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William Lower died in possession of the grange of Osterlowe otherwise Vsterlow and eight messuages in Osterlowe aforesaid and in the parish of Llanvihangell Abercowin, co. Carmarthen.

1. Thomas Lower of Treventy, Co. Carmarthen, esq;. 2. Thomas Jenkin of the parish of Abergwilly, yeoman. Lease for 15 years of a messuage (80 acres) in the parish of Llanyhangell Abercowin, demesne of Asgood, and grange of Oysterlowe. (No. 164,415 31/78).

Paper (except f. 234 which is vellum); mounted on guards and foliated 1-276, with two loose folios placed between 155 and 156, 262 and 263, and 16 unnumbered folios at the end of the volume; 378 x 245; bound in full calf and lettered Saint Asaph. XVIIth-XVIIIth cent. It is numbered 139,787. F. 1. Note of the yearly rents of the bishop of St Asaph. Undated. Ff. 2-3. Note of the leases in the diocese of St Asaph, 1687. Undated; circa 1662-3. Ff. 4-15. Rental of the temporalities of the bishopric of St Asaph, 1687. F. 16. Particulars of expenditure by the bishop of St Asaph. Undated. Ff. 17-18. Rental of the revenues of the bishopric and archdeaconry of St Asaph. Undated. Ff. 19-35. Rentals, memoranda, notes of leases, etc., 1661-6. Ff. 36-41. Rental (copy) for the year 1670. Ff. 42-51. Rental (copy) of the revenue of the bishopric for the year 1681. F. 52. Particulars of disbursements by the Bishop. Undated. cf. f. 16. F. 53b. Note of leases of Cae'r Cleifion near Wrexham, 1528-1558. Ff. 54-65. Survey of the rents, revenues, and other commodities accruing to the bishop of St Asaph out of the bishopric, and of the houses and tithes belonging to the archdeaconry of St Asaph. 1687. Ff. 66-75. Notes on rents in kind, and queries relating to the rentroll of the bishopric of St Asaph, circa 1740. Ff. 76-8. Rental for the year 1728. Ff. 79-80. Rental for the year 1732. F. 81. Notes on the rental of St Asaph, circa 1731. Ff. 82-3. Particular of the m's and lands of Humffrey Jones within man. Istervyn, 20 Feb. 1648/9. F. 84. Letter. Thomas [Davies, bishop of St] Asaph, to Mr John Price, chancellor of the diocese, concerning the cause of Jamys ap D'd ap Lly'n and Elyn verch Lly'n ap D'd. Dated 15 Sept. [between 1561 and 1570]. F. 85. Notes on mining leases, 1685-1734. F. 86. Account of the income of the bishop of St Asaph from t's in p. Bettws, 27 July 1742. F. 87. Memoranda of the crop and stock of a farm in Landesylio. Undated. F. 88. Memoranda relating to leases and rents, circa 1738. F. 89. List of jurors. Undated. F. 90. Abstract of a lease, granted to Robert Jones of St Asaph, of the Register's Office in Lanelwy, 3 July 1702. F. 91. Particulars of the lands rented by Mr Jones's tenant. Undated. Ff. 92-3. Exemplification (copy) of a decree made in the court of Augmentations, 20 June 1539, touching the right of the bishop of St Asaph to certain issues of the dissolved monasteries of Basyngwerk, Conway, Valle Crucis, Strata Marcella, and Llanllugan. F. 94. Letter. Tho[ma]s Wynne to the bishop of St Asaph, concerning a modus for t's of Beidiock and Postyn, 30 June 1729. F. 95. Letter (copy). W[illiam Lloyd, bishop of] Worcester, to [William Fleetwood, bishop of St Asaph], concerning an abridgment of the Red Book of St Asaph, made by Dr Davies, which he had handed over, with other papers, to Bishop Jones. 