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Manuscripts and rare books relating mostly to the counties of Brecknockshire and Carmarthenshire, on subjects such as history, topography and especially genealogy, 1604-1859, including a transcript of the Golden Grove Book of pedigrees and other pedigrees, relating mainly to South Wales families; 19th century transcripts and copies of letters, including some from Sir Walter Raleigh, [1624]-[1807]; lists of Carmarthenshire sheriffs and Brecknockshire Lords Lieutenant, 1809-1849; parts of original manuscripts of Theophilus Jones and William Owen Pughe, [1792]-[1805]; notebooks and scrapbooks, 1839; and various annotated printed books; and deeds and other documents, 1588-1911, relating mostly to properties in Brecknockshire (particularly in the parish of Bronllys), with a few relating to Carmarthen and Swansea.

A collection of historical documents, letters, etc., from 1558 to 1624, apparently copied soon after the latter date. They include copies of letters written by Sir Walter Raleigh to the king, to his wife, and to some lords of the Council, papers relating to the proposed Spanish marriage alliance of Prince Charles and copied of letters of Queen Elizabeth. There are copies of several of the documents in Sloane MS 1786. 88 Numbered folios. Bound in leather boards. Bookplate of James Buckley, Bryn-y-Caerau.

(A). Collecteana Pembrochiana /.../ Broadway, Worcestershire / 1859. (B). Pedigrees / of / Caermarthenshire, / Cardiganshire, / and / Pembrokeshire, / in continuation of Lewis Dwnn, / to about the years / 1700-10, from the MS of / John Philipps Allen Lloyd Philipps, esq./ of Dale Castle, / Pembrokeshire. / Typis Medio-Montanis / Impressit / Jacobus Rogers, / 1859. With lists of sheriffs of Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, and Cardiganshire; a list of Pembrokeshire magistrates in 1859; and extracts from the Black Book of St Davids. (C). Glamorganshire / Pedigrees / from the MSS of Sir Isaac Heard, kt / Garter King of Arms. / Edited / by / Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. / Worcester: / Printed by Deighton and co. / 1845. Some letters to Joseph Joseph have been mounted on the leaves, and there are also some loose sheets containing pedigrees and notes, together with an engraving from a painting of Sir Thomas Phillips by Francis Williams. Interleaved copies of printed books with manuscript notes. Half calf.

Copies from several souces. (1). The sixth Booke of ye Brittish Genealogist of Brecknockshire. (2). The British Genealogist the seventh booke of the Gentry of Radnorsh. (3). Cardiganshire Pedigrees. Anno Domini 1613. With pencil drawing of armorial shields. (4). Pedigrees of some descendants of Elystan Glodrydd. (5). Short pedigrees of Divers Noblemen, Knights, Esquires, Gentlemen and Women of Pembrock-shire; containing all, or most of the Eight Ancestors from whom they are descended. Extracts from a manuscript in the Chetham Library. Bound in limp leather. Bookplates of Joseph Joseph and James Buckley.

A volume containing transcripts by Ethell Noyes and an unidentified hand from a copy of the Golden Grove Book of Pedigrees, [c. 1765], now amongst the Cawdor Vaughan Muniments at the Carmarthenshire Archives Service. See Edward Owen, ‘The Golden Grove Book of Pedigrees’, Archaeologia Cambrensis, 6th ser., 3 (1903), 154-169, and Francis Jones, ‘An Approach to Welsh Genealogy’, Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (1948), 303-466 (pp. 412-414, 456-466).
A transcript of portions of the Golden Grove Book not included in A 7 above, the volume contains the pedigrees of the Advenae of Pembrokeshire and of the Herberts and their descendants. The pages in the Golden Grove Book copied here are: G 1175-1185; B329-426; B197-234.

Notebook containing drafts of pedigrees mainly of Carmarthenshire families with some letters addressed to James Buckley.

Translated from an ancient Welsh manuscript found in the Library of Ragland Castle, Monmouthshire. With a letter from Thomas Wakeman to J. Joseph. Paper; sewn; 62 pp. Bookplate of James Buckley.

Bundle of papers including a notebook containing 'Ancient pedigree of many of the first families in south Wales' and lists of 'Impropriations with cure of souls, and chappells annexed, with vicarages now become stipendarys' and of 'Ecclesiasticall benefices in the Bishops gift, the incumbents, and the common reputed value of them' in the diocese of St Davids.

One sheet.

List of Carmarthenshire sheriffs with notes, loose press-cuttings, and letters. Bound in limp red sheepskin. Gilt lettering. Bookplates of Jos. Joseph and James Buckley.

A bundle of books and manuscripts:. (1). A calendar / of all / the high sheriffs / for the / county of Carmarthen, / and of all / the mayors, bailiffs, / and / sheriffs, / of the / corporation of Carmarthen, / from the year of our Lord 1400 to 1818; / and also, / a correct list / of all / the present burgesses / of / the borough. / Carmarthen: / Printed by J. Evans, Lower Market-Street / 1818. 56 pp. (2). A calendar / of the / high sheriffs / for the / county of Carmarthen, / and the / mayors, bailiffs, and sheriffs / of the / corporation of Carmarthen, / from / the year 1600-1849. / Carmarthen: / Printed by Jones and Evans, Guildhall-square. / 1849. Incomplete, ending with p. 36. (3). The lord lieutenant / and / high sheriff. / MDCCCIX. By C. G. Y., Garter. 16 pp. (4). Manuscript draft of a list of sheriffs for Carmarthenshire with genealogical notes. (5). Letters to Joseph Joseph, etc.

Foolscap.

Orders made at the Quarter Sessions for Breconshire from Michaelmas 1670 to Hilary 1685, together with records of licences granted to agisters and inn-keepers at quarter and special sessions from 23 to 26 Charles II. Bound in leather boards. This volume has been returned to the Clerk of the Peace for Brecknockshire with the consent of the Executor of the depositor. (signed) W. Ll. Davies, 1933.

Notebook containing a copy of the will of Hugh Edwards of Llanddeusant, co. Carm., 2 March 1699/1700, and of a brief in the suit of Gwynne v. Edwards. Bookplate of Jos. Joseph.

Extract from books and newspapers with press cuttings and coloured prints, including extracts from Brown Willis' Survey of Bangor, P. B. Williams' Tourist's Guide through the county of Caernarvon, 1821, copies of monumental inscriptions and biographical and topographical material relating to Wales. A short index at the end of the volume is the work of Gwilym Lleyn, according to a note by Joseph Joseph. 384 Pp. Bound in vellum boards. Signature of John Hughes, BA, 1839.

Notebook containing copies of 'some extracts' memorandums, &c out of the Chapter Books of St Davids &c. taken in 1741 by Richd Davies, Archdeacon of St Davids and Canon Residentiary. With a fragment (pp. 61-77) out of an eighteenth century MS, containing lists of prebendaries and canons of St Davids.

Notebook containing a short essay on Brecon and its vicinity.

Notebook containing translations of Welsh legends; and notes on the Welsh Bible, Welsh manuscript collections, etc.

An account of travels in the form of copies of letters written in 1787-1789 from Thomas Watkins, Am, to his father Pennoyre Watkins, esq. Bound in stiff papers.