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A collection consisting mainly of the manuscripts, correspondence and other papers, [16 cent., second ½]-[1909x1925], of the Lloyd family of Hafodunos, Denbighshire and Wigfair, Flintshire, including a considerable amount of correspondence to and from John Lloyd ('The Philosopher'), one of the most notable members of the family. The collection also includes correspondence of members of the Wynn family of Gwydir, the Clough family of Plas Clough and Hafodunos, the Holland family of Berw, the families of Carreglwyd, and the Rev. Richard Howard, Denbigh (matters relating to lead, iron and mineral resources in Flintshire); together with Hafodunos and Wigfair rentals and accounts and accounts relating to lead and copper mines in North Wales.

Seventy holograph and autograph letters, notes, etc., addressed to John Lloyd at Garden Court, London, at Hafodunos near St. Asaph, at Wigfair near St. Asaph and elsewhere, 1770-1812.
They comprise letters, etc., from Cath[erine] Parry, Soughton, Llwynegrin, etc. [17]76-[?1778] (14) (detailed news of herself, the family and acquaintances, and of happenings in the neighbourhood); D[avid] Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], 1796-1811 and undated (4) (a request for support with regard to [?the parliamentary election in the county of Flint caused by the death of Sir Roger Mostyn, bart., in July 1796], damage to some of Lloyd's scientific instruments, a quotation from one of [William] Bowles's works relating to various types of jars or vases made in parts of Spain with references to the same from other writers, viz. [Sir John Talbot] Dillon and [Henry] Swinburne); [Richard Pennant, Baron] Penrhyn, Penrhyn near Conway [Carnarvonshire], [? 1795] (a request for support at the next parliamentary election for the county of [Carnarvon]); Tho[mas] Pennant, Downing, [Flintshire], Chester, Lichfield and Gothurst, 1770-1795 and undated (11) (personal, a contract with Moses [Griffith] who was to be instructed 'that he may do justice to our Welch antiquities', a request to Lloyd to ask White, the bookseller [of Fleet Street, London], to advertise the writer's work entitled Synopsis of Quadrupeds [Chester, 1771], a collection of drawings of Welsh monuments in the possession of Mr. Astle probably living in Lambeth, enquiries concerning monuments in the church at Luton, Bedfordshire, a list of buildings, monuments, etc., noted on a journey through Bedfordshire, Buck[inghamshire], Northamptonshire, Warwicksh[ire], Staffordshire and Cheshire (1773), a request that the writer's drawings be left at Mr. White's 'for they must be soon engraven' (1773), comments on relations with America (1775), an earthquake which had shaken the writer's house [at Downing, 1775], congratulations to Lloyd on his work [?as a justice of the peace], a request for a loan of a copy of Mrs. Piozzi's Synonyms [British Synonymy or an Attempt at regulating the choice of Words in Familiar Conversation, by Mrs. Hester Lynch Piozzi, née Salusbury, formerly Mrs. Thrale, London, 1794], in order to check 'some pedigree remarks on the Mostyn family'); Roger Phillips, London, 1794 (the development of a cutting machine, the making of a turning lathe for Sir Joseph Banks, personal), [Constantine John Phipps, 2nd baron] Mulgrave [of New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland, later 1st baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, Yorkshire], Portsmouth, Bath, and [on board HMS] Courageux, 1776-1780 (5) (enquiries concerning scientific instruments, personal); W. [ ] Phipps, Mulgrave Hall near Whitby, [Yorkshire], undated (personal); Gabriel Piozzi, Brynbella [near Tremeirchion, Flintshire], and Denbigh, 1795-1796 (3) (personal, recommending Mr. Mead as architect in connection with the proposed improvements at Wygfaur and offering timber); Mr. and Mrs. [Gabriel] Piozzi, Brynbella [near Tremeirchion, Flintshire], and Denbigh, 1800-1804 and undated (5) (personal, invitations to dinner, etc.); Mr. and Mrs. [Gabriel] Piozzi and Miss Cecilia Thrale, undated (personal); [Mrs.] H[ester] L[ynch] Piozzi, Brynbella [near Tremeirchion, Flintshire], and Denbigh, [1790]-1809 and undated (18) (personal, legal and business affairs, comment on the war against the French (1799) the position in France (1804) and Bonaparte in Egypt (1809), an offer of a corrected copy of the writer's work entitled Retrospection [or a review of the most striking and important events, characters . . . which the last eighteen hundred years have presented ..., London, 1801], invitations to Brynbella to meet Lady Orkney's family, the bishop of St. Asaph and others, a loan of two volumes of the works of [l’] Abbi [?Guillaume Thomas Frangois] Raynal, local news ); John Planta, Fulnec, near Leeds, 1807 (an order for two spinning wheels, descriptions of two different kinds of Reels and of a music desk); Joseph Pocklington, Carlton House near Newark upon Trent, Nottinghamshire, 1778 (instructions as to 'House covering with Brown Paper'); Rob[er]t Preston, Liverpool, 1793 (financial matters); R. Parry Price, Bryn y pys, [1781x1782] (his inability to attend a meeting of the Order of Druids and his fear of being expelled from the order); and R[ ] Puleston, Camp near Morpeth, Northumberland, and Glan y Môr, Bangor, Carnarvonshire, 1796-1812 (2) (the vacancy in the [parliamentary representation] of the county of Flint caused by the death of Sir Roger Mostyn and the writer's hopes of Lloyd's support in connection therewith (1796), a request for assistance in tracing the pedigree of the Puleston family from 1622 onwards on the occasion of the grant of a baronetcy to the writer (1812)).

