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Copy of writ of eligit upon the goods and chattels of Thomas Bulkeley, viscount Cashell, pursuant to a judgement in a suit of trespass upon the case, whereby Robert, Earl of Leicester, recovers damages against the said Thomas, in the sum of £1,490. Dated at Rolls House, Westminster.

Writ for the return of two members for Denbighshire.

Has delivered the commission to cousin William Lloyd of Bachirig with the directions of John Lloyd, Wickerne, who, with Robert Lloyd, will put the same in execution tomorrow.

The Bishop of London is sick, without hope of recovery; the report is that Mr Dean of Westminster is to succeed him. Parliament is like to continue long, for the King gives way in the redress of grievances. The grievance touching Welsh cottons has been mentioned in the House and is like to overthrow the Shrewsbury men who have laboured much to the contrary.

Concerning the business of a certain bond.

My Lord of Bangor seems unwilling to part with the writer, yet will not part with a living. Will, therefore, accept Sir John's good offer. As for reading Welsh, though he has not at present got it ad unguem, he will undertake to read it in less than a month.

Copy of the will of Sir Richard Wynn of Gwydir, kt and bart. After revoking a former deed of conveyance of lands in Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire, Merionethshire, and Anglesey, testator willed his trustees to execute a deed of entail of the friths of Doluthelan in the commote of Nantconwy, Caernarfonshire, and of all lands in the township of Doluthelan, in the parish of Llusvaine, and in the township of Gwidder; that is to say, to the use of the heirs male of his body, with remainder to his brother Owen Wynn, Richard Wynn, son of the said Owen, and to the first son of the said Richard and of the heirs male of his body. To Justinian Pouey, esquire, Robert Ansham, esquire, and William Smith, gentleman, the almshouse at Brainford end in the parish of Thistelworth, Middlesex, upon trust to permit the churchwardens and overseers of the poor to put in such poor men of the parish as they shall think fit. Testator, furthermore, bequeathed as follows: To Dame Ann Wynn, my wife, all my household stuff in my house at Brainford, with £500, all her wearing jewels and plate which she had at her marriage, as well as a thousand ounces of white plate, all my linen at my house at Thistelworth and at my house m the Strand near Charing Cross, and all my pewter and brass in both houses, and coaches and coach-horses; with a proviso annulling all former bequests should she hereafter claim a moiety of the testator's goods and chattels upon the Custom of North Wales. To my brother Owen, and after his decease to his son Richard, the use of all my plate, hangings, and household stuff at Gwydir. Bequests to my brothers William and Henry, my nephews Jo. Bodven and Jo. Mostyn; my nephew Richard, son of my brother Owen, and my nephew Richard, son of my brother William; to John Chappell, Robt. Dolben, and E[d]ward Powell my servants. To the poor of St Martin's and Thistelworth, £10 apiece; to the poor of Llanrust, Treverue, and Llanruchwin, £5 apiece. To my brother Maurice, my house in the Strand of which I have a lease from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster for 40 years. To the said Maurice, all my jewels and plate not bequeathed, and all my bills, bonds, and debts, the said Maurice to be my executor; and to the said Maurice Wynn, my executor, the lease of the parsonage of Llandidno, which I hold from the Archdeacon of Merioneth, and also my lease of the parsonage of Llanvair Diffryn Cloyd, Denbighshire; and all my lands, tenements, moor and fen lands in Crowland, Pinchbeck, Moulton, and Spalding, in Lincolnshire, which I hold by lease of 60 years from Her Majesty; and I bequeath to the said Maurice the reversion of my house at Thistelworth, and of the manor and lands which belonged to the chapel of All-angels, in the parishes of Thistelworth and Brainford, Middlesex, after the death of Dame Ann my wife. The said Maurice having paid off certain debts out of the lands in Llechweth Issa left to him for that purpose by Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, I devise and bequeath the said lands unto the said Maurice Wynn and his heirs for ever; and I do further desire my said executor, who hath ever been forward to advance the house out of which he is descended, and this to be only by way of request and not injunction, that after his decease he would be pleased to cause to be regranted and reconveyed all the land, tenements, and leases to the heirs male of the house of Gwydir. Witnesses: Henry Wynn; John Chappell; Robert Doulben; John Younge; Roger Mostyn., William Briscoe; Edward Powell. Endorsed in the autograph of Maurice Wynn: 'The copy of Sir R. Wynn's will, but not his last will and testament.' [Sir Richard Wynn died in 1649].

