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Affidavit of Thomas Parker of [blank], p. [blank], co. Glam., collier, in an action in Chancery between Christiana Abberley Price and Isaac Redwood, plaintiffs, and Howel Gwyn, defendant, touching the bursting of water at the Main Colliery in 1859. Not executed.

Agreement between John Jenkins of Mount Pleasant, Crynant, near Neath [co. Glam.], and Thomas Samuel Morgans, carpenter and Joiner, of Crynant, touching the work specified in No. 214.

1. The Rt Hon. Victor Albert George Child Villiers, Earl of Jersey;. 2. Anne Whitworth of Dallington Hall, Northamptonshire, widow. Agreement touching the boundaries of properties in p. Baglan, co. Glam. [Properties named are How duf Upper, How duf Middle, and How duf Small Farms devised to the said Anne Whitworth by the will of her husband Henry Billington Whitworth]. Not executed.

1. David Hanmer Griffith of Cadoxton iuxta Neath, co. Glam., clerk;. 2. Anne Jones of t. Kington, Herefordshire, widow. Assignment of a lease (mortgage for £100) of a plot of ground whereon a chapel has been lately erected, at Skewen Hill in the ht of Coed Frank, co. Glam.

1. Jeffry Jeffryes and John Jeffryes, esq's, both of London, trustees of the Rt Hon. Henrietta [Herbert], Countess Dowager of Pembroke, now wife of Timolion Gouffier, Marquess de Thois in the Kingdom of France;. 2. Richard Williams of Cadoxton iuxta Neath, co. Glam., gent. Assignment of a lease of a m. and 85 a., 3 r. of land (with one parcel of heath to be taken out of the down called Bryn Dy), divided into parcels called Coed Cae Batch, Caer Bryn, Cae Garw, Erw wen, Cae Mawr, Cae Gwyn, The Graig, and Gweynydd [in man. Neath Vltra]. Counterpart.

1. Evan Gething, Elizabeth, his wife, Owen Gething, their son, and Llywellidd Gething, wife of the said Owen, all of p. Ystraed Gynlais, co. Brec.;. 2. Lewelyn Thomas of p. Glyncorrwg, co. Glam., yeoman. Assignment of a lease of a m. and lands called Pwll Gwerne, p. Lantwitt iuxta Neath, co. Glam.

1. James Boag of Neath, co. Glam., gardener;. 2. William Thomas of the same, gardener. Assignment of a lease of a m. in New Street and a parcel of ground called the Greathouse Orchard in Neath.

1. Hopkin David Dye of p. Llangattuck by Neathe, co. Glam., yeoman;. 2. William Hopkin, his son. Assignment of leasehold premises consisting of the mansion house at Glynnycastle (Clynnycastle) issa, the meadow adjoining thereto, closes called kae hire, the digoed issa, and kae baghe, the moiety of lands called Inys y biben, the moiety of a meadow called Gwaine y gogove, and the moiety of waste lands lying towards the common being in lp Resowlen, co. Glam. The assignment represents part of the division between William Hopkin and David Hopkin, sons of Hopkin David Dye.

1. William Abbott of Rockingham Row, Kent Road, Surrey, esq., at the Office of Ordinance [sic], and Hannah Heath Abbott, his wife, heretofore Hannah Heath Davies, spinster, and John Chabbert Meyricke of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, gent., Adjutant to HM Regiment of Shropshire Militia, and Louisa Meyricke, his wife, heretofore Louisa Davies, spinster, which said Hannah Heath Abbott and Louisa Meyricke are the executrixes of the will of Lewis Davies late of Petty France, London, surgeon, dec.;. 2. Richard Jenkins of Waynskeel, p. of Coity, co. Glam., gent.;. 3. William Llewellyn of p. Margam, co. Glam., surgeon;. 4. William Gronow of Swansea, co. Glam., esq.;. 5. John Houghton of Birmingham, Warwickshire, gent.;. 6. John Clarke of Birmingham aforesaid, druggist. Assignment of term, to await the inheritance, of Fforch dwm Ycha, Fforch dwm Genol, Fforch dwm Issa, Ffynnon Iltyd, and Fforch dwm draw, p. Michaelstone super Avon, and Blaen Palenna, p. Baglan, all in co. Glam.

