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Book of legal precedents

  • NLW MS 16874A.
  • File
  • 1798-[1808], 1829

A volume compiled, 1798-[1808], by Henry J. Hughes, Llanbeblig, containing precedents of declarations, pleas, and other legal documents, together with cases and opinions and notes on replevin.
The precedents relate mainly to cases in Anglesey, Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, [18 cent., second ¼]-[late 18 cent.]. The contents are listed on pp. iv-ix. An agreement to build a drain, 1829, is loose at the end of the volume (pp. 323-324).

Hughes, H. J. (Henry J.), of Llanbeblig.

Legal precedents,

  • NLW MSS 11806-11807D.
  • File
  • [18 cent., third ¼].
  • Part of Brawdy MSS,

Legal precedents written in several hands and based on title-deeds and legal papers largely of the second and third quarters of the eighteenth century. The majority of the precedents are of Welsh interest, among them being a case relating to a wreck of a Danish vessel at Little Quay, co. Cardigan, 1757; title-deeds of the family of Williams of Penpont, co. Brecknock; and records relating to properties in cos. Montgomery, Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Cardigan. NLW MSS 11807D is dated 1765 and 1767 on the upper cover.

Legal precedents,

Copies of legal instruments made early in the nineteenth century. Most of the examples are taken from documents relating to properties in Wales.