A volume containing Churchwardens' accounts, 1712-1767, of the parish of Selatyn, Shropshire, comprising a series of lewns (or lists of church rates), 1712-1744, assessed upon the landholders towards the repair of the parish church and other parochial expenses, including, between 1727 and 1728, a house of correction (ff. 2-67); together with a list of the names of the Churchwardens, 1712-1747 (ff. 67 verso-68 verso inverted text).
Tipped into the volume are a memorandum relating to the poor lewn, assessed 21 December 1767 (f. 69a), and an account of land tax assessed on the inhabitants of the township of Llanforda in the parish of Oswestry, 1746 (f. 70a). Pasted in are two receipts, 1724 and 1762, of money paid by William Owen, esq. (f. i), a short account, [mid-18 cent.], of work done by Richard Griffith and his son at 'ye Eagle' (f. i), and a note of work done by Simon Hughs at Porkington, 1715 (f. 48 verso).