of Abernantbychan, of Cefen Trefwtial and Tre’r Piben Cefen Ceirw, Penbryn, 1773.

1. Robert Bulkeley of Botten', co. Ang.;
2. Hugh ap R' ap Ll'n ap Tud' ap Ithell and Margaret his wife.
   Covenant to restrict a fine levied to the m's specified herein.

1. Hugh ap Res ap Lle'n ap Tud' ap Ithel and Margaret v'ch William ap Res, his wife, free tenant[?s] of the Bishop of Bangor, of t. Tref Ieuan ap Ieuan, commote of Llivon;
2. Robert Bulkeley.
   Grant of Tir Matto, Tir Gruff' ap Ier' goch and Tir merched Ier' ap Mad' ap Ho'ell in Tref Ieuan aforesaid.

Title deeds for houses and lands in Llannerch Goch in the parish of Llangynfelyn, 1546-1558. The main property is Y Tythyn Ucha yn y Llannerch Goch; there are deeds for purchases by Yeuan Gyttyn Dyo, 1546, and by Ieuan ap Gr' ap David, 1551/2; bonds and quitclaims by Rhydderch ap Ieuan ap Guttyn Deio and Rytherche ap Ieuan ap Gruff' ap D'd respectively, to John Vaughan ap Rudderch, 1557-1558; a gift by Thomas ap John ap Rudderch to Thomas D'd Gutto, which also includes Y Borth Nant, 1573; and a mortgage by Rignallt William of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn to Sir Richard Pryse of Gogerddan, 1622. The other properties are Tyddyn y Vron Goch, mentioned in a bond to John ap Riys of the commote of Genau'r-glyn, 1567; and Y Llyast Yn Yr Ddisgwylfa, assigned by George Jones of Rhos Gillan, mortgagee of Humphrey Harry, to Sir Richard Pryse of Gogerddan, 1671.

Lease by Sir Rice Manxell, kt, to Philip Manxell, gentleman, and Anne his wife, of a close or park called Lobthorn’s Close, in the lordship of Scorlaskastell, p. Landewy, for twenty-one years; rent, 30s. [English]. Dated: 23rd March, 37 Hen. VIII [1546]. Signed: Res Manxell. Seal wanting. The letters A. B. C. D. F. F. G. H. cut through along the top of the deed.

1. Thomas ap William ap John ap Robyn, gent., free tenant of the lord the King, of the township of Trevadog, in the commote of Talbolion;
2. Ll' ap Mered' ap Res.
   Grant of tythyn Madog Lloyd in Kayr llech in the township of Trevadog.

A bond to Yvan John Geffrey and Elliw verch David Vachan his wife concerning Tythyn Llayngaled, 1546; and a deed of sale by Henry Vaughan ap Richard ap John Vaughan ap Ridderch of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn to Richard Pryse of Gogerddan, of Y Tuy yn y Ddole, together with Y Llain Galed, a void tenement called Tuy yn y Berth and other pieces of land (named), in Llangynfelyn and Llannerch Goch, 1597.

Papers deriving from various legal actions mainly involving the Pughe family of Mathafarn, Montgomeryshire, 1626-[c. 1743/4]; and arbitration awards, 1546-1599.

Crown Sale, for the sum of £678 1s. 6d. to Sir Rice Maunxell, kt, of the demesne and manor of Hawode y Porthe, al. Havode y Porthe, the manor of Kenfyge, and the manor of Tethegistoo, co. Glam., late belonging to the dissolved Abbey of Margam and Seynt Mychaelles Mill, p. Margam, the Grange of Llanvegellith, land called Crikewodde, lands in Hawoode y Porthe, Kenfige, Llanvegellith, Trissant, Margam, and the grange or farm of Horgroo, p. Tethegistoo, subject to certain specified charges. [Latin]. Dated at Hampton Court, 28th Aug., 38 Henry VIII [1546]. Third Great Seal of Henry VIII, green wax, indistinct, appended by green and white silk strands (129mm).
The box also includes a note of translation dictated by Walter de Gray Birch (1909).

1. Hugh ap Rob't ap Res ap Ll'i' ap Hulkyn;
2. John ap Rob't ap Res.
   Release of tuthyn y tuy heno o vewn y kay duy in t. Vghdrid.