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Instructions, by Owen Wynn, for drawing up a Bill at Ludlow to settle the title of the said Owen Wynn to a lease of the rectory and parsonage of Llanrwst, which Morgan Wynne, DD, late parson of Llanrwst, demised to the said Owen Wynn and his wife Grace in survivorship.

Instructions to the Commissioners appointed by Statutes 4 Hen. VII and 7 and 27 Hen. VIII concerning the enclosure of lands.

Instructions to Humfrey Jones, William Bold, and Owen Griffith, to inquire respecting a yearly rent of £10 3s. 4d. for mill-stones in Anglesey, Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, which has been an increasing super in the Receiver's accounts, and to certify what person or persons have, for these 13 years last past, taken or received the profits of the said mill and slate stones, and what the value thereof is. Dated at Commission House, Fleet Street.

Instructions to the commissioners appointed to receive compositions for knighthood, together with the names of the commissioners for Caernarfonshire: Sir Richard Wynn, kt and bart; Sir Thomas Williams, bart; Sir Roger Mostyn; Sir William Thomas; Sir John Bodvel; Richard Bulkeley; Thomas Trafford, Collector of the Compositions; Thomas Glynne; John Gruffith of Llyne; Gruffyn Jones; Owen Wynn; Humfrey Jones. The commission is to be put into execution on Wednesday, 7 Sept.

Instructions to the commissioners for levying, in the several counties, the aid to make Prince Henry a knight. Copy.

Summary of the new instructions issued to the members of the Council of the Marches of Wales; with the names of the President [Lord Gerard] and Council, as follows: Thomas, Earl of Suffolk; Edward, Earl of Worcester; William, Earl of Pembroke; Thomas, Earl of Arundel; Edward, Earl of Shrewsbury; William, Earl of Derby; Robert, Earl of Essex; Phillip, Earl of Montgomery; Robert, Viscount Lisle; the Bishops of Hereford, St Asaph, Gloucester, Llandaff, Worcester, St Davids, Chester, Bangor, and Man; the Lords Dudley, Herbert, and Chandos; Sir John Egerton; Sir John Herbert; Sir Fulke Greville; Sir Thomas Chamberlaine; Sir George Snigg, 'one of the Barons of Thexchequer'; Sir Edward Bromley, 'one other of the Barons of Thexchequer'; Sir Henry Townsend, Justice of Chester; Sir Francis Eure, Justice of North Wales; Nicholas Overbury, Justice of South Wales; Sir John Wyn; Sir Thomas Maunsell; Sir William Herbert; Sir Edward Herbert; Sir Thomas Conningsby; Sir John Scudamore; Sir Richard Bulkeley; Sir Edward Winter; Sir John Poyntz; Sir Robert Needham; Sir George Mannering; Sir Henry Wallop; Sir Richard Trevor; Sir Robert Varnoy; Sir William Cooke; Sir Thomas Mostyn; Sir Francis Newport; Sir Francis Lacon; Sir Thomas Hanmer; Sir Richard Price; Sir Thomas Cornwall; Sir Edward Fox; Sir Vincent Corbet; Sir John Stafford; Sir James Scidamor; Sir Rowland Cotten; Richard Dason and Walter Pie, esquires, Justices of South Wales; John Jeffreys, one of the Justices of North Wales; Thomas Charley of Brompton; Roger Puleston of Emrall; John Walter, the Prince's Attorney-General, and Peter Mytton. The instructions, which comprise 50 heads, may be summarized as follows:. (1-3) Justices' stipends;. (4-8) The suppression of unlawful assemblies;. (9-15) Forcible entry into property;. (16) Costs and damages arising from personal actions, which must not exceed £50;. (17-21) Attachments against persons contravening the authority of that Court;. (22-48) Remain unchanged;. (49) Provides against the arrest of suitors in the Court of the Marches, during their actual attendance;. (50) The granting of commissions to the Lord President and Council for hearing causes in the said Court.

