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Evan Probert (?1764-1827) was possibly the son of Evan and Margaret Probert; if so, he was baptised in Rhaeadr in 1764, and came of a line traceable back to David Probert of Worcester. He married Anne Beale, daughter of the Rev. William Beale, curate of Newent. He was the brother of Jane who married into the James family, and of Emma who married into the Bowring family. Evan resided first at Painswick, co. Glouc., and then at Kempsey, co. Worcs, where he kept a school. He suffered mental illness and died in 1827 whilst an inmate of Gloucester Asylum. No's 1445-1456 are papers primarily relating to Henry Probert (d. 1841), the eldest son of Evan Probert, jnr. He married Lucy Thomas (d. 1832), daughter of Elizabeth Thomas of Hereford. In the autumn of 1826, Henry went to work abroad as a medical man. In 1827, he was private secretary to Colonel King, governor of Heligoland. No children of the marriage are known. No's 1457-1508 are papers primarily relating to Emma Bowring (née Probert) (1794-1870). She was born at Painswick, co. Glouc., on 8 May 1794, the daughter of Evan and Ann Probert. Emma married John Raphael Bowring on 21 June 1827 at Flaxley, co. Glouc., and they had at least two children. She died on 2 Dec. 1870 and was buried in her husband's grave in Liverpool's Anfield cemetery (Church section 7, no. 494).

The relationship of the Penry family to the James family has not as yet been established, but it probably stems from the marriage of Jonah Bowen Evan's sister, Elizabeth, to William Winstone. The letters of Mary Penry from Pennsylvania to her relatives in Breconshire are fulsome, to say the least. She was a member of the Brethren, and a deeply spiritual person.

Where possible the files have been kept in their original order.

See also Clement Davies's political career, 1928-1962 (B); correspondence (J), especially J3 and J4; speeches (K); and press cuttings (L) especially L1.

The following seven volumes contain Walter de Grey Birch's manuscript descriptions of Coed Coch Deeds and Documents 1-1831, with an index of the personal names and place-names contained in them.

Papers relating to the children of the Rev. T. H. Evans and Mrs H. F. Evans: Margaretta E. 'Gretta' Evans, (1848-1946); Catherine J. 'Katie' Evans, (1860-1918); Walter Bowen Evans (1862-1923), a distinguished chemist and a member of the Governing Body of the Church of Wales, who married Florence Mary Jeffreys (c.1866-1929) of Castle House, Trecastle; Maria S. 'Minnie' Evans (1863-c.1949); Francis Howel Evans (1867-1931); and Nellie (Mrs Rootham, fl. 1894-1904). (For details of all these family members, see Trans. Rads. Soc., vol. 73 (2003), pp. 181-189). Arranged into the papers of Walter (1294-1298), Francis (1299-1308), Gretta (1309-1338), Catherine (1339-1342), Minnie (1343-1345), and Nellie (1346-1347).

[See also D8].

The 2014 Donation mainly consists of the personal papers of the Revd Alwyn Thomas, who was the Secretary of Undeb Dirwest Gogledd Cymru / North Wales Temperance Union and the Secretary of Undeb Dirwestol Eglwysi Cristionogol Cymru / Temperance Council of Christian Churches of Wales. Included are correspondence; addresses and statements delivered by him; printed material; annual reports of Undeb Dirwest Gogledd Cymru; two scrapbooks relating to the temperance movement and activities; posters; and papers relating to the 1975 Campaign.