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Tredegar Estate Records, Morgan, Octavius, 1803-1888 Monmouth Railway Company
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Octavius Morgan's antiquarian papers

Loose papers probably related to Octavius Morgan's antiquarian interests, including two share certificates, numbered 328 and 340, in the Monmouth Railway Company, in the names of Miss Mary Swinnerton of Wonastow and Sir Charles Morgan of Tredegar respecively, 1812; an English translation of the [pre-1599] manifesto of Henry IV, king of Navarre, concerning his divorce from Queen Margaret, [?1820x?1850]; a copy of an inventory of the furniture etc. in the manor house of Beddington, Surrey, on the death and attainder of Sir Nicholas Carew, 1540, when his estates were seized to the use of Henry VIII, and Sir Henry Stanhope was appointed keeper of the manor house, [?1860x?1900]; a window tax assessment for the parish of St Woolloos, Monmouthshire, 1750; a letter from Lord Rodney at Purbeck Park to an unnamed recipient [?Mr Blackburn], 1783. A file of papers, including a case for counsel's opinion relating to the marriage settlement of Charles Van and Catherine Morgan, 1754, a disposition of his estate at Llanworney, Monmouthshire, 1778, a copy of the marriage settlement of Robert Salusbury of Cotton Hall, Denbighshire, esq., and Catherine Van of Llanwern, spinster, 1780, and other papers relating to Salusbury, 1805-1818, was apparently bought at an auction. A pocket book including a list of the gentlemen who dined at a general meeting to nominate a candidate as M.P. in place of "my father", 1759, lists of freeholders living in Brecon, 1769, the common men and burgesses of the borough of Brecon, 1771, and Breconshire voters living at Hay and Talgarth, 1780.

Morgan, Octavius, 1803-1888