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This catalogue of Pitchford estate records (also known as the 'Pitchford MSS') was prepared by the Historical Manuscripts Commission in 1963, when the records were still housed at Pitchford. In 1983 the National Library of Wales purchased all the items offered for sale by C.R.A. Grant and the owners of the estate. However, not all the papers listed by HMC in 1964 were in fact offered for sale. Nos 2-12 are now held in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, Kings College London; they comprise military correspondence, 1805-1903, and military miscellanea, 1811-[post-1945]; the Liddell Hart Centre's online description of them is on AIM25, <www.aim25.ac.uk>. Nos 108, 111, 125, 127, 242 and 244 are also marked "Not in NLW" in the paper schedule, and Nos 143-156, 261-265, 270-271, 276, 303, 322-324, 359, 382, 386, 415-424 451, 461, 464-465 and 546-552 are marked "Not on [or in] Sale to NLW"; Nos 23, 31, 72, 113, 204 and 317 appear to be cross-references; No. 74 was not used; and No. 502 appears to be the dorse of 501, in which case both numbers refer to a single item.

Arranged into documents relating to co. Brec., 1550-1932; documents relating to co. Glam., [early 13 cent.]-1948; documents relating to co. Mon., [c.1283]-1932; and documents relating to Gloucestershire, other counties in England, and miscellanea, [?1st half 13 cent.]-1927. 1961 Deposit. Items numbered 1-14878.

A number of items have been extracted from Group 2 since it was originally numbered and catalogued:

(i) The following items were extracted from the NLW Badminton Estate Records and transferred to the Gloucestershire County Record Office in 1961: 11816, 11832-12084, 12112-12113, 12127-12135, 12159, 12178-12181, 12183-12208, 12210-12211, 12217, 12351-12363, 12395-12417, 12502-12503, 12797, 12858-12859, 12896, 12999, 13007, 13010, 13047, 13094, 13129-13133, 13176-13996, 14038-14041, 14172, 14176-14178, 14203, 14209, 14213, 14281, 14319-14320, 14339, 14356, 14375-14389, 14473-14479, 14637-14640, 14648, 14681-14683, 14725, 14728, 14730 and 14824. One hundred and twenty nine volumes of rentals and accounts for the manors of Tidenham and Woolaston, 1760-1772 and 1783-1894, deposited in 1965, have also been transferred to the Gloucestershire Record Office.

(ii) The following items were transferred to the Badminton Estate Office in 1988: 8888-8909, 8910-8917, 8921, 9419, 9698, 9842-9844, 10218, 10489, 10587, 11093-11119, 11693, 11695-11698, 11717, 11720-11730, 11743, 11748-11757, 11760-11761, 11778-11781, 11802-11803, 11805-11807, 11809-11810, 11811-11812, 11815, 12085-12107, 12110-12111, 12114-12115, 12117, 12119-12123, 12153, 12155-12158, 12182, 12209, 12218-12235, 12244, 12265-12266, 12270-12271, 12433, 12500, 12505, 12516, 12579-12580, 12590-12595, 12729, 12739, 12749-12750, 12782, 12825, 12828, 12839-12841, 12847, 12849, 12857, 12875-12876, 12882-12883, 12890-12892, 12894, 12995-12996, 12997-12998, 13001, 13005-13006, 13040, 13046, 13048, 13099, 13107, 13124, 13139-13140, 13150-13151, 14033, 14035, 14165, 14175, 14185, 14206-14207, 14216, 14218, 14220, 14229-14231, 14233, 14266, 14269, 14271, 14278-14279, 14282, 14286, 14292, 14295, 14311, 14314-14315, 14336, 14338, 14349, 14354, 14362, 14439-14442, 14451, 14470, 14508, 14515, 14517, 14519-14521, 14541, 14547, 14572-14575, 14643, 14647, 14651-14654, 14680, 14685, 14699-14700, 14707, 14718, 14747, 14777-14778, 14825-14826 and 14856.

