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A volume containing transcripts, with some annotations, of the wills of Thomas Foster of Egham, Surrey, 8 April, 1762 (probate granted 28 November, 1765), Joseph Foster Barham of Queen Ann Street, Middlesex, 22 June, 1832 (probate granted 15 October, 1832), William Joseph Barham of Trecoon, Pembrokeshire, 7 August, 1839 (testator died 26 June, 1840), and the Right Hon. Henry [Tufton], 11th earl of Thanet, 21 December, 1848.

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.

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 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.

Three notebooks containing particulars of the sale of stock, crops, and implements of John Leach at Ivy Tower, and a notebook containing particulars of disbursements in connection with the death, funeral, and administration of the estate, of John Leach [1876].

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].

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.

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

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.

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, 1802-43, with individual tenants in Pembroke (St. Mary and St. Michael), Narberth, Templeton, Monkton, Pembroke Ferry, Crunwear, Lawrenny, Crinow, etc., Pembrokeshire, and Carmarthen, etc., Carmarthenshire. Inset are holograph letters from J. Leach, Pembroke, to David Raymond, Crunwear, 1836 (the purchase of property), and G. Raynes to [John Leach], [18]65 (the purchase of hoops for a cooper's use).

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 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 of eighteenth century poetry, and some prose, transcribed by Thomasina Smith, afterwards Thomasina Leach, wife of Abraham Leach [the younger] of Corston. Among the poets represented are R. B. Sheridan, John Dryden, Thomas Gray, and Oliver Goldsmith, and the titles include 'On Sir Joshua Reynolds', 'Address ... spoken by Mrs. Siddons ....', 'Written at Stratford upon Avon at the tomb of Shakespeare', 'On seeing the Prince of Wales at the Ranelagh fete, 1789', etc. The prose items include 'Resolutions form'd to promote regularity at Shanes Castle during the meeting for the play of Cymbeline'.

A pocket-book containing miscellaneous memoranda by J[ohn] Leach, Pembroke.

Lists of sheriffs of Pembrokeshire from 1540 to 1864, together with additions to 1878, and of mayors and sheriffs of the town and county of Haverfordwest from 1563 to 1864.

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 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 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).

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.