Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains extracts from Feet of Fines, Chancery Proceedings, Inquisitions Post Mortem, Patent Rolls and Crown Book, 1306/7-1587; letters, 1922-1928; and genealogical notes relating to the family of Kemeys of Mathern, Cefn Mabli, etc., including extracts from the parish registers of Mathern, 1568-1624, and of Little Birch (Herefordshire), 1790-1845, and draft pedigrees; and a list of wills of persons of the name of Herbert, Lewis, Walter and Moryce, 1558-1689.

Extracts mainly from the fine rolls, with some from the pipe rolls and from manuscripts in the British Museum.