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Holograph letters addressed to, and papers of, Ann Edwards [the elder] of Cilhendre. The writers include Griffith Kyffin, 1704 (the gift of beef, personal); Ja. Bridgeman, Blod[well], 1718 (the exchange of books, the wedding of Sr. Charles Lloyd); cousin E. Morrall, 1719/20 (Mr. Trevor's case before the House of Lords); Eliz. Markham, 1730 (a bond and a loan); niece Kath. William[s], Chester, undated (2) (personal); niece V. Mathewes, Blodwell, undated (the return of the writer's cousin); daughter F[rances] E[dwards], undated (cousin John's visit to Glascoyd, godmother to cousin Richard Kyffin's daughter); etc. The miscellaneous papers include a note by Edward Podmore for sums of money received from Madam Edwards's servant; a memorandum of account between Edward Morrall and Ann Edwards, 1730 (see also NLW MS 11452C); receipts, 1752-1753, for legacies bequeathed by Mrs. Frances Edwards; etc.

Holograph letters mainly addressed to John Jones, Junior, of Wrexham, etc., together with a few miscellaneous papers. The writers include Ka. Jones, his step-mother, [16]66-67/8 (2) (a journey to London, the return to St. Albons, the meaning of the recipient's and his wife's letters, personal, the writer's spinning wheel) (together with a Biblical commentary written in the blank spaces of one letter); H[ugh] C[ourtney] [16]66 (spiritual experiences); Tho. Jones, London, 1668-1684 (2) (the arrest of the drover John Rouland at Epping fair, cousin Robert Wynne in Ireland) (the one endorsed with sermon notes, the other mutilated); Humfrey (Humphrey) Jones to his step-son John Jones and to his step-daughter Mrs. Mary Jones, Bryn y ffynnon house in Wrexham, [16]83-1684 (2) (the health of Mary Jones, the trial of Collonell Sydney, personal, news of friends); Tho. Major, London, to his sister [? Mary Jones], 1684 (family news; Mora Abbott, the Camp at Dundalke, to Humphrey Jones, London, 1689 (military actions in Ireland); J. Humphrey to [ ], 1689 (the appointment of cousin John Jones to the shrievalty of [Merioneth]); Jo. Jones, from Glascoed, to his wife Mary Jones in Cheapside, 1689/90 (3), and from Chester to Mrs. Anne Edwards, Keelhendrey, 1708/9 (the shrievalty of Merioneth, the Assize sermon, etc., the Pretender's attempted invasion of Scotland); [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [1st bart.], Greys Inn, to Hugh Jones, St. John Street, [16]92 (the payment of 'brin y ffynnon' rent) (together with a receipt); Richard Jones, nephew of John Jones, [16]95 (desiring his interest with cousin John Maddackes); Hugh Pyers, Mertyn-ysglan, 1695 (a copy of the Duke of York's conveyances); Cad. Wynne, Dublin, [16]97 (the sale of the writer's patent for the office of 'Cheefe seriant at Armes' in Ireland); Richd. Simpson, Poulton, near Lanc[aste]r, 1697 (money due upon a bond); John Billingsley, London, [16]97 (the election of the Elector of Saxony to be King of Poland, military preparations and actions at Namur and Barcelona, the escape of the English E[ast] India ship 'The Tavistock'); Richard Vaughan, Dolegwin and Cors-y-gedol, [16]97/8-1699 (2) (personal, the completion of designs) (the earlier letter endorsed with a note of moeny left in a bag brought from Chester by Owen Prichard, and a note of washing left at Mallwyd 1697/8); Jo'n Davies [1700] (money matters, the recipient's father's quondam concerns in Ireland) (fragment); Jonath. Edwards, Jes[us] Coll[ege], Oxford, 1706/7 (the writer's book - 'a preseruatiue against Socinianisme', references to Dr. King of Merton College); Jonathan Jones, Wrexh[am], 1712 (the duel between the Duke of 'Hambelton' [Hamilton] and Lord Mohun, news of the war between Sweden and Denmark); [?Isaac] Manley, Dublin, 1712/13 (Mr. Davis's answer); U. Bridgeman, Blod[well], niece of John Jones, undated (thanks for wine, personal); and F[rances] E[dwards], niece of John Jones, undated (news of the writer's sister). Also bound in the volume are a bond, 1675/6, from Joseph Mould, distiller, and John Jones, gentleman, both of Wrexham, to William Jones of the same, gentleman, for the payment of £10; a list of persons to be offered for sheriff of Merioneth, 1683; and an undated list, in the hand of John Jones, Junior, of family title-deeds and papers, 1659-1696 and undated.

