File 2. - Rhuddlan manor court book,

The volume begins with the records of an adjournment of the court of William Shipley Conway, esquire, and Hester Maria Cotton, spinster, held for a perambulation of the boundaries of the manor, 3 May 1842. This is followed by the records of proceedings at Michaelmas lets from 1842 to 1849. William Shipley Conwy became sole lord of the manor in 1845. The court leet of 1849 certified a perambulation of the boundaries. The remaining courts which are recorded were also summoned to perambulate. They were held 4-5 Dec. 1861, and 14-15 May 1877. The lord of the manor in 1877 was Conwy Grenville Hercules Rowley Conwy, esquire. The following papers are placed in the volume: (a) Bill of John Davies, Blackmoor's Head, Ruthland, for Eating and Ale and Beer, Michaelmas Leet, 1760; (b) Receipt from Daniel Jones to Miss Stapleton and sisters for the expenses of a leet and walking the boundaries, 1765. (Receipted Dec. 21); (c) Printed notice of a court leet for the perambulation of the boundaries of the manor of Rhyddlan, Dec. 4, 1861; (d) Copies (and extracts) of the records of perambulations of the manor of Rhuddlan made in 1807, 1808, and 1849, and the deputation of the stewardship of the manor to William Bell, Nov. 11, 1861;. (E) Letters to W. Conwy Bell, esquire, from Charles Howlett, S. R. Scargill Bird, and Messrs. R.E.G. & E.F.Kirk, in answer to inquiries for copies of grants of the manor of Rhuddlan, July 28-Sept. 16, 1908, with extracts of entries relating to the manor and franchise of Rhuddlan taken from documents in the Public Record Office. [Paper; 23 folios and a large number of blank leaves, with loose papers inserted as specified above; 325 x 205 mm.; bound in half calf.].