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A miscellaneous collection of pedigrees made by Thomas Langford between 1611 and 1625, partly out of the collections of other Welsh genealogists. There are several tables of the Langford family, with the remainder of the volume containing pedigrees from all parts of Wales and from border counties, particularly Cheshire and Shropshire.
There are also some copies of documents mainly relating to Montgomeryshire, including a list of sheriffs, a rental of the manor of Llanerchydol, 1559 (f. 168), etc. In addition to pedigrees, there are some notes of the arms of English families (ff. 156-162), and of the creations of noblemen from Edward the Confessor to Elizabeth (ff. 144 verso-155 verso). The Hokleton pedigree (ff. 45 verso-46), was written by Richard Broughton of Oulbry.

A history of Wales transcribed from George Owen's treatise of lordships marcher in Wales; copies of a statement made March 10, 1685/6, at New York by Morgan Jones, 'the son of John Jones of Basleg near Newport in Monmouthshire', attesting that he had conversed with American Indians in the Welsh language (see The Gentleman's Magazine, 1740), of a letter, August 14, 1734, on a similar subject sent by Charles Lloyd, Dolobran, Montgomeryshire, to a cousin, and of 'Dr. [Robert] Plott's Account [to the Royal Society] of an Antient Discovery of America from Wales'; a list, in the hand of John Lloyd, Caerwys, of 'The names of the Principal men that kept Hardelech castle against Edwd the 4th;' lists of the sheriffs of Flintshire, Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire, and Merioneth; transcripts of epitaphs in Mold church; and notes taken from Thomas Carte : A General History of England (London, 1747-1755).

Lists of the high sheriffs of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire taken from Y Gwyliedydd, with other manuscript lists and notes by W. W. E. Wynne, and a list of Denbighshire sheriffs written in 1595 and continued to 1601. Also included are a form of sheriff's patent for Rhys Milton, Merionethshire, drawn at Westminster, 29 January 1547; a licence, 20 May 1530, granted to 'Mredd. ap Hulkin Loid' to build a water mill at Dinlle; and a copy of letters patent drawn at Westminster appointing Rhys Vaughan Sheriff of Merionethshire, 27 November 1547.

Miscellaneous notes and extracts by Walter Davies relating mainly to Welsh history, archaeology, topography, etc.; a list of Montgomeryshire sheriffs; memoranda relating to the Manafon national school, 1832-1835; etc.

A rental of rents [due to the Crown] in the counties of Anglesey, Carnarvon, Chester, Denbigh, Flint, Merioneth, and Montgomery in 1781, with [the auditor's] remarks. At the beginning of the volume is a list headed 'List of North Wales Debentures', being an account of sums payable in fees and otherwise to Crown officials (such as the baron of Carnarvon exchequer, the sheriffs of the six counties, the constables of Beaumaris, Carnarvon, Conway, Harleigh and Flint castles, the chief forester of Snowdon, etc.,) and to other persons in North Wales.

Abstracts of Estimaner probate records, 1705-1790; a copy, in the writer's hand, of a letter from Richd. Bennett to Dr. [D. C.] Lloyd-Owen, undated ( probate records at Bangor); extracts of baptisms, marriages, and burials from the parish registers of Kerry, 1616-1791, Llanwrin, 1709-1812, Llanfair Caereinion, 1725-1776, Penstrowed, 1672-1832, Llanwnog, 1683-1745, Llanwyddelan, 1772-1828, and Llandinam, 1721-1868; abstracts of two deeds relating to properties in Llanegryn, 1749-1772; statistics relating to the [ Newtown] District of [Calvinistic Methodist] Sunday Schools, 1858-1862?, extracted from a volume in the custody of J. R. Evans, Trefeglwys; miscellaneous eighteenth century extracts from parish registers relating to the Montgomeryshire families of Morris, Stephens, etc.; extracts from memorial inscriptions in the churchyards of Llandinam, 1711-1883, Llanwnog, 1757-1910, and Llanbryn-mair, 1830-1842, and of Caersws Baptist Church, 1869- 1904; and transcripts and extracts from manuscript and printed sources, among them being an annotated list of sheriffs of co. Montgomery, 1541- 1847, 1867. The volume was compiled in 1930.