Testator bequeathed as follows: 'To the parish church where I was born, to the parish church of Dollwthelan and to the poor of Llanuerothen, £5 respectively; to the parishes of Llanruchwin, Trevreu and Bettus, 20s. apiece; to my mother and two sisters, all plate and household stuff; to my father, £60 a year out of my wife's jointure, as well as a lease of about £ 10 a year, on condition that he pays the following legacies: To my brother Richard Wynn, a black velvet cloak; to my brother Owen, £10; to my brother Robert, £20 to buy books; to my brother William, 20 nobles; to my brother Maurice, £10 two years after he has proceeded BA at the University; to my brothers Ellis and Henry, 20 nobles apiece; to my servant William Williams, £10 and all my wearing apparel in Italy; to Thomas Brough of London, merchant, here with me, £5; to Richard Allen of London, merchant, £ 20; to William Johnes, my father's servant, £5 to buy a cup. My will and pleasure is for my father to pay, next and immediately after the church legacies, the sums of money devised to William Williams, Thomas Brough and Richard Allen, I having found them my comfortable friends in this my visitation. For all other things I refer myself to all [things ?] passed in England before my departure.' Witnesses: Richard Alline, Thomas Burgh, William Williams. Appended:. (A) 1616, April 12. 'Llanrwst. This is the will of Sir John Wynne the younger, shown the deponent William Williams, gent., the day and year above written, upon his examination by us the Commissioners. Subscribed: Fulke Vaughan; William Kyffin; Humphrey Jones, Commsrs.'. (B) 1616, May. 'This will was shown to Richard Wynn esquire, John Parkinson, Abell Allen and John Burgh at their several examinations ex parte John Wynn, kt and bart, plt. v. Lady Eleanor Cave and others, defts.'. Signed John Parkinson. (C) 1618, June 4. 'This writing was also shown to Richard Allen at the time of his examination ex parte John Wynn, kt and bart, plt. v. Lady Eleanor Cave and others defts.'. Signed: John Parkinson. Endorsed: 'Sir John Wyn's will made at Lucca in Italy.'. Annexed: (a) and (b). Two copies of the above will, one of which is incomplete.

Copy of the will of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, kt and bart. Testator bequeathed as follows: To my cousin Ellen Powell, £20; to Marie vergh Humffrey Jeuan Thomas, £12; to the wife of Owen ap Richard, 20s. yearly for life in lieu of dower out of her husband's late lands; to Jeffrey ap John ap Robert, the tenement in which he dwells, for life, at a yearly rent of 4d. if the same be demanded; to Marie, the wife of Evan Lewys Thomas, £20; to Jane, daughter of Owen ap John ap Jeuan ap Hoell, £ 20; to Maurice ap John ap Jeuan ap Gruffith, the messuage, tenement, and lands wherein he dwells, for life, at a yearly rent of 12d.; to Jane, the wife of John ap Richard ap John Gruffith, the tenement wherein she dwells, for life, at a yearly rent of 40s.; to Owen Jeffrey, 20s. yearly and his keeping at Gwydir during his life; to John Pigott, the tenement in Llanrhychwyn, now or late in the occupation of Rees Thomas 'saer', for life, at a yearly rent of 2s.; to Ellice David ap John, the tenement called Tyddyn dû, for life, at a yearly rent of 20s.; to Jeuan John, 20s. yearly, and his keeping at Gwydir, during his life; to Ellice ap John David ap Hoell, his tenement for life at a yearly accustomed rent of £25; to all my menial servants, except those herein named, one year's wages as a legacy over and above their due. And I commit my servant Rees David to my son Owen and desire my said son, upon my blessing, to be good to him. To Humffrey ap Cadwalader ap Meredith, 20s. yearly for life; to Jane Gruffith, the wife of John Lewys of Maeswddyon, 20s. yearly for life; to Edward Gruffith of Llanvrothen, 20s. yearly for life, with the house and lands he now holds; to William ap John ap Rees Wynn, the tenement in Kevn Skybell (late of Jevan Thomas) which he holds at a yearly rent of £10, to hold for life at and under the like yearly rent he now payeth; to Robert Lloyd, my servant, the messuage or tenement in Llysvayne, with the appurtenances (sometime the lands of the father of Owen Thomas), to hold for his life; to Roger Williams, my servant, the messuage, lands, and tenements now in his tenure, for life; to William ap John ap Rees Wynn, one annuity or sum of £10 a year for life; to cousin Foulk Vaughan, £10, and I release him from a debt of £10 which he standeth indebted unto me; to my cousin Edmond Vaughan, £10. All which sums of money to be paid yearly at and upon the feasts of St Peter and St Andrew the Apostles during the lives of the said persons. [The next clause, which concerns the foundation of Jesus Hospital, has been printed in the Reports of the Charity Commissioners (1837), under Llanrwst, Denbighshire]. My executors to discharge all bonds wherein my son Owen is bound to me or for me. I bequeath to my executors, Dame Sydney Wynn and my son Maurice, all the messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments, and the reversions thereof, which I have heretofore purchased, in trust for making up the freehold lands (in fulfilment of covenants made upon the marriage of my son Sir Richard) of my said son to the yearly value of £2,500 per annum, and his lease lands to the yearly value of £500, and in trust for the payment of certain debts, particulars whereof are contained in notes under mine own hand in my box. Residuary legatee, my wife. Postscript: I bequeath to my son-in-law, Sir Roger Mostyn, my bauldstone horse [Bauson, an archaic word meaning piebald], and £5 apiece to my two daughters to buy them rings; to my brother Edward Wynn, £10. I give the vicar just a cow. Witnesses Foulk Vaughan; Ed. Vaughan; Robt. Lloyd, clerk Rd. Wynn; David Lloyd; Piers Anwyl; Roger Williams; William John ap Rees Wynn. A true copy taken by us Will. Farrant, clerk, and John Pigott, scribe, 22 Oct. 1629.

