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1. Sir Robert Knollyes, kt, and Dame Katherin his wife of p. St Margaret in Westminster, co. Mddx
2. John ap G'llm of the Fordd Lase in p. Talgarth, co. Brec., yeoman

Copy survey of the lordship of Malláen, p's Llanwrda and Cil-y-cwm and hamlet of Llandingad, all co. Carm., by David Lewis, surveyor, 24 May 1833, bearing in mind the articles in a presentment of the customs made on 7 May1701. The court leet is held twice a year in either of the villages of Llanwrda and Cil-y-cwm. There are about 230 freehold tenements and cottages with 17,060a. of land, and no copyhold tenures. The lordship contains 22,400a, including 164a. also claimed by the lordship of Mabelfyw. Also observations relative to the boundaries of the lordship. Written on paper embossed with the Royal Arms, and appearing like a Public Record Office copy, including an examination mark (x'd), but not attested or dated. A marginal note is dated 1907.

Rent roll of the rents due at Lady Day 1724 and chief rents due at Michaelmas 1723 and 1724 for the manor of Traean, including gafaelion Dudleston, Pentrecoed, Ifton, Rhyn, Weston, Wigginton, Bron-y-garth, Trehowell, Weston Rhyn and Morton, [p's Ellesmere, Oswestry and St Martin's, co. Shrop.]. At the back of the volume are several account entries, 1724-1725.

A homemade volume of one gathering (12 ff.) with a cover made from a mutilated deed, apparently comprising a demise between Robert Griffiths of [--] and Thomas Jervis of Pool, co. Mont., ironmonger, for 99 years of an unspecified property, reciting a lease dated 11 June [1712], and a lease between William, Lord Powis, and Robert [--], co. Mont, tanner, 1699.

Income and expenditure accounts of Evan Jones, sheriff of Monmouthshire, by James Davis the younger, gent., his attorney, for the issues of his office for the year ending Michaelmas 25 Geo. II [1751], to wit., parcels of the pipe, greenwax, and money levied by writ of fi.fa., and expenditure, and his quittance, signed by Christopher Denton, deputy clerk of the pipe, 11 Nov. 1752.

Abstract of title of William Williams to the passage and ferry of Barmouth, a m. called Ferry House or Cottage, a m. and lands called Tyddynyllan and other premises, all p. Llanaber, co. Mer., being an abstract of a lease and release, 17 and 18 Dec. 1798, and its recitals, beginning with a lease and release of 10 and 11 Sept. 1718, being the post-nuptial settlement of Edward Holland, later described as of Conwy, esq., dec., and Elizabeth his wife, releasing the ferry, m's etc. therein mentioned to the trustees of the settlement.

Rental of the estates of the Rev. Sir Edward Kynaston, bart, in Hardwick and Hordley, Welshpool, the manor of Plas yn Dinas, and the manor of Northin, in co's Shrop. and Mont., and John Deighton's settled receipt and disbursement accounts.

Rental of the estates of Sir John Roger Kynaston, bart, in p's Ellesmere, Hordley, Baschurch and Worthen, co.Shrop., and p's Buttington, Welshpool, Llandrinio, Llansanffraid and Llanfechain, co. Mont., and chief rents in the manor of Plas yn Dinas, and Charles Easter Cooley's settled receipt and disbursement accounts.

Copy survey of the lordship of Forest Bwlchcynbyd, p. Llanybydder, co. Carm., by David Lewis, surveyor, 4 Aug. 1831. About 30 years ago the court leet used to be held at a place called Letty Llwynwith, but since then jointly held with the lordship of Glyncothy at Brechfa. There are about 11 freehold tenements and cottages with 900a. of land, and no copyhold tenures. The lordship contains 1,280a, including 250a. also claimed by the lordship of Mabelfyw. Also observations and a presentment of the boundaries of the lordship. Written on paper embossed with the Royal Arms, and appearing like a Public Record Office copy, including an examination mark (x'd), but not attested or dated.

Copy survey of the lordship of Caeo, p's Caeo and Llansawel, co. Carm., by David Lewis, surveyor, 8 June 1833. The court leet is held twice a year, at Caeo, Pumsaint or Llansawel. There are 284 freehold tenements and cottages with 30,500a. of land, and no copyhold tenures. The lordship contains 35,760a, including 164a. also claimed by the lordship of Mabelfyw. Also observations and a description of the boundaries of the lordship. Written on paper embossed with the Royal Arms, and appearing like a Public Record Office copy, including an examination mark (x'd), but not attested or dated.

