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Pedigrees, coats of arms and, in some instances, bookplates, etc. of various families, including those of Ford-Hughes, Hughes of Abercery, Lloyd of Peterwell, H. Crampton Lloyd, Mackworth of Neath, Sir Thomas Macdonald Miller, 4th bart, Phillipps of Picton Castle, Meyrick of Pembrokeshire, Meredith of Pentrebychan, Mason of Montgomery and Salop, Crompton-Roberts of Monmouthshire, Newborough of Caernarvonshire, Williams-Bulkeley of Baron Hill, Davies Cooke of Gwysaney, Cunliffe of Acton, Powys barons Tilford, Talbot of Dinevor and Rice of Newton, Thomas of Wenvoe, Saunders of Largay, and Lloyd of Bronwydd; a copy, printed in 1753, of an Act of Parliament relating to the navigation of the river Dee; a copy of an article by Henry Taylor (1845-1927) of Chester and Flint entitled 'Early lead miners brought from the High Peak to work in Flintshire'; miscellaneous letters, including one written in 1868 by Connop Thirlwall (1797-1875), bishop of St Davids.

A pedigree of the family of Hanmer of Hanmer, Flintshire ('Stemmata et Propagines antiquae familiae Hanmer de Hanmer transcript. ex libris Oweni Salusbury de Rûg. ar.') in the hand of Robert Vaughan (1592?-1666) of Hengwrt, Merioneth, with additions to the year 1684; a nineteenth century table showing the relationship between the families of Hanmer and Bunbury of Bunbury Stanny, Cheshire; another early nineteenth century table of the descendants of Gamaliel Lloyd of Mattersea Abbey, Nottinghamshire; and A list of the Nobility and Gentry, at Preston Guild, 1802.

Transcripts by Thomas Salusbury from The Scripture Genealogy and A Display of Herauldry, 1739; with additional material including a pedigree of the Salusbury family of Bach-y-graig brought down to 1807, and a transcript, by Angharad Llwyd, of the Lleweni pedigree from the folio book of John Salusbury of Erbistock.

A volume containing 'An English Pedegree & Genealogy of The Gentry of the Counties of Cardigan Carmarthen & Pembrock In Three Bookes with a table to Each of Them, Together with their Arms ffixt to Each Pedegree'. It was written in 1739 and was apparently copied from the same source as Peniarth MS. 156, which was published in West Wales Historical Records, vol. I, pp. 3-96, vol. II, pp. 1-96. Most of the pedigrees are taken down to 1739, but there are additions and insets in later hands to 1769, and one inset in the hand of W[illiam] G[wynne] S[tedman] T[homas of Carmarthen]. At the end of the volume, originally in the form of loose leaves, are notes of births, marriages, and deaths, 1695-1769, of members of the families of Lloyd of Cilgwyn and Coedmor and Lewes of Troedyraur, co. Cardigan.

Pedigrees of Thomas Chichele and others by Iltyd Bond Nicholl. (Formerly Llanmaes MS 115.) English. Between boards. Purchased from E. P. W. Nicholl, Llanmaes House, Glamorganshire, 1939-1940.

Pedigrees of the Raglan, Herbert and Fitzwilliam families, etc by Iltyd Bond Nicholl. (Formerly Llanmaes MS 108.) English. 1/2 leather. Purchased from E. P. W. Nicholl, Llanmaes House, Glamorganshire, 1939-1940.

Pedigrees of the Poyntz and Johnes families, etc by Iltyd Bond Nicholl. (Formerly Llanmaes MS 107.) English. 1/2 leather. Purchased from E. P. W. Nicholl, Llanmaes House, Glamorganshire, 1939-1940.

Pedigrees of the Nicholls family, etc by Iltyd Bond Nicholl. (Formerly Llanmaes MS 104.) English. Boards. Purchased from E. P. W. Nicholl, Llanmaes House, Glamorganshire, 1939-1940.

Pedigrees of the Nicholls family by Charles Hawkins. (Formerly Llanmaes MS 100.) English. Leather. Purchased from E. P. W. Nicholl, Llanmaes House, Glamorganshire, 1939-1940.

Pedigrees of the Nicholl family by Iltyd Nicholl and Iltyd Bond Nicholl). (Formerly Llanmaes MS 122.) English. 1/2 leather. Purchased from E. P. W. Nicholl, Llanmaes House, Glamorganshire, 1939-1940.

Pedigrees of the Nicholl and Stradling families, etc by Iltyd Bond Nicholl. (Formerly Llanmaes MS 114.) English. Boards. Purchased from E. P. W. Nicholl, Llanmaes House, Glamorganshire, 1939-1940.

Pedigrees of the Musgrave and Pugh families, etc. English, Welsh. Between boards. Purchased from Mrs G. H. Huws, Llandaff, March 1963.

Pedigrees of the families of Meyrick of Kidwelly and Dolgellau by Michael L. Walker (typescript). English. Between boards. Donated by Michael L. Walker, Wimbledon Common, November 1958.

Pedigrees of the descendants of the Reverend Iltyd Nicholl, rector of Llanmaes, and others by Iltyd Bond Nicholl and others. (Formerly Llanmaes MS 112.) English. Between boards. Purchased from E. P. W. Nicholl, Llanmaes House, Glamorganshire, 1939-1940.

A volume of pedigrees of South Wales families, with notes on their arms [in the hand of Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, antiquary]. The volume is described on the title-page as 'The British Geneologist, or A Collection of the Pedigrees and Arms of the families inhabiting the Counties called Monmouthshire, Glamorganshire, Caermarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, and Cardiganshire. To which is added Fragmenta Geneologica. The whole compiled From the best authorities, and assistance of the best Heralds, by Edward Llwyd, Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, 1693. Copied from the original, and augmented from later manuscripts and information, by Sam[ue]l Rush Meyrick, A.B., of Queen's College, Oxford, 1807'. The contents include pp. [i-x], preface (blank); 1-24, 'Book I. Of the gentry of Monmouth'; 25-36, 'Book II. Of the Gentry of Glamorganshire'; 37-40 (blank); 41-171, 'Book 3d. Gentry of Caermarthen'; 172 (blank); 161a- 172a (duplication of pagination), 173-264 (some 8 pp. blank), 'Book IIII. Of the Gentry of Pembrokeshire'; 235b-264b (duplication of pagination), 265-313 (266 omitted), 'Book V. Of the gentry of Cardiganshire'; 314-5 (blank); 316-54 (330 twice), 'Fragmenta Geneologica'; [355-63], Index of 'Houses'. Inset is a letter from Joseph Morris, from Shrewsbury, to Sir S. R. Meyrick, 1834 (returning recipient's manuscript, offering help).

Pedigrees of the Mason/Lewis/James families of North Cardiganshire compiled by Vyrnwy J. Lewis and Roland G. Thorne, 1989-1999.

A copy of part of Chetham Library MS 6715 containing Wyth ran rhieni, being pedigrees to great grandparents, together with coats of arms of the noblemen and gentry of Pembrokeshire.

Pedigrees in the hand of Miss Yeames, including those of the Hope family of Broughton, the Puleston family of Emral and others. See also NLW MS 20681E. English. Boards. Purchased from Heraldry Today, London, March 1971.