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The audit books of the Glamorgan estate are the audited, settled annual accounts between the agent and the estate. In common with the other estates of the Tredegar estate, the Glamorgan estate produced duplicate audit books, one for the estate and one for the agent, until the practice was abandoned, in the case of the Glamorgan estate, after 1891. The series also includes a few draft or working copies of the audit, 1901-1909. The audit books give an annual list of the tenants and their holdings, arranged by parish or street, together with the rent due and the rent paid. As a convenient year by year record of properties on the estate, they correspond with what go under the name of 'rentals' among the records of many other estates. In the Tredegar archive, only the last few audit books are called rentals. -- The Glamorgan estate audit books begin in 1846 (the first Glamorgan cash book, also for 1846, duplicates the information for 1846 in AGR 3/1), and they record the audit of the whole Glamorgan estate until 1876. From 1877 the Pontypridd and Cardiff ground rents are recorded in a separate series of books (AGR 4), while the 'farm estate', later 'agricultural estate', series continues as before up to 1938. From 1939 the audit of the Glamorgan agricultural estate is incorporated into the series of Monmouthshire agricultural estate audit books. The series of Cardiff ground rent audit books, 1877-1954 (AGR 4), include such urban areas as Splott, Tredegarville and Oakville. The Pontypridd ground rents are included, 1877-1919, until they are incorporated into the Glamorgan town estate, 1920-1938 (AGR 5), before returning to the Cardiff ground rents, 1939-1954.

Mainly settled accounts, being rentals of the Ruperra estate in the parishes of Llanfihangel-y-fedw, Cardiff, Roath, Whitchurch, Llanisien, Llys-faen, Rhydri, Tregolwin and Llanwonno in Glamorgan, Garthbrengi, Llandyfalle, Bronllys, Glasbury and Llys-wen in Breconshire, Sandhill Farm and Stowy Farm in Somerset, and the estate left to Thomas Morgan of Ruperra, esq., by Lewis Morgan of Machen, esq., in the parishes of Basaleg, Coedcernyw, St Brides, Marshfield, Michaelston-y-fedw, St Mellons, Rumney, Peterstone and Malpas in Monmouthshire, plus casual profits and promiscuous payments. Lewis Morgan's late estate is distinguished from the rest of Thomas Morgan's estate until 1743; from 1744 it is listed with the rest of the estate. -- There are also a number of rough copies, probably drafts, and duplicate accounts. -- The rental includes the whole of the estate until 1766 (Somerset disappears after 1756); the 1767 rental is for Glamorgan only, while the 1768 rental is headed 'Ruperra estate in the county of Glamorgan'. The rentals for 1769 and 1770 were presumably missing before the Tredegar estate records came to NLW, as they fall between the former NLW references Tredegar MSS 48 and 49. The 1771 rental is of holdings in the parishes of Llanfedw, Cardiff, Roath, Whitchurch, Llanisien, Gelli-gaer, Llanwynno, Colwinston, Llys-faen, Rhydri and Michaelston-y-fedw, and the township of Llanfedw, all in Glamorgan, and in Newport town and the parishes of Rumney, Basaleg, St Brides, St Mellons, Coedcernyw, Marshfield, Peterstone, Malpas, Llantarnam, Llanfihangel-y-fedw in Monmouthshire. -- At the rear of AGR 1/4-5 are settled accounts of Tredegar rents in the parishes of Rumney, Peterstone, St Brides, Marshfield, Coedcernyw, St Mellons and Llanfihangel-y-fedw in Monmouthshire, plus casual profits and promiscuous payments, 1773-1787. The rentals are the continuation of the NLW Tredegar MSS 17, the collection of William Morrice. Malpas is added in 1783.

These cash books are initially intitled 'Cardiff ground rents', 1877-1919 (AGH 2/1-3), the last volume closing with the words 'Balance carried forward to Glam'n town estate cash book no. 1'. The change to 'Glamorgan town estate' cash books, 1920-1942 (AGH 2/4-6), however, appears to be merely nominal. AGH 2/1 is also intitled 'Mr H. J. Davis. From 1st Jan'y to 31 Dec'r 1896'. -- There is no balance carried forward to AGH 2/1, which may therefore be the first cash book to have been used by this estate. The last transactions in AGH 2/6 are in Dec. 1942, when the account was closed and 'Balance transferred to Mon town a/c'.

