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Printed particulars of Tymaur otherwise Beeston Farm (49a.) and Margaret Treharne's farm (25a.), p. Coety, co. Glam., late the property of Thomas Mathews of Llandaf Court, esq., to be sold by public auction. P 4-6 note that Thomas Mathews is 72 years old and his lady 74, and they are childless; that Thomas Mathews has a life interest in the estate, which will fall to the purchaser for want of a son; and that in the event of the death of Mrs Mathews, Thomas Mathews will lose an annuity of £1000 should he marry again.

Printed particulars of farms called Pill, Traston and The Harbour, and the salmon fishery in the River Usk, in p's Nash and Christchurch, co. Mon., to be sold by private auction.

Printed particulars of farms called Maes y Saison (111a.), Cae Hiere (44a.) and Coed-y Draw (43a.) in p. Peterston-super-Ely, co. Glam., late the property of Thomas Mathews of Llandaf Court, esq., to be sold by public auction.

Presentments to the Court of Sewers of the Level of Wentlloog, and notices to attend the same, to Sir Mark Wood for failing to keep sluices, walls and sea walls in repair on the Great Gout, Tabbs Gout, Broadway Reen and a sea wall, all p. Peterstone, and Barscroft Pill, and Pillmellin Gout adjoining the Tredegar Wall, both p. Rumney, all co. Mon.

Pre-nuptial settlement of (1) Herbert Hurst of Gabalfa, p. Llandaf, co. Glam., esq., only child and heir of Lucy Hurst formerly Lucy Allen, spinster, one of the two daughters and co-heirs of Lucy Allen, dec., aunt and heir of Thomas Herbert, who died an infant, the only child and heir of Elizabeth Powell, widow, dec., by Thomas Herbert, esq., dec., her first husband, and (2) Mary Anne Wrixon of Cardiff, co. Glam., spinster, an infant of the age of twenty years, the only daughter of Robert Wrixon formerly of Corntown but late of Cardiff, esq., dec., being a release by 1 to (4) Henry Lee of Dover Place, co. Surrey, and John Richards of Corner House, Cardiff, esq's, of an undivided moiety of the manors of Newton Nottage and South Corneli, the impropriate rectories of Swansea and Oystermouth, the right of presentation (one turn in three) to the church of Newton Nottage, the forest called Trewyddfa Common in p. Llangyfelach, and all the m's, lands etc., the late estate of Thomas Herbert the father, dec., in p's Newton Nottage, South Corneli, Swansea, Oystermouth, St Johns, Llangyfelach and Llansamlet, all in co. Glam., an undivided moiety of the manors of Dinas Powys, Llandough, Cogan, Highlight, Kibbor and Cardiff otherwise White Friars, and Tregarreg, the advowsons of the churches of Lecwydd, Llandough, Cogan and Roath, and all the m's, lands etc, the late estate of the said Thomas Herbert the father in p's Dinas Powys, St Andrews, Merthyr Dyfan, Llandough, Cogan, Roath, Llanedern, Cardiff, Llandaf, Whitchurch, St Brides-super-Ely, Peterston-super-Ely and Ystradyfodwg, all co. Glam., and an undivided fourth part of the manor of Rumney, and all m's, lands etc., the late estate of Philip Herbert, dec. (the father of Elizabeth Herbert, who was the mother of the said Thomas Herbert the father), in p's Rumney, Peterstone, Marshfield and St Mellons, all in co. Mon., to the use of 1 for life, and afterwards to pay 2 an annuity of £400 for life and to the use of (5) Peter Rich of Brownlow Street, co. Mddx, esq., and John Hunt of Pitcombe, co. Somerset, DD, for a term of 500 years in trust to raise £2,000 for the younger children of the marriage. The other party is (3) Edward Morgan of Cardiff, esq., uncle and guardian of 2. Recites deeds between 1, Thomas Thomas of Gabalfa, gent., and John Smith of Red Lion Square, co. Mddx, gent., settling the above properties, 1786, and that the entire manors etc. in co's Mon. and Glam., and a moiety of the m's, lands etc. in co. Mon. are subject to a mortgage for £18,000 to the representatives of Doctor Talbot, dec. and another mortgage for £6,300 to William Hurst, esq., and the representatives of Calvert Richard Jones, esq., dec., of which the above properties are liable for half of each sum. Consideration: the intended marriage and the portion of 2, being a moiety of a leasehold estate in co. Cork, Ireland. Attested copy, 31 Jan. 1793.

Power of attorney from (1) William Mark Wood of 66 Pall Mall, esq., to (2) Leonard Hicks and William Marris, both of Grays Inn, co. Mddx, gents., to receive transfers and dividends, and to sell all or part of his £484-10-5 reduced 3% annuities (see A 41). Copy, endorsed that the annuities were sold by virtue of this power of attorney, 3 March 1845.

Power of attorney by (1) William Mark Wood of Pall Mall, co. Mddx, esq., an officer in HM Rifle Corps now stationed at Corfu (devisee of the trust and mortgage estates under the will of Sir Mark Wood of Gatton, co. Surrey, bart, dec), to (2) Leonard Hicks and William Marris, both of Grays Inn, co. Mddx, gents, in an intended assignment.

Accounts and vouchers for repairs and improvements, and other accounts.

