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Receipt from the Rt Hon. Sir Richard Vaughan, Kt of the Order of the Bath, Lord Vaughan, and Earl Carbery to Henry Peck the elder of the city of Westminster, esq., and Henry Peck the younger, his son and heir apparent, for £2,000, being the consideration specified in an indenture of demise dated Feb. 11 1658/9 between the above-mentioned parties.

1. Sir Rowland Gwynn of Llanelweth, co. Rad., kt. 2. John Jeffreys of St Mary Ax, London, esq. Mortgage for £900 (by way of demise for 1,000 years) of Itton manor-house and farm thereto belonging and a certain field called Long orchard in p. Itton, co. Mon.

Deeds, 1542-1797, relating to properties in Glamorgan, Brecknockshire and Carmarthenshire; memorandum book of ?Samuel Owsley and William Owsley of Brecon, with notes on rents, taxes and local events and history, 1679-1768; fragment of an antiphonal, [15th century]; a copy of The Reports of Sir Henry Hobart, Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas, 1650; and a copy of The Larvae of the British Lepidoptera and their food plants, 1880.

Memorandum Book of [?Samuel Owsley] of the town of Brecon, continued after Oct. 1709 in another hand, possibly that of William Owsley. One half of the vol. contains accounts, 1679-1768, mainly of various taxes and rents paid by the writers in the borough of Brecon ('sheepstreet' ward and 'Cantreff' ?ward or parish), the other half contains memoranda, 1683-1768, recording miscellaneous items of interest in the history of co. Brec., such as the election of members of parliament for the borough and county; the election of officers of the borough, such as common councilmen, town clerk, bailiff, and recorder; a list of members and officials of the first common council under the charter granted by James II; marriages and deaths of officers of the borough and of other persons, possibly burgesses of the borough; the visit of a company of actors to the town, Dec. 1699-Jan. 1700 etc. Other items in the vol. include a list of the names of the sheriffs for co. Brec., 1540-1768, of the bailiffs and aldermen for the borough, 1556-1768, and of the mayors of the borough, 1687-1705; an assessment upon the inhabitants of Cantref parish and township towards the payment of an aid for carrying on the war against France, 1692; a survey of 'sheepstreet ward', 1709; and copies of letters from [ ? ] of Abergavenny to a Mr Cogan, 4 June-12 Aug. 1662, relating to the cloth trade. The plays performed by the company of actors [with the names of the authors, and recent auspice and date supplied by Sister Bonaventure Kelleher of Brecon, April 2007], are 'The Spanish Friar, or The Double Discovery', [John Dryden, Duke's, 1680], 'Love for Love (Comedy)', [William Congreve, L.I.F., 1695], 'The Orphan, of The Unhappy Marriage (Tragedy)', [Thomas Otway, Duke's, 1680], 'Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave', [Thomas Southerne, Patent, 1695], 'The Committee (Comedy)', [Robert Howard, King's, 1662], 'The Fatal Marriage, or The Innocent Adultery (Tragedy)', [Thomas Southerne, United, 1694], 'The Country Wake (Comedy)', [Thomas Doggett, L.I.F., 1696], 'Sophonisba, or Hannibal's Overthrow (Tragedy)', [Nathaniel Lee, King's, 1675], 'The Provoked Wife', [John Vanbrugh, L.I.F., 1697], 'The Unhappy Favourite, or The Earl of Essex (Tragedy)', [John Banks, King's, 1681], 'The Soldier's Fortune', [Thomas Otway, Duke's, 1680], 'Aesop 1 or 2?', [John Vanbrugh, Patent, 1696/7], and 'The Mourning Bride (Tragedy)', [William Congreve, L.I.F., 1697].

1. Thomas Edwards of Lantrissent, co. Glam., yeoman, and Anne, his wife. 2. David Richard of Lanwonno, yeoman. Lease for 99 years or for 3 lives of a m. and lands called Darewonno in p. Lanwonno.

1. James Mathew of Aberaman, co. Glam., gent. 2. Evan David of p. Lanwono, yeoman. Lease for 99 years or 3 lives of a m. and lands called Darewono in p. Lanwono.

1. William Curre of Clemenston, co. Glam., esq. 2. Thomas Davis of Tintern, co. Mon., yeoman. Lease for 5 years of the m. and lands called Tintern Farm in p. Tintern, co. Mon.. Counterpart.

1. John Jeffreys of St Mary Axe, London, esq. 2. Sir Rowland Gwynn of Llanelweth, co. Rad., kt. 3. Moses Edwards of Itton, co. Mon., yeoman. Lease for 21 years of the house and twenty three parcels of land called Itton Farme in p. Itton, co. Mon.. Counterpart.

1. John Jeffreys of London, esq. 2. Mary Payne of p. Itton, co. Mon., spinster. Lease for 21 years of one barn and parcels of land called Languilan and the Wayne-vanor in p's Itton and Howick, co. Mon.. Counterpart.

