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Pedigrees, genealogical notes, biographical details, and coats of arms of the kindred families of Jones Maesygarnedd, Edwards of Cilhendre, Morrall of Plas Yolyn and Cilhendre, Challnor of Iscoed, Bee of Wendlebury, Oxfordshire, etc.

Correspondence of Edward Morrall of Liverpool, including a holograph letter from Mm. Akermann and de Latapie [from Liverpool], undated (an appointment with Mr. Graham); a letter from the Marquis de Chateaumusette to Madame Rodon, undated (dancing shoes for the recipient's inspection) (transcript); two holograph letters from A. Fauchard, Liverpool, to E. Moral, Liverpool, 1834 (the writer's plight) (together with a transcript of the first letter, the recipient's recommendation of the writer, and a list of subscriptions); two holograph letters from the Marquis de Muti Papazzuri to [Edward Morrall], undated (the conduct of Mr. Harrington, in connection with theatrical performances?) (together with two draft letters to the writer by the recipient); and a list [after 1829] of persons who have received instruction in French by the writer at Edinburgh, Greenrow, and Dumfries.

Fifteen holograph letters from G. Grimaldi [from Liverpool] to Edward Morrall [at Liverpool], 1834-1835 and undated (arrangements for lessons in Italian, visits to the opera, invitations to dinner); and drafts of letters by Edward Morrall to G. Grimaldi, [ ] Venzano, and [ ] Marchese (recommending Dr. Harrington as a member of the orchestra, etc.), together with jottings and vocabularies.

A volume of exercises in verse.

A fragment of an account of an adventure at sea, dated 1727. It is probably the work of a child.

An account of travels in France by Thomas Hanmer [of Fenns Hall], c. 1728, together with some draft and holograph letters, miscellaneous notes, etc., 1725/6-1731 and undated. The correspondents include M. Bernége, Turin, Jean Escher, Zurich, T[homas] Stephens, C[orpus] C[hristi] C[ollege], C[ambridge], and A. Bosatty, Bologna.

Lists of books purchased by Thomas Hanmer at Florence, and of medals bought at Man[n]heim.

Two inventories of furniture and linen at Keel-Hendrey, 1719.

A contemporary copy [c. December, 1718] of 'The Genuine Speech of the Ld. L--ne [George Granville, baron Lansdowne] against repealing the Occasional and Schism Bills' (8 pp.); and a news letter, 6 June, 1719, containing an account of Mr. [Gilbert] Burnet, incumbent of East Barnet, the imprisonment of the late Earl of Mar [John Erskine, 6th or 11th earl] at Geneva, twelve porpoises at Greenwich, and the case of the heir of Sir John Trevor, Master of the Rolls (mutilated).

Holograph letters addressed to, and papers of, Ann Edwards [the elder] of Cilhendre. The writers include Griffith Kyffin, 1704 (the gift of beef, personal); Ja. Bridgeman, Blod[well], 1718 (the exchange of books, the wedding of Sr. Charles Lloyd); cousin E. Morrall, 1719/20 (Mr. Trevor's case before the House of Lords); Eliz. Markham, 1730 (a bond and a loan); niece Kath. William[s], Chester, undated (2) (personal); niece V. Mathewes, Blodwell, undated (the return of the writer's cousin); daughter F[rances] E[dwards], undated (cousin John's visit to Glascoyd, godmother to cousin Richard Kyffin's daughter); etc. The miscellaneous papers include a note by Edward Podmore for sums of money received from Madam Edwards's servant; a memorandum of account between Edward Morrall and Ann Edwards, 1730 (see also NLW MS 11452C); receipts, 1752-1753, for legacies bequeathed by Mrs. Frances Edwards; etc.

An incomplete volume containing extracts from the Scriptures and from early Christian writers, and notes on theological and religious subjects. Also included in the volume (ff. 253-254) are accounts of disbursements on behalf of Mr. Trevor, 1718.

