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The file comprises a grant of free warren to William Morgan of Tredegar, kt, in the manors of Redcastle, Sutton, Fitz John de la Moor, Yolton and Castle Arnold in Monmouthshire, and in the parishes of Basaleg, St Brides, Peterstone, St Mellons, Marshfield, Coedcernyw, St Woolloos, Betws, Henllys, Risca, Machen, Bedwas, Bedwellte, Mynyddislwyn and Llanfihangel-y-fedw in Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, plus a transcript and a translation of the grant. Great seal attached to the letters patent.

The series comprises a collection of deeds, each in its own individual presentation box. The deeds include a grant of free warren, 1616, a royal pardon to William Morgan of Dderw, 1644, appointments as lord lieutenant, custos rotulorum and advocate general, 1702-1933, grants of arms, 1779-1792, licences to take new surnames, 1787-1792, and grants of the rank of baronet, 1702, and viscount, 1905. -- The great seal is attached to the letters patent and most of the appointments. The armorial seals of Garter and Clarenceux kings of arms are attached to the grants of arms, and a broken and crudely repaired seal of the Duchy of Lancaster is attached to the 1761 appointment as steward of the Three Castles.

Receipts from Harold Edward Lawton and his successors as secretary of the Newport & Monmouthshire Newspaper Co. Ltd, for Lord Tredegar's contributions to the company's guarantee fund, 1910-1921, and a notice (2 copies) of an extraordinary general meeting of the company to consider a resolution to wind up the company, 1922. On the evidence of the receipts, Lord Tredegar paid £4000 a year into the fund 1910-1913, £3000 a year 1914-1915, £2400 in 1916, £2000 in 1917, £1000 in 1918, £500 in 1919 and 1921.

A cover-less gathering, being a precedent book. The pagination of the first few pages indicates that no outer pages have been lost. A leaf has been cut out between ff. 27 and 28. Folio 28 has a list of 'the names of the meere tenants of the Dowards as they stand in the articles sealed between his grace the Duke of Kent and the meere tenants' (36 names).

Files of cuttings, mainly of engravings from various publications, including the Art-journal and the Illustrated London News, arranged into subject files, comprising church plate, glass, ivories, metal work, plate, pottery, Roman remains and Scottish maces, and a file of photographs of relating to the Hendre. Most of the cuttings are unsourced and undated. -- The Roman remains file includes the ground plan of the Roman bath on Peny-Pentre farm near Llanfrynach, Breconshire, discovered in 1783, and a 'perfect draught' of the remains of a Roman mosaic pavement in Woodchester churchyard, Gloucestershire.

Bundle of fourteen copies of a printed letter, signed by John Morgan of Tredegar, canvassing support at the general meeting of the county to be held at Usk on the 6th of June.

