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A gathering of a manuscript of Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain, comprising the prologue and the text of the end of Book IV, chapter VII. The verso and recto of f. 3 are blank, but there is no lacuna in the text, so that the scribe must have turned over two leaves. The writing suggests the end of the 14th century as the date of the transcription, and a note at the beginning shows that the manuscript belonged to Reginald de Wolstone, a canon of Hereford. This Reginald died about 1411. The paper provides some excellent examples of the bunch of grapes watermark which is sometimes dated as late as 1450, or even later.

The laws are preceded by a calendar in the same hand; the first folio contains accounts and astronomical memoranda, and the last folio contains poetry by Robin Ddu, Rhys Vardd and Taliesin, in a later hand. In addition to the laws are examples of pleadings taken from Carmarthenshire and proverbs. There are marginal notes by William Maurice of Llansilin and others.

Accounts of the receipt by Simon Theloal of the arrears of the issues of north Wales; receipts of issues and mises in Denbighshire, Flintshire, Montgomeryshire, Caernarvonshire, Anglesey and Merioneth in 1555-1556; account of money received by Simon Thelwall of the chamberlain of north Wales, and of disbursements made by him at the chamberlain's bidding; list of collectors of the second payment of a mise in Bromfield and Yale with their charges; fees and annuities paid by Simon [Thelwall] for the year ending Michaelmas 1555; and the account of Simon Thelwall, made to Sir John Salesbury, knight, of receipts for the year 1555-1556. Simon Thelwell, the writer of this manuscript, as well as MS 93 and section (a) of MS 86, was probably the son of Richard Thelwall of Plas y Ward. He was an MP for Denbighshire in 1553, 1563, and 1571, and high sheriff for the same county in 1572.
Among the loose papers in the volume are: (a) Receipt from Lanselot Alforde, porter of the Castle of Chirk, for £7.12.0 being two years' fee, paid by Simond Thelwall on behalf of Sir John Salesbury, knight, general receiver of north Wales, [1555]; (b) Receipt from John More for an annuity from the same source, 24 March 1555/6; (c) Receipt from Morgan Lloyd on behalf of the Earl of Penbrok, 1 April 1555; and (d) Inventory of the stuff remaining in the Exchequer at Caernarfon in Oct. 1555, after the death of Lewes Owen. This Lewes Owen, who was a baron of the Exchequer and vice-chamberlain of north Wales, was the victim of the vengeance of Gwylliad Cochion Mawddwy.

Account of receipts and disbursements at the exchequer of North Wales, 3 & 4 Philip & Mary, 1556-1557; and arrears pending in the account of Sir John Salesbury, Michaelmas 1557.

Accounts of arrearages received by Simon Thelwall that were depending in the receivers' accounts for the year ending at Michaelmas 2 & 3 Philip & Mary, receipts of issues, and mises, 1556, money received of Sir John Salesbury and of others to his use, 1556, money paid by Simon Thelwall to the use of Sir John Salesbury after 1 May 1556, money paid into the receipt of the exchequer, fees and stipends paid after Easter 1556, and an account made to Sir John Salesbury of all the receipts of Simon Thelwall from 20 April 2 & 3 Philip & Mary, until 20 April following.