Holograph letters, etc., of the family of John Jones, Junior, of Wrexham, etc. The writers include Humphrey Jones to his [step-]daughter Mary Jones, Bryn y ffynnon house in Wrexham, 1684-1686 (3), and to John Jones, 1685-1686/7 (2) (the management of the writer's affairs in Merioneth, etc.; money matters, the execution of Alderman [Henry] Cornish and others, the hearing of the writer's case before the Lord Chancellor, a purchaser for Penamnen); Jo. Jones, Wrexham, to Humphrey Jones, Aldermanbury, 1685 (the Penamnen tenants, claims upon estate owners in the lordship of Mr. Pugh of Mathavern, etc.); John Lloyd, Wrexham, to John Jones, Cheapside, London, 1689/90 (the plight of the widow of the heir of Collonell Michael Jones); and Ann Leven to her uncle John Jones, undated (personal, news of uncle Payne). Also bound in the volume is a true copy, in the hand of Humphrey Jones, of a rental and particulars of arrears sent by Mr. [Charles] Price, 1689.

Holograph letters and a few miscellaneous papers of the family of Edwards of Cilhendre. The writers include Marga[ret] Williams to Anne Edwardes [the elder], 1689 (herb water, recipe); Roger Bridgeman, Oxon., to his aunt, 1720 (college news); M. Bridgeman, C[astle] B[romwich], to her aunt [ ] Edwards, Chester, 1734 (aunt Frances Edwards's tombstone); [Sir] Edward Lloyd, London, to Mr. Challnor, Kilhendre, 1747/8 (repairs at Plas Yollin); F[rances] Edw[ards] to her mother Anne Edwards [the elder] and to her sister Anne Edwards [the younger], undated (3) (alterations at Keelehendry, the christening); Tho. Hanmer, Fens, to cousin [ ] Edwards, 1682/3 (a bond); V[rsula] M[athews], Llangedwin and Blod[well], to Anne Edwards [the elder] and Frances Edwards, both at Glascoyd, [16]92-1693 (2) (personal, interment of uncle Kynaston); T. Aldersey, Spurstow, to cousin Mrs. [Anne] Edwards [the elder], Kilhendrey, [16]96/7 (the writer's offer on behalf of his son); John Davise, Bettus, to Anne Edwards the elder, Keelhendre, 1700 (the writer's distress); Ur[sula] Bridgeman, Blodwell, to Anne Edwards [the elder], Keelhendrey, [17]05-1717/18 and undated (5) (family news, the rectory of Wigan); P. Logan, London, to Mr. Jones, Killhendry, 1706 (personal); John Williams, Chester, to Frances Edwards, Castle Bromwich, 1719 (cousin Bridgeman's health); E[lizabeth] M[arkham] to [Anne?] Edwards [the younger], 1730 (the payment of money); Sarah Bordman, undated (Madam Edwards's estate); Mary Bassnet to Mrs. Edwards at Keelhendry, undated (money matters); F. Edwardes, Ellesmere, undated (an answer to a letter); M. Edwards to her cousin, undated (cousin Price of Gunley's estate); Deb. Basnett, Bor[ ], to Ann Edwards, Kelhendry, undated (personal); etc. Also bound in the volume are a copy of the memorandum of account, 1730, contained in NLW MS 11451B; and a receipt, 1752, for a legacy bequeathed by the will of Ann Edwards [the younger].

Holograph letters and miscellaneous papers of the family of Morrall of Cilhendre, etc. The writers include John Morrall to 'Dear Subtle', 1681 (personal, references to coz. Bowker and Wm. Rider), to 'Neddy', 1686 (Mr. Edisbury at Erthigge), to cousin Basnett, 1687 (bill in Chancery), and from Mould to Edward Morrall, Dudlyston, 1688 (a request for diet drink, etc.); Rich[ard] Murhall, Whitchurch, to Edward Morrall, 1703/4 (the payment of a bill); Tho[mas] Morral, C[astle] Br[omwich], to Frances Edwards, 1718 (money matters, an eye mixture, personal); and Tho[ma]s Knight, Whitchurch, to William Challnor, 1748 (a bond). The miscellaneous papers include receipts to John Murrell of Kil-Henery, 1678-1685, Edward Murrell, 1689, and Edward Morrall, 1832; a note of the debt due from Frances Morrall to Mrs. Morrall, widow, 1746; and a late seventeenth century note of the value of the Plas Yollin estate.