A note [in the autograph of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir] of such things as Owen Wynn is to provide in London. A white satin doublet such as Sir John Salusbury wore when he was pictured. A trumpet for Hoell Jones and flag with Sir John's arms etc. etc. See also NLW MS 9061E/1507.

Directions for the execution of the deeds of feoffment that are to pass between Sir John Wynn and Sir Richard, his son. List of the tenants mentioned in the feoffments.

Instructions by Sir John Wynn to his son Owen, of things to be done at Beaumaris, with Owen Wynn's answers thereto. Let Richard Johnes sue a special warrant for good behaviour against William Lewis Anwyll's son-in-law who detained Aberglaslyn mise. Deal with cousin Humphrey Jones about the fine of Llacweth Issa. Get as much gold as possible, both at Llanrwst, and with uncle Richard Wynn at Bangor, and also at Beaumaris. Go to cousin Humphrey Jones's office and get a copy of the King's instructions to the justices of the Peace.

Instructions by Sir John Wynn of Gwydir to his cousin and chaplain John Prys. Printed in 'History of the Gwydir family' (1878 ed.), p. xi.

Detailed instructions by Sir John Wynn to one of his sons, with regard to the purchase of materials for clothes and the tailoring of the same by Pulford. Also material for his daughter Besse, who is as tall as her mother.

Depositions of witnesses, and interrogatories, taken at Bangor in a suit in the Court of the Marches, between John Mychell, plt, and Hugh Davies and Elizabeth his wife, defts., concerning lands in Kay y Meyrch and Kay y Nant, in Brinberva, Anglesey.

Interrogatories put to William Williams of Llanelian, Denbighshire, and Foulke Price of Maentwrog, Merionethshire, on behalf of Sir John Wynn, complainant, against Dame Margaret Cave and Eleanor Wynn in a suit respecting the execution of the will of Sir John's eldest son who died at Lucca. Amongst other particulars it is stated that Richard Alline wrote the will at the dictation of the dying man and that it was dated 23 Aug. 1614, according to the computation of the Church of Rome.

A true and perfect inventory of all the goods, cattle, and chattels, moveable and 'commoveable', of Sir John Wynn, knight and baronet, deceased.

Copy of the bill of complaint filed in Chancery by the Attorney-General, Sir William Jones, against Sir John Wynn, kt. and bart., with the defendant's answer to the said bill, in a dispute concerning the endowment of an alms-house and free school at Llanrwst called Jesus Hospital. For a full account of this endowment see 'The charities in the different parishes in the six counties of north Wales' (London, 1839).

Desires to confer with Wynn respecting a certificate for the levy of £150 which my Lord President has ordered to be raised in those parts, and which the writer considers unwarrantable. Overleaf: 'Cousin Elizabeth Hookes, I pray your favour for the delivery of this letter.'.

John Cleveland's petition to Cromwell, praying that he may no longer be persecuted for his previous loyalty to the King. Manuscript copy. See Thomason, 'Collection of tracts', original broadside of Cleveland's petition, October, 1657 (King's Pamphlets, folio 669, f. 20, art. 69). See also Somers, Tracts, vol. 7, p. 49, where it is printed in full.

Sends a colt ten months old and begs that it may be put out to grass in one of Sir Richard's paddocks.

A Latin letter about his studies, mentioning the restoration of first fruits and tenths to the Crown. Overleaf: 1559, April [--]. Owen ap Rinalt to John Wyn. Bill of remembrance in a sum of £9. Mutilated. Note: John Wyn ap Meredith died in 1559. A copy of his will, dated 21 June 1559, is printed in full in 'Bye-Gones' (1888), pp. 66-67.

A friendly letter of greeting for the New Year. Sir Richard can have the white mare for 20 guineas. All the talk is now of the Duke's going to sea . The Prince is vice-admiral and Lord Ossory rear-admiral.