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Williams, William, ca. 1665-1740
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A note book containing miscellaneous notes entitled 'An Acc[oun]t of some Customs among the Jews particularly them in Barbary', 'Those doctrines & practices [which] are publickly declared in ye Church of Rome & are by ye authority thereof established which are highly derogatory to ye dignity of our Saviour', 'An Illustration of severall difficult texts of Scripture', 'Of Oaths', 'De Baptismati', and 'De Conciliis generalibus' (on the first four general councils of the church); a list of 'The Subscribers to Ruthin Race' [? c. 1730] containing the names of, inter alios, Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton [3rd bart. of Combermere, co. Chester, and Llewenny, co. Denbigh], Sir Walter Wagstaff Baggot [5th bart. of Blithfield, co. Stafford], Sir William Williams [? 2nd bart. of Llanforda, co. Salop], and Watkin Williams Wynn [? son of Sir William Williams aforesaid and later 3rd bart. of Wynnstay]; sermons or sermon notes in English and Welsh; extracts from Latin authors including Horace; and other miscellaneous entries.

Peniarth and Nannau correspondence (facsimile),

Facsimile of letters, 1601-1738, mainly of the Owen family of Peniarth and the Nanney family of Merionethshire. The correspondents include Lewis Owen (1625-1691); Richard Owen (d. 1714); Lewis Owen (d. 1729), son of Richard Owen; Elizabeth Owen, mother of the latter Lewis Owen; Margaret Owen, wife of the latter Lewis Owen and daughter of Sir William Williams, second bart, of Llanforda; Jane Bulkeley (d. 1765), daugher of Lewis and Margaret Owen; Hugh Nanney; and Richard Nanney. Other correspondents include Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt, and there are letters from Margaret Owen to her father, Sir William Williams.
There is an introductory note by William W[atkin] E[dward] Wynne at the beginning of the volume, which states that "all the letters addressed to Sir William Williams, Bart., were found in the muniment room at Wynnstay, and were given to me ... in October 1833 by the Rt Honble C. W. Williams Wynn". There is a reference in the note to Dr Samuel Johnson in relation to the education of girls and women.