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A log book of Robert Owen Leach, commander, H.M.S. Liverpool, from 6 December, 1864, to 24 July, 1867; together with an additional memorandum dated 14 August, 1867.

Two volumes of hunting diaries kept by Henry Leach, Corston, from 18 September, 1877, to 31 March, 1887. At the end of the volume are tables giving the dates of visits paid within each season to a large number of places in Pembrokeshire.

A volume containing a particular of the goods and chattels of John Allen late of Dale Castle, Pembrokeshire, deceased, sold by public auction, 5 December, 1768, together with two copies (one inset) of a particular of such part of the estate as is on the tenement and lands of Comkow, sold by public auction on 12 December, 1768.

A sale book of the effects of Henry Leach, Esq., at Corston, of the letting of lands by auction, and of corn, 14 September, 1848; together with an acquittance, 24 March, 1849, from Jno. Jones, the auctioneer, to H. Leach for £50 on account of the sale.

Two sale books of stock, implements, etc., at Ivy Tower, near Tenby, 25 August, 1876, together with a holograph letter from John Ormond, Pembroke, to Capt. [Thomas] Brook, London, 1876, and copies of sale particulars and draft letters to Messrs. Law, Hussey & Co. [London, 1876].

Three manuscripts of a valuation, with annotations and revisions, of furniture, printed books, electro-plated goods, and sundries, the property of the late John Leach, Esq., at Ivy Tower, made by John Ormond, Pembroke, and Richard Mason, Tenby, appraisers, 11-14 August, 1876.

A sale book of the effects of Mrs. Jane Vaughan at Minorton, parish of Saint Florence, Pembrokeshire, 12 September, 1851.

Two herd books of Corston, containing a list of bulls and heifers (with references to purchases, to the awards of prizes at agricultural shows, etc.), 1864-1905, and a list of cows, with dates of calving, 1864-97.

Material relating to the formation of the Welsh Black Cattle Society, including typescript minutes of a conference held at Swansea, 20 May, 1904; and draft entries by Lieut.-Colonel Henry Leach for the first Herd Book, together with certificates of entries and two letters to Henry Leach from James Thomas & Son, Haverfordwest, secretaries to the Society, and J. M. Griffiths, Penally, Pembrokeshire, 1905.

A volume containing a rental of properties of the Reverend Dr. Hugh Thomas and Mrs. Mary Thomas in Tenby (e.g. Scotsborough, Knightson, Cornishdown, etc.), 1765-1818, and (beginning at the end) a statement of receipts and disbursements on behalf of Hugh Thomas and Mary Thomas, 1765-1819. The later accounts were kept by Jno. Leach.

A volume containing rent accounts, 1771-1813, with individual tenants of the Corston estate in respect of properties in Lampeter [Velfrey], Pembroke, Lanpha and Portclue, Cosheston, Newton in Manorbeer, Lamaston, Pembroke ferry, Monkton (Mounton), Mat[h]ry, St. Mary (Tenby), Rudbaxton, Nash, Letterston, Narberth, Martletwy, Clyde, East Williamston, Templeton, Loveston, Lawrenny, Llawhaden, etc., Pembrokeshire, and St. Clears, Carmarthenshire, and of Cresswell Colliery in Pembrokeshire. There is an incomplete index to the first part of the volume.

A volume containing rent accounts, 1771-89, with individual tenants of the Corston estate in respect of properties in Loveston, Monkton, Mat[h]ry, Letterston, White Church [in Cemais], Tenby, Templetown, Pembroke, Crunwere, Cosheston, Bigelly, Martheltwy, etc., and of the tithes of the parish of Warren, Pembrokeshire, and of Allt Ddu near Carmarthen. At the end of the volume and on the end-papers are a rental from 1780 of an estate bought of John Rossant in Cosheston and Bigelly; memoranda of leases and payments, 1745-84; and undated valuations and measurements of properties. The volume is indexed. Insets include holograph letters from Thos. Meyler, Llangloffan, 1776, Tho. Rees, Haverfordwest, 1792, B. Allen (undated), etc., and miscellaneous vouchers and accounts, 1769-95 and undated.

Copies of letters to Messrs. [Thomas] Coutts & Co., London, from J[ohn] Leach, Pembroke, 1801-3 (the purchase of stock, and the receipt of dividends on the property of the late Nicholas Dunn, brother of Mrs. Lettice Leach of Bullibar), and from Nic[hola]s Leach, Bullibar, near Pembroke, 1808 (the transfer of stock in the name of the writer's mother, Mrs. Lettice Leach, and the receipt of dividends); and statements of account relating to the same between Messrs. Coutts & Co., and Nic[hola]s Dunn, 1800-01, Mrs. Lett[ice] Leach and John Leach, 1803-4, and Messrs. Coutts & Co. and Nic[hola]s Leach, 1808-9.

