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A transcript by John Montgomery Traherne of Rice Merrick's manuscript (published in 1825 and again in 1887) usually known as 'A Book of Glamorganshire Antiquities by Rice Merrick Esq. 1578'. The transcript is preceded by the following note: 'The following extracts illustrating the History of Glamorganshire were made from a MS. in the possession of Canon Williams Wilkins Esq. of Pwllpant transcribed in 1702 by E. Lhuyd at the Ashmole Museum Oxford from a MS. bearing date 1657. This MS. appears to be extracted from of [sic] a folio MS. in the Library of Queens Coll. Oxford entitled A Book of Glamorganshire Antiquities ... The Provost and Fellows kindly permitted me to peruse this vol. a duplicate copy of which was burnt at Havod [Cardiganshire]'. There are also numerous additions, including lists of knights of the shire and sheriffs, pedigrees, copies of deeds and other charters, notes on the manor of Llanbleddian, etc.

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).

A copy of John Montgomery Traherne: Historical Notices of Sir Matthew Cradock, Knt. of Swansea, in the Reigns of Henry VII and VIII ... (Llandovery, 1840), interleaved, with manuscript additions and corrections by the author, facsimiles of autographs, original sketches, press cuttings, etc.

A copy of John Montgomery Traherne: Historical Notices of Sir Matthew Cradock ..., 1840, interleaved, with a few corrections and additions by the author.

Material collected by John Montgomery Traherne in connection with the preparation of his monograph on Sir Matthew Cradock. It includes pedigrees and notes, a transcript and English translation by Taliesin Williams ('Ab Iolo') of 'Dyma Ganu a wnaeth Rhys Brydydd i Syr Mathias Caradog am y Cwrdd Prydyddion a wnaeth efe yn y Merthyr Mawr', sketches, coats of arms, a letter, 1840, to Traherne from George Grant Francis, etc.

'Collectanea' relating to some South Wales families, mainly in the hand of William Davies, Cringell.

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

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 ... .

Syllabuses and illustrations issued in connection with the Disney Lectures on Archaeology delivered by George Forrest Browne at Cambridge, 1888-1893, on The Anglian Sculptured Stones of pre-Norman types, The Sculptured Stones of Scotland, The Sculptured Stones of Scotland, Wales and Mann, etc.

A history of the bards and literature of Wales written by William Davies, Cringell.

'The Customes of the Lordship of Rompney'.

'Collectanea' relating to the Mansel family of Margam Abbey, etc., and including letters, 1821-1844, from William Bruce Knight, Sir Thomas Phillipps (Middle Hill), and W. Mansel.

The author's copy, interleaved, with numerous manuscript and other additions, of Stradling Correspondence: A Series of Letters written in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, with Notices of the Family of Stradling of St. Donat's Castle, Co. Glamorgan. Edited by the Rev. John Montgomery Traherne ... (London, 1840). Among the additions are notes and memoranda by John Montgomery Traherne, facsimiles of autographs, sketches of monuments and memorials, coats of arms, bookplates, autograph letters (including one from Agnes Strickland), etc., and a document, 1602, bearing the autographs of Thomas Mansell and W. Pryce.

Material accumulated by John Montgomery Traherne when preparing The Stradling Correspondence ... for publication. It includes letters, 1845-1855, to Traherne from Joseph Hunter, Theophilus Jones, etc., pedigrees, copies of Stradling wills, 'A Survey of the estates of Sir Thos. Stradling, bart., 1732', etc.

Copies of The Order of the Court of Chancery for regulating the Free Grammar School, Swansea ... (Swansea, 1850) and of George Grant Francis: The Free Grammar School, Swansea, with Brief Memoirs of its Founder and Masters ... (Swansea, 1849), interleaved, with manuscript notes.

A notebook containing pedigrees, history notes, etc. and including the pedigree of the Talbot family connected with Margam and Penrice, together with extracts entitled Births and Baptisms recorded in the Qto Bible at Penrice.

Miscellanea relating mainly to the Traherne family and including a pedigree showing the descent of John Montgomery Traherne from Einion ap Collwyn, extracts from the Trueman manuscript, legal and other documents, etc.

Copies of In the House of Lords. Case of Charles Kemeys Kemeys Tynte, ... Esquire, on his Claim to the Title and Dignity of Baron Wharton of Wharton ... 1843, the report of the Wharton peerage case extracted from Clark and Finelly's Cases in the House of Lords ..., 1845, and other relevant material.

'Proper names of Rivers' by and in the autograph of Thomas Richards of Coychurch, Glamorgan, lexicographer, and a transcript of the list of subscribers to Antiquae Linguae Britannicae Thesaurus, which he published in 1753.

A transcript of the tithe apportionment schedule for the parish of Saint Hilary, co. Glamorgan, 1840, together with typescript copies of the schedule to the articles of agreement, 1838, by Harry Phelps Goode, land surveyor, of Saint Martins, Haverfordwest, and of a letter from Messrs. Morgan Bruce and Nicholas, Pontypridd, to Messrs. Cheston & Sons, London, 1906 (the sale of lots in St. Hilary).