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Holograph letters mainly addressed to John Jones of Wrexham, etc., only child of John Jones of Maesygarnedd, together with some miscellaneous papers. The writers include Vincent Corbett, [16]97 (the writer's inability to act as J.P.); [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [1st bart., of Glascoed], Gr[ays] Inn, [16]95 (complaints from Mr. Fowle of the recipient's ill dealing); John Jones, Llansilin, to Lady [Margaret] Williams, Glascoed, [16]98 (the vacant living of Llangollen); Edward Kyffin, [16]99 (the recipient's home journey); J. Morgan, Wrexham, 1700 (money against the fair, etc.) (together with a copy of the recipient's reply); J. V., Lond[on], 1703 (the rejection of the Conformity Bill by the House of Lords) (mutilated); Jo. Jones to his cousin, 1706 (money matters); John Williams (endorsed: 'ancestor of Bodelwyddan'), Wrexham, 1713 (an action against the recipient's cousin); [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [2nd bart.], 1719/20 (a loan of £300); and ?John Jones to his uncle Humphrey Jones, undated (the recipient's concerns at Machynlleth, etc.) (fragment). Also bound in the volume are a list of four title-deeds, 1689-1696, left with Owen Prichard, 1697; a list, 1698/9, of deeds which Simon Lloyd took to show [Richard] Vaughan of Cors a Gedol [Corsygedol] and were not returned; a receipt, [16]99, from [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [1st bart.] to cousin John Jones for £40, being arrears of rent for his part of Bryn y Fynnon [Wrexham]; a news letter, 20 October, 1716, addressed to Mr. Jones at Keel-hendre; a notice, 13 May [ ], from [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [1st bart.] to [ ], to pay £30 for two and a half years' rent for Bryn y Fynnon; a second bill for £100 drawn by Hen. Jones upon Mr. Humph. Jones to Clemt. Ireton, 1670; and an imperfect sheet, c. 1684, containing particulars of securities on lands.

Holograph letters mainly addressed to John Jones, Junior, of Wrexham, etc., together with a few miscellaneous papers. The writers include Ka. Jones, his step-mother, [16]66-67/8 (2) (a journey to London, the return to St. Albons, the meaning of the recipient's and his wife's letters, personal, the writer's spinning wheel) (together with a Biblical commentary written in the blank spaces of one letter); H[ugh] C[ourtney] [16]66 (spiritual experiences); Tho. Jones, London, 1668-1684 (2) (the arrest of the drover John Rouland at Epping fair, cousin Robert Wynne in Ireland) (the one endorsed with sermon notes, the other mutilated); Humfrey (Humphrey) Jones to his step-son John Jones and to his step-daughter Mrs. Mary Jones, Bryn y ffynnon house in Wrexham, [16]83-1684 (2) (the health of Mary Jones, the trial of Collonell Sydney, personal, news of friends); Tho. Major, London, to his sister [? Mary Jones], 1684 (family news; Mora Abbott, the Camp at Dundalke, to Humphrey Jones, London, 1689 (military actions in Ireland); J. Humphrey to [ ], 1689 (the appointment of cousin John Jones to the shrievalty of [Merioneth]); Jo. Jones, from Glascoed, to his wife Mary Jones in Cheapside, 1689/90 (3), and from Chester to Mrs. Anne Edwards, Keelhendrey, 1708/9 (the shrievalty of Merioneth, the Assize sermon, etc., the Pretender's attempted invasion of Scotland); [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [1st bart.], Greys Inn, to Hugh Jones, St. John Street, [16]92 (the payment of 'brin y ffynnon' rent) (together with a receipt); Richard Jones, nephew of John Jones, [16]95 (desiring his interest with cousin John Maddackes); Hugh Pyers, Mertyn-ysglan, 1695 (a copy of the Duke of York's conveyances); Cad. Wynne, Dublin, [16]97 (the sale of the writer's patent for the office of 'Cheefe seriant at Armes' in Ireland); Richd. Simpson, Poulton, near Lanc[aste]r, 1697 (money due upon a bond); John Billingsley, London, [16]97 (the election of the Elector of Saxony to be King of Poland, military preparations and actions at Namur and Barcelona, the escape of the English E[ast] India ship 'The Tavistock'); Richard Vaughan, Dolegwin and Cors-y-gedol, [16]97/8-1699 (2) (personal, the completion of designs) (the earlier letter endorsed with a note of moeny left in a bag brought from Chester by Owen Prichard, and a note of washing left at Mallwyd 1697/8); Jo'n Davies [1700] (money matters, the recipient's father's quondam concerns in Ireland) (fragment); Jonath. Edwards, Jes[us] Coll[ege], Oxford, 1706/7 (the writer's book - 'a preseruatiue against Socinianisme', references to Dr. King of Merton College); Jonathan Jones, Wrexh[am], 1712 (the duel between the Duke of 'Hambelton' [Hamilton] and Lord Mohun, news of the war between Sweden and Denmark); [?Isaac] Manley, Dublin, 1712/13 (Mr. Davis's answer); U. Bridgeman, Blod[well], niece of John Jones, undated (thanks for wine, personal); and F[rances] E[dwards], niece of John Jones, undated (news of the writer's sister). Also bound in the volume are a bond, 1675/6, from Joseph Mould, distiller, and John Jones, gentleman, both of Wrexham, to William Jones of the same, gentleman, for the payment of £10; a list of persons to be offered for sheriff of Merioneth, 1683; and an undated list, in the hand of John Jones, Junior, of family title-deeds and papers, 1659-1696 and undated.

