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Extracts relating to the four Welsh dioceses, transcribed from the Valor Ecclesiasticus of Henry VIII, and the Taxatio Ecclesiastica or 'Taxation of Pope Nicholas'. English, Latin. Formerly Edward Owen MS 52.

English, Latin. Formerly Edward Owen MS 72.

English. Formerly Edward Owen MS 86.

English. Formerly Edward Owen MS 35.

Extracts and references of Welsh interest, transcribed by Edward Owen, from the printed Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office. English, French, Latin. Formerly Edward Owen MSS 74-75.

Latin.

Exemplification of a plea of trespass on the case between John Puleston, esq., plaintiff. and Thomas Prichard, clerk, defendant. in respect of cartloads (carectata) of corn in Worthenbury, co. Flint. Latin.

Exemplification by Henry, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, of an Inquisition post mortem in respect of John Stanley, esq., who held properties in Cheshire. [References to Aldford, Echels and Aldersegh, and to the advowsons of the churches of Aldford and Aldersegh.]. Latin. Mutilated. [Fragment of the seal of the Count Palatine of Chester and co. Flint, 1603.].

Estreat from the court roll of the ringildry of Glynn, recording a petition by John ap David ap Madoc ap Deio for a licence to sell to John ap Ier. ap Ieuan ap Gruff. the moiety of a gavel of land called Haner Gavel Vadoc ap Rice in t. Crogen Wladus, lp Chirk. Latin.

English translations by A. N. Palmer of the visions of Elis Wynne. (Two complete versions and the beginnings of a third). A. N. Palmer has also written an introduction etc. English. Formerly Edward Owen MS 119.

Manuscripts comprising drafts of the hitherto-unpublished portions of Edward Owen's Catalogue of manuscripts relating to Wales in the British Museum, with draft indexes; reports prepared by Edward Owen on Liverpool Town Dues and related papers, 1931; essays written by him for the London Eisteddfod, 1887, and the National Eisteddfod at Caernarfon, 1894; notes, pedigrees, transcripts and letters relating to Welsh history, antiquities, county history, families and individuals such as John Edwards of Chirk, and historical figures including Owain Glyndwr [some items published 1893-1935]; transcripts and extracts relating to the history of Wales taken from public records by Edward Owen, E.A. Lewis and others, including several land surveys, at least one of which was used as evidence before the Royal Commission on Land in Wales, 1895; transcripts of papers by or relating to Alfred Neobard Palmer, Wrexham, 1885-1922; facsimiles and original documents including Privy Purse Accounts of Queen Anne, 1702-1710, and a holograph letter from Queen Anne to Sarah, duchess of Marlborough, 1710; letters mainly addressed to William Edwards of Chirk Hall, 1675-1677; autograph letters, mostly addressed to Edward Owen, 1886-1943; and deeds, 1463-1769, the majority of which relate to the estates of the families of Edwards of Plas Newydd and Puleston of Emrall in cos. Denbigh and Flint.

Edward Lhwyd's Itinerary, Part I and Part II. Interleaved copies, annotated by A. N. Palmer, of the supplements to Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1909 and 1910. English. Formerly Edward Owen MS 121.

Latin. Formerly Edward Owen MS 57.

Drafts of pedigrees (miscellaneous) figuring John Edwards of Chirk, the Salusbury family of Llewenni the Thelwalls of Plasyward, Calveley, Done, Mydleton, Lloyd, Whytmore, Trevor and Shirburne, etc. English. Formerly Edward Owen MS 133.

English. Formerly Edward Owen MS 70.

1 William [Chaderton], Bishop of Chester;. 2 John Edwardes of Chirk, co. Denb., esq. Defeasance of a Statute Merchant for £400, a bond for the payment of £220, and a bond for the assurance of three closes of land called the white fieldes or Misoed gwynnion and gwyrgloddie y meriche (sic) in t. Broughton, co. Denb.

Decree granting permission to William Robinson, esq., freeholder in p. Gresfodd, diocese of St Asaph, to place seats in an empty space in the parish church of Gresford. Latin.

English. Formerly Edward Owen MS 13.