Copy survey of the lordship of Forest Glyncothy, p. Llanfihangel Rhos-y-corn, co. Carm., by David Lewis, surveyor, 4 Aug. 1831. The court leet is held twice a year at a place called Brechfa. There are 36 freehold tenements and cottages with 7,600a. of land, and no copyhold tenures. The lordship contains 8,600a, including 164a. also claimed by the lordship of Mabelfyw. Also observations and a presentment of the boundaries of the lordship. Written on paper embossed with the Royal Arms, and appearing like a Public Record Office copy, including an examination mark (x'd), but not attested or dated.

Correspondence relating to stuffed kites and eggs in museum collections, 1944-1957; annual nest records, 1902-1932, extracted from Dr J. H. Salter's manuscript notebook (now NLW MS 14454B) by William Condry, 1951; and notes and extracts re. Welsh kites, including by William Condry, J. A. Walpole-Bond, E. Cambridge Phillips, C. H. Gowland, the British Ornithologists' Club, the RSPB; copies of correspondence re. eggs, 1932-1947; general British references from published books and articles, 1903-1939; and British county records from published books and articles, 1799-1949. Most of the typed pages are marked 'Wales/278'.

Photocopies of J. A. Walpole-Bond's diaries of his visits to Wales, taken from transcripts printed in the 'Bulletin of the Jourdain Society', 1901-1903, and from the author's much less detailed manuscript diary, 1904-1930.

1 envelope (0.25 cm. and 2 maps).

Records of kites in Wales, pre-1960, including lists of place names, pre-1891 records of kites, annual summaries, 1891-1959, and a copy of the RSPB annual report for 1947, including (pp. 22-34) a report by James Fisher on an anonymous 'Kite Valley' protected by Dorothy Raikes of Bwlch, co. Brec.

Lists of 'gled', 'kit' and 'puttock' placenames from the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Gazetteer, 4th ed., 1999; lists of latest breeding record or presence by county, statements on the distribution of kites in British bird books published at least 1802-1959; extracts relating to kites from county histories, faunas and ornithologies, including the 'Victoria County History' for England and the 'Old' and 'New Statistical Accounts' for Scotland. Also several references to kites in archaeological sites and churchwardens' accounts.

Original file of reports and historical references to kites outside Wales, mainly comprising photocopies from county faunas and bird books, for Peter Davis's projected history of the kite in Britain. The photocopies are from books dated 1834 (Robert Mudie, 'The feathered tribes of the British Isles') to 1989 (Lorand & Atkin, 'The birds of Lincolnshire and South Humberside').

Original file of letters to William Condry, mainly with other naturalists and ornithologists, members of the Kite Committee and representatives of other societies. Includes reports of sightings; also the arrival of grey squirrels at Rhandirmwyn, co. Carm., 1949; a printed history and subscription list of the "Farmers' Defence Committee" against the Forestry Commission's proposed compulsory purchase of 20,000 acres in the Upper Tywi valley, 1949-1952; a list of known egg collectors, 1951; and the national campaign to criminalise the gin-trap, 1952.

Original file of D. G. Sansbury of Is-y-coed, Tal-y-bont, co. Card., including annual reports on the kite's status and nesting season, 1950-1955; correspondence relating to sightings, 1951-1956; Kite Committee papers, 1950-1953; abridged translations of two German articles on the breeding habits of kites in Brandenburg, 1934, and Vogelsberg, Hesse, 1947-1950; and a file including a [David Sansbury?] kite watcher's diary, June 1949-Dec. 1952 (8 pp.), a letter of introduction for David Sansbury from H. R. H. Vaughan, 1951; a map of the kite in co. Card.; and William Condry, 'Some preliminary notes on the natural history of the red kite in Wales' (7 pp.), Easter 1950.

Original file of abstracts of kite observations from county histories, churchwardens' accounts, natural histories, diaries etc., typescript extracts from publications (many including references Wales/278, Spain/278 etc.), and memoranda and letters.

Typescript and manuscript extracts relating to red kites from J. H. Salter's natural history diaries, 1891-1941, and published notes, 1893-1904.