A composite volume (containing items (a)-(h) and (i) a-o) comprising:
(a) Accounts of the receipts and disbursements of the issues of North Wales by Simon Thelwall, 1553-1554 (see also Wynnstay MSS 92 and 93) (ff. 2-64);
(b) Rental of Richard, duke of York, of his lordship of Rhos, Rhufoniog and Ceinmeirch, for the year ending Michaelmas 1437. The following place-names are included: Commote of Ceinmeirch. Property in Segrwyd, Cefn Main, Garthennwch, Oakwood/Oakenwood, Prion, Cader, Brynbagl, Cerenyfed, Havod lom, Postyn, Sgeibion, Bachymbyd, Llewesog, Caeserwyd, 'Glyfferowe', Cilcedig, Kilford, manor of Kilford, and manor of Ystrad, all in p's Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch and Llanynys, co. Denb. Commote of Is Aled. Property in 'Alba Firma', 'Campus iuxta vivarium', Denbigh Fforensis, Graba, Lleweni, 'Newburgh', 'Poleflatte', Ystrad Cynon, Bodeiliog, Galltfaenan, Brynysgub, Gwenynog Wyntus, Gwenynog Canon, Nantglyn sanctorum, Nantglyn Canon, Erifiad, Taldrach, Twysog, Penporchell, Llechryd, Berain, Talybryn, Bodysgawen, Maes-y-cae, Dincadfel, Carwedfynydd, and Prys, in parishes Cerrigydrudion, Denbigh, Henllan, Llanefydd, Nantglyn, Pentrefoelas and Tir Ifan, co. Denb. Commote of Uwch Aled. Incomplete, but including property in Deunant, Grugor, Chwilbren, Pennantaled, Penglogor, and Petrual in p's Llansannan and Llanfair Talhaearn, co. Denb (ff. 66-89);
(c) Rental of the properties of Eubule Thelwall in the town of Ruthin and the lordship of Dyffryn Clwyd, 1495-1496 (ff. 92-96);
(d) Rental of the estate of Eubule Thelwall, 1491-1492, in the lordship of Dyffryn Clwyd (ff. 98-100);
(e) Rental of lands in the lordship of Denbigh, let to farm by Walter Blount, surveyor there, to diverse persons whose terms were to begin at Michaelmas 1538 (ff. 103-105);
(f) Rental of the demesne lands of Edward Thelwall, dated 25 March 1589, and a rental of tenements and houses in Ruthin, co. Denb., belonging to [Jane Thelwall, wife of Edward Thelwall] and Gabriel Goodman, her son, dated 22 Nov. 1593. Note. This document, while it agrees well with Dean Goodman's will, does not entirely substantiate the particulars given by J. E. Griffith in Pedigrees of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire Families, pp. 204, 274. and Richard Newcome in A Memoir of Gabriel Goodman, Appendix S (ff. 108-112);
(g) Rental of the commote of Collion, including property in t's Dyfanner and Ysgeifiog in p. Derwen, p. Clocaenog, t's Maesmaencymro, Trefechan and Bryncaredig in p. Llanynys, t's Bodangharad and Cilgroeslwyd in p. Llanfwrog, p's Efenchtid and Gyffylliog, all in co. Denb., n.d. [?1551x1600];
(h) Account roll of William de Melton, chamberlain of Chester, from 7 Feb. 1300/1 (when the counties of Chester and Flint were granted to Prince Edward [II]) to Michaelmas 1301, including receipts and payments for Cheshire and co. Flint. Payments in Cheshire include those to Chester Abbey, the nuns and the Dominican friars of Chester, the Hospital of St John, the lepers at Boughton, Stanlow Abbey, Chester Castle, and a mark to William of Northampton for painting a picture of the murder of Thomas a Becket by the four Knights, for the smaller chapel near the great hall in Chester Castle. Places mentioned in the receipts for Cheshire include the city of Chester, the demesne manors of Macclesfield and Overton, the towns of Northwich and Middlewich, and lands in Handbridge. Receipts from the county of Flint include: revenues from the three commotes of Englefield (Coleshill, Prestatyn and Rhuddlan); the towns of Flint, Rhuddlan, Caerwys, Ewloe, Coleshill and Vaynol [in p. Bodelwyddan]; the inhabitants in the pass of Bach-y-Graig [p. Tremeirchion]; income from escheated lands in Englefield, the miners of Holywell, the mills of Trelanwyd and Picton [p. Llanasa]; the common pleas of the county court of Flint held before the justiciar of Chester; and the payment of 'ebediw', 'tolcester' and other payments, services, customs, etc. Payments in co. Flint include accounts of the expenses in making crossbows for the castles, and small works at Flint and Rhuddlan castles are also stated in detail. Endorsed: 'Compotus Camerarie Cestrie De Anno Primo' in a contemporary hand and 'Chamberlains Acct Chester' in a modern hand; commission of the new justiciar, dated 12 April 1301; appointment of Melton as a chamberlain, dated 17 April 1301; the auditors' commission; dated 1 May 1303; and acquaintance of Melton, dated 21 Aug. 1303. For notes on, and transcript of the account-roll, see the appendix to Cheshire in the Pipe Rolls, vol. 92 (1938) of the publications of the Record Society of Lancashire & Cheshire;
(i) Rentals: i(a) The rent of Eubule Thelwall for lands, burgages etc., in the town of Ruthin and the lordship of Dyffryn Clwyd, n.d. [?1450x1500]; i(b) The rent of Edward Thelwall in the town of Ruthin and the lordship of Dyffryn Clwyd, late of Symon Thelwall, his grandfather, and Eubule Thelwall, his father, as it appears in a rental made in 1475; i(c) Note of allowances in Eubele Thelwall's rental, n.d. [?1450x1500]; i(d) Eubule Thelwall's rental, n.d. [?1450x1500]; i(e) The chief rent of the burgage lands and tenements of Eubule Thelwall in Ruthin and Dyffryn Clwyd, 1493; i(f) Edward Thelwall's rental, 1541; i(g) Rental of the same, April 1561. Two copies. [Edward Thelwall's rental]; i(h) Rental of the same, 1562. [Edward Thelwall's rental]; i(i) Rental of the same, 1564. [Edward Thelwall's rental]; i(j) Rental of the same, 1565. [Edward Thelwall's rental]; i(k) Rental, [?1570], including tenants who pay the Queen's Rent; i(l) Two sheets (one incomplete) of rentals written by Simwnt Fychan, 1575-6, in the commotes of Colion, Dogfeiling, and Llannerch, and in Ruthin and Llanfwrog, co. Denb; i(m) A mutilated rental, date missing, [?1501x1600], but it seems to fall here; i(n) Eight sheets containing rentals of the Thelwall property from 1580 to 1585. Simwnt Fychan became a tenant in Ruthin in 1581, in place of one Harry Jones who held the tenement when Simwnt Fychan wrote the rentals of 1575-6; and i(o) Two fragments of a rental, [?1501x1600].

