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An account book containing entries covering the period 1704-1755 referring, inter alia, to the setting of demesne and other lands in Efenechtid [co. Denbigh], to the setting of the [rectorial] tithes of the parish of Derwen [co. Denbigh], and to rents (including rents for tithes set) and tithe received in the latter parish. It is probably partly in the hand of the Reverend John Conway, rector of Derwen, circa 1718-1744. Some post-1744 entries refer to sums of money due to the Reverend William Conway and sums received as due 'to my late uncle John Conway'. These may have been added by the Reverend William Conway, son of Benjamin Conway, vicar of Northop (1717-1748) and warden of Ruthin (?1713-1748), and nephew of the aforementioned John Conway of Derwen. A loose leaf bearing copies of the coat of arms of the said Ben[jamin] Conway has been inserted at the end of the volume.

Forty-one holograph and other letters, 1722-1835 and undated, in two groups. (a) Fifteen letters, 1722-1745 and undated, to the Reverend Benjamin Conway [vicar of Northop, 1717-1748, and warden of Ruthin hospital, ?1713-1748] at Soughton and Northop, from Edward Edwards, Carnarvon, 17[ ] (the academic exercises to be undertaken to obtain a degree ?at Oxford), Hen[ry] Fane, 1744/5-1745 (2) (the death of the writer's wife [Mary or Anne, daughter of John Wynne, bishop of St. Asaph, 1715-1727, and of Bath and Wells, 1727-1743] and arrangements for the burial [at Northop]), Edward Griffiths, Mould, 1727 (a request for a warrant against Edward Jones of Mould who had taken the writer's horse) (endorsed with a recipe for a 'drink for Cattell'), Fr[ancis Hare, bishop of St.] Asaph, 1729 (bishop Goodman's charity), Tho[mas] Lewis, St. Asaph, 1722 (legal matters), Tho[mas] Lloyd, Chester, 1734/5 (financial matters), J. Meres, London, 1735 (transactions relating to the sale of an estate), John Tamberlain, Ruthyn, 1731 and undated (2) (a request by recipient's mother for medicine, the writer's duties? as tutor, an earthquake at Dolgelley, the coming parliamentary elections in [Merionethshire and ? Flintshire]), A[nne] Wynne [widow of bishop John Wynne, the writer of the three following letters], 1744/5 (the death of the writer's daughter Fane [Mary or Anne Fane. See letter from Henry Fane above] and arrangements for the burial [at Northop]), J[ohn Wynne, bishop of St.] Asaph [1715-1727] and of Bath and Wells [1727-1743], St. Asaph and Wells, 1726-1740 (3) (Mr. [ ] Myddelton's tenure of the cure of Flint (1726), the valuation of an estate the writer proposed to buy ? from the recipient (1734), a lease ? of minerals), and Robert Wynne, Ruthin, 1730/1 (the writer's ? financial misfortunes). (b) Twenty-six miscellaneous letters, 1743-1835 and undated:- G[eorge] F[rederick] Beltz, Lanc[aster Herald], Herald's College, to the Rev[eren]d B[ enjamin] C[onway] Conway, Soughton, Northope, 1825 (to accompany a royal licence authorising Mr. and Mrs. [John Conway] Potter and the issue of their marriage to take the surname of Conway) (endorsed with genealogical notes on Catherine of Beren and her descendants); James Conway, Flint, to the Rev[eren]d C[onway] Conway, Soughton, Northop, 1835 (personal); J[ohn] Conway Conway, Soughton, to the Rev[eren]d Francis Owen, Rectory House, Efenechtyd, 1835 (proposals relating to buildings and lands lately held by recipient's predecessor Mr. [Edward] Thelwall); Marg[are]t Conway, Cotton Hall, to Mrs. Hughes, Sughton Ucha, near Northop, undated (a recipe for an ointment); Price Davies, York River, Virginia, and York River at the Glebe in Blisland, to the Rev[eren]d Mr. Conway at Soughton, near Northop, 1763- 1765 (2) (the writer's arrival in America, his acceptance of the ministry of the parish of Blisland, the method of appointing ministers, a description of the neighbourhood and its inhabitants, a request for a copy of the scheme setting forth the subscriptions raised for clergymen's widows in the diocese of St. Asaph (1763), the writer's activities, his health, marriage, house and glebe lands, salary of '16000 pounds of Tobacco', etc., the arrival of John Pugh, curate of Llandoget, in America and his acceptance of a parish called St. James in the county of Mecklenburg [North Carolina]); Edward Potter Griffith to his wife Dorothea, undated (to accompany a parcel of pens); [Richard Grosvenor, 1st baron] Grosvenor [of Eaton, co. Chester, later 1st viscount Belgrave, co. Chester, and 1st earl Grosvenor], Eaton, to the Rev[eren]d W[illia]m Conway, 1765 (a gift of a mare with information as to her pedigree); Tho[mas] Hughes, [rector of] Llanfwrog, to the Rev[eren]d Mr. Conway, Soughton, near Northop, 1771 (an application for a right of way ?for the