Testator requests to be buried in 'my parish church of Llanberis.' Bequeaths towards the building of the said church 6s. 8d.; to Sir Morgan ap Hoell, rector there, 100s. to celebrate for the space of one year for the good of my soul. To the Cathedral Church of Bangor, 2s.; to Margaret verch David ap Eden, 5 cows and one horse; to John Wyn ap Meredith ap Jevann ap Robert, my white horse; to Ieuan ap Meredith ap Ieuan ap Robert my sword and spear; to Sir Morgan ap Hoell my dagger; to John ap Res ap Meredith, Rithergh ap Res, David ap Res, Janet verch Res, Elin verch Res and EIizabeth verch Res, 16 beasts; to John Wyn ap Res, Rithergh ap Res, David ap Res, 4 mares and one horse; to Edward Stanley, my one tunic called 'olpe coatto'; to John Spicer one heifer. 'My brother John Wyn ap Meredith to be my executor, to whom I bequeath the residue of my goods, movable or immovable.'. Witnesses: Sir Morgan ap Hoell ap Madoc; Griffith ap Meredith ap Ieuan ap Robert; John Spicer; Gruffith ap Hoell ap Robert; Morgan ap David ap Griffith; Ieuan ap Meredith ap Gruffith ; Rinallt ap Hoell and Robert ap William. Underneath: A list of the testator's debtors, with the sums due. Attested by Morgan ap Hoel ap Madoc, clerk. A later copy of the above will is appended. Latin.

Extracts from the will of Dr [John] Gwynne. Devises his lands, tenements and hereditaments in Maenan, Caernarfonshire, to his brother Gruffith Wynn. An annual rent of £40 towards the maintenance of 3 fellows and 6 scholars of St John's College, Cambridge, and, during the vacancy of any fellowship, towards making a bridge over the river Conwy at Rhyd Llanfair between Denbighshire and Caernarfonshire as well as towards repairing the ways and passages in Caernarfonshire. Note: the testator was prebendary of Llanfair and fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. He was a brother of Maurice Wynn of Gwydir. See T. Baker, 'The history of St John's College, Cambridge' [1869], vol. 1, pp. 421-422.

Draft warrant to the sheriff and officers of Denbighshire, for the apprehension of Owen ap John Owen, gent., Thomas Owen, gent. and William David, parties to the murder of one Hugh ap William ap Richard Smyth, constable of Llanrwst.

Attested copy of a warrant by Thomas Mytton, John Jones, and Richard Price to the high constables of Isdulas and Isallett, to summon all the farmers of sine cura tithes within the several hundreds, as well as the stewards, bailiffs, and rent gatherers of the Bishop of St Asaph, Collectors Hugh Wynne, William Price, and others, who were in actual arms against the Parliament, to appear before this Committee at Denbigh on the 2nd day of June, and to bring with them all such rent-rolls, books of account, and acquittances which they have. Dated at Denbigh.

