Ffeil L1/4. - Letters to Mary Myddelton at Croes Newydd,

Letters to Mary Myddelton at Croes Newydd, mostly relating to household, estate, personal and social matters, and also including a few letters from Jo[hn] Myddelton relating to election prospects with regard to the Denbigh county and borough seats, 1727; as well as a considerable number of letters from [Judge] Ro[bert] Price, London, containing references to notable events and people, amongst which are: the death of [Joseph] Addison, 1719; the South Sea Company's affairs, 1720-1722; the attainder of [Christopher] Layer, 1722; Jonathan Swift, 1724; parliament's action in depriving the Montgomery outboroughs of the right to participate in the election of a member of parliament, 1728; an incident relating to the Duchess of Queenborough and the 'new Beggar's Opera', 1729; and parliamentary news, including ministerial changes and references to Lord Sunderland and Sir Robert Walpole. Mary Myddelton rented Croes Newydd in 1719, and remained there for the rest of her life.