writer's cattle through recipient's field); C. Lloyd, Gay St[reet, ], to Miss [Benedicta] Conway, Soughton, Northop, 1831 (2) (a tenant for the writer's property at Upper Soughton and the state of the property, news of acquaintances); B[enjamin] C[onway] Potter [Oxford], to his mother, Mrs. Potter, Soughton Grove, Northop [1810] (? a degree ceremony at Oxford when degrees were conferred upon [George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st] marquess of Buckingham, [Montagu Bertie, 5th earl of] Abingdon, and Mr. [ ] Tierney, a concert [held at Oxford] in which [? John] Braham, [? Samuel] Harrison, Mrs. [ ] Dickenson and [? Angelica] Catalini [sic] had taken part); Cath[erine] Potter to the Rev[eren]d Mr. Conway, Soughton, near Northop, 1771 (the death of the writer's husband [the Reverend John Potter, rector of Badgworth, co. Somerset]); John Potter, Shepton Malet, to . . ., 1754 (a proposed marriage between the writer and Miss Kitty); John Potter [as in the previous letter], Frome, to . . ., 1767 (personal, an abstract of the will of Mrs. Wickham which required that the Upper Soughton estates be sold, proposals concerning the said estates); J[ohn] C[onway] Potter, Soughton, to. . ., 1822 (legal matters) (copy); E. Roberts, Inglefield Green, to Mrs. Conway, Upper Soughton, near Northop, [17]67 (personal, news of acquaintances); E. Spencer, Horsington, to Mrs. Conway, Soughton, near Northope, 1768 (news of the writer's family and of acquaintances); Hugh Totty to [Mr. Conway], undated (legal matters); Ant[ ] Wickham, Doulting [co. Somerset], to . . ., undated (the death of recipient's father, recipient's application for the vicarage of Northope, moves and suggested moves in support of the application); Ja[me]s Wickham, Frome, to Miss Conway, Soughton, near Northop, 1767 (2) (a deed empowering recipient's 'Cosen Wickham to dispose of the Estate' [? the Upper Soughton estate. See under John Potter above], Mr. [John] Potter's intention of coming to view the property, the valuation of and title to the estate, news of the writer's family and of acquaintances), to the Rev[eren]d Mr. Conway, Soughton, near Northop, 1770 (legal matters), and to Mrs. Potter, Chester, 1772 (financial matters, the taking by the commissioners of the Frome turnpike roads of part of the court in front of recipient's house); Mary Wickham to Mrs. Conway near Northorp [sic], undated (personal); and A[nne] Wynne [widow of bishop John Wynne. See above in section (a)] to Mrs. Conway, Soughton, near Northop, 1743 (personal, references to the writer's 'Tryal' and 'Affliction', probably the death of her husband which had taken place in the previous month).

Forty-seven holograph letters and copies of letters to or from various members of the Howard family, 1729-1848 and undated, consisting of the following groups: (a) Eight letters or copies of letters from the [Reverend] Rich[ard] Howard [rector of Denbigh, etc., the recipient in NLW MSS 12428-12429C and 12430D above] from Mold, Bettws, Wygfair, and Llan[rhaiadr, co. Denbigh], to Captain Belches, military secretary, Gibralter, 1810 (enquiries concerning the baggage and regimental financial affairs of the writer's brother, Major [Thomas] Howard of the 4th regiment of foot, who had died on a voyage home from Gibralter to England) (also a draft copy of the same), the Rev[eren]d B[enjamin] C[onway] Conway, 1847 (negotiations for the sale of a field adjacent to the Chester-Holyhead railway line) (copy), Mrs. [ Barbara] Howard [the writer's mother], Conway, [1813] (written to accompany and comment on a letter the writer had received from his brother R[obert] Howard from Verdun [France] requesting financial aid), Miss [Dora] Howard [the writer's daughter], Mold, undated (personal), Mrs. [Dorothea] Howard [the writer's wife], the Vicarage, Mold, undated (a visit ?to Hafodunos to attend a burial, comments on the house and on the family vault), L[ieutenan]t Gen[era]l Manners, 1810 (a request for information concerning financial transactions entered into by the writer's brother [the aforementioned Major Thomas Howard] with fellow officers) (copy), and [ ] Sargent, Somerset House, London, 1810 (financial transactions involving the aforementioned Major Thomas Howard and recipient's son) (copy); and a letter from S. Edwards, Denbigh, to the Rev[eren]d Dr. Howard at the Vicarage, Llanrhaiadr (co. Denbigh], 1848 (negotiations for the sale of land, of which the recipient was joint owner, to the [Chester- Holyhead] railway company). (b) Two letters from Thomas Howard [the Major Thomas Howard mentioned in groups (a) above] from London and Epping, to Rowland Will[iams], Beau[maris], 1799 (acknowledging receipt of bills for fifty pounds and twenty pounds and enclosing an order for