Brecknockshire quarter sessions,

A typescript copy of the Order Book of the Court of Quarter Sessions for Brecknockshire from 4 October, 1670, to 13 January, 1684/5, and records of licenses granted to agisters and inn-keepers at quarter and special sessions from 2 May, 1671 to 25 May, 1674, and of recognizances, indictments and presentments, 5 October, 1680. At the beginning of the volume, following an introductory note, is a list of maimed soldiers allowed and approved of, Michaelmas, 1675, and at the end are particulars of the dates and places of meeting of special sessions, 1683, and a copy of an inset in the original volume, described by the copyist as 'possibly ... a leaf from a Petty Sessions Record', 2 March, [16]73/4 - 13 May, 1674. This typescript copy was made at NLW in 1936.

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Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 11000D.

The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XX, 285.

November 2008.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961);

Usual copyright laws apply.

The original volume was Castell Gorfod MS 2 on deposit in the National Library of Wales. It was withdrawn in 1933 and restored to the custody of the Clerk of the Peace for Brecknockshire.

An additional copy of this volume can be found at NLW MS 10784E.

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