Loose personal and estate papers, mostly of antiquarian interest, including an incomplete nineteenth century copy of a appointment by Henry VIII of Robert Morgan of Comberton as escheator, coroner etc. in Worcestershire, 1522; nineteenth century copies of Royalist Composition Papers relating to William, Mary and Edward Morgan of Llantarnam, 1653; Charles Gould's personal accounts [at school/university?], 1743-1744; copy of notes on Morgan tombs in Machen church, 1779; repairs required to Basaleg church, 1785; instructions for a lease for 21 years by Thomas Jones of Whitfield in the parish of Peterstow, Herefordshire, clerk, and Elizabeth his wife, and William Edwards of Llanfihangel-y-fedw, Monmouthshire, clerk, to Thomas Addis of the parish of Weston under Penyard, Herefordshire, yeoman, of the farms called [Porch?], Lowerhouse, Waygate and Whitfield, excepting the capital messuage of Whitfield, 1786 (a sketch map of Brilstone Farm has been drawn on the back); agreement of the St Weonards vestry (ten names) that Sir Charles Gould should pay the £700 bequeathed by Mrs Mary Morgan into some fund, and the interest disbursed in keeping the monument to her first husband clean, and clothes and fuel for the poor of the parish, 1787 (see also AHA 1/1); counsel's opinion and other papers relating to Sir Thomas Clarke's will (dated 1754) and his niece Jane Morgan's inheritance of his Hertfordshire and London estates, 1791; John Morgan's executor's accounts, 1792-1794; an indenture between Charles Morgan of Ruperra and Anthony Montonnier Hawkins of Friars, Monmouthshire, doctor of physic, securing an annuity for £300 in return for the surrender of a quay, wharf and other premises at Newport, 1802; the bond of John Crisp father and son, both of East Dereham, Norfolk, to Sir Charles Morgan for the rents of the manors of Wymondham otherwise Windham and East Dereham, 1807; counsel's opinion on John Morgan's will, 1813; an agreement relating to the party wall between Sir Charles Morgan and Messrs Hammersley's houses in Pall Mall, 1819; a note on the descendants of Thomas Morgan of Ruperra, [watermark 1822]; a note on Ewias Lacy and Ewias Harold, [post 1835]; extract from the case for counsel's opinion relating to the Monmouthshire Canal Company's Acts relating to the Park Mile, 1851; a poem, 'Caerleon: lines suggested on visiting it, by Richard Hooper French, a native of Newport', [1860s?]; a report on necessary repairs to the chancels of Basaleg, Bedwellte, Coedcernyw, Henllys, Mynyddislwyn, Risca and St Brides churches, held on lease by Lord Tredegar, 1877; a schedule of the documents in the iron chest at the Upper Machen rectory belonging to the churches of Machen and St John's Upper Machen, 1901; and London County Council's registration of Lord Tredegar's 14 horse-power Delage motor car number LY 4890, 1919.

An original bundle of miscellaneous family papers, including typescript copies of a letter from Charles I to Prince Rupert written from Ruperra, 26 July 1645, and of personal letters, 1758-1807, the General After Orders of Adjutant General J. B. B. Estcourt before Sevastapol, 29 Oct. 1854, including reference to the charges of the Heavy Brigade and the Light Brigade, 25 Oct. 1854, a telegramme from the Queen thanking Lord Tredegar for his telegramme of congratulations on the occupation of Pretoria by British troops under Lord Roberts, 8 June 1900, a letter, 1909, from J. Kyrle Fletcher to Lord Tredegar, including relating to a portrait of William Phillips, 'The old squire of Risca' (d. 1834), the Welsh harp used at Risca, and the writer's new work on Dafydd Benwyn, the Morgan family bard between 1560 and 1600, and three telegrammes from the King relating to the final illness, death and funeral of Lord Tredegar, 9-12 March 1913.

Original bundle of letters from, and draft letters to, the Duke of Beaufort, mainly relating to the parliamentary representation of Monmouthshire and Breconshire.

