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A journal of a tour of Wales undertaken from Bath by Dr. [ ] Robertson, in company with J. Goldwyer, between 24 June and 19 July, 1799. The tour comprised visits to Bristol, Caerwent, Caerleon, Newport, Caerphilly, Llandaff, Cardiff, Cowbridge, Llantwit [Major], St. Donats, Pyle, Margam, Aberavon, Baglan, Neath, Melincourt, Pont Neath Vaughan and the neighbouring waterfalls, Brecon, Builth, Rhaeadr (Rhayader Gowy), Devil's Bridge, Aberystwyth, Aberdovey, Towyn, Peniarth, Barmouth, Dolgellau, Bala (with an account of the stocking market), Llangollen, Llanfyllin (Llanvitlin), Welsh Pool, Montgomery, Bishop's Castle, Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford, Monmouth, Chepstow, Bristol, and Bath. Pasted on the flyleaf is the following inscription: 'My grandfathers' Dr. Robertson and J. Goldwyer's walking Tour in S. Wales in 1799 mentions Baglan. H. L. Goldwyer'.

Legal precedents written in several hands and based largely on legal records of the early years of the reign of George II. Several of the documents recorded in the volume are of interest to co. Middlesex.

An undated [mid eighteenth century] rental of the estate of Great Nash in the parishes of St. Lawrence, St. Edrins, Granston, Mathery, Llanhowell, St. Davids, Camross, Talbenny, St. Thomas in Haverfordwest, St. Mary's in Haverfordwest, Burton, and Langum, co. Pembroke; a draft rental, 1810, of the estates of John James, Pantsaison, in the parishes of Monington, Saint Dogmells, Moilgrove, Bayvill, and Narberth, co. Pembroke; and an alphabetical list, compiled in 1850, of the freemen for the town and county of Haverfordwest (348 names).

The petition [1650] of the inhabitants of the town and county of Haverford West to the Commons of England in Parliament assembled, for relief from the monthly assessment and the assessment for Ireland, raised from £10 to £45; and a land tax assessment of St. Martyns, Bridgestreet, and Shipstreett ward in the town and county of Haverfordwest, 1719.

Papers (case, answer, briefs, a translation of the Haverfordwest charter of 1609/1610, etc.) in two actions in Chancery by Hugh Fowler of the town and county of Haverfordwest, esq., 1721, and by James Cousins, in ejectment on the demise of Hugh Fowler, 1724, against the mayor, sheriff, bailiffs, and burgesses of Haverfordwest and John Perry, water bailiff of the same, defendants, touching the right of profits of an extension of the quay at Haverfordwest alleged to have been erected on part of ground in the possession of Hugh Fowler.

Accounts and vouchers, 1820-1822, relating to the executorship of Thomas Phillips, vicar of West Haroldston and perpetual curate of Lambston, co. Pembroke. Among them are a statement of the proceeds of the parishes of Lambston and West Haroldston which the Reverend J[oh]n Andros, successor to Thomas Phillips, consents to share with the executors, and an estimate of sundry repairs required to be done at the chancel and glebe at Lambstone and Haroldstone. The papers are contained in a notebook from which all but one (dated 1771) of the manuscript leaves have been cut away. Written on the end papers of the notebook are London addresses of John Allen of Dale Castle and others.

A rental of the estate of W[illiam] H[enry] Scourfield, Moat, in the hundreds of Dungleddy, Roose, Dewsland, and Kemmes, co. Pembroke, and in the town and county of Haverford West, 1809-1818. Insets include additional accounts to 1821; conditions for letting land by auction at New Moat, 1812; and a holograph letter from Charles Child, Nayland, to [Henry] Rees, 1818 (arrears of rent).

Statements of accounts of receipts and disbursements (in one book by H[enr]y Rees), 1820-1824, on behalf of J. F. Barham in respect of the Trecoon estate.

