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Records of the Welsh estates of the dukes of Beaufort, earlier the earls of Worcester and William Herbert, earl of Pembroke (d. 1469), including records for the Breconshire lordships of Crickhowell, from 1382, and Tretower, from 1532; ministers' accounts for Monmouthshire lordships from 1387 and manorial records for the lordship of Chepstow, from 1568, Monmouth, from 1416, Porthgaseg, from 1262, Raglan, from 1364, Treleck, from 1508, and for the lordship of Usk, from 1517; records for the Seignory of Gower and Kilvey from 1366 and for the borough and manor of Swansea, 1657-1835; deeds from the 13th cent.relating to the Badminton estate in Monmouthshire, Breconshire and in Gower, Glamorganshire; records from the 16 cent. relating to the coal and iron industries in Monmouthshire and Glamorgan; and estate management records including rentals, 1638-1933, accounts of rent arrears, 1669-1839, bailiffs, collectors and stewards' accounts, 1652-1858, and registers of leases, 1629-1918.

Arranged into documents relating to co. Brec., 1550-1932; documents relating to co. Glam., [early 13 cent.]-1948; documents relating to co. Mon., [c.1283]-1932; and documents relating to Gloucestershire, other counties in England, and miscellanea, [?1st half 13 cent.]-1927. 1961 Deposit. Items numbered 1-14878.

A number of items have been extracted from Group 2 since it was originally numbered and catalogued:

(i) The following items were extracted from the NLW Badminton Estate Records and transferred to the Gloucestershire County Record Office in 1961: 11816, 11832-12084, 12112-12113, 12127-12135, 12159, 12178-12181, 12183-12208, 12210-12211, 12217, 12351-12363, 12395-12417, 12502-12503, 12797, 12858-12859, 12896, 12999, 13007, 13010, 13047, 13094, 13129-13133, 13176-13996, 14038-14041, 14172, 14176-14178, 14203, 14209, 14213, 14281, 14319-14320, 14339, 14356, 14375-14389, 14473-14479, 14637-14640, 14648, 14681-14683, 14725, 14728, 14730 and 14824. One hundred and twenty nine volumes of rentals and accounts for the manors of Tidenham and Woolaston, 1760-1772 and 1783-1894, deposited in 1965, have also been transferred to the Gloucestershire Record Office.

(ii) The following items were transferred to the Badminton Estate Office in 1988: 8888-8909, 8910-8917, 8921, 9419, 9698, 9842-9844, 10218, 10489, 10587, 11093-11119, 11693, 11695-11698, 11717, 11720-11730, 11743, 11748-11757, 11760-11761, 11778-11781, 11802-11803, 11805-11807, 11809-11810, 11811-11812, 11815, 12085-12107, 12110-12111, 12114-12115, 12117, 12119-12123, 12153, 12155-12158, 12182, 12209, 12218-12235, 12244, 12265-12266, 12270-12271, 12433, 12500, 12505, 12516, 12579-12580, 12590-12595, 12729, 12739, 12749-12750, 12782, 12825, 12828, 12839-12841, 12847, 12849, 12857, 12875-12876, 12882-12883, 12890-12892, 12894, 12995-12996, 12997-12998, 13001, 13005-13006, 13040, 13046, 13048, 13099, 13107, 13124, 13139-13140, 13150-13151, 14033, 14035, 14165, 14175, 14185, 14206-14207, 14216, 14218, 14220, 14229-14231, 14233, 14266, 14269, 14271, 14278-14279, 14282, 14286, 14292, 14295, 14311, 14314-14315, 14336, 14338, 14349, 14354, 14362, 14439-14442, 14451, 14470, 14508, 14515, 14517, 14519-14521, 14541, 14547, 14572-14575, 14643, 14647, 14651-14654, 14680, 14685, 14699-14700, 14707, 14718, 14747, 14777-14778, 14825-14826 and 14856.

(iii) The following items have been extracted from Group 2 and added to series in Group 3: 1187-1197, 1199-1207, 1940-1942, 1949, 6029, 6520, 6530-6532, 7622, 7721, 7751, 8165, 8586-8588, 9852, 10016, 10431-10433, 10437-10443, 10474, 11221, 11247, 11694, 11758-11759, 11762-11763, 12941, 13023-13030, 13032-13035, 13051, 13053-13066, 13068-13074, 14171, 14179, 14181-14182, 14185, 14340 and 14342.

Descriptions of these transferred items will be found in the original 'hard copy' catalogue, although many of these items are also still included in the catalogue below.

The rentals are arranged into four series: first series, c.1550-1740; main series, 1760-1933; draft rentals, 1818-1874, and tithe rentals, 1818. Rentals for 1662-1665 and 1742-1759 are with the rentals of the Badminton Welsh estate at BM1. Some of the rentals were removed from Badminton Group II; previous reference numbers are given where appropriate.

