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Cases with opinion of counsel about the correctness of paying £2,188 (being a bonus paid by the Irish Land Commission to Lord Ormathwaite) to the unsecured creditors of Lord Ormathwaite, which sum, if paid, would pay off all the outstanding creditors of the estate, and whether, on clearing such debts, the trusts created by D 4/7 will come to an end.

Certified Extracts from p. registers, declarations as to title, extracts from, and copies of, deeds and probate records, etc., including copy will of Edward Burton of Llandewy Hall, p. Llanddewi Ystradenni, esq., 1772 (C 55/2) (includes bequests to the poor of p's Llanddewi Ystradenni, Llandegleu and Llanbadarn Fawr); copy codicil to the said will, 1774 (C 55/3); attested copy pre-nuptial settlement of Edward Burton of p. St Chad in the town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, esq., and Dorothy Elizabeth Blakeway of Lythwood Hall, p. Condover, Shropshire, 1789 (C 55/4); extract from the will of Bold Oliver of Shrewsbury and administration of the same, 1791 (C 55/6-7); copy will of Thomas Pritchard of Moreton Upon Lugg, Herefordshire, gent., 1796 (will dated 1786) (C 55/8); attested copy pre-nuptial settlement of the Rev. Charles Gregory Wade, clerk, rector of Harwood, Shropshire, and Anna Maria Burton of Shrewsbury, 1821 (C 55/9); copy will of Edward Burton of p. St Chad, 1825 (C 55/11) (includes a bequest of shares in the Wenlock and Bridgenorth Turnpike Trust); copy administration with will annexed of James Prissick of Tiverton, Cheshire, malster, 1830 (C 55/12-13), and copy administrations of the Rev. Edward Burton, D.D., late of the city of Oxford, Regius Prof. of Divinity in the University of Oxford, 1836 (C 55/18), Mary Burton of Shrewsbury, spinster, 1837 (C 55/19) and Elizabeth Burton of the same, spinster, 1837 (C 55/20). Original bundle labelled '6th Parcel No. 22 containing burial certificates, copies of wills ... relating to Sir John Walsh's 1st purchase ... from the Rev. R. L. Burton ... the abstracts of title which was in this Parcel have been transferred to the Box containing abstracts. Deed Box Radnorshire No. 3'.

Conclusion of the sailing trip mentioned in Fg 1/13 (p. 1); a phrenological investigation of his son Arthur's character, 5 Aug. 1843 (pp. 4-8); a yachting cruise from Ramsgate to Belgium and Holland and visits to the same including a brief description of Antwerp, 9-19 Aug. 1843 (pp. 9-18); a yachting cruise to Hamburg, 23 Aug. - 9 Sept. 1843 (pp. 20-35); accounts of the Rebecca riots in co. Rad., 25 Sept. 1843-31 Jan. 1844 (pp. 38-121 passim, especially pp. 42-73); illness and death of his sister in law, Lady Grey, 11 Dec. 1843 - 11 Jan. 1844 (pp. 69-105 passim); brief accounts of debates in the House, 13 Feb. - 26 June 1844 (pp. 125-70 passim) including his own speech on the Irish Church (pp. 160-1); a meeting at Downing Street re Sugar Duties, 13 June 1844 (pp. 161-2); account of a seance held by a French clairvoyant, 3 July 1844 (pp. 166-70); ill-health of his daughter 'Minny' [Catherine], 20-31 Dec. 1844 (pp. 208-52); yachting trip to Ireland to visit his estates and visits to Belfast, Glasgow and Edinburgh, 18 Aug. - 27 Sept. 1844 (pp. 182-202) and a reference to a 'formidable gang' of sheep stealers tried at Radnor quarter sessions, 18 Oct. (p. 207) [cf. Fg 1/15, p. 29].