Holograph letters and miscellaneous papers of the family of John Jones, Junior, of Wrexham, etc. The writers include Anne Vaughan, Corsygedol, to her brother Collonell Hugh Wynne, Bodscallan near Conway, [16]72 (a dispute with Mr. Jones of Wrexam over a right of way); Humphrey Jones to John Jones, 1673-1681 (4), and to [his step-daughter] Mary Jones, [16]86 (James Payne's portion, a debt due from Tho. Humphreys, and other money matters, a tenant for the ferry at Conway; the receipt of the writer's rent, the troubles of 'poor Dicke' [Richard Jones of Llanenddwyn]); J[onathan] Edwardes [archdeacon of Londonderry], Newtown Limavady, to his nephew [John] Jones, [16]79 (news of the writer's family); Charles Price, Machynlleth, to [John Jones] 1683 (Humffrey Jones's estate) (endorsed with a letter from Thomas Griffith, Llanciling, [16]83); Ann Major, London, to her aunt Mrs. Mary Jones, Brynnyfunon in Wrexham, 1684 (news of the writer's family); Jo. Jones to [his father-in-law Humphrey Jones], [16]84, and from Wrexham, etc., to his wife Mary Jones, Brin y ffynnon, etc., 1686-1690 (9) (an account of the possession of Penamnen, the likely ruin of the Taltreithin estate, personal, concerns in Mallwyd, Sir Richard Middleton's death, hangings in the Wrexham area, news of friends, money matters, the writer's term of office as sheriff [of Denbighshire], elections of 1690, Merioneth sessions); Roger Sontley, Wrexham, to Mr. 'Debity' Jones, Aldermanbury, London, 1689 (legal, news of actions in Ireland); Mary (Marry) Jones to her [step-]father Humphrey Jones, Aldermanbury, London, [16]86, and to [her husband John Jones], undated (2) (the recipient's concerns, losses caused by Tho. Jones, a visit to Sir W[illiam] W[illiams]); Wm. Williams to [ ] Jones, 1688 (arrears of rent) (fragment); F[ranics] Prichard, Jesus Coll[ege, Oxford], to John Jones, [16]88 (Oxford University news); Vrsula Mathewes, Blodwell, to her aunt Mary Jones, Cheapside, London [1689/90] (personal, the elections) (together with a postscript by the recipient's niece F[rances] Edwards); Thomas ?Speed, London, to John Jones, 169[ ] (the passing of Sir J. Fenwick's Act, Hugh Nanny's appointment as Vice-Admiral of North Wales, the negotiation of a treaty, a proclamation concerning hammered money) (mutilated); E. Wynne to John Jones, [16]92 (a transaction with the recipient's uncle) (endorsed with a note by John Jones); O[wen] P[richard] to John Jones, 1693 (money matters, alms money belonging to Beaumaris School, Dyffryn [Ardudwy] and Mallwyd rents, the employment of a miner); [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [1st bart.], Greys Inn, to Mr. Sergeant Rutland, [16]95 (the sealing of cousin Jones's deed); George Wooller, Chester, to John Jones, [16]95 (Mrs. Anne Jones's poor and low condition); Jo. Nicholas, Hook Norton, etc., to John Jones, 1696-1709 (2) (an invitation, family news); Richard Vaughan, Dolegwin, [16]99 (the writings belonging to Vchlawrcoed, etc., the recipient's rights to Talwrn); Charles King, Oxon., to John Jones, 1705 (the sale of the recipient's books, life in Oxford); U. Bridgeman, Blod[well], to her uncle John Jones, 1710 (legal); and John Williams, London, to John Jones, 1714/15 (lottery tickets). The miscellaneous papers include the certificate, 1663, by John Taylor, clerk of the parish of Woolwich, of the marriage of John Jones and Mary Paine on 9 February, 1662/3 (mutilated); rentals and memoranda, 1665-1696 and undated, relating to estates in Mallwyd, Montgomeryshire, and in Dyffryn [Ardudwy], Merioneth; the instrument, 17 April, 1696, of the appointment of John Jones, esquire, to be deputy lieutenant of the county of Merioneth (seal wanting); a sheet containing particulars of the location and measurements of parcels of land, 1701; lists of title-deeds, temp. Edward VI-1695 and undated, relating to land in Ardidwy, Merioneth; the will of John Jones of the township of Dudliston, co. Salop, esquire, 24 February, 1714/15 (cancelled 17 April, 1717); a poem, undated, by John Carless entitled 'To His Ever Honoured Patron Mr. Humphry Jones of Aldermanbury. And one of the Common Counsell of this Great Matropolis'; instructions, undated, to Owen Prichard concerning deeds and writings [of John Jones]; a list of manors in the lordshp of Bromfield and Yale, with an estimate of the profits of their courts, 11-14 Charles [II] (1659-1662); an account of the reprises due to the purchasers of Bromfield and Yale [after 1653]; and a list, undated, of the hundreds, parishes, and parts of parishes in the lordship of Englefeild.