the payment of arrears of his military pay to Williams), and Colonel Wynch, Woodstock, Oxon. [readdressed to London], 1810 (the march of the second battalion to Epping and their proposed route to Gosport, a request to be allowed to stay abroad with the battalion); and three letters to Major Howard from J. Dewes, Gib[raltar], 1810 (financial matters), and Charles Fitz Roy, Windsor, 1807 and undated ( 2) (the appointment of recipient's brother [the Reverend Richard Howard] as chaplain to [His Royal Highness, Prince Augustus Frederick] duke of Sussex). (c) Five letters to Richard Howard [? father of the Reverend Richard Howard and Major Thomas Howard of groups (a) and (b) above] at Carnarvon, from W[illia]m Jones, Llanfihangel, 1779 (the possession of Trefriw lands), W[illia]m Peacocke, Fort Caesar [Anglesey], 1789 (Peggy [? Short's] marriage to ?Mr. Burton and the settlement made on the marriage, details of Mr. Burton's estate), and Row[land] Williams, Llanrwst, 1789 (3) (? negotiations with Sir Peter Burrell [2nd bart., of Langley, co. Kent, later 1st baron Gwydir of Gwydir, co. Caernarvon] about [Trefriw meadows], the sale of recipient's timber); and copies of five letters from Rich[ar]d Howard [? the same as the recipient of the five preceding letters], Carnarvon, to Col[one]1 Peacocke, Fort Cesar, Anglesey, 1789 (a reply to the letter concerning Mrs. [Peggy] Burton mentioned above), and Rowland Williams, Llanrwst, 1788-1789 (4) (the sale of meadows near Trefriw and houses in the village of Trefriw to Sir Peter Burrel [see above], the sale of the writer's timber). (d) Three letters from Alfred B[utter] Clough, Jesus College [Oxford], to Miss [Dora] Howard, Chester, 1835 (news of acquaintances and of Dick [Richard Henry Howard, the recipient of the two letters following]), and Richard H[enry] Howard [son of the Reverend Richard Howard of group (a)], Northop and Beaumaris, 1835-1837 (2) (personal, news of relatives and of acquaintances at Oxford, the disposal of a desk, books, etc., belonging to recipient, the intended marriage between Miss Georgina [ ] and Mr. Rob[er]t Lowe, the defeat of the Conservatives in the parliamentary election in Anglesea in 1837 and hopes that [Owen John Augustus Fuller] Meyrick [of Bodorgan, the defeated candidate] would 'eventually establish himself in that seat'). (e) Two letters to Heph[zibah] E[mma] Howard ['Hessie', daughter of the Reverend Richard Howard of group (a)] from Alfred B[utler] Clough [the writer in group (d)], Belan, 1837 (personal), and B[arbara] Howard [recipient's grandmother, 1827] (personal). (f) Copies of seven letters from Rob[er]t Howard [? the recipient of the letters in NLW MS 12426E above], Conway, to [ ] Jones, Ddole near St. Asaph, 1750 (the writer's wish to buy houses [? at Conway] from recipient), Rob[ert] Went [the writer's nephew in India], 1751 (3) (personal, news of the writer's family, efforts to influence people [? the directors of the East India Company] on behalf of recipient, unfavourable reports on recipient's conduct), Cadwalader Williams, mariner on board HMS Shrewsbury in the Downs, 1742 (recipient's estate, financial matters, mention of recipient's sister who kept a little school at Llansannan), and ? Rob[er]t Williams, Wrexham, 1738 (2) (financial and legal matters, enclosing a copy of a letter from James Conway, Cotton Hall, 1737/8). (g) Miscellaneous letters from M. I. Burton [Bangor], to Mrs. Howard, Conway [1804] (personal) (incomplete); Mary Casson, Chester, to Mrs. Howard, Denbigh [1821] (Mr. Casson's inability to receive Mrs. Howard's little boy at Christmas); J. Goodman, Buxton, to Rich[ar]d Howard, 1787 ( an agreement with Mr. Griffith to work mines in recipient's lands at Tre Castell in partnership with the Pwllycochion Company, proposals for an agreement between the writer and recipient relating thereto); Sidney Greene to Mrs. Howard, undated (accepting an invitation to dine); Doro[thea] Lloyd Howard to Mrs. Howard [the writer's mother], Denbigh, 1824 (personal); ? J[ane, countess of] Uxbridge, to [Mrs. Howard], undated (2) (news of Mr. Howard and Captain Howard [? the same person] serving with the army abroad); Stephen Law, Callicutt [India], to Hugh Howard, merchant, at Tellicherry [India], 1729 (personal, comments on acquaintances); Rich[ard] R. Short, Newport, to Mrs. [Barbara] Howard, Carnarvon, 1784 (enclosing a copy of a letter from [Mrs.] E. Peacocke, Llanedwen, Anglesea, and of the writer's reply thereto, both relating to Peggy Short, the writer's daughter); R. Williams, Beaumaris, to Mrs. Howard, Carnarvon, 1801 (a sale of houses at Conway); and R[ichar]d Williamson, Deans Y[ar]d [Westminster], to the Rev[eren]d [ ] Howard, [19]31 (a report on recipient's son [at school at Westminster]).