Forty-five holograph and autograph letters, notes, etc., addressed to John Lloyd at Garden Court, London, at Hafodunos near St. Asaph, at Wigfair near St. Asaph and elsewhere, 1766-1812.
They comprise letters from T[imothy] Lane, [FRS], Hart Street, Bloomsbury, [London], 1804 (2) (Lloyd's contrivance for boring rocks and the possibility of ordering one for the Scotch Mines Company, astronomical experiments relating to a luminous ring observed around the moon during the total eclipses of the sun, comments on the opinion of Cassini relating thereto and a request for the bishop of St. Asaph's sentiments, treatment of injuries to the limbs by electricity); G. Lewis, Llwyn Egryn, undated (business); William Liddle, Grassfield near Alston, Cumberland, 1802 (engineering work to be done for recipient); James Lind, Windsor, 1786 (poultry for the Queen, [William] Herschel's work on his 'prodigious Telescope. Twenty people may dine in the Tube very easily'); Andrew Lindegren, London, 1783 (personal); Bell Lloyd, Llanrwst, undated (2) (personal); Doro[thea] Lloyd, Soughton and Havodunos [mother of recipient], 1776-1778 and undated (7) (personal and family news, activities in the neighbourhood); E. [ ] Lloyd, Red Lion Sq[uare, ? London], [1801] (condolences, the death of Lord Stonefield); Edw[ar]d Pryce Lloyd, Pengwern and Stratton Audley, Oxon., 1802-1811 (2) (genealogical queries and data relating to the writer's family); J[oh]n Lloyd, 1766 (financial arrangements, an order for tea, the death of Lady Ann Rushout); John Lloyd, Red Lion Square, [?London], 1788-1791 and undated (4) (legal proceedings); Phoe[be] Lloyd, Levenside, [ ], 1791 (personal); S[amuel] Lysons, 1811 (a canvassing letter on behalf of [George Gordon, afterwards Hamilton-Gordon] 4th earl of Aberdeen, in connection with the contest for the presidency of the Society of Antiquaries, an outline of events leading up to the contest, mention of William Owen Pugh); Theo[dore] Aug[ustus] Mann, Bruxelles, 1778 (data relating to the measuring 'of a degree of the meridien' by various mathematicians); N. Maskelyne, Greenwich, 1784 (paintings and drawings made by Mr. Burgess during a tour of North and South Wales, including a print of Langunna hill seen from Abergwilly); Mrs. Medley, Clapham, undated (thanks for assistance); Thomas Meredith, Wrexham, 1791 (a request for support in his application for membership of the Society of Antiquarians); A. Mills, Dublin and Macclesfield, 1788-1792 (4) (a visit to Ireland, interviews with Col. Vallancy and Mr. Kirwan, mineral prospects on 'our own Mountain' in Ireland, conversations with [ ] Graydon, secretary of the Irish Antiquarian Society, re. volcanic matters, news of [Rudolf Eric] Raspe, a paper by the writer on volcanic appearances in the islands of Islay, Mull, etc., which was to be published by the Royal Society, matters relating to the Llandidno mine, claims by Mr. Campbell of Islay [Argyllshire] 'on our Company' for not fulfilling the terms of a mineral lease); Will[ia]m Milnes, Ashover, [Derbyshire], 1811-1812 (3) (news of the lead trade, news of Sir Joseph [Banks] and his family, Mr. [John] Farey's work on a proposed mineral map of the district); C. Moore, London, undated (personal, acceptance, on behalf of his mother, of an offer of a partnership in the trial [for minerals] to be made on Sir Roger Mostyn's grounds); Valentine Morris, [London], 1781 (arranging a meeting to discuss genealogical matters); Pyers Mostyn, Talacre, [1796] (the loan of a dog); Sir Roger Mostyn and Mr. M[ostyn], undated, signed T. Mostyn (personal); L. Mulgrave, Brussells, undated (personal); Major Jos[ ] Muter, Assistant Quarter Master General, Liverpool, 1805 (the beacon and but at St. George's); Robert Myddelton, Gwaynynog, 1802 (personal); W. Myddelton, Temple, [London], 1779 (Hengwrt MSS in Lloyd's hands, the death of Mrs. S. Lloyd, legal matters, reference to Mr. Wilkes); and Fra[nci]s Newton, London, 1801 (personal, news of acquaintances, the grain situation, the transport and sale of barley).

