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Papers of and acquired by John Thomas Evans and his brother A. W. Wade-Evans 1590-1964, largely antiquarian in interest, comprising transcripts, mostly by J. T. Evans, of church records, 1902-1932, including parish registers for Haverfordwest, St Nicholas, Grandston, Llanwnda, Llanychlwydog and Llanllawer, Newport, Llanstinan, Fishguard, Nevern, Meline, and Dinas (St Brynach's), all of Pembrokeshire, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire and Rockingham, Northamptonshire; monumental inscriptions from Llanwnda and Newport churchyard, Manorowen and Fishguard, Pembrokeshire and Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire; and notebooks of some eminent Welshmen; printed articles and cuttings, [1901]-[1964]; drawings, [1898x1909]; rubbings of armorials from Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire altar vessels; correspondence, 1891-1940, addressed to J. T. Evans, A. W. Wade-Evans and various members of the Evans family, including a group of letters sent from Thomas Henry Evans when he was in South Africa; documents, articles and letters, 1766-1939, relating to various aspects of the interests and life of J. T. Evans in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire; historical and antiquarian material and notes, 1904-1938; miscellaneous collected printed material, manuscripts and deeds, 1579-[1928]; personal documents of J. T. Evans and A. W. Wade-Evans, such as licences and certificates, 1895-1964; together with some papers of their brother Thomas Henry Evans, including A copy of Y Llyfr Grôt a book written by T. H. Evans, of his experiences as a mining engineer in the Yukon district, Alaska, 1914; essays by and copied by T. H. Evans, [1859x1920]; and letters, [1859x1920].

Transcript of the parish register (vol. 1B) of St Mary's, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, made by J. T. Evans, 1908, containing: baptisms, 1678-1722; marriages, 1699-1706; burials, 1683-1706. 122 Pp. (pp. 89-122 reversed, as in the original).

Miscellaneous correspondence dated 1893-1925, largely addressed to A. W. Wade-Evans, including personal letters, letters of recommendation, and many relating to Wade-Evans's historical and antiquarian interests and activities, e.g. Welsh Mediaeval Law, Gildas and the early history of Post-Roman Wales and England. Correspondents include Sir John Rhys, Jesus College, Oxford. Also among the above letters are several others on two guards, unbound, to A. W. Wade-Evans from Newton Wade of Wade & Son Solicitors, Newport, Monmouthshire, re the history and connections of the Wade family. The documents, 1898-1901, include: (p. 13) Licence, 2 Oct. 1898, to the curacy of St Stephen's, Ealing, to A. W. Wade-Evans from the Bishop of London; (p. 31) Declaration of assent, 9 Oct. 1898, to the above benefice; (p. 41) Licence, 15 Oct. 1901, to the curacy of St Matthew's, Oakeley Square, Middlesex, to A. W. Wade-Evans from the Bishop of London; (p. 43) Declaration of assent, 27 Oct. 1901, to the above benefice; and two certificates for A. W. Wade-Evans to officiate at St Dunstan's. 83 Pp. (+ 16 pp. loose on guards). Indexed.

Miscellaneous correspondence dated 1904-1910, largely addressed to A. W. Wade-Evans, consisting of personal letters, letters relating to A. W. Wade-Evans's livings, and many about his publications and arguments on Disestablishment and the Church in Wales. A number of letters also concern his work on Mediaeval Welsh Law. Correspondents include J. Gwenogvryn Evans and Sir John Rhys, Oxford. The documents include: (i) Licence, 25 Oct. 1906, to officiate at St James's, Norlands; and (ii) Declaration of assent, 10 Feb. 1907, by Wade-Evans at taking up a benefice at Holyhead parish, Anglesey (see also MS 16). 81 Pp. Indexed.

Transcripts of the parish registers (vols. 1, 2 & 3) of Newport, Pembrokeshire, containing: vol. 1, banns, 1765-1780, and marriages, 1782-1812; vol. 2, baptisms and burials, 1765-1805 (J. T. Evans notes that this volume is in 'exceedingly bad condition', and there is thus a great number of missing entries); vol. 3, baptisms, 1790-1813, and burials, 1807-1812. Made by J. T. Evans, 1917, with annotations, and also other notes by J. T. Evans re all the Newport registers. Also a number of transcripts of gravestone inscriptions from Newport churchyard, made by J. T. Evans, 1915. 196 Pp.

Correspondence dated 1908, mostly comprising answers to enquiries about church plate and other ecclesiastical antiquities of the parishes of Radnorshire. Correspondents include: F. H. Were, Bristol; H. B. Walters, British Museum, London; the Rev. Maurice Morris, Rhaeadr; and T. W. Barker, Carmarthen. Also a number of printed articles and press-cuttings re churches and parishes in Radnorshire. 79 Pp. Indexed.