13 Feb. 1711/2. F. 96. Particulars of the revenues of co. Flint, taken out of Dodridge's History of ye Antient & modern Estate of ye Principality of Wales ... 1604. F. 97. Letter. Hugh Lloyd of Ruthin to the bishop of St Asaph, concerning an enclosure made at Kyffnant. 11 Dec. 1738. F. 98. Advice by Mr Thelwall concerning an order to the free-holders of Gwernygron and Talar to maintain the river bank, and upon the fishery. Undated. Ff. 99-100. Memoranda of some proceedings at law concerning Carreg Ffaylon, c. 1650-1. Ff. 101-6. Extracts from Llyfr Coch Asaph. A Inquisition respecting the liberties of the diocese, at St Asaph, 19 Oct. 1274. See: Peniarth MS 231, p. 45, and Haddan and Stubbs: Councils, i, 502. B Grant of the liberties and privileges of the bishopric of St Asaph to Bishop Anian, 10 Nov. 1277. See Peniarth MS 231, p. 2. C An incomplete copy of the convention between Henry III and Owen and Llywelyn, sons of Griffith. [? 1247]. Ff. 107-8. Opinion of W. Lechmere on the case of the bishop of St Asaph's right to quit rents out of Vaynol and Pengwern, 15 Jan. 1712/3. Ff. 109-110. Case of the bishop of St Asaph concerning quit rents in Vaynol and Penguern in p. Lanellwey. Undated. F. 111. Statement of costs in the case of the quit rents of Vaynol and Penguern. Undated. F. 112. Undertaking by John Williams of St Asaph to pay a fine for the renewal of a lease of some small rooms and quillets of land in St Asaph, 2 Aug. 1737. Ff. 113-5. Letter. John Davies, from Salop, to [John Evans], bishop of Bangor, enclosing accounts of the tithes of the rectory of Llansanfrayd, 1686-1689. 7 May 1711. F. 116. Queries for legal opinion touching the rectory of Llansanfrayd. Undated. Ff. 117-18. Instrument (copy) of the augmentation of the rectory of Llansanfraid in Mechen, 1663. F. 119. Act (copy) for confirming and perpetuating augmentations made by ecclesiastical persons to small vicarages. [1677]. F. 120. Particulars of the rectory of Llansanfraid in Mechen, 1663-83. F. 121-2. Instrument (copy) of the augmentation of the rectory of Llansanfraid in Mechen, 1663. F. 123. Particulars of the tithe of Llanarmon. Undated. Ff. 124-5. Taxatio (copy) of the diocese of St Asaph. This copy differs greatly from the printed text of Taxatio Ecclesiastica P. Nicholai. Ff. 126-34. Summary Valuation of the tenths of the diocese of St Asaph taken out of the First Fruits Office. F. 135. Statement of the account of the tenths of St Asaph as found in the Auditor's office, 10 Feb. 1703/4. F. 136. Note of the tenths assigned to the different prebends of St Asaph. Ff. 137-41. Terrier of the possessions of the diocese of St Asaph in p. St Martins within lp Oswestry, 1684. Ff. 142-3. Letter. Stephen Parry to [Thomas Tanner,] bishop of St Asaph, concerning a lease of lands in p. St Martyn's. 11 March 1731/2. F. 144. Particular Account of the quality and quantity of the grains reaped in p. Llanvawr, co. Mer., before the 23rd day of Aug. 1737. F. 145. Note of