1. Thomas Clarke of Bull Street, Birmingham, Warwickshire, druggist, and Boydell Houghton late of Dudley, Worcestershire, coal merchant, but now of Sheffield, Yorkshire, gent., executors of the will of John Clarke late of Bull Street, Birmingham aforesaid, druggist, now dec.;. 2. Joseph Guest, James Wood, and Edward Guest all of Dudley aforesaid, glass manufacturers and copartners;. 3. John Humphrey Houghton of Birmingham aforesaid, clerk to the Birmingham Canal Company, Matthew Houghton of Dudley aforesaid, coal merchant, Dugdale Houghton of Birmingham aforesaid, surveyor, and the said Boydell Houghton;. 4. The said John Humphrey Houghton, Matthew Houghton, Dugdale Houghton, and Boydell Houghton, and Vaughton Houghton of Birmingham aforesaid, coal master;. 5. Robert Place Leyson of Neath, co. Glam., surgeon;. 6. Thomas Sturge of the New Kent Road, Surrey, merchant;. 7. Frederick Green of Angel Court, Throgmorton Street, in the city of London, gent.;. 8. George Sturge of the New Kent Road aforesaid, esq. Assignment of term, to await the inheritance, of the properties specified in No. 105. Endorsed are two additional assignments dated 2 May 1862, and 20 Dec. 1866.

1. William John David of Bagland, Thomas ap Evan Morgan of Lantwitt iuxta Neath, and John Thomas ap Evan of Lantwitt aforesaid, all of co. Glam., yeoman;. 2. David Evans of Neath, esq. Bond for quiet occupation, right of possession, further assurance, and indemnity, in respect of the assignment of leasehold properties comprising a dwelling-house, barn, cowhouse, curtilage, closes called y Kae Mawr and Kaer Quarel, a void piece of ground adjoining to the latter, closes called y Waine dan y ty yn y Tylare and ?Krofte r lloy being part of a tmt called Keven Syson ycha, in p. Lantwitt aforesaid. Seals wanting.

