Examples of deeds, entries in court rolls, patents, and other legal instruments collected by Edward ap Rys ap David, auditor of Powis, receiver of Chirk and Chirkland, circa 1509. The documents quoted relate to the lordships of Bromfield and Yale, Chirk and Chirkland, Oswestry, and Cowres, the boroughs of Holt and Beaumaris, and Oxfordshire. There are a few Welsh recipes and verses in the margins.
A volume in the autograph of Mrs Elizabeth Baker comprising miscellaneous culinary recipes; transcripts of notes on the culture of potatoes; notes on horticulture; an extract relating to Irish mineralogy; and a transcript of an address by the city of Dublin to his Excellency Marquis Cornwallis.