the valuation of the tithe of p. Llanarmon in 1737. F. 146. Report of a commission of inquiry into the validity of a pretend lease of lands in Dyncolyn, 22 Oct. 1618. Ff. 147-8. Terrier of lands forming part of a demesne of the archdeaconry of St Asaph at Dissert, co. Flint. Undated. F. 149. Petition of the parishioners of p. Llantysilio for a fitting endowment for sufficent men to officiate in p's Llantysilio, Bryn Eglwys, and Llansanfraid in Glyn Ceiriog. Undated. F. 150. Case of Austin Jones, farmer of the tithes of Llandrinio and Llandysilio, against Mr Nightingale, touching the latter's refusal to pay herbage, 1733. F. 151. Letter. John Williams, from St Asaph, to [Thomas Tanner,] bishop of St Asaph, concerning examinations taken on behalf of Mr Nightingall. 25 Feb. 1733/4. Ff. 152-3. Answer of Francis Nightingale to the libel exhibited against him in the court of St Asaph. 23 July 1733. F. 154. Draft of an award by the bishop of St Asaph in the dispute between Austin Jones of Landesileo and Francis Nightingall of Lansanfrayd. 14 Oct. 1734. F. 155. Notes on John Lloyd of Domgay's claim to the moiety of the seven foot in the chancel of Llandysilio church. Nov. 1711. A loose folio between ff. 155 and 156. Agreement (copy) between Robert [Drummond], bishop of St Asaph, and Edward Lloyd of Domgay in p. Llandysilio, co. Mont., esq., for the rearrangement of pews in the p. church of Llandysilio in order to provide more room for communicants. 16 Aug. 1755. Ff. 156-7. Rules for the better preservation of parochial libraries, and a catalogue of the parochial library at Llantisilio in Denbighshire, endorsed with a receipt signed by Simon Jones, 7 May 1720. F. 158. Memorandum of the sequestration of the rectory of Llanywllyn in 1619. Ff. 159-60. Letter. Evan Lloyd of Llansanfrayd to [Bishop Tanner] concerning the case against Francis Nightingale, 9 Feb. 1733/4. F. 161. Letter. Evan Lloyd of Llansafrayd to Dr Wynne of Garthewyn, concerning the resolution to refer the case of Jones against Nightingale to the judgement of Bishop Tanner. 5 Sept. 1733. F. 162. Letter. Evan Lloyd of Llansanfrayd to Bishop Tanner concerning the case of Jones against Nightingale. 19 Jan. 1733/4. Ff. 163-4. Depositions (copies) of Edward Phillips of Collfryn, smith, and Griffith Jones and Henry Evans of Rysnant, in the case of Jones against Nightingale. 11 Oct. 1733. F. 165. Letter. George [Griffith, bishop of] St Asaph to Robert Evans at the Parsonage in Llandrinio, concerning the tithes payable by William Derwas. 29 July 1664. F. 166. Will of Solomon Pugh of Haughton, co. Mont., yeoman. 25 Feb. 1680/1. Endorsed with particulars of the apportionment of the rails of the churchyard at Llandrinio. Ff. 167-9. Notes by George Griffith, rector of Llandrinio (afterwards bishop of Bangor), touching the tithes of Maerdy and Kymerey, farms in the said p. Undated. F. 170. Notes touching a dispute concerning the tithes of Maerdy and Kymerey in Llandrinio between 1580 and 1637. Ff. 171-2. Letter. Edward Hughes, curate of Llandrinio, to Edward Jones, bishop of St Asaph, concerning the tithes of Mardy, Kymere, and Penrose. 17 Aug. 1694. F. 173.