Notes 'taken in short hand of the Earle of Shaft[e]sbury['s] Speech in the house of Lord[s] upon the Debate of appointing a day for the heareing of Doctor Sherlies Cause', 20 October, 1675.

Holograph letters mainly addressed to John Jones of Wrexham, etc., only child of John Jones of Maesygarnedd, together with some miscellaneous papers. The writers include Vincent Corbett, [16]97 (the writer's inability to act as J.P.); [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [1st bart., of Glascoed], Gr[ays] Inn, [16]95 (complaints from Mr. Fowle of the recipient's ill dealing); John Jones, Llansilin, to Lady [Margaret] Williams, Glascoed, [16]98 (the vacant living of Llangollen); Edward Kyffin, [16]99 (the recipient's home journey); J. Morgan, Wrexham, 1700 (money against the fair, etc.) (together with a copy of the recipient's reply); J. V., Lond[on], 1703 (the rejection of the Conformity Bill by the House of Lords) (mutilated); Jo. Jones to his cousin, 1706 (money matters); John Williams (endorsed: 'ancestor of Bodelwyddan'), Wrexham, 1713 (an action against the recipient's cousin); [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [2nd bart.], 1719/20 (a loan of £300); and ?John Jones to his uncle Humphrey Jones, undated (the recipient's concerns at Machynlleth, etc.) (fragment). Also bound in the volume are a list of four title-deeds, 1689-1696, left with Owen Prichard, 1697; a list, 1698/9, of deeds which Simon Lloyd took to show [Richard] Vaughan of Cors a Gedol [Corsygedol] and were not returned; a receipt, [16]99, from [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [1st bart.] to cousin John Jones for £40, being arrears of rent for his part of Bryn y Fynnon [Wrexham]; a news letter, 20 October, 1716, addressed to Mr. Jones at Keel-hendre; a notice, 13 May [ ], from [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [1st bart.] to [ ], to pay £30 for two and a half years' rent for Bryn y Fynnon; a second bill for £100 drawn by Hen. Jones upon Mr. Humph. Jones to Clemt. Ireton, 1670; and an imperfect sheet, c. 1684, containing particulars of securities on lands.

Holograph letters and miscellaneous papers of the families of Morrall of Cilhendre, etc., and Challnor of Plas Yolyn, etc. The writers include Jo[hn] Morrall, London, to his brother, 1700 (the writer's voyages); [Eliza Church], Greenwich, to Mr. [Edward] Morrall, Kellhendre, 1739 (Debby's marriage, etc.); [Sir] Edwd. Lloyd, London, to Wm. Challnor, etc., 1747/8-1749 (7) (the sale of Plas Yollin estate); Geo. Evanes, Red Lyon Square [London], to [Thomas] Knight, Whitchurch, 1748/9 (a draft release [of Plas Yolyn]); Will. Prichard, Shrewsbury, to Mr. Morrall at Mr. Challnor's, 1766 (the signing of a mortgage, Sir H. Bridgeman's nomination); [the Reverend] Davd. Price, Glynn, to William Challenor, Plas Yollen, 1800 (the writer's rent); and Edw. Morrall, Plas Warren, to B. F. Buckley, 1846 (Charles Morrall's will, the preservation of game). The miscellaneous papers include a statement of rents and debts, signed J[ohn] M[orrall], [16]69; a statement of account between Mr. [John?] Morrall and the Right Hon. William Earl of Craven, 1670/1; a receipt for a legacy of £20 under the will of Frances Edwards late of Keelhendre, 1757; a pass given to Edward Morrall to go from Helsingfors to St. Petersburg, 1801; and undated [eighteenth century] particulars of land belonging to Mr. Morrall.