Twenty-two miscellaneous holograph and autograph letters. The writers include Sidney Brickdall, Penloyn, to Owen Wynne, Cheapside, London, 1688 (the abatement of legacies left by Win. Lloyd, Llanfair, a nephew of the writer's husband) (together with a separate letter on the same sheet from Margaret Salusbury, Plas Issa, to Owen Wynne, 1688, touching an offer of David Symon's mortgage); Ed'd Crue, Wrexham, to Owen Wynn, Gwydder, 1626/7 (the rent of the rectory of [Eglwys-fach] church and the state of the ' flannen') (together with a memorandum touching demand notes for rent, and another memorandum, 1627, by Edward Lloyd touching the demand for rents at the church porch of Eglwysvache); Ralph Griffith to Wm. Wynne, Mold, undated (a request for nine subpoenas, a possible visit to Dr. Wynne at Tower); Mrs. [Dorothea] Lloyd (in the third person) to Doctor [William] Wynne, [1786] (a request for an opinion on the title to plate and furniture lent to Mrs. Mary Lloyd, Plascock, from Wickwer by her late brothers John and Howel Lloyd) (together with the recipient's opinion subscribed, 14 October 1786); George Monck, 1st duke of Albemarle, T[homas] Clifford, aft. 1st baron Clifford of Chudleigh, and [Sir] J[ohn] Duncombe, Whitehall Treasury Chamber, to Maurice Wynn, Receiver-General for North Wales, at Gwidder, 1668 (the appointment of a collector of Crown revenue); Thos. and Fras. Smedley, Bagilt, to John Wynne, Coed Coch, near Bettws Abergeley, 1777 (2) (a dispute concerning the quality of lead ore sold to the writers by Edward Evans, news of the mine at Llansannen); John Vaughan, Hengwrt, to Owen Wynne, near Wrexham, [17]22 (an examination of the accounts of the earldom of Chester for references to Mold, personal); M. Went, London, to Mrs. [Margaret] Wynne, Bodysgallen, near Conway, 1745 (desires her son [Robert] to be sent to London) (together with an incomplete reply); Bl. Williams to Lady Wynn, Gwydder,?[16]76 (the purchase of lace, meat, fruit, etc., for the recipient in London); Humfrey Wynn to Thomas Gruffith, Henllan, 1679 (the title to lands late of John Hughes in Wickwer); John Wynn, Gwyder, to Win. Lloyd, Lyncols In [sic], 1609 (Wynn of Gwydir Papers, No. 2852); John Wynn, Gwyder, to his son Sir Richard Wynn, 1618 (Wynn of Gwydir Papers, No. 2855); Maurice Wynn [Gwydir] to Hugh Morris, Royall Oak, Cursitors Alley, London, 1666 (business and money matters in connection with the College and the collection of Crown rents); Rich. Wynn, White hall, to his brother Maurice Wynn, Gwidder, 1640 (the recipient's desire for Dolwithelan Castle, the knightship of the shire [Caernarvonshire]); Owen Wynne, Llwyn, to [Edward? Lloyd], 1712 (a balance of £28/7/6 to be paid to Robert Evans, tobacconist, in Grubstreet, London) (together with a postscript to the same effect from the writer's brother John Wynne, and a receipt for the same); Owen Wynne, Brinyorkin, to [-Wynn(e)], undated (2) (Lady Wynn's indisposition, the death of Aunt Lloyd of Tythin, negotiations for a marriage proposal); Robert Wynne to cousin John Wynne, Mayley, [16]61 (a request to pay the demands of Thomas Williams of Ruthin) (together with a letter subscribed from John Wynne to cousin Morris Lloyd, touching upon the same and with reference to the writer's duties as one of the overseers of the will of his uncle Harry Lloyd of Havodynnos); Rob. Wynne [?Bodysgallen], London, to 'Robin', 1758 (the writer's health, the recipient's chicken-hearted way of writing, requests news of Sir Roger Mostyn's success in [the parliamentary election for] Flintshire, greetings to friends); Robert Wynne, Garthmeilio, to [ ], undated (criticism by Denbigh folks of Mrs. Wynne's arrangements for the funeral of her friend Mrs. Hugh Owens); and Sarah Wynne, Gwidder, to her husband Sir Richard Wynne, at Chester, 1666 (anxiety over the recipient's safety, family news). Also bound in the volume is a power of attorney from Sir John Wynne, Gwydder, 1618 (Wynn of Gwydir Papers, No. 2856); and a receipt, 1695/6, from Jo. Tolson to Owen Wynne, by the hand of Edward Lloyd, of a half-year's annuity due to Mrs. Elizabeth Templer.

Seventy-nine holograph letters from Tho. Williams [Broncoed, near Mold] to Edward Lloyd at his Chamber in Chappell Court in Greys Inn, 1677/8-1685 and undated (copious reports on legal and money matters arising from the writer's agency on behalf of the recipient, with references to Tythin, Penybryn, Argoed, etc.; references also to relatives and friends, and to such matters as the purchase of a seat in Mold Church, parliamentary elections, coalworks at Hawarden, etc.) (together with some observations added by the recipient, and enclosed letters from Ed. W [ ], Chester, to Robert Hughes, Bromfeild, 1680, [Major] Ed. Evatt [to Thomas Williams] [1680], Will. Lloyd to [Edward] Lloyd, [16]80, Edward Williams, Pont y Gwyddell to [Thomas] Williams, [16]80, Jno. Langley, Jun., London, to Tho. Williams, 1680-1682, and W. W., Chester, to Thomas Williams, [16]80/1).