Information by Edward Hughes, curate of Llandrinio, touching the repair of the rails of the churchyard there. 18 April 1684. Ff. 174-5. Terrier of p. Llandrinio. 1683/4. F. 176. Assessments for the p's Llandrinio and Llandyssilio, 1680. F. 177. Letter. Geo: [Griffith, bishop of] St Asaph to Robert Evans at the Henblas in Llandrinio concerning the tithes of William Derwas. 19 July 1666. F. 178. Notes on the rents of Northop, 1685-7. F. 179. Letter. [Francis Newport] to Dr Williams touching a suit against Mr John Baker of Doyther for the tithes of two farms. 26 April 1602. Ff. 180-3. Terrier of the glebe lands of Llandrinio, 1630. Two copies. F. 184. Drafts of plans of a building by John Sparcke. Undated. F. 185. Note of rents at Melidan and Talargoch. Undated. F. 186. Particulars of fields belonging to a certain m. Undated. Ff. 187-8. Particulars of the rent pid by Peter Jones of Meliden. 20 July-17 Aug. 1742. Ff. 189-190. Terrier of p. church of Northop. 6 March 1683/4. Ff. 191-2. Lease (copy) from William Stone, Principal of New Inn Hall in the University of Oxford, and rector of p. Northop, co. Flint, to David Lloyd, clerk, vicar of the same p., of the rectory and parsonage of Northop. 1 June 1674. Ff. 193-4. Extracts from the terrier of the p. church of Northop, and from leases of the vicarage, together with a copy of the opinions of Eubule Thelwall and Lewis Meyricke on the same. 1674-83. Ff. 195-8. Lease (copy) from William Stone, Principal of New Inne Hall, to Hugh Lloyd of Trawsfynydd, gent., of the rectory and parsonage of Northop. 2 Nov. 1677. Ff. 199-200. Letter. W[illiam Lloyd, bishop of St] Asaph, to [William Lloyd, bishop of Norwich], concerning his relations with the addressee's father, and his brother, Eubule Lloyd. 13 July 1687. F. 201. Memoranda by Bishop [Isaac] Maddox relating to the rectory of Northop. Undated. F. 202. Lease (copy) from William Stone, Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford, and rector of Northopp, co. Flint, to Hugh Lloyd of Trawsfynydd, co. Mer., of the rectory of Northop aforesaid. 2 Nov. 1677. F. 203. Letter. Hugh Lewis of Halkin to Bishop Maddox concerning the tithes of the t. of Kelsterton in p. Northop. 3 Feb. 1737/8. Ff. 204-5. Articles of agreement between Edward Lloyd, clerk, rector of Northop, and David Lloyd, clerk, vicar of the p. church of Northop, for the lease of the tithes belonging to the said rectory. 14 June 1686. F. 206. Draft of a clause prohibiting the letting of sinecure rectories in the dioceses of Bangor and St Asaph for a longer period than the term of the bishop who makes the leases. Undated. Ff. 207-16. Draft of the bill of complaint of Edward Parry of Cliffords Inne, London, gent., against William Ball, Isaac Backhouse, and Henry Parry, in the matter of the tithes of Northop. Undated. The first folio is mutilated. F. 217. Memorial by Emme Parry of Caervalloch, co. Flint, widow, top the bishop of St Asaph, touching a lease of the rectory of Northop. Undated; circa 1730. Ff. 218-9. Draft of a statement by Bishop Isaac Maddox touching the curacy of Flint. Undated. Ff. 220-1. Letter. Benjamin Conway of Northop to the bishop of St Asaph at Oxford, concerning Northop school. 