Miscellaneous documents including instructions, 1666/7, by Richard Wynn for the payment of money to him; meditations on sufferings, 1667/8; a form of warrant, 1678, to levy the forfeiture of £5 imposed by the Act for burying in woollen upon persons who neglected to produce the required cerificate; particulars of rents received by Sir Hugh Williams for Penrallt [Conway] lands, 1683 (mutilated); an acknowledgement, 1720, by Jno. Bee and Eliz. Bee of the receipt of their annuity of £50 and of the sale of lottery annuities, together with a statement of account by James Harrison [of Red Lion Square, Middlesex]; holograph letters from Bart. Jones, Greenwich, to his grandfather, 1736/7 (Mr. Podmore's note for £20), from G. Wentnor to Mr. Prichard, [17]66 (the draft of a mortgage), from Ann Carkman, Sackville Street [London], to her uncle Mr. Prichard at Shrewsbury, 1766 (the writer's marriage), from C. Leigh (aft. Cooke), Balliol [College, Oxford], etc., to Mrs. Bee, Shrewsbury, 1767-1774 (5) (the writer's financial affairs, Sir Edwd. Turner's legacies, the writer's proposed marriage, news from Oxford, impressions of Bookham in Surrey, etc.), and from M. L., Oxford, to Mrs. Bee, Shrewsbury, 1772 (personal); a statement of account, 1782, for cockspurs and other items bought of Richard Singleton at the Fighting Cocks on Corkhill, Dublin; case, with the opinion of John Leach, 1816, concerning an application by John Smith for a fellowship founded in Brasenose College, Oxford, by John Williamson, clerk, parson of St. George's, Canterbury, in 1521; a fragment of a lease [late seventeenth century] from Samuell Burrowes to Samuell Smith; two sheets containing accounts of miracles and of Catholic persecution, and an unsigned poem; a poem, c. 1680, in the form of a dialogue between Britannia and Raleigh on the state of England under King Charles II; and undated [eighteenth century] poem in Russian and an English-Russian vocabulary.

Holograph letters mainly addressed to John Jones, Junior, of Wrexham, etc., together with a few miscellaneous papers. The writers include Ka. Jones, his step-mother, [16]66-67/8 (2) (a journey to London, the return to St. Albons, the meaning of the recipient's and his wife's letters, personal, the writer's spinning wheel) (together with a Biblical commentary written in the blank spaces of one letter); H[ugh] C[ourtney] [16]66 (spiritual experiences); Tho. Jones, London, 1668-1684 (2) (the arrest of the drover John Rouland at Epping fair, cousin Robert Wynne in Ireland) (the one endorsed with sermon notes, the other mutilated); Humfrey (Humphrey) Jones to his step-son John Jones and to his step-daughter Mrs. Mary Jones, Bryn y ffynnon house in Wrexham, [16]83-1684 (2) (the health of Mary Jones, the trial of Collonell Sydney, personal, news of friends); Tho. Major, London, to his sister [? Mary Jones], 1684 (family news; Mora Abbott, the Camp at Dundalke, to Humphrey Jones, London, 1689 (military actions in Ireland); J. Humphrey to [ ], 1689 (the appointment of cousin John Jones to the shrievalty of [Merioneth]); Jo. Jones, from Glascoed, to his wife Mary Jones in Cheapside, 1689/90 (3), and from Chester to Mrs. Anne Edwards, Keelhendrey, 1708/9 (the shrievalty of Merioneth, the Assize sermon, etc., the Pretender's attempted invasion of Scotland); [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [1st bart.], Greys Inn, to Hugh Jones, St. John Street, [16]92 (the payment of 'brin y ffynnon' rent) (together with a receipt); Richard Jones, nephew of John Jones, [16]95 (desiring his interest with cousin John Maddackes); Hugh Pyers, Mertyn-ysglan, 1695 (a copy of the Duke of York's conveyances); Cad. Wynne, Dublin, [16]97 (the sale of the writer's patent for the office of 'Cheefe seriant at Armes' in Ireland); Richd. Simpson, Poulton, near Lanc[aste]r, 1697 (money due upon a bond); John Billingsley, London, [16]97 (the election of the Elector of Saxony to be King of Poland, military preparations and actions at Namur and Barcelona, the escape of the English E[ast] India ship 'The Tavistock'); Richard Vaughan, Dolegwin and Cors-y-gedol, [16]97/8-1699 (2) (personal, the completion of designs) (the earlier letter endorsed with a note of moeny left in a bag brought from Chester by Owen Prichard, and a note of washing left at Mallwyd 1697/8); Jo'n Davies [1700] (money matters, the recipient's father's quondam concerns in Ireland) (fragment); Jonath. Edwards, Jes[us] Coll[ege], Oxford, 1706/7 (the writer's book - 'a preseruatiue against Socinianisme', references to Dr. King of Merton College); Jonathan Jones, Wrexh[am], 1712 (the duel between the Duke of 'Hambelton' [Hamilton] and Lord Mohun, news of the war between Sweden and Denmark); [?Isaac] Manley, Dublin, 1712/13 (Mr. Davis's answer); U. Bridgeman, Blod[well], niece of John Jones, undated (thanks for wine, personal); and F[rances] E[dwards], niece of John Jones, undated (news of the writer's sister). Also bound in the volume are a bond, 1675/6, from Joseph Mould, distiller, and John Jones, gentleman, both of Wrexham, to William Jones of the same, gentleman, for the payment of £10; a list of persons to be offered for sheriff of Merioneth, 1683; and an undated list, in the hand of John Jones, Junior, of family title-deeds and papers, 1659-1696 and undated.

