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Check issued by the Navy Pay Office, London, to show receipt of letters of administration granted to Mary Richards of Llanrhystud, co. Card., sister of David Richards, late of HMS Albion, who died 24 Feb. 1809. The check shows David Richards to have been entitled to prize money in respect of the Bonaventure (5 June 1803), La Petronella and The Swallow (the latter two both paid into Greenwich Hospital). Isaac Lloyd Williams was the son of Rev. Isaac Williams, sometime vicar of Llanrhystud, which may explain how this document came to be preserved at Cwmcynfelyn.

Copy Of Court Roll of man. Kings Walden, Hertfordshire, recording the Admission of Isaac Crawley to a m. and lands (51 a.) called Stopley Hole (51 a.), otherwise Stopley House. Recites the will, dated 27 Dec. 1706, of John Feild, who devised his copyhold and freehold m's and lands at Stopsley in the Hole and in p. Kings Walden, both in Hertfordshire, to his wife Mary and on her death, or remarriage, to Isaac Crawley.

Declaration Of Trust by Mathew Lamb of Lincolns Inn, Middlesex, esq., that £4,000, part of a sum of £15,000, is the money of Margaret Doring Pulteney of Cleveland Court, p. St James Westminster, widow. Recites a mortgage of even date for £15,000 (4%) of the man. and advowson of Boxworth, and divers farms and lands in Boxworth, the manors and demesne lands of Swavesey, Hobbledodds and Bennets, m's and lands in Swavesey and Over, the capital m. of Denny Abbey, man. Waterbeach with Denny, m's and farms in Waterbeach, parcels of arable and fen land in p's St Mary and St Andrew in Whittlesey in the Isle of Ely, all Cambridgeshire, the manors of Southoe Lovetoft, Southoe Ferrers and Little Paxton, man. Magrey with appurtenances in Little Paxton and Southoe, m's and farms in Southoe, Little Paxton and Great Gransdon, all Huntingdonshire, and man. Shifford otherwise Chifford, Oxfordshire. Endorsed: receipt of M. Pulteney for £4,228.18.4 in full for her principal and interest, 31 May 1753. Seal cut off.

See also no. 125.

1 William Winbolt of p. St Leonard Shoreditch, Middlesex, weaver, and Amy his wife. 2 John Snowdon of p. St Ann Soho, cordwainer, a trustee for Joanna Harper, only daughter and heir of Thomas Harper by Anne his wife. 3 William Jackson of Port Royal, Jamaica, esq., husband of Ann, the widow of Thomas Harper of Port Royal, Jamaica, merchant, who died intestate. Bargain And Sale by 1 to 3 of their reversionary interest in the real estate of the said Thomas Harper, dec., that is, in lands and tmt's in the t. and p. of Port Royal, Jamaica, a parcel of pen land (300 a.) at Cow Pen, and another parcel of pen land (345 a.), both in p. Port Royal, a plantation called Cavaliers or New River Plantation (549 a.), a mountain settlement called Dry Hill (40 a.), a moiety of five parcels of land (600 a.) at Above Rocks, and a parcel of pen land (157 a.), all in p. St Andrews, a parcel of pen land (40 a.), a m. or tmt in Orange Street, a parcel of land on Water Lane and a parcel of shoal water land, all in p. Kingston, a moiety of three parcels of land, the first lying near Port Antoine and called Terra Nova (470 a.), and the second and third adjoining each other and recently turned into a sugar works called Norwich (224 a.), all in p. Portland, a parcel of pen land (96 a.) in p. St Catherines, and 150 negroes or slaves and their present and future progeny. Consideration: £100 paid to William Winbolt by 2, and a further sum of £100 paid to William Winbolt by 3. Schedule of slaves appended.

1 Rev. Verney Peter Littlehales of Burton, Lincolnshire, clerk. 2 Thomas Williams of Leadenhall Street, city of London, bookseller. Lease To Vest Possession of a m. near the west end of the north side of Leadenhall Street, p. St Peter Cornhill, London (previous tenants named). Not executed. Damaged.