21 Nov. 1735. F. 222. List of boys to be apprenticed under the charity of Godfrey Goodman, bishop of Gloucester. Undated; circa 1735. F. 223. Particulars of the tithes of Abergeley, 1704-7. Ff. 224-5. Terrier of p. Abergeley, 1729. Ff. 226-7. Particulars of the tithes of Abergeley, 1729-1737. F. 228. Note on the tithe of t. Doleganner, p. Abergeley. Undated. F. 229. Particulars of the arrears of the tithes of Abergeley, 1729-37. F. 230. Particulars of the tithes of Abergeley, let or to be let in 1738. F. 231. Particulars of the corn tithe of p. Abergeley set for the year 1739. F. 232. Particulars of the vicar of Abergeley's share of the tithe corn as set for the years 1738 and 1739. F. 233. Particulars of leases in Llandegla. Undated. F. 234. Rental of the rents payable to the bishop of St Asaph from man. Llandegla and Cyfnant. 169-. Ff. 235-7. Particulars of holdings in p. Llandegla. Circa 1706. F. 238. Rental of man. Llandegla and Kyfnant, 1725. F. 239. Rental of man. Llandegla and Kyfnant, 1718. F. 240. Particulars of the bishop's lands in Llandegla and Kyffnant in lease to Mr Thelwall. Undated. F. 241. Particulars of lands at Llandegla comprised in Mrs Thelwall's lease. Undated. F. 242. Rental of lands in Llandegla in lease to Eubell Thelwell, esq. Undated. F. 243. Letter. Samuel Sm ... to the recorder of the court of the t. of Trecunant and Llandegla to know who is lord of the soil in the waste lands at Bryn y Gloch and Bryn Haidd, 31 July 1737. Endorsed is a note of the perambulation of the east commons of the t. of Cyfnant, 3 Aug. 1737. F. 244. Note of a perambulation of the boundaries of the commons of lp Llandegla, 8 Aug. 1737. F. 245. Note of a presentment of the boundaries of lp Llandegla at a court leet held there, 27 Oct. 1739. F. 246. Notes on leases of mines in Llandegla and Cyfnant, 1666-90. F. 247. Particulars of lands comprised in Mrs Thelwall's lease at Llandegla. Undated. F. 248-9. Petition (copy) by Edward Jones, cordwainer, to Isaac [Maddox], bishop of St Asaph, in the matter of a lease of a house and garden in p. St Asaph, 8 July 1737. Ff. 250-1. Duplicate of the above petition. F. 252. Particulars of lands held by Iorw ... ap Robyn in Gwerneigron and elsewhere in the diocese of St Asaph. Undated. Ff. 255-7. Opinions (copies) of Tho. Lutwych, John Williams, and William Kenricke on the above case, 1725-6. Ff. 253-4. Case, with the opinion of Tho: Reeve, touching ditches in co. Flint, 19 Oct. 1730. F. 258. Extracts from statutes relating to ditches. 1563-1691. F. 259. Letter. Hen: Procto[r] to [Francis Hare, bishop of St Asaph] concerning the case of ditches, 16 Sept. 1730. F. 260. Letter. John Lloyd of Pengwern to the bishop of St Asaph, concerning mines in Glascoed y Vaynol. 21 Dec. [?1711]. Ff. 261-2. Letter. [Sir] Richard Grosvenor of Eaton to [Francis Hare, bishop of St Asaph,] in the matter of his claim to mines in the hundred of Ruddlan. 12 June 1728. A letter from [Sir] Richard Grosvenor to the bishop of St Asaph, dated 29 June 1728, is placed between folios 262 and 263. Ff. 263-4. Letter. [Sir] Richard Grosvenor to the bishop of St Asaph in the matter of his claim to mines, 16 Oct. 1728. F. 265. Letter. [Sir] Richard Grosvenor to the bishop of St Asaph in the same matter, 6 Sept. 1729. Ff. 266-7. Letter. [Sir] Richard Grosvenor to the bishop of St Asaph in the matter of mines in dispute between them, 14 Sept. 1729. F. 268. Letter. William Carter of Brigg to [Francis Hare,] bishop of St Asaph, in the matter of the dispute between him and Sir Richard Grosvenor about mines in the hundred of Rudland, 23 Nov. 1728. Ff. 269-276. Account (copy) by John Lloyd of Pengwern of his title to Glascoed y Vaynol common and other waste ground in Vaynol, 11 Dec. 1711. Four of the unnumbered folios at the end of the volume contain an alphabetical index to the papers.

