Copy of the debate in the House of Commons, 9-20 November 1685, concerning the establishment of the militia, disbanding the new-raised forces and raising a present supply for the king.

A letter signed and subscribed by [Sir] L[eoline] Jenkins, Secretary of State, from Whitehall, to Lord [ ], 1683 (a directive for the officers of the militia to be in readiness, in view of the discovery of a 'horrid designe' [Rye House Plot]).

Sixty-four holograph letters and three formal notes from [Sir] Jos[eph] Banks, from Soho Square [London], from Spring Grove [Isleworth, co. Middlesex], from Revesby Abbey [Lincolnshire], etc., to John Lloyd at Hafodunos, at Soughton, Northop, at Wygfair, St. Asaph, etc., 1778-1814 and undated (personal and family news and news of acquaintances, and more specifically an invitation to a Royal Society club dinner (1778); Lord Mahon's book on electricity [Principles of Electricity, 1779] and his promise of another in which he would refute Mr. [Benjamin] Wilson's deductions, news of Lord Mulgrave and [Sir Charles] Blagden, and a request for a specimen of saxifraga umbrosa from Ireland (1780); a paper on new double stars to be read to the R[oyal] S[ociety] by [William] Herschel, the death of [? Dr. Solander] and a request for a specimen of Crataegus Aria from the cliffs near the top of Pen Man Mawr [co. Caernarvon] (1782); a balloon flight across the English Channel by [John] Jefferies and [François] Blanchard [this letter is dated January 1784 but this is probably a mistake for 1785, the flight having been made in January of that year], the resignation of the clerkship of the R[oyal] S[ociety] by Robertson and a contest for the post between Messrs. Coppard and Gilpin (1785); [William] Herschel's visit to Germany to take a telescope of his own making as a present to the University of Gottingen, Herschel's progress with his forty feet [telescope], the discovery of a new comet by Caroline, Herschel's sister, a 'bill intended by the manufacturers to restrain the growers of wool' and a meeting to be held in Denbighshire to consider the bill, the teaching of classics in England as compared with the continent (1786); the receipt of a box of plants from the Snowdon area, Danish and Roman antiquities found in the bed of the river Witham [co. Lincoln], the danger of wheat which was imported from America being infected by insects unknown in this country (1788); comments on Shetland sheep and a request for a specimen (1791); the political situation with comments on democrats, constitutionalists, the Whig club, etc., (1793); a visit from David Pennant, the ill treatment of recipient by a riotous mob at Denbigh, the presence of 'dangerous mobs in many counties' caused by 'the first Raising of the Militia', the price of corn, damage estimated at £ 750,000 by floods in Cambridgeshire, Lloyd's service to the country as a magistrate and the value of this office to the constitution, sheep rearing, the discovering of gold in Ireland (1795); the result of the [parliamentary] election in [co. Caernarvon] with mention of the contestants Sir Robert [Williams] and Lord Penrhyn, acknowledgement of receipt of copies of 'Shon Gwialen', the ill effects of apple insect, good wishes to recipient should he 'undertake the arduous task of becoming Knight of your shire', criticism of Thomas and David Pennant (1796); a request by Lloyd for a copy of the map which accompanied Dr. [Christopher] Packe's Ancographia sive Convallium Descriptio (1798); [Frederick] Hornemann's journey to Africa [on behalf of the African Association], the effects of prolonged drought, comments on Adam Smith's theory of 'perfect freedom in trade' (1800); the abundant crops and the price of grain (1801); the result of the [parliamentary] election in co. Kent, the West India docks in the Isle of Dogs and the Wapping Docks, the health of the members of the Royal Family whom the writer had seen at Weymouth (1802); the possibility of an invasion of England by Buonaparte (1803, 1805); Lloyd's wish to become a trustee of the [?British] Museum (1804); the death of [Alexander] Aubert at Lloyd's home, the draining and selling of land by the writer (1805); the writer's anger on seeing the spires of Lincoln minster pulled down, a request for Lloyd's help in procuring answers to a questionnaire concerning alleged damage to cathedral fabrics, comments on 'the Political Hurricane' which had taken the King out of the hands of a Whig administration, the political changes in England, wire worms, the anniversary of the Club, astronomical data (1807); the cultivation of cranberries, news of crops (1808); receipt of a Brazil coin and of tokens for his sister's [Sarah Sophia Banks] collection, Sir H. Englefield's circular letter and canvass of the Society of Antiquaries (1811)). 'Shon Gwialan' probably refers to the pamphlet entitled 'A Letter to the Right Reverend Dr. Warren on his conduct as Bishop of Bangor', published in 1796, in which the writer, 'Shon Gwialan', attacks the bishop of Bangor for alleged nepotism, etc. The identity of the writer has not been discovered.

Holograph letters and miscellaneous papers of the families of Morrall of Cilhendre, etc., and Challnor of Plas Yolyn, etc. The writers include Dan. Morhall to his son John Morhall, Holborne Court [London], [16]59 (three houses in Hodnet, personal) (together with a note by John Beeston); E. Parry to John Morrall, 1687 (together with the latter's petition to the King for a grant of the reversion of the office of examiner in the Court of Exchequer in the County Palatine of Chester); D[aniel] Morrall, Portsmouth, to his brother Edward Morrall, Royal Oak in Elsmere, [16]97 (the writer's capture by the French and his enforced enlistment in the Duke of Bolton's regiment); John Aldersey to Edward Morrall, the New Hall at Penley, 1699 (financial transactions with Mr. Dymock and Mr. Jones); Jno. Morrall, London, Rochester, etc., to his brother Edward Morrall, Keelhendrey, 1733-1739 (8) (the writer's deputy purser, the purchase of S[outh] Sea Stock, brother Andrew's maintenance, the writer's illhealth, etc.); John Whitehall, Lincolns Inn, to Edward Morrall, Kilhenry, 1739 (comments on the recipient's arrears and his proposal to purchase a field); Thos. Knight, Whitchurch, to William Challnor, Keelhendrey, 1747-1747/8 (3) (the recipient's purchase of the Plas Yollin estate); Margt. Morrall, Hollywell, etc., to her brother William Challner, Keelhendre, 1747 (2), and to Mr. [Thomas] Knight, attorney at law, Whitchurch, 1748 (3) (the valuation of the Plas Yollin estate); [Sir] Edwd. Lloyd, London, to Thomas Knight, Whitchurch, 1748 (Plas Yollin estate deeds); Edwd. Jennings, Plas Warren, to William Challner, Iscoyd, 1748-1771 (3), and to Mr. [Thomas] Knight, Whitchurch, 1748 (Plas Yollin estate deeds, the conveyance of Mascynnycod); Wm. Challnor to Mr. [Thomas] Knight, Whitchurch, 1748 (2) (the title to Plas Yollin); Jos. Lee, Redbrook, to Chas. Morrall, Plas Yollen, 1812 (a sketch of allotments on Dudleston Heath, and the proportion due to the recipient for his leaseholds); and D[eborah] Morrall to her father [Edward Morrall], undated (personal). The miscellaneous papers include a bill of complaint of Richd. Pryce, gent., one of the clerks in the office of the pleas of the Court of Exchequer, against Edward Morrall and Thomas Aldersey for the payment of a debt due from John Morrall, deceased, 1698/9; particulars of miscellaneous disbursements, 1739-1741; a computation of the value of the late Mr. Murhall's estate in Dudliston, 1747; and an undated [eighteenth century] notice to beggars that no relief will be given at the door at Plas Yollen, but that any family recommended by creditable neighbours will be relieved, etc.