Sixty-two holograph and autograph letters addressed to Maurice (Morris) Wynne (Winn), one of the Grooms of H. M. Privy Council in Ordinary. The writers include David Beavan, Tir Llello, 1668/9 (rents paid, and arrears due for, Tir Lello and the Mill), Roger Burges, Killkenney and Dublin, 1667-1668 (3) (money matters), Roger Burgis, 1670-1671 and undated (4) (personal, the sale of silver cups to Mr. Haymar Dather of Pentre Pant, the writer's visit to London, the writer's departure from the country, money matters), Da. Gwynne, Parke, [16]78 (thanks for the recipient's beneficent care and favour), Sarah Gwynne, Parke, [16]70/1 (the writer's debts, the sufferings of the writer's family on behalf of the 'Loyall partie'), Ri. Jeffreys, [16]78 (the writer's 'Concern of next Moneth' and his intercession on behalf of an injured servant), Hen. Jones, undated (the 'brisk and amorous' behaviour of 'Our Young Executor upon the knowledge of his fortune', the writer's command of a company and a fort in Munster called the Bantry, greetings to Sir Rich. Wynne and others named) (addressed to Pen y Brin, Caernarvonshire), Anne Lewys, Pengwern, also from Caire Melour and Leaweny , [16]75-1679 and undated (6) (acknowledges two letters sent to Llwyn, assistance to the writer by gentlemen nominated by the recipient, references to cousin Ed'd Williams and uncle John Lloyd, the health of the recipient and of the writer's mother, a book to be sent by the writer's mother to the recipient, the recipient's affairs at Penybryn, cousin Edward Williams ill with quotidian ague, unable to leave Caire Melour because Bulch Cared a Urane is impassable until May), John Lewys, Pengwern, also from Penybryn, 1671-1679 (12) (details of the management of the recipient's concerns at Penybryn and Penmachno, Anne Lewys and Lewys Anwill ill with small pox and sister Lewys with yellow jaundice, thanks for a Welsh Bible), Katherine Lewys, Pengwern, 1669-1670 (2) (an account of the recipient's affairs at Penmachno, encloses a lock of her daughter Katherine's hair to be put in six inscribed rings), Dorothy Lloyd, Tythin, 1670/1 (a reference to the burial of Thomas Lloyd of Gwickwer, letters of administration on behalf of cousin Betty Hope, moneymatters), John Lloyd, from Chester, on the way to London, [16]64 (the death of Mr. Thomas Edwards, son of Baron Edwards, urging the recipient to secure the reversion of the office of Baronship of the Exchequer of Chester and an office belonging to the Custom house at Chester), John Moris, Disserth, 1661-1662 (2) (the rent of Cumgooren, a claim to right of common on Rose oddjar Lechreed), William Moris, Disserth, 1666 (an offer for the grain, hay, and grass growing upon Tyr llello and the Common), Hugh Pennant, undated (obligations to Lord Rochester for his interest in cousin Tom's education), Andrew Philips, Llandewi [16]64 (the recipient's affairs in these parts, with mention of tenant John Moris), Jo. Phillipps, Brecon, [16]66 (a criticism of the recipient's new bailiff), John Phillips, [rector of] Disserth, [16]67 (the receipt of recipient's rents, the burning of the Mill and the house at Tyr llello, Mr. David's very bad success at the Assizes at Brecon for the Parke), Jo. Phillipps, Charles Lewes, David Evans (by mark), and Rees Lloyd, Disserth, [16]63 (a resolution to contribute towards the maintenance of a suit in Chancery to protect the recipient's and their own right to Rhose Lechreed, Gwerne y feene, y Graig Cogh, and Crybin dee) (witnessed by John Moris), Evan Price, 1666-1677 (2) ( personal, discussions and relations with the recipient's tenants, the receipt of recipient's rents, a slight increase in the price of cattle), Ro. Pugh, Dublin, 1663 (a petition for a proportion of the money designed for the relief of loyal and indigent officers), Ed. Thelwall, Dôl in Edeirneon, 1661 (a request for the recipient's charitable consideration towards the writer's nephew, a poor orphan, son to the writer's brother Maurice), Lymley Thellwell, Dublin, [16]73 (a violent flux of rheum falling upon the writer's eyes, a suit against the writer by Lord Ranelagh' s father countenanced by the writer's brother Roberte in order to recover debts due to the writer in England and Ireland and arrears of rent from Glantanad in Wales, the writer's intention to turn over a new leaf), Margarett Vaughan, undated (the death of the writer's brother, a caveat in the Prerogative Court in connection with the administration of her husband's estate), Thomas Vaughan, Coed y(e) Cra, [1662]-1664 (5) (a request for employment in a proposed standing army, cousin Moris Wynn's settlement in London, a request to Col. Whittley for a share of the money to be distributed to indigent officers, a request for assistance to a bearer John Johns who seeks to become one of the King's Scholars at Westminster, news of relatives and friends, references to 'country disease' and small pox), Edward Williams, Pont y Gwyddell, undated (the recipient's cause in the Caernarvonshire Sessions touching the title to parcels of lands), J. Williams, Caruedvynydd, 1662/3-1669 (2) (a request to speak to Dr. Doulben at Westminster on behalf of the writer's brother, the troubles of John Hughes and his relations with the daughter of Aunt Williams, the falsehoods of Mr. Meredith Lloyd in connection with the return of the second view of the duty of hearth monies, the recipient's affairs here), William Williams, Baronhill, 1671 (thanks for favours at Westminster and for the recipient's care in the settlement of the writer's nephew William Williams), Maurice Wynn, Gwed[ir], 1662 (desires the recipient's help to settle the bearer David Lloyd, son of cousin Jo. Lloyd of Gwickware, in the service of the Court), Edw. Wynne, Whitehall, 1668 (acknowledging the receipt of two notes to receive an order for Board wages from the Cofferer and to receive the recipient's and Col. Burge's New Year gifts from the Jewell house, cloth and materials for a 'shute' for cousin Ed. Lloyd, the writer to be sworn as Serjeant of the Ewry) (addressed to Penybryn, Carnarvonshire), Jo. Wynne, Fort of Plymo[uth], 1667 (an account of Dutch attacks on this coast), Maurice Wynne, Metchlepatam [India], 1674 (craves the recipient's acceptance of a parcel of pictures of the King of Golcundah, a request for the assistance of brother Edward in his interest), and Robert Wynne, Llewessog, [16]64/5 (discussions with Mr. Peeter Whitley and Mr. Raph Whitley concerning proposals by the former, the recipient's tenants). At the end is a draft of a letter from Maurice Wynne to his cousin, [16]76 (a possible lawsuit with the recipient touching a claim to rent).