Legal precedents written in several hands and based on title-deeds and legal papers largely of the second and third quarters of the eighteenth century. The majority of the precedents are of Welsh interest, among them being a case relating to a wreck of a Danish vessel at Little Quay, co. Cardigan, 1757; title-deeds of the family of Williams of Penpont, co. Brecknock; and records relating to properties in cos. Montgomery, Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Cardigan. NLW MSS 11807D is dated 1765 and 1767 on the upper cover.

An account book, 1810-1817, and vouchers, 1809-1818, of John Bateman, Haverfordwest, recording disbursements (wages, etc.) in respect of the farm of Llwynbedw, parish of Llan-y-cefn, co. Pembroke. The account book (NLW MS 11808iA) was originally used to record a few legal costs of the period 1780-1787.

Thirteen holograph letters to Henry Goldwyer, Bristol, from George Gwyther, Custom House, Milford, 1840-1841 (6) (the recipient's rental and the proceeds of his Fox Hill and Woodland Collieries in Walton [West]) (with accompanying accounts), James Kealy, Dalkey, 1832 (the management of Dalkey and the market), John Owens, Little haven, 1840 (the unauthorised sinking of pits on property in the writer's occupation) (with accounts of culm landed), J. Rogers Powell, Haverfordwest, [1837]-1841 (4) (land in dispute at Walton, the recipient's rental at Walton), and John Prosser, Little Haven, 1840 (a request for a lease of a colliery at Walton); and six holograph letters from Richd. Rees, Hilton, to Henry Goldwyer and George Gwyther, 1840 (the working of the Fox Hill and Woodland Collieries in Walton) (with some accounts).

Miscellaneous letters:- W. H. Goldwyer, Bristol, to Walter Scott [aft. Sir Walter Scott], 1818 (comments on an enclosed copy of a portrait of Rob Roy), W. H. Goldwyer and [Mrs.] H. Goldwyer [from Bristol] to their son[s] Henry [and John] Goldwyer, Edinburgh, 1822 (personal, the progress of the recipients' medical studies, a Masonic display in Bristol, personal), Sibthorpe Bayly, Dublin, to Henry Goldwyer, Bristol, 1836-1844 (2) (Dr. Ashe's estate) (together with a draft reply, 1844), and Reginald Smith [from Bristol] to Henry Goldwyer, 1840 (a tribute on the recipient's resignation from the 'Commandery of the Nine Elect', greetings from the 'Sir Knights'); the autograph signature of Charles Dickens cut away from a letter; a copy by 'F. P. R.' of verses ('Hoffnung') by Frederick Heyne, with a French translation by 'My Father'; and two fragments of folios of a fourteenth century Latin manuscript and a fifteenth century English manuscript used as end-papers.

Material from the library of the Reverend John Lloyd, Brunant, Cayo, relating almost entirely to late eighteenth and early nineteenth century parliamentary elections for the county of Carmarthen and for the county of the borough of Carmarthen. They consist of poetry, including 'An Essay on the Characters &c. of the Governors of the Boro' of Carmarthen', 1789, 'From plain Truth addressed ... to the Cambrian Sappho' by Mrs. [Maria Justina] Cowell, 1802, 'The Carmarthenshire Parson and a Freeholder. A Dialogue' by [Lewis] Lewis, rector of Clovelly, 1802, etc.; a state of the poll for the hundred of Cayo in the Carmarthenshire election, 16 July - 2 August 1802; holograph and autograph letters, 1807, of Herbert Lloyd, Carmarthen, [Lord] Robert Seymour, Llandilo, and Danl. Price, Junior, Talley; addresses to the Freeholders of the county of Carmarthen by 'A Freeholder', 1807, and to Lord D[ynevor] by 'A Carmarthenshire Freeholder', undated; and printed matter including a poem entitled 'County of the borough of Carmarthen. November, 15th, 1796. The Independent Burgesses's Glory', 'Carmarthen Election Committee, April 5th, 1803. Extract from Mr. Adam's Speech at the Close of the Proceedings', addresses to the electors of co. Carmarthen by W[illiam] Paxton, 1803, 1806, R. Seymour, 1807, and [Sir] Willm. Mansel, Iscoed, 1807, and to the electors of Cardigan Boroughs by J[ohn] Vaughan, Crosswood, 1807, 'The recent Roman Catholic Concerns considered' ('Diweddar Negesau'r Papistiaid wedi eu hystyried') by 'A Protestant of Carmarthenshire' ('Protestant O Sir Gaerfyrddin'), etc.

