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Seventeen holograph letters addressed to Howell Lloyd at Hafodunos and at Soughton, near Northop. The writers include [ ] Hall (in the third person), undated (the care of Mr. Griffith's mare, personal), Peter John, Ruthin, 1776 (the financial affairs of the late Mr. Conway of Soughton, with references to chief rents and heriots in Efenechtid and Llangwifen and a debt due to the writer), Edw. Jones, Holywell, 1777 (the examination of Mrs. Susan Lloyd for lunacy, personal), John Jones, W[hi]t Church, 1775 ( an invoice for books, etc., personal, a reference to the sale at Hammer Hall), [Dr.] Trevor Jones, Soughton Grove, 1780 (a plan for the restoration of the recipient's health), David Lloyd, [vicar of] Llangernew, also from Pentre, 1770-1772 (2) (the sealing of 'every place' at Havod unos, the death of the writer's 'worthy friend', the vacant curacy of Llangernew, the writer's relationship with the recipient's family), Hedd Lloyd, Whitchurch, [17]70 (the health of their brother, must go to Ruthin and Plascoch), R. Lloyd, Hope, [17]66 and un-dated (2) (the death of Mrs. Wickham, a proposed visit to Soughton, the recipient's health, the death of their brother and of the vicar's brother-in-law), Tho. Sloughter, Chester, 1781 (thanks for a pot of char), Arn[old] Vincent, Stoke D'Abernon, 1780 (a better plan for working the mines on Mold Mountain), Bennett Williams, Chester, 1770 (news of the recipient's brother), J. Wynne, London, 1782 (a draft for £32/10/0, the writer's visit to Soughton, unhealthy weather, news of Mr. and Mrs. Bankes, the 'Dr',s engagements in the Court of Admiralty and on the Visitation of the Bishop of London), and John Wynne, Coed Coch, 1776 (3) (a godfather to an infant son John).

Fifty-eight holograph letters addressed to Susan(na) Lloyd at Hafodunos, Mold, at Soughton House (upper Soughton), Northop, etc. The writers include Ann Jemima Clough, Thakeham Place, 1797 (a proposed visit by the writer's children, news of family and friends), D[orothea] Clough [the recipient's sister], Denbigh, [1805] and undated (2) (legacies bequeathed by the wills of aunt E. Conway and aunt Wickham) (with one draft reply), Richd. Garnons [Colomendy], undated (2) (pleasantries), Eliza Griffith, Carreg-lwyd, etc., [1801]-1803 and undated (4) (news of relatives and friends, a meeting at Llangefni in connection with a proposed testimonial to Mr. Sparrow for his services in the Customs, disturbances in the Paris mines, the arrival of troopers in Caernarvonshire for fear of a rising by the poor, the discovery of copper at Ynysygwyddal, the birth of an heir at Leweney and a reference to Mrs. Piozzi, the progress of the harvest, comments on a visit to Bath), Holland Griffith, Carreglwyd, 1838 (amusement afforded the recipient by the writer's Welsh paper, hopes that electioneering differences are fast dying away in Flintshire, a visit to the writer by a multitude of Teetotalists, the letting of the writer's colliery at Berw), Richd. Howard, Denbigh and Beaumaris, c. 1817-1843 and undated (4) (news of relatives and friends, a visit to Bangor Deanery, serious proceedings arising from old Panton's will, a change in the agency of the Marquis of Anglesey, satisfaction with the writer's curate, the probable departure of Thomas Davies from Jesus College, Oxford, a new statute in the University, the rejection of three Anglesey young men for scholarships, observations on the projected division of Soughton Common, a legal action touching a mortgage of the Hafodunos estate (together with a receipt, 1815, from Richd. Howard to Susan Lloyd for a sum of £6/10/0 paid by the former on the latter's behalf to Bevan, the timber merchant, on account of Coedycra Mill), the writer's departure from Beaumaris and subsequent movements, income from minerals received for the recipient, dissension in the National Church) (one incomplete), Catha[rine] Lloyd, from Carreglwyd, from Bath, etc., [17]94-1820 and undated (26) (copious news of relatives and friends, references to threats of French invasion and to the defenceless state of the Kingdom (1795-1804), accounts of visits to the theatre and to parties and to Ireland and Bath, etc., Colonel William Shipley's success in the Flintshire parliamentary election of 1807, references to the mine at Ynnisygwyddle), J[ohn] Ll[oyd], Dublin Bay, 1801 (an account of the voyage from Holyhead and the arrival at Dublin), M. Lloyd, Bagillt, etc., [17]81-1790 and undated (9) (personal, the writer's health, news of relatives and friends, the death of the recipient's brother Ben), M. Lloyd, London, etc., 1803-1809 and undated (5) (news of relatives and friends, the health of the writer's husband, a reference to the most excellent shore at Llandidno Bay, the progress of the harvest, the writer's removal to London, visits to the 'Ladies of Llangollen' and to Cheltenham, the recipient's trouble about the writer's chaise), Phoe[be] Lloyd, from Plascoch, undated (the health of the writer's aunt), M. E. Potter, Soughton, [17]91 (personal, business matters on behalf of the writer's mother, news of the writer's mother) (with additions by M. E. Potter to Mr. Potter, touching 'home matters', with references to stock, and from C[atharine] Lloyd to Susanna Lloyd, touching armorial colours for a piece of plate), and Sarah Potter, undated (thanks for the loan of Aunt Lloyd's letter, requires a supply of ale).

