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Will[iam] G[wyn] Vaughan at Treb[arried] to [Adam Ottley]. As a parliamentary candidate for 'this county' [Breconshire] he begs the recipient's support. Endorsed: as above, no. 1933.

Will[iam] G[wyn] Vaughan at Penpont to [Adam Ottley]. The writ for Brecon county has been delivered and their election falls on the twenty second of the following month. If the recipient's office entitles the recipient to a vote he wishes to be honoured therewith. Endorsed: brief note of contents.

William Dale at Ponsbury to [Adam Ottley]. Having a small dispute with Mr Baldwin about some tithes he requests the favour of seeing some of the late bishop of St Davids's writings belonging to the second portion of Ponsbury, 'if any'. Endorsed: brief note of contents.

William Dale at Ponsbury to Adam Ottley at Pitchford. He wishes to know whether the pieces of ground he mentioned to the recipient are set down in his lordship's book as tithed by the second portion of Pontesbury. Subscribed: the pieces of ground mentioned to the recipient noted in the recipient's hand [see below, no. 3055]. First page, dorse: draft of reply, dated at Pitchford Aug. 25 1730. The writer of the draft has looked into all the late bishop's books of accounts or papers relating to the second portion of Pontesbury that he can meet with, and does not find the names of any particular pieces mentioned therein. Endorsed: brief note of contents.

Will[iam] Congreve from the Camp of Avarne La Leckes to [Adam Ottley]. When the recipient's relative came they were busy securing their circumvallation around Bouchain; details of the siege. The enemy have been burning the forage around all their garrisons for fear that 'we' should undertake another siege. Lord Albemarle was sent the previous day to the Hague with the opinions of the generals for the approbation of the States. All looks as if they are to have a very long campaign.

Will[iam] Brome to the Rev. W. Ottley at Cound. The Palaeographia Graeca and the Itinerary safely delivered to the writer; he was much induced to buy the Itinerary by the Rt Hon. Mr Rob[ert] Harley and Dr Gibson's commendation of it. There is no haste of returning Mr Llwyd's English preface or Mr Urry's letter. He has answered Mr Hearne's letter and has engaged to take four books. If the recipient pleases two shall be at his service. He has so far ventured, without license, as to put the recipient down as a subscriber. If the recipient can think of any service that can be done him at Longleat there is no person that is more ready or better able to perform it than Mr Urry. Endorsed: name of writer, date.

W[illia]m Best Fothergill at Salop to [Adam Ottley]. He received the recipient's letter, and wishes that he had known sooner that such good gentlemen had been candidates for the county; his landlord's kindness to him; he could not do less than 'oblige my Vote in return of civility'. He hopes the recipient will not be angry.

W[illia]m Axis at Salop to the Rev. M. Ottley at Wendy near Poyston in Cambridgeshire. According to the recipient's commands he attended the court at Eardington on Mayday, and before the steward went to receive the presentment of the jury touching the copyhold land, as Mr Cotton would have it, he explained to the jury that the land was in the freehold possession of the Ottley family, with the consequence that the court was adjourned. He hopes that the recipient will be present at the next sitting to discourse the matter further. Endorsed: date, brief note of contents.

W[illiaim: Russell to Adam Ottley. He wishes the recipient to help [him] to the interest that he mentioned to the recipient when he last saw the recipient. Endorsed: brief note of contents.