A rent roll of lands in Hauerfford west to be inserted in the estate 'for the erecting and may[n]teyning of the ffree schole', together with a covering letter, 18 October 1613, from Thomas Lloyd, Kilkethed, to John Skinner, esq., mayor of the town and county of Hauerfford west; draft rentals of the estates of John James, Esq. [Pantsaeson], in the parishes of Monington, St. Dogmells, Moylgrove, and Bayvill, 1809-1810; pedigrees of the families of Cornwallis of Abermarles, co. Carmarthen, 1721, of David of Blaenllechog, parish of Llangolman, co. Pembroke, 1823, and of Rice of Tyhen [parish of Llandysilio East], co. Carmarthen, the latter compiled by John William Phillips, Haverfordwest; lists of members belonging to the Loyal Welsh Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons who meet at the Victoria Hotel, Pembroke Dock, and of the Lodge of Freemasons called the Saint Davids Lodge held at the Nelson Hotel, Milford, 1839; typescript copies of letters from Tho. Picton, Carmarthen, to J[ohn] Philipps, Haverfordwest, 1815 (enclosing bills of exchange), John Martin, Withybush, to his son [John Phelps at Ely], 1815 (money, personal, news of the recipient's brother Samuel in the battle of Waterloo), and Sam[ue]l Phelps, Bois de Bologne, Comy, near Paris, to his brother John [Phelps at Ely], 1815 (an account of the battle of Waterloo); six typescript papers on 'Agricultural Law'; a typescript report of a public inquiry held at the Town Hall, Fishguard, 28 July 1905, by the Local Government Acts Committee of the Pembrokeshire County Council for the purpose of considering an application by the Fishguard Parish Council for the conversion of the parish of Fishguard into an urban district; typescript 'Addenda' to a 'Pembrokeshrie Archaeological Survey' by J. W. Phillips, [19]08; etc.

An amended copy of the rules drawn up, 1831, for the Royal William Friendly Society of Milford [co. Pembroke]. On p. 28 John Tidd Pratt, barrister-at-law appointed to certify the rules of savings banks, certifies, 15 February 1832, that he had corrected the rules in accordance with the provisions of the relevant Act of Parliament, and [ ] Rees, clerk of the peace, certifies that they had been confirmed at the Quarter Sessions for co. Pembroke held at Haverfordwest, 4 April 1832.

Rentals of the estate of W[illia]m H[enr]y Scourfield, Moat, in co. Pembroke at Lady Day and Michaelmas, 1819-1822.

Rentals of the estate of J[oseph] F[oster] Barham, M.P., of Trecŵn, parish of Llanstinan, comprising Trecoon demesne and properties in Castle Henry (located in later rentals in Henry's Moat) and Fishguard, co. Pembroke, at Michaelmas, 1816-1823.

An account book of J. F. Barham with S. L. Phillips, Son, & Co., bankers, Haverfordwest, 1822-1824.

The Daily Journal; or, the Gentleman's, Merchant's and Tradesman's Complete Annual Accompt-book ... 1788, with entries for the period 1811-1821 by [?John Hay, Pembroke], including records of daily weather conditions, memoranda of the building and launching of ships at Pembroke Dock and Milford, obituaries, polling returns at the Pembrokeshire and Pembroke parliamentary elections, 1812, etc.

Weekly and quarterly poor rate assessments, and weekly payments, in the parish of St. Maries in the town and county of Hauerford west, 1613, 1630-1631, 1636.