Ffeil 8. - Receipts to Thomas Williams, Edwinsford, 9 Oct., 1745-29 Sept., 1755, for payments in respect of the funeral expenses of Sir ...,

Receipts to Thomas Williams, Edwinsford, 9 Oct., 1745-29 Sept., 1755, for payments in respect of the funeral expenses of Sir Nicholas Williams and legacies bequeathed by him to members of his staff; wages and salaries of staff; craftsmen's accounts (e.g. carpenter, tailor, tiler, smith, glazier); poor rate, church rate, land tax, and/or county stock for the rectory of Cayo, the rectory of Llansawell, the demesne of Edwinsford, and a mill and vacant tenements at Talley; chief rent for Edwinsford demesne and Garreg Llwyd; taking out tithes; storehouse room, porterage, and cellaring; coal and lime; milking of sheep; etc. Most of the earlier payments were made by Thomas Williams in his office of executor to Sir Nicholas Williams, and much of the volume is in the hand of Richard Davies [of Bryn Gwyn], steward.