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The Mayors of Tenby, 1402 - 1934 by Arthur Leonard Leach. (Formerly G. V. Roberts MS.) English. Between boards. Purchased from Patrick Roberts, Pencader, June 1965.

A copy, in three volumes, of the history of the Welsh side of the donor's family, and that of his late wife, Rosemary, who hailed from Devon, the results of research undertaken between 1979 and 2001, entitled 'The Mattabel Inheritance'.

Papers, 1838-2023, mainly of Lucy Penny and Mary Casey, comprising manuscripts and papers, 1838-2005, relating mostly to John Cowper Powys and the Powys family; over seven thousand letters, [c. 1860]-[20 cent., last ¼], comprising correspondence of Lucy Penny, Mary and Gerald Casey and members of the Powys and related families; and catalogues describing the collection, 2012-2023.

A volume of documents in support of the claim of Francis James Mathew, 2nd earl of Llandaff in the kingdom of Ireland, to the manor of Llandaff and to messuages and lands in the parishes of Llandaff, Whitchurch otherwise Witchurch, and Canton in Glamorgan. The documents comprise a pedigree showing the descent of the Earl of Llandaff from George Mathew of Thurles in Ireland; an abstract of title and an additional abstract of title based on sixteen deeds and documents of the period 1553-1814, among them being an extensive survey of the manor made in 1740; and an injunction issued by the Court of Chancery, prohibiting the sale of three fifth parts of an estate in Glamorgan or the disposal of trust monies charged thereon pending an answer by the Earl of Llandaff and John Evans to the bill of complaint of Kitty Steele, widow, sole executrix of Jonathan Steele formerly of Denmark Hill and late of the parish of Saint Mary Newington, Surrey, deceased. The volume is labelled on the upper cover:- 'The claim of the Earl of Llandaff to the manor of Llandaff, 1810'.

The Manchester & Milford Railway by James Rees (typescript). English. In an envelope. Donated by James Rees, 1945.

Printouts of web pages, 2007, of an article in Swedish on R. S. Thomas published in Dagens Nyheter, Swedish daily newspaper.

A photostat facsimile of 'The Storie of the Lower Borowes, p[ar]cell of the lordship of Merthermawre (Glamorgan) Contayninge a description therof, wth an abstract or capitulation of all the occurrences and accidentes that have happened during the tyme of the severall suites both at ye Com[m]on lawe, and Counsell in the marches of Wales for the right title and possession of the same landes, As well betwene Sir Wm Harbert Knighte, and Watkin Lougher esquier: As allso betwene Sir Edwarde Stradlinge Knighte, and ye sayd Sir Wm Harbert knight, Griffith williams esquier, Edmond Van gent and John Hancock warrener ... Composed ye sixt day of Aprill. 1598 ... Newly reviewed ... The first day of March ... 1601 ...' [by John Stradling, aft Sir John Stradling, bart.], a manuscript in the possession of Colonel J. I. D. Nicholl, Merthyrmawr. The text, with introduction and notes, is printed in South Wales and Monmouth Record Society. Publications, Vol. 1.

A photostat facsimilie of a shorter version, also dated 1598, of the story of the 'Lower Borowes of Merthyr Mawr' contained in MS 3078.

A research work on the pedigree of the Loveluck family of Glamorgan by the late Janet Loveluck (Mrs Duncan Hearle) collated by Emrys Allen Ladbrooke, 2004.

A transcript, by Thomas Lewis James, of a survey of the lordship of Haverfordwest made 14 May 1577, and evidence relating to its boundaries in 1572.

A manuscript containing an account of the lordship of Glamorgan, based in part upon the work of Rice Merrick, and including a pedigree of the Morgan family of Ruperra and Tredegar.

The Lord's Prayer in above a hundred languages, versions, and characters, being a copy of Oratio Dominica ... Plus Centum Linguis, Versionibus, aut Characteribus ... (London, [1700]), with extensive manuscript notes mainly on theological matters.

Records of the London Welsh Charitable Aid Society, of which T. E. Morris was for many years secretary.

A copy of T. Rowland Hughes's BLitt thesis, 'The London Magazine (1820-1829)' (Jesus College, Oxford, 1931)