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A bundle of fourteen copies of a pamphlet entitled 'A National Trust for Wales'. The pamphlet consists of reprints of three articles written by Ifor L. Evans, Principal of UCW Aberystwyth, and published in the Western Mail, discussing what the beneficiaries under the Welsh Church Acts of 1914 and 1919 can do with the capital sum of approximately £2.75m. which they are about to receive.

A bundle of fourteen files, each marked 'Charitable Trusts Act.' The files, for North Wales (General) and cos Ang., Brec., Card., Caern., Carm., Denb., Flint, Glam., Mer., Mon., Mont., Pemb., and Rad., contain notes of land acquired through charitable purposes.

A bundle of sixteen miscellaneous papers and documents, received from the Church Commissioners, 17 December 1975, mostly undated, and believed to have been compiled partly for the Royal Commission on Land in Wales and Monmouthshire, 1894. The documents are:. 1) List of queries concerning manors, showing certain leases and reserved rents (as at 1893) in the four Welsh dioceses, with file numbers added, n.d. 2) Notes of enquiry concerning the existence of surveys, reports, etc., for the manor of Trellys and Grandheno, co. Pemb., 1899, with file numbers added later. 3) Extracts from returns and rentals, Bishopric of Llandaff, 1709-1853 and post - 1884, with file numbers added. 4) Lists of file numbers and location (e.g., PRO), plus lists of townships, diocese of Bangor, n.d. 5) Lists of file numbers and contents, diocese of St Davids, n.d. 6) Summons to S.E. Downing to produce certain listed documents in a case between the Pembrokeshire Estates Commission and Samuel H. Hughes, 1899. 7) Notes regarding dates of tithe commutation, with file numbers, n.d. 8) Lists of files, Bishopric of Bangor, n.d. 9) Lists of files, Bishopric of Llandaff. 10) Lists of files, manors in diocese of Bangor, n.d. 11) Notes regarding returns made in 1849. 12) Notes on foreshores, Bishopric of Bangor, n.d. 13) Lists of files, Bishoprics of Bangor and St Asaph, n.d. 14) Lists of files, manors in diocese of St Asaph, n.d. 15) Notes concerning manors in diocese of St Davids, n.d. 16) Lists of manors, with notes on tenure, sales, etc., in the four Welsh dioceses, forming the basis of the schedule of ECE manors appearing on pp.444-7, App. M, of the printed report of the Royal Commission, plus an unrevised proof of that schedule.

A catalogue of books in the Cathedral Library, Chichester, presented to the Dean and Chapter of St Davids for the Cathedral Library.

A concurrent lease and counterpart leases from the Bishop of St Davids of parcels of land and cottages to the following lessees:. 3 Mar. 1838: John Burder of Parliament Street, Westminster, esq. 20 Mar. 1846: Morris Sayce and William Sayce, both of Kington, co. Hereford, land agents.

A counterpart lease (and a surrender of lease) from the Bishop of St Davids of the demesne lands of the Bishop of the Manor or Lordship of Llanddew called Terrae Dominicales and the water corn mill within the manor to David Price, esq., a Post Captain in the Royal Navy.

A counterpart lease (and a surrender of lease) from the Chantor of the Cathedral Church of St Davids of the Manor or Lordship of Treffgarne alias Trawgarn in p. St Dogwells and capital m. in the occupation of William Edwardes Tucker, and the Manor or Lordship of Llandridian in p. St Davids to William Edwardes Tucker of Sealyham, co. Pemb., esq.

A large bundle of documents relating to a case of trespass on land on the farm of Ceinan, p. Mallwyd, co. Mer., against Rowland Thomas, heard at Shropshire Summer Assizes, 28 July 1874. Although the action was brought nominally by Anne Evans, plaintiff, of Ceinan Farm, against Thomas, defendant, gamekeeper to Sir Edmund Buckley, Bart, Lord of the Manor of Mawddwy, it was said to be really brought at the instance of W.W.E. Wynne, tenant of the Mallwyd Estate on the manor, with Sir Edmund being 'virtually the defendant, he supporting and adopting the trespass of his Gamekeeper' (see p.8 of the copy of the brief for the plaintiff, MISC.SUB./SUPP 80 i-iii). The bundle contains transcripts and translations of grants of land and surrenders, 1502-1602, sale notices, including plans, notes on the history of the Mallwyd Estate, lists of tenants, and papers relating directly to the case, e.g., affidavits, notices to admit and produce, bills of costs, etc.

A large bundle relating to Mrs Mary Jane Parry, a benefactor from Barmouth, co. Mer., 1869-93, and comprising correspondence (81); advertisements and business cards (82); receipts (83); luggage labels (84); a yearbook of the Home for Working Girls in London, 1888, with receipts for donations to various charities (85); religious pamphlets and miscellanea (86); newspaper cuttings of Queen Victoria's visit to North Wales, 1889 (87); an account book of cattle sold (88); rentals of property belonging to Mrs Parry (89); a book of handwritten poetry by Griffith Roberts on some of the natural and man-made wonders of the world (90); a guidebook to Kew Gardens (91); a catalogue of art at the Italian Exhibition held in London in 1888 (92); and an inventory of the personal possessions of Mrs Parry and her husband, John Edward, in 1869 (93). The bundle was originally labelled '140: Trustees of the late Mrs Mary Jane Parry'.

A lease and a counterpart lease from Rev. Philip Constable Ellis, Rector of Llanfair-fechan, of a parcel of land near the Village Bridge and Llanfairfechan River amounting to 1,382 square yards (boundaries further described) and a m. upon the north-eastern corner of the parcel of land (occupant named) to John Platt of Brynyneuadd, p. Llanfairfechan, MP.