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The charters date from the foundation of Margam Abbey in c. 1147 until its dissolution in 1536. They include several gifts to the abbey by the earls of Gloucester, as well as royal charters and papal bulls. Together with the rolls they form one of the most complete series of archives of any medieval abbey in Great Britain. Suggested dates (in square brackets) have been supplied from Patterson, Robert B., The Scriptorium of Margam Abbey and the Scribes of Early Angevin Glamorgan (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2002), pp. 105-122. Cartae refers to Clark, G.T. (ed.), Cartae et alia Munimenta quae ad Dominium de Glamorgancia pertinent (Cardiff: 1910); History of Margam Abbey refers to Birch, Walter de Gray, A History of Margam Abbey (London: 1897). Following dissolution, the abbey and its lands were acquired by the Mansell family; some of the documentation relating to this is in the Margam estate deeds section.

Family and personal papers, mainly relating to estates in Glamorgan, including wills, settlements, mortgages, bonds and related papers, trusts, and some household papers.

L 1-64 are in the order they were arranged by Walter de Gray Birch for binding. The remainder of the series is in chronological order, with a considerable number of undated items, nos L 1330-1567, at the end of the series.

Statistical returns and associated papers for the archdeaconries of Bangor and Meirionnydd, 1907, 1937-1938, [1977]; visitation papers, including administrative papers and articles of enquiry, 1938-1979; together with and account of churches and parishes inthe Archdeaconry of Merioneth, 1830.

Papers relating to the appointment and resignation of cathedral positions, 1928-1990

The 1952 Deposit comprises the estate and family papers of the Williams Wynn family of Wynnstay and of other families to whom they were related by descent or marriage, such as Wynn of Gwydir, Kyffin of Glascoed, Purcell of Nantcriba; Vaughan of Llwydiarth and Thelwall of Plas y Ward, comprising rentals and account books, 1300-1925; title deeds, [pre-1290]-[c. 1910]; estate and household administration papers, mainly 1573-1946; family and personal papers, 1571-1913; financial papers, 1592-1914; county administration papers, mainly 1523-1851; crown and central government papers, 1608-1880; administration papers of charities, schools and the church, 1547-1908; legal and arbitration papers, 1449-1819; lordship and manorial records 1364-1849; papers relating to roads and railways, 1770-1910; family settlements, probate records and trusts, 1499-1906; Much Wenlock estate records, mainly 1534-1860; Nantcriba estate records, 1381-1680; and maps.

Diaries, journals, recipe books, music etc.

Arranged into Welsh estate, 1638-1763 (B), Monmouthshire estate, 1612-1931 (BM), Glamorgan estate, [pre-1625]-1931 (BG), and Breconshire estate, [c.1550]-1933 (BB).

Arranged into manuscript volumes, 1647-1692 (B 1-4), session files or rolls, 1643-1699 (B 5-55), and miscellaneous documents, 1641-1797 (B 56-123).

Note: These depositions were cut in two, and the resulting parts given to the attorneys acting for plaintiff and defendant, only one of which is to be found in this collection.

Manuscripts and papers of J. Glyn Davies arranged into recollections and notes (17228-17243); articles, notes, etc., 1907-1938 (17244-17265); other papers, 1884-1947 (17266-17270); University of Liverpool papers, 1920-1947 and n.d. (17271-17275); reviews, 1918-1949 (17276-17284), and other papers, 1886-1921 (17285-17286).