Notebook containing addresses, nature notes, and accounts, in hand of Thomas Pennant, the naturalist,

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- GB 210 106.
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- c. 1764 - 5.
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Downing Estate Deeds,DOWNING

Bill Of Complaint and Answer, with Writ of 'dedimus potestatem' in the case of Peter Jones of Llidiard Kerige, co ...,1.

Counterpart Mortgage (Bargain And Sale) of a m. in tenure of William Day and formerly in that of John Humphreyes ...,2.

Deed To Lead The Uses Of A Fine on a capital m. called Dooning in t's Tre Eden Owen, Whitford ...,3.

Release from debts accrued by 2 to 1 and Elianor his wife,4.

Bond in £22 for the observance of covenants in no. 36, between 1 and 2,5.

Covenant To Levy A Fine And Suffer A Recovery (in order to indemnify 2 from all debts to which they ...,6.

Bargain And Sale With Enfeoffment of a parcel of land called Gweirglodd Gaerwys (boundaries defined) in t. Treveraith [p. Ysgeifiog] ...,7.

Counterpart of no. 9,8.

Assignment of a m. called Bolls [p. Mold] co. Flint, as security for the payment of £256 to 2, who ...,9.

Assignment Of A Mortgage of 5 cottages called Coed y Môr, Y Gwrychey, Gallt Deikin, Coetkae r Dderwen [the name ...,10.

Quitclaim of a m. in occupation of Thomas Wynne and formerly in that of Edward Probin, in p. Caerwys, co ...,11.

Lease for 3 Lives of tmt's and lands in t. Huriathick [p. Cwm] co. Flint,12.

Release of a m. called Gelly, being part of the inheritance of Thomas Lewis, gent., in t. Tre Mostyn, p ...,13.

Writ Of Discharge of Peter Pennant of Bighton, esq., from the duties of Sheriff of co. Flint, on the appointment ...,14.

Bond in £20 for the observance of covenants in no. 11, between 1 and 2,15.

Lease for 99 years determinable on 3 lives of a m., shop, and garden in which 2 lives and formerly ...,16.

Lease for 99 years determinable on 3 lives of a cottage lately erected by 2, in [p. ?Holywell],17.

Mortgage (Bargain And Sale) of a m. called Lletty Garwedd (tenant named) and all closes belonging to it called Quitie's ...,18.

Letters Patent to Thomas Pennant of Downing, esq., appointing him as Sheriff of co. Flint,19.

Probate Of Will (dated 18 June 1625) of Thomas Pennant of Bichtan, [p. Whitford] co. Flint, gent,20.

Grant for life as dower of a m. called Ty'r Gwydd (occupant named) and a close adjoining called Y Koetkay ...,21.

Lease for 21 years (by way of Articles of Agreement indented) of tmt and lands called Tysunucha, lying above the ...,22.

Bond in £1000 for the observance of covenants in no. 22 between 1 and 2,23.

Assignment Of A Mortgage of property described in no. 10, in p. Whitford, to secure £100,24.

Quietus discharging David Pennant, esq., Sheriff of co. Flint, of all accounts due to the Crown,25.

Bargain And Sale of a meadow called Gweirgloedd Bighton, 2 closes called Y Pant Mawre, Quitkay Hux now divided into ...,26.

Quitclaim of enclosures called Coetkay Glas and Koetkay y Gerthie in t. Tre Edenowen [p. Whitford] co. Flint,27.

Lease for 21 years of a cottage and 2 a. of land in t. Merton Ywchglan [p. Whitford],28.

Postnuptial Settlement (Deed to specify the uses of a fine and common recovery levied and suffered by 1) of 1 ...,29.

Order For Dismissal of defendants with £11. 8s. 9d. costs in a suit in the Court of Great Sessions, co ...,30.

Lease for 6 months of closes of land called Y Ddol Fawr, Lhoyn Aithnen, Coetcae Newydd, Gwern y Plastu, Coetcae ...,31.

Commission to claim and take over from the justices for Gaol Delivery in co. Flint, any clerks convicted or committed ...,32.

Probate Of Will (dated 1 Jan. 1619/20) of Harry ap David, p. Whitford, co. Flint,33.

Lease for 3 lives of a parcel of land in tenure of Jonathan Coleclough, joiner, in town of Holywell, co ...,34.

Inquisition Post Mortem, taken at Flint, after the death of John Pennant of Downing, esq,35.

Bargain And Sale With Enfeoffment of a m. called Y Tu Dwy (tenant named) in town of Caerwys, co. Flint ...,36.