1. Leonard Bilson Gwyn of Glyn Abby, p. Llangendeirn, co. Carm., esq. 2. John Gwyn Wigley of the bor. of Carmarthen, gent., an infant (only son of Eliza Maria Wigley, late Eliza Maria Gwyn, dec., the late wife of John Wigley, late of the bor. of Carmarthen, gent., dec.), and Catherine Middleton Gwyn of Glynn Abbe aforesaid, spinster (which said Eliza Maria Wigley and Catherine Middleton Gwyn were the only children and coheiresses of Mary Bridget Gwyn, dec., late wife of the said Leonard Bilson Gwyn and only sister and heir of Lewis Rogers, late of Kidwelly, esq., also dec.). 3. William Morris of the bor. of Carmarthen, gent. 4. Thomas Davies of the bor. of Carmarthen, watchmaker. Lease and Release of the site of a m. and garden in the bor. of Kidwelly and a field in p. Llandeveylog.

1. John Jeffreys of p. St Martins in the Fields, Middlesex, esq. 2. Nicholas Jeffreys of the Inner Temple, London, esq., and William Eels of p. St Martins in the Fields, gent. 3. John Curr of Chepstoll Grange, co. Mon., esq. Lease And Release of the man. of Itton, the advowson of the Church of Itton, and property in p's Itton, New Church, Shire Newton, and Howick, co. Mon.. Three schedules of deeds annexed.

1. John Jeffreys, esq., and William Eeles, gent., both of p. St Martins in the Fields, Middlesex, and Nicholas Jeffreys of the Middle Temple, London. 2. John Curre of Chepstoll Grange, co. Mon., esq. Lease And Release of parcels of land in p. Itton, co. Mon., bounded on the south by a brook called Pink brooke and on other sides by the lands late of Sir Rowland Gwynne, kt, and now of the said John Jeffreys.

1. Phylip ap hoell ap Ieuan duy of p. llanvigan, co. Brec., yeoman. 2. John ap John ap Rosser and Ievan ap dauid ap ho'll. Grant, to the use of Hoel Morys, of one tmt of land called Tyre hire in said p. llanvigan and in the fee of Richard Vaughan, kt, and Dominus Res of penkelly, extending in length from the spring called ffynnonkoig to the land of Janckyn Res called yr Errowe Wen and in breadth from the place called pant glase to the road leading towards the mountain. Witnesses: Oweyn ap John ap Rosser, Rosser ap Ieuan ap d'd ap ho'll, Morgan Thomas. Given at Llanvigan. Latin. Seal.

1. John Butler, clerk, demandant. 2. John Williams, gent., tenant to the praecipe. 3. Thomas Hugh, gent., first vouchee. Exemplification of a recovery by double voucher, dated 24 Aug. 1685, of four m's, etc. in p's Llanelly and Llannon, co. Carm.. Names mentioned on endorsement: Carne Howell, Lletty veigut, ?Alldewe, and Coed y Button. Latin. Seal imperfect.

1. John Curre of Chepstoll Grange, esq., and Thomas Lawrence of Matergerig, gent., both of co. Mon., and Nathaniel Hutton of p. Tuddenham, Gloucestershire, gent. 2. William Blathwayt the younger of Dirham, Gloucestershire, esq. Demise for the residue of a term of 500 years (being a collateral security to a mortgage for £2,500) of the man. of Itton, the advowson of the Church of Itton, and property in p's Itton, New Church, Shire Newton, and Howick, co. Mon.. Endorsement: 1718, July 2. Assignment upon trust, for the residue of the term of 500 years, from the within-named William Blathwayte to Henry Nash, esq., and Joseph Edwardd, gent., both of the city of Bristol, of the within-specified property upon the discharge of mortgage.

1. Anne Edwards of the bor. and p. Lantrissent, co. Glam., widow. 2. Elizabeth Edwards of the bor. and p. Lantrissent, widow of Richard Edwards, gent., dec. (late the eldest son of the said Anne Edwards). 3. Edmond Treharn of Castylle, gent., and David Morgan of Pantydraynan, yeoman, both of p. Lantrissent. Demise for 99 years, upon trust to raise the yearly sum of £40 from the estates of the said Anne and Elizabeth Edwards for discharging the remainder of the debts of the said Richard Edwards, dec., of a capital m. and lands called Tir Blaen Bargod, a m. and lands called Tylady, with ten a. of waste land, in p. Kellygare, a m. and lands called Dare wonno in p. Lanwonno, a m. and lands called Nyth y Barkitt, alias Llwyn y Barkitt, in p. Lanharry, and a m. in a street called Yr Alt in the town of Lantrissent, all in co. Glam.; and Agreement for granting the administration of the estate of the said Richard Edwards, dec., to the said Anne Edwards. Annexed: Schedule of debts due from Richard Edwards, dec.

Copy of Hobart, Sir Henry: The Reports of .... St Henry Hobart .... Lord Chiefe Justice .... of Common Pleas. [?2nd Edition. London, 1650.] Title page and The Errata missing. Containing the names of 'John Wilson, Stockton upon Tees, co. Durham, 1805' and 'Tho. Bowlby'. Printed.

Copy Of Court Roll of the man. of Shirenewton, recording the surrender by James Hollister, gent., tenant for the term of his life, of his interest in 19 a. of land within the said man. of Shirenewton, of which 2 a. lie in a certain field called Kilcroys and 17 a. in a field called le Church hayes and the retaking by the said James Hollister of the said property to hold the same for himself and Elizabeth and Rebecca, his daughters, for the term of their lives. Latin.