Seventy-seven holograph and other letters addressed to Edward Lloyd of Tythyn, barrister, and one of the Commissioners of the Stamp, at his chamber in Grays Inn, at the Stamp Office in Lincolns Inn, at Kensington, etc. The writers include Rich. Brook, Harden, 1699/1700 (the tenancy of the demesne of Argoed by Mold), Geo. Buckby, Lincolnes Inne, 1708 (a demand on behalf of the writer's client Mr. Chapman for payment of money due to him) (with an accompanying statement of account and a list of papers to be delivered to the recipient), Will. Byrd, 1682/3 (observations on the suitability of 'my man' for employment by the recipient), Mutton Davies, Gwyss[aney], etc., [16]79 (2) (negotiations for the purchase of the l[ordship] of M[old]), R[obert] D[avies] [Llannerch], 1707/8-1710 (4) (the receipt of a watch, a payment to Lady Rous, estate matters, a claim by Mr. Cornishe's executors, a request by Jack Chambers for writings in the recipient's custody, lack of respect to the Chief Justice shown by the Wrexham mob and the like in Montgomeryshire), Jonath. Edwards, [16]82 (the terms of a loan to the recipient's friend and kinsman) (copy), Samuel Edwards, Newport, 1681/2-1682 (6) (one copy) (negotiations for the purchase by the recipient of Mr. Kenrick Edisbury's estate, a request for assistance in settling the writer's cousin-german in London, a mortgage contract) (together with a copy by the writer of a letter, 1682, to Will. Warn, Scrivener in the Old Bailey, and a holograph letter, 1682, from Ed. Lloyd, Gray's Inne, to Mr. Warn), Hugh Foulkes, Gray's Inn, undated (the possibility of debt on the Argoed estate), Peter Foulkes, Exeter, 1708 (2) ( the receipt of monies covered by enclosed bills), Rob. Foulkes, Chester, 1692-1706/7 (5) (the renewal by the bishop of Rochester of the lease of Argoed, legal matters touching the title to properties, a request for the revision of the wording of a deputation to the writer, the succession to the bishopric of Chester, personal) (with two holograph letters, [16]92-1693, from Robert Roper to Robert Foulkes touching the Argoed lease), Ed'd Gruffith, Plass Newydd [Henllan], undated (cousin Ned's title to cousin Chambers's estate, the Captain's love for the recipient's sister, personal ), J. Haggersten, Berwick, [16]81 and undated (3) (the writer's debts), Rob't Hookes, 1683 (a request for a loan of £10), R. J., undated (an apology for his conduct towards the recipient), [Sir] Bradwardine Jackson, 1703 (a request to promote a marriage between the writer and the daughter of a Mr. Ashton who owns two quays about Billingsgate and a great estate in buildings at Hampstead), Anne Lewys, from Lleweny [1683 or 1684] (unlucky proceedings of cousin Tr. at Tythin, gifts to the poor at Penybrin, personal), [Mrs.] E. Lincolne, 1704/5 [?-1705] (2) (money matters), John Lloyd, Rossa, [16]82-1688 (2) (news from Place Chambers and Lleueny, an opportunity for the writer to acquire the redemption of lands mortgaged by the late brother of John Griffith), John Lloyd, Llannerch, 1709 (news of Mr. [Robert] Davies, a petition on behalf of the writer's unfortunate brother Tom for an appointment in the service of Mr. Diston) (with a postscript by R. D.), John Lloyd, Pengwern, etc., 1707/8-1710/11 and undated ( 24) (negotiations with the trustees for the purchase of Mr. Moyle's estate in Flintshire, surprise at the enterprise of the French and news of the two fleets being engaged, the health and the death of the writer's brother Robin, the death of Aunt Lloyd of Brynyorkin) (with one draft reply and some endorsements), Trevor Lloyd, Ruthin, [16]81/2 (a request for assistance to set up the writer's brother David in his trade) (with a copy of the recipient's reply endorsed), Jo. Twisleton, 1694 (a request for assistance to get a place for the bearer Mr. Acton, a bookseller), George Booth, 2nd earl of Warrington, from Dunham, etc., 1700-1701 (7) (the writer's love affairs, the writer's deeds to be used as a security, Sir Bradw. Jackson's affairs, a reference to Non-Jurors), John Williams, Wrexham, 1700-1708 (4) (accounts touching Mr. Moyle's estate), Jo. Wolfe, 1709 (the sealing of patents), John Wynne [Leeswood], Flint, 1707 (negotiations touching mills in a lease held by the writer), and Owen Wynne, Pengwern, 1701 (a request for a loan of £100 to pay the bishop of Bangor for the tithe of Llanrhayder farmed by the writer, a warning of constant trouble in Radnorshire until a good chapman is found for it). At the end of the volume are two bills of Owen Wynne, 1708-1709, empowering Edward Lloyd to pay monies to Robert Trygarn and to E. Whitehurst, cheesemonger at Coventry, with receipts endorsed.

Twenty-one letters, largely in the form of drafts or transcripts, from Edw. Lloyd, from Tythin, from Kensington, etc., to John Lloyd, Pengwern, near St. Asaph, etc., Thomas Wilson, bishop of Man, Mr. [ ] Dod, James Stanley, 10th earl of Derby, Jo[hn] Williams, Capt. [ ] Stanley, Mr. [ Richard] Parry, etc., [16]82-1710 and undated (matters pertaining to the writer's estate, including financial transactions, the purchasing and leasing of properties, and the execution of legal documents, with references to the tenancy of Argoed, to Edward (Ned) Griffith, Jack Chambres, Mr. Heaton, Mr. Moyl's trustees, etc.) (with a covering note by J[ohn] Ll[oyd, Pengwern] to Edw. Griffith, [16]82).

Sixty-four holograph letters and three formal notes from [Sir] Jos[eph] Banks, from Soho Square [London], from Spring Grove [Isleworth, co. Middlesex], from Revesby Abbey [Lincolnshire], etc., to John Lloyd at Hafodunos, at Soughton, Northop, at Wygfair, St. Asaph, etc., 1778-1814 and undated (personal and family news and news of acquaintances, and more specifically an invitation to a Royal Society club dinner (1778); Lord Mahon's book on electricity [Principles of Electricity, 1779] and his promise of another in which he would refute Mr. [Benjamin] Wilson's deductions, news of Lord Mulgrave and [Sir Charles] Blagden, and a request for a specimen of saxifraga umbrosa from Ireland (1780); a paper on new double stars to be read to the R[oyal] S[ociety] by [William] Herschel, the death of [? Dr. Solander] and a request for a specimen of Crataegus Aria from the cliffs near the top of Pen Man Mawr [co. Caernarvon] (1782); a balloon flight across the English Channel by [John] Jefferies and [François] Blanchard [this letter is dated January 1784 but this is probably a mistake for 1785, the flight having been made in January of that year], the resignation of the clerkship of the R[oyal] S[ociety] by Robertson and a contest for the post between Messrs. Coppard and Gilpin (1785); [William] Herschel's visit to Germany to take a telescope of his own making as a present to the University of Gottingen, Herschel's progress with his forty feet [telescope], the discovery of a new comet by Caroline, Herschel's sister, a 'bill intended by the manufacturers to restrain the growers of wool' and a meeting to be held in Denbighshire to consider the bill, the teaching of classics in England as compared with the continent (1786); the receipt of a box of plants from the Snowdon area, Danish and Roman antiquities found in the bed of the river Witham [co. Lincoln], the danger of wheat which was imported from America being infected by insects unknown in this country (1788); comments on Shetland sheep and a request for a specimen (1791); the political situation with comments on democrats, constitutionalists, the Whig club, etc., (1793); a visit from David Pennant, the ill treatment of recipient by a riotous mob at Denbigh, the presence of 'dangerous mobs in many counties' caused by 'the first Raising of the Militia', the price of corn, damage estimated at £ 750,000 by floods in Cambridgeshire, Lloyd's service to the country as a magistrate and the value of this office to the constitution, sheep rearing, the discovering of gold in Ireland (1795); the result of the [parliamentary] election in [co. Caernarvon] with mention of the contestants Sir Robert [Williams] and Lord Penrhyn, acknowledgement of receipt of copies of 'Shon Gwialen', the ill effects of apple insect, good wishes to recipient should he 'undertake the arduous task of becoming Knight of your shire', criticism of Thomas and David Pennant (1796); a request by Lloyd for a copy of the map which accompanied Dr. [Christopher] Packe's Ancographia sive Convallium Descriptio (1798); [Frederick] Hornemann's journey to Africa [on behalf of the African Association], the effects of prolonged drought, comments on Adam Smith's theory of 'perfect freedom in trade' (1800); the abundant crops and the price of grain (1801); the result of the [parliamentary] election in co. Kent, the West India docks in the Isle of Dogs and the Wapping Docks, the health of the members of the Royal Family whom the writer had seen at Weymouth (1802); the possibility of an invasion of England by Buonaparte (1803, 1805); Lloyd's wish to become a trustee of the [?British] Museum (1804); the death of [Alexander] Aubert at Lloyd's home, the draining and selling of land by the writer (1805); the writer's anger on seeing the spires of Lincoln minster pulled down, a request for Lloyd's help in procuring answers to a questionnaire concerning alleged damage to cathedral fabrics, comments on 'the Political Hurricane' which had taken the King out of the hands of a Whig administration, the political changes in England, wire worms, the anniversary of the Club, astronomical data (1807); the cultivation of cranberries, news of crops (1808); receipt of a Brazil coin and of tokens for his sister's [Sarah Sophia Banks] collection, Sir H. Englefield's circular letter and canvass of the Society of Antiquaries (1811)). 'Shon Gwialan' probably refers to the pamphlet entitled 'A Letter to the Right Reverend Dr. Warren on his conduct as Bishop of Bangor', published in 1796, in which the writer, 'Shon Gwialan', attacks the bishop of Bangor for alleged nepotism, etc. The identity of the writer has not been discovered.