Forty-one holograph letters, etc., 1769-1813, from John Lloyd from Oxford, Dublin, London, Bewdley, Brussells, Calais, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Worcester, and Wygfair, and on board the Courageux at Spit Head, addressed to Mr. Brittain, Chester, 1793 (instructions relating to the handling of cases containing inter alia a clock and instruments sent from London to Wygfair), Mr. Jones, Wygfair, St. Asaph, 1795-1797 (2) (description of conditions on a voyage from Holyhead to Dublin, the taking over of a gold mine [in Ireland] by the government to prevent the peasants working it, an intended visit to Mr. Mills's house at the copper mine at Cronbane, a stay with Sir Joseph Banks in London, the writer's presentation to the King and Queen, speculation as to the outcome of negotiations between the ambassadors from France and Lord Malmsbury), Mr. Nat. Jones, Wickwer, Denbigh, 1789 [? the same person as the Mr. Jones of the two previous letters] (personal, a visit to Brussells and a meeting with the Abbe Mann, a proposed trip to Paris, details as to the terms, conditions, etc., of education in the convent at St. Omers), 'Dear Nat', 1791 [? the same person as the Nat. Jones of the previous letter] (personal, news of acquaintances, plans in connection with a proposed trip to the island of Shetland with Sir Thomas Dundas in Sir Thomas's yacht to inspect land belonging to Sir Thomas for copper, the said land being adjacent to ground on which copper had already been found), Mrs. [Dorothea] Lloyd, [writer's mother, Soughton near Northop and Hafodunos, 1769-1784 (16) (personal, family and estate affairs, financial matters, a receipt for money received from the Rev. William Conway as one of the executors of the will of Mrs. Eliza Conway, observations made by the writer and a friend in Bewdley on the comet and his keen interest in the science of optics though not to the neglect of his business (1769), impressions of London and places and persons seen ( 1770), a visit to the Herald's office [in London] to examine the pedigree of the Lloyds of Havodunos and comments on the said pedigree (1770), the cost of a new coach and harness, a visit to Calais and thence in Mr. Shuttleworth's yacht to Amsterdam and Antwerp and some account of activities in these places (1777), plans for a proposed trip to Bruxelles (1777), a stay with Sir John Cope at Bromshill, Hants. (1778), a visit to Spit Head to witness the King's review of the fleet (1778), a Snowdon expedition (1778), the writer's belief that all were 'to be ruined in Wales by a scheme of our diabolical cursed Ministers . . . to inclose all the waste lands in Wales for the Benefit of the Crown solely' (1778), a violent gale which had struck the ships of the fleet at Spithead where the writer was on board the Courageux (1781)), Howell Lloyd [the writer's father], Soughton near Northop and Hafodunos, 1770-1776 and undated (4) (personal, arrangements for a journey to Llangernew (1770), the price of clover and trefoil, bequests made by Sir John Wynne (1773), an account of proceedings of a commission to determine whether Mrs. S[ ] Lloyd was a lunatic and matters arising there from (1776)), the Rev. J. Conway Potter, 1801 (2) (the death of the writer's mother [Mrs. Dorothea Lloyd]), the Rev. Rice Pugh, Llysfaen, Carnarvon, 1796 (a request that recipient would deny reports that he was going to vote against Sir Robert Williams after promising to vote for him [? in the Caernarvonshire parliamentary election, though the letter is dated 8 June whilst the election date is given as 7 June in W. R. Williams, Parl. Hist. Wales and other returns), John Lloyd Salusbury, Galtf . . . aenan, 1813 (suggestions relating to the act for inclosing lands in the parish of St. Asaph), Sir George Shuckburgh [who later adopted the additional name of Evelyn], Margate, 1784 (a balloon ascent by [Vincenzo] Lunardi), Mr. [John] Topham [treasurer of the Society of Antiquaries], undated (the intended resignation of the writer from the Society [of Antiquaries], a complaint that he had not been receiving copies of the society's publications, mention of talks or correspondence with Mr. [William] Norris [secretary of the society], a recommendation on behalf of Dr. [? Thomas] Meredith [for membership] signed by the writer [see N.L.W. MS. 12420]) (copy?), Sir W[atkin] W[illiams] Wynne, 1795 (the stewardship of the lordship of D[enbigh]) (draft copy), the gentlemen, clergy, and freeholders of the county of Flint, 1796-1799 (2) (offering his services as parliamentary candidate for the county in 1796, his resignation as parliamentary representative of the county in 1799) (draft copies), the Commissioners of the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Denbigh, 1797 (the writer's resignation of his commission as a lieutenant in the supplementary militia of the county and the reasons for his action) (copy), a copy of an application by Lloyd for 'such an Office as will vacate my Seat for the county of Flint' in 1799 [? a copy of his application for the Chiltern Hundreds]), and five incomplete or fragmentary letters.

