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A composite volume containing transcripts of a list of the principal officers and commissioners of the navy, together with their salaries, 8 October 1703; an account of the salaries of the Victualling Office, 30 October 1703; a commission for prizes, 16 November 1702, with the names and salaries of the officers; and warrants and commissions relating to the Ordnance, 1683-1700/1, Post Office, 1702-1703, Stamp Office, 1700-1702/3, salt duty, 1702, wine licences, 1701, hackney coach licences, 1695-1700, Seal Office, 1673, etc. Paper; 248 ff., some of which are numbered; 239 x 185; full rough calf, with blind tooling.

Transcripts of letters from Philip Thicknesse [see Dictionary of National Biography] to [John Cooke (1732/3-1795) of Goitre, Abergavenny]. Most of these letters were written from Bath, and it is certain that they were transcribed after delivery. Those which are dated embrace the period 1773-1774. At the end of the volume are accounts of miscellaneous disbursements, 1736-1738. Paper; pp. 1-67, some of which are numbered, and pp. 5-9; 320 x 200;full sheepskin.

Observations, rules, and orders transcribed from the Journals of the House of Commons, 1547-1678, together with an index; a transcript of 'A Treatise Concerning Registers' by William Pierrepoint (? 1607-1678) [See BL Harleian MS. 1243 and Harleian Miscellany, Vol. III, pp. 320 et seq.]; a transcript of 'An Act to restraine the Number of Officers sitting in the House of Commons' [temp, William III]; and a transcript of a treatise in defence of the attitude of the House of Lords to the claims made by the House of Commons over 'the bill for an addicionall Imposicion on fforaigne Commodities1 [? temp. William III]. This volume was presented by Lord Sidmouth to Henry Hobhouse in February, 1840, and was in the possession of J. Harland in 1851. On the spine is lettered the name of I. Brydges. Paper; pp. [1-4], 1-204 (p.2 omitted), [1-12], 1-132; 302 X 195; full calf with gilt and blind tooling.

Transcripts of Inquisitions Post Mortem of Gilbert de Clare, Joan wife of Gilbert de Clare, Roger le Bygood, Gilbert de Clare, and John le Hastings, relating to estates mainly in co. Monmouth.

Volume of transcripts in Latin and French of statutes, 1235/6 - 1331 including the Magna Carta and Carta de Forests of Edward I, the Provisions of Merton, the Statute of Marlborough, the Statute of Gloucester, the Statutes of Westminster, the Statute of Merchants, the Statute of Winchester, the Statute for Religious Men, the Statute of persons vouched to Warranty who are present, the Statutes of Quo Warranto, an Ordinance concerning Conspirators, the Statute of Waste, the View of Frankpledge, the Mode of paying Homage and Fealty, General Days in Bank, the Statute of Bigamy, a Provision for the Day in Leap Year, the Statute of Trespassers in Parks, the Statute of Oxford, the Assise of Bread and Ale, Of the King's Prerogative, Statute of York, Articles for the Clergy, Articles upon the Charters, the Manner of challenging Essoins, the Statute of Eschaetors, statutes of 1-5 Edward III, etc. These are preceded by an incomplete index. Vellum; 264 ff., unnumbered; 93 x 65; full mottled calf with gilt tooling and ornamentation.

Transcripts of records of the King's signature of bills and of petitions addressed to the King and the King's replies, January 1625/6 - October, 1637, together with indexes. The pagination is in the autograph of Albert Addams-Williams, who has added, at the beginning of each volume, an index of documents relating to Wales. Paper; ff. 1-385, 396 [for 386]-485, and 7 unnumbered.

Transcripts of records of the King's signature of bills and of petitions addressed to the King and the King's replies, January 1625/6 - October, 1637, together with indexes. The pagination is in the autograph of Albert Addams-Williams, who has added, at the beginning of each volume, an index of documents relating to Wales. Paper; 1-230, 239 [for 231]-249, 230 [for 250] - 259, 261 [for 260] - 396, and 57 unnumbered.

Transcripts of records of the King's signature of bills and of petitions addressed to the King and the King's replies, January 1625/6 - October, 1637, together with indexes. The pagination is in the autograph of Albert Addams-Williams, who has added, at the beginning of each volume, an index of documents relating to Wales. Paper; 1-259 [22 twice] and 203 unnumbered; 304 x 197; full parchment.

Transcripts of records of the King's signature of bills and of petitions addressed to the King and the King's replies, January 1625/6 - October, 1637, together with indexes. The pagination is in the autograph of Albert Addams-Williams, who has added, at the beginning of each volume, an index of documents relating to Wales. Paper; 1-217 [ff. 172-176 twice], 219 for 218]-502 [500 twice], and 3 unnumbered.

