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Papers of Thomas Ottley relating to the legacy of £50 bequeathed by Edward Rogers of Eaton Mascott, deceased, to Elizabeth Bayley, daughter of John Bayley of Shrewsbury, co. Salop, baker, including receipts for interest on the said legacy, letters from Elizabeth Bayley, and a release from Elizabeth Bayley in respect of the said legacy.

Accounts of the rents received for the use of the six residentiaries of the Cathedral Church of Hereford, with the revenue belonging to the maintenance of the fabric, taken the first day of Oct. 1687, by Henry Jones, their chief bailiff, and accounts of disbursements. Paper; 13 ff.; marble paper cover. Two loose sheets contain memoranda of leases.

Bundle of miscellaneous papers in a marbled paper cover, including a letter from Le Neve, 14 April 1715, with a copy of an inscription from the tomb of Bishop Herbert Westfaling; sermon notes; case, with opinion, of the rectory of Onibury in the archdeaconry of Shropshire; a narrative relating to p. Culmington, in the diocese of Hereford; a proposal for the relief of the poor vicars humbly offered to the consideration of the Queen and the two Houses of Parliament; articles against one for refusing to preach an archdeacon's visitation; a copy of a Latin oration in Convocation, 1710; copy of a part of the will of Ralph Bathurst, Doctor in Physick, Dean of Wells, and President of Trinity College in Oxford; copy of articles exhibited against William Whiston for publishing doctrines repugnant to the Liturgy and Articles of the Church of England; a copy of an address to the Sovereign from the clergy in Convocation in the province of Canterbury; a genealogical table of the Owens of Condover, 16th-19th centuries; etc., etc.

"A true account of the names of the Advowsons of Livings and other Ecclesiasticall preferments in the Gift of the King throughout England and Wales taken out of ye King's Books faithfully with ye valuacon of them for first fruits". Paper; 16 ff.; sewn.

Accounts of disbursements in the repairs of the Palace of Abergwilly, and Tyr y Cwm, including payments for harvest work, stock bought, freights, taxes, rates, corn for sowing, brewing, etc. Paper; paginated 1-35, two unnumbered ff., and the remainder of the vol. blank; pp. 1-18 mutilated at the right hand bottom corners.

Accounts for the Register's Office in the diocese of St Davids - receipts and disbursements, 1713-52; with details of fees received from 1713 to 1742. Paper; about 90 ff., some of which are blank; bound in vellum.

Precedents of ecclesiastical instruments - mainly copies of documents executed by Adam Ottley, bishop of St Davids; a table of fees on institution in the diocese of St Davids; and the form of consecration used at Llandyfrïog Church, co. Card., in 1717. "The old Church being fallen by the washing of the River Tivy a new one was built in a part of the church yard more remote from the said River". Paper; paginated 1-149 with five unnumbered ff.; pp. 50-146 blank; vellum.

Valuation Of Livings. A copy of a return to an inquiry made within the diocese of St Davids of the valuation of livings pursuant to the directions contained in the Charter of the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the augmentation of the maintenance of the poor clergy. A list of p's, their yearly value, names of incumbents and number of families. Paper; 12 sheets tied together.

Accounts by Ad: Ottley of the legacies, the funeral expenses and the estate of Sir Adam Ottley, dec. 12 Oct. 1693. The loose papers consist of jottings of accounts and letters to Dr Ottley - two letters from Edw: Lloyd in Sept. and Oct. 1694. Paper; 11 pp. with the rest of the vol. blank; some loose papers; vellum.

Accounts of the estate of Sir Adam Ottley. Paper; 2 ff. with the remainder of the vol. blank; vellum with thongs.

Rental of the College Revenue, the rents of the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Hereford, etc. Paper; 8 sheets.

Customs. A copy of the Customs of Hereford Cathedral beginning - In nomine Domini haec sunt Consuetudines et Statuta Hereford' Ecc'liae ... Paper; 24 ff. in three detached gatherings of eight.

Family and estate papers of the family of Ottley of Pitchford Hall, Shropshire, of Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool (1784-1851), and later of the Cotes family, including extensive correspondence, 1684-c.1793, mostly centered on Adam Ottley (1653-1723), bishop of St Davids, and Adam Ottley (1685-1752), registrar of St Davids, including a series of letters from Browne Willis (1682-1760), 1716-1723, and some civil war correspondence and literary papers, 16 cent.-18 cent; estate papers, mainly deeds relating to Pitchford Hall, Salop, mainly in the areas of Bridgnorth and Pitchford, with some lands in adjoining counties, c. 1150-1820; including almost a thousand medieval deeds.

This catalogue of Pitchford estate records (also known as the 'Pitchford MSS') was prepared by the Historical Manuscripts Commission in 1963, when the records were still housed at Pitchford. In 1983 the National Library of Wales purchased all the items offered for sale by C.R.A. Grant and the owners of the estate. However, not all the papers listed by HMC in 1964 were in fact offered for sale. Nos 2-12 are now held in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, Kings College London; they comprise military correspondence, 1805-1903, and military miscellanea, 1811-[post-1945]; the Liddell Hart Centre's online description of them is on AIM25, <www.aim25.ac.uk>. Nos 108, 111, 125, 127, 242 and 244 are also marked "Not in NLW" in the paper schedule, and Nos 143-156, 261-265, 270-271, 276, 303, 322-324, 359, 382, 386, 415-424 451, 461, 464-465 and 546-552 are marked "Not on [or in] Sale to NLW"; Nos 23, 31, 72, 113, 204 and 317 appear to be cross-references; No. 74 was not used; and No. 502 appears to be the dorse of 501, in which case both numbers refer to a single item.

Deeds relating to the estates of the Ottley family of Pitchford Hall, Shropshire, mainly in the areas of Bridgnorth and Pitchford, with some lands in adjoining counties, including almost a thousand medieval deeds.