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Bond by Sir Francis Manners of Farley Castle, Somerset, kt, to Sir John Carne and Sir Robert Dormer, Knts, in £2,000. [Latin]. Dated: 27th June, 7 Jas. I [1609]. Oval seal, red wax (20 x 18mm). On a chapeau turned up ermine, a peacock in his pride, for crest of MANNERS.
The condition is, that Sir Thos. Maunsell, of Margam, kt, and Sir Lewis Maunsell of the same, kt, were bound to Sir Edw. Hungerford of Farley Castle, kt, deceased, in £3,000, for payment of £1,650, 3rd July, 1606 (the bond now forfeited in the hands of Sir Francis Manners, executor in right of his wife Dame Ciceley, executrix of the will of Sir Edw. Hungerford), Sir Francis to deliver the bond to Sir John and Sir Robert, etc. [English] Signed: Ff. Manners. Witnesses: G. Manners, W. Franckelen, Wa. Ernele, William Sexten, Robert Johnes.

Conveyance by William Thomas of Llanvihangell, co. Glam., esq., to Sir Thomas Maunsell of Morgan, i.e., Margam, co. Glam., kt, and Baronet, of the ‘tythinge barne’ of Lawston, and the tithes of Lawston, Newcastle Hundred, Titheginston, etc., co. Glam., for the sum of £750. [English]. Dated: 26th Nov., II James I [1613]. Signed: William Thomas. Oval signet, red wax (20 x 18mm); out of a mural coronet a demi-lion rampant.

Bond by Sir John Stradling of St. Donatts, co. Glam., kt and Bart, and Sir Edward Stradling of the same, kt, to Sir Lewis Mansell of Morgan, kt and Bart, in the sum of £1,500, for a due payment of £520. [Latin; the condition in English]. Dated: 3rd Nov., 11 Chas. II (1635). Signed: Jo. Stradlinge., Edw. Stradlinge. Small oval seal of arms (18 x 15mm). A shield of arms; paly of six, on a bend three cinquefoils. Crest on a helmet, ornamental mantling and wreath; a stag at speed. SIGILL . V . EDW . ST ...... NG . MIL’ . 1573. Witnessed by Thomas Stradlinge, Francis Stradlinge, John Lloyd, Ra. Massie, scrivener, etc.

Bond by William Carne of the City of London, Esqre, to Sir Louis Mansell of Morgan, co. Glam., kt and Bart, in the sum of £900. [Latin]. Dated: 19th May, AD 1636. Signed: Wm. Carne. Small signet seal, red wax(14 x 12mm). A shield of arms; a pelican in her piety, for CARNE. The condition is, that the above Wm. Carne shall pay £312 on the 21st Nov. next to Francis Kemp of the City of London, gentleman, and to Henry Kemp, gentleman, his son, for the payment of which the said Sir L. Mansell, at the request and for the only debt of the said Wm. Carne, together with the said Wm Carne, Sir Thomas Morgan, kt, and Sir Edward Stradling, kt, stands bound in the sum of £600. [English].

Bargain and Sale by Richard Bassett of St. Hillarie, co Glamorgan, esq., Edward Mathews of Aberaman, same co., esq. Katherin his wife, and William Games of Aberdare, same co., gentleman, etc., to Sir Edward Mansell of Margam, Baronet, of the farm of Fishweare, p. St. Mary - church, co. Glam., for one year, at a peppercorn rent. [English]. Dated the 23rd Oct., co Chas. II [1668].
Fine seals, red wax, from rings:

1. (14 x 11mm) A gem: two warriors with shields.
2. (16mm) Uncertain.
3. (20 x 14mm) Indistinct shield of arms.
   4, 5. Covered with paper.
   Signatures of the vendors. Among the signatures of the witnesses on the dors are: Arthur Mansell, and Roger Mansell.

Royal Writ by William and Mary, King and Queen of England, to Sir Edward Maunsell’, Bart, late sheriff of Glamorgan directing the delivery of the Rolls, etc., to Thomas Lewis of Penmarke, his successor. [Latin]. Dated: Westminster, 8th March, 1 W. and M [1689]. Imperfect great seal, in yellow or uncoloured wax.

1564-1895.

Deeds, [1279]x[1689], the majority consisting of land grants to and from the Penrice and Mansel families respectively, relating to lands in the county of Glamorgan.

Crown Sale, for the sum of £678 1s. 6d. to Sir Rice Maunxell, kt, of the demesne and manor of Hawode y Porthe, al. Havode y Porthe, the manor of Kenfyge, and the manor of Tethegistoo, co. Glam., late belonging to the dissolved Abbey of Margam and Seynt Mychaelles Mill, p. Margam, the Grange of Llanvegellith, land called Crikewodde, lands in Hawoode y Porthe, Kenfige, Llanvegellith, Trissant, Margam, and the grange or farm of Horgroo, p. Tethegistoo, subject to certain specified charges. [Latin]. Dated at Hampton Court, 28th Aug., 38 Henry VIII [1546]. Third Great Seal of Henry VIII, green wax, indistinct, appended by green and white silk strands (129mm).
The box also includes a note of translation dictated by Walter de Gray Birch (1909).