Bond in £19 to pay £9. 6s. to the King's Exchequer for the First Fruits of the Rectory of Compton ...,37.

Lease for 99 yrs determinable on 3 lives of a m. called the George Inn formerly called the Boares Head ...,38.

Writ Of Execution in a Common Recovery for the right of dower of 1 to lands [described in no. 21] ...,39.

Deputation of 2 as deputy lieutenant for co. Flint,40.

Ouster Le Main of lands and titles which 2 inherited from his father, John Pennant, dec., with an extent of ...,41.

Lease for 24 years of a capital m. called Llettu Gonest in t. Bighton [p. Whitford],42.

Postnuptial Settlement of 1 and Elizabeth daughter of 3 (Counterpart Bargain And Sale) whereby 1 conveys a capital m. called ...,43.

Livery granted to Hugh Pennant, in the Court of Wards and Liveries, pursuant to an Inquisition Post Mortem after the ...,44.

Lease for 21 years of a m. called Lletty Garwedd, together with closes called Quitie'r Berthen, 3 pieces called Yr ...,45.

Bundle of 19 receipts, etc., for tenths paid to the King by Robert Pennant in Gelley, co. Flint: not found ...,46.

Lease for 99 years of lands in p. Holywell, co. Flint: document not found when the group was re-calendered in ...,47.

Cardboard Envelope containing notes on, and a drawing of, Indian Birds in the hand of Thomas Pennant, the naturalist.48.

Bond in £50 for the observance of covenants in indentures of even date between 2 and David Pennant, his son ...,49.

Letter from R[ichard] Gough, Enfield, to Thomas Pennant of Downing, esq., concerning the windows in St Mary's Hall, Coventry,50.

Copies of Poems, and notes, some in the hand of Thomas Pennant, the naturalist, viz: 1 Trip to the Jubilee ....51.

Drafts Of Letters in English from Thomas Pennant of Downing to Sicilian Noblemen [not named] together with Italian translations by ...,52.

Instructions for collecting specimens of Natural History, drawn up by Sir Ashton Lever (1729-1788) of Alkrington, near Manchester [see DNB] ...,53.

Letter from Noé and Pierre Gogel, Francfort sur le Mein, to Thomas Pennant of Downing, esq., concerning books on Natural ...,54.

Account of provisions purchased for David Pennant, esq,55.

Covenant to pay the yearly rent of one pepper corn, if lawfully demanded, as an acknowledgement for one pair of ...,56.

Letters Of Administration of the goods of Peter Pennant of Bighton, p. Whitford, co. Flint, esq., dec., granted to David ...,57.

Copies of inscriptions in Coventry Town Hall, sent by Mr Parrot to Thomas Pennant, esq., of Downing,58.

Letters Patent Of Assistance upon the appointment of Peter Pennant as Sheriff of co. Flint,59.

Grant By Letters Patent to Kendricke Parry, gent., of the goods and chattels of Pearce ap Hughe, gent., of co ...,60.

Exemplification by Letters Patent of a Common Recovery by Wm. Price of Aberchwiler, yeoman, and Thomas Mayo, of lands in ...,61.

Writ discharging Edward Pennant, esq., late sheriff of co. Flint, of his duties as Sheriff, on the appointment of Richard ...,62.

Bond in £40 for the observance of covenants in indentures of even date between 1 and 2,63.

Lease for 21 years (by way of Articles of Agreement indented) of a field called Dol Plumb (1 a.) and ...,64.

Lease for 6 yrs 6 months of a m. which 2 had mortgaged to 1 (11 June 1681) to secure ...,65.

Mortgage In Fee (Bargain And Sale) of a m. in occupation of Robert Gruffith in t's Huriathick and Trerabbot in ...,66.

Grant of all his goods, chattels and livestock,67.

Probate Of Will (date mutilated - 10 April forty and [ ] Elizabeth I of Grace Pennant alias Dryhurst of ...,68.

Bond in £60 to pay £30. 18s,69.

Will of John Penant of the city of London, gent,70.

Exemplification Of Final Concord dated 9 July 1599 of 3 m's, 4 gardens, 30 a. of land, 4 a. of ...,71.

Lease for 6 months of a m. called Gelly, being part of the inheritance of Thomas Lewis, gent., dec., in ...,72.

Lease for 3 lives of a parcel of land (measurements given) together with all edifices erected upon it by 2 ...,73.

Final Concord of 8 a. of land, 1 a. of meadow, 6 a. of pasture, etc., in t's Bightan and ...,74.

