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A typescript copy of a calendar of an incomplete roll of the Court of Great Sessions for Montgomeryshire, May 5 Charles I [1629].

A copy of the calendar of Gaol Files, 1596-1600, relating to the Montgomeryshire Court of Great Sessions, compiled and edited by Murray Lloyd Chapman, 2012.

A list, with notes, by David Mason, Llansantffraid [-ym-Mechain], of carpenters and smiths in Montgomeryshire.

A minute-book, 1869-1878, of the Montgomeryshire and Salop Presbytery (Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church), with statistics for the years 1870-1871, 1873-1876.

The minute book for 1796 of the committee of the Montgomeryshire Agricultural Society, which society founded The Montgomeryshire and Chirbury Agricultural Society.

Record (with judgement) of an appeal, 1632, in the Court of King's Bench against the conviction, before a jury from co. Salop, of John Price for the murder of Edward Sontley at Montgomery, 29 October 1628. Counsel for the convicted man claimed that, as the crime had been committed within the county of Montgomery, the trial should not have been held in the county of Salop.

Bound photostat copies of some of the records of the borough of Montgomery (see Annual Report 1936-37, p 24). The records were transferred from the Library to the Powys Record Office in December 1997.

A list of English place-names in Monmouthshire and neighbouring counties, with the Welsh forms added.

Two large scrap-books containing numerous miscellaneous material - photographs, newspaper cuttings, original letters, leaflets and publications relating mainly to William Haines, historian of Monmouthshire and the history of Monmouthshire in particular, compiled by his wife, Mary Haines, Y Bryn, Penpergwm, Abergavenny, with annotations by their granddaughter Lorna Pragnell.

The second of two volumes of Monmouthshire collectanea, including cuttings relating to Monmouthshire from Nicholas Carlisle : A Topographical Dictionary of England ... (London, 1808), a copy of Hymns of Llanthony Monastery (Edinburgh, 1889), and portions of other printed works.

The first of two volumes of Monmouthshire collectanea, including cuttings relating to Monmouthshire from Nicholas Carlisle : A Topographical Dictionary of England ... (London, 1808), a copy of Hymns of Llanthony Monastery (Edinburgh, 1889), and portions of other printed works.

A journal of a tour through parts of Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, c. 1809. The volume is illustrated by over thirty watercolour drawings and unfinished pencil sketches by Rose Sotheby, some of them being original drawings by her and others being after [?]William Sawrey Gilpin (1761/2-1843), Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (bap. 1733, d. 1794) and [?]John Smith (1749-1831). One original watercolour drawing, dated 1809, is by Maria E. Sotheby.

Two minute books, 1961-1986, of the Monmouth and District Branch Labour Party.

The adjutant's monthly roll of the Monmouth and Brecon regiment of Militia, 1803-1815.

A typescript work, The Monastic Houses of Wales and the Border by Robert Richards (1884-1954), MP for Wrexham, with autograph additions and corrections. For background material to this work see typescript schedule of Robert Richards Papers in NLW.

A typescript work, The Monastic Houses of Wales and the Border by Robert Richards (1884-1954), MP for Wrexham, with autograph additions and corrections. For background material to this work see typescript schedule of Robert Richards Papers in NLW.

A volume, [1850]-1855 (watermarks 1849, 1850), containing pen, ink and wash drawings of ancient buildings and archaeological remains in Anglesey with accompanying text. The volume appears to be the work of Helen Spode (née Heywood), and also her husband, Josiah Spode of Hawkesyard Hall, Staffordshire, and of Plas Gwyn and Beaumaris.
The layout consists typically of a page of text in black and red ink and an illuminated initial in Celtic style, with a drawing on the facing page (thirty-five in total); additional drawings often form vignettes in the text. A few of the drawings are initialled 'H.S.' (ff. 12, 31 verso, 39, 41) and 'J.S.' (ff. 10, 33). Subjects include various cromlechs, churches and castles; the majority are in the east of the island, including Beaumaris (ff. 1 verso-13) and Penmon Priory (ff. 14 verso-26). The volume also includes a single parchment leaf (f. 67) containing a copy of the illumination on f. 8 verso of the Bangor Pontifical (now in Bangor University, Welsh Library, Special Collections, Cathedral Collection).