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Manchester Union of Welsh Literary Societies minutes by Thomas Thomas. English, Welsh. 1/4 leather. Purchased from Mrs T. Thomas, Aberystwyth, June 1940.

A letter, 12 May 1893, to Arthur Charles Humphreys Owen (1836-1905), Glansevern, Montgomeryshire from Bulkeley O. Jones, Warden of Ruthin Grammar School, accompanying a copy of a manifesto, dated 17 April 1893, prepared by the Warden and others, including Alfred George Edwards (1848-1937), bishop of St Asaph, on behalf of the Governing Body of the school, giving their views as Governors against action contemplated by the Denbighshire County Education Authority and the Charity Commissioners in relation to the school, together with a note dated 8 May 1893 by Arthur Charles Humphreys Owen.

Fragments of poems, letters, etc., by Lewis William Lewis (Llew Llwyfo).

Extracts and notes, mainly by Charles Ashton, wedding stanzas, folk-lore, notes on Glamorgan, etc.

Papers of, or relating to, the Manley family of Manley Hall, parish of Erbistock, co. Denbigh, 1698-1904, mainly comprising genealogical extracts, accounts, and correspondence, including an extract from a letter, c. 1810, of Sir Christopher Cole, recounting his part in the capture of the Banda Islands from the Dutch. Also included are letters from Sir Arthur H. D. Acland (2) 1887-91, Sir Henry Hatton, 13th earl of Winchilsea (1) 1902, and George Fitz-Roy Henry Somerset, 3rd baron Raglan (1, to Sir Henry Vincent) 1904.

An extent of the manor of Mawddwy in the parish of Llanymawddwy, Merioneth, showing the division into holdings, sheep-walks, commons, etc., with the names of the occupiers and the acreage.

Records mainly of the manor of Monmouth, 1549-1919, including a survey of the manor, 1612; entry books of surrenders of customary properties, 1673-1919; transcripts of papers relating to heriots and alienations, 1606-1628; conveyances, 1610-1774, of the manors of Monmouth, Ebboth and Longstocke, and the lordships of Kidwelly, Carnwyllion and Iscennen; and transcripts of documents relating to the borough and corporation of Monmouth, 1549-1716.

The first of two volumes containing court books of the manor of Norton, Radnorshire, 1607-1614.

The second of two volumes containing court books of the manor of Norton, Radnorshire, 1635-1689.

Court rolls, 1705-1911, of the manor of Talley in the parishes of Talley, Llan-crwys, Llanfihangel-ar-arth, Cynwyl Gaeo and Brechfa, co. Carmarthen, comprising mainly surrenders, admissions and copy wills and marriage settlements, some relating to the Glanyrannell, Edwinsford and Peterwell estates. Contains an index. With NLW MSS 22545-22547.

Court rolls, 1705-1911, of the manor of Talley in the parishes of Talley, Llan-crwys, Llanfihangel-ar-arth, Cynwyl Gaeo and Brechfa, co. Carmarthen, comprising mainly surrenders, admissions and copy wills and marriage settlements, some relating to the Glanyrannell, Edwinsford and Peterwell estates. Contains an index. With NLW MSS 22545, 22546, 22548.

Court rolls, 1705-1911, of the manor of Talley in the parishes of Talley, Llan-crwys, Llanfihangel-ar-arth, Cynwyl Gaeo and Brechfa, co. Carmarthen, comprising mainly surrenders, admissions and copy wills and marriage settlements, some relating to the Glanyrannell, Edwinsford and Peterwell estates. Contains an index. With NLW MSS 22545, 22547, 22548.

Court rolls, 1705-1911, of the manor of Talley in the parishes of Talley, Llan-crwys, Llanfihangel-ar-arth, Cynwyl Gaeo and Brechfa, co. Carmarthen, comprising mainly surrenders, admissions and copy wills and marriage settlements, some relating to the Glanyrannell, Edwinsford and Peterwell estates. With NLW MSS 22546-22548.

Photocopies of two articles, one by Leslie Sherwood entitled 'The Court Baron' from The Amateur Historian, volume 2, no 12, 1956, and the other by Brian S. Osborne entitled 'Manorial Wastes, Encroachments, and Industry in Glamorganshire' from the Canadian Geographer, xviii, 3, 1974.

Deeds and documents, [1600]-[1810], mainly relating to the counties of Northampton, Hertford and Surrey, together with an account book, 1786-1793, relating to the Franklen estate in South Wales.

A bound copy of Mansel Jones's work, 'The Heritage of Smiths / Ingersoll Watches and Clocks, Gurnos Works, Ystradgynlais, Swansea, 1946-80 (the 'Tick-Tock')'.

A signed copy of A Boy's Song (Cardiff, 1936), the words by James Hogg (1770-1835) and the music by Mansel Thomas (1909-86), presented by the composer to John Owen Jones ('Owen Bryngwyn', 1884-1972).

The music manuscripts, 1927-1986, of Mansel Thomas, comprising music for male voice choirs, mixed choirs, youth and female voices, solo songs, and instrumental compositions. They consist mainly of Christmas music, hymn-tunes, liturgical music, arrangements of Welsh traditional melodies, secular music and solo songs, the majority of which have been published by the Mansel Thomas Trust and the Cwmni Cyhoeddi Gwynn Publishing Company. Some manuscripts are in the hand of copyists and may contain later notes and additions.

Manuscript of John Selden's England's Epinomis (1610), with the signature on the fly-leaf of Edward Herbert, 1st baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583-1648).