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Notes, mainly extracted from Harleian and other manuscripts in the British Museum, relating to grants to abbeys, etc. in England and Wales.

Lists of abbeys and priories in England and Wales, with notes on the abbots, priors, etc.

A collection of abridged reports of cases in the Courts of Common Pleas and King's Bench, 18 Elizabeth - 8 Charles I, with an index of names and a table of subjects. A bookseller's description of the manuscript attributes it to Sir John Dolben (1684-1756), possibly in error for Sir William Dolben (d. 1694), judge.

One of three volumes containing abstracts of inquisitiones post mortem, escheats, etc. in Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Somerset, temp. Henry VIII - Elizabeth.

One of three volumes containing abstracts of inquisitines post mortem, escheats, etc. in Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Somerset, temp. Henry VIII - Elizabeth.

One of three volumes containing abstracts of inquisitiones post mortem, escheats, etc. in Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Somerset, temp. Henry VIII - Elizabeth.

Abstracts of charters relating mainly to Glamorgan, particularly to Margam Abbey, preserved in the Harleian collection in the British Museum.

An alphabetical index of the English manors and lands mentioned in the thirteen books of sale and liveries, listed according to county.

One of two volumes containing notes on Norman-English families, including some connected with the Welsh Border.

One of two volumes containing notes on Norman-English families, including some connected with the Welsh Border.

Correspondence, 18-19 cents, together with miscellaneous military, naval and theatrical autographs.

A collection of legal precedents mainly in actions of trespass upon the case, trespass, debt and replevin. A large number of Shropshire cases are cited in the first part of the manuscript and there is one Carmarthenshire case (ejectment). Among names who figure in the actions are John [Williams], bishop of Lincoln (1582-1650) (quare impedit, etc.) and John Hampden (1594-1643) (debt as administrator). One the inside of the front cover is a table of fees of passing a fine in Wales.

Short studies on the history of the Brecknockshire lordships of Crickhowel, Bronllys and Talgarth and also on the families of Baskerville, Clifford, Giffard, Le Wafre, Pychard and Waldebeuf.

Business correspondence, 1797-1805, from Messrs W. Kennaway & Sons, Exeter to Messrs E. Muller & Co., London.

A calendar of fines levied in the reigns of Edward III, Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V taken from Lansdowne MSS 306-8.

Particulars of holders of lands at the time of the Domesday survey and later in the several parishes of Cambridgeshire, arranged under hundreds.

A calendar of three volumes consisting of selections from the Charter, Close, Patent and other Rolls, 3 Edward I - 3 Edward III.

Analysis of charters in the departmental archives of Calvados, France taken from Mémoires de la Société des Antiquaires de Normandie, Series I, vols 7 and 8.

A collection of writs arranged in alphabetical order of class, with a few notes taken mainly from the reports of Sir James Dyer (1512-1582). Under the headings privilegii and prohibitiones there are examples relating to the Court of the Marches.

Collections made for a parochial history of the hundred of Broxash in Herefordshire.