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Account and Memoranda of Nicholas Williams, including particulars of cattle and sheep at Redodyn (Redodwin etc.), Nanterast, Unusse, and Comtrwth, and of similar stock wintering with tenants (e.g. Pantafunon, Lewele, Eskernaint); particulars of implements of husbandry at Rhydodwyn, and delivered to Rees ap John and Thomas Lewis, dairymen, and others; 'A particular of what given Mrs. Joane Lort by her fathers will', with details of Burton chief rents, etc., and 'The tenants names of what made in lease by Sir Roger Lort to ye newe Lady Mansell for 60 years if shee lives soe longe'; and particulars of rents and duties payable in respect of properties in Llansawell, Conwilgaio, Llanegwad, Talley, Carmarthen, Pencarreg, Llangathen, and Llanychael Kyl Vargen.

Rental for 1707 of properties in Llanuyhangell Aberguestin (Aberueston), Bucalth (Buelth), Creecadarne (Creecadarn), Llanganton, Llanuechan, Llanauan Vaure, Llangamarth, Llanallowonuill, Masmunais, Merthyr (Myrthyr), and Ludlow; together with the particulars of rents received allowances for taxes, repairs, etc., and one receipt from Jo. Madocke.

Account Book of Sir Nicholas Williams, entitled 'the Ploughman's shepherd's and Cow-maid's accounts,' being attested acknowledgements by shepherds, dairymen, ploughmen, cowmaids, and other servants of sheep, cattle, and pigs in their custody. Other records preserved in the volume are a list, 18 Dec., 1712, of cattle bought, reared, received as heriots, sold, and lost since June, 1710; accounts of corn in the storehouse at Edwinsford, 17 Dec., 1712, and of butter, 19 Dec., 1712, an agreement, 22 Dec., 1712, with Jenkin Humphrey 'of Cardiganshire' for the construction of an arched cellar; an account of goods (linen, clothing, and kitchen utensils) delivered by Mary Roger to Jonett Lloyd, 12 Jan., 1713?; an agreement, 23 Dec., 1712, with John Wm. Tho. Rees and Alexander Gwyllim for the construction of eight gates and rails in the court; 'Taley Church account' being disbursements for 'church work', etc., 1721-2; particulars of disbursements made by Sir Nicholas Williams as churchwarden of Talley, 1720, and as churchwarden of Talley, 1720, and as churchwarden and overseer of Llansawell, 1714-16; and miscellaneous memoranda of purchases, and of payments to the joiner, gardener, smith, carpenter, fiddler, drovers, and servants, 1714-22.

Accounts and Memoranda of Thomas Williams, including particulars of 'Tenants to myself', May - Mich., 1713, 'Tenants to answers my sister Matty's £30 per annum', and 'Tenants to answere Mr. Roberts ye Interest of £28...'; an agreement, 30 July, 1713, with Mr. John Lewis, Carmarthen, for the lease of a storehouse there, and accounts in connection therewith to Nov. 25, 1714; records of the engagement of cooks, nurses, etc., and accounts of periodic payments to them, 1713-16; accounts of payments to his wife, 1714-17, 'to find herself and ye two children in Cloaths and Expenses' and for the management of the house; accounts of payments to 'Sister Barlow' of interest and for her diet, 1715; and medical recipes.

Rental of Thomas Williams, comprising the Derwith estate in the town and parish of Landilo, and the parishes of Landebie, Lanvihangel Aberbythych, Bettus, Lanelly and Lanedy, Langadock, and Lannon; the Derllis estate in St. Peters in the county borough of Carmarthen, the parish of Merthir, the town of Laugharn, and the parish of Abernant, the Hawkesbrooke estate in the parishes of Mydrim, Langunock, Lanstephan, and Merthir, and an estate in Lanvihangel Abercowin in reversion after the debt of Mrs. Davies, wife of the person of Mydrim.

Rental of the estate of Thomas Williams in Carmarthenshire, in the collection of Henry Price of the county borough of Carmarthen, gent., 1725, comprising the manor of Penrin and properties in the parish of Merthir, the town of Laugharn, the parishes of Abernant, Midrim, Langunock, Lanstephan, and Lannon, and the county borough of Carmarthen, and of town lands, together with the appointment of the said Henry Price as agent, 15 Sept., 1725; a rental of the estate of Thomas Williams in Langunnock in the collection of Henry rice ('Note this Estate was divided 6 May 1726'); and a rental of the copyhold estate of Thomas Williams in the collection of Thomas Jones of Cwmyglaw, 1729. Endorsed are particulars of fees paid to the auditor, receiver, etc., out of Thomas Williams's office as chamberlain, 24 Oct., 1734; of annual deductions payable out of the Derllis estate; and of the fee (£18) payable annually to Tho. Morgan of Llany Gorse for collecting the rents of Thomas Williams.

Rental of Mr. Lloyd Williams's share of an undivided estate in Abergwessin, Builth, Cricadarn, Llanganten, Llanvechan, Llanavan, Llangamarch, Llanllenwel, Merthir, and Masemynis, co. Brecknock; together with particulars of allowances for taxes and repairs, of arrears, of payments and disbursements, and of cash paid Mrs. Williams in her lifetime and to Mr. Lloyd Williams to her use and since her deceased to Mr. Thos. Lloyd of Brecon to the use of the said Mr. Williams and to others by his orders, and a statement of account between Mr. Charles Price and the executors of the late Lloyd Williams, esq., deceased. Enclosed are:-. (A) Three letters, 19 Feb., 1740/1, 9 April, 1741, and 23 March, 1741/2, from Cha. Price to Sir Nicolas Williams, Bart., M.P., at Mr. Rogers's in Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London, touching the recipient's 'giving up' of the estate of the late Mr. Lloyd Williams in Brecknockshire to Mr. Evans of Pennant, and the latter's claims to arrears of rent. (B) An undated list of rent deductions, and the reasons for the same.

