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Pedigrees, coats of arms and, in some instances, bookplates, etc. of various families, including those of Ford-Hughes, Hughes of Abercery, Lloyd of Peterwell, H. Crampton Lloyd, Mackworth of Neath, Sir Thomas Macdonald Miller, 4th bart, Phillipps of Picton Castle, Meyrick of Pembrokeshire, Meredith of Pentrebychan, Mason of Montgomery and Salop, Crompton-Roberts of Monmouthshire, Newborough of Caernarvonshire, Williams-Bulkeley of Baron Hill, Davies Cooke of Gwysaney, Cunliffe of Acton, Powys barons Tilford, Talbot of Dinevor and Rice of Newton, Thomas of Wenvoe, Saunders of Largay, and Lloyd of Bronwydd; a copy, printed in 1753, of an Act of Parliament relating to the navigation of the river Dee; a copy of an article by Henry Taylor (1845-1927) of Chester and Flint entitled 'Early lead miners brought from the High Peak to work in Flintshire'; miscellaneous letters, including one written in 1868 by Connop Thirlwall (1797-1875), bishop of St Davids.

Printed lists of the St Asaph parish records held by the Flintshire Record Office, comprising Bettisfield, Bodelwyddan, Bronington, Brynford, Gorsedd, Nercwys, Overton, Treuddyn and Ysceifiog.

Notebook containing financial accounts (ff. 1, 104 verso), a list of personal names (f. 2 recto-verso), and notes of legal cases in 1642 (ff. 3-4, 12-17 verso), all relating to Flintshire.
Also included are notes of a 'voluntary Contribution towards the maintaynance of his majesties person' from [the parishes of] Whitford and Holywell (f. 75 verso), a note on shipping troops from Chester to Ireland in the time of Queen Elizabeth I (ff. 100 verso-101 verso) and proverbs in Latin (f. 102 recto-verso). The volume is perhaps partly in the hand of David Pennant of Bychton, parish of Whitford, Flintshire, who was Sheriff of Flintshire in 1641-2, the legal notes possibly referring to cases heard at the Flintshire Quarter Sessions during that year.