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These papers are unrelated to the Tredegar estate, having been accumulated by members of the Morgan family of Tredegar and their agents in the course of their public or private lives, or otherwise strayed into the Tredegar estate records. The bulk of the strays are client files of Henry F. W. Harries, the Brecon solicitor who acted as the agent for Tredegar's Breconshire estate (P 5/6). These files probably became mixed with the Tredegar material on the final dispersal of the Breconshire estate and the removal of the Breconshire estate records to Newport. Six other groups also all come from within the sphere of influence of the Tredegar estate, comprising the Monmouthshire commission of sewers, 1660-1792 (P 5/8), Newport assessments, 1700-1753 (P 5/7), Newport turnpike trust records, 1759-1880 (P 5/1), charity papers, 1772-1959 (P 5/2), St Woolloos rate book, 1875 (P 5/4), and Christchurch Highway Board letters received, 1880-1890 (P 5/5). The three files of Sussex vouchers, 1775-1776 (P 5/3), relate to an estate in the trusteeship of members of the Morgan family.

The series comprises papers relating to the Tredegar Races, including race calendars (standing orders, subscribers and lists of runners and winners), 1816-1873, and hunter trails judges' notebooks, 1926-1932; papers relating to the Tredegar Show, including poultry books, c.1880-c.1927, correspondence, 1891-1927, and show catalogues, 1919-1921; and papers, 1845-1850, relating to a statue of Sir Charles Morgan, subscribed to and erected as a testimonial to his suppport of the agricultural interest. -- The letters include applications for entries and trade stands, apologies for pulling entries for various reasons, and the appointment and reports of judges of various classes. Also a few printed items, including the rules, report and members of the Welsh Leghorn and Minorca Club, 1906 (filed under letter A), and the schedule for the Tredegar poultry show, 1907 (also filed under letter A). Most of the letters are dated September, October and November of the particular year.

The series comprises printed material accumulated by the Morgan family and printed public notices accumulated by the Tredegar estate.

The series comprises a collection of deeds, each in its own individual presentation box. The deeds include a grant of free warren, 1616, a royal pardon to William Morgan of Dderw, 1644, appointments as lord lieutenant, custos rotulorum and advocate general, 1702-1933, grants of arms, 1779-1792, licences to take new surnames, 1787-1792, and grants of the rank of baronet, 1702, and viscount, 1905. -- The great seal is attached to the letters patent and most of the appointments. The armorial seals of Garter and Clarenceux kings of arms are attached to the grants of arms, and a broken and crudely repaired seal of the Duchy of Lancaster is attached to the 1761 appointment as steward of the Three Castles.

The papers comprise deeds and papers relating to the Morgan family and the succession at Tredegar, the genealogy of the Morgan family of Tredegar and related families, the personal papers of individual members of the Morgan family, particularly the antiquarian papers of Octavius Morgan, appointments to public office, particularly as lord lieutenant and custos rotulorum, and deeds and papers relating to families that members of the Morgan family were involved with, for example as executors of wills or trustees of settlements.

Deeds, letters and papers relating mainly to premises in Monmouthshire but including items concerning the Windah family of Withicomb and the pirate Sir Henry Morgan.