Will of William de la Hulle of Bruggenorth. Testator desired to be buried in the church of St. Leonard of Bruggenorth in the chapel of Holy Trinity and bequeathed a sum of money for candles to illuminate his corpse, the candles to be distributed after his burial among the altars and churches according to the orders of his executors. He bequeathed to the priests, deacons and clerk officiating at his funeral £10; to the poor on the day of his burial so that each should receive 1d. £20 or more if necessary; to the windows and altars of St. Leonard half a mark, and for the lighting of each of the altars there 2s; to the structure of the Church of St. Leonard 20 marks; for lighting all the altars of St. Mary Magdalen in the Castle of Brugg' 2s. and to each altar there 7d; to the white nuns (sanctimonialis) of Breowede 2s., and the black nuns 2s; to the church of Worfeld 2s; to the Hospital of the Holy Trinity of Brugg' 4s; to the Hospital of St. James of Brugg' 5s; to the poor brother and sisters of the said Hospital half a mark; to the Franciscan friars of Salop half a mark; to the Dominican friars of the same place half a mark, and to the Austin friars of the same place 40d; to the Austin friars of Lodelowe 40d; to the church of St. Laurence in the same place 4s; towards repairing the pavement where most necessary in and around the vill of Brugg' 20s; for repairing that way at Alnethebrugg' half a mark; for repairing that way at the fotushous 40d; for repairing that way towards Hampton citra Tressecote 40d; for repairing the way towards Schuffenall in the long lane 40d; to pay for clothes and shoes for the most necessitous paupers 5 marks; to the Church of Stretton 4s; the church of Chetyton 2s; the church of Vpton 2s; the church of Momurfeld [Morville] 2s; the Church of Whetna'ston 2s; the church of Acton Round 2s; the church of Tasseleye 2s; the church of Astley Abbatis 2s; the church of Stocton 2s; the church of Sutton Madok' 2s; the church of Schuffenhal 2s; the church of Albrighton 2s; the church of Claseleye 40d; the church of Quatford 2s; the church of Quatte 2s; the church of Alnetheleye [Alveley] 40d; the church of Remusleye [Romsley] 5s; the church of Chelemarch 2s; the church of Glaseleye 11s; the church of Oldebury 2s; for the work of Severn bridge in Brugg' 40s; to magister William de Neuport, formerly his clerk, 5 marks; to Roger Tirkyn, chaplain, 40s; to the prior and bretheren of the Hospital of Holy Trinity of Brugg' for special prayers for his soul and for the soul of dominus Ralph, formerly chaplain of the said Hospital, an annual rent of 3s. 6d., 2s. issuing out of a tenement formerly of Parnel de Cantereyne in Brugg' near the tenement of the said Prior and monks and extending from the highway to their tenement, and 18d, formerly bought of Roger de la More and received from the Prior and monks of the said Hospital, issuing from land in the field called Seuarnefeld de Brugg'; to the Franciscan Friars of Stafford and Lichefeld half a mark each; to Edmund his son £40 promised to him on his marriage, two pieces of land and one acre in the field of Brugg', viz., one piece of land lying in the field called Portmonefeld or le Heighefeld between the lands of Henry le Digher and William Selymon and extending from the land of John de la Leighe to the land of Reginald del Hay and containing 17 selions, the other piece of land lying in the field called Hokefeld between the lands of John de la Leighe and William de Aldenham and extending from the land formerly of Nicholas Haket to the land of John Glydde and containing 14 selions, and the said acre lying in the field called Portmonefeld between the land of John Berner and the land formerly of Walter le Goldsmyth and extending from the land of the said John le Berner to the land formerly of Richard Dod in le Hale; to John his son the piece of land lying in le Condiccfeld between the land formerly of Robert Bergham and the land of William de Glaseleye and extending from the highway to the land of the said Robert and a piece of land lying in the same field between the land formerly of Richard Bergham and the land formerly in the tenure of John Sedek' and extending from the land of the said Robert to the croft of John de la Leighe, a piece of land containing 9 selions lying in Portmonefeld between the lands formerly of Richard Bergham and John de la Leighe and extending from the land of William Othe Brugg' to the land of the said John de la Leighe in le Hal, an acre in the same field called le Piry acr', two pieces of land lying in le Hokefeld, one piece containing seven selions and lying between the lands of John de la Leighe and Matilda de Schuffenhal and extending from the land of Nicholas Haket to the land of Simon le Vonekar, chaplain, and the other piece lying opposite the land of John Glydde and containing five ridges of land; to Richard his son a piece of land in le Condicchfeld between the lands of John Glydde and Edmund de Pichford and extending from the field of Oldebury to the lands formerly of William othe Brugg', dominus John Dukel, chaplain, John le Berner and Richard Bergham, three ridges of land in le Hokefeld between the lands formerly of Robert Bergham and Richard Bergham, a selion in the same field between the land of Nicholas Haket and Walter le Goldsmyth and extending from the land of the said Walter to the land of the said Nicholas, a piece of land in Portmonefeld between the lands of Hugh de Aldenham and Matilda de Schuffenhal and extending from the old highway to the land formerly of Walter le Goldsmyth; to Katherine his daughter 3 acres of land, one lying in le Condicchfeld between the land of Roger de Clareleye and the land of Phillip le Palmer and extending from the stream of Oldebury to the stream called le Condicch sich, one in the field called Portmonesfeld near Portmondich between the land formerly of Thomas Robard and the land of John Glydde and extending from the land formerly of William de Wodyton to the land of the said John Glydde, and the third acre lying in le Hokefeld between the lands of Richard de Cagweleye, chaplain, and John le Palmer and extending from the land of Symon le Voulkar to land formerly of Nicholas Haket; testator ordained that John Rondulph should deliver £18 as an aid to the marriage of Isabell and Agnes, his daughters .... [erased] John de Burlegh 20s and John de Leynthal 10s.; he bequeathed lands in the field of Churchefeld, an annual rent of 4s. received from the land formerly of Adam de Scheynton in the same field, 4s. from the land formerly of Peter le Marcer, 2s. from curtilage lying there between the lands of John Crouk and Edmund de Pichford, 2s. from two selions in a croft outside the north gate between the lands of John Rondulph and Robert Bergham, 4s. from a tenement in Waterstreet formerly in the tenure of John de Beghturton, 3s. from a tenement in the said street between the land of John de la Mor' and a tenement in the tenure of Sibil Syteby, 5s. from a tenement in le Chircheway between [the tenement] of John de la More and the tenement formerly of Walter le Goldsmyth, a tenement in Brugg' near the conduit at the top of the street of Hongrey and in the same street between the tenements formerly of William de Eudon and John de Wyggemor' and extending from the highway to the tenements of the aforesaid William de Eudon and William de la Mor' for sustaining three priests to celebrate mass for his soul and the souls of his wife, parents and kinsmen in the church of St. Leonard of Brugg' at the altars of the Holy Cross and St/. Michael; to his son Edmund he assigned a moiety of the crops in his grange, granary and fields in Remulseye and a moiety of his stock there; to the service of the church of St. Milburge of Wenlok 10 marks; to the service of the church and monastery of Buldewas he assigned £6; to Mabel his wife the tenement in Hongrey in which he lives from the highway of Hongrey to the highway of Lessenestrete; the residue of his estate, after the settlement of his debts and legacies, to go equally towards masses and other alms for his soul, to his wife and his sons John and Richard; the residue of his goods he bequeathed in three parts thus, to Richard his son the tenement in Lodelowe had of the gift of John le Glovar, to Roger Burlyn half a mark, and to William de Bolde half a mark; he bequeathed to Thomas son of John de la Grene 10 marks. Executors: Mabel his wife, Edmund, John and Richard, his sons. Latin. Fragment of seal.

