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1. John Bevan of Neath, co. Glam., surgeon. 2. John Cartwright of Newcastle under Lyne, Staffordshire. Release of right or share in mines of coal, etc., in p. Margam leased by the Rev. Thomas Talbot of Margam to Isaac Newton and the said John Cartwright for the term 31 years. Signature and seal. Attached: Memorandum of agreement by Cartwright to pay Bevan £100 for the assignment of the agreement concerning Crosswen Colliery, etc., co. Glam. Endorsed: Order, dated 2 Sept. 1758, by Bevan and Cartwright to pay the said sum to Hopkin Rees of Cursitor Street, London, 1 Aug. 1759. Signed and receipted.

1. John Stokes of New Inn, Middlesex. 2. John Talbot of Charlton, Wiltshire, and Jane Talbot of Margam, widow of the Rev. Thomas Talbot, late of Margam, clerk, dec., executors of the will of the said Rev. Thomas. 3. George Boughey of the Inner Temple, London. Assignment by 1, with the consent of 2, for £700, of the moiety of certain mines, etc., between the River Avon and Brombill Brook in p. Margam, etc., for the remainder of the original term of thirty one years, upon specified conditions. Attached is a bill, dated 28 Sept. 1750, on the assignee payable at Messrs Drummond's bank at Charing Cross, endorsed with banker's receipt therefor. Signatures and seals of John Stokes, John Talbot, and Jane Talbot.

1. John Bennet Popkin of Kettle Hill, co. Glam. 2. Thomas Mansel Talbot of Margam. Lease for 21 years of veins, mines, seams of coal, iron stone and ore, collieries, coal-works, etc., on lands called as expressed, at or near Crofty in p. Lanridian at specified royalties (5d. per way for coal and culm of 216 heaped Winchester bushels, 1s. per ton iron stone or ore) for each way of coal, culm, etc., with conditions, reservations, and services. Signed and sealed by the lessor.

List of Quarrymen 'who have signed the petition', with an account of their age, character, family, land, etc. 'Those marked with a x, having land of their own, having not the same claim to consideration as those who have none'.

Account of money due from William Drake, esq., and Mr George Boughey, to the trustees of the Rev. Mr Thomas Talbot, in regard to the Colliery at Margamm, with a letter from John Stokes, New Inn, London, on the above matters.

1. John Lucas of Stouthall, co. Glam., esq. 2. Thomas Mansel Talbot of Margam, esq. Lease for 50 years of coal mines and works at Llanmorlais and Caia Dûn in p. Lanridian, co. Glam., with special conditions and privileges. Rent: 40s. per annum per a. and specified royalties for lands appropriated, etc. Signature and seal of the lessor.

Section of the minerals of Foss (being a part of the Cefn Cribbwr Property) showing the two Pits and sixty yards now completed and the range of workings on the several Strata. 'A 40 h. power Steam Engine with all necessary appliances for winding has been erected. Scale between the two Cribbwrs is one-tenth of an inch to a yard.' By W. Bryant, CE, Bridgend. Tracing. Coloured in parts.

The plan shows the estate of C. R. M. Talbot, esq., in the parishes of Tythegston, Laleston, and Newcastle, lands contiguous to the above in other ownership, railways, a section, etc. Scale of six chains to one inch. Coloured lithograph.

For a lease of minerals to be granted by C. R. M. Talbot, esq. (pursuant to a power contained in the will of his late father, Thomas Mansel Talbot, esq.), to Mr James Hodgkins Allan at Nanty crynwydd, etc., in Llangonoyd and Margam for 31 years from 29 Sept. 1836.

Papers consisting of instructions for a lease by C. R. M. Talbot to Charles O'Neil of a colliery at Pwll y Gath to Bryndu and Pyle River, etc., for 31 years, 1837; letter from the said Charles O'Neil, 6 March 1837; memorandum, 27 Dec. 1837, Mr Talbot and the Pyle Iron Co., 1837; names of directors of the Cambrian Co.; account with Jenkin Rees; instructions for amendments to a lease to Somerville Digby, 1839. instructions relating to a proposed lease of a wharf at Mynydd bychan by C. R. M. Talbot to the Oakwood Co., May 1839, and memoranda relating to the above instruction.

1. John Vigurs and others, ironmasters. 2. Robert Smith of Craig Avon in Margam, co. Glam., and others. Draft agreement for the payment of an annual sum to 2 and others in lieu of compensation for the making and using of a railway through the Pantdu Meadows to Port Talbot, etc.

1. Robert Smith of Craig Avon in Margam, co. Glam., and others. 2. C. R. M. Talbot, esq., of Margam. Draft underlease of a portion of a field called The Forge Field in p. Margam.

1. Robert Smith, Thomas Motley, and others of the Maesteg Iron Works and Margam Tin Works. 2. John Vigurs, Joseph Grout, and others of the Cwm Afon Iron and Tin Works. Corrected draft of an underlease of Pantdu meadows in p. Michaelstone, co. Glam. for a term of lives.

Memorandum of licence or consent by C. R. M. Talbot of Margam, esq., to the grant by Messrs Vigurs and Co. to Messrs Robert Smith and Co. of the use of the Cwm Afon Railway.

1. Robert Smith and Thomas Motley of the Maesteg Iron Works and Margam Tin Works, and others. 2. John Vigurs and Joseph Grout of Cwm Avon Iron and Tin Works, and others. Draft grant and covenant for the making and use of a railway to Port Talbot, etc.

1. John Cartwright of Newcastle under Lyne, Staffordshire. 2. William Drake of Shardelow, Buckinghamshire. Assignment by 1 to 2 for £400 of his one fourth part or share of certain mines in p. Margam, as specified in previous deeds, with detailed conditions. Signature and seal.

Deed whereby William Drake of Shardelow, Buckinghamshire declares that he will account to John Cartwright of Newcastle under Lyne, Staffordshire for one fourth share of his fourth share of the coal mine, etc., assigned in no. 8854 dated 20 Aug., 1759, being one-sixteenth share of the whole of the premises. Signatures.

1. Felix Feast of p. St Luke, Middlesex, brewer, Thomas Docksey of Snelston, Derbyshire, and Andrew Jones of London. 2. John Talbot of Charlton, Wiltshire and Jane Talbot of Margam, widow. 3. George Boughey of the Inner Temple, London. 4. William Drake of Shardeloes, Buckinghamshire. Assignment of lease for 31 years by 1 to 4 of coal mines and lands in Margam, co. Glam. as to certain parts or shares thereof, set out in a schedule at the foot of the deed. Signatures and seals of the parties.

1. Thomas Mansel Talbot of Margam. 2. The Governor and Company of Copperminers in England. Lease of a parcel of land on the north side of the waggon's way from the new copper works to Groeswen Coal-pits in Margam for 14 years. Rent: £2.0.0 per annum. Signature and seal of lessor.