Oswestry Archives Catalogue

THE UNREFORMED BOROUGH

ASSSEMBLY

A1 Assembly Books 2 vols. 1674 - 1834

Minutes of meetings of the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council to discuss Town business, decide policy, elect and swear in Officers and Burgesses.

A1/1 Feb. 1673/4 - Oct. 1801 Fiche 1-33 Regular record begins May 1674. Entries prior to that date relate to proceedings following the granting of the charter of 13 Jan. 1673/4. At beginning: memorandum of disenfranchisement, 13 Sep. 1715, of John Davies, then Mayor, he having been found guilty of murdering Richard Evans junior of Whittington. On pp. 181 - 186: oaths to be sworn by the Mayor, Coroner, Recorder, Town Clerk, Sergeants, Watch, Burgesses, High Steward, Justices of the Peace, Muringer, Common Councillors, Aldermen, Attorneys (in the Court of Record), and the oaths of supremacy and allegiance (see Leighton, p. 181). For extracts see Bye- gones 1882-3, pp. 70,150, 216 - 217, 311, 313; 1884-5, p. 121; 1888, pp. 242, 246, 253.

A1/2 Oct. 1801 - Oct. 1834 Fiche 33-50 At end: oaths as in /1, excluding those of Burgesses and Watch, including those of Marshall (of the Court), and Clerk of the Market and Examiner of Weights and Measures.

MAYOR

A2 Mayor’s Account Book 1 vol. 1674 - 1753 Fiche 51-59 For extracts see Leighton, pp. 165 - 173 and Bye- gones 1882-3, pp. 1, 124; 1887, pp. 348, 353 - 354. In reverse: Muringer’s accounts, 1687 - 1688, including receipts of tensery money.

A3 Mayor’s Accounts 20 docs. 1700 - 1748

These were copied into A2, but with some minor details omitted.

A3/1 1700, 1702 Accounts of Francis Tomkies, and also ‘Money Laid out by me upon the Coronation Day by the orders of Mr Mayor & Aldermen April 23th 1702.’

A3/2 1712 - 1714 Accounts of John Skie.

A3/3 1718 - 1719 Accounts of Owen Hughes.

A3/4 1720 - 1722 Accounts of John Evans.

A3/5 1721 - 1722 Accounts of Richard Payne.

A3/6 1724 - 1725 Accounts of the late Peter Poval. Not entered in A2.

A3/7 1724 - 1725 Accounts allowed to Sarah Poval. Not entered in A2.

A3/8 1725 - 1726 Accounts of John Kyffin.

A3/9 1729 - 1730 Accounts of John Evans, Deputy to Charles Lloyd.

A3/10 16 Jul. 1730 Receipt of A. Wicksteed for 3s. for mending the maces. Annexed to /9.

A3/11 1732 - 1733 Accounts of John Huxley. Endorsed: list of Aldermen and Common Councillors present 19 Oct. 1733.

A3/12 1732 - 1733 Accounts of John Evans, Deputy to John Mytton.

A3/13 1735 - 1736 Accounts of John Evans, Deputy to Robert Williams.

A3/14 1736 - 1737 Accounts of Robert Barkley.

A3/15 Undated [1739] Accounts of Thomas Tomkies.

A3/16 1744 Accounts of John Mort.

A3/17 1746 - 1747 Accounts of David Morris.

A3/18 1747 Accounts of Richard Lloyd.

A3/19 1747 - 1749 Account of John Hughes, Deputy to Richard Williams, for expenditure on clothes for the Marshall and Bellman. Not entered in full in A2.

A3/20 1748 Accounts of John Hughes, Deputy to Richard Williams.

A4 Mayor’s Vouchers of John Croxon. 18 1813 - 1814 docs.

See also A101, reverse ff. 4 - 9.

A23 Articles of agreement. 16 Sep. 1782 (1) Rt. Hon. George Edward Henry Arthur [Herbert], Earl of Powis, Lord of the Manor of Oswestry. (2) Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council and Burgesses. Parties agree to the taking down of the Willow gate, the Beatrice gate and the New gate, the erection in their stead of pillars as shown on the ground plan and side elevations in the margin, like the Black gate taken down some years previously, and to the use of the remaining

A23 continued stone in the building, a new gaol. Witnesses: J. Probert, his Lordship’s Agent, Edmd., Thomas, his Lordship’s House Steward. See Leighton, pp. 179 - 181.

A24 Draft notice of the sale of gaol by public auction. 20 Jul. 1811

A25 Promissory note and receipt. 1811 John Williams promises payment, 20 Jul. 1811, and Lewis Jones Junior acknowledges receipt, 30 Aug. 1811, of £42 15s, being the deposit money agreed for the purchase of the gaol.

A26 Plan of proposed new goal. 2 Sep. 1811

A27 Specification and estimate of Thos. Jones for erecting a new goal. Estimated cost £297 10s. 2 Sep. 1811

A28 Tenders. 4 docs. Sep. 1811

A28/1 5 Sep. 1811 Chas. Milnes, £265. A28/2 5 Sep. 1811 Thomas Jones Junior, £224 2s. 5d. A28/3 12 Sep. 1811 Ellis Jones, £245. A28/4 Undated Thomas Jones, £297 10s. Further estimate including plans, specification etc.

A29 Letter. 9 Sep. 1811 From John Williams to Lewis Jones concerning the payment of the first instalment of purchase money and the clearing out of the room by the joiner.

A30 Receipt of Lewis Jones junior for £140 from Mr. Williams, part of the purchase money for the old gaol. 25 May 1812

A31 Statements of cash paid by John Williams on account of the purchase of the building on Bailey Head. 2 24 Feb. 1813 docs.

A32 Letter. 27 Feb. 1813 From John Williams Wrexham co. Denbigh, to Lewis Jones, Town Clerk, saying that he is unable to attend a meeting at the Guild Hall on 5 Mar. due to an engagement in Manchester, and that nearly all the purchase money has been paid.

A33 Draft agreement. 1 Mar. 1813 (1) Ellis Jones of Oswestry, joiner. (2) John Croxon, esq., Mayor, John Jones, esq., Rev. J. W. Bourke, Rev. C.A.A. Lloyd, Rev.G.N.K. Lloyd, Rev. Peter Roberts, clerks, members of the Charity Schools Management Committee. For the erection by (1) of a ‘Commodious building on the Bailey Head’.

A34A Insurance policy. 16 Sep. 1813 Issued by Salop Fire - Office in the sum of £800 on the Town Clerk’s office, the Gaoler’s house, schoolroom and the other offices on Bailey Head.

A34B Cover for A34A. Gives particulars of the Salop Fire - Office and conditions of insurances.

A35A Acknowledgement. 15 Oct. 1813 The Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council and Burgesses acknowledge allowance of £100 by the County Justices towards the repair of the gaol, on condition that the County Justices shall have the use of the gaol for the confinement of prisoners and of the Town Clerk’s Office for the transaction of business. See Leighton, p. 185. The document is damaged, and despite repair, barely legible, but the Oswestry seal is intact.

A35B Another copy of A35A, with papered seal. 15 Oct. 1813

A36 Certificate of completion and order for payment. 15 Oct. 1813 Thos. W. Parker, Jas. Donne and Sam. Harwood, County Justices, certify completion of the Town Clerk’s office and cells according to proposals submitted to the County Quarter Sessions, 27 Apr. 1813, and order payment by the County Treasurer of £100 towards the same, on conditions stated in A35A. Endorsed: copy of A35A and instructions of John Croxon, Mayor, on mode of payment.

A37 Receipt of Wm. Bayley for Eyton, Rorke & Co., bankers, for the £100. 23 Oct. 1813

A38 Statement of accounts of Oswestry Corporation in account with Oswestry Bank Mar. 1813 - Jun. 1815. 1815 Relates mainly to work done at the Town Clerk’s office and gaol. See also A4.

A39 Draft statement of accounts of John Croxon, Mayor, 1815 May 1812 - Jun. 1815. Relates mainly to work done at the Town Clerk’s office and gaol. See also A4.

A40 Certificate of completion. 9 Dec. 1826 Thos. Stanton on behalf of Thos. Telford, County Surveyor, certifies completion of the new prison.

A41 Draft Letter. 11 Jan. 1827 From Joseph Loxdale, Clerk of the Peace for the County of Salop, to Hon. T. Kenyon. High Steward of Oswestry, reporting receipt of A40.

A42 Copies of proceedings 1813 - 1826 in connection with the building of the new gaol and the County contribution to the same. Jan. 1827 Copies of A36, A40; extracts from Shropshire Quarter Sessions records, viz. order for payment of £100 to Messrs. Eyton & Co. for the use of Oswestry, Michaelmas 1813; submission from Oswestry Justices concerning a new gaol, Jan. 1824; order to bring up the subject at the next Sessions, 12 Jul. 1824; order for contribution of £150, 18 Oct. 1824.

A43 Letter. 21 Jan. 1827 From W. Hughes for L. Jones, Town Clerk, to Joseph Loxdale, seeking payment of the £150.

A44 Letter. 11 May 1827 From W. Hughes to Joseph Loxdale, again seeking payment of the money, and asking for a copy of an order made at the County Quarter Sessions respecting allowances to Magistrates’ Clerks and Prosecutors in felony cases.

A45 Letter. 16 May 1827 From Lewis Jones to same, concerning the necessary acknowledgement for the £150. Asks also if the Justices at Quarter Sessions would allow the Justices for the Hundred of Oswestry to commit vagrants to the goal and allow them maintenance while in custody, with some small allowance to the gaoler.

A46 Draft orders and acknowledgements for the £150. 2 docs. 21 May 1827

A47 Copy letter. 4 Jun. 1827 From Joseph Loxdale to Lewis Jones, asking for the names and descriptions of the parties to be entered on the order for payment, and of the parties to the contract for erecting the gaol.

A48 Letter. 8 Jun. 1827 From Lewis Jones to Joseph Loxdale supplying the particulars required.

A49 Copy letter. 15 Jun. 1827 From Joseph Loxdale to Lewis Jones, saying that he is forwarding the proposed acknowledgement and the certificate of the Justices for the Hundred of Oswestry.

A50A Acknowledgement. 16 Jun. 1827 The Mayor, Alderman, Common Council and Burgesses acknowledge the allowance of £150 by the County Justices towards the new gaol on condition that the County Justices shall have the use of the gaol for the confinement of prisoners until discharged or committed to the County gaol. See Leighton, p. 185. With seal.

A50B Another copy of A50A. 16 Jun. 1827

MARKETS AND FAIRS

A51 Tables of Tolls 3 docs. [1673] - [1818]

A51/ 1 [1673] Table of ‘the auncient towle custome usually payd at the gates of this Towne by buyers and sellers on faire market and weeke dayes’. Signed by Jo. Trevor senior; Richard Jones and John Glover, Bailiffs; Morg. Wynne, Recorder.

A51/2 14 Mar. 1720/1 A later version of /1, signed by John Evans, Mayor, and Owen Hughes. A third signature is illegible.

A51/3 Undated [1818?] A later version of /1 and 2, unsigned.

A52 - A60 Records relating to Tolls, Corn Markets and Fairs 9 items 1811 - 1819

A52 List of Committee appointed to solicit subscriptions towards the purchase of the market tolls. 1 gathering 5 Sep. 1811

A53 Minutes of the Committee. 27 Sep. 1811

A54 Resolution of Town Meeting 21 Sep. 1812 Resolved that ‘in consequence of the Races always falling upon the Fair day, it is considered more Beneficial for the Interest of the Trade that such Fair should be altered to the Friday next before Michaelmas’. Signed by Edwd. Edwards, Mayor, Thos. Hilditch, Coroner, John Croxon, Muringer, and sixteen others.

A55 Circular letter. 27 Feb. 1813 From John Croxon, Mayor, and Edwd. Edwards, Coroner, to members of the Committee in A52, urging the speedy collection and payment of subscriptions.

A56 Draft letter. 19 May 1813 From the Town Clerk to the Earl of Powis outlining the proposal to convert the Town Hall into a corn market, and seeking his approval and that of Sir Watkin [Wynne].

A57 Letter. 31 Oct. 1813 From J. Dodson to John Croxton quoting a letter received from Lord Darlington declining to subscribe to the purchase of tolls.

A58 Brief. 1 vol. [1818] For Plaintiff, in suit brought by Lord Clive against Edward Rogers for non-payment of tolls due. Inside back cover: copy of part of A51/1.

A59 List of documents to be produced by the Town Clerk in the same suit. [1818]

A60 The British Press. 19 Aug. 1819 Contains report of trial of the suit at Shropshire Assizes.

POOR AND CHARITIES

A61 Indemnity Bonds 3 docs. 1641 - 1673

A61/1 Bond in £40. 13 Feb. 1640/1 (1) Rees ap John, John ap Evan, and Humphrey ap Richard, all of Oswestry, labourers. (2) William Jones, mercer, and William Muckleston, sherman, Churchwardens of Oswestry. Rees ap John, a stranger, promises to maintain the child his wife Katherine now carries, and any other children they might have, or to leave the town. Witnesses: Edward Davies, Moris Evans, Thomas Moris.

A61/2 Bond in £40. 7 May 1647 (1) Edward ap Hugh of Oswestry, corviser. (2) Morris Evans and Thomas Edwards, esq., Bailiffs of Oswestry. (1), who has been elected and sworn a Burgess, promises to maintain and keep in school for two years John Morris, son of John Morris and grandson of Thomas Morris late of Oswestry, sherman, deceased.. Witnesses; John Payne, Samual Roberts, scrivener.

A61/3 Bond in £20. 24 Apr. 1673 (1) William Thomas late of Braniarth, co. Montgomery, scrivener, and John Tomley of Oswestry, gunsmith. (2) Richard Jones and John Glover, esq., Bailiffs of Oswestry. William Thomas indemnifies (2) against any charges for the maintenance of any children he and his wife Anna might have , they now being inhabitants of Oswestry. Witnesses: Richd. Kemp, Philip Philips.

A62 Apprenticeship Papers 5 docs. 1653 - 1693

A62/1 Indenture. 1 Jun. 1653 (1) Ellis ap Ellis, one of the sons of Ellis Morris late of Oswestry, sherman, deceased. (2) George Harrington of Oswestry, tailor. (1) apprentices himself to (2) for seven years and covenants to serve and obey (2), keep his secrets, do him no harm nor suffer any harm to be done to him, not to waste his goods nor give any away without permission. (2) covenants to teach (1) the trade of a tailor, to ‘chastise & correct’ him, and maintain him. Witnesses: Thomas Roberts, John Muckleston, sherman, Samuell Roberts, scrivener. 27

A62/2 Bond in £20. 1 Jun. 1653 (1) George Harrington as in /1. (2) Roger Williams and John Muckleston, esq., Bailiffs of Oswestry. For performance by (1) of covenants in /1. Witnesses: Edward Thornes, gent., John Muckleston, sherman, John Edwards, sherman, Samuell Roberts, scrivener.

A62/3 Bond in £10. 3 Sep. 1653 (1) Richard Greene of Oswestry, smith. (2) Roger Williams and John Muckleston as in /2. For performance by (1) of covenants in the apprenticeship indenture of William Jones, son of William Jones of Oswestry. Witnesses: Philip Tompkies, corviser, Humffrey Jones, Theo. Richards, scrivener.

A62/4 Bond in £10. 3 Sep. 1653 (1) Philip Tompkies of Oswestry, corviser. (2) Roger Williams and John Muckleston as in /2. For performance by (1) of covenants in the apprenticeship indenture of Morris Jones, son of Thomas Jones late of Oswestry, weaver, deceased. Witnesses: Humffrey Jones, William Jones, corviser, Thomas Richards, scrivener.

A62/5 Bond in £10. 30 Oct. 1693 (1) Thomas Jones and John Hall, both of Oswestry, tailors. (2) John Thomas and Robert Skye, Churchwardens of Oswestry . Thomas Jones indemnifies the Mayor, Vicar and Churchwardens of Oswestry against any charges for the maintenance of Joseph Hall, son of Joseph Hall of Oswestry, tailor, who has apprenticed himself to Thomas Jones for seven years. Witnesses: John Muckleston, John Owen, Jo. Edwards.

A63 Papers relating to Phillips’ Charity 3 [c.1676] - 1832 docs.

