| 1 | See my essay, 'The Squires of Hawksbrook' in Trans. Cymmr. 1937. |
| 2 | In the south-west of England, where Celtic names have survived, coombe has been in general use for centuries and has become accepted as an 'English' noun. |
| 3 | Jane's brother, William Herbert, settled at Hafod Uchtryd, Cards. |
| 4 | One of Dorothy's descendants, Edward Protheroe, acquired the Golden Grove MSS, which he sold to the College of Arms in 1828. |
| 5 | For the Saunders family see W.W.H.R. vol 2. Owing to the re-arrangement of parishes made during this century Newton is now included in Llanddowror parish. |
| 6 | Carms. Record Office, Plas Llanstephan Deeds, No. 250. |
| 7 | Carms. Record Office, Trant Deeds & Documents. |
| 8 | Plas Llanstephan Deeds, No. 730. |
| 9 | A kinsman who lived at Nash; served as High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire in 1737. |
| 10 | MS history of the Morris family in the Bryn Myrddin Documents in Carms. Record Office. |
| 11 | David Morris, senior, had died in 1764. |
| 12 | Bryn Myrddin Documents, II, No. 5. |
| 13 | Major John Francis Deeds in Carms. Record Office. |
| 14 | Cwmgwili Letters, I, 129, in Carms. Record Office. |
| 15 | West Wales Historical Records, VI, 144. |
| 16 | The family received a grant of arms, namely, azure, between two chevronels or three roses argent seeded and barbed or, in chief two escallops argent, and in base a fleur-de-lys argent: Crest a chanticleer pules standing on a serpent nowed vent. : Motto, Vigilans et prudens. The crest appeared on the bank-notes of the family bank. |
| 17 | Plas Llanstephan Deeds, No. 1653. |