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Volumes containing personal memoranda, journal entries and accounts of Walter and Lewis Pryse of Painswick, Woodstock and Abernantbychan, 1702-1778; and a travelling pocket book or journal of George Lewis Langton, 1737-1738.

Title deeds for part of the Peterwell estate purchased by Edward Loveden Loveden in 1779-1780. They comprise successive crown leases in 1607, 1748, 1751 and 1777, of Keven y Maes in the manor of Iscoed Gwynionydd or within a moiety of the manor of Gwynionydd Is Cerdin, Moeddyn in Cardiganshire, and the profits of courts, tolls, fairs and other casual profits within the said lordships, and the custom of Ceirch March, previously belonging to the Duke of Richmond, previously granted to Walter Lloyd in 1718/9, and of fines, issues, amercements etc. in the commotes of Mabwynion, Gwynionydd Uwch Cerdin, Caerwedros, Iscoed Is Hirwen, Genau’r-glyn, Creuddyn, Perfedd, Mefenydd and Anhuniog, the towns of Cardigan and Aberystwyth, togetherr with the perquisites and profits of the manorial courts there, the custom of letherwitt, the perquisites of the courts in the towns of Pembroke, West Pembroke, East Pembroke, St Florence, Emlyn, Dyffryn Breuan, Maenordeifi, Castle and the lordship of Haverfordwest, Stackpole, Steynton, St Ishmaels, Camrose and Rhos, which previously belonged to Jasper [Tudor], Duke of Bedford, and Rice Griffith, both attainted, and lately belonged to the priory of Pill and St Dogmaels; followed by a mortgage, 1778, and subsequent assignment by John Adams of Peterwell, executor of Sir Herbert Lloyd, to Edward Loveden Loveden of Buscot Park, Berkshire, 1780.

Mainly items dated 1710-1710 and undated 18 cent. items, but including a bundle of deeds dated 1701-1784. See also no's 11776 (copy of an act of parliament, 1702, for settling estates of Henry, duke of Beaufort according to his marriage settlement, including lands in co. Glos. and other English counties) and 13045 (pre-nuptial settlement of Phillip Cecill of Diffryn in p. Grosmont, co. Mon., and Elizabeth Wallwyn of Longworth, Herefordshire, 1706, including estates in co. Here.), 11782-11783 (pre-nuptial settlement of Henry, Duke of Beaufort and Lady Rachaell Noell, including property in Devon, Dorset, Glos., Hants. and Mddx, 1706), both in the co. Mon. section.

Correspondence mainly between John Lewes of Carmarthen, Edward Loveden Loveden of Buscot Park and John Adams of Peterwell, 1779-1784. They deal primarliy with negotiations for the sale and conveyance of Kevenymaes and the lordship of Iscoed Gwynionydd to Edward Loveden Loveden, discussing the mortgages and other debts of John Adams, the pursuit by his creditors, the necessity of confirming the title and of obtaining a reliable valuation, the detention of the Lampeter Corporation books as security for an advance loan, and the proposal by John Adams to deposit the silver plate with Loveden’s bankers in London, the attempts to prevent appropriation of the household goods by John Adams and his wife, and the sale of the remainder by auction, 1781. Several letters mention the Cardigan borough election of 1780, for which John Adams was a candidate. Other topics include general county affairs, and the management of the Abernantbychan and Gogerddan estates. The letters also give an insight into the personal relations of John Lewes with his friends and professional adversaries.

Title deeds for houses and lands in both the parishes of Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn and Llangynfelyn, 1565-. The first file relates to miscellaneous properties, 1565-1785, and the second file to Tyddyn Pant y Dwn and Tythyn yn Mochno, 1625-1735.

Title deeds, 1566-1788, relating mainly to the Abernantbychan estate, where the bundles include both Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire deeds; the properties include Trevane in Tenby, and others in Llangoedmor, Cilgerran, Penbryn, Troed-yr-aur, Llangrannog, Hopshill and St Issells. There are also a few bonds relating to the Llan-gors estate in Breconshire.

Mainly items dated 1652-1670, but including a group of leases dated 1670-1790. See also no's 11751-11755 (leases of property, including in Here., Lincs., Berks., Westmorland, Glos., Wilts., Mddx, Devon, Dorset, and Hants., 1652-1682), 8498-8521 (deeds relating to property in Berks., 1659-1712), and 14185 (mortgage of Wollastone grange, Glos., 1670), all in the co. Mon. section.

Letter from Walter Owen, Dean of Kidwelly, 1794

Two bundles of letters and papers deriving from a dispute initially involving Lewis Pryse of Woodstock and continuing subsequently between Edward Loveden Loveden of Buscot Park and Sir Richard Philipps, Lord Milford of Picton Castle, concerning Morteon Colliery in Pembrokeshire, 1773-1798. The disagreement centred on the continuation of mining by Lord Milford after the expiration of a lease originally granted to his father, Sir John Philipps, by Lewis Pryse in 1757, which included Moreton Colliery, a house in Saundersfoot and Stoney Bridge. Frequent reference is made to the extensive damage to the works of Edward Loveden Loveden, the reluctance of Lord Milford to make compensation, and the involvement of other proprietors such as James Child of Begeli and Henry Phelps of Norchard. There is evidence that lawsuits were commenced in the High Court of Chancery and the letters in the second file reflect the negotiations by the solicitors of both parties. The bulk of the material comprises the correspondence of Lewis Pryse, Edward Loveden Loveden, Lord Milford, Joseph Woolstenhulme of Taliaris and the solicitors involved in the case, together with relevant accounts, reports and legal papers.

Appointments of stewards and a gamekeeper for the manors of East and West Pembroke, and other manors in Pembrokshire and Cardiganshire, 1736-1747; and chief rentals, 1752-1756 and [late 18th cent].