Continuation from FC 4/8 of a tour in Germany including account of stays in Baaden (ff. 3v-7), Freiburg (ff. 10-13), account of a journey through Switzerland including a stay in Geneva (ff. 35v-45) and of a journey in Italy including a stay in Milan (ff. 58v-68) including a detailed description of the tomb of Cardinal Borromeo (f. 68) and in Florence (ff. 76v-83).

Continuation of Fe 4/10 but with no entries from 1 Jan. to 17 Feb. by which time the family is in Paris until their hasty return in March on account of her husband's severe illness (ff. 7v-18); press cuttings relating to Louis XVIII of France's proposed change to the law of elections together with her comments (ff. 56-9), and press cuttings relating to, and her comments on, the Queen Caroline affair (ff. 70v-9, 84v-5, 99-102, 108-9) and references to insurrection in Portugal (ff. 86-8).

Continuation of her husband's illness until June 6 (ff. 1-27) (dec. June 7). There are no entries afterwards until Jan. 1826 and these include an account of brief holidays at Boulogne (ff. 70v-2); Malvern (ff. 86v-92, 98v-113) and Hastings (ff. 20-5).

Continuation of her tour of the continent containing accounts of Tours (ff. 6-27), Paris (ff. 29-62), a journey from Paris to Geneva (ff. 63-9) and Geneva (ff. 70-4) and including details of distances travelled and of bills paid and a note on the debates on the bill to prevent seditions meetings, the deplorable state of the poor and the alarming increase in the number of people receiving poor relief (f. 35) and a description of Chateau de Ferney, Voltaire's mansion including the contents of his apartments (ff. 72v-3).

Continuation of his continental tour in Italy (Genoa, Florence, Rome, Naples) and return journey through France including a stay in Paris, 18 Dec. 1850 - 28 Apr. 1851 (pp. 1-82); continuation of Arthur's entanglement with Miss De Burgh, her marriage with Lord Ward and their separation, 18 Dec. 1850 - 8 July 1851 (pp. 2-98 passim, 107-8); visits to co. Rad., 5-10 Oct. 1850 (pp. 117-22) including references to politics in the borough of Radnor; 13-21 Apr. 1851 (pp. 208-11) where he was canvassing, 30 June - 16 July 1852 (pp. 219-25) for the election campaign, and 16-18 Aug. 1852 for a lieutenancy meeting; meeting with Macaulay and an account by him of his meeting with Thiers, 4 Dec. 1851 (pp. 185-7). The diary is in narrative from 2 Jan. to 25 Mar. 1852 (pp. 201-5) and from 28 Apr. to 29 June, 1852 (pp 213-16) and includes an account of a yachting trip from the Isle of Wight to Jersey, his stay in Jersey, and the voyage back again to Southampton, 26 Aug. - 16 Sept. 1852 (pp. 251-70).

Continuation of his exploratory visit to co. Rad., his decision to stand, including an interview with Wellington (pp. 21-2), and his election campaign 1 Dec. 1834 - 19 Jan. 1835 (pp. 1-48); a conversation about Peel's health and about a dispute between him and [Joseph] Hume, 22, 24 Mar. 1835 (pp. 70-1); Peel's regard for Sir John Walsh, 6 June 1835 (pp. 85-6); stay at Dover, 10-18 Aug., 31 Aug. - 26 Sept. 1835 (pp. 128-32, 139-48); a brief visit to Calais and Boulogne, 19-23 Aug. 1835 (pp. 132-6), a dispute whether to build a new central workhouse at Bracknell, Berkshire or whether to repair the three existing ones within the Poor Law Union, 23 Aug. - 9 Oct. 1835 (pp. 136, 148, 212-13) and a visit to co. Rad. to maintain his electoral interest there 2-26 Oct. 1835 (pp. 149-63). The diary from 20 Nov. 1835 to 21 May 1836 is written in narrative form: it was composed from memory during the Spring of 1836 and during Nov. - Dec. of the same year. The narrative includes his reasons for writing another pamphlet, Chapters on Contemporary History (pp. 222-9) and an account of a dispute about poor rate assessments in p. Bracknell (pp. 233-9, 270).

