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Court records, rentals, surveys and accounts of the manors of the Penrice and Margam estate in Gower, Margam and East Glamorgan.

Deeds for properties in various parishes including Aberdare, Beaupre, Bridgend, Cardiff, Colwinston, Cowbridge, Ewenny, Glynogwr, Kevencribor, Llanblethian, Llandough, Llandyvodug, Llanharry, Llansannor, Llantwit Major, Lysworney, Ogmore, Penlline, St Bride's Major, St Hillary, St Mary Church, etc., [1139]-1854; and a parcel of deeds relating to Pen Llwyn Jevan Gwent, Pant y Corne, and other lands in the parish of Llandevodug, 1429-1731.

Mainly estate accounts and rentals for the entire Glamorgan estate.

These appear to be papers created or accumulated by Penrice and Margam estate agents, particularly Hopkin Llewelyn and his sons Griffith Llewelyn and William Llewellyn, all of whom were solicitors and acted in that capacity for the estate. The papers include some of their own personal papers as well some of their clients' papers.

Includes papers relating to Cardiff bridge, lieutenancy papers, shrievalty papers, Quarter Sessions papers, and papers of the Vice Admiral of South Wales, including impressment of seamen and shipwreck rights, and tax asessments. Almost all relate to Glamorgan with some papers relating to other counties, especially those of the Vice Admiralty.

Legal papers mainly involving members of the Mansel family and their estates. It includes, however, a significant amount of papers relating to cases which are unrelated to the family or to the estate, mainly c. 1680-c. 1720. Some of these papers papers appear to emanate form the office of Thomas Craddock, a lawyer in St. Martins -in-the-fields, London, who was appointed a receiver of the Penrice and Margam estate by the court of Chancery in November 1724.

Including deeds relating to Burry alias Stembridge, Cylvrock, Henllys, Horton, Knowleston, Llanddewi, Llandeilo-talybont, Llangenydd, Llandimore, Llangyfelach, Llanridian, Nicholaston, Oxwich, Pennard, Penrice, Pilton alias Pitton, Porteynon, Reynoldstone, Swansea, Westow, Wibley, Worms-head, etc.

Deeds, [1279]x[1689], the majority consisting of land grants to and from the Penrice and Mansel families respectively, relating to lands in the county of Glamorgan.

Most relate to families related by marriage to the Mansells, especially the Morgan family, owners of the Tredegar estate, or to the professional practice of Thomas Craddock, a London lawyer who was appointed receiver of the Penrice estate by the court of Chancery.

1564-1895.

Including deeds relating to premises in the parishes and manors of Aberafan, Avon Wallia, Baglan, Betws, Briton Ferry, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, Clawdd Coch, North Cornely, South Cornely, Glyncorrwg, Havod y Porth, Horgro, Kegerwen, Kenfig, Laleston, Langewith, Llangynwyd, Llantwit-juxta-Neath, Michaelston-super-Avan, Neath, Newton Nottage, Penvey, Pile, Tiriarll, Tythegeston, Bridgend, Newcastle. From the 1660s most o the deeds are leases or counterpart leases. Includes a few rentals and tithe rentals.

The charters date from the foundation of Margam Abbey in c. 1147 until its dissolution in 1536. They include several gifts to the abbey by the earls of Gloucester, as well as royal charters and papal bulls. Together with the rolls they form one of the most complete series of archives of any medieval abbey in Great Britain. Suggested dates (in square brackets) have been supplied from Patterson, Robert B., The Scriptorium of Margam Abbey and the Scribes of Early Angevin Glamorgan (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2002), pp. 105-122. Cartae refers to Clark, G.T. (ed.), Cartae et alia Munimenta quae ad Dominium de Glamorgancia pertinent (Cardiff: 1910); History of Margam Abbey refers to Birch, Walter de Gray, A History of Margam Abbey (London: 1897). Following dissolution, the abbey and its lands were acquired by the Mansell family; some of the documentation relating to this is in the Margam estate deeds section.

Family and personal papers, mainly relating to estates in Glamorgan, including wills, settlements, mortgages, bonds and related papers, trusts, and some household papers.

L 1-64 are in the order they were arranged by Walter de Gray Birch for binding. The remainder of the series is in chronological order, with a considerable number of undated items, nos L 1330-1567, at the end of the series.