By his will made 24 Apr. 1661 James Phillips of London, esq., gave, after the decease of his wife, premises in Southwark, co. Surrey, to the Mayor and Aldermen of Shrewsbury to finance a lecture and sermon in the parish churches of Whitchurch, Ellesmere, Oswestry and Shrewsbury, the remainder of the rents and profits to be used to provide gowns or clothes for poor people in the same parishes.

A63/1 Legal opinions on the validity and interpretation of the devise. [c.1676]

A63/2 Copy of indemnity bond in £200. 21 Dec. 1831 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen, Common Council and Burgesses of Oswestry. (2) The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of London. (1) indemnify (2) against any claim in respect of a messuage, being no. 3 on the east side of Carter Lane in the Parish of St. Olave, Southwark, which (1) has conveyed to (2) by conveyance of even date. Recites that (1) agreed to convey the premises under an Act of 10 Geo. IV ‘ for improving the Approaches to London Bridge’ for £110, and that the title deeds are lost. Witnesses: R. Jones Croxon, solicitor, Oswestry, H. Hughes, clerk to Lewis Jones, Town Clerk of Oswestry.

A63/3 Solicitor’s accounts of R. Jones Croxon in connection with the sale of property in Southwark, and receipt for the £18 15s. 5d. due. Feb. 1832

A64 Substance of the Act of Parliament, &c 1 file [1791]

Summarises the provisions of the Oswestry Poor Act 1791 (31 Geo. III c.24).

A65 Mortgages and related Papers 25 docs. 1791 - 1842

Under Section 26 of the Oswestry Poor Act 1791 the Corporation (i.e. the incorporated Guardians of the Poor of the Town and Liberties of Oswestry ....and ..... the several Parishes united therewith) was empowered to borrow money by assigning premises and poor rates for security for repayment. The assignments were to be signed by five or more of the fifteen Directors appointed by the Guardians, and sealed with the common seal of the Corporation. 29

A65/1 Mortgage. 14 Nov. 1791 (1) Directors Robert Lloyd, esq., John Probert, esq., William Owen, esq., Thomas Davies, esq., Turner Edwards, clerk. (2) Rev. Thomas Edwards of Mount Sion in the parish of Selattyn, co. Salop. Consideration: £400. Witness: Lewis Jones. Endorsed: memorandum, 28 May 1836, of loan by Messrs. Croxon Jones & Co. of £400 to pay R.M. Bonnor, clerk, until another mortgagee can be found; receipt of R.M. Bonnor, 28 May 1836; receipts of Croxon Jones for £300 from John Edwards of Stone Cottage, 28 Aug. 1837, and for a further £100, 6 Nov. 1837.

A65/2 Mortgage. 2 Jan. 1792 (1) Directors Joseph Dixon, clerk, John Robert Lloyd, clerk, Turner Edwards, clerk, William Owen, esq., John Gibbons, esq. (2) Magdalen Hennings of Oswestry, widow. Consideration: £400. Witness: Thos. Hughes. Endorsed: memorandum of payment of £400, 24 Feb. 1823, to Messrs. Croxon Jones & Co., bankers Oswestry, following the execution of two bonds for £200, 17 Feb. 1823, one to Hon. Thomas Kenyon, the other to Mrs. Elizabeth Jones.

A65/3 Mortgage. 19 Mar. 1792 (1) Directors Joseph Dixon, clerk, William Owen, esq., John Robert Lloyd, clerk, Thomas Davies, esq., Samuel Harwood, Doctor of Physic. (2) Thomas Williams of Oswestry, gent. Consideration: £300. Witness: Lewis Jones. With receipt of (2) for £100, 2 May 1796, witness Lewis Jones.

A65/4 Mortgage. 4 Jun. 1792 (1) Directors Thomas Williams, gent., John Lloyd, esq., Deputy Mayor, Thomas Davies, esq., Rev. Joseph Venables, clerk, John Gibbons, esq. (2) Maria Jones of Cefn Rug, co. Merioneth, spinster. Consideration: £250. Witnesses: John H. Haycock, Thos. Jones. With receipt of F. Campbell for £250, 2 Nov. 1829, witness E.B. Marriott.

A65/5 Mortgage. 14 Oct. 1793 (1) Directors John Gibbons, esq., Samuel Harwood, Doctor of Physic, Richard Phillips, gent., Owen Owen, clerk, Thomas Davies, esq. (2) Annabella Williams of Drenewydd in Whittington parish, co. Salop, widow. Consideration: £200. Witness: Lewis Jones.

A65/6 Mortgage. 21 Oct. 1793 (1) Directors Thomas Williams, gent., John Robert Lloyd, clerk, Thomas Davies, esq., Joseph Venables, clerk, Edward Peploe, gent. (2) Luke Parry of Aston in Oswestry parish, yeoman. Consideration: £200. Witnesses: Lewis Jones, Thos. Jones. With receipt of Thos. Rattenbury and Margaret Parry for £203 5s., 12 Mar. 1827, witness E.B. Marriott.

A65/7 Mortgage. 5 May 1794 (1) Directors John Gibbons, esq., Joseph Venables, clerk, Richard Philips, gent., Owen Owen, clerk, Edward Peploe, gent. (2) Edward Davies of Whittington, co. Salop, gent. Consideration: £150. Witness: Lewis Jones.

A65/8 Mortgage. 7 Jul. 1794 (1) Directors Samuel Harwood, Doctor of Physic, Owen Owen, clerk, Edward Peploe, gent., Thomas Davies, esq., Thomas Williams, gent. (2) Annabella Williams as (2) in /5. Consideration: £200. Witness: Lewis Jones.

A65/9 Mortgage. 24 Aug. 1795 (1) Directors Joseph Venables, clerk, John Gibbons, esq., Samuel Harwood, Doctor of Physic, Thomas Williams, gent., John Jones, tanner. (2) Thomas Davies of Oswestry, esq. Consideration: £200. Witness: Thos. Hughes. With transfer of mortgage, 31 Dec. 1829, by John Bonnor of Bryny Gwalie, co. Denbigh, esq., sole executor of Elizabeth Davies, widow and executrix of (2), to Elizabeth Jane Bonner of Bryn Gwalie, spinster, residuary legatee of Elizabeth Davies, witness Edw. Williams, clerk to Messrs. Longueville; receipt of Longueville & Williams for £201 3s. 8d., 22 Dec. 1841.

A65/10 Transfer of mortgage. 1 Nov. 1795 (1) Edward Davies as (2) in /7. (2) Rev. Thomas Edwards as (2) in /1. (1)transfers mortgage in /7 to (2). Witness: Willm. Williams.

A65/11 Transfer of mortgage. 1 May 1796 (1) Thomas Gabriel of Hisland in Oswestry parish, yeoman. (2) Dorothy Hollis of Wootton in Oswestry parish, widow. (1) transfers to (2) a mortgage in the sum of £100 made 14 Oct. 1793. Witness: Thos. Hughes.

A65/12 Mortgage. 1 May 1797 (1) Directors John Gibbons, esq., John Jones, tanner, John Roberts, hatter, Samuel Harwood, Doctor of Physic, William Leigh, esq. (2) Thomas Davies as (2) in /9. Consideration: £100. Witness: Lewis Jones. With transfer of mortgage and receipt for £100 11s. 10d. as in /9.

A65/13 Mortgage. 18 Dec. 1797 (1) Directors William Leigh, esq., Samuel Harwood, Doctor of Physic, John Jones, gent., Thomas Howell, gent., George Withers, esq. (2) Rev. Thomas Edwards as (2) in /1. Consideration: £100. Witness: Lewis Jones.

A65/14 Mortgage. 1 May 1798 (1) Directors Samuel Harwood, esq., Thomas Howell, Edward Williams, Walter Vaughan Morris, Evan Jones. (2) Rev. Thomas Edwards as (2) in /1. Consideration: £100. Witness: Thomas Cooper.

A65/15 Mortgage. 6 Feb. 1804 (1) Directors John Whitridge, clerk, Joseph Dixon, clerk, William Issard, plumber, Richard Bill, ironmonger, John Frank, farmer. (2) Ellin Humffreys of Oswestry, spinster. Consideration: £200. Witness: Tho. Hughes.

A65/16 Mortgage. 1 May 1805 (1) Directors Samuel Harwood, Doctor of Physic, Whitehall Whitehall Davies, clerk, George Withers, esq., Robert Crisp, gent., John Whitridge, clerk. (2) Robert Barkley of Ellesmere, co. Salop. Consideration: £100. Witness: Thomas Cooper. With receipt of (2) for £101 19s. 10d., 9 Apr. 1827. Endorsed: memorandum of a payment of principal to Messrs. Croxon Jones & Co., 5 Nov. 1827, for John Jones, esq., who advanced the money, ‘until it was paid up and it is now retained for the sinking fund’.

A65/17 Mortgage. 1 Dec. 1806 (1) Directors George Withers, esq., Samuel Harwood, Doctor of Physic, John Thomas, John Maurice, Richard Birch. (2) Lewis Jones of Oswestry, esq., Thomas Hughes of same, wine merchant. Consideration: £100. Witness: The Williams.

A65/18 Mortgage. 1 May 1809 (1) Directors John Frank, William Broughall, Thomas Jackson, all gent., Rev. John Whitridge, Edward Williams, wine seller. (2) Elizabeth Davies, wife of Thomas Davies of Oswestry, esq. (3) John Bonnor as in /9, John Jones of Oswestry, tanner. (1) assign premises and poor rates to (3) in trust for (2). Consideration: £200 paid by (2) to (1). Witness: Edw. Williams, assistant to Mr. L. Jones. With transfer of mortgage and receipt as in /9.

A65/19 Mortgage as /18. 1 May 1809

A65/20 Mortgage. 1 May 1810 (1) Directors Samuel Harwood, esq., Thomas Netherton Parker, esq., Thomas Jennings, Edward Edmunds, Edward Williams, all gent. (2) Elizabeth Mytton of Shrewsbury, co. Salop, spinster, Consideration: £100. Witness: Lewis Jones Junr. With memorandum of cancellation 16 Nov. 1835.

A65/21 Mortgage. 1 May 1810 (1) Directors Samuel Harwood, esq., John Franks, Thomas Edmunds, Rev. John Whitridge, Edward Edwards, all gent. (2) Elizabeth Mytton as (2) in /20. Consideration: £400. Witness: Lewis Jones Junr. With memorandum of cancellation 16 Nov. 1835.

A65/22 Mortgage. 9 Dec. 1811 (1) Directors Charles Arthur Albany Lloyd, William Roberts, clerks, Thomas Jennings, William Issard, William Farr, all gent. (2) Jane Roberts of Upper Brook Street in Oswestry, spinster. Consideration: £300. Witness: Thomas Armson. With transfer of mortgage, 19 Jun. 1828, by Thomas Jennings of Oswestry, gent., trustee and executor of Margaret Roberts, late of same, spinster, sister and administratrix of Sidney Roberts, late of same, spinster, who was sister and administratrix of (2), to Mary Jennings of Oswestry, spinster, witnesses Henry Hughes and his son Henry Arthur Hughes. Endorsed: memorandum of interest from 1 Nov. 1835 to Jan. 1842 when the principal was paid to Mary Jennings.

A65/23 Mortgage. 31 May 1813 (1) Directors John Hunt, esq., Samuel Leach, esq., Rev. Griffith Howell, clerk, Edward Edwards, gent., William Issard, gent. (2) John Griffiths of Oswestry, hosier. Consideration: £100. Witness: Lewis Jones.

A65/24 Mortgage. 1 Oct. 1815 (1) Directors John Richards, Thomas Richardson, Thomas Evans, William Penson, Edward Jennings, all gent. (2) Ann Bentley of West Felton, co. Salop. Consideration: £50. Witness: Henry Hughes, clerk to Mr. L. Jones, attorney.

A65/25 Transfer of mortgage. 23 Apr. 1821 (1) Charlotte Lewis, late of Newtown, co. Montgomery, now of Aberystwyth, co. Cardigan, widow, executrix of Magdalen Hennings as (2) in /2. (2) William Owen of Lincoln’s Inn, co. Middlesex, esq. (1) transfers mortgage in /2 and another, 27 Aug. 1792, in £300 to (2). Witnesses: Chas. Jones, solicitor, Aberystwyth, Richard Pugh, his clerk.

A66 - 69 Miscellanea 6 items [post 1791] - 1831

A66 Examples of the seal of Oswestry House of Industry. [post 1791] Three impressions made on wax on paper, two of them over ribbon. Only fragments of one survive, and another is cracked. The mount bears the typed inscription ‘Presented by Mr. Edward Roberts, the last holder of the Office of Clerk to the Guardians before the disbanding of Boards of Guardians’ [in 1929].

A67 Copy letter. 13 Sep. 1816 [From Thomas Netherton Parker?], Sweeney, near Oswestry, to the London Association for Relief of the Manufacturing and Labouring Poor. Draws attention to the plight of the unemployed in the neighbourhood of Oswestry, outlines his own efforts to provide suitable employment, and puts forward his ideas for improving the local situation.

A68 Notice and conditions of letting of four pieces of land at Weston Cotton, adjoining the Road leading from the Drill to Weston near Oswestry. 21 Feb. 1831 With agreement of John Goolden of Maesbury, co. Salop, and Richard Thomas of Morton, co. Salop, two of the Directors of Oswestry House of Industry, to take the land at a rent of £50, and of John Warren to let it, witness Edward Rogers.

A69 Memorandum that the land in A68 is not to be let under £54. [1831]

SCHOOL

A70 - A74 Miscellanea 5 docs. [1577] - 1986

A70 Copy of part of School Statutes. [1577] For transcript see A98 p. 121.

A71 ‘A Catalogue of ye bookes yt I found in ye Schoole of Oswestree att my first Com[m]ing thither’. [c.1672] Signed by Thomas Clopton. For transcript see A98 p. 120.

A72 Letter. 9 Jan. 1672/3 From Isaac [Barrow], Bishop of St. Asaph, to Gabriel Edwards and Richard Jones, Bailiffs of Oswestry, chiding them for reminding him of his promise to remove the Oswestry schoolmaster. He reminds them that the promise was made on condition that they ‘should affoord a civill & friendly usage’, which they have failed to do, since they ‘have putt many abuses & affronts uppon him, & given him all sorts of discouragements by sequestring his rents, & suffring ye rude rabble of yr towne to interrupt him with unseemly language, & a continued violence of severall daies in ye performance of his duty’. He will hold to his promise, but points out that had they dealt fairly with him he would not have delayed. For partial transcript see A99 p. 140.

A73, A74 Draft letters. 18 Jan. 1685/6 To the Bishop of St. Asaph seeking an early answer to the objections filed in the Petty Bag Office against Mr. Evans the schoolmaster, whom they desire to be removed, the town of Oswestry being ‘almost a decayd figure within yor Diocess for want of an [orthodox deleted] able schoolmaster’. For transcript see A99 pp. 138, 139.

GENERAL AND MISCELLANEA

A75 - A90 Various Records of the Corporation 20 1377 - 1833 items A75/1 Oswestry Corporation Manuscripts. 1377, 1560 - 18th cent. Fiche 112- The documents have been guarded or mounted and 123 bound in full vellum.

A75/1/1 Muringer’s accounts. For transcript see Leighton, pp. 33 - 39. 1560

A75/1/2 Letter (incomplete) from Lord of Oswestry to the Bailiffs concerning toll money intended to be used for the repair of the walls. [c.1570] For transcript see Leighton, p. 40.

A75/1/3 Copy of A76. 18th cent. For transcript see Leighton, pp. 49, 50. 36

A75/1/4 Copy of order of the Lord President and Council of the Marches of Wales for the postponement of the hearing of the suit between Henry Jones and Edward Hanmer, the latter being unable to attend. 25 Jun. 1596 For abstract see Leighton, p. 53.

A75/1/5 Letter from [Thomas Howard, Earl of] Suffolk, to the Burgesses of Oswestry concerning their petition against the rights due to the Lord of Oswestry. 25 Oct. 1603 For transcript see Leighton, pp. 61, 62.

A75/1/6 Letter from [Sir] John Towneshend to the Bailiffs of Oswestry concerning controversy about the election of Bailiffs. 26 Sep. 1617 For transcript see Leighton, pp. 93, 94.

A75/1/7 Letter from W[illiam Compton, Earl of] Northampton, to the Bailiffs of Oswestry, summoning them to a hearing at Bewdley, co. Salop. 29 Aug. 1622 For abstract see Leighton, p. 94.

