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Holograph letters mainly addressed to John Jones, Junior, of Wrexham, etc., together with a few miscellaneous papers. The writers include Ka. Jones, his step-mother, [16]66-67/8 (2) (a journey to London, the return to St. Albons, the meaning of the recipient's and his wife's letters, personal, the writer's spinning wheel) (together with a Biblical commentary written in the blank spaces of one letter); H[ugh] C[ourtney] [16]66 (spiritual experiences); Tho. Jones, London, 1668-1684 (2) (the arrest of the drover John Rouland at Epping fair, cousin Robert Wynne in Ireland) (the one endorsed with sermon notes, the other mutilated); Humfrey (Humphrey) Jones to his step-son John Jones and to his step-daughter Mrs. Mary Jones, Bryn y ffynnon house in Wrexham, [16]83-1684 (2) (the health of Mary Jones, the trial of Collonell Sydney, personal, news of friends); Tho. Major, London, to his sister [? Mary Jones], 1684 (family news; Mora Abbott, the Camp at Dundalke, to Humphrey Jones, London, 1689 (military actions in Ireland); J. Humphrey to [ ], 1689 (the appointment of cousin John Jones to the shrievalty of [Merioneth]); Jo. Jones, from Glascoed, to his wife Mary Jones in Cheapside, 1689/90 (3), and from Chester to Mrs. Anne Edwards, Keelhendrey, 1708/9 (the shrievalty of Merioneth, the Assize sermon, etc., the Pretender's attempted invasion of Scotland); [Sir] Wi[lliam] Williams [1st bart.], Greys Inn, to Hugh Jones, St. John Street, [16]92 (the payment of 'brin y ffynnon' rent) (together with a receipt); Richard Jones, nephew of John Jones, [16]95 (desiring his interest with cousin John Maddackes); Hugh Pyers, Mertyn-ysglan, 1695 (a copy of the Duke of York's conveyances); Cad. Wynne, Dublin, [16]97 (the sale of the writer's patent for the office of 'Cheefe seriant at Armes' in Ireland); Richd. Simpson, Poulton, near Lanc[aste]r, 1697 (money due upon a bond); John Billingsley, London, [16]97 (the election of the Elector of Saxony to be King of Poland, military preparations and actions at Namur and Barcelona, the escape of the English E[ast] India ship 'The Tavistock'); Richard Vaughan, Dolegwin and Cors-y-gedol, [16]97/8-1699 (2) (personal, the completion of designs) (the earlier letter endorsed with a note of moeny left in a bag brought from Chester by Owen Prichard, and a note of washing left at Mallwyd 1697/8); Jo'n Davies [1700] (money matters, the recipient's father's quondam concerns in Ireland) (fragment); Jonath. Edwards, Jes[us] Coll[ege], Oxford, 1706/7 (the writer's book - 'a preseruatiue against Socinianisme', references to Dr. King of Merton College); Jonathan Jones, Wrexh[am], 1712 (the duel between the Duke of 'Hambelton' [Hamilton] and Lord Mohun, news of the war between Sweden and Denmark); [?Isaac] Manley, Dublin, 1712/13 (Mr. Davis's answer); U. Bridgeman, Blod[well], niece of John Jones, undated (thanks for wine, personal); and F[rances] E[dwards], niece of John Jones, undated (news of the writer's sister). Also bound in the volume are a bond, 1675/6, from Joseph Mould, distiller, and John Jones, gentleman, both of Wrexham, to William Jones of the same, gentleman, for the payment of £10; a list of persons to be offered for sheriff of Merioneth, 1683; and an undated list, in the hand of John Jones, Junior, of family title-deeds and papers, 1659-1696 and undated.