Original bundle of papers relating to Octavius Morgan's antiquarian interests, including a receipt for £21 received by Sir William Morgan and Thomas Morgan, esq., two of the commissioners for Monmouthshire for the contribution money to repair St Pauls cathedral in London, being the second payment of the inhabitants of the hundred of Wentloog, 1635; a list of the things to be provided for a knight of the Bath, and the fees to be paid, [17 cent.]; an account of an affray by the Savoy in the Strand, London, for which Sir William Morgan's sons and Throgmorton were questioned, [pre 1653]; a cutting from the County Observer & Monmouthshire Central Advertiser, 1882, relating to the killing in 1688 of Edmund Morgan of Penrose by Charles Williams [c.1633-1720] of Caerleon, later the benefactor of the endowed schools at Caerleon and of the Hanbury family; letters to William Morgan from Sir Baynham Throgmorton, 1670, and William [Lucy], bishop of St Davids, 1676; an account of the lands in Monmouthshire due from William Morgan of Tredegar, dec., to Lady Dayrell's jointure, with an account of the cattle, horses and sheep at Tredegar, 1680; an account of the 'illegal & treacherous proceedings of Mr Robert Lucy the high & deputy sheriff, Mr Bayleffe, Alderman Phillipps, Howell Morgan et ald' att the election of a burgesse to serve in parliament for this burrough', 1689; appointment of Thomas Morgan of Tredegar and Henry Probert of Penallt, esqs, by Sir John Williams of Llangibby Castle, to survey his lands in Monmouthshire, 1695; letter from Mary Jephson to 'cousen' John Morgan ('the merchant'), [pre-1715]; articles of agreement that Charles Morgan of Newport, tanner, shall buy the hides of all animals killed by John Morgan of Tredegar at 2d. per pound, the agreement to last for their joint lives, 1706; draft, addressed to the bishop of Salisbury, of a warrant under the signet of the order of the Garter to Stephen Martin Leake, esq., Garter King of Arms, ordering the taking down of the achievements of deceased knights companions, and the placing of the achievements of the present knights companions, dated the 13th year of the reign; account of expenditure in passing Thomas Morgan, esq's commission of lieutenancy and custodes rotulorum for Monmouthshire and Breconshire, [18 cent.]; Evan Evan's rent collection in the parishes of Machen, Bedwas, Mynyddislwyn, Bedwellte and Gelli-gaer, 1743-1744; a warrant under the sign manual of George II and the signet of the order of the Garter, and above the countersignature of Stephen Martin Leake, Garter King of Arms, that the jewels and ornaments given by the sovereign to the knights companions of the order, and which ought to be restored to the crown after their death, be delivered to the bishop of Salisbury, chancellor of the order, for his personal profit, 1757; copies of the Prologue and Epilogue to the Adelphi of Terence, adapted to the death of General Wolfe, 1759; a list of gentlemen and ladies served with venison from 28 bucks from Tredegar Park and 6 bucks from Ruperra, 1775, and a copy of a letter apologising for being unable to 'serve my friends this year with venison as usual', having lost above 150 deer last winter and therefore unable to kill above a brace or two for the next two years, 1776; a copy of 'Philo Morgan''s poem on the fire at Ruperra Castle, published in the Bristol Gazette, 1783; three letters from Robert Pardoe of Lincolns Inn relating to the case of Morgan v. Jones, 1785; the appointment by William Pitt, chancellor, of Sir Charles Gould as steward and bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds in the place of Lord Frederick Campbell, whose appointment is revoked, 1787; an account of the Cefnmabli Oak, that fell in 1799; a copy of a punning poem on the fall of the Earl of Somerset, James I's favourite, [early 19 cent.]; General D'Auvergne's and the Duke of Portland's receipts for gout, the former testified for by Mr Howell, purser of the HMS Thunderer, and a receipt for rheumatism, [early 19 cent.]; an illustration of the columnar coral 'basaltes minimus striatus' on the Fairy Causeway near Tenby, Pembrokeshire, [early 19 cent.]; printed particulars of the premiums to be paid at Woburn, Bedfordshire, for the improvement of livestock, 1801; and biographical notes on 18-19 cent. members of the Morgan family, [late 19 cent.]. -- A loose [eighteenth century?] copy of an indenture between Oliver Cromwell, lord protector of the Commonwealth, and the Lords of the States General of the United Provinces confirming to article 28 of the peace [the Treaty of Westminster] made between the two, relating to arbitration over the English ships and goods seized in the dominions of the king of Denmark, 1654, has been added to this file for convenience.

Two unused printed pro-forma appointments by John Morgan of Tredegar, lord lieutenant of Monmouthshire and Breconshire, [17--]; appointment of Robert Minors of Triago, esq., as deputy lieutenant of Herefordshire, 1722; appointment of John Morgan of Dderw, esq., as deputy lieutenant of Breconshire, 1776.