A75/1/8 Order of Privy Council concerning the restriction of the Welsh cloth trade to Oswestry. 21 Dec. 1622 For abstract see Leighton, pp. 94, 95.

A75/1/9 Copy of statement to the Privy Council by the County Justices concerning the benefits of allowing the Welsh clothiers free trade. Jan. 1622/3 For abstract see Leighton, p. 95.

A75/1/10 Copy of petition of the Bailiffs and Burgesses of Shrewsbury to the Privy Council against the restriction of the Welsh cloth trade to Oswestry. [c.1623] For abstract see Leighton, p. 96.

A75/1/11 Copy of report of the Attorney General to the Privy Council recommending the recontinuing of the Welsh cloth trade at Oswestry. [c.1624] For abstract see Leighton, p. 96.

A75/1/12 Copy of petition of the Bailiffs and Burgesses of Shrewsbury to the Privy Council that both Oswestry and Shrewsbury may enjoy the cloth trade. [c.1623]

A75/1/13 Letter from Joh[n Hanmer, Bishop of St.] Asaph to the Bailiffs and Burgesses of Oswestry in support of his cousin John Davies, glover, who seeks election as a Burgess. 4 Oct. 1627 For abstract see Leighton, p. 98.

A75/1/14 Copy of part of a letter from Arthur Kynaston to Thomas [Howard], Earl of Suffolk, concerning the decay of the market at Oswestry. [c.1623] For abstract see Leighton, p. 95.

A75/1/15 Letter from Hugh Nanney to the Bailiffs and Aldermen of Oswestry, declining to sign a petition sent via Thomas Edwards but nevertheless offering support. 7 May 1640 For abstract see Leighton, p. 96.

A75/1/16 Copy of petition of the poor clothiers of North Wales and adjoining counties to John [Williams], Bishop of Lincoln, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, urging speedy consideration of the Attorney-General’s report on the Welsh cloth trade. [c.1624] For abstract see Leighton, p. 98.

A75/1/17 Another copy of /10.

A75/1/18 Copy of petition of the Shrewsbury Company of Drapers to the Privy Council, urging them all to call the Company of French Merchants to explain why they do not buy up Welsh cloth at Blackwell Hall as before. [c.1640?] For abstract see Leighton, p. 97.

A75/1/19 Copy of petition of the drapers of Shrewsbury and Oswestry to the Privy Council seeking confirmation of previous orders, as persons named Charlton and Harby threaten their monopoly of the Welsh cloth trade at Oswestry. [c.1640?] For abstract see Leighton, p. 97.

A75/1/20 Copy of same to same to proceed against John Bryard of London, merchant, and William Thomas of Oswestry, clothworker, for infringing previous orders concerning the Welsh cloth trade, and to order the seizure of the cloth they have already bought. 1619[?] For abstract see Leighton, p. 97.

A75/1/21 Copy of similar petition against Thomas Mathewes and John Dite of Shrewsbury, mercers, and Thomas Davies of London, draper. [c.1619] For abstract see Leighton, p. 97.

A75/1/22 Copy of similar petition against the same Thomas Davies. [c.1619] For abstract see Leighton, p. 97.

A75/1/23 Copy of petition of the poor clothiers of North Wales to William [Compton], Earl of Northampton, showing the advantage of going to Oswestry rather than Shrewsbury to sell cloth. [c.1628] For abstract see Leighton, p. 98.

A75/1/24 Letter from [Sir] Samp[son] Eure to the Bailiffs of Oswestry approving the admission of Samuell Watkies as Burgess. 12 Apr. 1641 For abstract see Leighton, p. 101.

A75/1/25 Opinion of [Sir] Samp[son] Eure concerning the procedure for electing a Recorder. 13 Apr. 1644 For transcript see Leighton, pp. 102, 103.

A75/1/26 Letter from same to the Bailiffs of Oswestry concerning the same. 13 Apr. 1644 For transcript see Leighton, pp. 101, 102.

A75/1/27 Copy of petition of freeholders of the county of Salop against the election of Humphrey Edwards as Knight of the Shire. 1646 For transcript see Leighton, pp. 104 - 108.

A75/1/28-30 Letters from [Sir] Tho[mas] Mytton, Halston, co. Salop, to the Bailiffs of Oswestry, approving the admission of John George, Thomas Hackman, gent, and William Jones, esq., as Burgesses. 24 Oct. 1646

A75/1/31 Letter from Oliver [Cromwell, Lord] P[rotector], recommending John Evans, son of Matthew Evans, late of Penegoes, co. Montgomery, as schoolmaster in place of the recently ejected delinquent Edward Paine. 13 Jul. 1657 For transcript see Leighton, pp. 109, 110 and Bye- gones 1873, p. 187. A75/1/32 Newscutting with transcript and translation of /33. 2 Jul. 1890

A75/1/33 Lease of the church of Dolgonewal and appurtenances, Brother Robert de Normanton, keeper of Halston, to Heylyn ap Rees ap David ap Rees. 20 May 1377

A75/2 Oswestry Corporation Manuscripts. 1673 - 1699 Fiche 123- The documents have been guarded or mounted and 137 bound in full vellum. f. 1: Copy of petition of William, Earl of Craven , and the Bailiffs and Burgesses of Oswestry, to the King, for the renewal of the charter. 1673 Printed in Bye-gones 1889-90, p. 438. 39

A75/2 continued f. 4: Copy of report and recommendation of H. Aug. 1673 Finch on the petition. For abstract see Leighton, p. 121.

f. 7: Copy of royal warrant to the Attorney General for preparation of the charter. 14 Aug. 1673 Printed in Bye-gones 1889-90, p. 441.

f. 10: Letter from Ra. Marshall to Richard Pope, saying that it is now too late to alter the charter. 3 Jan. 1673/4 Printed in Bye-gones 1889-90, pp. 441, 442.

f. 13: Letter from same to same reporting the completion of the charter, and discussing accounts, and hopes of peace with the Dutch. 24 Jan. 1673/4 For abstract see Leighton, p. 122. Printed in Bye-gones 1889-90, p. 458.

f. 16: Letter from same to same sending the charter in a box and a key to the box. 6 Feb. 1673/4. Printed in Bye-gones 1893-4, p. 63.

f. 19: Letter from same to same discussing expenditure on the charter. 7 Feb. 1673/4 For abstract see Leighton, p.122. Printed in Bye-gones 1893-4, pp. 16, 17.

f. 22: Letter from same to same acknowledging the latter’s communication, and discussing [Feb.] 1673/4 matters arising. For abstract see Leighton, p.122. Printed in Bye-gones 1893-4, p. 63.

f. 25: Letter from same to same advising on procedure for dealing with Aldermen and Councillors who refuse to take oaths. 18 Apr. 1674 For abstract see Leighton , p. 123. Printed in Bye-gones 1893-4, p. 63.

f. 28: Letter from Sir John Trevor, Emrall, co. Flint, to Richard Pope, discussing the election of a successor to the latter as Mayor. Oct. 1674 For abstract see Leighton, p. 158. Printed in Bye-gones 1893-4, p. 75.

A75/2 continued f. 31: Letter from same to same agreeing to succeed Richard Pope as Mayor only if he might appoint a Deputy Coroner the 22 Sep. 1674 following year. For abstract see Leighton, pp. 157, 158. Printed in Bye-gones 1893-4, p. 90.

f. 34: List of Burgesses and their payments. 1674 For transcript see Leighton, p. 159.

f. 37: Letter from Sir John Trevor to Edward Owen, Mayor, and Morgan Wynne, [Recorder], approving the admission of John Foulkes of Maesbrook, co. Salop, as Burgess. 11 Oct. 1675 Memorandum of agreement of assembly to the admission. 21 Oct. 1675

f. 40: Certificate of receipt of £50, which the Earl of Craven is content to accept in satisfaction of £93 13s. 8d. due for renewal of the charter. 21 Feb. 1679/80 For abstract see Leighton, p. 123.

f. 43: Certificate of election of Sir George Jeffreyes, Kt., Sergeant at Law, Chief Justice of Chester, Flint, Denbigh and Montgomery, 11 Apr. 1681 as Burgess. Printed in Bye-gones 1893-4, p. 133.

f. 46: Certificate of election of Roger Puleston of Emrall, co. Flint, esq., now kt., as Burgess. 11 Apr. 1681

f. 49: Agreement of 19 members of the Company of Tanners to bring an action against William Rogers for infringing their charter rights. 19 Aug. 1689 For abstract see Leighton, p. 162. Printed in Bye-gones 1893-4, p. 136.

f. 52: Letter from Muckle Muckleston concerning arrears due from him and his mother to the Mayor, Vicar, Church-wardens and Overseers of Oswestry. 13 Jun. 1699. For abstract see Leighton, p. 162.

A76 Letter. 16 Oct. 1582 From Philip Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, urging the exclusion of ‘foreigners being Bakers’ unless the incorporated bakers are not able to serve the town. See also A75/1/3, which is transcribed in Leighton, pp. 49, 50, where this original is wrongly stated to have ‘altogether disappeared.’ See also A102.

A77 Copy of Plea. 1 file [1603 - 1617] Of Thomas Fanshawe, Coroner and Attorney of the King, in the suit between the King and the Bailiffs and Burgesses of Oswestry concerning their rights and privileges. Recites inspreximus, 4 Feb. 1591/2, of charter of Richard II (see A20/2). In Latin. Damaged and incomplete. For transcript see A98 pp. 123 - 137.

A78 Depositions. 2 files 1604 Taken before Richard Blodwell and Thomas Cowper, gent., Commissioners of the King’s Council in the Marches of Wales, in a suit of Richard Wilson and Richard Thurstan against Thomas Hanmer, gent., Humphrey ap Lewis, Thomas ap Hugh, Robert ap Richard, Thomas ap Edward, William ap Hugh, David ap Griffith, Richard Staney, concerning the right, denied by the Defendants, of the inhabitants of Oswestry to pasture their cattle on waste ground called Kyrn y Buche and Launt yr Afon Goz in Porkington in the Lordship of Whittington, co. Salop.

A78/1 Witnesses for the Defendants, examined by Thomas Cox, John Blodwell, Hugh Morice, Rich. Evans. Hugh Wynne of Porkington, gent., aged about 57[?]; William Harwood of Whittington, gent., aged over 60; William ap Robert of Llangollen parish, co. Denbigh, aged about 64; Robert ap Richard of Porkington, aged about 55; Richard Lloyd of Whittington, aged about 34; Edward ap William Muckleston of Oswestry, yeoman, aged about 73; Thomas ap John ap David of Pentrewerne, co. Salop, aged about 60; Edward Griffith of Oswestry, tailor, aged about 66; John ap Llen of Pentre David in Porkington, aged about 70; Owen ap Howell of Oswestry, weaver, aged about 72; Edward ap Nicholas of Pentrewerne, aged about 60; Roger ap Howell of Porkington, gent., aged about 80; John Lake of Oswestry, glover, aged about 60; Robert Stayney of Porkington, gent., aged about 64. Incomplete. 42

A78/2 Witnesses for the Plaintiffs, examined by Thomas Cox. Richard Lloid of Sweeney, co. Salop, gent., aged about 72; Griffith ap David of Treverclawed in Oswestry parish, aged over 84; Richard ap David of Oswestry, corser, aged about 72; Edward ap David of same, tanner, aged about 75; Edward ap John of same, weaver, aged about 56; Edward William Mucleston of same, yeoman, aged about 73; Moris Tannat of Blodwell, co. Salop, esq., aged about 53; Thomas Yale of Oswestry, gent., aged about 75; Owen ap Howell Vaughan of same, weaver, aged about 72; Richard Staney of same, gent, aged about 72; Lowrie verch Cadwalader of same, widow, aged over 80. Incomplete. For typescript transcript of part see A103.

A79 List of subscribers to the new charter. 1 vol. 1673 For transcript see Leighton, pp. 115 - 121.

A80 Bye-laws. 14 Jan. 1677/8 For transcript see Leighton, pp. 160, 161.

A81 Subscription accounts. 1 gathering Dec. 1743 List of subscribers in Birmingham to a total of £14 15s. 10d. collected by David Evans ‘for the Poor Sufferers by Fire at Oswestry’, certified by Richard Dovey, Rector of St. Martin’s, Birmingham.

A82 Subscription list. [1809] Signatures of 43 contributors of a total of £34 16s. 6d towards a piece of plate to be presented to Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, Recorder, in approval of his conduct ‘during the late investigation into the conduct of the Duke of York late Commander in cheif and also of His general strict attention to Parliamentary business’.

A83 Circular letter. 3 Jul. 1812 From H. Torrens, Horse Guards, giving a description of General Arnaud Philipon, and Lieutenant P.A. Garnier of the French Artillery, who absconded from Oswestry c.3 Jun. 1812, in violation of their parole, possibly aided by two men named Chalklin and Wenham, and Edward Hopper of Sandgate, co. Kent, and seeking assistance in their apprehension.

A84 Petition. [1812] Of 467 inhabitants of Oswestry and neighbourhood to Parliament seeking the inclusion in the charter intended to be granted to the East India Company, of provisions for the admission of Christian ministers and missionaries into India, and the protection of them and those now resident there.

A85 Letter of request. 3 Feb. 1815 From 31 inhabitants of Oswestry to Hon. Thomas Kenyon, Mayor, requiring him to call a public meeting to consider a congratulatory address to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, bt., on his, ‘safe return to his native land; & to thank him for the patriotism & zeal with which he stood forward to serve his country & to assist in dethroning the Tyrant, who had threatened to enslave the world’. With memorandum by the Mayor, 8 Feb. 1815, that a meeting has been arranged for 17 Feb.

A86 Acknowledgement. 8 Aug. 1821 Of William Jones, purchaser of land on each side of the Town Clerk’s offices, on which he has erected buildings, that a door at the back of Thomas Evans’ house, opening to Corporation lands, is on sufferance, and he will close it up if so required by the Corporation.

A87 Perambulation of Town Boundaries 19 Oct. 1830 Printed in Bye-gones 1889-90, pp. 138 - 140.

A88 Financial memoranda. 3 docs. [1832] Relate to accounts for alterations to Town Clerk’s office and cells 1812 - 1813 (see A38, A39), and to amount now held in the Savings Bank.

A89 Letter. 15 Nov. 1833 From Nath. Minshall, Oswestry, to R. J. Croxon, denying any knowledge of a claim made by Oswestry Corporation against the devisees of the late Mr. Howell [in respect of property in Church Street].

A90 Letter. 2 Dec. 1833 From same to same quoting Mr Howell’s letter of protest against the Corporation claim.

A91 - A97 Miscellanea relating to Oswestry 7 1637 - 1821 items

A91 Illuminated Pedigree of Robert Lloyd, esq., Doctor of Physic. 1 roll 1637 Drawn by John Cain of Oswestry.

A92 Bailiff’s Book. 1 gathering 1653 - 1661 Contains official and personal memoranda of the Bailiff of the Lord of the Manor of Oswestry, as follows:

Inside front cover: memoranda on payments due.

f. 1: Memoranda of accounts, Jun. 1658 - May 1660.

ff. 2v. - 8r.: Rental, 1658. Printed in Bye-gones 1938-9 pp. 17 - 21.

f. 8v.: Memoranda on the Lords of Oswestry and the Bailiffs 1653 - 1660. Printed in Bye-gones 1938-9, pp. 16, 17.

f. 9: Memoranda on heriots and other customs. Printed in Bye-gones 1938-9, p. 17.

f. 11: Instructions in proceedings of William [?] Harris against Annah Brereton for recovery of goods.

f. 18r.: Rents of ‘Gwely Allan ap Kynrige’.

ff.18v.: Inside back cover: memoranda of accounts, Jun. 1658 - May 1661.

A93 Abstract of title to the Manor of Oswestry. 1710 Recites 14 deeds as follows:

No. 1: Conveyance, Thomas [Craven], Earl of Suffolk, his wife lady Catherine, Theophilus, Lord Howard of Walden, co. Essex, Sir Arnold Herbert and William Heyward to Dame Elizabeth Craven, widow of Sir William Craven, Sir William Whitmore and George Whitmore, 7 Apr. 1624.

No. 2: Final concord, same parties, 1642.

No. 3: Release, James [Craven], Earl of Suffolk, to Sir William Whitmore and Sir George Whitmore, 20 Nov. 1647.