Correspondence dated 1909, consisting mostly of enquiries and answers re church plate, particularly in Evans's volumes on Radnorshire (1909) and Breconshire (1910). Correspondents include: Col J. A. Bradney, Monmouth; H. B. Walters, British Museum; Francis Green; T. W. Barker, Carmarthen; Gwenllian Morgan, Brecon; Rev. Alfred E. Evans; and the Rev. John Williams, Llanwddyn. 100 Pp. Indexed.

Miscellaneous correspondence, dated 1909, comprising personal letters, letters re church antiquities (bells, furniture, plate, etc.), some re genealogy, and others re J. T. Evans's publications on church plate. Also a number of letters and articles re the folklore and customs of Cascob parish (co. Rad.) and the surrounding area, sent to J. T. Evans by the Rev. J. J. Thomas and his wife, Cascob Rectory, Presteign. Other correspondents include: Helen Cripps (Countess Bismark), Cirencester; Francis Were, Bristol; H. B. Walters, British Museum; Col J. A. Bradney, Monmouth; T. W. Barker, Carmarthen; and the Rev. George Lewis, Gloucester. Also a typewritten copy of 'Plebeian origin of the English aristocracy', an article from St James' Magazine 1870-1875. Also a transcript of an inscription of a small tablet in Fishguard Parish Church, copied by J. T. Evans, 1909. 98 Pp. Indexed.

The documents, 1899-1908, include: (i) Deed poll, 2 Feb. 1899, by which Arthur Wade Evans changed his name to Arthur Wade Wade-Evans; (ii) Licence, 5 Feb. 1907, to the curacy of Holyhead, Anglesey, from Watkin Herbert, bishop of Bangor, to A. W. Wade-Evans (see also MS11); (iii) Licence, 1 Feb. 1908, to the curacy of St Andrew's Cardiff, from Joshua Pritchard, Bishop of Llandaff, to A. W. Wade-Evans, and also a corresponding declaration of assent; (iv) Licence, 13 Nov. 1908, to the curacy of Welsh Bicknor, Hereford, from John, Bishop of Hereford to A. W. Wade-Evans, and also a corresponding declaration of assent; and (v) Licence, 24 Nov. 1908, to the curacy of English Bicknor, Gloucestershire, from Edward Charles Sumner, Bishop of Gloucester to A. W. Wade-Evans, and a corresponding declaration of assent, 13 Dec. 1908. Correspondence, 1905-1910, largely personal, but with several relating to A. W. Wade-Evans's interests in Wales. The correspondents include: William Henry Harris, Merthyr Tudful. Cuttings include letters and articles by A. W. Wade-Evans relating to Disestablishment and the Welsh Church, but the majority are reviews of A. W. Wade-Evans's publications Papers for Thinking Welshmen (1907) and Welsh Mediaeval Law (1909). 88 Pp. Indexed.

Correspondence dated 1909-1910, mostly addressed to J. T. Evans, relating to his work on church plate. A number are of a more personal nature. Correspondents include: Helen Cripps (Countess Bismark), Cirencester; H. B. Walters, British Museum; Sir John Rhys, Oxford; Rev. Alfred E. Evans, Garthbrengy; and Elizabeth Evans, wife of Captain Titus Evans and mother of J. T. Evans and A. W. Wade-Evans. Several printed articles, including a circular relating to the publication of The Church Plate of Radnorshire, and a commemoration service and state prayers for Edward VII. 68 Pp. Indexed.

Transcripts of the parish registers of: St Mary's, Haverfordwest (vol. 2B), banns and marriages, 1754-1768; Llanstinan, marriages, 1779-1814, banns and marriages, 1797-1818. Made by J. T. Evans and one other; collated by J. T. Evans, 1909. Two loose leaves of notes in the hand of J. T. Evans, [n.d.]. 132 Pp.

Correspondence, dated 5 Aug. 1910-1 Jan. 1911, to J. T. Evans, comprising letters of thanks from those who received his volume The Church Plate of Radnor, and a number of letters re his work on church plate and other antiquarian interests, also letters of a personal nature. Correspondents include: Mrs Helen Cripps (Countess Bismark), Cirencester, Francis Were, Bristol; H. B. Walters, British Museum; Syr John Rhys, Oxford, T. W. Barker, Carmarthen; Rev. Alfred E. Evans, Garthbrengy; H. J. L. J. Massé; the Rev. Daniel Harries Davies, the Rev. George Lewis, Gloucester; and Arthur Whittaker (relating to genealogy of the Whittaker family of Radnorshire). 74 Pp. Indexed.

Transcripts of the following Pembrokeshire parish registers, made by J. T. Evans in 1905 (Llanwnda in 1908): St Nicholas baptisms, 1783-1813, marriages, 1799-1813, burials, 1783-1805; Grandston baptisms, 1785-1811, marriages, 1778-1813, burials, 1784-1813; Llanwnda burials, 1784-1813. Transcripts of pre 1799 inscriptions from Llanwnda churchyard, made by J. T. Evans, 1908. Transcripts of church inscriptions from Manorowen, Pembrokeshire, 1678-1873, made by J. T. Evans, 1905. (Among these, p. 104, are a note and transcript of a tombstone inscription in Haverfordwest, 1760, with relevance to Manorowen, made by A. W. Wade-Evans, 1920). 110 Pp.