Surveys. Paper; 185 x 115; 108 pp.; bound in parchment; 19th cent. A notebook, known as the book of Bishop Burgess, containing statements of the annual value of the Tithes and Territorial Possessions belonging to the see of St Davids, 1801-2, a rental of episcopal estates, 1816, lists of tenants, estates upon lease of 21 years from 1780, valuation of Pembrokeshire estates, 1816, etc. (No. 170, 324).

1. Thomas Knyvett, esq.;. 2. Morgan Awbrey, citizen and salter of London. Assignment of the lease contained in No.185. (No. 164,415 32/78).

1. Vrie Bablngton, citizen and draper of London, and John Morgan Woolf of Whitelande, co. Carmarthen, esq.;. 2. Richard Yate of Bokelande otherwise Bucckelande, co. Berks, esq. Assignment of the lease contained in No. 186. (No. 164,415 33/78).

Letters Patent of King James I, granting a pardon of alienation to Penellope Perrott, daughter and heir of Thomas Parrott, kt., deceased, and Francis Meyricke, esq., in respect of the grange of Osterlowe otherwise Vsterlowe, and its appurtenances in co. Carmarthen. Latin. Great seal wanting (No. 164,4l5 34/78).

1. Sir William Lower and Penelope, his wife;. 2. Sir John Holles and Sir William Fleetwood. Declaration of the uses of the fine specified in No. 204. (No. 164,415 35/70).

1. Sir William Lower of St. Wynnowe, co. Cornwall, kt., and Lady Penelope, his wife;. 2. Sir Jhon [sic] Hollis of Haughton, co. Nottingham, and Sir William Fleetwood of Missenden, co. Bucks, knights. Covenant to levy a fine of the grange called Osterlowe otherwise Vsterlowe and its appurtenances in Osterlowe otherwise Vsterlowe and Llanihangle Abercowen, co. Carmarthen. (No. 164,415 36/78).

1. Gilbert Wakeringe of London, gent., and Robert Peter of the city of Westminster, co. Middlesex, esq.;. 2. Sir John Parrott of Carewe, co. Pembroke, kt., member of the Privy Council. Grant of the grange of Osterlowe otherwise Vsterlowe and its appurtenances in Osterlowe otherwise Vsterlowe, co. Carmarthen. Latin. (No. 164,415 37/78).

Letters Patent of King James, granting a pardon of alienation to John Hollis and William Fleetwood, knights, in respeet of 30 messuages, 2,600 acres of land, 30 stones of cheese, 22 rams, 22 lambs, and 22 bushels of oats in Ostarlowe otherwise Vsterlowe and Llanihangle Abercowen, co. Carmarthen. Latin. Great Seal badly injured. (No. 164,415 38/78).

Particular and valuation of properties late parcels of the possessions of the monastery of Whitland in Co. Carmarthen Latin. (No.164,415 39/78).

1. Dame Dorothy Drumond of Treventy, co. Carmarthen, widow;. 2. Thomas Davies of Newton, parish of Laugharne, Morgan Lloyd of Llandawke, and William Perrott of the parish of Llanvihangell Abercowyn, gentlemen. Lease (counterpart) for 10 years of Llawr y Court in the grange of Oysterlowe and in the parish of Llanvihangell Abercowyn. (No. 164,415 40/78).

Letters Patent of King Charles I, granting an annuity of £300 to Maurice Dromond, kt., one of the Gentlemen ushers of the Queen's Privy Chamber, and to Dame Dorothy, his wife, one of the Ladies of the Queen's Privy Chamber. Great Seal cut away. (No. 164,415 41/78).

Exemplification of the pleading of Sir Thomas Perrott upon a monstrans de droit in respect of the lands of his father, Sir John Perrott, late attainted of high treason, in co. Carmarthen. Latin. (No. l64,415 42/78).

Exemplification of an order in the Court of Exchequer directing the delivery to Sir Thomas Perrott, by a writ of ousterlemain, of the possession of the lands of his father, Sir John Perrott, late attainted of high treason, in co. Carmarthen. Latin. (No. 164,415 43/78).

1. Thomas Lower of Treventy, Co. Carmarthen, esq,;. 2. Edmond Thurlowe of the parish of Llanvyhangell Abercowin, gent. Lease (counterpart) for 21 years of messuages and lands in the parish of Llanyhangell Abercowin. (No. 164,415 44/78).

1. Dame Dorothy Drummond of Treventy, co. Carmarthen, widow;. 2. John Evans of Tally Bont, parish of Llandilo Aber Cowyn, and William Smith of Llanvihangell Aber Cowyn, gentlemen. Lease (counterpart) for 21 years of Treventy, parish of Llanvihangell Aber Cowyn, together with glebe lands included therein. (No. 164,415 45/78).

1. William Plowden late of Plowden Hall, co. aalop, and now of the city and county of Worcestur, esq;. 2. Oliver Watkin of the parish of Llanegwad, co. Carmarthen, husbandman. Lease for 21 years of Lower court in the parish of Llanviangell Abercowin and grange of Ousterlow, co, Carmarthen. Seal and signatures cut away. (No. 164,415 46/78).