Acquittance in 10s. due to the king as a heriot upon the death of Hugh Pennant, gent., father of 2 ...,75.

Quitclaim of a m. in t. Penbedewe [p. Nannerch] co. Denb. now co. Flint,76.

Deputation of 2 to preserve the Game within [ ] miles about the city of Chester, to have full power ...,77.

Bargain And Sale of a close of land called Bryn Anudog (7 a.) between the lands of Fowlk ap Robert ...,78.

Postnuptial Settlement (Gift) of 1 and Jane the daughter of 2(a) whereby 1 conveys to 2 m's and lands in ...,79.

Assignment Of Lease of 1/2 of the mill called Pentrey Mylne in p. Ruthland, co. Flint,80.

Bond in £60 to secure the payment of £30. 18s,81.

Bond in £80 to secure the payment of £40,82.

Bond in £80 to secure the payment of £40,83.

Lease for 2 lives of a parcel of land (1 a.) one side on the highway from Gwaun y Llyn ...,84.

Bond in £10 for the observance of covenants in indentures of award of even date made by Moris Pennant and ...,85.

Gift of a grove in p. Ardeley, Essex,86.

Lease for life of a moiety of tmt's and lands in t. Whytforth Garn, p. Whitford, co. Flint,87.

Lease for 21 years of a m. in t. Demeirchion, the commote of Rutheland, co. Flint,88.

Power Of Attorney to perfect a livery of seisin of a m. in tenure of John Llewelin in town of ...,89.

Bargain And Sale of a close of land called Bryn Anudog [described in no. 78] in t. Keelowen [p. St ...,90.

Acquittance in 10s. due to the king as a heriot upon the death of Peter Pennant, esq., father of 2 ...,91.

Final Concord of 6 m's, 6 gardens, 60 a. of land, etc., in t's Bighton, Trelan, and Caerwys [p's Whitford ...,92.

Grant For Life of the yearly rent of £10 issuing from m's and lands in t's Maes Mynan, Blorant and ...,93.

Probate Of Will (dated 4 Sept. 1605) of Thomas Pennant of Westminster, Middlesex, gent,94.

Exemplification of pleas in the Court of King's Bench between Anne Abbott, widow, executrix of the will of John Ellice ...,95.

Quitclaim of all the tithe corn and grain arising yearly upon t. Brynforde [p. Holywell], co. Flint, which Edward Pennant ...,96.

Bond in £400 for the observance of covenants in indentures of even date between 1 and 2,97.

Mortgage (Bargain And Sale) of a close called Koetkay r Weirgloth (2 a.) (boundaries defined) in t. Hurryathik [p. Cwm] ...,98.

Mortgage of a m. between the lands of Hugh Mostin, gent., the lands of the Rectory of Kilken called Tir ...,99.

Assignment Of Lease of the corn tithes of t. Brymford, p. Halywell, co. Flint,100.

Lease for 21 years of a capital m. called Cramers and Wrenn Parke, reserving timber rights (former tenant named) in ...,101.

Gift of a m. from 1 to 2 to the use of 1 with remainder to Hugh Pennant (son of ...,102.

Letter from Noe and Pierre Gogel, Francfort sur le Mein, to Thomas Pennant of Downing, esq., concerning the price of ...,103.

'A Noate of such money as I Robert Jones have paide to Mr. Pennant towards the cccl due unto him ...,104.

Notebook containing a Catalogue of Plants in Downing Garden,105.

Notebook containing addresses, nature notes, and accounts, in hand of Thomas Pennant, the naturalist,106.

Notebook containing: 1 Rental of lands in Whitford, Gwaunysgor, Rhyl, Llysvaen, Bodfari, Brynford, St Asaph, cos Flint and Denb., 1697-1723 ...,107.

Letter from W. M., Temple, to Mrs Elizabeth Pennant, concerning rents and financial matters. Refers to the appointment of Thomas ...,108.

Letter from Hugh Myddelton to John Pennant Thomas Lloyd, Robert ap Edward, Thomas ap Thomas ap Edward, William Lloyd, Thomas ...,109.

Bill for Mr Thomas Pennant for five weeks' lodging for himself and servant, together with note of receipt (dated 28 ...,110.

Formula for a note of livery of seisin to be written on the dorse of a deed.111.

Bond in 100 marks: not found when the group was re-calendered in 1978,112.

Gift of a m. called Le Corner Howse, formerly belonging to John Lyncolne of London, haberdasher, and afterwards to Richard ...,113.

