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Collection books of the Cardiff estate. There was probably at least one earlier collection book, which has not survived, as there is a balance in the first volume of the current series, AGO 3/1, carried 'Forward from previous Coll'n Book' (19 May 1925, £281-13-3). The last volume in this series ends on 3 April 1940, when the balances are 'Carried forward to new Glam. Col. Bk' (AGO 2/3).

Volumes of press-copies of letters sent by agents of the Cardiff estate, 1877-1906 (AGC 3/1-6) and by Henry John Davis, the Glamorgan estate agent, 1899-1903 (AGC 3/7).

Leases and related papers relating to Breconshire estate properties in the parishes of Bronllys, Cantref, Defynnog, Y Faenor, Garthbrengi, Glasbury, Hay, Llandyfaelog Fach, Llandyfalle, Llan-ddew, Llanfihangel Nant Brân, Llanfilo, Llansbyddyd, Llys-wen, Llywel, Maesmynys, Merthyr Cynog and Penderyn.

The file comprises a brief, a bill, and draft answers.

Books of counterfoils of demands for tithes, the counterfoil being ticked to denote that the tithe had been received. ABT 5/1 comprises a book of counterfoils of demands for tithes due on holdings in the parish of Ystradgynlais, 1912-15. ABT 5/2 also relates to holdings in the parish of Ystradgynlais, 1914-15. All but two of the counterfoils are dated 11 Feb. 1914, with one deleted counterfoil dated 7 June 1915, and one counterfoil dated 17 Sept. 1915. ABT 5/3 is a book of counterfoils of demands for tithes due on holdings in the parishes of St John and St Mary, 1926-28. ABT 5/4-5 are books of counterfoils of demands for tithes due on holdings in Breconshire, 1935-36 and 1936-37.

Ledgers of tithe rent charge accounts. ABT 2/1-2 and 2/4-5 contain receipt accounts. The accounts in ABT 2/1 are carried forward from an 'old ledger book' (eg, fo. 19, Philip Davies, Pwllycalch, from 'O.L.B. 178'). The accounts are carried from 2/1 to 2/2 to 2/4. Most of the properties seem to have been sold during the lifetime of ABT 2/4 (1906-36). The twelve accounts in ABT 2/5 appear to have been kept separate from the main series of tithe ledger accounts; eleven were sold as of 29 Sept. 1921, and the twelfth as from 2 Feb. 1922. ABT 2/3 contains payment accounts, but has been kept in this series for convenience.

A tithe collection book, recording the details of tithes collected at the tithes audit, forwarded to the cash books.

ABO 1/1 is a Breconeshire estate agent's account and memorandum book, 1819-1838. ABO 1/2 is a Brecon estate office memorandum book, 1880-1896. ABO 1/3-4 are memorandum books relating to audits and repairs on the Breconshire estate, 1886-1900 and 1910-11 respectively.

The series comprises rent ledgers 'F', containing ledger accounts relating to the farm rents in the Breconshire estate country parishes.
The Breconshire estate ledgers (ABA 4-7) contain the accounts of the individual tenants with the landlord, 1867-1941. Each account continues for the period of the tenancy, with the balance of account transferred from the old ledger to the new ledger. The tenantry of the Breconshire estate are divided into sub-estates, creating four series of ledgers: Brecon rents (B), 1868-1923, Dderw estate rents (D), 1916-23, Farm rents (F, for the 'country' parishes), 1867-1921, and Palleg estate rents (P), 1867-1941. The covering dates of some of the volumes in the same series can overlap, as busy accounts were often transferred to new ledger while slower accounts lingered in the old ledger. Consequently, volumes tended to be discontinued well before they were full, when the slower accounts were finally transferred en masse to the new ledger. Some of the rent ledger volumes include an index of tenants' names. -- Most of the properties in this series of ledgers appear to have been sold in 1915, and some of the other accounts are balanced and transferred to 'Ledger D' (ABA 7/1).

Miscellaneous documents relating to the Tredegar Breconshire Estate.

