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My Lord of Bangor seems unwilling to part with the writer, yet will not part with a living. Will, therefore, accept Sir John's good offer. As for reading Welsh, though he has not at present got it ad unguem, he will undertake to read it in less than a month.

Concerning the business of a certain bond.

The Bishop of London is sick, without hope of recovery; the report is that Mr Dean of Westminster is to succeed him. Parliament is like to continue long, for the King gives way in the redress of grievances. The grievance touching Welsh cottons has been mentioned in the House and is like to overthrow the Shrewsbury men who have laboured much to the contrary.

Has delivered the commission to cousin William Lloyd of Bachirig with the directions of John Lloyd, Wickerne, who, with Robert Lloyd, will put the same in execution tomorrow.

Writ for the return of two members for Denbighshire.

Copy of writ of eligit upon the goods and chattels of Thomas Bulkeley, viscount Cashell, pursuant to a judgement in a suit of trespass upon the case, whereby Robert, Earl of Leicester, recovers damages against the said Thomas, in the sum of £1,490. Dated at Rolls House, Westminster.

Sir John Throckmorton, justice of Chester, at Wrexham, to Maurice Wynn of Gwydir. Writ of summons to appear before the Justice at Haywarden Castle, Flintshire, for the hearing and final ordering in a matter depending in the Court of the Marches between Robert Benyon of Salop, plt., and Maurice Wynn, deft. Appended. 1575, April 30. Letter from Maurice Wynn to his sister-in-law Barbara Williams of Cochwillan. Cannot meddle in the matter of the land in the franchises of Caernarfon which her husband claims from Sir Roland Staneley. Note: Barbara was the second wife of William Williams of Cochwillan. He married, as his first wife, Agnes, sister of Maurice Wynn of Gwydir.

The keepers of the liberty of England by authority of Parliament to [Sir Owen Wynn Sheriff of Camarfonshire]. A writ of summons for the appearance of certain receivers of the profits of certain benefice's [named in a schedule annexed] to appear before the Barons of the Exchequer on February 6 next, to show cause why they should not pay the several first-fruits of their benefices. Signed: Derby. Underneath: The schedule referred to above, with the amounts payable by each.

A note of the writs issued at the Great Sessions for Cheshire, held at Chester in the Hall of Common Pleas, 7 April 1651.

Photostat copies of twenty three letters and papers relating to Wynn of Gwydir, assembled from various sources: The originals of some of these items are among the Sir John Williams and Panton groups of Wynn of Gwydir papers (NLW MSS 463-470 and 9051-9069 respectively), and other collections at NLW; others are copies of originals and transcripts that were in the possession of Mrs Alan Gough of Gelliwig in 1926 - some at least of these may now be among the NLW's Pennant Estate Records deposited by her in 1941 (preliminarily catalogued as the Gough deeds and documents); and six items are copies of originals among the Cardiff MSS, held in Cardiff Public Library. Many of the Cardiff MSS have been microfilmed, and copies of the films are held by NLW; please consult the list of Cardff MSS among the NLW Films.
The items within the volume have not been bound in perfect chronological order.