Probate of the will (dated 1674) of William Morgan of Tredegar, 1689; copy will of Katherine Morgan of Ruperra, Glamorgan, 1720; question to counsel as to who is responsible for paying the charities established by Katherine Morgan's will; lease and release, being the marriage settlement of Charles Price of Bedwas, Glamorgan, gent., and Joan his wife, late Joan Davies of Gellywastod in the parish of Machen, Monmouthshire, spinster, 1760; copy marriage settlement of Charles Morgan, second son of Thomas Morgan of Ruperra, and Mary Mynors Gouge of Treago, Herefordshire, widow, 1767; probate of the will (dated 1771) of Thomas Morgan of Tredegar, esq., 1771; probate of the will (dated 1777) of Hugh Jones of Gellywastod in the parish of Machen, Monmouthshire, esq., 1777; draft will and three codicils of Sir Charles Morgan, 1802-1806; an extract from the will of John Morgan, esq., [1804 watermark]; abstract of title (1731-1814) of Sir Charles Morgan and Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan to estates in Monmouthshire, Breconshire and Glamorgan, [1815 and 1822 watermarks]; abstract of the 1844 settlement of the family estates of Sir Charles Morgan and Charles Morgan Robinson Morgan so far as relates to their joint power of appointment; confirmation of Lord Tredegar as a knight of grace in the Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in England, 1916.

Deed of covenant by Mary Bryan Smith of Ye Wells Hotel, Llandrindod, Radnorshire, granting Lord Tredegar exclusive rights to a first floor suite of rooms for seven years, including the right to alter and furnish the rooms, and the best attendance, food and other services when he or his relatives or friends are in occupation.

A collection of documents relating to the Morgan family of Tredegar, including material on Sir Henry Morgan the buccaneer; typescript essays on the family by J. Kyrle Fletcher; a typescript essay by Evan Morgan entitled 'The Book of Morgan compiled from the Tredegar Archives'; agreements between Evan Morgan and his publishers for the publication of three books of poetry; a printed broadsheet balled, 'How comes this exotic, this out-coming blade', [temp. Geo. III]; printed General Orders, 1803-1806, from Charles Morgan, Judge Advocate General's office, laying before the King the proceedings of various military courts martial; correspondence addressed to Lord Tredegar, Sir Charles Morgan and Hugh Owen Owen, MP; and copies (20 cent.) of correspondence, 1810-1824, mainly between Rev. Peter Paul Dobree (1782-1825) and George Pryme (1781-1868), both Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, relating mainly to the classics and the Peninsular War. -- A carbon copy of the NLW description for the annual report (1976-77, p. 53), and a draft inventory of the contents of the three files, are in the first folder.

The journal of Rudolph de Lisle, private secretary of Lord Tredegar, of a journey on Lord Tredegar's yacht, 'HMY Liberty' (and overland), from Cowes - Gibraltar - Marseilles - Toulon - Cannes - Elba - Naples - Syracuse - Valletta, Malta - Kavokiro, Crete - Port Said, Egypt - Ishmailiyeh - Suez - (overland to Jerusalem and Bethlehem) - Ishmailiyeh - Port Said - Alexandria - Tunis - Bona, Algeria - Phillippeville - Algiers - Bonjie - Almira - Malaga - Gibraltar - Cadiz - Seville (overland to Madrid - San Sabastian - Bordeaux - Paris) - Cherbourg - Cowes. The journal includes photographs taken on the trip.

Chief officer's log books (no's 4-10) of the steamship and hospital ship 'Liberty', lent to the government by Lord Tredegar.

Original bundle of papers, mainly letters, relating to Lord Tredegar's yacht 'Liberty' (1571 tons), including its service as a hospital ship during the First World War, and a memorandum of agreement for her sale to R. P. Houston, MP, in 1920. Also a list of mercantile Fleet auxiliaries, armed merchant cruisers &c., Aug. 1914.

A presentation volume from the churchmen and churchwomen (eighty-eight names) of Llanfaches to Godfrey Charles Morgan, viscount Tredegar, patron of the benefice of Llanfaches, in grateful thanks for the restoration of the parish church.

An undated manuscript volume entitled 'Fringillidae britanniae, or British finches: their description, habitation, nests, eggs, food, and song'. The volume gives standard and dialect English names, French, German and Latin names, a description and a watercolour picture for each of fourteen different finches. The manuscript is written in a juvenile hand, and the inside cover and the title page have been endorsed 'Gwyneth' and 'EEC'.

Original bundle comprising a copy probate of the will (1876) and three codicils (1881, 1884, 1886) of Charles Octavius Swinnerton Morgan of the Friars, esq., and extracts from the will relating to his quarter share in the Tredegar Wharf Company.