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A collection of annotated documents bearing the autographs of Welsh bishops and others. They include a letter testimonial, 1683, from Humphr[ey Lloyd], bishop of Bangor; a holograph letter from W[illiam Fleetwood], bishop of St. Asaph, 1711; warrants, 1722, of A[dam Ottley], bishop of St. Davids, for the payments of dividends due to him upon stock in the South Sea Company's books; an acquittance, 1731, signed by Benj[amin Hoadley], bishop of Salisbury (bishop of Bangor, 1716-21); a decree, 1740, by R[ichard Reynolds], bishop of Lincoln (bishop of Bangor, 1721-3), concerning a University of Oxford fellowship; a holograph letter, undated, from Matt[hias] Mawson (bishop of Llandaff, 1739-40); an acquittance, 1757, signed by John [Thomas], bishop of Salisbury; an acquittance, 1771, signed by Edwd. [Willes], bishop of Bath and Wells (bishop of St. Davids, 1743); a holograph letter from J[ohn Ewer], bishop of Bangor, to Richd. Burn, Westminster, 1772; an acquittance, 1750, signed by J[ohn Gilbert], bishop of Salisbury (bishop of Llandaff, 1740-9); a certificate, 1791, from E[dward Smallwell], bishop of Oxford (bishop of St. Davids, 1783-8), to the treasurer of the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty relating to the institution of a clerk in South Stoke, Oxfordshire; a certificate, 1795, by W[illiam Stewart], bishop of St. Davids, relating to the perpetual curacy of Talley; and a holograph letter from [George Murray], bishop of St. Davids, 1802; etc.

Notebook, 1842-1853, of Thomas Williams, Felin-fach, Pumsaint, afterwards of Talley, co. Carmarthen, surveyor, and schoolmaster at Cwmdwr (Llanwrda), and Gwynfe, containing memoranda relating to rates, etc. in the parish of Talley; mathematical exercises; accounts, with names of pupils, relating to schools at ?Salem (Llandeilo) and Llan-crwys (inverted text ff. 72, 75 verso-6); and miscellaneous notes.

Many of the papers, including most of the earliest papers, consist of three small unrelated groups, relating to Tir y waun in the parish of Llansawel, 1738-1832, Cwmeinon in Caeo and Llansawel, 1793-1924, and Bryntelych in Caeo, 1782-1864. Benjamin Davies of Ffrwd-fal came into possession of Cwneinon in 1797, and his son David Davies appears to have managed Bryntelych and Cefntelych on behalf of J. Lewis of Aston Vicarage, Bristol, [1822x1835], before he came into possession of them himself in 1864, after the sale of the 'Cayo estate' in 1863. The relationship between Tir y waun and Ffrwd-fal is less clear. In 1832 David Davies was a party to a deed relating to Tir y waun, suggesting that he may have acted as agent to the Du Buisson family of Glan hir in Llandybïe, in which case the Tir y waun papers may have come into his possession as part of his agency. The archive also includes Davies of Ffrwd-fal genealogical and estate papers, 1817-1938, and letters and accounts relating to David Davies's agency of Carmarthenshire properties of David Runwa Paynter and Sophia Catherine Paynter (née Aylmer) of Dale Castle, Pembrokeshire, 1821-1859, and smaller groups of papers relating to other agency work, including rentals and other papers relating to the Rhosybedw estate, Carmarthenshire, 1839-1841, and papers relating to the executors of Mrs Margaret Jones of Gelli in the parish of Betws, Carmarthenshire, 1856-1857.

Deeds and papers collected by Douglas J. Elliott, mainly relating to the Jones of Glanyrafon-ddu family and to properties in Llansadwrn, Pencarreg, and Talley, Carmarthenshire, 1767-1869; and typescript copy of the parish register of Gwaenysgor, Flintshire, 1713-1760, [20th century].