No. 4: Release, William Whitmore of Balmes, co. Middlesex, esq., to William, Lord Craven, 12 Nov. 1661. 45

A93 continued No. 5: Conveyance (lease and release), William, Earl of Craven, to Sir Edward Brett, kt., Sir John Barber, kt., Humphrey Weld, esq., and Thomas Whitmore, esq., 16, 17 Oct. 1674.

No. 6: Mortgage, William, Earl of Craven, to Sir Edmund Andres and Francis Howley. 13 Jun. 1685.

No. 7: Conveyance (lease and release), William Herbert, Lord of Montgomery, and his wife Mary to trustees, 27, 28 May 1697.

No. 8: Declaration of trusts in no. 7, 28 May 1697.

No. 9: Final concord, 1697.

No. 10: Recovery,1697.

No. 11: Mortgage, William Herbert, Viscount Montgomery, and William, Earl Craven, to Emanuell How and his wife Ruperta, and trustees, 2 Dec. 1700.

No. 12: Mortgage, Rt. Hon. William Herbert to Lord Windsor, 8 Aug. 1710.

No. 13: Covenant, same parties, 8 Aug. 1710.

No. 14: Bond for performance, 8 Aug. 1710.

A94 Solicitor’s bill. 1747 Of Milward Rogers for £6 19s. 4d. for professional services in a suit Reece v. Piggot & Jones in the King’s Bench. Endorsed: receipt for promissory note for £6 12s. 4d. from John Hughes and Jno. Williams, 4 Feb. 1747/8, witness Geo. Dorsett.

A95 ‘A Survey of the several Townships & Tythings within the Parish of Oswestry and County of Salop Of which the Earl of Powis is Lay Impropriator. Made for the purpose of facilitating the letting of the Tithes thereof. By Arthur Davies’. 1 vol. [c.1780] In original book format the volume contained maps on parchment (except for Llynclys which is on paper) folded to page size and interleaved with reference pages giving names of owners and tenants and names and acreages of fields. Now for better preservation the maps have been removed from the volume as A95/2. They retain the page numbers from the original volume as follows:-

A95 continued Oswestry Town and Liberties p. 1 Map of Upper Part, 20” x 12”, 8 chains = 1” (10” = 1 mile) p. 3 Map of Lower Part, 12” x 11”, 8 chains = 1” pp. 4 - 29 Reference

Maesbury Township p. 33 Map of part, 18” x 12”, 8 chains = 1” p. 35 Map of part, 15” x 13”, 8 chains = 1” pp. 36 - 53 Reference

Aston Township p. 57 Map, 22” x 13”, 8 chains = 1” pp. 58 - 63 Reference

Middleton Township p. 67 Map, 14” x 13”, 8 chains = 1” pp. 68 - 75 Reference

Wootton Township p. 77 Map, 16” x 13”, 8 chains = 1” pp. 78 - 88 Reference

Hisland Township p. 91 Map, 16”x 13”, 8 chains = 1” pp. 92 - 97 Reference

Weston Cotton Township p. 101 Map, 14” x 10”, 8 chains = 1” pp. 102 - 107 Reference

Llanvorda Township p. 111 Map, 14” x 12”, 12 chains = 1” (6.66” = 1 mile) pp. 112 - 121 Reference

Treflach Township p. 125 Map, 18” x 12”, 8 chains = 1” pp. 126 - 135 Reference

Pentregaer and part of SouchtinTownships p. 139 Map of part, 13” x 12”, 5 chains = 1” (16”= 1 mile) p. 141 Map of part, 12” x 12”, 5 chains = 1” pp. 142 - 154 Reference

A95 continued Kynynnion Township p. 159 Map of part, 14” x 12”, 6 chains = 1” (13.33” = 1 mile) p. 161 Map of part, 12” x 9”, 6 chains = 1” pp. 162 - 171 Reference

Trefyrclawdd Township p. 175 Map, 17” x 14”, 8 chains = 1” pp. 176 - 185 Reference

Sweeney Township p. 189 Map, 21” x 16”, 8 chains = 1” pp. 190 - 202 Reference

Morton Township p. 207 Map, 12” x 14”, [8 chains = 1”] pp. 208 - 215 Reference

Crickheath Township pp. 216 - 218 List of owners, occupiers, properties, acreages.

Llynclys Township pp. 219 – 223/5 Reference

pp. 223/6-8 Map (on paper), 16” x 12”, 8 chains = 1”

pp. 225 - 266 Abstract of particulars on pp.1 - 215, giving page and plot numbers, names of owners and occupiers, description and acreages of properties.

p. 269 Further abstract giving page number and total acreage for each township.

A96 Accounts. 1 gathering 1794 Unidentified. Relate to purchases of malt, meat and other commodities.

A97 Printed advertisement for Oswestry gas lights. 4 Oct. 1821 Gives particulars of charges for use of various types of burners, and rules relating to same, laid down by Robert Roberts, the proprietor. Endorsed: draft agreement between Robert Roberts and John Bridgewater of Oswestry, surgeon, for the installation and use of gas in the latter’s shop, 1822. 48

A98 - A104 Transcripts, etc. 7 items [1767] - 20th cent.

A98 Transcripts and abstracts of charters and other records, made by Stanley Leighton and published in his book. 1 vol. [c.1875] pp. 75 and 89 include abstracts of a receipt, a bill of charges, and an account relating to the poor’s money, 1692 - 1694, which are not now among the records.

A99 Transcripts, translations and notes on records. 1 [1767] vol. Inscribed: ‘These copies were part of an old Book in Parchment cover, dated 1756. Probably at one time it belonged to the Corporation or some of its officials. It was sold either with the effects of Richard Minshull or Mr. Edmunds’. Contains:

pp. 1 - 60: Translation of charter of Charles II, 13 Jan. 1673/4 (A22).

pp. 61 - 65: Extracts and notes from Assembly Book, 1763, 1741, 1743, 1727 (A1/1).

pp. 65 - 70: Oaths of Recorder, Town Clerk, Mayor, Coroner, Common Councillor, Alderman, Muringer, Burgess, Sergeant, Watch.

pp. 70, 71: Forms of summons to take oaths.

pp. 72 - 82: Extracts from Assembly Book (A1/1) and Register of Burgesses (A7), 1673 - 1674.

pp. 82 - 87: Extracts from Assembly Book, 1682 - 1766.

pp. 87 - 90: Transcript of accounts of money received by Richard Pope, first Mayor, for newly elected Burgesses, 1674.

p. 90: Transcript of accounts for clothes for John Kyffin, bellman.

p. 90 - 93: List of Burgesses, 1725 - 1767.

p. 94: Transcript of appointment by Richard Williams, esq., Mayor, of John Hughes, mercer, as his deputy, 23 Oct. 1747.

A99 continued pp. 95 - 108: List of Burgesses, 1674 - 1724.

pp. 112, 113: Transcript of accounts relating to the renewal of the charter, 1674.

pp. 118, 119: Transcript of part of will of Richard Muckleston of Keel, co. Salop, 1633, and related notes, 1767.

pp. 119 - 123: Abstract of will of James Phillips of London, 1661.

pp. 123 - 129: Transcript of survey of lands belonging to the Free School, 28 Oct. [c.1636].

pp. 129 - 135: Transcript of case of the Mayor and Burgesses in a suit concerning the election of a schoolmaster and the letting of the school lands, [1680]. A version of this is printed in Bye-gones 1874, pp. 153 - 154.

pp. 136 - 138: Transcript of order of the Council of the Marches of Wales in favour of the plainliffs in a dispute concerning rights of common in Porkington, 25 Jan. 1605/6. See A78.

pp. 138 - 141: Transcripts of letters A75/1 /2, A73, A74, A72, and related notes.

A100 Copy of A99 pp.54 - 108. 1 bundle [late 18th cent.]

A101 ‘Copies of Documents and Proceedings relative to the Town and Liberties of the Borough of Oswestry 1818- 1838’. 1 vol. 1817-1842 Contains Town Clerk’s transcripts and original documents as follows:

f. 1: Sketch of the Town of Oswestry showing the two Roads through the Town from Shrewsbury to Holyhead, [1818].

A101 continued f. 2: A Correct Table of the Stages and distances between Oswestry and London and also between London and Holyhead, [1818].

f. 6v.: Transcript of order of the Deputy Mayor for closure of shops on the day of the funeral of Princess Charlotte, 14 Nov. 1817.

f. 7r.: Transcript of notice of a Town Meeting to consider means of opposing new fairs at Shrewsbury, 19 Dec. 1818.

ff. 7v. - 8r.: Transcript of minutes of the meeting, 30 Dec. 1818.

ff. 8v. - 9r.: Extract from Shrewsbury Chronicle, 15 Jan. 1819, reporting on another meeting on the same subject.

ff. 9v. - 10v.: Transcript of case, and opinion of C. Puller, Lincoln’s Inn, concerning the legality of the new fairs at Shrewsbury, 23 Dec. 1818.

f. 11: Transcript of minutes of Town Meeting to consider presenting a petition to the House of Commons against the renewal of the Insolvent Debtors Bill, 4 Mar. 1819.

f. 12r.: Transcript of petition, [1819].

ff. 12v. - 13r.: Transcript of petition to the House of Commons against the taxing of inland coal, 15 Mar. 1819.

f. 13r.: Memorandum on distance between Oswestry and Shrewsbury, 1819.

ff. 13v. - 14r.: Transcripts of letter from Thos. N. Parker, Mayor, to the Committee of the Shrewsbury General Agricultural Society, concerning the new fairs at Shrewsbury, [1819], and reply, 16 Jul. 1819 .

A101 continued f. 14v.: Extract from Liverpool Mercury, 10 May 1819, concerning the right of any Borough Magistrates to commit prisoners to the County Gaol and try them in the Borough Courts.

f. 15: Transcript of memorandum relating to repairs to the stand at Oswestry Race Course, Aug. 1818, with related accounts and list of subscribers, 1819. See Bye-gones 1889-90, p. 1.

f. 16r.: Transcript of letter from C.W. Williams Wynn to Rev. James Donne, 15 Dec. 1817, suggesting the trial of an offender at Shrewsbury, the offence of stealing geese having been committed in Llandrino, co. Montgomery.

ff. 16v. - 17r.: Transcripts of accounts of prosecuting John Davies, Catherine Davies, and Elizabeth Hughes for stealing the geese, and related letter from Thos. N. Parker seeking reimbursement from the Treasurer of co. Montgomery, 29 Jun. 1819.

Between Receipt of Thos. Yates, attorney for the ff. 16, 17: prosecution , for £30 19s. pr osecution costs from Lewis Jones, Oswestry Treasurer, 27 Feb. 1818; letter from L. Jones to Richard Griffiths, Treasurer of co. Montgomery, requesting payment of £30 due to Oswestry, 14 Mar. 1832; letter from Edwd. Edmunds to the Mayor and Coroner apologising for offensive words he ‘hastily let fall’ when making application for a warrant ‘ against one Foulkes for keeping a mischievous Dog’, 2 Jul. 1824. See Bye- gones 1889-90, p. 281.

ff. 17v. - 18r.: Transcript of letter from Th. L. Jones to C.W.W. Wynn giving his opinion that the Treasurer of co. Montgomery ought to reimburse Oswestry for the costs referred to in ff. 16v. - 17r.

A101 continued ff. 18v. - 19r.: Complaint of William Rogers of Kynaston in Kinnerley parish, co. Salop, of unlawful demands for tolls by Ann Redrobe, Mary Tomkies, Bailiff James Jones, chinaman, and Special Constable John Tomkies, son of Mary, on barley he brought to Richard Brayne of Beatrice Street, malster, 26 Jan. 1820. See Bye- gones 1889-90, p. 260.

f. 19r.: Memorandum relating to an Act for the better relief and employment of the Poor in Shrewsbury, [1820].

ff. 19v. - 20r.: ‘An Account of the Procession in proclaiming his Majesty George the fourth, King’, and account of expenses, 14 Feb. 1820. See Leighton p. 190, and Bye-gones 1889-90, pp. 11, 12; 1899 - 1900, pp. 31, 32.

ff. 20v. - 22r.: Transcripts of case, and opinion of John Richardson, Middle Temple, suggesting the passing of a bye-law to prevent Irish hawkers from selling their linen in the Market Place, 22 Feb. 1817.

f. 22v.: Statement of Thos. N. Parker concerning payments for tithes of milch cows offered by Peter Jones of Trefarclawdd in Oswestry parish to William Judson as agent for the Vicar of Oswestry, and refused, 30 Nov. 1820; extract from John Bull newspaper, 2 Jun. 1823, concerning the committal to Lancaster Gaol of Mr. Jersey ‘a Missionary amongst the Primitive Methodists usually called Ranters’, he having refused to give bail for good behaviour, on a charge of creating a disturbance and riot by preaching in the market place at Dalton near Ulverston, co.Lanc.

A101 continued f. 23r.: Transcripts of depositions of William Bynner of Oswestry, Special Constable, and Henry Hughes of Bailey Head, 9 Jun. 1823, concerning the disturbance caused by William Doughty preaching on Bailey Head, with memorandum that the latter refused to desist and was committed to Shrewsbury Gaol for a month. See Bye-gones 1889-90, p. 32.

Between Handbill purporting to be a letter from ff. 22, 23: Mr. Doughty, written in prison 8 Jun. 1823, but annotated ‘This was not written by himself (he had no Paper in the Prison)’. Printed in Bye-gones 1893-4, p. 508.

ff. 23v. - 25r.: Transcript of memorial to the Bishop of St. Asaph, signed by 82 inhabitants in recommendation of Rev. John Russell, curate of the parish, [1823].

ff. 25v. - 27r.: Transcripts of petition, but not signatures, to the House of Commons in support of measures to emancipate slaves; related minutes of meeting 24 Mar. 1824; letter from Lewis Jones, Town Clerk, to J.C.Pelham, 2 Apr. 1824; and the latter’s reply, 5 Apr. 1824.

ff. 27v. - 28r.: Transcript of petition, but not signatures, to the House of Commons against the proposed alterations to duties on ale and beer, 30 Apr. 1824, and covering letter from Lewis Jones, 3 May 1824.

ff. 28v. - 29r.: Statement concerning the impassioned behaviour of Edward Edmunds, attorney, Coroner for co. Salop, when applying for a warrent (see between ff. 16, 17), 11 Jun. 1824, and transcripts of letters from W. Hughes on behalf of the Mayor and Coroner, demanding an apology, 18 Jun. 1824, and the letter of apology.

A101 continued ff. 29v. - 30r.: Transcript of order of Shropshire Quarter Sessions, 12 Jul. 1824, confirming order of removal of Jane, wife of William Hankinson, and her three children John, aged 4, James, aged 3, and Elizabeth, aged 1, from Oswestry to Woolston with Martinscroft, co. Lanc.

f. 30r.: Agreement of Edward Philips, 21 Sep. 1824, to complete work on the iron paling in front of the Town Clerk’s office for £17, and agreement of W.O. Gore and H.P.T. Aubrey to pay him an extra £2 8s. 4d.

Between Bill of Wm. Powell for £2 for painting ff. 29v.- 30r.: the iron paling, and receipt for same, 7 Mar. 1825.

ff. 30v. - 34v.: Transcript of petition, and 630 signatures, to the House of Lords against bestowing political power on Roman Catholics, [1825].

f. 35r.: Minutes of a meeting 6 Aug. 1825 at which the decision of a committee, favouring a smaller plan for the proposed new gaol, was adopted.

f. 35v.: Transcript of schedule of forms (warrants, precepts etc.) required for Oswestry Subdivision, 13 Sep. 1825.

f. 36r.: Transcript of address of condolence sent to George IV on the death of the Duke of York and Albany. See Bye-gones 1889 - 90, p. 140.

ff. 36v. - 38v.: Transcripts of petition, and 114 signatures, to the House of Commons against the removal of restrictions on the free importation of foreign grain, 20 Feb. 1827, and related letters from the Town clerk to J.C. Pelham, M.P., and Sir Rowland Hill, M.P., 23, 24 Feb. 1827. See Bye-gones 1889 - 90, p. 352. 56

A101 continued ff. 39r. - 40r.: Transcripts of case and opinion of Counsel, Thos. Plumer, Lincolns Inn, 15 Jun. 1791, concerning the status of Halston, co. Salop, in respect of laws relating to settlement of paupers, the view of Counsel being that it cannot be compelled to provide poor relief, nor can paupers be sent there. See Bye-gones 1889 - 90, pp. 129, 130.

f. 40r.: Memorandum of weight of iron railing of the churchyard adjoining the street opposite the Wynnstay Arms, 18 Sep. 1827. See Bye-gones 1889 - 90, p. 119.

f. 40r.: Order of Oswestry Justices that market stalls should not be allowed to extend beyond the kerb into any street and that the Bailey Head market place be kept clear for agricultural produce, 7 Dec. 1827.

ff. 40v. - 41v.: Transcript of minutes of meeting of the Committee for the Purchase of the Tolls of Oswestry, 27 Mar. 1828, and related memoranda.

f. 42r.: Transcript of petition, and 15 of 334 signatures, to George IV to uphold the Protestant Constitution, [1829].

ff. 42v. - 43r.: Transcript of return under Gaols Act 1824 (5 Geo. IV c.85) relating to Oswestry gaol.

f. 44r.: Transcripts of letters from the Town Clerk to the Rt. Hon. Lord Kenyon and J.C.Pelham, M.P., 2 Feb. 1829 enclosing copies of a petition to be presented to the Houses of Lords and Commons.

ff. 44v. - 45r.: Transcripts of petition, but not signatures, to the House of Commons urging a review of the Malt Act, and covering letter to J.C. Pelham, M.P., 20 Feb. 1830. See Bye-gones 1889-90, pp. 322, 323.