Miscellaneous correspondence, dated 1901-1911 (mostly 1911) to J. T. Evans, consisting of personal letters relating to his work on church plate and other antiquarian matters, and several letters addressed to J. T. Evans in his capacity as a clergyman. Correspondents include Rev. George Lewis; H. B. Walters, British Museum. Printed articles include: (i) An introductory membership form for the Historical Society of West Wales (1911); (ii) An address given by the Rev. George Lewis on his retirement as Rector of Icomb Church, Stow-on-the-Wold, (Sept. 1911); (iii) An article on North-West Pembrokeshire taken from a tour journal, 1875; (iv) A typescript copy of some extracts relating to Wales from Jackson's Oxford Journal. 90 Pp. Indexed.

Transcripts of the parish registers (vols 5, 6 & 8) of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, containing: vol. 5, burials, 1708-1748; vol. 6, burials, 1749-1785; vol. 8, burials, 1785-1812. Made by J. T. Evans, 1909, with notes (in his hand) and several transcripts of inscriptions from the church interspersed throughout. A loose leaf of notes by J. T. Evans re the burials of the Hanks family is included. 186 Pp.

Transcripts of the parish register (vol. 12) of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, containing: burials, 1813-1862. Made in 1910 by Margaret Louise Williams, Hereford (governess to J. T. Evans's daughter for three years at Stow), and collated and annotated by J. T. Evans. A loose leaf with a transcript (made by J. T. Evans) of a memorial tablet in Stow Parish Church also, a twenty-four page printed pamphlet called The Campden Wonder, written by Sir Thomas Overbury the Younger, which tells of the trial and execution of three people for the murder of a local gentleman, at Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, who had been sold into slavery to the Turks. Letters, cuttings, documents, and printed paraphernalia concerning Stow parish. 161 Pp. Indexed (apart from transcripts).

Correspondence dated 1891-1910, addressed to various members of the Evans family, Fishguard. One group of letters is addressed to J. T. Evans, and concerns the etymology of the place names Musland and Musturland in Pembrokeshire. Another group is sent from Thomas Henry Evans, to others in the family, when he was in South Africa as a mining engineer during and after the Boer War. He then moved to Alaska. These letters deal with family matters, and T. H. Evans's way of life in South Africa. Printed matter, including material relating to the Conservative and Unionist party in Pembrokeshire, to parish meetings in Fishguard and newspaper cuttings relating to members of the Evans family. 185 Pp. Indexed.

Correspondence dated 1898-1911, addressed to J. T. Evans, largely re his work on church plate, etc. The majority are concerned with Breconshire plate. A group of earlier letters is concerned with a missing volume of parish registers from Stow-on-the-Wold. Correspondents include: Helen Cripps (Countess Bismark), Cirencester; the Rev. George Lewis, Gloucester; Miss Gwenllian Morgan, Brecon; H. B. Walters, British Museum; Francis Were, Bristol; and the Rev. Alfred E. Evans, Garthbrengy. (There are also a few personal letters from T[homas] H[enry] Evans, Johannesburg). A pamphlet printed at Brecon, concerning the history of John Penry, the 'Breconshire Martyr', hanged in 1593, (n.d.). 116 Pp. Indexed.

Correspondence dated 1911-1912, addressed to J. T. Evans, largely relating to his work on church plate and antiquarian matters (mostly concerning Breconshire). Correspondents include: Helen Cripps (Countess Bismark), Cirencester; T. W. Barker, Carmarthen; the Rev. Alfred E. Evans, Garthbrengy; H. J. L. J. Massé; Gwenllian Morgan, Brecon; H. B. Walters, British Museum; and Francis Were, Bristol. Several of the letters (and a printed article) concern Disestablishment and Disendowment. Two printed addresses to the Rev. D. G. Davies on his departure (after several years' service) from both Chubut, Patagonia and Llywelyn Settlement, Canada, respectively 1902 and 1904.

Miscellaneous correspondence, dated 1901-12, addressed to J. T. Evans, some of a personal nature, and some relating to his antiquarian interests, particularly church plate. Correspondents include: Helen Cripps (Countess Bismark), Cirencester; Col J. A. Bradney, Monmouth; the Rev. Alfred E. Evans, Garthbrengy; the Rev. George Lewis, Gloucester; H. J. L. J. Massé; Gwellian Morgan, Brecon; A. W. Wade-Evans, Gloucester; and H. B. Walters, British Museum. Five sets of printers' accounts, one for each of the volumes on the church plate of St Davids Diocese (apart from 'Gowerland'), written by J. T. Evans. Nine printed letters of recommendation by academic referees of W. S. Davies. Several newspaper cuttings relating to the activities of the three Evans brothers, J. T. Evans, A. W. Wade-Evans, and T. H. Evans. 110 Pp. Indexed.