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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].

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.