Transcripts of 'awdlau', 'cywyddau' and 'englynion' by Aneirin, Bedo Phylip Bach, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Ieuan Ddu, Dafydd Benwyn, Dafydd Emlyn, Dafydd Llwyd, Dafydd Mathew, Dafydd Nanmor, Edwart Huw, Griffith Thomas, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Guto'r Glyn, Gwilym ap Ifan Hen, Harri ap Hywel, Harri ap Rhys, Karry Lewys, Huw Dafydd Robert, Huw Llyn, Huw Pwnnal, Hyds Grydd, Hywel Dafydd, Hywel Swrdwal, Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal, Ieuan Brydydd Hir, Ieuan Ddu ap Dafydd ap Owen, Ieuan Deulwyn, Ifan Tew Brydydd, Iolo Goch, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Lewis Môn, Lewis Morgannwg, Llywelyn ap Gutyn, Llywelyn ap Hoel ap Ifan ap Gronwy, Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen, Maredudd ap Rhys, Matho Brwmphidi[sic], Morys Llwyd William o Fôn, Syr Owen ap Gwilym, Rhisiart Fynglwyd, Rhys ap Harri, Rhys Deganwy, Rhys Goch Eryri, Rhys Syr Rhys o Garna, Sion Cent, Sion Mawddwy, Sion Phylip, Syr Sion Teg, Sion Tudur, Tomas Brwynllys, Tomas Edward, Tomas llawdden, Tomas Vychan, Tudur Aled, Wiliam Cynwal, Wiliam Dyfi, Wiliam Egwad and Wiliam Llyn. On ff. 15a-16a is a transcript of 'Ymddiddan Arthur a'r Eryr'. Six of the seven unnumbered folios at the beginning contain a list of contents by, and in the autograph of Lewis Morris, who has also supplied or augmented the titles of some of the poems and added copious marginal notes to explain the text and correct some errors of transcription. Sections both at the beginning and at the end of the volume were lost before it was bound in its present form. The volume also includes translation into English, made by J. K[yrle] F[letcher] of the list of contents compiled by Lewis Morris. The original pagination indicates that 48 folios are wanting at the beginning. The revised pagination is in the autograph of Lewis Morris. Most of the folios were at one time mutilated at the edges, but many have been repaired and the missing text supplied by Lewis Morris. This volume was formerly in the possession of Sir Bernard Bosanquet, Justice of the Common Pleas (died 1848), and was one of sixteen Welsh manuscripts from the Dingestow Court Library offered for sale by Messrs Sotheby in July 1916. It was purchased by J. Kyrle Fletcher, Newport, on behalf of Albert Addams-Williams, Llangibby Castle. Inserted in the volume are a short description of the Welsh manuscripts at Dingestow Court, in the form of a cutting from Messrs Sotheby's sale catalogue and a letter, 18 July 1916, from J. Kyrle Fletcher to Captain Albert [Addams]-Williams, giving an account of the sale. It appears from this letter and from the notes he has written in the margin of the cutting that Mr Kyrle Fletcher was under the mistaken impression that this volume was in the autograph of Llywelyn Sion of Llangewydd. Paper 7 un-numbered folios, ff.1-177; 191x128; full Russia with blind tooling, damaged at the spine.

Transcripts of Additional Charters (in the British Museum. now British Library) relating to lands in p's Llangeby and Lantrissent, the lordships of Usk, Kairlion, Llebeneth, Treirgruge, Trelech, the borough of Usk, the manors of Usk, Newegrange, Lantrissen, and Caerleon.

Transcripts, in two hands, of Acts of Parliament of the period 1547-1600; an account of proceedings in the House of Lords upon the impeachment of Lord Clarendon, 1663, 'Remembrances for Order and Decency to be kept in the vpper House of Parlyament by the Lords' [after 1675], and extracts from the roll of Parliamentary Judgements, 1620/1 - 1622; together with a list of contents, which is in the same hand as that of NLW MS 17035D. This volume, like NLW MS 17035D was formerly in the collection of Henry Powle. Paper: 315 ff., unnumbered; 299 x 194; full calf, with gilt ornamentation and lettering.

Transcripts of the report of Commissioners appointed to investigate the state of the public revenue between Michaelmas, 1702, and Michaelmas, 1703; the state of the accounts of the Earl of Ranelagh, Paymaster of the Army, 1687-1699, and of the Earl of Orford, Treasurer of the Navy, 1689-1690; abstract of the report presented by the Commissioners to the House of Commons, 22 January 1703/4; the answers of the Earl of Ranelagh, the Earl of Orford and others to the report and the counter-replies of the commissioners, February, 1703/4. Paper; 282 ff., unnumbered; 200 x 156; full rough calf, with blind tooling.

Transcripts of an Act of Parliament for augmenting Windsor Castle, 32 Henry VIII (1540); and of accounts and estimates of public revenues and disbursements during the period 1679-1693/4, together with observations and reports thereon. Paper; pp.3-169 (for 171) and 81 unnumbered; 368 x 230; full parchment.

Transcripts from the Charter Rolls, Patent Rolls, State Papers Domestic, Ancient Deeds, Welsh Rolls (Chancery) and Fine Rolls, mainly relating to co. Monmouth.

Transcript of the Laws of Hywel Dda in Latin, together. with an English index thereto and to an unidentified work by 'Wilkins'. The text agrees with that of Corpus Christi College (Cambridge) MS. Q. xi, 2 and NLW, Llanstephan MS 26. This volume was formerly Phillipps MS. 10267. Paper; pp. 1-145; 246 x 190; boards.