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(Paper, 2 leaves, fair condition).

(Paper, 1 leaf, foolscap, fair condition).

(Paper, 2 leaves, foolscap, fair condition).

A Statement by Walter David Powell, parson of the parish church of Gwernestnie, clerk, one of the executors of the will of David Phelip Powell late of Lansoe, deceased, of the sums of money received by him at the hands of William Powell of Lansoe, gent.

A statement of the interest which might have been made on the money due for arrears of rent at £9.9s. p.a. for escheated lands in the manor of White Castle for 16 years ended Michaelmas 1728, with an account of the charges for searches. Paper, 1 leaf, foolscap, fair condition.

'A Statement of the Services and Expenses of Edward, the Second Marquis of Worcester, for his King and Country, submitted to King Charles the Second, after the Restoration ... '. Two printed copies.

(Paper, 1 leaf, fair condition).

(Paper, 1 leaf, fair condition).

A summary of the presentments of the juries on the allocation of mises in the sub-divisions of the Welshry and the Englishry, Loughor, Penard and the fees, Oystermouth, and Kilvey. (Paper, 2 leaves, good condition).

Total: £71.1.4 1/2. Annual rent paid to Crown: £32.15; remains: £38.6.4 1/2. Paper, 2 leaves, foolscap, fair condition.

'Given in by we the Parishioners and out occupiers of Jno. Burgh, Esqr, desiring to have their tithes being willing to make up the usual rent which is £35 per annum'. Valuation, name, and amount, showing 'an overplus of £1.8.0, 'which we desire to have towards discharging the Parochial tax of the said tithe rated at £24 p.a.'. Twelve signatures. Endorsed: 'Proposals for taking the Tithe of Trellegg Grange and the Valuation of the several Farms.'. Paper, 2 leaves, foolscap, good condition.

A volume containing minutes of meetings of aldermen and elections by burgesses as described in no. 2779 above. To 1814 the minutes are certified by John Jeffryes, deputy recorder, in 1815 by John Grove, deputy recorder, from 1816 to 1821 by Robert Nelson Thomas, recorder, from 1822 to 1828 by Lewis Thomas, recorder, and from 1829 by Thomas Thomas, recorder. At the other end of the book are the following forms of oath:- Oath of Allegiance, Oath of Supremacy, Adjuration Oath, The Burgesses' Oath, The Alderman's Oath, The Portreeve's Oath, The Common Attorney's Oath, The Sergeant's Oath, The Evidence to be given to the Jury, Affeerer's Oath, and Learkeeper, Hayward of Constable's Oath. (Book, small 4to, paper, 72 leaves, bound in vellum, fair condition).

A volume containing minutes of the meetings of aldermen of the borough of Swansea recommending four fit persons in election to serve the office of portreeve, and minutes of the election by a majority of the burgesses of portreeve, common attornies, and sergeants at mace. Up to 1788 the minutes were largely written and all certified by Gabriel Powell, recorder. Thereafter most of the minutes are certified by Thomas Morgan as steward. At the other end of the book are the following forms of Oath:- Oath of Allegiance, Oath of Supremacy, the Portreeve's Oath, The Burgesses' Oath, The Alderman's Oath, The Oath of a Constable, Affirmation of a Quaker, The Burgesses' Oath, The Alderman's Oath, and Abjuration Oath; and the form of proclamation of a fair, at the Market House, and on the Postern. (Book, small 4to, paper, 62 leaves, bound in vellum, fair condition).

(A) Warrant drawn up by John Powell, recorder, and signed by Charles James, esq., Charles Williams, and Turberville Morgan, gent., under stewards of William, Earl of Pembroke, the King's chief steward of the manor of Monmouth, parcel of the duchy of Lancaster within the hundred of Skenfrith, to their sergeant there or his deputy, for Court Leet to be held at Rochfield 13 Oct. 1629. Endorsed: The execution of this precept appears in a schedule annexed. Signed: John Roberts. (B) Jury list. (C) A list of the sub-constables, churchwardens, and surveyors of the highways in Llangattocke vibon Avell, Rockfield, St Moghans, Wonastowe, Dixton & Osbaston, and Bicknor [blank]. With a note that each constable, churchwarden, and surveyor is in default at 20s. (D-e) Presentments by a jury, endorsed 'Billa Vera'. (F-k) Presentments by the petty constables of Rockfield (two), the parish and townships of Dixton and Osbaston, St Moghans, Llangattocke vibon Avell, and Wonastow, all endorsed 'Billa Vera'. (L-m) Presentments by the overseers of the highways for Wonastow, Dixton, Llangattocke vibon Avell, Rockfield, and St Moghans, all endorsed 'Billa vera'. (O) Certificate that a way leading from Treowen to Croese y brawde previously presented to be faulty is now sufficiently repaired. (P) List of a jury to take a view for the vicar of Wonastowe and to fix bounds and mears between the parishes of Wonastowe & Rockfield, and to put the mears in their due places between the same parishes. (Q-r) Presentments by a jury. (18).

Draft complaint of Henry, earl of Worcester against Henry Baker, farmer, who had obtained a lease for 10 years from Lord Bergavenny of all the perquisites [of the lordship of Abergavenny] for a fine of £45 and a yearly rent of 40s. Baker claimed a relief of £5 from the Earl for the manor of Clitha 'collecting it on a Survey book of 28 Elizabeth, distrained upon a tenant of the Earl for the manor of Mayndiff for a relief of 25s., distrained upon the manor of Maindiff for a knight's fee of £5, and procured leases on the demesne lands of Llanwenarth and the castle of Abergavenny to his own use, etc.'. Paper, 2 leaves, foolscap, fair condition.

Abstract for 1657-1660. Previously Badminton (Group 2) 13054.

Abstract of a grant of fee farm and other rents in the manors of Hadnocke, Whitecastle, Skenfrith, Caldecott, and Shire Newton and of a grant of the manors of Whitecastle, Skenfrith, and Grosmont.

Abstract of a grant by Edward IV to William Herbert of six messuages, 60 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow, and 40 acres of pasture in the parishes of Methenny, Troy, Cwmcarvan, Llantomas, Llangoven, and Llanissen in the parts of Wales, parcel of the lordship of Usk, and all rents and services of all the King's tenants in the said parishes, within limits detailed. (Cf. Cal. Patent Rolls, 1461-1467, pp. 425-426.). Paper, 2 leaves, foolscap, good condition.