Receipts to Thomas Williams, Edwinsford, 9 Oct., 1745-29 Sept., 1755, for payments in respect of the funeral expenses of Sir Nicholas Williams and legacies bequeathed by him to members of his staff; wages and salaries of staff; craftsmen's accounts (e.g. carpenter, tailor, tiler, smith, glazier); poor rate, church rate, land tax, and/or county stock for the rectory of Cayo, the rectory of Llansawell, the demesne of Edwinsford, and a mill and vacant tenements at Talley; chief rent for Edwinsford demesne and Garreg Llwyd; taking out tithes; storehouse room, porterage, and cellaring; coal and lime; milking of sheep; etc. Most of the earlier payments were made by Thomas Williams in his office of executor to Sir Nicholas Williams, and much of the volume is in the hand of Richard Davies [of Bryn Gwyn], steward.

Particulars of tithe corn set and payable to Thomas Williams in the following year, in the parishes of Llansawel and Cayo (Cwmtwrth hamlet, Cwmcothy, Maestroydyn, and Lower Hamlet).

Particulars of tithes set to the use of Thomas Williams, Esq., and payable at St. James the following year, in the parishes of Llansawel and Cayo (Cwmtwrch, Cwmcothy, Maestroyddyn, and Lower Hamlet).

(A) records of weekly payments, 1763-91, in respect of a wide variety of purchases, such as meat, fish, poultry, eggs, oysters, rabbits, hares, butter, sugar, tea, fruit, salt, flour, tallow, pots and pans, ink, paper, and for washing, carriage of goods, journies to Carmarthen, etc., weaving of blankets and rugs, taking of kites, nests, and to the fiddler, etc. The housekeepers recorded in the volume include Mary Lake, Mariemna Jones, Mary Harris, Margaret Dalton, Mary Jones, and M. Edwards. Some of the accounts, and records of weekly settlements with the housekeepers, are in the hand of B. Hodgkinson. (B) 'House Book' or records of similar payments by Daniel Price, 1807-12. Enclosed is an incomplete statement of account, settled on 31 Oct., 1782, between Robert Banks Hodgkinson, Esq., and the estate, including particulars for the period 1781-2 of payments to tradesmen and labourers, disbursements 'about the farm', expenses at Edwinsford, money paid R.B. Hodgkinson and to his order, money received for 'various Things from the Farm', and one year's rental of the estate and rental of the tithe.

Produce and Account Book containing particulars of butter and cheese produced for sale and for the use of the family; particulars of calves killed and subsequently sold at Llandilo or to a butcher, or kept for the use of the family; a list showing the profits of the dairy at Edwinsford; particulars of payments for flannel, bowls, brooms, pens, chickens, hares, woodcocks, curtain material, quilts, furniture, lead for the gutters, three silver spoons for a wedding present for 'Winney', a parrot, books, etc., and charitable purposes and to Mr. Hodgkinson towards building the peach house and green-house at Heston; and a list of the weekly produce of the farm (beef, mutton, veal and pork, etc.) for the consumption of the family, 1801.

Tenants' Duties Book, bearing the name of Sir James Hamlyn Williams, Bart., and containing details of duties, and of credits, in respect of lime, coal, fowls, reapers and shearears, payable and/or paid by tenants in the parishes of Talley, Conwil Gaio, Llansadwrn, Llandilo, Llanfynidd, Pencarreg, Llanybyther, Llanfyhangel Fach, Llangathon, and Llansawel.

Produce and Account Books containing particulars of corn and peas from Edwinsford Farm and Llethercadvan Farm put in the granary, and of the amounts subsequently issued for sowing, for use as foodstuff, and for sale; particulars of butter and cheese made and used at Edwinsford, and of the amounts subsequently sold; particulars of Edwinsford wool produced and sold; three-weekly accounts of workmen's times and wages for work on Edwinsford Farm and for 'other work', together with an explanatory account of work not connected with Edwinsford Farm; and accounts of sales from Edwinsford and Cadfan of stock (including Pantyfynon cattle), hay, straw, bark, skins, etc.

Tenants' Duties Book containing details of lime and coal duties, and of arrears, paid by tenants, 1826-34, and of duties and credits in respect of lime, coal, fowls, reapers, and shearers [as in No. 13] from tenants in the parishes of Lansawel, Talley, Conwil Gaio, Llansadwrn, Llandilo, Llanfynydd, Pencarreg, Llanybyther, Llanfyhangel fach, and Llangathen, 1830-2.

Rental of Schedule of the rents, for the seven years ending Michaelmas, 1842, of the Edwinsford Estate in the parishes of Llansawel, Talley, Conwil Gaio, Llansadwrn, Pencarreg, Llanybyther, Llanfynydd, Llangathen, Llanfihangel Cifargen, Llandilofawr, Cilycwm, and Llanegwaed, and of the rectorial tithes of the parishes of Llansawel and Conwil Gaio; together with a detailed statement of account between Sir James Williams, Bart., and Daniell Price to 25 Sept., 1843.

List of the Freeholders for the county of Carmarthen, taken from the Land Tax Assessments for the year 1830; together with an index of hundreds and commotes and of parishes.

Wine Account Book containing particulars of wine consumed each day (with details of 'Company Dining'), and weekly accounts of stocks remaining and replenished.