Showing 105 results

A copy, which belonged to John Montgomery Traherne, of The Names of the Sheriffs and Under-Sheriffs of Glamorgan. A.D. 1541, to 1792, from M.S. of Mr. Evan Simmons, of Nottage; continued to 1850, from M.S. of H. Gwyn, Esq., M.P. Communicated to the Neath Institution by H. H. Knight ... (Neath, 1850).

Extracts from Sketches ... of Botany in England ... by Richard Pulteney.

Extracts from several Latin authors in the autograph of Henry Hey Knight.

A volume of household accounts and general expenses covering the period 1791-1797, kept by a member of the Knight family of Glamorgan.

A copy which belonged to John Montgomery Traherne of Lewis Weston Dillwyn: Contributions towards a History of Swansea ... (Swansea, 1840), which has addenda by Henry Hey Knight, John Montgomery Traherne and J. E. Bickers.

Copies 'Bought at the Cardiff Bazaar, October 5th 1842', of Lines by J. Dix, on the Rebuilding of St. Mary's Church, Cardiff, Lines by T. W. Booker ..., Lines by Is. Montgomery ..., and Sonnet by Wm Wordsworth ... .

Miscellaneous material relating to Cardiff, including printed extracts from a history of Rawlins White (d. 1555); a copy of an inventory, November 1673, of goods and household staff at Cardiff Castle; notes on the lords of Cardiff Castle and tables showing their descent; a copy of an act of the reign of Queen Anne for the rebuilding of Cardiff Bridge; a programme of 'Tableaux Vivans' to be exhibited at Cardiff Castle, 1 February 1856; a printed letter, 1860, from Clement Waldron and Joseph H. Wallis to John Montgomery Traherne relating to a series of 'conversazioni' to be held at Cardiff; plans of the Bute Ship Canal, 1839, and of the proposed layout of the land adjoining the Bute ship dock, 1840; press cuttings; etc.

Correspondence, deeds etc., relating to mines, clay works, furnaces, and estates etc., in Glamorgan, mostly addressed to Thos. Mansel Talbot, Penrice Castle. (a) 1784, Nov. 30. Letter: G. Smith, Sec. [Copper works?] to Mr Thomas Tyler. Exportation of clay. (b) 1793, Aug. 16. Copy of a draft of a lease of Melyn y Court Furnace etc, from the Right Hon. Lord Vernon to Messrs Bush, Walker and Wade (c) 1795, Nov. 10. Letter. 'Jno. Gunston, Sec. 'Govn. & Comp. of Copper miners in England' to [T. Mansel Talbot]. Mynith Bychan mine. (d) 1795, Nov. 15. Letter. Thomas Lott, Forest to Prices of clay and fire bricks. (e) 1796, Jan. 25. Copy of lease of Penrwtting Furnace, etc., for 21 years, from the Right Hon. Lord Vernon to Alexander Raby, Merchant. (f) 1796, Jan. 25. Copy of lease of coal mines and iron mine in Michaelstone Super Avan and Baglan, from the Right Hon. Lord Vernon to Alexander Raby, Merchant. (g) 1797, Nov. 19. Letter. T.M. Ta[lbot], P[enrice] Castle to [Thomas Powell]. Property at Llanrhidian. (h) 1797, Nov. 22. Letter. Thomas Powell, Swansea to [Thos. Mansel Talbot ]. Ownership of land at Llanrhidian, etc. (i) 1798, Aug. 3. Letter. J.N. Miers, Cadoxton, to [T. Mansel Talbot]. Leases of ironworks. (j) 'An account of money received from the English copper co. for coal, clay, and timber, furnished them by contract from Sept. 28, 1798-Dec. 28, 1799.' (k) 1798, Dec. 26. Letter. James Cockshutt, Wortley Ironworks. Near Barnsley to T. Mansel Talbot, Penrice Castle. Mines and ironworks. (l) 1799, Feb. 23. Letter. John Wade, No. 50 Cannon Street, London to T. Mansel Talbot. Lease of Aberavon Forge, etc. (m) 1799, July 26. Bill, for £722. 14s. issued from the tax office to Thos. Mansel Talbot, esq., Penrice. Signed Wm. Tucker, collector. (n) 'An account of timber sold from Margam estate exclusive of the forge and copper company's contracts from Lady day 1799'. (o) 1799, Oct. 23. Letter. Richard Crawshay to Thos. Mansel Talbot. Suitability of land for furnace building etc. (p) 1800, Feb. 4. Letter. Griff. Llewellyn, Baglan to Thomas Mansel Talbot, Penrice Castle. Rents etc. (q) 1800, March 6. Letter. Robert Thomas, Ponteynon to Mr Talbot. Conditions of certain property. (r) 1800, March 17. Letter. Griff. Llewellyn, Baglan to [T. Mansel Talbot]. Lease and rent of a tenement in Hafodyporth, etc. (s) 1800, March 21. Income tax bill for £261. 7s signed by Wm. Tucker, collector, made out to Thos. Mansel Talbot, esq., Penrice Castle. (t) 1800, March 30. Letter. Griff. Llewelyn, Cardiff to Thos. Mansel Talbot, Penrice castle. Mine surveying, etc. (u) 1804, April 4. Letter. M. Horton, Bath to [Hicks Beach?]. Amount of rent due, etc. (v) 'A survey of Kenffigg farm' (25 acres 3r 13p). (w) 'Proposals for an Iron work at Mynydd bychan'. (x) 1805, May 30. Letter. M. Hicks Beach, Williamstrip Park to Thomas Mansel Talbot, Penrice Castle, re money matters. (y) 1805, July 2. Letter. M. Hicks Beach, Williamstrip Park to Thomas Mansel Talbot, Penrice Castle. Personal; money matters. (z) 1805, Aug. 2. Letter. M. Hicks Beach, Williamstrip Park to Thomas Mansel Talbot, Penrice Castle. Money matters. Copies of letters from T. M[ ansel] T[albot] to [M. Hicks Beach] promising the loan of money. (z1) 1805, Sept. 20. Letter. M. Hicks Beach, Williamstrip Park to Thomas Mansel Talbot, Penrice Castle. Money matters; a loan from Talbot. (z2) Tables [printed] showing the number of tons of iron sent down the Glamorgan & Monmouthshire Canals for the years 1829 to 1838, inclusive. (z3) Extract from 'The Cambrian' for (Dec. 1844?), giving 'a description of the mineral district of South Wales', and 'the advantages of the proposed railway' by J.M. Buckland. [Reprinted from the 'Mining Journal']. (z4) An account of coal shipped to sea at Briton Ferry, from June 1, 1712, to July 1, 1712, sent by Tho[mas] Williams to the Right Honourable Lord Mansel. (z5) 'Account sheet of Thos. Price, Esq. & Co. with Lle. Treherne, for lead ore raised and sold from Clunn Park from Xmas 1754 to May 23, 1760'.