Rentals for Lady day and for Michaelmas, 1851, of the estate of John Leach, Esq., in the parishes of Crunwear, Carew, Saint Florence, St. Mary (Pembroke), St. Michael (Pembroke), and Narberth, and of the Ivy Tower estate in the parish of Saint Florence, Pembrokeshire.

A volume lettered 'Johnson's Highway Rate Book' containing an approved assessment for the parish of Monkton, Pembrokeshire, at sixpence in the pound, made 14 August, 1847.

A volume containing statements of account of Abraham Leach [the elder] with The Right Hon. Sir Richard Philipps, Lord Milford, Maurice Morgan, Esq., Messrs. Shapland, Underwood & Riddle, Bristol, William Jones & Co., Swansea, Philip George & Co., Bristol, and (at the end) Wm. Marsden, 1784-1811. The accounts relate largely to the working by Abraham Leach for Lord Milford of the Llanvirnach and Llwynkelin lead mines in Pembrokeshire.

A statement of receipts and disbursements, 1768-81, in connection with the administration of the estate of John Allen of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, together with particulars of encumbrances on the estate, and of money received by Miss [Elinor] Allen, 1768-76, from her tenants in Whitchurch [in Dewsland], Haverfordwest, Dale, Robeston, Hays Castle, Llanstadwell, etc., in Pembrokeshire. The administration accounts refer to a partnership with Thos. Bowen in a colliery at Llanelly, an annuity bequeathed to the poor of the parish of Llanelly, funeral expenses, the carriage of paintings from Dale to Haverfordwest, and the clearing of pictures sold to Sir Richard Phillipps [sic] [Lord Milford], the receipt of rents and of St. Anne's Lighthouse dues, the sale of household effects, etc.

A volume, with insets, containing particulars of monies paid and received, 1838-43, by the executors of John Leach of St. Mary, Pembroke (d. 11 August, 1837).

A ledger, with insets, 1794-1874, begun by John Leach, Pembroke, containing statements of account with Messrs. Thomas Coutts & Co., London, Abraham Leach [the elder], Pembroke, John Bart. Allen, Cresselly, Charles Tyler, Pembroke, Abraham Leach the younger, Hugh Barlow, Lawrenny, Henry Leach, Sunny Hill, Nichs. Roch, Pembroke, Willm. Davies, Cronwear, John Russell, Pembroke, Miss Ann Leach, Bullibar, Nichs. Leach, Bullibar, Mrs. Lettce. Leach, Bullibar, Miss Elizth. Leach, Pembroke, Miss Ann Maria Tyler (executrix to Elizth. Leach, deceased), Edwd. Leach, Pembroke, Messrs. R. C. Jenkins & Co., Calcutta (assignees of the estate of Messrs. Palmer & Co., bankrupts), Messrs. Ferguson & Co., Calcutta, bankrupts, Messrs. Gillanders, Arburthnot & Co., Calcutta, etc. Separte accounts at the end of the volume relate to the estate of the late John Williams of Calcutta, 1822-37, etc. The volume is indexed. The insets include copies of two letters from John Leach to Messrs. Thomas Coutts & Co., 1794-5 (the purchase of stock, the payment of bils, the receipt of dividends); holograph letters from Messrs. Thomas Coutts & Co., to John Leach, 1811 (the probate of the will of the recipient's father), R. T. Tyler, Llantrithyd, to the Reverend F. G. Leach and the Reverend Wm. Allen, 1845 (allowances towards John Leach's expenses at College, etc.), and Messrs. [Thomas] Coutts & Co., Strand, London, to John Leach at Ivy Tower, Tenby, and Stubbings House, Maidenhead, 1862-72 (the purchase of stock); and miscellaneous vouchers and draft accounts, 1812-68.

A volume containing entries of day-to-day disbursements by Henry Leach, Loveston, Pembrokeshire, 1785-1800, in respect of food, clothing, rates and taxes, servants' wages, lime, culm, etc. Beginning at the end of the volume are accounts, 1786-1803, with individual servants and craftsmen, etc. Among the insets are holograph letters to Henry Leach from Wm. Brace [Loveston], 1788-94 and undated, and William Evans, Loveston, 1789-94, relating to the management of the recipient's properties.