A101 continued f. 45v.: Transcript of proclamation of William IV as King, 30 Jun. 1830.

f. 46r.: Certificate of swearing in of John Leeke, servant to Mrs. Hopkins of Woolston, co. Salop, as a special constable, 29 Dec. 1830; extract from minutes of meeting 29 Nov. 1830 to consider the best means of relieving the poor during the present inclement season.

f. 47r.: Memorandum of meeting 19 Apr. 1831 to consider appointing a regular police officer for the Town, at which ‘nothing done’.

f. 47.: Transcript of minutes of meeting 8 Sep. 1831 to consider ways of celebrating the coronation of William IV.

ff. 48v. - 49r.: Transcripts of minutes of meeting of Oswestry Board of Health 3, 17 Dec. 1831.

f. 49v.: Transcript of return of Peace Officers in Oswestry, [1831].

ff. 50r. - 51v.: Transcripts of minutes of the Board of Health, Jul. 1832.

f. 52: Transcript of loyal address on the occasion of the passage of Princess Victoria through the town, [1831].

f. 53r.: Transcript of minutes of meeting 8 Sep. 1832 to consider the propriety of postponing the races.

ff. 53v. - 56r.: Transcript of appointment, 17 Dec. 1832, of Special Constables as scheduled, in expectation of a riot in the Town on the occasion of the forthcoming county election.

Between Sworn statements of Sir W.H. Clarke, ff. 53, 54: 17 Dec. 1832, and Robert Morrall of Oswestry, gent., 13 Dec. 1832, that a riot is likely to occur. 58

A101 continued f. 56: Transcript of authority of Thos. N. Parker and H.P.T. Aubrey for payment of Special Constables, 29 Dec. 1832.

f. 57r.: Transcript of petition, but not signatures, to House of Commons for amendment of laws relating to Sunday observance, 9 Mar. 1833.

f. 57v.: Transcript of certificate of accuracy of Bickertons Weighing Machine, Jun. 1833.

f. 58r.: Transcript of statement of Thomas Williams of Bailey Head, shoemaker, that it is doubtful whether Robert Williams of Oswestry, labourer, called Robin of the Nant, married Jane Buttery; that Owen Buttery of Ellesmere, co. Salop, clockmaker, married her when she was a street walker in Oswestry, then went into the Shropshire Militia, was absent many years, and when he returned took his daughter away.

f. 58v.: Petty Sessions order, 10 Sep. 1834, fixing the opening hours of licensed premises at 6 a.m. - 10 p.m., and 1 - 6 p.m. on Sundays, Good Friday, Christmas Day, Public Fast or Thanksgiving Days.

ff. 59r. - 60v.: Transcript of petition, and 209 signatures, to William IV to uphold the Protestant cause, [1835].

ff. 60v. - 61r.: Statistics of prosecutions at Assizes and Quarter Sessions, 1829 - 1834.

f. 61v.: Memoranda of suspension of Edward Gittins, bellman, 28 Jul. 1835 for using threats and improper language to Rev. Stephen Donne, and his restoration to office, 3 Aug. 1835.

Between List of constables, 1834. ff. 61, 62:

f. 62: Sessions orders as on f. 58v., 27 Aug. 1835, 25 Aug. 1836. 59

A101 continued ff. 63r. - 64r.: Petty Sessions orders as on f. 58v. but altering hours to 5 a.m. - 11 p.m. and 1 - 9 p.m., 31 Aug. 1837, 9 Aug. 1838, 29 Aug. 1839.

ff. 64v. - 65r.: Transcript of petition, and 47 signatures, to the House of Commons against the abolition of church rates, [1840].

f. 65v.: Transcript of petition, but not signatures, to the House of Lords against the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph, [post 14 Dec. 1842].

Between Transcript of same petition. ff. 65, 66:

In reverse:

ff. 1r. - 2r.: Rental of new earthenware market on the Bailey Head, 1822 - 1825.

f. 2v.: Memoranda relating to letting of vacant ground between the George stables and the gate entrance to the earthenware market, to William Mellor for selling earthenware, 1829, 1830.

f. 3r.: Memoranda of fines for nuisances committed, Jul. - Dec. 1823.

f. 4r.: Elevation of the proposed Gaol at Oswestry, [1823].

f. 5r.: Ground plan, [1823].

f. 6r.: Plan of second storey, [1823].

ff. 7r. - 8r.: Transcript of general specification and description of new gaol by Thos. Penson junior, architect, Oct. 1823.

f. 8r.: Transcript of letter from Thos. Penson to Lord Kenyon, enclosing plans and particulars, 10 Jan. 1824.

f. 8v.: Transcript of notice inviting tenders, 1824.

A101 continued f. 9r.: Transcript of minutes of meeting to discuss the erection of a new gaol, 16 Apr. 1825.

f. 9v.: Transcript of inventory of goods in the new gaol, 30 Oct. 1830.

A102 Manuscript transcript of A76. [19th cent.]

A103 Typescript transcript of depositions of Richard ap David of Oswestry, corser, Edward ap David of same, tanner, Edward ap John of same, weaver, and Edward William Mucleston of same, yeoman, in A78/2. [20th cent.]

A104 Photocopy and typescript transcript of A75/1 /31. [20th cent.]

COURT OF RECORD

A weekly Court of Record for the trial of civil actions was established by the charter of James I (see A21), to be held before the Bailiffs. Under the charter of Charles II (see A22) the Court was held before the Mayor. Section 118 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 (5 & 6 William IV c.76) provided for the continuation of the Court, but no records of any court proceedings have survived.

B1 Court Roll 1 roll (20 membranes) Jun. 1661 - Oct. 1662

B2 Court Books 2 vols. 1714 - 1832

B2/1 May 1714 - Apr. 1757 Fiche 137- At end: certificate of swearing in of George Dorset, 176 gent., as Deputy Town Clerk, and Clerk of the Peace, 22 Feb. 1744/5; copy of order of Oswestry Quarter Sessions to John Piggot, Keeper of the Prison, to bring John Owen, one of his prisoners, into court to be released, 2 Sep. 1743.

B2/2 Apr. 1757 - Oct. 1832 Fiche 176- At front: rules to be observed where the debt is 211 above the 40s.; form of attorney’s oath; copy of certificate of proceedings out of the Court of Record into Superior Courts by writ of Certiorari; memorandum of proceedings at Oswestry Quarter Sessions against William Price of Oswestry, innkeeper, and others, for riotous assembly in Bailey Street Ward, and damage to the property of Robert Conway, innkeeper, 1781.

B3 Rules 2 vols. 1843

B3/1 Rules of the Court and Schedule of Forms. Approved by J.R. Kenyon, Recorder, 10 Jul. 1843; allowed and confirmed by N. C. Tindal, Edwd. H. Alderson, J. Patteson, 20 Jul. 1843.

B3/2 Printed version of /1.

B4 Miscellanea 13 docs. 1828 - 1867

B4/1 Memorandum from M. Rogers concerning a motion for further time in the suit Bickley and another v. Parry. 29 Feb. 1828

B4/2 Memorandum from M. Rogers concerning suits Richard Morris v. Richard Payne and Francis Williams v. John Evans. 18 Dec. 1828 Endorsed: memorandum of suit against Edward Summerfield, farmer, 19 Jan. 1829.

B4/3 Memorandum from Milward Rogers to the effect that he is acting for the plaintiff in the suit Thomas Morris v. Thomas Evans. [Sep. 1829]

B4/4 Complaint of Thomas Morris in the same suit. 18 Sep. 1829

B4/5 -8 Financial memoranda. 1829, undated

B4/9 Printed Table of Fees for Shrewsbury Court of Record. Jan. 1839

B4/10 Form of Plaintiff’s Bill of Costs. [watermark 1846]

B4/11 Notice of Court Session to be held 30 Dec. 1865 13 Dec. 1865

B4/12, 13 Notices of Court Sessions to be held 29 Jun. and 11 Oct. 1867. 11 Jun. 1867

QUARTER AND PETTY SESSIONS

Quarter Sessions were formally established in Oswestry by the charter of James I (see A21), which empowered the Mayor, the Recorder and the Coroner to be Justices of the Peace. A petition under section 103 of the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 (5 & 6 William IV c.76), for the continuance of the separate Court of Quarter Sessions, failed, but the Court was restored in 1842 after a further petition. The Borough lost its separate Commission of the Peace in 1951, following the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. VI c.101).

C1 Quarter Sessions Books 3 vols. 1737 - 1836

Contain lists of jurors, orders, presentments.

C1/1 [Oct.] 1737 - Oct. 1765 Fiche 212- Includes appointments of surveyors of highways, 231 1737 - 1748, 1760 - 1765. At end: lists of constables, 1737 - 1761; lists of halberdiers (‘holberteers’), [1738?] - 1744. For extracts see Leighton pp. 175 - 176; Bye- gones 1882-3, pp. 229, 285.

C1/2 Jan. 1766 - Oct. 1792 Fiche 231- Includes recognizances; appointments of surveyors 253 of highways 1766 - 1769. For extracts see Bye-gones 1882-3, pp. 11, 38, 158; 1899-1900, pp. 59, 153, 197, 214.

C1/3 Jan. 1793 - Apr. 1836 Fiche 253- Includes recognizances. At end: certified copy, 22 290 Nov. 1831, of proclamation for the encouragement of piety and virtue, and for the preventing and punishing of vice, profaneness and immorality, 28 Jun. 1830. For extracts see Bye-gones 1882-3, pp. 81 - 82, 96, 317, 329 - 330, 335 - 336; 1899-1900, pp. 59, 105, 125.

C2 Constables’ Presentments 4 docs. 1740 - 1742

C2/1 [1740] Humphrey Wikey and Grace Morris, Constables of Bailey Street Ward, present the Earl of Powis for not repairing the late dwelling house of William Lewis ‘being Dangerous’.

C2/2 22 Jul. 1742 Thos. Jones, Jno. Boulton, Edward Boodle, Constables of Leg Street Ward, present the inhabitants for not repairing ‘from ye Gutter by Mr. Fineas Davies a Few Yards above ye White Horse’; the Muringer for not repairing the ‘Fludgate at Bitrigegate’ and not cleansing under Black Gate Bridge; the Overseers [of Highways] ‘for want of a Finger Post at Whittington Lane End and ye Highway Theirunto Leading about 50 yards’.

C2/3 [c.1742] Humprey Jones, Edd. Jones, Richd. Tomley, John Williams, Constables of Church Street, present the Muringer and Overseers of Highways for not repairing the bridge and roads.

C2/4 [c.1742] John Humphreys, Edd. Morris, Peter Jones, Edward Huges, Constables of Willow Street, present the Overseers of Highways for not repairing ‘the Dingle Leading from Horlay Hall to the Hays’, ‘ye Cosway opesite to ye Green Man’, and ‘the Cosway Leading from ye Molt mill down to ye meeting House’; and John Williams ‘for Leaving His stones by the Door which is Dangerous for passingers’.

C3 Jurors’ Presentments 1 doc. 8 Oct. 1742

Inhabitants, singly and collectively, the Muringer, and the Duke of Powis presented for public nuisances similar to those in C2, including ‘the Duke of Powis for not repairing or taking down the Ball and Iron work upon the Cupoloe of the Town Hall’.

C4 Orders 2 docs. 1790, 1925

C4/1 12 Feb. 1790 Aaron Meredith, apprentice to James Howell of Oswestry, peruke maker, ordered to be released from his apprenticeship, the charge of his masters neglect, made on his behalf by Edward Corbet, esq., and Pryce Maurice, clerk, having been proved.

* C4/2 3 Jul. 1925 Order confirming an affiliation order made by the Petty Sessional Court, 4 Jun. 1925.

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C5 Calendars of Prisoners 84 docs. 1924 - 1951

C5/1 4 Jul. 1924 ‘Nil’ Calendar

* C5/2, 3 23 Oct. 1925

* C5/4 1 Jun. 1928

* C5/5, 6 24 May 1929

* C5/7, 8 2 Aug. 1929

C5/9 21 Oct. 1929 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/10 3 Feb. 1930 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/11 25 Apr. 1930 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/12 24 Jul. 1930 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/13 2 Oct. 1930 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/14 9 Jan. 1931 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/15 17 Apr. 1931 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/16 1 Aug. 1931 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/17 5 Oct. 1931 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/18 6 Jan. 1932 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/19 5 Aug. 1932 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/20 20 Jan. 1933 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/21 1 Apr. 1933 ‘Nil’ Calendar

* C5/22, 23 20 May 1933

* C5/24, 25 23 Aug. 1933

* C5/26, 27 28 Nov. 1933

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C5/28 26 May 1934 ‘Nil’ Calendar

28 Aug. 1934 See C7/7

31 Aug. 1935 See C7/10

26 Nov. 1936 See C7/14

6 Mar. 1937 See C7/ 16

* C5/29, 30 9 Dec. 1937

* C5/31, 32 23 Sep. 1938

* C5/33 17 Dec. 1938

* C5/34 3 Mar. 1939

* C5/35 2 Jun. 1939

* C5/36 22 Sep. 1939

* C5/37, 38 1 Mar. 1940

* C5/39, 40 6 Jun. 1940

* C5/41, 42 20 Sep. 1940

C5/43 7 Mar. 1941 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/44 10 Jun. 1941 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/45, 46 19 Sep. 1941 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/47 14 Mar. 1942 ‘Nil’ Calendar

* C5/48, 49 13 Jun. 1942

C5/50 25 Sep. 1942 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/51 22 Dec. 1942 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/52 13 Mar. 1943 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/53 11 Jun. 1943 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/54 25 Sep. 1943 ‘Nil’ Calendar

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C5/55 18 Dec. 1943 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/56 18 Mar. 1944 ‘Nil’ Calendar

* C5/57, 58 10 Jun. 1944

C5/59 22 Sep. 1944 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/60 22 Dec. 1944 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/61 17 Mar. 1945 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/62 16 Jun. 1945 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/63 21 Sep. 1945 ‘Nil’ Calendar

* C5/64, 65 21 Dec. 1945

C5/66 21 Sep. 1946 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/67 14 Dec. 1946 ‘Nil’ Calendar

* C5/68, 69 22 Sep. 1947

* C5/70, 71 13 Dec. 1947

C5/72 20 Mar. 1948 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/73 26 Jun. 1948 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/74 18 Sep. 1948 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/75 18 Dec. 1948 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/76 25 Jun. 1949 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/77 24 Sep. 1949 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/78 17 Dec. 1949 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/79 25 Mar. 1950 ‘Nil’ Calendar

* C5/80, 81 23 Sep. 1950

C5/82 16 Dec. 1950 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/83 31 Mar. 1951 ‘Nil’ Calendar

C5/84 23 Jun. 1951 ‘Nil’ Calendar

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C6 Indictments 93 docs. 1921 - 1951

* C6/1 21 Oct. 1921

* C6/2 26 Jun. 1922

* C6/3 [1923]

* C6/4 17 Oct. 1924

* C6/5-7 23 Oct. 1925

* C6/8, 9 9 Jul. 1926

* C6/10 6 May 1927

* C6/11 5 Aug. 1927

* C6/12, 13 4 Nov. 1927

* C6/14 1 Jun. 1928

* C6/15-19 21 Dec. 1928

* C6/20 15 Mar. 1929

* C6/21 24 May 1929

* C6/22-24 20 May 1933

* C6/25-31 28 Nov. 1933 /26-31 are particulars of other offences taken into account.

