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An alphabetical list of leases of estates held under the Dean and Chapter of Hereford (pp. 1-51), with supplementary tables and lists (pp. 53-55) and a list of the contents (ff. ii-iii); and a table for renewing leases, November 1740 (pasted in on p. 57, the former inside back cover).

Extracts out of the Register Books of the Bishops of Hereford, made by Chancellor Wynne and Hugh Hughes, [mid 18 cent.], including an index of the contents of a supplemental register containing some occurrences in the time of Dr Humphrey Humphreys (pp. 1-8); accounts extracted out of Bishop Humphreys' Register, relating to some schools in the diocese of Hereford, namely Leominster, Ledbury, Chirbury, Presteign, Lushton (pp. 14-46); an account of the Register Books then extant (pp. 47-49); etc.
Items formerly loose within the volume have been either tipped in on blank leaves or bound in at the end of the volume (pp. 63, 114, 116-117, 122-128), including an account, December 1678, of an examination by the Bishop of Hereford and others on behalf of the House of Lords, of a house called Combe in Lanruthall, Herefordshire, which was believed to be a Jesuit College (pp. 125-128).

Extracts made, [c. 1718], by [?Robert Morgan] out of the Register Books of the Bishops of Hereford (ff. 1-223).
An additional bundle of papers, mainly in the hand of Edward Wynne, is now bound in at the end of the volume (ff. 224-266); these include drafts of lists of the bishops of Hereford; drafts of accounts of the register books of the bishops, with special reference to the papers of Bishop Humphrey Humphreys; a printed copy of Articles of Enquiry Concerning Matters Ecclesiastical ..., 1728 (ff. 244-247); etc.

Miscellaneous papers mainly in the hand of Dr Robert Morgan, rector of Ross, relating to the diocese of Hereford, including lists of documents belonging to the Cathedral Chapter; copies of acts and orders; an account of procedure at every chapter; a table of fees claimed by the sextons, etc. (f. 50); a table of fees taken for causes ecclesiastical within the diocese; proposals for reducing the ecclesiastical courts at Hereford and Ludlow to certain terms with rules that the Proctor may not use delays, etc., whereby the clamours of the people may be silenced; a copy of Bishop Croft's Notitia of the diocese of Hereford; etc.

Some historical notes relating to the diocese of Hereford, in the autograph of Dr Robert Morgan.

Commutation voucher book for the Diocese of Hereford, 1709-1746, containing miscellaneous papers: receipts for grants of commutation money for church repairs, etc.; accounts rendered for prosecution in causes of correction, for blasphemy, adultery, etc.; correspondence relating to the same; papers relating to the suit of Middleton & uxor v. Croft concerning proceedings taken against them at the ecclesiastical court of the diocese of Hereford (items 1-84).
Two foolscap sheets loose in the volume contain an incomplete account of fees for various licences, wills, administrations, etc., in the diocese of Hereford, with Chancellor Edward Wynne's receipts for the years 1729 and 1730 (items 85-88).

A notebook, [18 cent., second ¼], containing notes relating to the diocese of Hereford, etc.