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A volume containing a transcript by William Hall, Brecon, made in 1793 when he was aged 16 (see p. 135), of 'An Esay towards the History of Brecknockshire' written in 1698 by Hugh Thomas, herald and antiquary. Two letters, 1930, from Gwenllian E[lizabeth] F[anny] Morgan to the Venerable Henry James Church Jones regarding the provenance of the original manuscript and copies of it have been tipped in between pp. 137 and 143.

An incomplete draft of an account by Gwenllian Elizabeth Fanny Morgan entitled 'The Vanished Tombs of Brecon Cathedral', published in Archaeologia Cambrensis (1925), 257-74.

A volume containing transcripts, [c. 1854]-[c. 1861], by the Rev. Walter Jones Williams, of ballads and topical verse, mostly relating to Breconshire and Glamorgan.

Papers found loose inside NLW MS 13854iE, including draft notes by Walter Jones Williams for an article on 'Brecknockshire traditions, &c.', published in Archaeologia Cambrensis (1858), 156-161.

Miscellaneous items, mostly relating to the county of Brecon, including a letter, 1813, from Thomas Williams [? of Brecon] to his father relating to Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Leipzig; and notes on the restoration of the Priory Church, Brecon, the history of the parish of Llangasty Tal-y-llyn, and the Breconshire militia.

Papers concerning the restoration of the parish church of Builth, co. Brecon, including a list of subscriptions received towards the restoration fund, and accounts and receipts relating to the work undertaken.

Commonplace book, 1770, of Stephen Joseph [probably Stephen Joseph, junior], Glangwy, parish of Diserth, co. Radnor. The volume contains sermon notes, a chronological table of biblical and historical events, taken from the Universal History and other printed sources, and arithmetical exercises.
Papers found loose inside the volume have been filed separately (NLW MS 13860iiD).

Draft address by Gwenllian E[lizabeth] F[anny] Morgan on the history of the town of Brecon; together with a prospectus for Aberhonddu: Some Notes on the Past History of the Town of Brecon in South Wales by Gwenllian Morgan (ff. i-ii), which apparently was not published. It appears that the address was intended to be included as the first chapter of this proposed work.

A collection which includes genealogical memoranda relating to the Watkins family of Brecon; a transcript of Hugh Thomas's History of Brecknockshire and of Jonathan Williams's History of Radnorshire; draft material by Gwenllian E. F. Morgan; transcripts of ballads and other verses and poetry in his own hand by the Reverend Walter Jones Williams; correspondence of Wilfred Seymour de Winton; a commonplace book of Stephen Jones, Glangwy, Diserth, Radnorshire; a tax assessor's warrant of 1845; material relating to the restoration of Builth Wells parish church, 1870-1878, and to Breconshire, 1813-1938.

A transcript, with additions, apparently by the Rev. Walter Jones Williams, rector of Ystradgynlais, 1845-1855, of an unfinished manuscript history of Radnorshire by the Rev. Jonathan Williams.
Parts of the original work were published in Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1855-1858, and the history was published, with additional matter, by Edwin Davies, A General History of the County of Radnor ... (Brecknock, 1905). Papers found loose inside the volume have now been filed separately (NLW MS 13854iiE).

Papers found loose inside NLW MS 13860iD, including an account, 1767, of money disbursed and received in respect of the estate of Stephen Joseph's aunt, Margaret Price, Cwmprophwyd, parish of Diserth, (cf. D. T. M. Jones 1510-1511) and miscellaneous accounts and receipts.

A volume containing topical verse, apparently written by the Rev. Walter Jones Williams, with references to the Brecon and Swansea areas, in particular Ynysgedwyn. Walter Jones Williams was a nephew of Richard D. Gough of Ynysgedwyn.

Assessor's Warrant and Instructions issued to Samuel Beavan on his appointment as Assessor for the township of Tre-wern, co. Radnor.

Draft of an article by Gwenllian Elizabeth Fanny Morgan entitled 'The Vanished Rood of Aberhonddu', relating to the history of the rood, rood-loft and screen which once stood in the Priory Church of St. John the Evangelist, Brecon. Apparently intended as a chapter in the author's proposed work on the history of Brecon (see MS 13851B, ff. i-ii).

Twenty-one letters, 1924-1929, from Wilfred Seymour de Winton, Tŷ Mawr, Llanfrynach, co. Brecon, to Edward Latham Bevan, bishop of Swansea and Brecon, relating mainly to the purchase of the Priory house and precincts and its restoration to the church's possession and to de Winton's gifts to the Church of Wales; together with a few other letters addressed to Edward Latham Bevan, mainly from relatives of W. S. de Winton relating to the latter's death. Also included are papers and press cuttings, 1889-1929, relating to W. S. de Winton, including obituaries.

Genealogical memoranda, 1721-1851, relating to the Watkins family of Brecon and Pennoyre, co. Brecon, and of Broadway, co. Carmarthen compiled, c. 1751, by Pennoyre Watkins, with additions by his son, the Reverend Thomas Watkins and a later hand.