1. Leison Price of Courtcarney, co. Glam., gent.;. 2. David Evans of Neath, esq. Bond for the observance of covenants.

Book of memoranda in the hand of Rees Morgan, p. Glyncorrwg, co. Glam., yeoman, containing a variety of important business and personal entries. The majority of the writer's business entries relate to sheep, and especially to shearing at home, with his parents, and at Troed-rhiw-wrach, Blaengwrach, Glyn Neadd, Blaen Neadd, etc. Others contain memoranda of deliveries of planks and posts, the receipt of rents and of debts, wages promised to a servant (£1.12.6 for the year 1695, with 'earnes' of 1s.), the purchase of malt, the payment for repairs by tenants at Pwllva'r onn [p. Cadoxton iuxta Neath], etc., the delivery of coal to Sir H[umphrey] Mackworth (74 tons, 17 cwts, costing £6.4.9), etc.; and copies of bonds for the payment of debts. The writer's personal memoranda consist largely of the following 'Memorialls' or entries of births, baptisms, and deaths in his family: Margrett Morgan born 1 Sept. 1670; Rees Morgan born 2 June 1673; Sarah Morgan born Whitsun Eve 1675; Llewelyn Morgan born 10 Oct. 1677; William Morgan born 3 July 1679; Jennett Morgan born 9 Sept. 1681; Rees Morgan married to Margaret Thomas, 6 Dec. 1693, Wednesday after St Andrews. R. M. then aged 20 Years and 5 months; Sissill Rees born Sunday 16 Sept. 1694; Lewelyn Prees born Sunday morning, 8 March 1696; Thomas Preese born Sunday evening, 10 July 1698; Morgan Prees born Saturday morning , 7 Dec. 1700. Baptized 14 [Jan.] 1703; Jonathan Rees dec. 6 May 1703, aged 4 months and 4 days; Elizabeth Prees born Friday, 1 o'clock in the evening, 10 March 1704. Baptized 14 March 1704; 'My Deare Beloved Brother' William Morgan, dec. Tuesday morning, 29 May 1705, aged 25 years, 10 months, 28 days; Scissill Philip, 'my Mother in Law' dec. Friday morning, 15 March 1706, aged 67 years; 'My Deare and Loveinge father' Morgan Llewelyn dec. Wednesday morning, 27 March 1706, aged 59 years, 7 months, 26 days; Jane Rees born Thursday morning 10 Oct. 1706; Jonathan Rees born Tuesday morning 20 Dec. 1709; 'My Deare Beloved Sister' Jennett Morgan dec. Thursday 27 Dec. 1711, aged 30 years September last; Margrett Jones dec. Monday 9 Feb. 1713, aged 19 years on 28 March next following 'if shee had lived soe longe'; David Rees born Thursday evening 19 Feb. 1713; Catherine Rees born Tuesday at 2 a.m., 4 Oct. 1719; 'My Deare Jonathan' dec. Wednesday at 2 p.m., 9 March 1720, aged 10 years, 2 months, 3 weeks; 'My Deare and Loveing Mother' Catherine Deere, the only daughter of Stephen Deere of Lantwitt Major, dec. Friday morning, 15 April 1720, aged 81; James Prees born Monday morning, 29 April 1728. Dec. 29 March 1729; Catherine Deer christened 16 March 1639; 'this accompt I had from Lantwitt Major, by E. Le.'; Thomas John, 'my Sonne in Law', dec. Friday at 12 o'clock at night, at Aberavan, 30 Jan. 1730; 'My Deare Sonne Thomas Prees went to England on tuesday May ye 11th 1742, he setled himself Monday the 17th following. God by his foresight hath such order taken that true believers cannot be forsaken. RM aetat' suae 69'. The writer has recorded the following important entries which illustrate his connection with Dissent and throw new light on the early development of the cause at Neath: 'Lysted ... my selfe and my wieffe to be Members of a Congregation of Mr Lewis Dauies', 2 May 1703. RM chosen and elected and elder of the church, 21 June 1707. Thomas William was elected to be his assistant, 30 March 1731, in the '58 yeare of mine Age'. Mr Lewis Davies 'our much Endeared friend, Spirituall father, Pastor and Brother, in the fellowship of the Gospel, and Preacher of the word att Neathe New house', dec. on the Lord's Day at 10 am, 1 Feb. 1708. Mr Thomas Davies came to Neath 'In the roome of his Brother' on Friday, 30 Sept. 1709. Mr Thomas Davies dec. March 1726. There are also records of the writer's admission to the offices of chief constable, 1 May 1701, and reeve in Neath Ultra, 1702; a record of the burial in wool of Roger Thomas of p. Glyncorrwgge, 24 Sept. 1693; a 'pass for a traveler' issued by Penry Williams to RM, 4 July 1734, in respect of p's Ystrodvelltey and Cadoxton iuxta Neath; medical and veterinary recipes; Welsh and English poems, including a variant of an English carol in 'triban' metre preserved in Penrice and Margam document No. A.76 and said in the last line to have been written by 'William Wroath'; an assessment of tithe rent in Blaengwrach; 'The names of those that is to maintain for this ensuing yeare, A. Reeve', 30 Sept. 1698 (Bussy Mansell, £38.13.0; Rees Morgan, £9; William Morgan, in the right of his wife, £3.10.0); memoranda of wages due to workmen; particulars of English measures; a riddle; an acrostic; etc. [This vol. was received in June 1955.].

Coloured reproductions of portraits in oil of Lord Birkenhead, Sir Edward Elgar, the Rt Hon. David Lloyd George, Field Marshall Earl Haig, Lord Leverhulme, the Earl of Lonsdale, and Viscount Northcliffe.

1. Messrs Rees and David Jones of Garddfa House, Ystradgynlais [co. Brec.];. 2. Elias Williams of 4 Rhyding Terrace, Seven Sisters, near Neath [co. Glam.]. Contract for the erection of two dwellinghouses at Seven Sisters.

1. Anne Whitworth of Dallington Hall, Northamptonshire, widow;. 2. [Blank]. Contract for the sale of mineral estates in Baglan Higher, Michaelstone super Avon, Clyne, Lantwit iuxta Neath, Lantwit Lower, and Cadoxton in t. Neath, and in Troedgryhwidd and Glyngwillim Issaf, p. Lantwit aforesaid, a grant of wayleave in p. Michaelstone and Lantwit Lower, and a grant of wayleave from Cidcot Quarry to the Canal, all in co. Glam.. Draft.