Holograph letters, etc., of the family of John Jones, Junior, of Wrexham, etc. The writers include Humphrey Jones to his [step-]daughter Mary Jones, Bryn y ffynnon house in Wrexham, 1684-1686 (3), and to John Jones, 1685-1686/7 (2) (the management of the writer's affairs in Merioneth, etc.; money matters, the execution of Alderman [Henry] Cornish and others, the hearing of the writer's case before the Lord Chancellor, a purchaser for Penamnen); Jo. Jones, Wrexham, to Humphrey Jones, Aldermanbury, 1685 (the Penamnen tenants, claims upon estate owners in the lordship of Mr. Pugh of Mathavern, etc.); John Lloyd, Wrexham, to John Jones, Cheapside, London, 1689/90 (the plight of the widow of the heir of Collonell Michael Jones); and Ann Leven to her uncle John Jones, undated (personal, news of uncle Payne). Also bound in the volume is a true copy, in the hand of Humphrey Jones, of a rental and particulars of arrears sent by Mr. [Charles] Price, 1689.

Holograph letters and a few miscellaneous papers of the family of Edwards of Cilhendre. The writers include Marga[ret] Williams to Anne Edwardes [the elder], 1689 (herb water, recipe); Roger Bridgeman, Oxon., to his aunt, 1720 (college news); M. Bridgeman, C[astle] B[romwich], to her aunt [ ] Edwards, Chester, 1734 (aunt Frances Edwards's tombstone); [Sir] Edward Lloyd, London, to Mr. Challnor, Kilhendre, 1747/8 (repairs at Plas Yollin); F[rances] Edw[ards] to her mother Anne Edwards [the elder] and to her sister Anne Edwards [the younger], undated (3) (alterations at Keelehendry, the christening); Tho. Hanmer, Fens, to cousin [ ] Edwards, 1682/3 (a bond); V[rsula] M[athews], Llangedwin and Blod[well], to Anne Edwards [the elder] and Frances Edwards, both at Glascoyd, [16]92-1693 (2) (personal, interment of uncle Kynaston); T. Aldersey, Spurstow, to cousin Mrs. [Anne] Edwards [the elder], Kilhendrey, [16]96/7 (the writer's offer on behalf of his son); John Davise, Bettus, to Anne Edwards the elder, Keelhendre, 1700 (the writer's distress); Ur[sula] Bridgeman, Blodwell, to Anne Edwards [the elder], Keelhendrey, [17]05-1717/18 and undated (5) (family news, the rectory of Wigan); P. Logan, London, to Mr. Jones, Killhendry, 1706 (personal); John Williams, Chester, to Frances Edwards, Castle Bromwich, 1719 (cousin Bridgeman's health); E[lizabeth] M[arkham] to [Anne?] Edwards [the younger], 1730 (the payment of money); Sarah Bordman, undated (Madam Edwards's estate); Mary Bassnet to Mrs. Edwards at Keelhendry, undated (money matters); F. Edwardes, Ellesmere, undated (an answer to a letter); M. Edwards to her cousin, undated (cousin Price of Gunley's estate); Deb. Basnett, Bor[ ], to Ann Edwards, Kelhendry, undated (personal); etc. Also bound in the volume are a copy of the memorandum of account, 1730, contained in NLW MS 11451B; and a receipt, 1752, for a legacy bequeathed by the will of Ann Edwards [the younger].

Papers of Humphrey Jones, brother of John Jones of Maesygarnedd, including the deputation, 22 March, 1653/4, by Rice Vaughan of Graies Inne, co. Middlesex, esquire, and Humfrey Jones of London, gentleman, of the stewardship of the manor and lordship of Bromfeild and Yale, co. Denbigh, to Colonel John Carter of Kinwell [Kinmell], co. Denbigh, esq., together with an undertaking by John Carter to give a just account (mutilated); an account of receipts and disbursements on behalf of [?John Jones] since 6 August, 1683; a holograph letter from Hugh Williams, Marle, to Humphrey Jones, Alderman Bury, London, 1686 (legal, with reference to the Voylas estate); an account of money resting in Mr. [Charles] Price's hands, 23 August, 1687, and of money due at Michaelmas; and the answer, undated, of Humphrey Jones, one of the defendants to the bill of complaint of William Lloyd concerning properties said to be mortgaged by John Jones ('the regicide') (mutilated).