Will of Sir Adam Ottley, knight, one of the Masters of the High Court of chancery in Ordinary, and a codicil thereto. Copy.

Will of Richard de Cagweleye, chaplain of Bruggenorth. Testator bequeathed his soul to God and his body to be buried by the altar of the Chapel of St. Mary in the Church of St. Leonard and desired his funeral arrangements to be ordered according to the wishes of his executors; he bequeathed to the fabric of the church of St. Leonard 12 cloths of wool of the best quality; one piece of his best cloth containing 26 ells to Roger Tirkyn, chaplain, and to his fellow chaplains and to the clerk acting as a deacon in the Church of St. Leonard so that each of them had one summer surcoat with one hood; to John Rondulph 12 silver spoons; to John le Palmar' his murrha cup, his best basin and best vat and 25s.; to Anabella wife of Hugh de Aldenham his second best cup; to Edmund de Pichford one acre of land lying in Portmonefeld by the wall (fontem) of Luttlebrugg'; to Joan his sister all the corn and oats and orden' in his house; to Joan his brother's daughter two of his heifers at Norton; to William de Gugemarch his green robe; to Nicholas Baret a robe (roba' murr'); his breviary for service in the choir of the Church of St. Leonard so that each of the chaplains appointed to sing mass to the Virgin Mary in the said Church has first use of the said breviary. Executors: John Rondulph, John le Palmar', and Roger Tirkyn. Latin.

Will of Mary Dormer, of Cruckton, Shropshire, wife of Sir Fleetwood Dormer, of Arle Court, Gloucestershire, kt With a letter, dated 23 Aug. 1690, from Mary Dormer to Archdeacon Ottley, at Pontesbury, asking him to keep the will sealed until he hears of her death.