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Writ to Thomas Ravenscroft, esq., late sheriff of co. Flint, to deliver to Thomas Hanmer, esq., who had been granted the custody of the said county, all the documents belonging to the office of sheriff. Latin.

Writ to Thomas Longueville Longueville, junior, James Boydell, junior, and others to take the oaths and recognizance of Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, bart-, to whom the King had committed the office of sheriff of co. Flint. Attached are the oaths of allegiance and the recognizance for due execution of the office of sheriff by Sir Stephen Richard Glynne.

Writ to Richard Onions, Thomas Cox, Edward Wilkes, and a number of others to carry out an order made in the High Court of Chancery on 19 Feb., 1754, in a suit between Samuel Hellier, esq., an infant, by his next friend, the Rev. Doctor Littleton, Dean of Exeter, plaintiff, and John Harris, Sarah Huntbatch, widow, William Brotherton (executor of Dame Elizabeth Cooks Winford alias Hellier, widow), and Thomas Lee Dummer, esq., defendants, under which, and on the report of a master, Rupert Dovey of Stourbridge, co. Worcester, gent., was appointed receiver of the estate of Samuel Hellier, the deceased father of the plaintiff.

Writ to John Harris, a solicitor of the Court of Chancery, who had taken away from the free school at Birmingham Samuel Hellier, the infant son of Sarah Hellier, the daughter of Sarah Huntbatch, widow, and petitioner in the suit, to deliver the said infant to the petitioner until a guardian had been appointed by the Court.

Writ of execution of an order to John Blashefield and William Brett to return within ten days the answer of John Harris, defendant to a bill of complaint by Samuel Hellier, an infant. Seal.

Writ by Arthur Onslow, Speaker of the House of Commons, commanding all churchwardens, etc., in Flint and in the boroughs of Overton, Caerwis, Caergurley, and Rhudland, co. Flint, to attend at the House of Commons on 4 March next, with such rate books, etc., as Sir John Glynne after inspection of the same should require to be produced at the hearing of his petition against an undue election and return for the borough of Flint.

Will (probate) of Thomas Littlehales of. Stourbridge, co. Worcester, apothecary, who devised as follows :- "To my wife, Elizabeth Littlehales, and my brother, Samuel Littlehales, my house and shop in Stourbridge for. 99 years, on trust to pay to my daughter, Anne, £250, with remainder to my said wife for life, with remainder to my son, Thomas; to my said wife and daughter, Anne, a house in Stourbridge for 99 years on trust to pay my daughter, Jane, £250, with remainder to my said wife for life, with remainder to my son, Samuel; to my said wife a house and a garden in Stourbridge for her life, with remainder to my son, Thomas, he to pay my son, Samuel, and my daughters, Anne and, Jane, £80 apiece." Witnesses: Thomas Hill; Jone Elick; Mary Raby. Proved in London on 8 Sept., 1742.

Will (probate) of Thomas Glynne of Lincolnes Inne, co. Middlesex, esq. Testator devised as follows:- "To my god-daughter, Frances Glynne, and her issue my houses called Lightwood in co. Flint, and my realty in co. Caern, with remainder to my heirs; to my nephew, John Glynne, and his issue my realty in co. Anglesey, a house in Figgetts Feilds or Little Lincolnes Inn Feilds, and a leasehold house in Lincolnes Inn Feilds; to my brother and executor, Sir William Glynne, bart., £1900 he owes me, £220, and plate; to my nephew, William Glynne esq., my diamond ring." Witnesses: Thomas Seywell; John Bromhall; William Crachley. Proved in London on 19 June, 1685, by the executor.

Will (probate) of Thomas Bennett of Hawarden, co. Flint, yeoman. Testator bequeathed as follows:- "Under a power in my marriage settlement, dated 4 Feb., 1723/4, 1 give &o to my son, Samuel Bennett, and to my unborn child by my wife, Ann Bennett; to my son, John Bennett, and my wife, a feather-bed each. My said wife to be executrix." Witnesses: Sam. Weld; Tho. Fox; Edward Thomas. Proved at Hawarden on 10 May, 1739, by the executrix.