Holograph letters addressed mainly to Morgan Llwyd. The correspondents include Esther Jones, Dol[ ], 1655 (2) (Coll. Jones's letter to Ellis Hughes, spiritual experiences); E. Herbert to his dear sister [?the wife of Morgan Llwyd], 1658/9 (the recipient's health); Hugh Prichard, Wrexham, etc., 1651-1654 (7) (the reason why Mr. Cradocke and Mr. Powell went out of town, references to Mr. Rice Vaughan, Capt. Strange, Jo[h]n Lilburne, M[ajor] G[eneral] Lambert, and Col. Barrow, the recipient's visits to Merioneth and Carnarvon shires, feelings against M[ajor] G[eneral] H[arrison], union and peace in the church at Wrexham, etc.); Phill[ip] Rogers, Beaumaris, etc., 1653/4-1654/5 (3) (impressions of 'this darke Countrey', books sent to the recipient, the death of Mrs. Courtney, W. Erbery's publication of 'some papers'); Peter Sterry, Whitehall, 1651-1656 and undated (5) (opinions on free will, the godhead of Christ, the writings of Beaumont, etc.); Hugh Courtney, 1649 (Mr. Cradocke's congregation, the Moderate Petition, news of Inchequin's forces in Ireland, etc.); John Trevor, Symon Thelwall, Stephen Marshall, Joseph Caryll, John Glynn, and Henry Herbert to [Sir Thomas Myddelton] [not before 1645] (Mr. Ambrose Mostyn and Mr. Morgan Floyd to be sent to the recipient to help reduce that country to due obedience) ('true copy'); H. J. [from London], 1656 (Mr. Jo. Goodwin's answer); Robert Hughes, Westminster, 1658/9 (Parliamentary business, the illness of two successive speakers, Major-General Overton sent ... to Jersey) (mutilated); Va[vasor] Powell, 1657-1659 (2) (comments on the recipient's beliefs and on their personal relationships); ?Phil. Eyton, London, 1656 (the election of an arbitrator, the war with the Spaniards, the Act for Registers); Samuel Hughes, Swansea, 1656 (personal, references to Mr. Ambrasse Mosten, John Robert, Edward Cynricke, etc.); Will. Rider and Wal. Thimelton, Hollborne, etc., 1652/3-1653/4 (3) (Mr. Erbury's publications and his trial by the Committee for plundered m[inisters], references to Strange and Spencer, etc., and to books); and W. T. Chapellizzard, 1653 (landing in Ireland, a report that the recipient has given over all meetings, etc.). Also included in the volume are a despatch, 1648, giving an account of the engagement (endorsed 'fight') at Maidstone; an order, [c. 1649], by the common knaves of England for the destruction of all gallows or gibbets, and the burning of all halters, ropes, etc., in the county of Montgomery, illustrated with rough sketches of gallows prepared for Powel, Mosten, Capt. Wil'n, the knight of the shire, E[dward] V[aughan], the committees, sequestrators, and all rebels, signed 'Amicus sculpit' [sic]; queries, undated, by James Parke 'To all the professors in Wrexham that deny the light of christ to bee in every man ...'; and an epistle signed by H. Jessey, Will Crees, and Tho. Teobald, in the name of the Church at Colman Street, London, to Mr. Morgan Lloyd, Minister of the Gospel at Wrexham, 1656. Bound at the beginning of the volume is a fragment of 'A perfect account of all the Horses that I receaved the sixth of May 1651', being an imperfect list which appears to have been used as a wrapper for a bundle of Morgan Llwyd's letters and which is endorsed: 'Bundle of letters to Mr. Morgan Lloyd of which perhaps some profitable use may be made if I should have leisure to peruse ym. so as to make some sober remarks & reflections uppon them, if not burn them. May 29th 1706'.

Holograph letters, etc.:- from Jo. Jones, Dublin, to Mrs. Anne Lloyd [wife of Morgan Llwyd], Wrexham, 1652 (the recipient's care for his son, the 'melancholines' of the recipient's husband); from Jo. Jones, 'Dulyn' [Dublin], to his brother Richard Jones, 1653/4 (religious experiences, the death of sister Jonett, greetings); from Hugh Price, Rich. Price, Edw. Price, Roger Sontley, Edw. Allen, and Will. Wynne (for widow Marris), Wrexham, to Colonel John Joanes, 1654 (the rents of the lordship of Bromfield and Yale) (together with a sheet entitled 'The desiers of the purchasers of the Lordshippes of Bromfield and Yale'); from Jo. Jones, London, to [?Mrs. Lloyd], 1656 (a settlement upon the recipient's husband); and an extract [after 1827] from Phenix Britannicus, vol. I, p. 145, relating to Colonel John Jones.

A holograph copy of a letter from Mor[gan] Llwyd to H[enry] Jessey, 1656 (lessons and observations from Jac[ob] Behmen, John Goodwin's answer, converse with Mr. Hartlib); holograph copies and one draft of letters (3) from [Morgan Llwyd] to unknown correspondents, 1658/1659, and undated (the recipient's change of doctrine, kindness to David Hughes's son, the recipient's action in Tho. Tillams and the writer's in breaking bread at Chester, the writer's wish to reside in the country); a holograph letter from Hen[ry] Jones, from Dublin, to [?Morgan Llwyd], 1655 (the writer's former course in writing, references to Robin, dear Daniell Lloyd, Capt. Prichard, Sontley, Kathrin, Lowrey Williams, and Eliz. Powell) (together with a draft reply in the hand of Morgan Llwyd); a sheet marked 'fourth' in the hand of Morgan Llwyd, concerning the diversity of thoughts in the human heart, together with notes, dated 1655/1656-1656/1657, on apparitions; and 'The heads of the bill for Gouernment' in the hand of Morgan Llwyd, 1656.