Holograph letters and miscellaneous papers largely of the families of Morrall of Cilhendre, etc., and Challnor of Iscoyd, Flintshire, and Plas Yolyn. The writers include Dan[iel] Morrall to his son John Morrall, Inner Temple, [16]61/2 (the recipient's letters, a visit to Mr. Chambers at Lapington, references to Mr. Jaundrell and George Meddins); Ed. Kinaston to John Morrall, Clifford's Inn, 1679/80 (a deed and bonds, the return of the grand jury); Edwd. Garlsten, Leverpool, to [ ], 1701 (payment for a servant carried away to Newfoundland); W. Myddelton, Holywell, to Mr. [Thomas] Knight, attorney, Whitchurch, 1749 (2) (a release to Chaloner); John Holland, Ludlow, to Mr. Morrall, Shrewsbury, 1725 (Mr. Mason's entitlement to fines); Edward Morrall to his cousin 'Madam' Edwards, Chester, 1735 (godmother to Will. Morrall's son); Eliz. Church, London, to [ ], 1737 (legal and personal, with references to Clayton, cousin Kezia Manley, Mrs. Edwards, Andrew Morrall, etc.) (with draft letters endorsed); J[osiah] Morrall to Anne Edwards, 1742 (the payment of interest on a mortgage); W[illiam] C[hallnor] to his sister, 1747 (the valuation of Plas Yollin) (transcript); Margt. Morrall, Hollywell and Pengwern, to Mr. Knight, attorney at law, Whitchurch, 1748 (2) (papers with Mr. Painter, brother Lloyd's coming to Whitchurch); Judith Rothwell, Bolton, to Willm. Morrall, near Elsmere, 1756 (Mrs. [Frances] Edwards's legacy); A. Carkman, Sackville Street [London], to [William] Chaullenor, 1766 (a farm to let); Edwd. Jennings to William Challnor, Red Brooke, near Whitchurch, 1771 (a fine on premises purchased by the writer's uncle); Andrew Murphy, Gray's Inn, to William Challnor, Iscoyd, Whitchurch, 1781 (3) (the inspection of deeds); T. Glover, Ellsmere, to his cousin Charles Morrall, Belmont, near Oswestry, 1804 (a financial transaction); B. B., from I. U. S. Club, to [ ] Morrall, 1831 (reform the only topic, personal, etc.); Sarah Bordman to Edwd. Morrall, Killendre, undated (the sequestration of a living); and Jo. Hownes, Onslowe, to Mr. Lathrope, undated (opinion on a will). The miscellaneous papers include calculations of the value of the Plas Yollin estate, 1747-[8?]; a printed demand, 184[ ], by R[obert] Morrall, Ellesmere, for the payment of tithe rent charge due to Edward Morrall, together with memoranda; an inventory, undated, of goods to be left at Keelhendre by Mr. Wm. Challnor for Mr. Wm. Morrall; and a list, undated, of legacies to members of the Morrall family and others.