Holograph letters, etc. of the family of Edwards of Cilhendre. The writers include Jo. Leche, Carden, to cousin Thomas Edwards [the elder], Starchamber office in Greas Inne, 1631/2 (the apprenticeship of children, a hearing in Easter term, a debt, personal); [ ] to [ ] [1692] (aunt's legacy to the chapel, a promise of the Anatomy Professor's place, Granvel's trial) (fragment); John Bridgeman to his son (addressed to Mrs. Anne Edwards at John Bridgeman's at Blodwell), 1697 (free leave to travel the world) (mutilated); Tho. Harry, Glascoed, to Anne Edwards [the elder], Keelhendre, 1698/9 (the attornment of tenants); F[rances] E[dwards], Castle Bromwich, etc., to her mother Anne Edwards [the elder], Killhendre, and others, 1701-1716 and undated (6) (personal); Tho. Morrall, Sheldon, to Anne Edwards, junior, Keilheindrey, 1706/7 (personal); Robert Totty, Holywell, to Mr. Challnor, Keelhendre, 1752 (probate of the will of Anne Edwards the younger); F[rances] E[dwards], Blod[well], to her mother, 1756? (a visit to Llangedwine) (together with a note by Sinah Mathews) (mutilated); U[rsula] B[ridgeman] to Anne Edwards [the elder], undated (the recipient's health, sermons by Mr. Morrall); and Thomas Edwardes [the younger] to his father Thom[as] Ed[war]ds [the elder], 'Kilhendrum', undated (personal). Also bound in the volume is a rent roll of Keelhendrey in the time of Frances Edwards and Ann Edwards [early eighteenth century].

Holograph letters and a few miscellaneous papers of the family of Edwards of Cilhendre. The writers include Marga[ret] Williams to Anne Edwardes [the elder], 1689 (herb water, recipe); Roger Bridgeman, Oxon., to his aunt, 1720 (college news); M. Bridgeman, C[astle] B[romwich], to her aunt [ ] Edwards, Chester, 1734 (aunt Frances Edwards's tombstone); [Sir] Edward Lloyd, London, to Mr. Challnor, Kilhendre, 1747/8 (repairs at Plas Yollin); F[rances] Edw[ards] to her mother Anne Edwards [the elder] and to her sister Anne Edwards [the younger], undated (3) (alterations at Keelehendry, the christening); Tho. Hanmer, Fens, to cousin [ ] Edwards, 1682/3 (a bond); V[rsula] M[athews], Llangedwin and Blod[well], to Anne Edwards [the elder] and Frances Edwards, both at Glascoyd, [16]92-1693 (2) (personal, interment of uncle Kynaston); T. Aldersey, Spurstow, to cousin Mrs. [Anne] Edwards [the elder], Kilhendrey, [16]96/7 (the writer's offer on behalf of his son); John Davise, Bettus, to Anne Edwards the elder, Keelhendre, 1700 (the writer's distress); Ur[sula] Bridgeman, Blodwell, to Anne Edwards [the elder], Keelhendrey, [17]05-1717/18 and undated (5) (family news, the rectory of Wigan); P. Logan, London, to Mr. Jones, Killhendry, 1706 (personal); John Williams, Chester, to Frances Edwards, Castle Bromwich, 1719 (cousin Bridgeman's health); E[lizabeth] M[arkham] to [Anne?] Edwards [the younger], 1730 (the payment of money); Sarah Bordman, undated (Madam Edwards's estate); Mary Bassnet to Mrs. Edwards at Keelhendry, undated (money matters); F. Edwardes, Ellesmere, undated (an answer to a letter); M. Edwards to her cousin, undated (cousin Price of Gunley's estate); Deb. Basnett, Bor[ ], to Ann Edwards, Kelhendry, undated (personal); etc. Also bound in the volume are a copy of the memorandum of account, 1730, contained in NLW MS 11451B; and a receipt, 1752, for a legacy bequeathed by the will of Ann Edwards [the younger].

Miscellaneous papers, including fragments of printed Acts of Parliament [17 cent.]-[18 cent.]; franks of letters addressed to Thomas Knight, attorney at law, Whitchurch, William Challnor, Keelhendre, Mrs. Frances Edwards, Keleheendre, Mrs. Bridgeman, Castle Bromwich, etc.; annotations on labels attached by C[yrus] J. M[orrall] to bundles of Plas Yolyn correspondence; etc.

