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To John Wynn Edwards. Subject: Bill of complaint against Mr Price Harry.

To John Wynn Edwards. Subject: Legal matters.

To John Wynn Edwards. Subject: Money matters.

1. Morgan John Edmvnd of Llanvechell;
2. John Edwards, high sheriff of Anglesey.
   Bond for the payment of a sum of money.

The diary or journal of Robert Parry (b. 1564) of Eriviatt, Denbighshire, son of Harry ap Robert of Twysog, recording events which occurred during the period 1559-1613. The diary as it is now stands is incomplete: the first page extant has been mutilated, and there are no entries at all for the years between 1571 and 1581. Interspersed among records of greater length such as 'A true disclosure of the travell & Journey of Robert Parry gent. vnto Italie', 1600, copies of speeches made by King James I, the terms of the peace concluded between England, Spain, and the Archdukes, 1604, and Letters which passed between the Sultan of Turkey and Sigismund III, king of Poland and Sweden, 1612-13, are brief notes of events at Court, births, marriages and deaths (largely in Denbighshire families), accidents, outbreaks of the plague, executions, strange happenings, &c. With the manuscript is a letter (post 1900) from Charles S. Mainwaring.

A heraldic manuscript probably compiled by, and in the hand of, George Owen, in which he blazons the arms of over sixty members of eminent Pembrokeshire families. The work contains some gaps and later additions and corrections have been added by George Owen.

Mainly bonds and quitclaims involving John Davy senior of Llansteffan, 1428, Thomas Vachan ap Thomas Vachan, Morgan ap Thomas ap Thomas Vichan and William ap Thomas ap Thomas Vichan, and Thomas Vaughan of Llangathen, 1443-1608, Morgan ap John Lloyd ap D’d ap Ll’n of Mefenydd, Cardiganshire, 1501, members of the Gwilim family, 1534-1610, Thomas ap Jenkyn Ieuan David Gogh and Angharad vch David Rees of Llandeilo Fawr, 1542, Gytto Beinon of Llanbedr Felffre, Pembrokeshire, 1571, Eynon ap Rees ap Eynon of Llandeilo in Brechfa, 1610-1613, and others. Some of them refer to transactions of lands in Llangathen and Catheiniog, Llansteffan, the lordship of Dryslwyn, Dyffryn Diwleys (?Derllys), Carmarthenshire, and Place Bronie Lake in Crunwear, Pembrokeshire, 1571; and the bargain and sale of a brass pan, 1610.

1. John Edwardes, sheriff;
2. Edward Bulk', gent.
   Receipt for 40s., being a fine imposed by the Council of the Marches on Angnes the wife of Morgan ap Hugh Edmond, and 1s. 6d. to the clerk of the fines.

Title deeds of houses and gardens in Heol y Fron and Fulbrook Street in the village of Llanbadarn Fawr, 1555-1613. They include a copy court roll, recording the surrender by Richard ap D'd ap Rydderch, and a subsequent gift to to John Pryse of Gogerddan, 1555-1556; deeds of sale to John Pryse by Edward Griffithe, 1563, and Griffith ap John ap Ieuan ap Ieuan, weaver, 1582; a deed for the sale of Tithyn Heol Yvron by Rees ap Jenkin ap Ll'en to Richard Pryse, 1584; and a lease by John Williams of Llangathen, Carmarthenshire, and Jane his wife, and Anne vch John, to Reynalt Morris of Llanbadarn Fawr, 1613.

To John Wynn Edwards. Subject: Covering letter relating to warrant enclosed, which is missing. [Endorsed by John Edwards with a list of names copied from the warrant.]

To John Wynn Edwards. Subject: He sends £10 in silver by the bearer; hopes for better news of his cousin Kathrin.

To John Wynn Edwards. Subject: Request for repayment of debt and charges by Aug. 16. [The letter is endorsed by John Edwards with a note to the effect that the money was sent on Aug. 14.]

Title deeds of tenements and lands in the township or parcel of Cyfoethybrenin in the parishes of Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn and Llanbadarn Fawr, 1568-1613. Boundary clauses mention the gate of the Borth, and the highway from Borth to the parish church of Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn. Properties include Klwtt y Borth, mortgaged by Phelipe Williams of Aberystwyth, 1568; Tythen Parke y Bynon, acquired by David Lloyd ap Moris Ll'n ap David, 1584/5; and deeds of sale by David ap Ieuan ap Owen to Sir Richard Pryse of Gogerddan, of Llayn dan y Llan, 1602/3, and Llayne Allt y Garthen and Yr Alte, 1613.

1. Edward Wynne of Bodewryd, gent., son and heir of John Edwardes, deceased;
2. Grace Edwardes, otherwise Grace Griffiths, widow, late wife of the said John Edwardes.
   Articles of agreement to secure portions for the younger children of the said John Edwards who had died intestate.

1. Grace Edwardes alias Grace Griffith, of Bodewryd, co. Anglesey, widow;
2. Edward Wynne, of the same, gent.
   Bond for the observance of covenants.

Letters of administration of the estate of John Wynne Edwards, esquire, late of Bodewryd, deceased, granted to Edward Wynne, gent., his son; with an inventory of the goods, cattle and chattels of the said John Edwards, priced by Hugh ap John Owen and others.

A transcript by George Owen of a short work entitled The History of Brecknock. The work contains a short chronicle of events in British history up to the Norman invasion and the conquests of Bernard Newmarch. The manuscript is in English apart from ff. 14v-15v, which is a text in Welsh entitled '[Llyma tai]r def[od ar] dd[eg] a haner [y gafas hoe]ll ap trehaearn gan Reinall [Debre]rois arglwydd Brecheinog o gyfyndeb gwlad ag arglwydd'.

Fragment of a lease to John Moyle of Cornwylys, of Tythyn Kerrig Kammog.

Order of the Court of Ward and Liveries for another hearing of the petition of traverse of office exhibited by Henrie Rowland, in respect of messuages in Penheskyn, Trevraint, Crangoed, Trefoes, Trelias, Pullgwingill and Trevorion, co. Anglesey, a house and mill in Ruge and a burgage in Bangor, co. Caernarvon.