1 William Palmer of Dorking, Surrey, yeoman. 2 John Fuller of Dorking, carpenter, and Henry Bristowe of Wotton, husbandman. Bargain And Sale of four fields of land called Sudburies (30 a.) and a coppice or woodland (30 a.), both in p's Capel and Dorking (boundaries described), with liberty to make a use of a way from the common called Homewood to the said Sudburies, reserving the right of dower of Ellen wife of 1. Consideration: £50. Endorsed: 'No (1)'.

1 Richard Payne and John Avenne (demandants). 2 Eustace Bristowe (tenant to the precipe). 3 Richard Humfrey (vouchee). Exemplification Of Recovery (by double vouchee), dated 19 June 1602, of 1 m., 6 a. of land, etc., (17 a.), in p's Dorking and Capel, Surrey. Latin. Seal (fragment).

1 Eustace Bristowe of Horley, Surrey, yeoman. 2 Edward Goodwyn the elder of Dorking, yeoman, and Jasper Goodwyn, yeoman, his son and heir apparent. Bargain And Sale of a m. in p's Capel and Dorking in the tenure of Raphe Peeter, husbandman, which 1 and Elizabeth his late wife had by the gift and enfeoffment of Henry Bristowe of Leighe, Surrey, yeoman, on 23 July 1588. Consideration: £50. Seal. Endorsed: livery of seisin, and '(5)'.

1 Edward Carpenter of Kennington, p. Lambeth, Surrey, gent., and Robert Eccleston of London, gent. 2 Edward Goodwyn of Dorking, Surrey, mercer. Bargain And Sale With Feoffment of a m. or inn called The Chequer, otherwise The Lower Chequer, closes and parcels of meadow and pasture (52 a.) lying dispersed that is, three parcels of meadow and pasture called Spitle Heath, Spitle Heath Feild and Spitle Heath Meadow (11 a.), several parcels of land (6 a.) lying dispersed in the common field called Fosterwood in the tenure of Richard Daye, gent., parcels of pasture and woodground called Deathes (10 a.), near Debden, a parcel of pasture and woodland called Huckstalles, otherwise Uggstooles (7 a.), adjoining Beachworth Park pale, two parcels of land and pasture (6 a.) adjoining the same park pale in the tenure of Richard Sheffeild, a parcel of land (4 a.) lying at Stonehorne near Pixon mill in the tenure of Thomas Turnor, a little pightell or parcel of land lying near Carters field and Millpond mead in the tenure of Robert Sparkes, a parcel of land and pasture called Barnehawes (3 a.), a parcel of land (1 a.) lying in the common field called Stonyland in the tenure of Raph Arnold, wheelwright, a parcel of land and pasture called Kennells (2 a.), lying on the east side of Cotman deane, a croft of land (2 a.) lying on the north side of the highway leading from Dorking to Reigate, in the tenure of Arthur Foster, the little pightell or parcel of land called Stanbridge Meade (1/2 a.), a tmt and orchard (1 a.) on the west side of the highway leading from Dorking to Newdigate, in the tenure of Mathew Neale, a parcel of land or meadow in the tenure of Edward Bowell, adjoining the tmt of Richard Shoe, a little parcel of land lying in the East Street of Dorking in the tenure of Edward Hooker, adjoining the lands of Sir Richard Sandes, all in p. Dorking, and the annual rent of 18d. issuing out of a parcel of land called Squyers in Westbeachw[?ith], Surrey, in the tenure of [ ] Swanne, widow (other occupants named). Consideration: £400. Endorsed: '5th June 1620, 17 Jac. 1' (sic), and 'Bundle C, No 1'.

1 Edward Goodwyn the elder of Dorking, Surrey, gent. 2 Edward Goodwyn the younger, gent., eldest son of Jasper Goodwyn of Dorking, gent. Bargain And Sale With Feoffment of a m. called The Upper Chequeur and a m. in the tenure of Richard Hall, both in p. Dorking, reserving a chamber and a newbuilt stable in the tenure of William Ridge, subject to the dower of Anne wife of 1, the dower of Susan Bottell, widow, and an annuity of £17 to Francis Williamson, esq., for the life of [ ] Tipton, widow. Consideration: £500. Endorsed: '(2)'.