Papers relating to a petition of William Mark Wood to Parliament against A Bill for authorizing the Newport Dock Company to raise an additional sum of money, and to amend the Acts relating thereto', 1841, which would revive the powers to compulsory purchase land contained in the company's Acts of 1835 and 1839. The papers includeAn Act for making and maintaining a dock and other works in the port of Newport in the county of Monmouth, with a railway and stone road therefrom', 21 July 1835 (B 3/1-3, three copies), An Act to enable the Newport Dock Company to raise a further sum of money', 19 July 1839 (B 3/1-3, three copies), Standing orders of the House of Commons relating to private Bills and other matters, 1685-1840 (1840) (B 3/4), copies of the The Monmouthshire Merlin containing notices and articles relating to the Newport Dock Co., 14, 21 and 28 Nov. 1840, and 20 Feb. 1841 (B 3/5-7, 9), a printed list of which MPs are to sit on committees on private Bills relating to different counties, 8 Feb. 1841 (B 3/8),A Bill for authorizing the Newport Dock Company to raise an additional sum of money, and to amend the Acts relating thereto', 1841 (B 3/10-12), and the petition of William Mark Wood to Parliament (unexecuted) and draft and copy, 1841 (B 3/13-15). B 3/5 includes accounts of the opening of St Marys catholic church, Newport, co. Mon., and of the consecration of Rev. Brown as catholic bishop of Wales, B 3/6 includes an advert by the Welsh Manuscript Society for their edition of Liber Landavensis (Llyfr Teilo), a report taken from the British Emancipator that Edward Williams ('Iolo Morgannwg') once renounced a considerable estate in the West Indies inherited from his brothers, on the grounds that it was the forfeited liberty of his fellow-creatues and accursed, an account of the marriage of Joseph Gill of Ynysymaengwyn, co. Mer., esq., and Miss Wynne of Llwynygwern, and an account of the rescue of much of the crew of the ship Chirk Castle of Liverpool (Captain Crowder) by the brig Triton of Cardigan (Captain Rees), B 3/7 includes accounts of the Committee of Council on Education, and the wreck of the Bristol General Steam Navigation Co's packet City of Bristol on Worm's Head, Gower, co. Glam., and B 3/9 includes accounts of the cold weather at Merthyr Tudful, co. Glam., and Abergavenny and Chepstow, co. Mon.

Petition by (1) Thomas Van of Llan-wern, co. Mon., esq., and Catherine Van, widow, his mother, to (2) the lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament, for an Act of Parliament to settle the estate of Charles Van the younger, dec., father of the said Thomas Van and husband of the said Catherine Van, he having sold considerable amounts of his settled estate, through misapprehension of his marriage settlement (D 2/16). The petitioners pray leave to bring in a Bill to confirm the sales of settled land, saving the petitioners and the purchasers the delay and expense of suits in equity, and to settle other lands in lieu of those sold. Attached: letter of attorney of the said Thomas Van to Charles Morgan, John Morgan and Charles Gould to bring a Bill into Parliament. Neither the petition nor the letter has been executed.

Copy (18 cent.) of a petition (undated; 1682x1692) for an Act of Parliament, reciting that Jane, wife of Colonel Edward Mathews of Llandaf, and daughter of Sir Thomas Armstrong, kt, dec., brought a portion of £3,000 to their marriage, yet no jointure or settlement was made. Edward Mathews in consideration of the portion is willing to settle a jointure out of the lands and tmts settled on him by the will of his father, with the consent of William Mathews his brother, but is not able to do so under Common Law. The petition is for an Act to enable Edward Mathews to settle on Jane his wife a jointure not exceeding £150 a year.

Particulars of the Llandderfel estate (91a.), [p. Llanfihangel Llantarnam], co. Mon., late the property of Thomas Mathews of Llandaf Court, esq.

Particulars of tenants and no’s of acres of arable, meadow, pasture and wood in an estate (2420a.) in p's Coychurch, Coety, Llantrisant, Merthyr, Llandaf, Cardiff St John the Baptist, Llandough and Peterston, co. Glam.

Draft particulars and valuation for letting certain lands in p. Peterston-super-Ely, co. Glam., the property of Sir William Mark Wood, esq.

Particulars and conditions of sale for the third day's sale of the Maendy estate of freehold and copyhold land (450a.) in p. Christchurch, the manor of Liswerry, and the bor. of Newport, co. Mon., to be sold by auction at the King's Head Hotel, Newport.

Papers relating to the commutation of the tithes of p. Llanfihangel Llantarnam, including those of the tithing or hamlet of Llandderfel, which belong to William Mark Wood, esq., all co. Mon. The papers comprise a copy agreement between Edward Francis Blewitt, esq., owner of the tithes of corn and grain in the p. other than in the tithing of Llandderfel, William Mark Wood, esq., owner of the tithes of corn and grain in the tithing of Llandderfel, Rev. David Davies, curate and owner of all other tithes, and the land-owners within the p., for the commutation of the tithes, with the endorsement that the original was executed by Mr Hicks on behalf of Mr Wood, 7 Oct. 1843, and the bill of Thomas Morris, surveyor and apportioner, 1846. See also C 12.

Papers relating to an action in the Queens Bench (Jan. 1845) between William Mark Wood, esq., plaintiff, and David Morgan, defendant, the outgoing tenant of Ty yr heol Farm, p. Llantrisant, co. Glam., for arrears of rent. Some of the correspondence also refers to other matters relating to the administration of the estate.