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Grant by William de Brewosa, son and heir of Sir William de Brewosa, and Lord of Landimor, to Sir Robert de Penres, kt, of a place for constructing a gurges, weir, or fish-pond, between Wynfroyd, Poltimore, and Traythanwelt. Latin. Witnesses: Richard de Penres, John de Penres, John de Langeton’, William de Lamare, Henry Davy of Landimore, John Thomas, John Mouric, John de Lamare, son of Robert de Lamare, Thomas de Landewy. Dated at Penres, 18th Apr., 8 Edw. II, AD 1315. Oval seal, red wax, imperfect (23 x 19mm). A bust in profile to the left, couped at the neck.* SIGI............DEGVISE.

Gift by William the chaplain, son of Kederech, to John Peruat and Alice his wife, of a m. and land which Kederech his father held in the town of Kenefeg, near the street called 'Monks' Street', between the grange of Margam Abbey and the land of Thomas Gramus; rent, 2d. to the lord of the fee, and one man's work for one day in autumn, and 20s. beforehand. Witnesses: William Terry, [occurs 1283, see No 189], Henry Willoc, [occurs 1283, see No 189], Adam Herding, Walter Magor, Nicholas Rotarius or Wheeler, John Jacobus or James, William Albus. Fine pointed oval seal, green wax, chipped, 11/4 x ? in. A tonsured head couped at the neck, profile to the left. Above it a hand of blessing issuing from the clouds. * S' . [Wi]ll'i . Ketheroch Capill'i. Beaded border.

The Romance of Charlemagne written down by [?Gruffudd Ddu] in the mid 14th century; and a collection of poetry of Gruffudd ap yr Ynad Coch, Guto'r Glyn and others compiled in the 15th - 16th centuries.
The first folios include fragments of indentures and on f. 26b is a representation of Christ on the Cross.

Vaticinatory texts in both verse and prose, and texts concerning astrology and medicine, written by a single scribe and dating from around 1456 (p. 83).

A manuscript in the hand of a single scribe, [c. 1621], comprising religious and secular poetry of Guto'r Glyn, Siôn Tudur, Edmwnd Prys and others; an interlude of the Passion; and the Statute of Gruffudd ap Cynan.
Also included is a poem composed by Hywel Bangor for an Eisteddfod in 1577.

The oldest Welsh text of the Laws of Hywel Dda by two hands dating from the mid-13th century.
There is also a contemporary elegy to Llywelyn ap Gruffydd in a later hand, and a series of provebs, also in a later hand.

An interlude in Welsh of Troilus and Cressida, based on Chaucer's text and in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy. Pp. 1-135 were written before 14th February 1613 (p. 119) and the remainder of the manuscript was written in 1622 (pp. 160, 231).

Poetry of John [Siôn] Phylip and others in the hand of John [Siôn] Phylip and, supposedly, his sons.

Poetry of Hywel ap Syr Mathew, Lewis Môn, Tudur Aled and others in three different hands, [1550x1580].

Notebook entitled 'Extracts from ancient Records principally relating to Merionethshire, and some Pedigrees' in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne. Inscribed 'Peniarth MS No. 44' on p. i.

Notes, disputations and discourses on philosophy and logic; a list of questions discussed at Dublin University, 19 April 1599; a short discourse of objections and answers touching the philosophers' stone by Ja: Doueson; etc.

Miscellaneous astronomical treatises, psalms, prayers, and litanies - 'sortes apostolorum que numquam fallunt'; and the 'secretum secretorum' attributed to Aristotle.

Love poetry; geometrical propositions; notes on Italian grammar; and a text on 'refrayninge the tonge'.

Gift by G[eoffrey] Essturmi, with consent of his wife M[--], his sons R[oger], R[--], and G[--], and his daughter A[--], to the church of St. Mary of Margam, of all the land between the land of Herbert, son of Godwineth, and the stream Kinithwini, as it descends through the hill to the moors as far as the lower water, and from the lower water as far as the way which leads through the mountains and separates the Earl's land from the grantor's land, for 12 marks silver, to each son a cappa, or cloak, and four nummi or gold pieces, and the monks undertake to receive him into their fraternity when he becomes infirm. Witnesses: Eglin, Sheriff of Glamorgan; R. de Bercoroles, Walter Luvel, and David his brother; Roger, son of Nest; Walter Lageles; Gislebert Burd[in]; Eadwine, Monk of Gloucester; Gislebert, priest of Newcastle; Thomas the priest, William de Londoniis, and Maurice his son, and William his other son, Willemmus Pincerna, Alexander de Corendune, Gislebert de Turbervilla, and A his wife, and Pagan his son, and Simon his son, Gislebert his son, and Robert his son. Latin. Pointed oval seal, red wax. G[eoffrey] Essturmi, with helmet and tunic, blowing a horn, and holding a lance, chipped. + Sigillvm . Galf[ridi . S]tvrmi. See Cartae, No. LIII; History of Margam Abbey, p. 77.

Gift by Roger Sturmi to Margam Abbey of all the land of his father which the abbey holds, and of all the rest of the land which his father held of the Earl of Gloucester's fee in Margam, for the yearly rent of 1/2 mark of silver. Gaufridus, or Geoffrey, his brother, confirms the gift. For 6 marks, and 20s. for his aid in upholding the church from claimants, and remission of a debt of 1/2 mark due by his father, and 5s. which he himself owed for a horse bought from the cellarer of the abbey; to his wife Gunnilda, 4 marks to bar her dower; to his three children, each 1/2 mark of silver, and two cows for the nourishment of the little ones ('duas vaccas ad parvulos nitriendos'). Witnesses:- Eglinus, sheriff of Glamorgan; Robert de Purbic his brother, John de St. Michael, Walter Luvel, Gillebert Grammus, Walter Siward, Odo de Cruce, William the priest, chaplain of Kenefeg; Helias, son of Arth'; Stephen the clerk, son of William, son of Stephen; Robert, the esq. of Jordan the clerk. Latin. Fine large round seal, reel wax, a lion contourné. + Sigillvm : Rogeri : Stvrmi.

Confirmation by Morgan, son of Cradoc, to Margam Abbey, of the gift by Roger Cole, his homo and serjeant, of land at New Castle, for 4 a., lying to the east of the stream called Hellene-wille-lache, near the land of Coit Kárt. Witnesses:- William, cellarer of Margam; Godefrey, the monk; Walter, the Master of Lantgewi; Helias, the clerk of New Castle; Walter, the provost; Moysete; Thomas of Newcastle; Jordan, Gregory, and Roger, conversi of Margam, Res, son of Res ap Blether'; David Pugnel; John Sorus. Latin. Seal of Morgan, equestrian type, as described. See Roll No. 292 (20) [1205x1275]; Cartae, No. DCCLVI; History of Margam Abbey, p. 137.