Latin idioms and phrases with their equivalents in English; a dictionary of classical proper names; and notes on Latin Grammar. Some of the lists of phrases were compiled in 1613, but the greater part of the manuscript is later. The following note occurs on the last folio: 'Watkin Kyffin is my name and with my pen I wroate the same, and if my pen [ha]d benne better I would amend it every letter witness to the same Edward Moris and Hughe Blodwell and more if needs be'.

A collection of maternal descents of Welsh families mainly of the north east of the Principality. The pedigrees are arranged in two columns to a page and are written in black ink, with the word 'Mam' and the chief name in red. On many pages shields have been outlined in pencil but none has been filled in.

A continuation of the register of documents relating to the lordship of Caurs. On pp. 36-37 there is an account of the division of the hundreds of Montgomery, 27 Henry VIII.

A register of deeds and miscellaneous documents relating to the lordship of Caurs.

A collection of Welsh strict-metre poetry of the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, including works by Ieuan Gethin ab Ieuan ap Lleision, Iolo Goch, Lewys Mon, Tudur Aled, Hywel Cilan, Gutun Owain, Guto'r Glyn, Ieuan ap Tudur Penllyn, Dafydd Llwyd o Fathafarn, Rhys Pennardd, Tudur Penllyn, Morus ap Hywel ap Tudur, Deio ab Ieuan Ddu, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Rhys o'r Hengaer, Wiliam Cynwal, Edward Brwynllys, Dafydd Nanmor, Sion Ceri, Huw Arwystl, Dafydd ap Siancyn ap Dafydd ap y Crach, Wiliam Llŷn, Rhys Cain, Rhisiart ap Hywel ap Dafydd ab Einion, Hywel Rheinallt, Gruffudd Llwyd ap Dafydd ab Einion Llygliw, Sion Tudur and Tomas Derllys. A cursory examination of the items included in the manuscript suggests that about ten of the poems are not recorded in other manuscripts. The volume is written in several hands of the late sixteenth century including those of Simwnt Fychan (ff. 73-75) and Wiliam Cynwal (ff. 79-81), two of the bardic pupils of Gruffudd Hiraethog, and also the hand of Rhys Cain, the herald bard of Oswestry, who was a pupil of Wiliam Llŷn, another of Gruffudd Hiraethog's pupils (ff. 4-6 verso, 101 verso-148 verso).

The volume is described as containing 'Cases faites et compose per moy', but there is nothing to indicate who the writer was. The manuscript is incomplete as proved by the loose sheet of page 247.

Accounts of the issues of the six counties of north Wales, and of the fees and wages of officials for the years 1556-7 and 1557-8. With accounts of arrears pending in the office of Sir John Salesbury in 1558. Sir John Salesbury (Salisbury or Salusbury) was of Llyweni. On 28 May 1547 the office of chancellor and chamberlain of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire and Merioneth in north Wales, and the office of receiver of revenues of the Court of Augmentations and of the Crown in the said counties and in Denbighshire, Flintshire and Montgomeryshire, were granted in survivorship to Edward, duke of Somerset, and John Salisbury, kt.
On the first folio there are some memoranda of accounts kept by another member of the Thelwall family between 1609 and 1612, and there is also a loose sheet containing a fragment of an inventory of furniture at Maes Maen Kymro.

Notes on theological and scriptural subjects, of the Trinity, the canonicity of apocryphal writings, of the attributes of God, etc.

A transcript of 'a discourse of witchcraft as it was enacted in the family of Mr Edward Fairfax of Fuystone, comu Ebor. 1621'. The author was Edward Fairfax of Fuystone.

A number of sermon notes; treatises on catechism, and on a method for the well handling of the Scriptures and dividing the word of God aright; a copy of an analysis, in Latin; of the Thirty-nine Articles, which was dedicated by John Piper to Gervase Babington, bishop of Worcester, 1597-1610; and lists of the seven Sacraments, the three Theological virtues, the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost, etc.

An interleaved copy with manuscript notes, index of cases and subjects, charge to a Grand Jury, 1625, and notes entitled 'By what names &c lands &c shall passe'. The title page is missing but it is either the 1602 or the 1609 edition.

A notebook kept by Evan Lloyd between 1626 and 1628, containing entries relating to the service of writs; memoranda; notes of leases granted by Edward Vaughan; memoranda of receipts and disbursements made for the writer's brother, Hugh Lloyd, and others; a list of bills of debt left with Mrs Vaughan of Glanyllyn, 14 March 1626/7; a note of cattle left by John Cadd' ap Evan Vaughan at Lloydiarth in the charge of Hugh ap Rees the Lady Vaughan's bailiff, 1625. A loose slip of paper contains a certificate by Gruff: Kyffin concerning an agreement between him and Rees ap Morgan and William ap William.

Extracts from the first eleven parts of Sir Edward Coke's Reports, which were first published between 1600 and 1615. Parts 12 and 13 were published posthumously (1656-1659) and are not represented in this manuscript.