Fifty holograph and autograph letters written mainly to various members of the Lloyd family. They include letters from [William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, afterwards Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd duke of] Portland, Whitehall [London], to J[ohn] Lloyd, Wygfair, 1795 (notifying recipient that orders had been issued in accordance with his request that troops should be quartered at Ruthyn), Tho[mas] Carter, Kinmell, to Hedd Lloyd, undated, (personal), Kath[erine] Conway, Denbigh, to Howell Lloyd at Wickwer, 1716/17 (financial matters), Richard Davies, Ruabon, to Mrs. Lloyd of Wickwar at her house in Wrexham, 1728/9 (enclosing an extract from the will of Evan Lloyd of Pengwern showing how recipient's sons were 'in the Entail'), Rob[er]t Evans to John Lloyd, [16]73 (financial matters), E[lizabeth] Griffith, Carreglwyd, to Mrs. [Mary] Potter, Soughton, Chester [?wife of the Rev. J. C. Potter, who later changed his surname to Conway, brother of the writer], 1808 (personal, news of acquaintances, local activities), Holl[and] Griffith, Adelphi Hotel [London], to Benj[ami]n Lloyd, Upper Soughton, Flintshire, undated (personal, legal matters), John Heaton to John Lloyd at Pengwerne, 1709-1709/10 (2) (arrangements for meetings with John Williams at Denbigh), Ed[ward] Hughes, butcher, Mold, to Edward Lloyd in Chester, 1763 (2) (a request for money due), John Hughes, Penucharoe, to the Misses Lloyd and Colonel Howard, Soughton House, Northop, 1837 (a dispute with Colonel Wynne ?of Garthewin concerning an allotment of an inclosed common, a proposal for inclosing and allotting the whole of the common in the parish of Llangerniew and for compounding for the tithes), Tho[mas] Jeynson, Rolles, to Evan Lloyd at Hampsted, 1712 (a request for recipient's influence on behalf of Mr. R. Gary who was desirous of obtaining the post of clerk to the commissioners of taxes for the Kensington [London] division), Jos. Jones, Mold, to Edward Lloyd of Tyddyn at Chester, 1762 (a request for money due in respect of a commission at Ruthin), Matthew Jones to Owen Lloyd at Wickwern, 1675 (acknowledging receipt of the interest due to Sir John Wynne of Watstay on a bond, the carriage of three millstones), [ ] Lloyd, Froster, to Howel Lloyd, Soughton, Northop [writer's father], 1775 (a journey by the writer and his mother to fetch home a sick aunt), Bell Lloyd to [ ], undated (personal), Catha[rine] Lloyd, Carreglwyd, to Mrs. [Mary] Potter, Soughton, Northop, [17]94 (personal, news of acquaintances), Catha[rine] Lloyd, Bath, to Mrs. [Mary] Potter, Soughton [probably the same parties as in the previous letter], 1804 (personal, social activities at Bath, news of acquaintances, etc.), David Lloyd to his brother John Lloyd at Wickwer, 1638 (legal matters), Dorothea Lloyd, Lower Grosvenor Street, to her brother Benjamin Lloyd at Soughton near Northop, 1771 (personal), Edw[ar]d Lloyd and Henry Swym[mer], Mold, to Sir Rich[ar]d Grosvenor, bart., at Eaton, 1756 (copy of a letter informing Sir Richard that Mr. Swymmer would not take advantage of his privilege should matters proceed to trial [?the trial between Sir Richard Grosvenor as plaintiff, and Anthony Langley Swymmer and others, defendants, concerning lead mines on Mold mountain involving the defining of the boundary line between the lordship of Mold and the lordship of Bromfield and Yale. See the Schedule of Wigfair deeds and documents in the National Library of Wales]), Ed[ward] Lloyd, Cefn, to J[ohn] Lloyd, M.P., Garden Court, Temple, London, 1797 (personal, Lloyd's support of the war, a complaint as to the inequality of the financial burden of the war 'neither King, princes ... nor ministers ... nor monied men ... contribute anything to the Exigency of the times', suggestions that silk stockings and gloves should be taxed and people prevented from 'shurking their Taxes'), Evan Lloyd, Rolls, to Edward Lloyd, 1710 (financial matters), Frances Lloyd to Miss [Dorothea] Clough, Mold, undated (personal, [endorsed with ?recipient's draft reply referring to the loss incurred through the death of her grandmother]), How[e]l Lloyd, [on board the] Surprize at Woolwich, to his cousin, undated (the writer's appointment as lieutenant to the Surprize, his task of raising men and fitting the ship for sea, difficulty with raising men 'ye Tars haveing taken a very Great Disgust to takeing a trip to Boston', the possibility of their joining the expedition that was being fitted out [against the American colonies], the ministry's difficulty in knowing how 'to Proceed in the Business with the Rebellious Americans, Lord Bulkley's patronage of the writer), Howell Lloyd, Croise Yockin, to Owen Wynne at Meley, 1669 (questions in connection with ?proposals to be made on behalf of the writer's cousin Heath Lloyd to a certain young lady), Howell Lloyd to his son Evan Lloyd, 1677 (the granting of the tithe of Penybryn), John Lloyd, London, to his cousin Miss Su[sanna] Lloyd, Mold, 1802 (legal advice), Rob[er]t Lloyd to his nephew John Lloyde at Wickwayre, 1626 (financial matters ), T. Lloyd, Vicarage, to the Hafodunos family, 1782 (a gift of hatbands and gloves on the occasion of his mother's death), Trevor Lloyd, Durham, to [ ], [16]89 (personal, some reflections on the writer's experience ?in his regiment), Will[iam] Lloyd, Flint, to Thomas W[illia]ms at Bron Coed, 1680/1 (land transaction), Rich[ar]d Llwyd [Bard of Snowdon], Chester, to [ ], undated (2) (queries addressed to a person with the name Hedd concerning his family, etc.), Mr. Napier to Mr. Lloyde, 1759 (forwarding two chronicles and a book, the latter on loan from the Rev. Fowler), ?C. Owen, Toke's Court [London], to Edw[ar]d Lloyd at the Assembly House at Chester, 1761 (2) (legal matters including the Grosvenor versus Swymmer lawsuit [see above under Edward Lloyd and Henry Swymmer]), John Parry, Comb, to Owen Lloyd at Wickwer, [16]78 (reasons for not having completed certain business), Phillip Pue, Bettus, to John Lloyd at Wikwer, 1637 (his need of a horse and/or money for a trip to London, mention of the ferry of Conwey), M. Roberts, Llanruth, to [ ], [17]78 (family and local new, J. Ll. Salusbury, Galltfaynan, to Edw[ar]d Lloyd, junior, of Cefn, 1812 (an exchange of land at Galltfaynan issa and land at Dolgau, a lease of Dolgau, the inclosure of Ffynnon fair common), W[illiam] D[avies] Shipley [dean of St. Asaph] to Ed[ward] Lloyd, Wigfair, 1801 (arranging a meeting at St. Asaph, Jones's case), W. D. Shipley [as in the previous letter] to Ed[ward] Lloyd, Cefn, 180[?1] (negotiations with Mr. Kirk for certain leases), John Sparrow, Chester, to Maddam [sic] Lloyd of Havodinnose, 1707 (arranging a meeting at the Red Lyon, Wrixham, to settle certain business), Henry Swymmer, Bristol, to Edward Lloyd at Chester, 1763 (arrangements for Mr. Griffith and Mr. Pardoe to meet at Mold [?in connection with the suit between Sir Richard Grosvenor, plaintiff, and Sir Francis Vincent and others, defendants, concerning the mines on Mold mountain, being a continuation of the suit noted above. See under Edward Lloyd and Henry Swymmer]), J. Williams, Lincolns Inn, to Edward Lloyd at Chester, 1763 (instructions for examining witnesses, preparing briefs, etc ., ?in connection with the suit referred to in the previous letter), Watkin Williams, Penbedw, to ?Mr. Potter, [17]89 (questions relating to coursing and hunting game and to sheepwalks on the writer's lands, mention of the manor of Penbedw in the parish of Nannerch), John Wynn, Conway, to John Lloyd of Gwyguher, 1637 (a horse and money for Phillip Pue to go to London ?on legal business. See above under Phillip Pue), and Dr. Wynne to Mrs. Lloyd, undated (an opinion [not enclosed] on a case).