Arranged into rentals, [c.1550]-1933 (BBA), rent arrears, 1732-1759 (BBC), stewards' account books, 1815-1858 (BBE), draft ledgers, 1812-1814 (BBF), land tax accounts, 1813-1831 (BBH), accounts, 1791-1808 (BBM), registers of leases, 1683-1847 (BBP), indexes of leases, [?mid 1740s]-1760 (BBQ), abstracts and copies of leases, conveyances etc., 1662-1893 (BBR), and registers of tenancy agreements, 1876-1911 (BBS).

Also undated 19 and 20 cent. items. See also no's 12579-12580 (deeds of exchange of lands in co's Mon. and Glos, 1806-1807), 7902-7933 (deeds relating to property at Beachley, Glos, 1806-1838), 13175 (release of property in Essex, 1814), 10217-10218 (public inquiry into the bye-laws of the Wye Fishery District, 1874), and 12955-12956 (agreements between the Duke of Beaufort and the Golden Valley Railway Co. re. railway construction in co's Mon. and Here, 1888-1889), all in the co. Mon. section. See also no. 2081 (bill of sale of crown lordships, including Gwynioneth Uwchkerdin, Gwynioneth Iskerdin and Caerwedros, [co. Card.], 1829) in the co. Glam. section.

Mainly items dated 1881-1899, but including a group of leases dated 1881-1925. See also no. 11813 (lease of the New Clydach Colliery in cos Mon. and Brec., 1889) in the co. Brec. section.

Mainly items dated 1811-1820, but including a group of deeds dated 1818-1923.

Mainly items dated 1791-1800, but including a group of deeds dated 1800-1915. See also no's 11666-11667 (plans of the boundary between the manors of the Duke of Beaufort and the Earl of Abergavenny in p's Llanelly, Llangattock, Llanwenarth and Aberystruth, cos Brec. and Mon., 1792 & n.d.), in the co. Brec. section. Also no. 14311 (will of Francis Davis, clerk, 1800, including the advowson of Chepstow) in the co. Glos and other co's section.

Mainly items dated 1821-1841, but including a group of tenancy agreements dated 1837-1901.

Mainly items dated 1861-1880, but including groups of mortgages dated 1864-1898 and 1871-1898.

Mainly items dated 1671-1697, but including a group of deeds dated 1674-1881. See also no's 12783-12784 (copies of a conveyance in trust by John, Lord Jeffryes, Baron of Wem, and his wife of estates in cos Mon., Glam. and Wiltshire, 1697), in the co. Mon. section. Also no's 11715-11716, 11784-11785 and 12118 (marriage settlement (original and copies) of Charles Somersett and Rebecca, daughter of Sir Josiah Child, 1682; estates in cos Mon., Brec., Glam. and Glos. etc.), also in the co. Mon. section.

Mainly items dated 1841-1860, but including a group of mortgages dated 1850-1878.

Mainly items dated 1761-1775, but including a group of leases dated 1763-1778. See also no. 12318-12350 (papers relating to negotiations and disputes between Samuel Walker of Yorkshire and Penoyre Watkins re. property and coal and iron works in co's Brec. and Mon., 1768-1775), in the co. Brec. section.

Mainly 13 cent. to 1663, plus half a dozen items dated 1682-1866. Items numbered 1-1842. Arranged chronolgically.

Mainly items dated 1711-1740, but including a group of papers dated 1727-1862. See also no. 11743 (rental of the manors of Woollaston and Tudenham, Gloucestershire, 1713), 10167-10201 (papers relating Lady Scudamore's charity for five poor widows, to be chosen by the heirs to the manor of Homlacy, co. Here., 1727-1862), 8299-8312 (deeds re. property in cos Lincs, Notts and Sussex, 1728-1770), 11777 (pre nuptial settlement of Henry, duke of Beaufort and Frances Scudamore, 1729, including lands in co. Glos. and elsewhere), and 11699 (surrender of terms of 1,000 years created in manors in cos Mon. and Glos. for raising the portion of Lord Noell Somersett, 1734), all in the co. Mon. section.

Mainly items dated early 13 cent.-c.1595, but including a group of bonds dated 1557-1850. See also no. 12154 (estreats from manorial court records, abstracts, and copies of indentures, etc. relating to lands and offices in cos Glam. etc., and in Berks., Glos. and elsewhere, [1550x1700]), in the co. Glam. section. Also no's 12365 (copy inquisitio post mortem of Roger Le Bigod, earl of Norfolk and marshal of England, property in cos Glos. and Mon., 1306), 11802 (tabulated abstracts of leases granted in co. Glos. and elsewhere in England and Wales, 16-18 cent.), and 12696-12756 (final concords of fines levied on property in cos Mon., Glos. and Wilts., 1550-1828), all in the co. Mon. section.

Accounts, correspondence (original and copies), arbitration awards, etc. relating to the Abbey Tintern iron and wire works in the parishes of Chappel Hill and Tintern, co. Mon. Most of the documents are for the period 1821-43. In the former year the works had been leased by the Duke of Beaufort to William Mathews, who, in 1828, assigned them to Copley Brown and Jeremiah Sharp Brown. A dispute had arisen between the Duke and the Messrs Brown concerning the supply of cordwood to the works. A large number of the documents refers to this dispute and a large number to the conditions for releasing the works in 1842.