* C6/32-37 28 Aug. 1934

* C6/38-42 25 May 1935 / 41 is particulars of other offences taken into account.

* C6/43 31 Aug. 1935

* C6/44 23 May 1936

* C6/45, 46 29 Aug. 1936

* C6/47 6 Mar. 1937

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* C6/48, 49 5 Jun. 1937

* C6/50 16 Sep. 1937

* C6/51-59 9 Dec. 1937 /53-59 are particulars of other offences taken into account.

* C6/60, 61 23 Sep. 1938 / 61 is particulars of other offences taken into account.

* C6/62, 63 22 Sep. 1939

* C6/64 1 Mar. 1940

* C6/65, 66 20 Sep. 1940 /66 is particulars of other offences taken into account.

* C6/67, 68 6 Jun. 1940

* C6/69 13 Jun. 1942

* C6/70-74 10 Jun. 1944 /72, 73 are particulars of other offences taken into account.

* C6/75 21 Dec. 1945

* C6/76-81 22 Sep. 1947 /77, 80 are particulars of other offences taken into account.

* C6/82-85 13 Dec. 1947

* C6/86-91 23 Sep. 1950 /87 is particulars of other offences taken into account.

* C6/92, 93 22 Sep. 1951

C7 Case papers 38 bundles 1926 - 1950

Recognizances, statements of the accused, witnesses’ depositions, draft indictments, certificates of pleas of guilty, previous convictions and antecedents, lists of exhibits, reports, correspondence etc. relating to individual cases.

* Closed to public access for 100 years. 71

* C7/1 9 Jul. 1926 Draft indictment only. For related antecedents see C8/1.

* C7/2 4 Nov. 1927 Antecedents only.

* C7/3, 4 20 May 1933

* C7/5 23 Aug. 1933 Includes Probation Officer’s report, 29 Aug. 1935.

* C7/6 28 Nov. 1933

* C7/7 28 Aug. 1934 Includes calendar of prisoners.

* C7/8, 9 25 May 1935

* C7/10 31 Aug. 1935 Includes calendar of prisoners.

* C7/11 6 May 1936 Includes plan of premises where the offence was committed.

* C7/12, 13 29 Aug. 1936

* C7/14 26 Nov. 1936 Includes calendar of prisoners.

* C7/15, 16 6 Mar. 1937 /15 comprises papers relating to appeal against conviction by Oswestry Court of Summary Jurisdiction, 11 Feb. 1937; /16 includes calendar of prisoners.

* C7/17, 18 5 Jun. 1937

* C7/19 16 Sep. 1937

* C7/20, 21 9 Dec. 1937

* C7/22 23 Sep. 1938

* C7/23 2 Jun. 1939 Papers relating to appeal against affiliation order made by Oswestry Court of Summary Jurisdiction, 14 Apr. 1939.

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* C7/24-26 22 Sep. 1939 /24 includes letters and reports relating to a further offence, Aug. - Sep. 1940; /26 comprises papers relating to appeal against conviction by Oswestry Court of Summary Jurisdiction, 26 Jun. 1939.

* C7/27 1 Mar. 1940 Defence certificate only.

* C7/28 20 Sep. 1940

* C7/29 15 Aug. 1941 Adjourned Sessions Papers relating to appeal against conviction by Oswestry Court of Summary Jurisdiction, 13 Jun. 1941.

* C7/30 13 Jun. 1942 Includes form of proceedings.

* C7/31, 32 10 Jun. 1944

* C7/33 21 Dec. 1945

* C7/34 22 Sep. 1947

* C7/35 13 Dec. 1947

* C7/36-38 23 Sep. 1950

C8 Crime Returns 23 docs. 1925 - 1941

* C8/1 Jun. 1925, Jun. 1926 Includes antecedents relating to C7/1.

* C8/2 Jun. 1926, Jun. 1927

* C8/3 Sep. 1926, Sep. 1927

* C8/4 Mar. 1928, Mar. 1929

* C8/5 Mar. 1932

* C8/6 Jun. 1932

* C8/7 Sep. 1932

* C8/8 Mar. 1933

* C8/9 Jun. 1933

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* C8/10 Nov. 1933

* C8/11 Jun. 1934

* C8/12 Jun. 1935

* C8/13 Sep. 1935

* C8/14 Jun. 1936

* C8/15 Sep. 1936

* C8/16 Jun. 1937

* C8/17 Mar. 1938

* C8/18 Jun. 1938

* C8/19 Mar. 1939

* C8/20 Jun. 1939

* C8/21 Jun. 1940

* C8/22, 23 Jun. 1941

C9 Footpath Diversion Orders and Related Papers 10 docs. 1938 - 1946

C9/1-3 Beechfield Estate: copy order, certificate of completion of new footpaths, and related plan. 1938 - 1946

C9/4-10 Jennings Road: Justices’ certificates, plans, order, certificate of completion. 1940 - 1946

C10 Petty Sessions Book 1 vol. 1818 - 1897

Fiche Title page inscribed ‘Minutes of Evidence taken 291/339 before the Magistrates of the Town and Hundred of Oswestry in the County of Salop for Felonies Misdemeanors &c Done and Committed within the said Town and Hundred’. The first part of the volume contains copies of depositions, correspondence etc. concerning criminal cases, road and bridges, including lists of special constables appointed to deal with ‘riotous proceedings’, Jan. 1831. From 1835 the entries consist of minutes of Petty Sessions for the Hundred of Oswestry and the Borough of Oswestry, relating to administrative * Closed to public access for 100 years. 74

C10 continued business under various Acts of Parliament (rates, highways etc.). Include appointments of parish constables, special constables, high constables; return of surveyors of highways, 1839; substitution of the British Schools for Court House during rebuilding of Guildhall, 1892. Pasted at end: printed table of fees and allowances to parochial constables, 31 Oct. 1842.

C11 Letter Books of George Markey, Magistrates’ Clerk 2 vols. 1882 - 1892

Includes copy letters in his capacity as Secretary to Oswestry Savings Bank, and Agent to the Phoenix Fire Office, London.

C11/1 Nov. 1882 - Aug. 1887

C11/2 Sep. 1887 - Feb. 1892

C12 Letter Book of H. I. Wallace Pugh, Magistrates’ Clerk 1 vol. Feb. 1898 - Jan. 1902

C13 Treasurer’s Accounts 1 vol. 1786 - 1832

On pp. 1 - 13, 24 - 25, 44 - 50, 68 - 73, 79 - 84, 89 - 105 are accounts of Lewis Jones senior (d.1812) in his capacity as private solicitor, Jan. - Mar., May, Nov. - Dec. 1786, Feb. - May, Jul. - Aug., Oct. - Dec. 1787. On pp. 109 - 173 are accounts of Lewis Jones junior as Treasurer of Oswestry, May 1812 - Dec. 1832, and of his successor, Richard Jones Croxon, Dec. 1832 - Jan. 1835. On pp. 345 - 353 are recorded militia men’s certificates sent out, and amounts received for same, Sep. 1812 - Nov. 1816.

C14 Various Correspondence and Papers 40 docs. 1814 - 1901

C14/1 Petition. 22 Nov. 1814 Of the Burgesses and Tradesmen of Oswestry to the Mayor and other Magistrates of the Borough to prevent ‘Strangers and Foreigners’ from infringing trading rights conferred by charter. 56 signatures.

C14/2 Letter. 18 Aug. 1832 From Richd. Griffiths to Lewis Jones, esq., stating that he had paid the £30 as ordered by the Sessions.

C14/3 Accounts of expenditure of county rates for three years ending 25 Mar. 1833. 1833

C14/4 Summary of expenditure in /3. 1833 For transcript see Leighton, p. 186.

C14/5 Letter. 21 Jun. 1833 From W. Hughes for Mr. Croxon, Town Clerk, to Joseph Loxdale, Clerk of the Peace for the County of Salop, applying for a form for assessing a county rate, it being the intention of Oswestry Quarter Sessions to levy such a rate as they are allowed by charter and statute.

C14/6, 7 Forms for assessment of county rate. [1833]

C14/8-10 Forms for appointment of High Constable. [1833]

C14/11 Statistics of paupers, acreage and rates in Oswestry Parish and Liberties. 1835

C14/12 Letter. 21 Dec. 1839 From Edwd. Haycock, County Surveyor, to J. Loxdale, reporting on repairs necessary to Ellesmere Lock-up House.

C14/13 Letter. 27 May 1842 From Minshall & Sons to R.J. Croxon, esq., concerning an arrangement ‘to release Richd. Jones Baker from Gaol with assistance from another person provided that the money advanced by us to support him be repaid us’.

C14/14 Letter. 30 May 1842 From John Loxdale to Thomas Persor concerning the drawing up of a formal agreement for the maintenance of Oswestry prisoners in the county gaol.

C14/15 Letter. 28 Dec. 1842 From B. Lakin, Whitchurch, co. Salop, to John Loxdale, enclosing examinations against Thomas Jones, and expressing his intention to have a list of fees in vagrant cases ready for the Easter Sessions.

C14/16 Letter. 29 Dec. 1842 From the Justices’ Clerk, Halesowen, co. Worcester, enclosing commitments in the prosecutions of Jemima Dalton, Catherine Faircloth, Sarah Holloway, and raising the matter of ‘the Special Constable’s Trouble and Expences’.

C14/17 Circular letter. 10 Sep. 1845 From the Secretary of State’s Office to the Clerk to the Justices requesting that the attention of the Magistrates be called to their responsibility under Section 4 of the Act 8 & 9 Vict. c.117 for making regulations for ‘the removal of Scotch, Irish, and other poor’.

C14/18 Extract from the Town Council minutes. 22 Sep. 1845 Council resolved to give Richard Jones, the Borough Gaoler, another trial, he being accused by the County Magistrates of having allowed intoxicating sprits to be brought into gaol for John Haywood, committed for trial for forgery.

C14/19, 20 Draft and copy letter. 23 Oct. 1845 From John Loxdale to R.J. Croxon saying that the County Magistrates will not pay Richard Jones’ salary if any further complaint of misconduct is laid against him, he having been charged with being drunk, allowing a prisoner to escape, allowing male and female prisoners to associate, and having a prisoner drunk.

C14/21 Letter. 27 Dec. 1845 From Richard J. Croxon to Messrs. Longueville & Williams concerning the recognizance entered into by Mr. Griffith, the surgeon, who failed to appear for trial.

C14/22 Letter. 31 Mar. 1846 From Saml. Ralphs, Oswestry Gaoler, to the County Magistrates, seeking an increase in salary.

C14/23 Letter. 31 Mar. 1846 From Richard J. Croxon to John Loxdale saying that the Town of Oswestry has agreed to increase Sergeant Ralphs’ salary from £5 to £10 provided that the County consents to increase its contribution in the same proportion.

C14/24 Copy letter. 11 Nov. 1846 From the Treasury Chambers, London to the Clerk of the Peace, Oswestry, concerning recovery of forfeitures under recognizances, and accounting for the same to the Crown, neither the Corporation nor the Lord of the Manor having any legal claim.

C14/25 Draft letter. 21 Nov. 1846 From W. Hughes, Clerk of the Peace, in reply to /24, pointing out that by charter the amounts are due to Oswestry Corporation and Lordship.

C14/26 Letter. 14 Aug. 1847 From Jno. Rogers to J. Haywood concerning a disagreement over monies due at the expiration of the former’s clerkship.

C14/27 Letter. 19 Aug. 1847 From same to same seeking £10 as a settlement of all accounts between them.

C14/28 Letter. 22 Aug. 1847 From same to same acknowledging the latter’s offer of assistance. With receipt of Charlotte Hughes for £5 received from Mr. Hayward, witness Willm. Hayward.

C14/29 Copy letter. 12 Apr. 1889 From Geo. Markey, Clerk to the Justices, to Samuel Grandidge, Llanymynech, co. Salop, timber merchant, urging him to discontinue the slaughter of horses until licensed to do so.

C14/30-32 Statements of accounts between Oswestry Corporation and Salop County Council. 1891 - 1892

C14/33 Draft letter. 17 Jan. 1893 Enclosing accounts of fines and fees.

C14/34 Account of stationery and advertising costs. 1893

C14/35 Notice. 9 Oct. 1896 Of Special Sessions to be held 30 Oct. to appoint Justices to exercise the powers conferred by the Lunacy Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c.5).

C14/36 Notice. 12 Oct. 1896 Of Special Sessions to be held 29 Oct. to appoint a day of hearing appeals resulting from the Agricultural Rating Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c.16).

C14/37 Judgement. 25 Jul. 1898 In the Supreme Court of Judicature Court of Appeal in the suit the Mayor etc. of the Borough of Thetford v. the County Council of Norfolk, finding that the costs of Borough Courts of Quarter and Petty Sessions are not the liability of the County Council.

C14/38, 39 Letters. Jul. 1898 From J. Houchen, Town Clerk of Thetford, to J. Parry Jones Town Clerk of Oswestry, relating to /37.

C14/40 Draft letter. 29 Mar. 1901 Relating to a boy charged with larceny, who has absconded.

C15 Commissions of the Peace 2 docs. 1836, 1837

C15/1 25 Feb. 1836 To the Mayor [John Croxon], Thomas Kenyon of Pradoe, co. Salop, Thomas Netherton Parker of Sweeney, co. Salop, Henry Pinson Tozer Aubrey of Broomhall, co. Salop, John Jones and James Edwards, both of Brook Street, Oswestry, esq. Seal broken, in metal container.

C15/2 20 Nov. 1837 As /1, but with several names added later, viz. William Watkin Edward Wynne, Thomas Lovett, Rowland Jones Venables of Oakhurst, co. Salop, Edmund Wright of Halton, co. Salop, Peploe Cartwright, James Thomas Jones, Thomas Savin, Benjamin Roberts, Edward Wynne Thomas, James Richardson Barnes, all esq., Captain John Henniker Lovett, George Hamerton Crump, gent., George Owen, civil engineer, John Askew Roberts and John Thomas, gent. Seal encased in leather.

C16 Papers relating to Supplemental Lists of Justices 8 docs. 1940-1941, 1950

C16/1-3 Letters and application list relating to inclusion of Finch Lepine Jackson, Ivanhoe, Oswestry, in Supplemental List of Justices under /4. Dec. 1940

C16/4 Justices (Supplemental List) Act 1941 (4 & 5 Geo. VI c.27). 1941

C16/5 Justices (Supplemental List) Rules. 1941

C16/6 Circular letter from House of Lords concerning implementation of the Justices of the Peace Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. VI c.101). 1 Apr. 1950

C16/7 Justices (Supplemental List) Rules. 1950

C16/8 Supplemental List. James Barlow, Esther Hannah Owen. Jun. 1950

C17 Sacrament Certificates 1 vol. Dec. 1747 - Oct. 1827 Fiche 339 (index The Test Act 1673 (25 Charles II c.2) required only) every person holding civil or military office to receive the sacrament in the Church of England within six months of appointment, and to deliver to Quarter Sessions a certificate to that effect, signed by the Minister, Churchwardens and two witnesses. At front: printed list of certificates, giving names of office-holders, Minister, Churchwardens, witnesses.

C18 Office-holders’ Oaths and Declarations 3 docs. 1788 - 1830

Under the same Act and later ones, office-holders were required to take oaths of allegiance, supremacy, abjuration, and to make a declaration against transubstantiation. For the form of these see Leighton, pp. 181, 182.

C18/1 Jul. 1788 - Jul. 1819

C18/2 May 1794 - Oct. 1818

C18/3 Apr. 1820 - Jul. 1830

C19 Militia Rolls for the Hundred of Oswestry 2 docs. 1769 - 1772

Oaths of allegiance of persons enrolled in the Militia. Give persons ballotted (ie those chosen by ballot to serve), persons enrolled (ie the ballotted ones or substitutes chosen by them), occupations, places of residence, dates of enrolment.

C19/1 Sep. 1769 - Jun. 1771

C19/2 Sep. 1772

C20 Justices’ Oaths 41 items 1840 - 1948

Section 104 of Municipal Corporations Act 1835 (5 & 6 William IV c.76) and later Acts required Justices to take the oaths provided, before acting. /1-8 are files recording declarations by several Justices; /9-41 are declarations by individual Justices.