(iii) The following items have been extracted from Group 2 and added to series in Group 3: 1187-1197, 1199-1207, 1940-1942, 1949, 6029, 6520, 6530-6532, 7622, 7721, 7751, 8165, 8586-8588, 9852, 10016, 10431-10433, 10437-10443, 10474, 11221, 11247, 11694, 11758-11759, 11762-11763, 12941, 13023-13030, 13032-13035, 13051, 13053-13066, 13068-13074, 14171, 14179, 14181-14182, 14185, 14340 and 14342.

Descriptions of these transferred items will be found in the original 'hard copy' catalogue, although many of these items are also still included in the catalogue below.

Papers, 1900-1947, relating to T. I. Ellis's education and career.

Subject files, 1918-46, reflecting Lord Davies's interests and commitments, mainly international movements and affairs and foreign travels. Among the institutions represented are the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the Voluntary International Air Force, the Interntaional Refugee Organisation, the United Nations: General Assembly, the United Nations Organisation, the World Movement for World Federal Government, the Atomic Energy Committee, the European Movement and the Council of Europe, and the British Atlantic Committee.

This group represents the deeds and papers, 1428-1788, described in a schedule compiled in 1828 by the Aberystwyth attorney William Jones, with other additions of deeds and estate papers which have been deemed relevant. The William Jones schedule lists deeds and papers once kept at Buscot Park. relating mainly to the estates of the Lewes family of Abernantbychan. These comprised an estate in Llangors and Llanfihangel Nant Bran, Breconshire, the Abernantbychan and Coedmor estates in south Cardiganshire, and lands in Pembrokeshire which had been accumulated in the seventeenth century by Nicholas Lewes of Hean Castle. The estates were acquired by Walter Pryse after the death of George Lewis Langton in 1738. The main groups described in this current catalogue are the Breconshire estate papers and title deeds, 1488-1826; and Abernantbychan estate papers and title deeds, 1416-1918, [1918x1946], which include records of the coal mining industry in Pembrokeshire during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Edward Loveden Loveden’s purchase from the Peterwell estate in 1780 appears to have been managed with the other south Cardiganshire properties belonging to Gogerddan. There is also a small groups of deeds and documents relating to an estate in Llangathen, Carmarthenshire, and the Priory at Cardigan, 1428x[1774].
The contents of the bundles described by William Jones are quite diverse so researchers may need to consult several files to discover documents relating to the same property or subject.

Deeds and documents relating mainly to properties in the counties of Monmouth, Glamorgan and Lancashire.

Manuscripts and antiquarian notes collected by T. Llechid Jones. Many of these are transcripts, with dates of files taken from the original material, not from the copies.

Deeds and documents relating mainly to properties in the counties of Monmouthshire, Glamorganshire and Cardiganshire, a significant number of which originated in the offices of Bythway & Son, solicitors, of Pontypool.

Comprises 2 volumes of minutes of the Llanelly Trades Council.

Gogerddan rentals, 1719-1931 and Abernantbychan rentals, c. 1722-1887 .

PHOTOGRAPHS of various churches and church interiors, and some individuals (including John Fisher); PRINTS of towns, castles, churches and abbeys across Wales; FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS AND NEGATIVES; POSTCARDS of cathedrals, churches, crosses, shrines and various historic buildings and sites across Wales; MAPS - mainly OS editions of locations in North Wales.

ITEMIZED LIST IN BOX

Note. All place names in this schedule are in co. Pembroke except when otherwise stated.

Papers, notes, transcripts of documents, drafts of articles and books etc., [?1890]-[?1926], accumulated by J. H. Davies during the course of his academic researches.

Personal papers of Bishops of St Davids; Confirmations

Papers, 1761-[?20 cent., first ¼], of Taliesin Williams (Ab Iolo), including notes, drafts of his books and other publications, Welsh and English poetry, personal and financial papers, school papers, miscellaneous printed items and family papers.