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Letters, 1779-c. 1783, of John Walters the elder, rector of Llandough near Cowbridge and vicar of St Hilary, Glamorgan, and of his sons John and Daniel; poems written in the letters, including one by Daniel Walters to Iorwerth Gwilim, i.e. Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg') and one, in Latin, by John Walters commemorating Captain James Cook ; a poem entitled 'Ar y gwrthryfel mawr yn Ffraingc, pan torrwyd pen Brenin Lewis yr 16 ai Frehines [sic]', possibly by a 'Mr Lewis, Penline'; a printed copy of 'Lines on the lamented Death of Sir Christopher Cole, K.C.B. by L. N., Swansea, 1836; letters, 1930, to Lady Mansel Franklen, St Hilary.

Notes on and by members of the family of John Walters the elder of Llandough and St Hilary, including notes on masters of Cowbridge School, where John Walters the younger and his brother Daniel were masters; notes on the practice of archery at Cowbridge, on 'Llyfr y Ficcar', and on 'Drych y Prif Oesoedd'; a list of subscriptions towards the repair of Cowbridge School House, 1786; a copy of the inscription on the tomb in Efenechtyd, Denbighshire of John Walters the younger, headmaster of Ruthin School; notes on John Walters the elder and his sons; and miscellanea.

Rules and lists of members, 1765-1767, of the Cowbridge Book Society; lists of bailiffs, 1736-1840, and of mayors, 1737-1817, of Cowbridge.

'Proper names of Rivers' by and in the autograph of Thomas Richards of Coychurch, Glamorgan, lexicographer, and a transcript of the list of subscribers to Antiquae Linguae Britannicae Thesaurus, which he published in 1753.

Transcripts from NLW MS 6511B of 'cywyddau' by Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Rhisiart Iorwerth and Lewys Morganwg; a copy of Marw-nad am Gwilim Basset o Fisgin, Yswain ..., (Y Bont-faen, 1771); translations of poetry, including one in the hand of John Montgomery Traherne of a 'cywydd' by Lewys Morganwg to Lleision ap Thomas, abbot of Glyn Nedd; press cuttings, including a copy of 'Canu Tarw Maesgadlawr' by William Hopkin; a copy of 'Fanny blooming Fair ...' by David Nicholas, with an English version by William Davies, Cringell; a printed poem entitled Crystallinum Palatium by William Hallen Morice; a copy of a poem entitled 'Robert duke of Normandy confined a Prisoner in Cardiff Castle ...' by R. Nichols, 1610; a printed poem entitled Galargerdd ar Farwolaeth y diweddar Barchediccaf William Bruce Knight, Dëon Llandaf by 'Daniel Ddu'; etc.

Ministers' accounts for the year ending at Michaelmas 1598 of the manors, lands and possessions in Glamorgan of Henry Herbert, second Earl of Pembroke, Lord Herbert of Cardiff, lord Par of Ros and Kendal, lord Marmion and St Quentin, lord President of Wales, and Knight of the Garter.

A notebook mainly in the autograph of Jean Poingdestre, the historian of Jersey, containing exercises, poems, etc., written, 1627-1629, whilst he was a student at Oxford and Cambridge, with additions in a later hand.

Particulars of rates levied upon Glamorgan hundreds at the end of the sixteenth century and at later periods up to 1755; a transcript, in an eighteenth century hand, of 'Crwydraid Dychymmyg i fyd yr ysbrydoedd neu fyfyrdodau ar farwolaeth y Parchedig Mr. Lewis Lewis yr hwn â ymadawodd Meh. 9, 1769'; accounts of disbursements; miscellaneous poems; memoranda; etc.

A transcript by John Montgomery Traherne of Rice Merrick's manuscript (published in 1825 and again in 1887) usually known as 'A Book of Glamorganshire Antiquities by Rice Merrick Esq. 1578'. The transcript is preceded by the following note: 'The following extracts illustrating the History of Glamorganshire were made from a MS. in the possession of Canon Williams Wilkins Esq. of Pwllpant transcribed in 1702 by E. Lhuyd at the Ashmole Museum Oxford from a MS. bearing date 1657. This MS. appears to be extracted from of [sic] a folio MS. in the Library of Queens Coll. Oxford entitled A Book of Glamorganshire Antiquities ... The Provost and Fellows kindly permitted me to peruse this vol. a duplicate copy of which was burnt at Havod [Cardiganshire]'. There are also numerous additions, including lists of knights of the shire and sheriffs, pedigrees, copies of deeds and other charters, notes on the manor of Llanbleddian, etc.

Two copies which belonged to John Montgomery Traherne of 'The Antiquities of Llantwit Major and Boverton in the County of Glamorgan collected from different Authors and Manuscripts by Henry Tucker of Lantwit 1813', the second copy dated 6 January 1818.

A notebook purchased at the sale of the library of Theophilus Jones , historian of Brecknockshire, being a miscellany containing, among other things, 'Catalogus libror. meor. An[n]o 1643 ...', extracts from works on religion, a copy of 'The man[n]er of the winning of Glamorgan out of the Welsh mens hands by Sr Robert fitz Hamon and his followers ...', pedigrees mainly of Glamorgan families, 'An alphabet of some coates of armes in Wales and the borders of the same', details of some Glamorgan fee-farm rents, etc.

Pedigree collections of John Montgomery Traherne, mainly relating to Glamorgan families, including some from the papers of William Davies of Cringell.

Pedigree collections of John Montgomery Traherne relating to some Glamorgan and Monmouthshire families.

Pedigree 'collectanea' of John Montgomery Traherne, mainly relating to members of the Carne, Gamage, Bassett, Kemeys-Tynte and Gunter families.

Miscellanea in the hands of John Montgomery Traherne and William Floyd relating mainly to pedigrees of Glamorgan families, together with a letter, 1850, to Traherne from Thomas Jones, Chetham Library, Manchester.

Pedigree tables in the hand of John Montgomery Traherne of a few Glamorgan families, etc.

Copies which belonged to John Montgomery Traherne, and which contain manuscript corrections by him, of Parts I and II of Antiquarian Researches, Genealogical, Chronological, and Heraldic of the Principal Families of Glamorgan. Arranged, compiled, and edited by the Rev. Christopher Bassett, Perpetual Curate of Monknash, Glamorganshire ... (Cowbridge, 1845 and 1846).

Pedigrees of the Crawshay, Butler, Fleming and Thomas families.

A notebook containing pedigrees, history notes, etc. and including the pedigree of the Talbot family connected with Margam and Penrice, together with extracts entitled Births and Baptisms recorded in the Qto Bible at Penrice.