A farm account book, 1786-1792, the property of the late Mrs C. Jones, wife of the Reverend H. Jones, vicar of Penmark, Cowbridge, containing miscellaneous farm and household accounts, culinary and household recipes, etc.

Miscellanea, 1713-1813, including household and other accounts kept by the Aubrey family of Llantrithyd; an inventory of the furniture of James Marment, taken at the Pyle Inn; etc.

Press cuttings and other papers relating to agricultural societies in Glamorgan, South Wales railways, Sir Thomas Button, John Franklen, etc.

A scrapbook compiled in 1846 and consisting of press cuttings, illustrations from newspapers, etc.

Posters, broadsides, circular letters, press cuttings, squibs and poems dealing with various Glamorgan parliamentary elections, 1767-1832.

'Collectanea' relating to Glamorgan history and material relating to Colonel Philip Jones, including a copy of Articles of Impeachment of Transcendent Crimes [etc.] ... committed by Col. Philip Jones ... Together with Col. Philip Jones's Answer ... (London, 1649), also letters, 1829-1840, from John Webb, Tretire and Robert Oliver Jones, Fonmon Castle to John Montgomery Traherne.

Miscellaneous notes and collectanea relating to the archaeology, etc. of Glamorgan.

A miscellany containing engraved prints, lists and other papers relating to coins, medals, tokens, alphabets and sculpture, etc.

Miscellaneous letters and documents, including transcripts, including a letter, 24 August 1622, from Lewis Davids to the petty constables of Swansea relating to the upkeep of Cardiff Bridge; a letter, 24 May 1624, from Owen Wynn to his father, Sir John Wynn, knight and baronet, of Gwydir; a quittance for chief rents, 1640; a copy of a survey of Iscoed, 1650; a letter, 1690, from Richard Lougher to Thomas Rees; a list of Glamorganshire gentlemen to the west of the Ogmore river; a survey of the number and value of acres, houses and lands in Gower; papers relating to Swansea and to the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) and their stewards; a pedigree of the St John family of Bletso, Bedfordshire; a work entitled Modern division of Glamorgan in the hand of Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg').

Broadsides, circular letters and other papers relating to Glamorgan parliamentary elections.

Abstracts of Glamorgan deeds.

'The Customes of the Lordship of Rompney'.