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A vesting assent dated 17 December 1953, bound in book form, relating to the Llysnewydd Estate in the counties of Carmarthen and Cardigan, 1953-1981, including an estate map.

A poem of twenty-five verses dedicated to the Rev. David Lewis of Mochdre, co. Montgomery, who stood as the Conservative candidate in a district council election, c 1900.

Autograph verse and notes, 1705-1745, by Andrew Mansell of the parish of Ightfield, co. Salop, including verse on religious and personal themes, on local events, people and places, epigrams and acrostics, and notes on sermons preached locally.

A volume of verse, 1776-1814, by various authors, connected with the family and friends of the Rev. Henry Thomas Payne (1759-1832), archdeacon of Carmarthen, including several compositions relating to the marriage of Maria Payne to the Hon. John Hyde and their departure for India (ff. 14 verso-15 verso).
The authors include Sir William Jones (f. 4 verso), Henry Mackenzie (ff. 10-12), Anna Snelling (ff. 14 verso-15 verso), Thomas Lyttelton, Baron Lyttelton (ff. 17 verso-18), Robert Jephson (f. 31 verso), Edward Young (f. 32), Peter Pindar (f. 40 verso), Charlotte Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (f. 41), Anne Ingram, Viscountess Irvine (ff. 49 verso-50), Thomas Powys (ff. 56 verso-57 verso), and the Rev. Thomas Payne (ff. 59 verso-60). The verses include riddles and charades (ff. 33, 35 verso, 38 recto-verso) and epitaphs (ff. 46 verso-47, 54).

A volume containing verse, 1777-1799, by various authors, connected with the family and friends of the Rev. Henry Thomas Payne (1759-1832), archdeacon of Carmarthen, including riddles composed by his father, the Rev. Thomas Payne, Llangatwg, Breconshire (ff. 3 verso, 6-7).

Notebook, 1719-1754, of the Reverend John Phillips, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, containing verses by various authors including himself, chiefly of topical and local interest.

Corrected galley proofs of Ballad of the Mari Lwyd and Other Poems, 2nd edn (1947), The Death Bell: Poems and Ballads (1954) and The Ballad of the Outer Dark and Other Poems (1979) by Vernon Watkins, together with correspondence relating to the publishing of his work.

Some fourteen letters, 1923-1950 (mostly 1923-1924), from Vernon Watkins to his schoolfriend, Eric V. Falk, chiefly concerned with life at Repton School and the poet's unhappiness after leaving, including two apparently unpublished poems (ff. 14-15); together with two further letters to Falk, 1923, one being from Graham B. Smith, history master at Repton, the 'Mr Holmes' of Christopher Isherwood's Lions and Shadows (London, 1938).

Forty-five letters and cards, 1948-1967 (mostly 1964-1967), from Vernon Watkins to his mother, Sarah Watkins, 1962-1967 (ff. 1-71), and to his sisters, Marjorie Watkins, 1964 (ff. 72-73), and Dorothy Watkins, 1948-1967 (ff. 74-94 verso), containing mainly personal and family news.

A photostat facsimile of Cardiff Public Library MS. 80 containing prayers said to be in the hand of Vavasor Powell (1617-70), a few hymns and accounts in a later hand, and [Mr Perkins] Hi[s] Catechism Printed ... now in Welsh the third time ... Catechism Mr. Perkins ... (Llundain, 1672).

An appeal, 1836, for subscriptions to establish a scholarship or exhibition at Oxford for the benefit of the sons of freeholders of Merionethshire and of natives of the county, one of whose parents shall also be a native of the county, and to be known as the Vaughan Scholarship or Exhibition, after Sir Robert Williams Vaughan, bart, M.P. (d. 1859); there is also a list of some of the subscribers.

Two grocers' account books, Denbigh, 1865-1879, 1866-1873, which belonged to Mrs Vaughan Horne, together with copies of the birth, marriage and death certificates of her husband James Vaughan Horne (see Emyr Wyn Jones, 'H M Stanley: The Mystery of Three Fathers', National Library of Wales Journal, Summer and Winter 1993.

Various pedigrees in the hands of Bob Owen, J. Glyn Davies and others; together with letters relating to genealogy, etc. (Formerly Bob Owen MS.) Welsh, English. Between boards. Purchased from Bob Owen, Croesor, 1959-1962.

A valuation book containing valuations, [1874]-1882, by William Dew & Son, Bangor, auctioneers and valuers, of parts of the Llanfawr estate in Holyhead, Anglesey, [1874] (ff. 3 verso-66), and of the Coedmawr estate, Llanbeblig and Llanfaglan, Caernarvonshire, 14-16 February 1882 (ff. 81 verso-92).
Tables of purchasers and prices realised in the Llanfawr estate auction are included on ff. 69 verso-78. A rough sketch plan of Ty Eiddaw [i.e. Ty Eiddew] farm, Llanfaglan, is on ff. 89 verso-90.

A valuation book containing valuations and surveys, 1875-1876, by William Dew & Son, Bangor, auctioneers and valuers, relating to properties throughout North Wales.
The volume includes notes, [1875], for the valuation of the Pwllycrochon [Pwll-y-crochan] estate, Colwyn Bay, in October 1875 (ff. 9 verso-25), with further notes for parts of the same estate, November 1875-February 1876 (ff. 53 verso-57); and a few notes, dated 8 September 1875, on the valuation of the Cynfal estate, Festiniog, Merioneth (ff. 4 verso-5, 6 verso-8).

English. Boards. Donated by Alderman E. Kinsey Morgan, Rhayader, November 1964.

Valuation of dwelling houses in Llansantffraid Deuddwr, Montgomeryshire in the hand of David Jones. English. Between boards. Purchased from Cledwyn Hughes, Arthog, February 1973.