A household account book recording, month by month, sums expended on food, clothing, household utensils, servants and casual labourers' wages, local travelling, etc., during the years 1763-1775, 1777-1779, 1780 (incomplete), 1781, 1782 (incomplete), 1783 (incomplete), 1784 (incomplete), and 1785. The frequent references to turnpike tolls paid in visiting Ruthin may indicate a residence in that area. Also mentioned in connection with turnpike payments or otherwise are Bodfari, Denbigh, Derwen, Hafodunos, Llanruth, Llanrwst, Northop, Plasnewydd, Plasriffith, Rudland, Soughton, etc. The hand bears a close resemblance to that of the writer of the first two letters in NLW MS 12413C, i.e. M. [possibly Mary] Lloyd, aunt of Phoebe Lloyd and consequently of John Lloyd ('The Philosopher') of Hafodunos. At the end of the volume a loose leaf written in a different hand and recording 'Money layed out at Plascoch' in September 1786 has been inserted.

Forty-one holograph and other letters, 1722-1835 and undated, in two groups. (a) Fifteen letters, 1722-1745 and undated, to the Reverend Benjamin Conway [vicar of Northop, 1717-1748, and warden of Ruthin hospital, ?1713-1748] at Soughton and Northop, from Edward Edwards, Carnarvon, 17[ ] (the academic exercises to be undertaken to obtain a degree ?at Oxford), Hen[ry] Fane, 1744/5-1745 (2) (the death of the writer's wife [Mary or Anne, daughter of John Wynne, bishop of St. Asaph, 1715-1727, and of Bath and Wells, 1727-1743] and arrangements for the burial [at Northop]), Edward Griffiths, Mould, 1727 (a request for a warrant against Edward Jones of Mould who had taken the writer's horse) (endorsed with a recipe for a 'drink for Cattell'), Fr[ancis Hare, bishop of St.] Asaph, 1729 (bishop Goodman's charity), Tho[mas] Lewis, St. Asaph, 1722 (legal matters), Tho[mas] Lloyd, Chester, 1734/5 (financial matters), J. Meres, London, 1735 (transactions relating to the sale of an estate), John Tamberlain, Ruthyn, 1731 and undated (2) (a request by recipient's mother for medicine, the writer's duties? as tutor, an earthquake at Dolgelley, the coming parliamentary elections in [Merionethshire and ? Flintshire]), A[nne] Wynne [widow of bishop John Wynne, the writer of the three following letters], 1744/5 (the death of the writer's daughter Fane [Mary or Anne Fane. See letter from Henry Fane above] and arrangements for the burial [at Northop]), J[ohn Wynne, bishop of St.] Asaph [1715-1727] and of Bath and Wells [1727-1743], St. Asaph and Wells, 1726-1740 (3) (Mr. [ ] Myddelton's tenure of the cure of Flint (1726), the valuation of an estate the writer proposed to buy ? from the recipient (1734), a lease ? of minerals), and Robert Wynne, Ruthin, 1730/1 (the writer's ? financial misfortunes). (b) Twenty-six miscellaneous letters, 1743-1835 and undated:- G[eorge] F[rederick] Beltz, Lanc[aster Herald], Herald's College, to the Rev[eren]d B[ enjamin] C[onway] Conway, Soughton, Northope, 1825 (to accompany a royal licence authorising Mr. and Mrs. [John Conway] Potter and the issue of their marriage to take the surname of Conway) (endorsed with genealogical notes on Catherine of Beren and her descendants); James Conway, Flint, to the Rev[eren]d C[onway] Conway, Soughton, Northop, 1835 (personal); J[ohn] Conway Conway, Soughton, to the Rev[eren]d Francis Owen, Rectory House, Efenechtyd, 1835 (proposals relating to buildings and lands lately held by recipient's predecessor Mr. [Edward] Thelwall); Marg[are]t Conway, Cotton Hall, to Mrs. Hughes, Sughton Ucha, near Northop, undated (a recipe for an ointment); Price Davies, York River, Virginia, and York River at the Glebe in Blisland, to the Rev[eren]d Mr. Conway at Soughton, near Northop, 1763- 1765 (2) (the writer's arrival in America, his acceptance of the ministry of the parish of Blisland, the method of appointing ministers, a description of the neighbourhood and its inhabitants, a request for a copy of the scheme setting forth the subscriptions raised for clergymen's widows in the diocese of St. Asaph (1763), the writer's activities, his health, marriage, house and glebe lands, salary of '16000 pounds of Tobacco', etc., the arrival of John Pugh, curate of Llandoget, in America and his acceptance of a parish called St. James in the county of Mecklenburg [North Carolina]); Edward Potter Griffith to his wife Dorothea, undated (to accompany a parcel of pens); [Richard Grosvenor, 1st baron] Grosvenor [of Eaton, co. Chester, later 1st viscount Belgrave, co. Chester, and 1st earl Grosvenor], Eaton, to the Rev[eren]d W[illia]m Conway, 1765 (a gift of a mare with information as to her pedigree); Tho[mas] Hughes, [rector of] Llanfwrog, to the Rev[eren]d Mr. Conway, Soughton, near Northop, 1771 (an application for a right of way ?for the writer's cattle through recipient's field); C. Lloyd, Gay St[reet, ], to Miss [Benedicta] Conway, Soughton, Northop, 1831 (2) (a tenant for the writer's property at Upper Soughton and the state of the property, news of acquaintances); B[enjamin] C[onway] Potter [Oxford], to his mother, Mrs. Potter, Soughton Grove, Northop [1810] (? a degree ceremony at Oxford when degrees were conferred upon [George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st] marquess of Buckingham, [Montagu Bertie, 5th earl of] Abingdon, and Mr. [ ] Tierney, a concert [held at Oxford] in which [? John] Braham, [? Samuel] Harrison, Mrs. [ ] Dickenson and [? Angelica] Catalini [sic] had taken part); Cath[erine] Potter to the Rev[eren]d Mr. Conway, Soughton, near Northop, 1771 (the death of the writer's husband [the Reverend John Potter, rector of Badgworth, co. Somerset]); John Potter, Shepton Malet, to . . ., 1754 (a proposed marriage between the writer and Miss Kitty); John Potter [as in the previous letter], Frome, to . . ., 1767 (personal, an abstract of the will of Mrs. Wickham which required that the Upper Soughton estates be sold, proposals concerning the said estates); J[ohn] C[onway] Potter, Soughton, to. . ., 1822 (legal matters) (copy); E. Roberts, Inglefield Green, to Mrs. Conway, Upper Soughton, near Northop, [17]67 (personal, news of acquaintances); E. Spencer, Horsington, to Mrs. Conway, Soughton, near Northope, 1768 (news of the writer's family and of acquaintances); Hugh Totty to [Mr. Conway], undated (legal matters); Ant[ ] Wickham, Doulting [co. Somerset], to . . ., undated (the death of recipient's father, recipient's application for the vicarage of Northope, moves and suggested moves in support of the application); Ja[me]s Wickham, Frome, to Miss Conway, Soughton, near Northop, 1767 (2) (a deed empowering recipient's 'Cosen Wickham to dispose of the Estate' [? the Upper Soughton estate. See under John Potter above], Mr. [John] Potter's intention of coming to view the property, the valuation of and title to the estate, news of the writer's family and of acquaintances), to the Rev[eren]d Mr. Conway, Soughton, near Northop, 1770 (legal matters), and to Mrs. Potter, Chester, 1772 (financial matters, the taking by the commissioners of the Frome turnpike roads of part of the court in front of recipient's house); Mary Wickham to Mrs. Conway near Northorp [sic], undated (personal); and A[nne] Wynne [widow of bishop John Wynne. See above in section (a)] to Mrs. Conway, Soughton, near Northop, 1743 (personal, references to the writer's 'Tryal' and 'Affliction', probably the death of her husband which had taken place in the previous month).