Will (probate) of Thomas Acton of Gattacre Park, co. Salop, esq. Testator devised as follows:- "To my nephew, Thomas Acton of Stourbridge, co Worcester, gent., for-his life, my capital messuage called The Park and other messuages in the parishes of Claverley and Bobington, cos. Salop and Stafford, with remainder to his first and other sons successively in tail, with similar remainders to my nephew, James Acton; to trustees (for 200 years) my two-third shares in the manor of Tasley, co. Salop and the advowson of Tasley parish church, and in my realty in the parishes of Tasley and Willey, co. Salop, with remainder to the uses declared above in regard to The Park estate. Witnesses:- John Suker, sen.; Wal. Hickman; Rupt. Dovey. Proved in London on 9 July, 1735, by the trustees.

Will (probate) of Sir William Glynne of Amersdon, co. Oxford, bart. Testator bequeathed as follows:- "To my brother, Hill, my silver punch bowl and ladle, which I won at Stratford; to my sister, Hill, my brilliant diamond ring; to my brother, John Glynne, a ring, an annuity of £100, and my estates called Red Hall and Lightwood, co. Flint, for his life; to my sister, Crackenthorp, £50 yearly for her life out of an annuity bought by me from my brother, Stephen; my brother, Stephen Glynne, to be executor and residuary legatee." Witnesses: Jo. Egerton; Bar. Reynolds; Tho. Ash. Proved in London on 26 Feb., 1721/2, by the executor, Sir Stephen Glynne, bart.

Will (probate) of Sir Stephen Richard Glynne of Hawarden Castle, co. Flint, hart. Testator bequeathed as follows:- To my wife, Dame Mary Glynne, £1000, and the lease of my house in Berkeley Square, co. Middlesex; to Richard Neville, brother of my said wife, and William Earle Welby of Denton House, co. Lincoln, esq., all my realty in cos. Salop, Stafford, and Middlesex for 1000 years, to pay my debts and legacies, with remainder to my eldest son, Stephen Glynne, and his sons, with remainder to my heirs. My said wife to be residuary legatee, she and my said trustees to be guardians of my children and to be executors." Witnesses: Farmer Taylor, Chicknell, Salop; Charles Mylton, Eccleston, Cheshire; Fra. Edge Barber, Chester. By a codicil, dated 27 Sept., 1814, testator charged his realty with an annuity of £20 payable to bliss Mary Anne Gordon, the daughter of James Gordon, esq., deceased, and £100 and an annuity of £20 for his life to his faithful servant, Thomas Whittingham. Witnesses: George Neville, Hawarden Rectory; Henry Jones, Hawarden; W. Bennion, Hawarden Castle. Proved in London on 5 March, 1816, by the said Richard Neville and William Earle Welby, hart., two of the executors, sworn under £4000.

Will (probate) of Sir Stephen Glynne of Hawarden co. Flint, bart., who bequeathed all his personalty to his brother-in-law and executor, Sir William Wheler, bart. Witnesses: John Fletcher; Robt. Halton; William Knight. Proved in London on 4 June, 1730, by the said executor.

Will (probate) of Sir Stephen Glynne of Amersden, co. Oxford, bart. Testator devised as follows :- "To my son in law, Sir William Wheler, the Hon. James Bertie of Weston upon the Green, co. Oxon., and John Egerton of Bissiter aforesaid, gent., my executors, all my manors and lands in the parishes of Amersden and Bissiter, co. Oxon., and plate and personalty on trust to sell the same and pay the proceeds to my six younger children, William Glynne, John Glynne, Sophia Glynne, Penelope, wife of the said Sir William Wheler, Mary Glynne, and Katherine Glynne; to my son, Stephen Glynne, esq., and his issue, the manor of Harden and realty in Harden, co. Flint, with similar remainders in succession to my second son, Francis Glynne, my third son, William Glynne, and my youngest son, John Glynne, with ultimate remainder to my own heirs." Witnesses: Hn. Thomas; John Crachley; W. Crachley. By a codicil dated 7 Feb., 1728/9, testator appointed the Rev. John Fletcher of Queen's College, Oxford, as trustee and executor of his will in the place of James Bertie, esq., deceased, and after stating that testator had contracted to sell the property in co. Oxford to Edward Turner of Lincoln's Inn, co. Middlesex, esq., for £34400, directed that the purchase money (less £100 to be paid to his eldest son, Stephen Glynne, who was to concur in the conveyance of the property) was to be held on the same trust as by the will applied to the property in co. Oxford. Witnesses: William Crachley; Tho. Pulley; Thomas Aldridge. By a second codicil dated 12 April, 1729, testator directed that in the event of the death of his eldest son without issue when the Flintshire estate would rest in the said William Glynne, or in case of his death without issue in his brother, John Glynne, that in the event of either of the younger sons succeeding to the estate, the share of the purchase money of the Oxford property of such younger son so succeeding to the Flintshire estate should lapse. Witnesses: William Crachley; William Hassell; Thomas Alderidge; William Hancock. Proved in London on 10 July, 1729, by John Fletcher, clerk, and John Egerton, two of the executors.