Continuation of his nephew's ill-health and eventual death together with an account of his career and character, 28 May 1847 - 7 Jan. 1848 (pp. 1-5, 46-7, 50-1, 57, 79-82, 102-18 passim, 118-49, 154-61, 170-87); brief accounts of debates in the House, 15 June 1847 - 22 June 1848 (pp. 10-11, 107, 249-66 passim); meetings of the Protectionists, 7, 9 Feb., 29, 31 May, 1848 (pp. 169, 189-90, 251-2, 255); attempts to prevent his brother in law [George Henry] Grey, earl of Stamford from marrying a woman of dubious repute, 15 Feb. - 22 June 1848 (pp. 193-266 passim); brief account of the trial of two highway robbers at the co. Rad. assizes, 27 Mar. 1848 (p. 222); apprehension about disturbances in London, the Chartist demonstration in Kennington and other meetings, 7, 9, 11 Mar., 4, 10 Apr. 1848 (pp. 212-14, 225-3) and including two brief talks with Feargus O'Connor and a press cutting of a parliamentary question asked by Sir John Walsh together with replies of Sir G. Grey, and O'Connor, and swearing in of his servants as special constables, discovery of arms, etc., 10, 12 June 1848 (pp. 259-60).

Continuation of his Scottish holiday, mainly in Edinburgh, and thence to Raby Castle, Northumberland, 15-29 Nov. 1859 (pp. 8-19); photos of him and his wife (p. 30); meetings either convened by, or held at, the house of, Lord Derby, 14 Feb. 23 Apr. 2, 9 June 1860 (pp. 41-2, 85-6, 125, 136); brief accounts of debates in the House, 17 Feb. - 15 May 1860 (pp. 43-100 passim), including his own speech against a Parliamentary Reform Bill (pp. 88-91); 4 June - 5 July 1860 (pp. 125-50 passim); press cuttings of reviews of his pamphlet The Practical Results of the Reform Act of 1832 (between pp. 45-6); a meeting at Lord Lonsdale to consider the proposed Reform Bill, 17 Mar. 1860 (pp. 57-8); a visit to co. Rad. to attend the assizes and to discuss enclosures, 27 Mar. - 12 Apr. 1860 (pp. 62-77); visit to the Cumberland estate and the Moor Row mine, 28-31 May, 1860 (p. 117-25), an account of a phrenological character assessment of his grandson Arthur and his daughter in law Emily, 2 June 1860 (pp. 126-34); account of a séance he attended, 10 July 1860 (pp. 154-8) and a visit to Bethlehem (Bedlam) Hospital, 17 July 1860 (pp. 161-4).

Continuation of his stay in Brussels, 1-17 Oct. 1823 (pp. 1-12) and of his review of his present situation (pp. 20-9, 40-80, 110-30) wherein he attributes his failure to ascend the social ladder to the growing exclusiveness of the aristocracy after the end of the Napoleonic war, the closing off of paths of advancement with the end of the war, the agricultural depression after 1815 which brought to an end the custom of holding great balls to be replaced by subscription balls, called almacks, and to his lack of the basic prerequisites to social advancement, namely; a compact landed estate with electioneering interests, a seat in the House of Commons, especially an independent one, military rank and, most important, an advantageous connexion by marriage; a description of another vain pursuit of Lady Charlotte Charteris in London (pp. 107-201 passim) and a brief account of readings by Sarah Siddons, 5 Nov. 1823 (p. 30).