The cash books of the Glamorgan estate set out the sums received and disbursed. Individual payments of rent are not specified. -- The earliest cash book (AGH 1/1, intitled 'Glamorgan estate. Ledger') begins with a copy of the audit between Henry John Davis and Sir Charles Morgan for the Glamorgan estate for 1846. The cash book entries begin on 1 July 1847. After a gap, Jan. 1864-Nov. 1868, between AGH 1/1 and 1/3 (probably represented by a missing volume, as AGH 1/3 opens with a balance that had been carried forward), the series of cash books runs through a change of title to 'Glamorganshire farm rents cash books' (AGH 1/3-5, 8) and 'Glamorganshire agricultural estate' (AGH 1/9-13). The last transactions are in Dec. 1938, and in Feb. 1939 the account was closed and the balance transferred to the 'Monmouthshire agricultural a/c'. -- The cash books for 1850-1859 (AGH 1/2), 1900-1908 (AGH 1/6) and 1903-1908 (AGH 1/7) are not part of the main run of Glamorgan cash books, but have been placed here for conveniece. AGH 1/2 appears to relate to Glamorgan. AGH 1/6-7 are the cash books of W. Henney, and are included with the Glamorgan cash books on the strength of a number of rates and tax demands for the parish of Rhydri enclosed in AGH 1/7.

Collection books of the Cardiff estate. There was probably at least one earlier collection book, which has not survived, as there is a balance in the first volume of the current series, AGO 3/1, carried 'Forward from previous Coll'n Book' (19 May 1925, £281-13-3). The last volume in this series ends on 3 April 1940, when the balances are 'Carried forward to new Glam. Col. Bk' (AGO 2/3).

Collection books of the Glamorgan agricultural estate. The series continues in AGO 3/9.

Volumes of press-copies of letters sent by agents of the Cardiff estate, 1877-1906 (AGC 3/1-6) and by Henry John Davis, the Glamorgan estate agent, 1899-1903 (AGC 3/7).

Letters relating to Cardiff ground rents. The letters for the period Jan. 1899-June 1902 were numbered and filed in binders in chronological order, with a name index to each file. These binders were intitled 'HJD letters, from [start date] to [end date]'. The letters for July 1902-Aug. 1905 were filed in ring binders in roughly alphabetical order. These later binders were variously entitled 'Cardiff ground rents', 'Cardiff rents a/c', and simply 'Cardiff'. The letters have now been extracted from their original binders, which were rusty and dirty, but kept in their original order.

Ruperra estate letter books, containing drafts of letters from Henry Brown at Tredegar to Charles Morgan, including while Morgan was at London and Ealing. The letters mainly relate to estate administration, with occasional family and social references.

ABO 1/1 is a Breconeshire estate agent's account and memorandum book, 1819-1838. ABO 1/2 is a Brecon estate office memorandum book, 1880-1896. ABO 1/3-4 are memorandum books relating to audits and repairs on the Breconshire estate, 1886-1900 and 1910-11 respectively.

Books of counterfoils of demands for tithes, the counterfoil being ticked to denote that the tithe had been received. ABT 5/1 comprises a book of counterfoils of demands for tithes due on holdings in the parish of Ystradgynlais, 1912-15. ABT 5/2 also relates to holdings in the parish of Ystradgynlais, 1914-15. All but two of the counterfoils are dated 11 Feb. 1914, with one deleted counterfoil dated 7 June 1915, and one counterfoil dated 17 Sept. 1915. ABT 5/3 is a book of counterfoils of demands for tithes due on holdings in the parishes of St John and St Mary, 1926-28. ABT 5/4-5 are books of counterfoils of demands for tithes due on holdings in Breconshire, 1935-36 and 1936-37.

A tithe collection book, recording the details of tithes collected at the tithes audit, forwarded to the cash books.

Ledgers of tithe rent charge accounts. ABT 2/1-2 and 2/4-5 contain receipt accounts. The accounts in ABT 2/1 are carried forward from an 'old ledger book' (eg, fo. 19, Philip Davies, Pwllycalch, from 'O.L.B. 178'). The accounts are carried from 2/1 to 2/2 to 2/4. Most of the properties seem to have been sold during the lifetime of ABT 2/4 (1906-36). The twelve accounts in ABT 2/5 appear to have been kept separate from the main series of tithe ledger accounts; eleven were sold as of 29 Sept. 1921, and the twelfth as from 2 Feb. 1922. ABT 2/3 contains payment accounts, but has been kept in this series for convenience.

Leases and other papers relating to leasehold properties in the town of Brecon and in the parishes of Brecon St David, Brecon St John the Evangelist and Brecon St Mary.

An original bundle of 18 century leases, and a collection of 20 century notices to quit.