Twenty-two holograph letters, 1788-[1831] and undated, addressed to the above as the Reverend John Conway Potter and the Reverend John Conway Conway at Soughton, Northop, etc. [the surname Conway having been adopted in lieu of Potter circa 1825. See NLW MS. 12435E section (b)]. The writers include [Lewis Bagot], bishop of St. Asaph, and Mrs. Bagot, St. Asaph, 1797 (personal) (in third person), [the Reverend] L[uke] Booker, vicar of Dudley, 1825 (enclosing a poem entitled 'Votive Lines . . . on contemplating the Tomb of . . . Bishop [Richard] Hurd [bishop successively of Lichfield and Coventry, 1775-1781, and of Worcester, 1781-1808] in Hartlebury Church Yard') (in third person), T[homas] H[ugh] Clough, Hope, 1826 (the refusal of the writer's uncle Griffith to sign a conveyance of Cemmaes in favour of the writer), Will[ia]m Eccles, Manchester, 1822 (2) (legal matters), R. Howard, Cefn [1831] (advice concerning a wood, a road being constructed ?near Wygfair mansion), L. Hughes, Bronwhilfa, 1788 (a note to accompany a copy of the will of John Lloyd of Hafodunos, deceased), Rich[ard] Humphreys, Rose Hill, 1826 (payment of recipient's quota in respect of the Rhuddlan marsh embankment), G. W. Kenrick, Woor Hall, 1801 (condolences on the death of Mrs. Lloyd [? Dorothea, wife of Howel Lloyd of Hafodunos]), David Pennant, Downing [co. Flint], undated (2) (a request to recipient to go to Flint as a justice to examine Hugh Roberts, a rumour that the Halkin and other miners planned to liberate a prisoner from Flint gaol by force), Tho[mas] Pennant, Downing and Hanover Square [London], 1790-1792 (4) (roads in ?recipient's neighbourhood), Sarah Potter, Lowestoft, 1799-1803 (3) (family news especially the state of her father's health, mention of Napoleon), Mr. Roberts, Mold, 1826 (legal matters) (in third person), F. Roberts, Ty mawr, 1796 (legal matters), Mr. [ ] Stodart, St. Asaph [1816] (the purchase by Mr. [Henry] Foss at the sale [of the library of John Lloyd, deceased] held at Wygfair, of The Life of King Arthur for £320 [see the annotated sale catalogue in NLW MS 12500B], the sale of the 'Manuscripts for ab.t £50 principally purchased for Col. Vaughan') (in third person), and R. Waring, Leeswood [17]92 (the engaging of a gardener).