William Sill, esquire, auditor of north Wales, to the Baron of the Exchequer at Caernarfon, or his deputy, to the prothonotaries, mayors, aldermen, bailiffs, and other officers, and to all the inhabitants of Caernarfonshire, Anglesey, and Merionethshire. Copy of a warrant [in the autograph of Owen Wynn] authorizing Owen Wynn, esquire, of Gwydir (foreman of the jury empanelled to hear evidence before a commission, appointed 3 July 1639, to enquire concerning encroachments in the Forest of Snowdon, according to the tenure of the articles hereunto annexed), to search the records, charters, or evidences in the Exchequer of Caernarfon, and prothonotaries' offices, and to have copies written out fair under the teste of the several offices and corporations where the records do now remain, because the evidence before the commission will be hindered for want of the production of the 'Extent Book of North Wales' and divers other ancient records which are (on the information of Wentworth Woodford, one of the aforesaid commissioners) some perished, part embezzled, and others delivered out without warrant to several private persons; the said Wentworth Woodford dwelling 200 miles distant from the several counties, a stranger to the inhabitants of those parts, and unable, for the present, to go from office to office and place to place to enquire, search, and demand the said records. Overleaf, in the same hand: A letter from my Lord Treasurer and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the said Owen Wynn intimates that Mr Woodford cannot, for the present, attend this service because of his other employments in the King's service elsewhere, and that the enclosed warrant is sent to Owen Wynn as foreman of the jury in Caernarfonshire, authorizing him to search all offices and to view all charters and records within the said counties of Caernarfon, Anglesey, and Merioneth and to take out copies of all such as he shall see material under teste and at such a rate as His Majesty pays in any of the offices at Westminster. If any of those offices, either within the liberties or without, or any private persons who have any records or charters in their custody or keeping, refuse to let him have access to view them or refuse to have copies made under teste, then he is to certify their names and contempts to the Lord Treasurer. This course is taken that the said Owen Wynn may satisfy himself and the rest of his fellow jurors as to the certainty of the encroachments within the said Forest of Snowdon, that the King's officers may be put to as little charge and trouble as possible. The said Owen Wynn, moreover, to charge all those officers and private persons whom it may concern, to preserve such records for the King's service and to have them ready to be produced upon all occasions. Further, that the charges of the said Owen Wynn for this search are to be paid. Underneath: 'His Majesty's protection to the said Owen Wynn and his servant during the time of this his search.'. [See also under the year 1655 for documents of a similar nature. It is possible that some of Owen Wynn's memoranda included under the year 1639 may belong to the year 1655, or vice versa.].

The King, by the Council of the Marches of Wales, to Robert Wynne, esquire, Alice Piers, Hugh Hookes, Hugh ap William Jeffrey, Harry ap Rytherch, John ap Sir Richard, John Symon, Thomas ap Evan ap Robert and John Owen David ap Evan. Warrant, under the Signet, for appearance in the Court of the Marches, to answer Jane verch Jeffrey and Thomas Price in respect of a certain messuage, tenement and lands.

Sign manual warrant (pursuant to the Militia Act of 1662) for the levy of militia money in Wales, with instructions for paying the troops and the scale of pay from a captain downwards. Subscribed: Arlington. Dated at Whitehall.

Warrant by the Commissioners of the Forest of Snowdon to the sheriff of Anglesey, for summoning a jury to meet at Beaumaris on 16 Aug. next, to enquire concerning certain encroachments, transgressions and other offences committed within the King's Forest of Snowdon and in the counties of Flint, Denbigh and Montgomery, according to the tenor and effect of a schedule of articles and instructions annexed to the said commission.

Sir Henry Sidney, president of Wales, at Cardigan, to John Vaughan, forester of Snowdon. Warrant to deliver to Maurice Wynn of Gwydir 'my' fee-stag or buck of this season. Note: printed in Pennant, 'Tours in Wales', vol. 3, p. 381 (1883 edition).

Of a capital messuage called Bron y vedw, with houses and 100 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow, 100 acres of pasture and 100 acres of mountain land, in the town of Llanvayr, Caernarfonshire, to Evan ap Hoel, formerly held by the said Evan at a yearly lease of 66s. 8d., and in which lands the said Evan has been disturbed by William ap David ap Meredith and others.

Warrant to give Owen Wynn, esquire, facilities to search the records in the Exchequer at Caernarfon and to take copies of such records as he may select, for the purpose of discovering concealed lands in North Wales, as well as of ascertaining the truth of certain customs claimed as their birthright by certain gentlemen of those parts. Signed by the Lord Treasurer.