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Statement concerning the location and size of works in the neighbourhood of Pontypool, co. Monmouth, drawn up for a commission in connexion with the Chartist movement.

Statement concerning the horse taken away by Edmund Reignald, one of Major Blake's Troop.

1. Gervas Williams of Coed y grig, Lanvrechva, co. Monmouth, gent., and Agnes his wife. 2. Theophilus Reynolds of Tredonock, esq., and William Powell of Lantillio Gressenny, gent. 3. Edmund Brown of Pontypool, gent., James Thomas of Trevethin, yeoman. 4. William Jenkin of Panteag, yeoman, and John Jones, one of the sons of William Jones of Lanvihangell Lanternam, William Williams, son and heir apparent of the said Gervas and Agnes Williams. Settlement to provide for the above named daughters and younger sons of the said Gervas Williams the elder, of Coedygrig in Lanvrechva and Panteag and Kilurgy in Langibby.

1. Abell Jenkins late of Usk, but now of p. Langeview, co. Monmouth, gent. 2. William Jenkins of Langeview, yeoman, one of the younger sons of 2. 3. Nathaniell Jenkins of the hamlet of Clytha, gent., youngest son of 2. 4.William Morgan of Bryngwyn, esq. Settlement of properties in the town of Usk and in the hamlet of Glascoed in p. Usk.

1 Dame Temperance Williams of Bristol, widow. 2 Thomas Knox, esq., Crasfield Becher, merchant, and Thomas Wrothly, gent., all of Bristol. Settlement of a sum of £1500.

1. Richard Griffith of Langeby, co. Monmouth, yeoman, Alce Williams his wife, John Lawrence of Landegveth, gent., and Ann Powell his wife. 2. William Johns of Tredenoke, gent., and Morgan Watkin of Llanvihangell iuxta Lenternam, yeoman. Settlement of a capital messuage in p. Lanadgveth and lordship of Trergruge.

1. William Baker of Bergevennie, co. Monmouth, esq. 2. Edward Reignoldes of Killfigen, gent., and Elizabeth his wife. Settlememnt of Bidhey or Byddie ferme, p's Lanbadook and Langeaby, to the uses of the said Edward and Elizabeth his wife, and their issue. Mutilated.

A collection of twenty-one sermons by, and in the autograph of, the Rev. Micah Thomas, first Principal of the Abergavenny Baptist Academy. These sermons were written in 1817-1819 and were delivered by him at Abergavenny during that period and also in 1842-1851. Loosely inserted in the volume is another autograph sermon which he delivered at Abergavenny on Sept 26, 1819. Paper; 178 ff., unnumbered; 164x103; diced sheepskin.

Volume of sermons and sermon notes apparently by, and in the autograph of, Morgan Lewis, Coesforgan, Sirhowy, Monmouthshire, whose name appears on the fly-leaf. Pasted on the inside of the front cover is the inscription: 'W. Thomas Islwyn Feby. 1858 Ynysddu'. Paper; 27 pp., incorrectly numbered 25, and 115 unnumbered pages, many of which are blank; 182 x 115; morocco, with blind tooling.

Volume of seven sermons on the sixth chapter of Isaiah preached in Banbury by Thomas Bradbury. At the beginning of the volume is a dedicatory letter addressed to Richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury. Paper; 1 unnumbered folio, 1-82; 193 x 150; full parchment.

A collection of sermons by, and in the autograph of, the Rev. Edmund Jones of Tranch, Pontypool, consisting of four sermons entitled 'Of Satan's Filling The Hearts of Sinners' (Acts V, 1-3); two sermons entitled ,0f Ungodliness'(Titus XI, 11-12); one sermon entitled 'The Evil of Self-Ignorance' (2 Cor. XIII, 5); and one sermon entitled '0f the General Corruption of the Natural Temper of Mankind' (Gen. VI, 5). Loosely inserted in the volume are two folios (pp. 133-134 and 147-148) from a volume of sermons in the autograph of Edmund Jones, and two letters (6, 11 Oct.1924) from E. I. Williams, Pontypridd, to [Major Addams-Williams, Llangibby Castle], relating to the sale of the writer's manuscripts of Edmund Jones. Paper; 189 pp. 199 x 155; quarter vellum.

A volume of sermons and sermon notes. Some of these were delivered at Preston, Kingswood, and Lapw[orth] between 1662 and 1665. A note in pencil on the fly-leaf states that the volume is in the autograph of the Reverend Matthew Henry. Howeer, a short description of the volume by 'D.R.T.' in the form of a newspaper cutting pasted on the inside of the front cover states that, in view of the dates of some of the sermons, the volume must be in the autograph, not of Matthew, but of his father, Philip Henry, the eminent Nonconformist divine. Paper; 502 pp., unnumbered; 163 x 118; full calf, damaged at the spine, and with remnants of two clasps.

Transcripts of official papers relating to the demands of the Scottish Covenanters from Charles I, September, 1640, and of some of the proceedings of the Long Parliament, November 1640 - January, 1640/1. Paper; 60 pp., unnumbered; 295 x 193; full parchment.

A composite volume consisting of: (1) a schedule of books, accounts, and papers delivered by Geo. Toilet, secretary to the late Commissioners of Accounts, to Paul Jodrell, esq., clerk to the House of Commons,15 April 1697, together with a memorandum. Of their delivery and also an acknowledgement of the receipt of other books on 1 December 1697. These accounts embrace the period 1606-1697 and are classified and arranged in alphabetical order. (2) A similarly arranged schedule of accounts embracing the. Period 1685-1704. On the outside front cover is the inscription: 'A Copy of the Books and Papers Delivered by Gregry King Esq. Secretary to the Com[m]issLion]ers of Accounts for the years 1702 and 1703. To Paul Joddrel Esq. Clark to the Hon House of Commons'.On the fly-leaf is the inscription: 'MSS. Carew'. Paper; pp. 1-93 some unnumbered, and some wrongly numbered, and pp. 1-79, wrongly numbered; 317 x 197; full parchment.