Eighteen holograph letters from [Mrs.] D[ ] Wickham from Horsington [co. Somerset], to Mrs. [Elizabeth] Conway at Soughton or Upper Soughton, near Northope, 1764-1766 (personal, the state of the writer's health and that of her husband, news of and enquiries concerning relatives and friends, the death of the writer's sister [? in the neighbourhood of Northop] and arrangements relating to the effects of the deceased, financial matters, repairs to a house and dealings with tenants [? in the Northop area]).

A collection of ten English and nine Welsh sermons preached at Caerwys, Derwen, Efenechtyd, Flint, Halkin, Llanfwrog, Llanrhydd, Llanverres, Merbery, Mold, Nerquis, Northop, Ruthin, and Trythyn, 1709-1773.

A volume of memoranda and accounts originally in the possession of Benja[ min] Edwards, 'purser of the Advice, man of War', and containing a number of entries relating to provisions, laundry, financial transactions, and other matters connected with Edwards's duties as purser on board the said ship during the period 1745-1748. Entries made subsequent to these include an account of money laid out by Benja[min] Edwards in partnership with John Williams in connection with an unnamed colliery in 1751, miscellaneous entries relating to wages paid to hired servants or labourers, tradesmen's bills, and various other financial transactions, 1749-1762 [? whether these by Benjamin Edwards], and a record of rents received ?by Mary Edwards to the use of Mr. Wickham, 1761-1762.

A narrative compiled ?circa 1730 and entitled 'Some Part of the Sufferings of John Wynne of Leeswood, Esqr. of the Parish of Mold in the County of Flint, Humbly Presented to the Consideration of their most Gracious Majesties the King and Queen, the Prince of Wales, their Majesties most Honourable Privy Council, the Lords spiritual and Temporal, and to the Consideration of all Magistrates, Clergy and Gentry and in more Particular manner to those of the Counties of Flint and Mountgomery, in both which he has very wrongfully suffered most tedious Imprisonments', in which the said John Wynne recounts what he had allegedly suffered through the imprisonment, vilification, poverty, etc., which he had experienced as a result of the efforts of his family, and more particularly of his son [Sir] George [Wynne, 1st bart. of Leeswood aforesaid], to deprive him of his estate, including a valuable [lead] mine [at Halkin in the county of Flint], which had been the subject of litigation between the parties; also a copy of a letter sent by the said John Wynne to his son [Sir George], 30 January 1731, in which he addresses him as 'You Graceless, Rebellious, Villain', and denounces him for his conduct with frequent quotations from Scripture to reinforce his denunciations.

A miscellaneous rental and account book containing entries for the period 1675-1707, originally the book of Hedd Lloyd [of Hafodunos]. The contents include 'A rent roll of the lands & possessions of Hedd Lloyd, Esqr. in the parish of llangernew & elsewhere in the county of Denbigh taken this 17th day of September 1675 . . .' referring to lands in the parish of Llangernew, the tithe of the parsonage of Llangernew, lands in Trovarth, and certain fee farm rents; 'A particular of the names of the seuerall closes or parcells of lands in cluded in the demesne of Havodvnnos together with the Rent they have bin sett att . . .' [1675]; accounts of rents received in May and at Michaelmas [16]77-1696, of presents received [ 16]77-1696, and of fee farm rents received 1680-1707 [? all in respect of the Hafodunos estate]; entries relating to tithes [?of the parish of Llangernew] and other financial items during the period [16]78-1706/7; and a copy of a warrant, dated 1677, directed to the collectors of the taxes assessed in the parish of Llangernew for levying the taxes then due.

A notebook recording sums of money expended on clothes, schooling, books, etc., for Hedd Lloyd [of Hafodunos] ? by his sister, 1662-1668, and rents received and disbursements made in respect of the Hauodynos estate, 1666-1669. An indenture (parchment) dated 19 October 1637, being a further mortgage of a parcel of land called ffrith y kreigie in Branan and Marchalett, co. Denbigh, has been sewn on as a protective covering.

Notes describing a proposed route from Llanrwst to Bangor, with suggestions as to various points of interest, such as Carnedh Llewellin, Carnedh David, Llanberis, the vale of Llanberis, and the summit of Snowdon, which could be visited in the Snowdon area. Also outlined is a proposed route from Abergavenny through Lan y hangel, Lantony, Capel y fine, the Hay, and Bealt to Raeadr. These notes appear to have been compiled for the benefit of a friend or acquaintance who intended travelling in these areas.

A copy of a Breton-Latin vocabulary. A few of the Breton words are given English, French or Welsh equivalents. At the end of the list is a note: 'Parisiis impressus [ ]pensis Yuonis Quilleuere pridie Kal[endas] febr[uarias] Anno 1521'.

A copy of The Complete Pocket Book or Gentleman and Tradesman's Daily Journal for the year of our Lord 1764. The manuscript entries, which are not very numerous or full, record payments [? to labourers], other disbursements, and data relating to animals, grain, etc. Pasted to the inside upper and lower covers (in two halves) is a copy of the London Almanack for the year of our Lord 1764 . . .