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Copy of the will of Sir Richard Wynn of Gwydir, kt and bart. After revoking a former deed of conveyance of lands in Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire, Merionethshire, and Anglesey, testator willed his trustees to execute a deed of entail of the friths of Doluthelan in the commote of Nantconwy, Caernarfonshire, and of all lands in the township of Doluthelan, in the parish of Llusvaine, and in the township of Gwidder; that is to say, to the use of the heirs male of his body, with remainder to his brother Owen Wynn, Richard Wynn, son of the said Owen, and to the first son of the said Richard and of the heirs male of his body. To Justinian Pouey, esquire, Robert Ansham, esquire, and William Smith, gentleman, the almshouse at Brainford end in the parish of Thistelworth, Middlesex, upon trust to permit the churchwardens and overseers of the poor to put in such poor men of the parish as they shall think fit. Testator, furthermore, bequeathed as follows: To Dame Ann Wynn, my wife, all my household stuff in my house at Brainford, with £500, all her wearing jewels and plate which she had at her marriage, as well as a thousand ounces of white plate, all my linen at my house at Thistelworth and at my house m the Strand near Charing Cross, and all my pewter and brass in both houses, and coaches and coach-horses; with a proviso annulling all former bequests should she hereafter claim a moiety of the testator's goods and chattels upon the Custom of North Wales. To my brother Owen, and after his decease to his son Richard, the use of all my plate, hangings, and household stuff at Gwydir. Bequests to my brothers William and Henry, my nephews Jo. Bodven and Jo. Mostyn; my nephew Richard, son of my brother Owen, and my nephew Richard, son of my brother William; to John Chappell, Robt. Dolben, and E[d]ward Powell my servants. To the poor of St Martin's and Thistelworth, £10 apiece; to the poor of Llanrust, Treverue, and Llanruchwin, £5 apiece. To my brother Maurice, my house in the Strand of which I have a lease from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster for 40 years. To the said Maurice, all my jewels and plate not bequeathed, and all my bills, bonds, and debts, the said Maurice to be my executor; and to the said Maurice Wynn, my executor, the lease of the parsonage of Llandidno, which I hold from the Archdeacon of Merioneth, and also my lease of the parsonage of Llanvair Diffryn Cloyd, Denbighshire; and all my lands, tenements, moor and fen lands in Crowland, Pinchbeck, Moulton, and Spalding, in Lincolnshire, which I hold by lease of 60 years from Her Majesty; and I bequeath to the said Maurice the reversion of my house at Thistelworth, and of the manor and lands which belonged to the chapel of All-angels, in the parishes of Thistelworth and Brainford, Middlesex, after the death of Dame Ann my wife. The said Maurice having paid off certain debts out of the lands in Llechweth Issa left to him for that purpose by Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, I devise and bequeath the said lands unto the said Maurice Wynn and his heirs for ever; and I do further desire my said executor, who hath ever been forward to advance the house out of which he is descended, and this to be only by way of request and not injunction, that after his decease he would be pleased to cause to be regranted and reconveyed all the land, tenements, and leases to the heirs male of the house of Gwydir. Witnesses: Henry Wynn; John Chappell; Robert Doulben; John Younge; Roger Mostyn., William Briscoe; Edward Powell. Endorsed in the autograph of Maurice Wynn: 'The copy of Sir R. Wynn's will, but not his last will and testament.' [Sir Richard Wynn died in 1649].

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.

The papers in this Panton group of Wynn of Gwydir papers were arranged into chronological order, numbered in conjuction with related papers in other collections, and catalogued in the printed 'Calendar of Wynn (of Gwydir) papers' (NLW, 1926). Gaps in the sequence of numbered items in this group represent papers in those other collections. The list of corringenda in the printed calendar have been incorporated into the current catalogue, including a few assigned dates that were found to be wrong as a result of further research; as a result of correcting these dates, a number of items (eg, 133 and 201) are now out of chronological position. The papers in the Panton group are numbered 1-2872 (passim), comprising a main series numbered 1-2846, and a supplement numbered 2850-2872 (both passim), and have been bound as NLW MSS 9051-9069. The papers should be ordered by their NLW MS volume number, although, as they have been microfilmed, they will normally be issued to readers as films: NLW MSS 9051 (NLW Film 1017), 9052 (1017-18), 9053 (1018), 9054 (1019), 9055 (1019-20), 9056 (1020), 9057 (1021), 9058 (1021-1022), 9059 (1022), 9060 (1023), 9061 (1023-1024), 9062 (1024), 9063 (1025), 9064 (1025-1026), 9065 (1026), 9066 (1027), 9067 (1027-1028), 9068 (1028) and 9069 (1029). The papers may be referred to either by their calendar reference, eg, Wynn of Gwydir 58, or by their volume and item number, NLW MS 9051E/58.

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.

The papers in this Sir John Williams group of Wynn of Gwydir papers were arranged into chronological order, numbered in conjuction with related papers in other collections, and catalogued in the printed 'Calendar of Wynn (of Gwydir) papers' (NLW, 1926). Gaps in the sequence of numbered items in this group represent papers in those other collections. The list of corringenda in the printed calendar have been incorporated into the current catalogue, including a few assigned dates that were found to be wrong as a result of further research; as a result of correcting these dates, a number of items (eg, NLW MSS 1655 and 2672) are now out of chronological position. The papers in the Sir John Williams group are numbered 2-2833 (passim). The main series of papers have been bound as NLW MSS 464-469E, while MS 463B and MS 470E are individual items (numbers 94 and 2796) that have been bound separately. The papers should be ordered by their NLW MS volume number, although, as they have been microfilmed, they will normally be issued to readers as films: NLW MSS 463-465 (NLW Film 1030), 466-467 (1031), 468-470 (1032). The papers may be referred to either by their calendar reference, e.g. Wynn of Gwydir 17, or by their volume and item number, NLW MS 464E/17.

Papers numbered 1569-1611 (passim), to be issued to readers as NLW Film 1024.

Papers numbered 1814-1880 (passim), to be issued to readers as NLW Film 1025.

Papers numbered 2000-2070 (passim), to be issued to readers as NLW Films 1025 (NLW MS 9064E/1881-1960) and 1026 (NLW MS 9064E/1961-2070).

Papers numbered 464E/2-241 (passim), to be issued to readers as NLW Film 1030.

Papers numbered 905-1308A (passim), to be issued to readers as NLW Film 1031.

Papers numbered 1722-1878 (passim), to be issued to readers as NLW Film 1031.

Papers numbered 63-124 (passim), to be issued to readers as NLW Film 1017.