Papers relating to the Finance (1909-10) Act 1910. ABA 12/1-3 are mainly files of papers and loose papers relating to the valuation of land and the completion of land owners' returns on duties on the value of the land, including Forms 1 (Land: notice to make returns), 2 (Land: instructions for making returns on Form 4), 4 (Land: return to be made by an owner of land or any person receiving rent in respect of land), 7 (Land: claim for site value deductions), 35 (covering letter accompanying Form 36), 36 (Land: provisional valuation), 38 (Land: amended provisional valuation), and 172 (Land: undeveloped land duty), while ABA 12/4-5 are copy land owners' returns.

Copies of Isaac Davies of Brecon's bills numbered 1-10, 12-70, for surveying work in the Breconshire estate, and summaries of these and other bills.

Copies of payment accounts in respect of the Breconshire estate. Many of these volumes appear to be drafts or rough copies of the fair copies in ABA 1 and 2, with much crossing out and large parts written in pencil. The volume for 1906 (ABA 3/15) was reused in 1915.

Audit books of the Dderw, Palleg and Tredegar estates in Breconshire, and the successor post-1806 Breconshire estate.
The books contain the settled accounts (the 'audits') of the Breconshire and Dderw estates. The audit books generally consist of fair copies of the rental and of any other accounts for which the agent was responsible, generally including casual profits and promiscuous payments. On most estates these audited accounts between the agent and the owner were loosely called rentals; on the Tredegar estate they were called audit books. -- There are three series of audit books: the main series, 1762-1927 (ABA 1), a series of copy audit books, 1872-1915 (ABA 2), and rough copy audit books, 1887-1915 (ABA 3). Two copies of the audit books were prepared during the period 1868-1889, one for the estate and one for the agent. Some of the volumes are inscribed either 'Mr Carlisle' or 'Mr Thomas', Lord Tredegar's auditor and agent respectively. The estate's copies are in ABA 1, while the agent's duplicates form series ABA 2, except for the period 1873-1886, where the agent's copies are in the main series at ABA 1/14, 16 and 18, in place of missing volumes. Starting in 1890, when only one copy of the audit was made, the remaining space in both ABA 1/19 and 20, the duplicate books started in 1887, was used before starting a new volume. Thus ABA 1/20 contains the audits for 1887-1891, and ABA 1/19 the audits for 1887-1889 and 1892-1893. -- The series of settled accounts ends in 1915 with ABA 1/26, although there were presumably further volumes, as ABA 1/26 also contains summaries of various payments, 1921-1927. -- In 1847 the rental consists of properties in the parishes of Cantref, Defynnog, Y Faenor, Garthbrengi, Hay, Llandyfalle, Llan-ddew, Llandyfaelog, Llanfihangel Nant Brân, Llanfilo, Llanhamlach, Llansbyddyd, Llys-wen, Merthyr Cynog, Penderyn, St David, St John the Evangelist and Ystradfellte, tithes in the parishes of St John the Evangelist and St Mary, the Palleg estate in the parish of Ystradgynlais. By 1867, rents in the parishes of Llandeilo'r-fân, Llanfihangel Fechan, Glasbury, Llywel and Ystradgynlais are included, as are ground rents in Ystradgynlais and Brecon, and tithes in Ystradfellte.

Collection books, being day books of moneys received on rent days (and between rent days) for the Brecon and Palleg estates.
The ledger and folio to which the individual moneys are forwarded is usually noted, and include ledgers B (Brecon), C, F (Farm rents), P (Palleg) and S. References to ledgers C and S only appear in the first year, 1868, after which they disappear. References to ledger D (Dderw) appear in 1916 (ABA 7/1), and receipts forwarded to ledgers B and F are greatly reduced over the following few years, many Brecon and Farm properties having been sold, although references to ledger F continue until at least 1921, and to ledger B until at least 1923. References to ledger T (Therrow? =Dderw) appear in 1921, although there are also a few references to a ledger T in 1888 at least. ABA 8/4 forwards receipts to ledgers P and T only.