C20/1 Nov. 1840 - Nov. 1849

C20/2 Mar. 1850 - Nov. 1856

C20/3 Nov. 1859 - Nov. 1870

C20/4 Nov. 1871 - Nov. 1878

C20/5 Apr. 1879 - Jan. 1893

C20/6 Jul. 1893 - Nov. 1904

C20/7 Nov. 1905 - Nov. 1916

C20/8 Nov. 1917 - Nov. 1922, Jun. 1928, and Recorder’s oaths Mar. 1933, Jun. 1937

C20/9 Apr. 1923

C20/10 May 1923

C20/11 Dec. 1931

C20/12 Nov. 1934

C20/13-24 Jul. 1937

C20/25 Nov. 1937

C20/26 Nov. 1938

C20/27 Feb. 1943

C20/28 Nov. 1943

C20/29-31 Mar. 1944

C20/32 Nov. 1944

C20/33 Dec. 1944

C20/34 Nov. 1945

C20/35 Nov. 1946

C20/36 Nov. 1947

C20/38-40 [1948?]

C20/41 May 1949

C21 Constables’ Oaths 1 vol. Apr. 1861 - Mar. 1865 Oaths sworn by Constables on taking office.

C22 Oaths of Mayors of Oswestry Borough and Chairmen of Oswestry Rural District Council, and related letter 4 items 1871 - 1923

Oaths of allegiance and judicial oaths on taking office.

C22/1 Oaths. 1 file 1895 - 1923 Includes circular letter from Whitehall, 20 Feb. 1895, stating that a Chairman of an Urban or Rural District Council, being by virtue of the Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) an ex-offico Justice of the Peace in which the District is situate, may take the oath of allegiance and judicial oath before two or more County Justices in Petty Sessions.

C22/2 Circular letter. 4 Nov. 1871 From Whitehall, stating that Mayors entering on office in the present month may take the oaths before any two Justices of the Peace of the Borough.

C22/3 Letter. 22 Nov. 1872 From Whitehall, stating that the provisions expressed in /2 still apply.

C22/4 Letter. 9 Mar. 1896 From R.S. Clease, Deputy Clerk of the County Council of Salop, stating that the Secretary of State has concluded that a Chairman of a District Council should take the oaths afresh at each re-election.

C23 Deposited Plans 7 items 1897, 1938

Under Standing Orders of the House of Commons, first made in 1792, plans and reference books relating to undertakings authorised by private Acts of Parliament were deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the affected areas.

C23/1, 2 Plans of properties proposed to be acquired for street and market improvements (2 copies). 1897

C23/3 Book of reference to /1, 2. 1897

C23/4-6 Plans and sections relating to proposed extension to Smithfield Market and widening of Roft Street (3 copies). 1938

C23/7 Book of reference to /4-6. 1938

C24 Register of Parliamentary Electors 1 vol. 1832, 1835

Manuscript lists of ‘Persons entitled to Vote in the Election of Knights of the Shire for the Northern Division of the County of Salop, in respect of Property situate within the Town and Liberties of Oswestry’. Compiled by the Overseers of the Poor. Gives name of voter, place of abrode, nature of qualification, location of qualifying property, name of occupying tenant, remarks.

OSWESTRY STREET COMMISSIONERS

Under the Act 49 Geo. III c.140 (1809) for ‘Paving, Cleansing, Lighting, Watching and otherwise Improving the Streets and other public Passages and Places in the Town and Borough of Oswestry’ tax-paying residents of the Town and Liberties owning or occupying properties of the yearly value of £30 or having a personal estate of £50, were appointed Commissioners to implement the Act. The responsibilities of the Commissioners were transferred to the Town Council in Dec. 1861.

D Minutes. 1 vol. Sep. 1809-Dec. 1861

Includes annual statements of accounts, 1834, 1835, 1837, 1840 - 1843, and half-yearly statements, Sep. 1844 - Sep. 1861. At end: mortgages of rates on credit for the purposes of the Act, 1841, 1851; rules and regulations adopted concerning watchmen, 11 Nov. 1828; list of Commissioners.

TURNPIKE TRUST

Under the Act 29 Geo. II c.68 (1757) for ‘Amending, Widening & Keeping in Repair the Several Roads from the Town of Pool in the County of Montgomery to Wrexham in the County of Denbigh and also the Road from Knockin in the County of Salop to Llanrhaiadr in Mochnant in the said County of Denbigh’ trustees were appointed to implement the Act. A further Act 3 Geo. III c.43 (1762) enlarged the term and extended the powers of the previous Act.

E1 Minutes 1 vol. Apr. 1768 - May 1776 Fiche 340- 358 At end: copies of conveyances of two lanes now stopped up in Chirk parish, co. Denbigh, to Richard Myddelton of Chirk Castle, esq., 29 Mar. 1770, and part of the old road from Oswestry to Kirn y burch to Robert Lloyd of Swan Hill, co. Salop, esq., 25 Jun. 1772.

E2 Annual Statement of Accounts 1 doc. 1867

THE REFORMED BOROUGH (1835 - 1967)

COUNCIL

MINUTES

F1 Council 15 vols. 1835 -1963

For draft minutes Aug. 1862 - Aug. 1902 see F15/1- 12, Feb. 1949 - Mar. 1967 see F16/1-8. See also F26/1- 26.

F1/1 Dec. 1835 - Apr. 1849 Fiche 358-388 At end: accounts of Richard Richards, Overseer of the Poor, in account with the Treasurer of the Borough Fund, in respect of Borough and watch rates, 1844 - 1849; printed resolutions at meetings 9 Nov. 1836 and 24 Sep. 1842 concerning fines imposed on Councillors for non-attendance; list of Councillors absent, [1842?]; memorandum relating to watch rate, 1844.

F1/2 May 1849 - May 1859 Fiche 389-418 Includes copy of minutes of Watch Committee, 30 Apr. 1859.

F1/3 Aug. 1859 - Sep. 1864 Fiche 418-437 F1/4 Oct. 1864 - Sep. 1870 with index

F1/5 Oct. 1870 - May 1880

F1/6 Jun. 1880 - Jan. 1890 with index

F1/7 Feb. 1890 - Jul. 1896 with index

F1/8 Aug. 1896 - Apr. 1903 with index

F1/9 May 1903 - Nov. 1908 with index

F1/10 Dec. 1908 - Sep. 1914 with index

F1/11 Oct. 1914 - Sep. 1920 with index

F1/12 Oct. 1920 - Sep 1926 with index

F1/13 Oct. 1926 - May 1943 with index

F1/14 Jun. 1943 - May 1963 with index

F1/15 Jun. 1963 - Mar. 1967 with index 86

F2 Allotments Committee 1 vol. Jan. 1921 - Oct. 1924

An Allotments and Smallholdings Sub- Committee was appointed by the General Purposes (later General Works) Committee in Nov. 1916. In Jan. 1921 Council elected an Allotments Committee for the management and acquisition of allotments. It merged with the Housing Committee in Nov. 1924. For minutes Dec. 1916 - Sep. 1920 see F6/5, 6, and for minutes after Oct. 1924 see F8/1, 2.

F3 Allotments and Private Gardens (War Emergency) Committee 1 vol. Dec. 1939 - Jan. 1943

The Committee was appointed by the Finance and General Purposes Committee in Oct. 1939 to encourage food production in allotments and private gardens.

Baths Committee - see Gymnasium and Baths Committee

F4 Electricity Committee 1 vol. Apr. 1930 - Mar. 1948

A special Committee was appointed by Council in Jul. 1929 to discuss terms with Oswestry Electric Light and Power Company for the sale of the Company to the Corporation. It became a Standing Committee in Apr. 1930. The Electricity Undertaking passed to the State in Mar. 1948 under the Electricity Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. VI c.54). For draft minutes Oct. 1929 - Mar. 1930 see F17.

F5 Finance and General Purposes Committee 4 vols. 1904 - 1967

This Committee is variously referred to in Council minutes prior to 1865 as a Committee to examine bills, audit accounts, and examine accounts. From 1865 it was styled Audit Committee or Audit and Finance Committee. It was elected as a Finance Committee in Nov. 1885, and re-designated Finance and General Purposes Committee in Nov. 1924. For draft minutes Jan 1865 - Aug. 1902 see F15/1- 12, Dec. 1949 - Mar 1967 see F18/1-12.

F5/1 Jan. 1904 - May 1927 with index. 87

F5/2 Jun. 1927 - May 1954 with index Includes minutes of Establishment Sub- Committee from Feb. 1947, and of other ad hoc Sub-Committees.

F5/3 Jul. 1954 - Jul. 1966 with index Includes minutes of Establishment Sub- Committee to Feb. 1966, House Purchase Loans and Improvement Grants Sub-Committee from Feb. 1955, and of other ad hoc Sub-Committees.

F5/4 Jul. 1966 - Mar. 1967 Includes minutes of House Purchase Loans and Improvement Grants Sub-Committee.

General Purposes Committee - see General Works Committee ; see also Finance and General Purposes Committee

F6 General Works Committee 7 vols. 1885 - 1891, 1903 - 1967

A Works Committee (i.e. Drainage/Sewerage Works) was first appointed in Jul. 1866. In Dec. 1885 the Sanitary (later Health), Water and Works Committees amalgamated to become the General Purposes Committee. Separate Sanitary and Water Committees were again appointed in Nov. 1888. The duties of the Water Committee were again merged in the General Purposes Committee in Nov. 1894. In Nov. 1895 this Committee took over from the Watch and Estates Committee duties relating to the Fire Brigade and Council properties. A Water Sub- Committee was appointed in Dec. 1902 and became a separate Committee in Dec. 1910. In Nov. 1924 the General Purposes Committee was re-designated General Works Committee. For draft minutes Jul. 1866 - Aug. 1902 see F15/1-12, Dec. 1950 - Mar. 1967 see F19/1-6.

F6/1 Dec. 1885 - Jul. 1888

F6/2 Aug. 1888 - Jan. 1891

F6/3 Feb. 1891 - Nov. 1903 MISSING For draft minutes to Aug. 1902 see F15/5-12. 88

F6/4 Dec. 1903 - Mar. 1912 Includes minutes of Water Sub-Committee from Mar. 1904, Horse Sub-Committee from Aug. 1904, Race Course Sub-Committee Sep. 1907 - Jan. 1909, Smale’s Charity Sub-Committee from Apr. 1909, and of numerous ad hoc Sub-Committees.

F6/5 Apr. 1912 - May 1920 Includes minutes of railway Sub-Committee Jan. - Nov. 1914, Smale’s Charity Sub-Committee Jan. 1914 - Feb. 1917, Allotments and Smallholdings Sub-Committee from Dec. 1916, Joint Fuel Committee from Jul. 1919, Streets and Footpaths Sub-Committee from Jan. 1920, and of numerous ad hoc Sub-Committees.

F6/6 May 1920 - Mar. 1938 with index Includes minutes of Streets and Footpaths Sub- Committee to May 1924, Allotments Sub-Committee to Sep. 1920, Electricity Sub-Committee Jun. 1921 - Dec. 1922, and of other ad hoc Sub-Committees.

F6/7 Apr. 1938 - Jan. 1967 with index

F6/8 Feb. - Mar. 1967

Gymnasium and Baths Committee

Council appointed representatives to the Gymnasium Committee in 1898 and the Committee became a Council Committee in Nov. 1901, styled variously Gymnasium and Recreation Ground Committee; Gymnasium, Recreation Ground and Baths Committee; Gymnasium and Baths Committee (from 1903). In Nov. 1913 this Committee merged with the Parks Committee to become the Gymnasium, Baths and Parks Committee. In Nov. 1924 business relating to Parks and Recreation Grounds was transferred to the Housing Committee, and business relating to the Gymnasium and Baths was transferred to the Health Committee. In Nov. 1926 the Parks, Gymnasium and Baths Committee was re- formed, and in Nov. 1930 the Water Committee merged with it to form the Parks, Gymnasium, Baths and 89

Gymnasium and Baths Committee (continued)

Water Committee. In Apr. 1964 the Water Undertaking was transferred to West Shropshire Water Board, and in May 1965 the then Baths, Gymnasium and Parks Committee amalgamated with the Health Committee to form the Health, Baths and Parks Committee. For draft minutes Oct. 1898, Feb. 1901 - Jun. 1902 see F15/11, 12. For minutes Jan. 1904 - Nov. 1913 see F8/1, Nov. 1913 - Oct. 1924 see F12/1, Nov. 1924 - Oct. 1926 see F7/3, Nov. 1926 - Apr. 1965 see F12/1, 2, Jun. 1965 - Mar. 1967 see F7/5.

F7 Health Committee 4 vols. 1888 - 1897, 1903 - 1967

A Sanitary Committee was appointed in Nov. 1875. In Dec. 1885 the Sanitary, Water and Works Committees amalgamated to become the General Purposes Committee. In Nov. 1885 a separate Sanitary Committee was again appointed. In Nov. 1924 it was re-designated the Health Committee. From Nov. 1924 to Nov. 1926 business relating to the Gymnasium and Baths was part of its duties. In May 1965 the Baths, Gymnasium and Parks Committee amalgamated with it to form the Health, Baths and Parks Committee. For draft minutes Jan. 1876 - Jul. 1902 see F15/2- 12, Jun. 1949 - Jun. 1965 see F20/1-5.

F7/1 Nov. 1888 - Mar. 1897

F7/2 Apr. 1897 - Nov. 1903 MISSING For draft minutes to Jul. 1902 see F15/9-12.

F7/3 Dec. 1903 - Jan. 1929 with index Includes minutes of Sanitary Sub-Committee and ad hoc Sub-Committees.

F7/4 Feb. 1929 - Apr. 1964 with index

F7/5 May 1964 - Mar. 1967 with index

F8 Housing and Allotments Committee 2 vols. 1904 - 1967

A Housing Committee was formed in Aug. 1919. In Nov. 1924 business relating to Parks and Recreation Grounds was transferred to it and it merged with the Allotments Committee to become the Housing, Allotments and Parks Committee. In Nov. 1926 when business relating to Parks was transferred to the re-formed Parks, Gymnasium and Baths Committee, it became the Housing and Allotments Committee . For draft minutes Oct. 1950 - Apr. 1966 see F21/1-8.

F8/1 Jan. 1904 - Sep. 1934 with index Begins with minutes of Gymnasium and Baths Committee and Sub-Committee to Nov. 1913, and continues with minutes of Housing Committee from Aug. 1919. Includes minutes of Housing Sub- Committee Aug. 1919 - Feb. 1924.

F8/2 Oct. 1934 - Mar. 1967 with index

F9 Library Committee 6 vols. 1890 - 1967

A Library Committee, variously also styled Public Libraries, Free Library, or Public Library Committee was formed in Jun. 1890, but did not become a Standing Committee until May 1956. For draft minutes Nov. 1945- Apr. 1953 see F116.

F9/1 Jun. 1890 - May 1899 Begins with list of significant dates in the history of the Library 1890 - 1898. Includes minutes of Sub- Committees Jul. - Sep. 1890.

F9/2 Aug. 1899 - Dec. 1915

F9/3 Dec. 1916 - Jul. 1928 Minutes of Committee to Mar. 1927, minutes of Sub-Committees from Feb. 1927. Includes minutes of Purchase of Books Sub-Committee from Jul. 1919.

F9/4 Apr. 1927 - Jul. 1943

F9/5 Oct. 1943 - Jul. 1954

F9/6 Jul. 1954 - Jan. 1967 Includes minutes of Purchase of Books Sub- Committee Oct. 1955.

F10 Library Sub-Committees 1 vol. Oct. 1928 - Nov. 1966

Finance (Finance and General Purposes from Jun. 1929, General Purposes from Aug. 1958) to Feb. 1959, Purchase of Books (Books from Apr. 1956), Museum to 1937, Jul. 1950, Apr. 1957, Jun., Oct. 1960, and other ad hoc Sub-Committees. For minutes before Oct. 1928 see F9/3. For minutes of Purchase of Books Sub-Committee Oct. 1955 see F9/6. For draft minutes Nov. 1945 - Apr. 1953 see F116.

F11 Markets and Fairs Committee 5 vols. 1885 - 1892, 1896 - 1967 A Markets Committee was appointed in Jan. 1836. In Nov. 1915 it took over the work of the Railway Committee, and in Nov. 1924 it was re- designated the Markets and Fairs Committee. For draft minutes Nov. 1862 - Aug. 1902 see F15/1-12, Jul. 1951 - Mar. 1967 see F22/1-7.