Apprenticeship Indenture whereby 1 is bound apprentice to 2 for 8 years to learn the art and science of leatherselling ...,114.

Letters Of Administration of the goods of John Pennant of p. Holliwell, co. Flint, dec., granted to John Pennant, his ...,115.

Schedule of Downing Deeds A1-34, prepared by Edward Owen,116.

Gift (with the assent of 1's lord, William de Monte Acuto, earl of Salisbury and lord of man. Dynbiegh) of ...,A1.

Mortgage ('in nomine tir pride') of tmt's and lands in t. Whitforde Garn [p. Whitford] to secure 10s,A2.

Gift of a m. and 4 a. of land, lying together in length ('insimul in longitudine') with the a. of ...,A3.

Bond in 100s. to secure the peaceful possession by 2 and Margaret his wife, of 3 a. of land, part ...,A4.

Gift of tmt's and lands, in possession of 1 by the gift and feoffment of 2, in t's Aston, Mamcot ...,A5.

Bond in 60s. to ensure the peaceful possession by 2 of 2 closes of land, leased by 1 to 2 ...,A6.

Bond in 10 marks to ensure the peaceful transference of 6 a. of ground in t. Buchtan [p. Whitford] from ...,A7.

Bond in £20 to ensure the peaceful possession by 2 of tmt's and lands, conveyed by 1 to 2, in ...,A8.

Gift of 4 tmt's and land (acreages given) in t. Bughtan, and 4 a. of arable land in t. Whitforth ...,A9.

Gift of m's and lands in t's Colkot and Holywell [p. Holywell] co. Flint,A10.

Quitclaim of a m. and lands late the property of Ithell ap Cona ap Mad' in t's Kalkot and Treffynnon ...,A11.

Gift (L.H. part of Tripartite Indenture) of man. Hankewodd and tmt's and lands assigned to 1 as one of the ...,A12.

Reversionary Lease for 60 yrs of tmt's and lands, late of Gruffith ap Robyn, in the demesne of the Bishop ...,A13.

Lease for 40 years of a parcel of land called Y Llocke (13 a.) in p. Whitford,A14.

Pleas at Flint before Thomas Englefild, esq., son of Sir Thomas Englefild, justice of Chester, at Flint sessions,A15.

Gift of m's and lands in Bughtan, Cairous, [p's Whitford and Caerwys] in the commotes of Colsill and Ruthelan, co ...,A16.

Gift of m's and lands in t's Bughtan, Cairous, Whitffordgarn [p's Whitford and Caerwys] co. Flint,A17.

Gift of 4 parcels of land, the first in which there is a house founded ('in qua domus quaedam fundatur') ...,A18.

Lease for 60 yrs of the tithe corn of t. Little Bagyllt and the tithe hay of Grett Bagyllt and ...,A19.

Bond in £40 to secure the assurance of 2 tmt's in the holding of Hugh ap Res ap D'd Pennant ...,A20.

Exchange of 5 parcels of land lying in the closes of 2, the head of one of the parcels being ...,A21.

Assignment Of Lease (Quitclaim) for 50 years of a tmt. in t. Trelan, p. Whytford, co. Flint,A22.

Will of William ap Ieuan ap Deicus,A23.

Bond in £100 for the observance of covenants in a pair of indentures of even date between 1 and John ...,A24.

Probate Of Will (dated 20 Oct. 1545) of John Pennant, p. Holywell, co. Flint,A25.

Gift of m. and lands in t's Kalkot, Kellelyfdy and Holiwell [p's Holywell and Ysgeifiog] co. Flint,A26.

Final Concord of 2 m's, 1 cottage, 20 a. of land etc., in Treflan [p. Whitford] co. Flint,A27.

Award of Peis Mostyn, esq., and John Gruff' of Grenefild, gent., arbitrators in the dispute between Sir Hugh ap Day ...,A28.

Bargain And Sale ('hathe bargayned & solde remitted releassed surrendered ... all suche right title & instrest [sic]') of the ...,A29.

Grant of 1/2 acre of land lying in a close belonging to 2 called Kwetkye y Veron Dderineog between the ...,A30.

Gift of a m. in the tenure of David ap Emunt in t. Brynforth [p. Holywell], co. Flint,A31.

Grant of m's and lands in Hawerden, Moldesdale, Hopedale, or elsewhere in co. Flint, to the use of 1 for ...,A32.

Lease for 10 years by which 2 is given free liberty to dig and get coals within and upon the ...,A33.

Bargain And Sale of interest in a seat of a bench ('sheate of a bence') in Whytforthe Church,A34.