Estate and family records of Mansel, later Talbot, of Penrice, and its estates in Gower, Glamorgan, from the 16th cent.; including records of Margam Abbey, 12-19th cent., including charters from its foundation in c. 1147, together with royal charters, charter rolls and papal bulls, which form one of the most complete series of archives of any medieval abbey in Great Britain; substantial early archives for Penrice, and other estates, mostly in Glamorgan; manorial records for the manor of Margam Abbey and others; early records of the coal industry in Glamorgan; a large group of Mansel correspondence, 1568-1848, along with some papers relating to Williams of Plas Dyffryn Clydach, largely literary, 17th cent.-18 cent.

Grant by William de Sancto Ysmahele to Roger de Kylpeyc, of land in La Hortone in the fee of Penres. Rent, 20d., and service due to Sir Robert de Penres; 30s. beforehand. [Latin]. Witnesses: David de la Mare, bailiff of Porteynon; Henry Scurlag, William Landeton’, Robert le Knoyl, Hugh Purbyc, Willi-Walter super Montem. 13th. cent.

Rough draft of a release by Sir Edward Stradling of St. Donat's Castle, co. Glam., bart, to Sir Edward Mansell of Margam, bart, (whose youngest daughter Elizabeth is wife of the said Sir Edw. Stradling), of manors and lordships of Oxwych, Portynon, Penrice, Pennard, Nicholaston, Pitton alias Pilton, Horton, Burry alias Stembridge, Landimore, Webbley, and Reynoldston, etc., in the Seigniory of Gower, and m's and lands in Avan, Dennis-powis, Cardiff, Llangonoyd, and Ogmore, in consideration of the payment of £5,000 marriage portion of the said Elizabeth, and of his other debts, etc.

Release by Sir Edward Stradling of St. Donat's Castle, bart, to Sir Edward Mansell of Margam, bart, of all manors, lordships, lands, and tmt's mentioned to be conveyed to the said Sir Edw. Stradling by the said Sir Edw. Mansell in a former deed, viz., manors and lordships of Oxwich, Portynon, Penrice, Pennard, Nicholaston, Pitton alias Pilton, Horton, Burrey alias Stembridge, Scurlage, Landimore, Webley, and Reynoldston, and m's, etc., in Avan, St. Andrew's, Dennispowis, Cardiffe, Langonoid, Loughor, Lansannor, Lanharry, Newton Nottage, and Ogmore, and the farm called Fishweare in St Mary Church, etc., without infringement of the trust for the portion of Dame Elizabeth Stradling, wife of the said Sir Edw. Stradling. Signed and sealed by the parties.

Commission of the Prerogative Court of Thomas [Tenison], Archbishop of Canterbury, to Elizabeth Mansell of Penrice, widow, Samuel Jones and David Edmonds, gentlemen, testamentary guardians of Thomas Mansell, son and executor of the will of Thomas Mansell, late of Penrice, esq., to administer the estate of the said Thomas Mansell, deceased, during infancy of the executor. Latin. Seal, damaged.

Note of the salmon taken at Avan and delivered at Margam by William Henry, and of sewins taken at Avan and delivered as to Margam.

Assignment of judgement by (1) Sir Edward Stradling of St. Donat's Castle, co. Glam., bart, at the request of (2) Sir Edward Mansell of Margam, bart, to (3) Anne North of St. Andrew's, Holborn, widow, for £5990 9s. 0d. (balance of a sum recovered in the Court of Common Pleas by him against the said Sir Edw. Mansell), now paid by the said Anne to Sir Edw. Stradling, with power to sue out execution thereof, etc. Signed and sealed by the 1st and 2nd parties.

Mortgage (demise for 1000 years) for £11,500 between (1) Sir Edward Mansell of Margam, bart, and the Rt. Hon. Thomas Mansell, esq., Comptroller of the Royal Household, PC; (2) The Rt. Hon. Robert Harley, esq., a Principal Secretary of State: Edward Harley of Lincoln's Inn, esq., and Edward Nicholas, esq.; and (3) Dame Anne North of Red Lyon Square, widow, of manors or reputed manors or lordships of Oxwich, Portynon, Pitton alias Pilton, Nicholaston, Scurlage, Burry alias Bury, Stembridge, Horton, Penrice, Pennard, Landimore, Webley and Reynaldston, a tmt called Kevengorwydd, a tmt called Penllian Gwent, others called Lloyne and Fronwen, in Lougher, Landevoduck, Lanharry, Lansanner, St. Mary Church, and St. Hilary, co. Glam., etc. Signed and sealed.

List of securities given to Lady North (to whom some parts of the Mansell estates had been mortgaged), amounting to £11,000, etc.