F11/1 Dec. 1885 - May 1892

F11/2 Jun. 1892 - Apr. 1896 MISSING For draft minutes see F15/5-8.

F11/3 May 1896 - Sep. 1900 Includes minutes of Sub-Committee from Dec. 1898.

F11/4 Nov. 1900 - Nov. 1903 Includes minutes of Sub-Committee.

F11/5 Jan. 1904 - Mar. 1928 with index

F11/6 Mar. 1928 - Mar. 1967 with index

F12 Parks, Gymnasium and Baths Committee 2 vols. 1909 - 1965 92

A Parks Committee was appointed in Sep. 1909 to manage Cae Glas Park, Castle Bank, and the Recreation Ground. In Nov. 1913 the Parks Committee merged with the Gymnasium and Baths Committee to form the Gymnasium, Baths and Parks Committee. In Nov. 1924 business relating to Parks and Recreation Grounds was transferred to the Housing Committee, which at the same time merged with the Allotments Committee and became the Housing, Allotments and Parks Committee. Business relating to the Gymnasium and Baths was transferred to the Health Committee. In Nov. 1926 the Parks, Gymnasium and Baths Committee was re-formed, and in Nov. 1930 the Water Committee merged with it to form the Parks, Gymnasium, Baths and Water Committee. In Apr. 1964 the Water Undertaking was transferred to West Shropshire Water Board, and the then Baths, Gymnasium and Parks Committee amalgamated with the Health Committee to form the Health, Baths and Parks Committee . For Minutes Jun. 1965 - Mar. 1967 see F7/5. For draft minutes Jan. 1952 - Jan. 1963 see F23/1-3.

F12/1 Sep. 1909 - Oct. 1955 with index Includes minutes of Sub-Committee to May 1923.

F12/2 Nov. 1955 - Apr. 1965 with index

Public Library Committee - see Library Committee

Railway Committee

A Railway Committee was appointed in Dec. 1913 and its work was taken over by the Markets Committee in Nov. 1915. Minutes survive only in the form of reports to Council in F1/10.

Rating and Valuation Committee

A Rating and Valuation Committee was appointed as a sub-committee of the Finance and General Purposes Committee in Mar. 1927 and became a Standing Committee in Nov. 1930. It was last re- appointed in Nov. 1954. Meetings were not reported in the minutes of Council. The minute book for this Committee 1927 - 1954 is at Shropshire Archives, ref. DA4/116/1.

Sanitary Committee - see Health Committee

F13 Watch Committee 1 vol. Feb. 1904 - Oct. 1924

A Watch Committee was appointed in Jan. 1836. In Nov. 1894 duties of the Furnishing and Fire Brigade Committees, which had been appointed in Feb. that year, were assigned to it and it was re-designated the Watch and Estates Committee. In Nov. 1895 duties relating to the Fire Brigade and to Council properties were attached instead to the General Purposes (later General Works) Committee, and the Watch and Estates Committee became the Watch Committee again. In Nov. 1924 its duties were transferred to the General Works Committee. For a copy of minutes 30 Apr. 1859 see F1/1, and for draft minutes Oct. 1867 - Mar. 1902 see F15/1-12.

F14 Water Committee 1 vol. Jan. 1911 - Oct. 1930

A Water Committee was appointed in Nov. 1884 to regulate the water supply, and in Dec. 1885 amalgamated with the Works and Sanitary Committees to become the General Purposes Committee. A separate Committee was again appointed in Nov. 1888, and its duties were again merged in those of the General Purposes Committee in Nov. 1894. A Water Sub-Committee of the General Purposes Committee was appointed in Dec. 1902 and became a Standing Committee in Dec. 1910. In Nov. 1930 the Water Committee merged with the Parks, Gymnasium and Baths Committee to form the Parks, Gymnasium, Baths and Water Committee. In Apr. 1964 the Water Undertaking was transferred to West Shropshire Water Board. With index. Includes minutes of Sub-Committee to Jan 1921. For minutes Mar. 1904 - Jan. 1911 see F6/4, and for minutes after Oct. 1930 see F12/1,2. For draft minutes Jan. - Jul. 1885, Apr. 1891 - Aug. 1894 see F15/3, 5-7.

Works Committee - see General Works Committee

DRAFT MINUTES

F15 Council, Committees and Sub-Committees 12 vols. 1862 - 1902

Drafts, in chronological order, from which the signed minutes were compiled. For signed minutes of Council see F1/1-18; Works Committee Dec. 1885 - Jan. 1891 see F6/1,2; Sanitary Committee Nov. 1888 - Mar. 1897 see F7/1; Markets Committee Dec. 1885 - May 1892, May 1896 - Aug. 1902 see F11/1, 3, 4. Signed minutes of other meetings of Committees and Sub-Committees have not survived.

F15/1 Aug. 1862 - Apr. 1868 Includes nomination paper for election of Councillors for the West Ward, 26 Oct. 1864; list of Council members, 1863.

F15/2 May 1868 - Feb. 1876

F15/3 Feb. 1876 - Aug. 1879, Mar. 1881 - Nov. 1882, Feb. 1884 - Jul. 1885. Includes letter from J. G. McKie, Oswestry, to Henry Davies, asking for more pens to be allotted to him in the Smithfield, 23 Nov. 1877; minutes of meeting of Borough Magistrates to consider an additional quota to the Lunatic Asylum at Bicton, 27 Aug. 1877; estimate of Thos. Whitfield of damage to four tanks of manure by gas tar, 2 Dec. 1876; letter from John Humphreys, Hanley Hall, co. Salop, agreeing to attend a meeting to discuss the sewage question, 18 Dec. 1877; petition from residents in Whittington Road to the Local Board to use their influence to persuade Oswestry Gas Company to lay gas pipes to their houses, undated; memorandum from Thomas Tunna concerning the non-supply of water to Gallowstree Bank, 1 Dec. 1877; copy of resolution of condolence to the family of the late Alderman Edward Wynne Thomas, 4 Jul. 1881; letter from T. Owen, The Library, Oswestry, concerning stray dogs, 23 Jul. 1888; letter from Richard Davies, 13 Beatrice Street, drawing attention to his difficulties in finding a suitable slaughter house, 8 Aug. 1885; return of swine affected by swine fever at the farm of Thomas Davies at Rod Meadows, 24 Jul. 1883.

F15/4 Feb. - Dec. 1887

F15/5 Nov. 1890 - Jun. 1892

F15/6 Nov. 1893 - Jul. 1894

F15/7 Jul. 1894 - May 1895

F15/8 May 1895 - Apr. 1896

F15/9 May 1896 - Nov. 1897

F15/10 Nov. 1897 - Oct. 1898

F15/11 Oct. 1898 - Jul. 1899

F15/12 Dec. 1900 - Aug. 1902

F16 Council 8 vols. 1949 -1967

Draft minutes from which F1/14, 15 were compiled.

F16/1 Feb. 1949 - May 1951

F16/2 Mar. 1950 - Feb. 1954

F16/3 Mar. 1954 - May 1956

F16/4 Jul. 1956 - Feb. 1959

F16/5 Mar. 1959 - Dec. 1961

F16/6 Dec. 1961 - Mar. 1964

F16/7 Apr. 1964 - Sep. 1966

F16/8 Oct. 1966 - Mar. 1967

F17 Electricity Committee 1 bundle Oct. 1929 - Mar. 1930

F18 Finance and General Purposes Committee and Sub- Committees 12 vols. 1949 - 1967

Draft minutes from which F5/2-4 were compiled.

F18/1 Dec. 1949 - Oct. 1951

F18/2 Nov. 1951 - Feb. 1954

F18/3 Mar. 1954 - Sep. 1955

F18/4 Oct. 1955 - Nov. 1956

F18/5 Dec. 1956 - Apr. 1958

F18/6 Apr. 1958 - Jun. 1959

F18/7 Jul. 1959 - Aug. 1960

F18/8 Sep. 1960 - Nov. 1961

F18/9 Nov. 1961 - Nov. 1962

F18/10 Dec. 1962 - Mar. 1964

F18/11 Apr. 1964 - Feb. 1966

F18/12 Mar. 1966 - Mar. 1967

F19 General Works Committee 6 vols. 1950 - 1967

Draft minutes from which F6/7, 8 were compiled.

F19/1 Dec. 1950 - Jun. 1954

F19/2 Jun. 1954 - Jun. 1957

F19/3 Jul. 1957 - Dec. 1959

F19/4 Jan. 1960 - Sep. 1962

F19/5 Oct. 1962 - Oct. 1964

F19/6 Nov. 1964 - Mar. 1967

F20 Health Committee 5 vols. 1949 - 1965

Draft minutes from which F7/4, 5 were compiled.

F20/1 Jun. 1949 - Jul. 1952

F20/2 Sep. 1952 - Oct. 1955

F20/3 Nov. 1955 - Dec. 1958

F20/4 Jan. 1959 - Apr. 1962

F20/5 May 1962 - Jun. 1965

F21 Housing and Allotments Committee 8 1950 - 1966 vols.

Draft minutes from which F8/2 was compiled.

F21/1 Oct. 1950 - Jul. 1953

F21/2 Jul. 1953 - Oct. 1955

F21/3 Nov. 1955 - Jun. 1957

F21/4 Jul. 1957

F21/5 Sep. 1957 - Oct. 1959

F21/6 Nov. 1959 - Sep. 1961

F21/7 Sep. 1961 - Dec. 1963

F21/8 Dec. 1963 - Apr. 1966

Library Committee - see F116

F22 Markets and Fairs Committee 7 1951 -1967 vols.

Draft minutes from which F11/6 was compiled.

F22/1 Jul. 1951 - Jan. 1954

F22/2 Jan. 1954 - Nov. 1956

F22/3 Nov. 1956 - Jul. 1959

F22/4 Jul. 1959 - Jan. 1962

F22/5 Jan. 1962 - Oct. 1963

F22/6 Nov. 1963 - Mar. 1966

F22/7 Apr. 1966 - Mar. 1967

F23 Parks, Gymnasium, Baths and Water Committee 1952 - 1963 3 vols.

Draft minutes from which F12/1, 2 were compiled.

F23/1 Jan. 1952 - Apr. 1956

F23/2 Jun. 1956 - Mar. 1960 F23/3 Apr. 1960 - Jan. 1963

JOINT COMMITTEE MINUTES

F24 Medical Officer of Health Committee 1 Feb. 1947 - Jun. 1952 vol.

Joint Committee of Constituent Authorities concerned with the Joint Appointment of a Medical Officer of Health. The Committee comprised representatives of the Councils of Oswestry Borough, Oswestry Rural District, Wem Rural District, Ellesmere Rural District, Whitchurch Urban District, Wem Urban District, Ellesmere Urban District.

F25 Oswestry Borough, Oswestry Rural District and Ceirog Rural District Councils Joint [Industrial] Development Committee 1 vol. Jan. 1958 - Jun. 1959

AGENDAS, REPORTS, NOTICES ETC.

F26 Council Agenda Papers 27 items 1893 - 1967

/1-19 are printed Council agendas and Committee reports. /20-25 are bound sets and /26 is an unbound set of Council agendas and minutes and Committee reports. Dates given refer to the Council meetings at which the reports were presented.

F26/1 9 Nov. 1893

F26/2 4 Jun. 1894

F26/3 9 Nov. 1894

F26/4a 4 Jan. 1897

F26/4b 9 Aug. 1897

F26/5 4 Apr. 1898

F26/6 2 May 1898

F26/7 4 Jul. 1898

F26/8 8 Aug. 1898 99

F26/9 5 Sep. 1898

F26/10-12 3 Oct. 1898

F26/13 2 Jan. 1899

F26/14 6 Mar. 1899

F26/15 5 Jun. 1899

F26/16 3 Jul. 1899

F26/17 2 Oct. 1899

F26/18 7 Apr. 1902

F26/19 3 May 1926

F26/20 Feb. 1960 - Mar. 1961

F26/21 May 1961 - May 1962 with index

F26/22 May 1962 - May 1963 with index

F26/23 May 1963 - May 1964 with index

F26/24 May 1964 - May 1965 with index

F26/25 May 1965 - May 1966 with index

F26/26 May 1966 - Mar. 1967 Lacks papers for Jun. and Sep. meetings.

F27 Library Committee and Sub-Committees Agenda Papers 2 vols., 1 file 1954 - 1967

Agendas, minutes, reports and other papers submitted to meetings.

F27/1 Jul. 1954 - Sep. 1961

F27/2 Sep. 1961 - Apr. 1965

F27/3 Jul. 1965 - Mar. 1967

F28 Reports 22 docs. 1951 - 1958

F28/1-12 Monthly reports of the Baths Superintendent. Sep. 1951 - Oct. 1952

F28/13-15 Quarterly statistical reports of the Borough Surveyor and Water Engineer. Mar. - Sep. 1952 100

F28/16 Report of Borough Treasurer to Establishment Sub-Committee. 21 Sep. 1953 F28/17 Report of Borough Surveyor to Establishment Sub-Committee. 23 Sep. 1953 F28/18 Report of Borough Treasurer to Finance Committee. 23 Sep. 1953

Markets Superintendent’s reports. 3 docs. 1954 - 1958

F28/19 6 Jul. 1954 F28/20 12 Oct. 1954 F28/21 10 Dec. 1958

F28/22 Joint report of Borough Treasurer and Markets Superintendent on Smithfield rents and tolls. 2 Dec. 1959

F29 Notice of Motions Book 1 vol. Mar. 1924 - Jan. 1952

F30 Miscellaneous Papers 11 docs. 1842 - 1930

F30/1-3 Apologies for non-attendance at meetings. 1842, undated

F30/4-8 Notices of meetings. 1865 - 1878

F30/9 Form of letter to a Councillor, seeking a convenient day for a meeting of the Sanitary Committee. 7 May 1866

F30/10 Instructions to Committees (printed). [1924]

F30/11 Calendar of Council and Committee meetings 1930 - 1931 (printed). Dec. 1930

BYE LAWS AND STANDING ORDERS

F31 Bye Laws 33 items 1846 - 1966

/1 is a sealed manuscript, /2-33 are printed. See also F65/11.

F31/1 Borough of Oswestry Bye Laws under the Local Government Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c.98). 1 vol. 21 Nov. 1864

F31/2, 3 Bye Laws made by the Mayor, Aldermen & Burgesses of the Borough of Oswestry. 2 vols. 1900 Under Municipal Corporations Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c.50); Lights on Vehicles; Markets and Fairs; Public Pleasure Grounds; New Streets & Buildings; Slaughter-houses; Hackney Carriages; Common Lodging Houses; Nuisances, Cleaning of Footways, Pavements, &c; 101

Whirlgigs, Swings, Firearms, &c; Offensive Trades.

F31/4, 5 Public Baths and Gymnasium. 1907

F31/6, 7 Public Pleasure Ground known as “Cae Glas Park”. 1911

F31/8, 9 Cattle Market. 1912

F31/10, 11 Hackney Carriages. 1918

F31/12, 13 Markets and Fairs. 1928

F31/14, 15 New Streets and Buildings. 1935

F31/16, 17 Houses intended or used for Occupation by persons of the Working Classes and let in Lodgings or occupied by Members of more than one Family. 1937

F31/18, 19 Prohibiting the Sale of Contraceptives in Slot Machines. 1949

F31/20, 21 Handling, Wrapping and Delivery of Food and Sale of Food in the Open Air. 1950

F31/22, 23 Building Byelaws made under the Public Health Act 1936 (25 Geo. V & Edw. VIII c.49). 2 vols. 1953

F31/24 Preventing Waste, Undue Consumption, Misuse or Contamination of Water. 1954

F31/25, 26 As /24. 1957

F31/27 Building Byelaws. 1958

F31/28, 29 Public Library. 1959

F31/30, 31 Markets. 1964

F31/32, 33 Prevention of Nuisances. 1966

F32 Standing Orders 6 items 1917 - 1950

F32/1 13 Aug. 1917

102

F32/2 Nov. 1925

F32/3 13 Feb. 1933

F32/4 13 Feb. 1933 with additions and amendments 7 May 1934, 22 May 1950

F32/5 13 Feb. 1933 with additions 9 Nov. 1936

F32/6 13 Feb. 1933 with additions and amendments 9 Nov. 1936, 22 May 1950

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