File 33. - Documents relating to the Gwernyfed estate,

Mainly relating to the claims of Mary Williams, wife of Henry Williams, later the wife of Sir Humphrey Howarth, upon the estate. They include a draft deed to empower Henry Williams of Brecon to receive rents to pay the interest on the mortgage due to Sir Jeffrey Jeffreys, 1710; copy articles between Mary Williams of Gwernyfed and Sir David Williams of the Lodge, Herefordshire, her brother, 1723; case touching the legacy by Henry Williams to his wife Mary, later the wife of Sir Humphrey Howarth, 1724; grant of £1,000 by H. Howarth to Nicholas Jeffreys, 1724; case relating to Howarth's claim on the Gwernyfed estate, 1724; notes on the Gwernyfed estate settlement, c. 1725; letter from Henry Williams of Brecon to Sir H. Howarth about a legacy to Lady Howarth, 1734, and copy letter from Sir Henry Howarth to Nicholas Jefferies, 1734; letter from Walwyn Shephard, Worcester, to Thomas Foley, MP, at Putney, concerning deeds ordered to be sent by Sir David Williams, 1737; advertisement of the sale of Gwernyfed estate in pursuance of a decree in Chancery, with a letter from William Wynter, Inner Temple, to Samuel Price, attorney, Hay, 1743; Schedule of the title deeds of Sir David Williams to Gwernyfed, post 1735; order for settling maintenance for Sir Edward Williams, an infant, 1744; and a particular of the estate of Sir David Williams to be sold for the payment of his debts and portioning his younger children, n.d. Also a record of the poor rate on p. Glasbury, 1682.