Will (probate) of Sir John Glynne, kt., sergeant at law. Testator devised as follows:- "To my servant, Susan Burton, for her life, a tenement in Normandy in the parish of Ash, co. Surrey; to my wife, Dame Anne, for her life, my house and lands called Henley Parke, the reversion of the tenement in Normandy, my houses in Lincolnes Inn Feilds, my leaseholds and my houses and lands in cos. Surrey and Middlesex, she to maintain my son, John Glynne, until he is 21 years old, and thereafter to pay him £200 yearly during her life, with remainder (as to the property in Surrey) to my son, John Glynne, and his issue, with, remainder to my son, Sir William Glynne, bart., and hid' issue, with remainder to my son, Thomas Glynne, and his issue; to my said son, Thomas Glynne, and his issue the houses and lands called Lightwood, and realty bought from Mr. Whitley in co. Flint, and my realty in cos. Ang. and Caern; to my son and executor, Sir William Glynne,' my realty in Odington, co. Oxford, the castle and manor of Hawarden, my lands called Bisceter, co. Oxford, being already settled on him; to the poor of the respective parishes of Ashe, Bisceter, and Hawarden, 40s. for each parish; to my daughters Dame Mary Anderson, Frances Campion, Ann Glynne, and Lady Jane Williams, articles of furniture; to each of my grandchildren, Frances, Ann, and Gwenne Williams, a ring worth £5; I release my brother, Edmond Glynne, from all arrears due from him as receiver of my rents in Anglesey and Carnarvonshire." By a codicil testator revoked the bequest to his daughter, Ann, as she had since married and received her portion. Witnesses: John Glynne; L. Fogge; William Burd. By a codicil dated 10 Nov., 1665, testator revoked the devise in his will of his realty in Odington, and gave it to his son, Sir William Glynne, relying that he would pay his brother, Thomas Glynne, £2000. Witnesses: Will. Campion; Row. Jewkes; Tho. Canfeild; Will. Burd. Administration with will annexed was granted in London on 29 March, 1711, to Sir William Glynne, the son and administrator of Sir William Glynne, the above-named executor of Sir John Glynne.

Will (probate) of Robert Shone of Chester, tallow chandler. After making several minor bequests testator devised as follows:- "To my wife and executrix, Dorothy Shone, for her life my messuage, shop, kiln, and dwelling house, in Bridge Street, Chester, and my lands in Diglane and Rake, co. Flint, with remainder to my nephew, Richard Shone, and his heirs (but subject, except as to the property in Diglane, to the payment of certain legacies), with remainder (as to the lands in Diglane in the event of lack of issue from the said Richard Shone) to Peter Lloyd. Witnesses: John Pugh; Francis Touchett; Anne Williams; Elizabeth Bodvell; Randle Bennett. Proved 2 May, 1678, in London by the executrix.

Will (probate) of Richard Crachley of Diglane in the parish of Hawarden, co. Flint, esq. Testator bequeathed as follows:- "To my wife and executrix, Mary Crachley, for her life my realty in the said parish of Hawarden, (but charged with an annuity of £10 to my brother, John Crachley, for his life,) and with power to her to charge the said realty with £100, and subject thereto I give my said realty to my nephew, George Hope, younger son of George Hope of Broughton, co. Flint, esq., for his life, with remainder to his first and other sons successively in tail by any woman except - Manwaring, widow of - Manwaring, deceased, and sister of Sir Thomas Longueville, bart., with remainder to my godson, William Crachley, son of William Crachley of Daniel's Ash, co. Flint, gent., with remainders over." Testator mentions his cousins, John Crachley of Ewloe and William Crachley of Broadlane. Witnesses: Catherine Brooke; Beaumt. Percivall; William Corbin. By a codicil dated 27 Oct., 1737, testator charged his realty, after the death of himself and his wife, with an annuity of £5 for his niece, Jane Robinson, for her life, and deferred the payment of the annuity to his brother, John Crachley, until after the deaths of the testator and his wife, Mary. Witnesses: Ri. Higginson; Sarah Higginson; William Sandford. Proved at Hawarden on 14 Nov., 1738, by the executrix.