Continuation of the marital affairs of his brother in law, the earl of Stamford, 23 June 1848 - 19 Jan. 1849 (pp. 1-16 passim, 33-4, 134-9); meeting of Irish M.P.s, 23 June 1848 - 19 Mar. 1849 (pp. 1-2, 9, 11, 155, 166-7); dinner with Stanley, Disraeli and other protectionists, 19 July 1848 and 9 May 1849 (pp. 24-5, 186); the (supposed) cause of Castlereagh's suicide which Sir John Walsh disbelieved, 30 July 1848 (pp. 36-7); brief accounts of/references to parliamentary debates, 23 June 1848 - 6 July 1849 (pp. 2-33 passim, 60, 158-9, 167-200 passim); meetings to elect a new leader of the protectionists, 31 Jan. - 1 Feb. 1849 (pp. 143-4, 154); meetings and discussions with Disraeli, 7 Feb. - 6 Mar., 27 Apr., 28 June, 1849 (pp. 145-58 passim, 182, 198); a holiday on the Scilly Isles and a sailing excursion to Brest and back to Weymouth, 10-16 July 1849 (pp. 201-7); a sailing trip from Torquay to Plymouth including a digression on the causes of cholera which had then broken out in Devonport and Plymouth, 31 July - 6 Aug. 1849 (pp. 212-17) and account of a visit to Raughlin Island during a sailing trip from Kingston Ireland to Falmouth, 27 Sept. - 9 Oct. 1849 (pp. 231-42).

Continuation of the tour in Fe 4/6 including account of their stay at Berne (ff. 16-20) and an account of their return trip through Switzerland and France and including a stay at Paris (ff. 37v-49).

Continuation of their stay at Florence from FC 4/9 (ff. 6v-20); account of a journey from Florence to Rome (ff. 20v-9), a stay at Rome (ff. 29-91), the journey back again to Florence (ff. 92-8), their stay in Florence (ff. 98-105) and their journey to, and stay at, Venice (ff. 112v-22), including observations on the Venetians' resentment towards the Austrian government (f.121v); and account of their return journey through Italy and Switzerland to Paris (ff. 122-82).

Original bundle of contracts for sale of (among others) lots 1-7, 9-17, 19-24, 27-28, 30-33 and 35-36 in p's Cefnllys, Colfa, Glascwm, Llanbadarn Fawr, Llanbister, Llandeglau, Llandrindod, Llanddewi Ystradenni, Llanfihangel Nant Melan, Llanfihangel Rhydeithon and Llangynllo in Radnorshire and p. Huntington in Herefordshire. Each of the deeds contains a plan.

Conveyance as in C 78 of a parcel of land called The Frolic, otherwise Gwrechinhail, p. Llanddewi Ystradenni (5 a.) for £5. Original bundle labelled 'Conveyance No. 24 Tin Deed Box Radnorshire No. 5'.

Conveyance by the Rev. Robert Lingen Burton of Ford, Shropshire, clerk, of several parcels of land called Glanyravon, p. Llanddewi Ystradenni (36 a.) for £295. Original bundle labelled 'Conveyance No. 23 of Glanyravon Wood etc. (Part of Llandewy Hall) Tin Deed Box Radnorshire No. 5'.

Conveyance of 63 a. of common or waste land adjoining a m. called The Bailey, p. Llangynllo, to Sir John Walsh by Henry Evans of Bailey House, p. Llangynllo, farmer, and William Eyton of Gonsalls, p. Condover, Shropshire, commissioner appointed under the 'Act for enclosing lands in p's Bleddfa and Llangunllo'. Original bundle labelled 'Conveyance No. 6'.

Conveyance of a wood called Llanravon Wood, p. Gladestry (17 a.) to Sir John Walsh by James Rees of Risca, co. Mon., labr, and Richard Rees of Gellygrot, p. Mynyddislwyn, farmer, for £300, 18 Aug. 1854 (C 93/1), together with copy administration of Gwynne James, assistant surgeon in the 47th Regiment of Foot, bachelor, 1812 (C 93/1) and copy will and codicil of Anne Wall of Ryelands, Herefordshire, widow, 1821 (C 93/2). Original bundle labelled 'Title Deeds & Conveyance No. 15 Tin Deed Box Radnorshire No. 6 ...'.