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Deeds and documents relating to the Harpton Court estate in Radnorshire and Breconshire, 1564-1910, but mainly eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including deeds relating to the Forest of Radnor, 1635-1732, deeds concerning the rectory and tithes of Old Radnor, 1607-1876; cash and account books, 1856-1889, and rent books, 1820-1857; papers relating to the corporation of New Radnor, 1699-1833, produced to a Commission of Enquiry, 1833; papers relating to parliamentary elections, 1741-1910, in Radnorshire, Radnor boroughs, Herefordshire, and Peterborough, including poll books for Radnorshire, 1741, Herefordshire, 1852, and Peterborough, 1852; manorial records for manors in Radnorshire, 1541-1926; and personal papers of various members of the Lewis family including the correspondence of Thomas Lewis, MP, John Lewis, Anne Frankland (later Lewis), Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, and in particular corespondence and papers of Sir George Cornewall Lewis, including papers relating to Malta, 1830-1855, the Poor Law, 1827-1855, the War Office and India, 1861-1866.

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A request for an account of the proceedings at Bromyard for the Hereford Times; giving county votes to certain soldiers must lead to universal suffrage; GCL should answer the enclosed letter dated 31 March 1852 from the Rev. Fra[ncis] Lewis, St. Pierre, to [Col. Clifford]: writer may not be able to attend the election and has no interest; he strongly objects to societies like the Corn Law League.

The absurd outcry about the Road case; the Copyhold Bill and the Charity Board are writer's children; Lord Lonsdale's creatures should be avoided; two reasons why Vane should be appointed.

Writer desires the appointment of Vane, secretary to the Charity Board, to the inclosure Commission on W. Blardre's resignation.

Gratification at Grant's appointment at Glasgow; Lonsdale, the lord lieutenant, keeps his tool and political jobber, Bell, as clerk of the peace for Westmorland, despite his infamous conduct.

Writer has from the beginning declined to attend the meetings of the British Association.

Derby's poor Guildhall speech; writer will see the consul again; Pam's unavoidable visit to Compresne.

Writer has persuaded the Liberian consul not to take any action concerning the article on the slave trade in the Edinburgh Review; writer's travels.

John Russell was exceedingly well received at the Liverpool Congress.

[Sir John] Leach's plan was to be chancellor; the Queen would not have returned but for the Milan Commission; writer tried to dissuade her; the offer of £50,000 a year was made; after the House of Commons address went up to her, all refused to advise her.

S. Lushington to [Lord] Brougham. The Queen on her death-bed told him that W. Austin was as a son of a Duke of Brunswick; corroborating evidence of this; Austin was for many years an idiot. [Endorsed with comments on contents by recipient].

If the defendant only took up the hedge and discontinued the possession, an action of trespass rather than ejectm[en]t would be the correct method of proceed[in]g; although Morris' hedge was totally thrown down, Jones and the subscribers are the defendants; writer threw a letter for James in the fire; recipient may be sure writer could never say he was glad of any one's death but to himself; several others have magnified the legacy left recipient. P. S. Writer is glad recipient has retainers from those parishes; recipient is silent as to the time of attendance at Guild Hall.

Evidence for the Milan Commission had been collected as early as 1816; the desire for divorce was not because of Princess Charlotte's death; the ministers did all they could to prevent the Bill [?of Pains and Penalty].

The intimate and avowed connection of the Prince of Wales with the Whigs; Grey's quarrel with him because of the R.C. marriage.

Percival's death, which came too late to avert the American War; Castlereagh refused an offer; Grenville would have put an end to the war; the King's determination to damage his son; the inquiry of 1806, and attacks upon it; the stages in the controversy between the Prince and Princess of Wales; his great object was to have a divorce; writer cannot fix the time of importing the Prussian child; Princess Caroline took Bergami into her service to get possession of his daughter.

[Lord] Lansdowne agrees with writer's recollection of the dissolution in December 1806).