File NLW MS 12813B. - Transcripts of correspondence, etc.,

A note-book inscribed on the upper cover 'Plowden MSS', and containing transcripts of letters and other documents, 1755-1778, relating to the property of the Plowden family of Plowden Hall, near Bishop's Castle, co. Salop, in the parish of Llanfihangel Abercywyn, co. Carmarthen. The property consisted of the farms called Foxhole, Lower Court, Trefenti, and Pant Dwfwn, the last named of which, during the period 1755-1778, was occupied by Rees Charles [father of the Reverend Thomas Charles, Bala]. The items transcribed include letters from John Phillipps, junior [?as agent], from Carmarthen, to Edmond Plowden (1 to Plowden Hall), 1755 (2); letters from John Phillipps [?as agent] from Llandilo, to Edmond Plowden [son of the first - mentioned Edmond] at Plowden Hall, 1778 (3 + 2 by inference); accounts rendered in respect of the farms, 1755, 1756 and 1778; a surrender, 9 April 1778, by Rees Charles, of his rights under an agreement of 20 October 1777 whereby Edmond Plowden [II] had granted him an option of a lease of the messuages called Foxhole, Pant Dovan, and Treventi, for a period of twenty-one years; and a surrender, 13 April 1778, by Rees Charles to Edmund Plowden [II] of the messuage called Pant Dovan then held by him as tenant.