Clayton letters,

Forty-one holograph letters (together with the opinion of W. Phillipps, Haverfordwest, and a statement of disbursements), 1665-1676, written by Geo[rge] Powell from Pembroke, etc., to John Morris in Corne hill and Augustine fryers, to Robert Clayton in Augustine fryers, and to Thomas Lemon, cashier to John Morris and Robert Clayton. The letters relate to the payment of bills of exchange and other business matters, and refer to 'your Concerne in my trust', accounts for 'your iron', and in particular to an action against John Chapland for the recovery of iron from Wexford seized at Pembroke. Also included are three holograph letters, 1674, from John Powell, Pembroke, nephew of George Powell, to Thomas Lemon, requesting support in procuring an assurance of George Powell's office of controller of customs in the port of Milford, and a receipt, [16]80, from John Powell, apothecary, to the Right Hon. Sir George Jeoffreys [1st baron Jeffreys of Wem, Lord Chancellor of England], by the hand of Hugh Matthews, for a debt of £5 due from Sir John Jones [of Fonmon Castle], late deceased.

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Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 11016E.

The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part XX, 288-9.

December 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);

For further collections of Clayton and related letters, see NLW MSS 11017-11021E; for further papers, [1667x1689], relating to George Jeffreys, 1st baron Jeffreys of Wem, Sir Robert Clayton and John Morris, see also NLW MS 11061D; for further papers relating to Sir Robert Clayton and John Morris see NLW MSS 4989D and 8472E, NLW Plymouth papes 1581, NLW Tredegar (4) papers 58/118, and NLW Milborne papers 1910.

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