1 John Machell of Wonersh, Surrey, gent. 2 George Duncumb of Albury, Surrey, esq. Quitclaim by 1 of a m. or inn called Lower Chequer, closes or parcels of land (40 a.), that is, parcels of land (6 a.) in the tenure of Richard Day, gent., since dec., dispersed in the common fields called Fosterwood, closes and parcels of pasture and woodground (10 a.) called Deaths, a parcel of land and woodground called Huckstall, otherwise Uagstooles (7 a.), adjoining the pale of Betchworth Park, two closes and parcels of land and pasture (6 a.) adjoining the said park pale in the tenure of Edward Sheffeild, a parcel of land and pasture called Barnehawes (3 a.), a parcel of land (1 a.) in the common field called Stonyland, a parcel of land and pasture called Kennells (2 a.) lying on 'this' side of Cotnam Deane, a croft of land (2 a.) on the north side of the highway from Dorking to Reigate, in the tenure of Widow Day, a little pightell or parcel of meadow called Standbridge Mead (1/2 a.), a tmt and orchard (1 a.) on the west side of the highway to Newdegate, in the tenure of Mathew Neale, a little parcel of land in East Street, in the tenure of John Barnett and adjoining the lands of Sir Richard Sands, an annual rent of 18d. for a parcel of land called Squyres in Wesbech, three closes of meadow and pasture called Spitle Heath Feild and Spitle Heath Meadow (11 a.), a little parcel of land or meadow (1/2 a.) adjoining the tmt of Richard Shoes, in the tenure of John Combes, and all other m's, lands, etc., purchased by Edward Goodwyn, gent., from Edward Carpenter and Robert Kyleston (see no. 10), all in p. Dorking, and since bargained and sold to Jasper Goodwyn and Acknowledgment by 1 that the whole of the consideration money was the proper money of 2. Recites a bargain and sale of the premises, dated 31 Oct. 1636, by Jasper Goodwyn the elder of Dorking, gent., to 1 and 2. Endorsed: '(3)'.

1 John Rogers of Wrington, Somerset, BD, late fellow of Corpus Christ College, Oxford, and Lydia his wife, Charles Hutchinson of London, gent., and Constantia Hare of Tottenham Highcrosse, spinster. 2 Thomas Reason of London, gent. 3 Edward Gilbert and William Gilbert of London, gents. Declaration Of Trust for the said Edward Gilbert. Recites nos 41-3. Endorsed: note of enrolment, 8 Feb. 1717/18.

1 James Rose of Betchworth, Surrey, farmer, and Ann Rose his wife. 2 William Stephens of London, brewer. Lease and Release of a m. and land (3 a.) in Holmwood, p. Dorking, late in the tenure of William Brown and now of William Peter, with Covenant by 1 to indemnify 2 against a mortgage for £40 made by the said William Brown of Dorking, farrier, to Richard Peters of Dorking, hoopshaver, now vested in John Mills of Dorking, farmer. Consideration: £70.

Account of the £5,000 due to Anne, wife of Philip Roberts, esq., from Sir John Newton, bart, her guardian, by virtue of the marriage settlement of her parents, Edward Coke, esq., and Carey his wife.

1 William Strode of p. St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, esq., eldest son and heir of William Strode of Punsborn, Hertfordshire, esq., dec., by Lady Ann his wife, one of the daughters of James, earl of Salisbury, dec., by Ann his wife, dec., one of the daughters of Thomas, earl of Thanet, dec., and James Strode of Harley Street, Middlesex, esq., the youngest son of the said William Strode and Ann, both dec. 2 Sir Matthew Lamb of Brockett Hall, Hertfordshire, bart, the surviving trustee of the settlement of William Strode, dec. Release by William Strode and James Strode of their respective shares in £5,000 secured by the pre-nuptial settlement, dated 11 Feb. 1708, of the said James, earl of Salisbury, and Ann his wife, which provided a sum of £10,000 for the younger children, under which the said Lady Ann Strode, one of four younger children of the marriage, was entituled to £2,500. Recites the said pre-nuptial settlement. Endorsed: receipts of the said James Strode for £2,222.4.5 and of the said William Strode for £555.11.1.