Holograph letters and miscellaneous papers largely of the families of Morrall of Cilhendre, etc., and Challnor of Iscoyd, Flintshire, and Plas Yolyn. The writers include Dan[iel] Morrall to his son John Morrall, Inner Temple, [16]61/2 (the recipient's letters, a visit to Mr. Chambers at Lapington, references to Mr. Jaundrell and George Meddins); Ed. Kinaston to John Morrall, Clifford's Inn, 1679/80 (a deed and bonds, the return of the grand jury); Edwd. Garlsten, Leverpool, to [ ], 1701 (payment for a servant carried away to Newfoundland); W. Myddelton, Holywell, to Mr. [Thomas] Knight, attorney, Whitchurch, 1749 (2) (a release to Chaloner); John Holland, Ludlow, to Mr. Morrall, Shrewsbury, 1725 (Mr. Mason's entitlement to fines); Edward Morrall to his cousin 'Madam' Edwards, Chester, 1735 (godmother to Will. Morrall's son); Eliz. Church, London, to [ ], 1737 (legal and personal, with references to Clayton, cousin Kezia Manley, Mrs. Edwards, Andrew Morrall, etc.) (with draft letters endorsed); J[osiah] Morrall to Anne Edwards, 1742 (the payment of interest on a mortgage); W[illiam] C[hallnor] to his sister, 1747 (the valuation of Plas Yollin) (transcript); Margt. Morrall, Hollywell and Pengwern, to Mr. Knight, attorney at law, Whitchurch, 1748 (2) (papers with Mr. Painter, brother Lloyd's coming to Whitchurch); Judith Rothwell, Bolton, to Willm. Morrall, near Elsmere, 1756 (Mrs. [Frances] Edwards's legacy); A. Carkman, Sackville Street [London], to [William] Chaullenor, 1766 (a farm to let); Edwd. Jennings to William Challnor, Red Brooke, near Whitchurch, 1771 (a fine on premises purchased by the writer's uncle); Andrew Murphy, Gray's Inn, to William Challnor, Iscoyd, Whitchurch, 1781 (3) (the inspection of deeds); T. Glover, Ellsmere, to his cousin Charles Morrall, Belmont, near Oswestry, 1804 (a financial transaction); B. B., from I. U. S. Club, to [ ] Morrall, 1831 (reform the only topic, personal, etc.); Sarah Bordman to Edwd. Morrall, Killendre, undated (the sequestration of a living); and Jo. Hownes, Onslowe, to Mr. Lathrope, undated (opinion on a will). The miscellaneous papers include calculations of the value of the Plas Yollin estate, 1747-[8?]; a printed demand, 184[ ], by R[obert] Morrall, Ellesmere, for the payment of tithe rent charge due to Edward Morrall, together with memoranda; an inventory, undated, of goods to be left at Keelhendre by Mr. Wm. Challnor for Mr. Wm. Morrall; and a list, undated, of legacies to members of the Morrall family and others.

Accounts of the family of Morrall of Cilhendre, etc., including an inventory of the goods and chattels of Allice Morehull of Blakemeare parke, parish of Whitchurch, Salop, 11 September, 1638; a bill for legal service from Cha. Walsoll to Mr. Edward Murall of Dudleston [1724]; an account of the disbursements of Edward Morrall for the use of Madam Frances Edwards, 1729-1730; a statement of account from William Turton to Mr. Challnor for professional duties in connection with a recovery of two fields, 1762-1763; and a list of Mr. [Josiah] Morrall's debts [c. 1747].

Holograph letters and miscellaneous papers of the family of Morrall of Cilhendre, etc. The writers include John Morrall to 'Dear Subtle', 1681 (personal, references to coz. Bowker and Wm. Rider), to 'Neddy', 1686 (Mr. Edisbury at Erthigge), to cousin Basnett, 1687 (bill in Chancery), and from Mould to Edward Morrall, Dudlyston, 1688 (a request for diet drink, etc.); Rich[ard] Murhall, Whitchurch, to Edward Morrall, 1703/4 (the payment of a bill); Tho[mas] Morral, C[astle] Br[omwich], to Frances Edwards, 1718 (money matters, an eye mixture, personal); and Tho[ma]s Knight, Whitchurch, to William Challnor, 1748 (a bond). The miscellaneous papers include receipts to John Murrell of Kil-Henery, 1678-1685, Edward Murrell, 1689, and Edward Morrall, 1832; a note of the debt due from Frances Morrall to Mrs. Morrall, widow, 1746; and a late seventeenth century note of the value of the Plas Yollin estate.