Ffeil L1/3. - Letters to Mary Myddelton at 'her house near Wrexham' [Croes Newydd],

Letters to Mary Myddelton, mostly relating to household, estate, personal and social matters, and also including a number of letters, 1719-1723, from [Judge] Ro[bert] Price, London, containing references to notable events, amongst which are: the Peerage Bill, 1719; the publication of Bishop [Thomas] Ken's works, 1721; Spanish demands for Gibraltar, 1721; the burning of the Pretender's declaration to the king, 1722; Sir Richard Steele's new play 'The Cautious Lover', 1722; the suspension of Habeas Corpus; 1722, the condemnation of the bishop of Rochester, 1723; the stopping by the government of the publication and distribution by the Duchess of Buckingham of the late Duke's works, 1722; and the passing of various Acts of Parliament. Mary Myddelton rented Croes Newydd, in the parish of Broughton, near Wrexham, from Robert Ellis in 1719, and she remained there for the rest of her life.