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Records of the Edwinsford estate of the Williams, later Williams-Drummond, family in Carmarthenshire, including deeds, 1411-1860; manorial records, 1500-1744, including records of the manor of Talley, 1551-1744, and Caio, 1500-1734; estate correspondence, 1580-1863, (mainly post 1700), estate and household accounts, 1654, 1670-1903, and rentals, 1707-1843; deeds relating to the Llether Cadfan estate, 1474-1760, and Court Derllys estate, 1563-1805, both in Carmarthenshire.

Appointment by Rees Thomas, kt., seneschal of Gwastadae, Keven Blaith, Trallwyn Elgan, and Llanycrois, of William ap Rees ap Eynon to be his deputy. Latin.

1. Thomas Lewis of the county borough of Carmarthen, glover, and Rowland Phillipps of Coed Kaing, Henry Penry of the parish of Llanddarogg, Eynon Beynon of the parish of Llangundeirne, and John Griffith of the town and borough of Kydwely, all in co. Carmarthen, gentlemen;. 2. Sir Rice Williams, kt., high sheriff of co. Carmarthen. Bond for the performance by the said Thomas Lewis of the office of keeper or gaoler of the county, indemnity in the event of the escape of a prisoner, attendance at Great Sessions and Quarter Sessions, etc.

Commission of [blank] as Ensign of the Company of Foot in the Militia raised in co. Carmarthen, whereof Sir Rice Williams, kt., is Captain in the Regiment which the said Rice Williams commands as Colonel.

Letter Patent appointing Francis Floyd of the Inner Temple, London, esq., to e one of the Justices of cos. Caernarvon, Merioneth, and Anglesey, in the Principality of Wales. Entered in the office of the Auditor of Wales, 10 June, 1695, by Charles Chetwynd, deputy auditor. Latin.

Letter Patent appointing Sir Marmaduke Lloyd, kt., one of the Council in the Principality and Marches of Wales, to be a Justice in cos. Glamorgan, Brecknock, and Radnor in the Principality of Wales. Enrolled 20 May, 1636, by William Hill, auditor. Endorsed: Enrolled in the Court of Great Sessions for co. Radnor at Presteyn, 18 July 1636, in the presence of the said Sir Marmaduke Lloyd, kt., and Walter Rumsey, esq., Justice. Latin.

Letter Patent appointing Henry [Somerset], Duke of Beaufort, to be Lieutenant of the counties of North Wales and South Wales and the Marches thereof, the town and county of Haverford west, the town and borough and county of Carmarthen, the counties of Gloucester, Hereford, and Monmouth, and the cities and counties of Gloucester and Bristoll. Latin.

Letter Patent appointing Henry, Marquis of Worcester, to be Lieutenant of the counties of North Wales and South Wales and the Marches thereof (except cos. Salop and Worcester). Latin.

Letter Patent appointing Francis Lloyd, esq., to be one of the Justices of cos. Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Cardigan, the town and county of Haverfordwest, and the county borough of Carmarthen in the Principality of Wales. Enrolled in the Office of the Auditor of Wales, 13 Dec. 1701, by Charles Chetwynd, deputy auditor. Enrolled at Carmarthen in the Office of the Prothonotary, 30 March, 1702. Latin.

Letters Patent appointing Thomas Williams, esq., to be Chamberlain and Chancellor of South Wales in cos. Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Cardigan, the town and borough of Carmarthen in co. Carmarthen, and the own and borough of Haverford West in co. Pembroke, parcel of the possessions of the Principality of South Wales. Enrolled in the Office of the Auditor of Wales, 31 July, 1731, before Ges. Wright, deputy auditor. Latin.

Letters Patent revoking a patent of 16 Oct., 1729, to Charles, Duke of Colton, and appointing Sir Nicholas Williams, bart., to the offices of Chamberlain of the town and borough of Brecon and the counties of Brecknock, Radnor, and Glamorgan, Steward and Keeper of the Court Leet, etc., of the lordships, etc., of Mallain, Caio, Mableview, Mabedrud, Manordiloe, Kethinock, and the forests of Glincothy and Pennant in co. Carmarthen, Steward and Bailiff of the manors, lands, granges, and possessions of the late dissolved monastery of Talley in co. Carmarthen, Steward and Keeper of the Courts Leet, etc., of the manors, etc., of Mavon otherwise Mavonion, Gwinioneth Ucharden otherwise Gwinioneth Youcharden, Iscoyd Iskerwin otherwise Escoyd Iskerwin, Generglin, Blain Arian, Silian, and Tallisarne Green in co. Cardigan, and Steward of the lordship and manor of Brecon, co. Brecknock at a yearly fee of £100. Enrolled in the office of the Auditor [for South Wales], 13 May, 1734, in the presence of Thom. Farrington, auditor.

Letters Patent revoking a patent of 5 Sept., 1727, to Charles, Duke of Bolton, and appointing Sir Nicholas Williams, bart., to the office of Keeper of the Rolls of the Peace for co. Carmarthen.

Letters Patent appointing Thomas Williams of Edwinsford, parish of Lansawel, co. Carmarthen, esq., to be Keeper of the Rolls of the Peace for co. Carmarthen.

Commission of Sir Rice Williams, kt., as Captain of the Company of Foot in the Militia raised in co. Carmarthen, of which Thomas Williams of Tally, esq., was late Captain, in the Regiment which Altham Vaughan, esq., commands as Colonel.

Grant (No. 2864), 25 June, 1909, to Sir James Hamlyn Williams-Drummond, bart., Lieutenant colonel and honorary colonel in the Army, of the dignity of a Companion (Civil Division) of the Order of the Bath; together with a copy (No. 2865; 100pp.) of Statutes of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, published in July, 1909.