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John Freer Research Papers

  • NLW ex 2022
  • File
  • 1974-1999

Research papers, 1974-99 and undated, assembled by the donor John Freer relating to local history in Monmouthshire, including notes on Bailey Street Presbyterian Church, Bryn-mawr; Bethany Baptist Church, Llanvaches; Griffithstown Methodist Church; Hope Presbyterian Church, Pandy; Lion Street Congregational Church, Blaenavon; Llantilio Crossenny Church; Paran Presbyterian Church at Man-moel; Pen-y-waun Congregational Chapel, Llanfihangel Llantarnam; St Illtyd's Parish Church, Mamhilad; St Luke's, Pontnewynydd; Seion Independent Chapel, Rhymney; Seion Independent Chapel, Llanofer; Twyn Gwyn Baptist Church, Ynys-ddu; Underwood Baptist Free Church, Llanmartin; a guide 'Where to find places of worship in Monmouthshire?' and a list of borough, municipal and private cemeteries; together with photocopies of information sheets on the poet 'Islwyn' (Reverend William Thomas, 1832-78) and his association with Capel y Babell, Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Ynys-ddu, produced by the Sirhowy Valley Country Park; a survey, 1974, of the Monmouthshire Canal (Crumlin Branch); and a pamphlet from an exhibition on railways and tramroads in Rogerstone, 1742-1992.

Freer, John

Pandy MSS,

  • NLW MSS 11356-11429.
  • Fonds
  • [1842x1936] /

Papers, [1842x1936], of or from the library of John Davies, pastor of Pandy and Forest Coalpit Calvinistic Methodist churches, both in Monmouthshire. The collection largely comprises material of Monmouthshire and Calvinistic Methodist interest and includes autograph sermons, diaries, correspondence and miscellaneous notebooks of John Davies.

Davies, John, 1843-1917.

Monmouthshire miscellanea

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains a transcript of a perambulation of the parishes of Trevethin, Llanhilleth and Aberystruth, 1828; an agreement by the Sirhowy Tram Road Company for the construction of a carriage road from Tredegar Junction to Argoed and of a footpath through the village of Blackwood, 1858; and miscellaneous genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc.

Monmouthshire miscellanea

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains letters, 1904-1933; and miscellaneous pedigrees and genealogical notes.

Monmouthshire miscellanea

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains letters, 1904-1933; and proof copies of the history of Christchurch and of additions and corrections to A History of Monmouthshire.

Monmouthshire miscellanea

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains letters, 1919-1929; a press copy of 'The Association of Welsh Clergy in the West Riding of the County of York, 1822-1856' by Bradney; abstracts of deeds relating to properties in Llangwm, Llanllowell, Llantrisant and Llanvapley, and in Haverfordwest (Pembrokeshire), 1664-1866; and miscellaneous genealogical notes.

Monmouthshire miscellanea

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains extracts from the cases of the Committee for the Advance of Money, 1646-1651, and of the Committee for Compounding with Delinquents, 1647-1654; pedigrees transcribed from NLW MS 13166B, formerly Llanover MS E4; an autograph article by Bradney on Welsh parish and other place-names of Monmouthshire; letters, 1905-1917; and miscellaneous genealogical notes and extracts.

Monmouthshire miscellanea

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains letters, 1923; and photostat facsimiles of the introduction and dedicatory portions of NLW MS 641C, in the autograph of George Parry, son of James Parry of Ewyas Lacy, and of the pedigrees of Gwilym Pue of Penrhyn, near Bangor, Caernarvonshire, from NLW MS 4710B.

Monmouthshire miscellanea

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains letters, 1909; and Proceedings of Commissioners for Charitable Uses, Lay Subsidies, Ministers' Accounts, rentals and surveys, etc., 1289-1697.

Monmouthshire miscellanea

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains extracts from Feet of Fines, Chancery Proceedings, Inquisitions Post Mortem, Patent Rolls and Crown Book, 1306/7-1587; letters, 1922-1928; and genealogical notes relating to the family of Kemeys of Mathern, Cefn Mabli, etc., including extracts from the parish registers of Mathern, 1568-1624, and of Little Birch (Herefordshire), 1790-1845, and draft pedigrees; and a list of wills of persons of the name of Herbert, Lewis, Walter and Moryce, 1558-1689.

Monmouthshire miscellanea,

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains letters, 1905-1914; extracts from Chancery Proceedings, Exchequer Bills and Answers, Exchequer of Pleas Enrolments, State Papers Domestic, Parliamentary Surveys, and deeds, 1146-1802; a list of rectors and vicars of Monmouthshire, 1146-1536; and 'cywyddau' of Monmouthshire interest by Guto'r Glyn and Dafydd Benwyn, transcribed by Lemuel James, Ystrad Mynach.

