Dangos 2790 canlyniad

Warrant under the King 's Sign Manual granting the Dignity of a Dame Commander of the Royal Victorian Order to Beatrice Mildred Edith, Baroness Harlech, 1947, accompanied by an official covering letter, 1948.

Official papers deriving from administrative procedures of central government, comprising manuscript copies and published versions of speeches, addresses and official letters, 1621-1868, Acts of Parliament and bills, 1656-1887, petitions and cases [1660]-1781, proclamations, 1671-1694, a 'claim to a barony' [1689]-1800, lists of ministers and MPs., [1766]-1837 and miscellaneous political papers, 1581-[c. 1720].

Public proclamations and declarations, 1671-1694, by Charles II, James II, William and Mary, Parliament and the King’s subjects, relating to religious indulgence in England and Scotland; arrests of the Duke of Monmouth and James Campbell; James II 's appointment of Catholic ministers; general pardons; the summoning of Parliament; military discipline; surrender of embezzled arms; James II 's vindication of himself following his abdication; the accession of William and Mary; the payment of English troops abroad; the convocation of bishops and clergy; forgery of warrants and passes; and the marking or stamping of vellum, parchment and paper.

Volume containing a printed copy of James Percy 's petition to the House of Lords, claiming a right to the earldom of Northumberland, [1689], the case of John Kynaston of Hordley [1732] and pedigrees showing the descent of the Kynaston family and their claim to the barony of Powys [1732], [1800].

County administration papers mainly from Caernarfonshire and occasionally elsewhere in North Wales, comprising county officials' papers, [c. 1576]-1820, assessments and taxation records, 1583-1664, [18 cent.], militia papers, [1588x1595]-1683, and election papers, 1620-1831. Documents which concerned Sir William Maurice and Sir John Owen as Deputy Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of North Wales have been included here since the main sphere of their duties lay within the county of Caernarfon.

Assessments and taxation records including a deputy bailiff 's account of rents and farms in Nanhwynan and Nancall, 1583; new compositions on Caernarfonshire lands, 1584; accounts of mises, subsidies and official authorisations for their collection, 1595, 1621, 1663; a possible military mise for Llanarmon [late 16-early 17 cent.]; subsidy rolls for the commote of Eifionydd [1603x1666]; commissions to Sir William Maurice, Sir John Wynn and other county officials to levy royal aids, 1609, 1612, and a list resulting from a meeting in Caernarfon for the same purpose, naming commissioners and their deputies in the commotes and hundreds of Caernarfonshire 1664; an apparent assessment on lands in Uwch Gwyrfai; and lists of hundreds, townships and parishes in Caernarfonshire, presumably for assessment purposes, [17-18 cent.].

Papers relating to Caernarfonshire elections, including a mandate from the Council of the Marches of Wales instructing the sheriff and JPs to keep the peace during the contentious election of 1620; an agreement by the gentlemen of Caernarfonshire regarding the election of parliamentary representatives for the county and the boroughs, 1708; summaries, cases for opinion and a draft petition concerning illegal procedures in the election for the Caernarfonshire boroughs, when William Owen was a candidate, 1713, and irregularities preceding the county election, [1739]; lists of Caernarfonshire freeholders delivered to the Quarter Sessions, 1732; and a printed election poster canvassing votes for William Ormsby-Gore, 1831.

Court book of the borough of Criccieth, 1774-1831, recording annual meetings of the court at which the bailiffs and other officers were elected, admissions of burgesses, oaths to be sworn by the mayor and other officers, and chief rents for the liberty of the borough, 1776.

County administration papers from Shropshire relating to the mayor and town council of Oswestry, 1640-1735, county poll assessments, 1660, JP 's papers, 1714-1743, land and window tax assessments, 1722-1761, elections, 1759-1832, and appointments of county officials, 1796, 1846.