Monmouthshire miscellanea

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains abstracts of wills of Monmouthshire interest, 1503-1813, proved principally at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, compiled by official copyists and subsequently transcribed by Bradney into various volumes of 'Testamenta'; transcripts of Chancery Proceedings, Inquisitions Post Mortem, Exchequer Depositions, etc., temp. Edward I-1725; and miscellanea, including extracts from the pocket-book of the Roman Catholic Chapel in Monmouth, 1777-1794, with notes on the volumes by Bradney, and transcripts of letters, 1796-?1802, of the Duke of Beaufort relating to Parliamentary election matters in the borough of Leominster (Herefordshire).

Monmouthshire miscellanea

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains transcripts relating to Monmouthshire, of Chancery Proceedings, Inquisitions Post Mortem, Exchequer Bills and Answers, Exchequer Depositions, State Papers Domestic, Court of Requests Proceedings, Augmentation Office Papers, etc., 1294-1719; and letters, 1905-1913. These transcripts are in the autograph of an official copyist and were later transcribed by Bradney into various volumes of 'Notae'.

Monmouthshire miscellanea

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains a press copy of Registrum Antiquum de Llanddewi Rhydderch ... 1670-1793, transcribed and edited by Bradney (London, 1919); and a letter, 1919.

Monmouthshire miscellanea

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains letters, 1909; manuscript and typescript extracts from the parish registers of Aberystruth, 1696-1779, Llantarnam, 1725-1726, Llanfrechfa, 1725-1777, Panteg, 1736-1756, Bedwellty, 1813, Llanvillo (Brecknockshire), 1710-1873, and Llangors (Brecknockshire), 1755-1907; 'cywyddau' of Monmouthshire interest by Hywel Dafydd, Meurig Dafydd and Sion Mawddwy, transcribed by T[homas] C[hristopher] Evans ('Cadrawd') and Lemuel [John Hopkin James], Ystrad Mynach; and a list of poems by Dafydd Benwyn, with their first lines, in the autograph of 'Cadrawd'.

Monmouthshire miscellanea

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains pedigrees and genealogical extracts, chiefly typescript, relating to the families of Harcourt of Partyseal and Vaughan of Porthaml (Brecknockshire), Muddlescombe (Carmarthenshire), Dunraven (Glamorgan), etc.; letters, 1933, extracts from deeds and lists of wills, 1578-1875, etc., of Radnorshire interest; and a list of Catholic priests at Usk, 1810-1914.

Monmouthshire miscellanea

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains incomplete press copies of the histories of Trostrey, Panteg and Gwernesney; letters, 1901-1920; and miscellaneous notes and pedigrees.

Monmouthshire miscellanea

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains miscellaneous documents, including an abstract of a court roll of the lordships of Usk and Caerleon, 1539-1540, in the autograph of Edward Owen, an abstract of a survey of the lordship of Monmouth, 1613, and a facsimile of the instrument of association of the residents of Monmouthshire for the protection of Queen Elizabeth, 1584; letters, 1902-1929; and a large number of pedigrees, chiefly printed, of the families of Lorimer of Rockfield, Phillips of Risca, Davies of Penbiddle, Lawrence of Llantarnam, Powell of Llantilio Crossenny, Powell and Williams of Llangasty Talyllyn (Brecknockshire), Powell of Castle Madoc (Brecknockshire), Gunter of Tregunter (Brecknockshire), Evans of Llangeler (Carmarthenshire), Howell of Penycaerau (Carmarthenshire), Williams of Aberglaslyn (Caernarvonshire), and several border-county and other English families.

Monmouthshire miscellanea

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains letters, 1906-1932; notes relating to the families of Davies of Chepstow, Evans of Chepstow, Hollis of Shirenewton, Gabb of Shirenewton, Jones of Llantrisant, Phillips of Henllys and Risca, Webley of Noyadd Trefawr (Cardiganshire), etc.; and miscellanea, including a bound typescript copy of a pedigree monograph of the family of Herbert of Gwernddu by W[illiam] L[ewis-]Meredith, 1921.

Monmouthshire miscellanea

Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains letters, 1890-1924; and notes relating to the families of Hughes of Grosmont, Jones of Pwll-y-cwm, Rockfield, Phillips of Tŷ-Coch, Llanfihangel Ystern Llewern, etc.

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