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Llangibby Castle estate records, including court rolls of manors in Monmouthshire, 1262-1911, Glamorgan, 1675-1739, Gloucestershire, 1427-1595, and Somerset, 1609-1691; title deeds, mainly Monmouthshire, 1217-1930, and correspondence, mainly 18-19 cent.; important letters and papers relating to the civil war in Monmouthshire; and manuscripts aquired by the family, including drafts and copies of Modus Tenendi Parliamentarum and Observata Parliamentaria by Henry Elsynge, junior (1598-1654), clerk to the House of Commons, together with minutes of the House of Commons, 1624-1626, calendar of the Journal of the House of Lords, 1647-1768, copies of the Journals of the House of Commons, 1547-1701, index to parliamentary proceedings, temp. Edward III-Edward IV, and, 1724-1743, civil war tracts, the journal of the missionary Dr Joseph Wolff, 1832, 'Prif Achae holh Gymru Benbaladr' in the autograph of Sir Thomas Wiliams, Trefriw, 1578-1609, a seventeenth-century collection of Welsh poetry by the principal 'cywyddwyr'; a memoir of Richard Robert Jones ('Dic Aberdaron', 1780-1843) in his own autograph; English sermons and miscellaneous notes by Rev. Edmund Jones, Pontypool, a sermon notebook of Rev. Philip Henry (1631-1696), the eminent Nonconformist divine, a survey of the lands of Henry, earl of Pembroke, in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, 1570, and a survey of lands in the lordship of Usk, 1619; pedigree rolls of Sir Roger Williams of Penrhos, Monmouthshire, compiled by Thomas Jones ('Twm Siôn Catti'), 1591, and of the Williams family of Llangibby Castle, probably compiled by Sylvanus Morgan.

Papers of the donor's grandfather, Reginald Kirkby, Estate Manager, including a map and printed history of the Llangibby Hunt [1949/50], a volume of accounts, 1932-44, and plans of Vine Tree Cottage, 1950-51; February 2024.

Some two hundred and sixty-seven letters, October 1857-November 1858, addressed to the Rev. John Williams (Ab Ithel), Llanymawddwy, Merioneth, mostly concerning the organisation of the Eisteddfod ('Eisteddfod Fawr Llangollen') held at Llangollen, Denbighshire, 20-24 September 1858.
Among the correspondents are the other main organisers T. R. Lloyd (Estyn) (ff. 22, 29, 45, 139-40, 252-3, 266-7, 293, 338-9, 349-50, 360-1, 388, 415, 447-9, 500-1), Joseph Hughes (Carn Ingli) (ff. 137, 272-3, 286, 298, 346, 378-9, 421) and R. W. Morgan (Môr Meirion) (ff. 172-4, 335, 364-5), as well as Edward Humphreys and William Hughes, joint secretaries of the local committee in Llangollen (ff. 61-2, 215-9, 260-1, 268, 287-8, 303-4, 336-7, 342-5, 380-3, 419-20, 433-4, 465, 479, 484). Other correspondents include Owen Humphrey Davies (Eos Llechid) (ff. 9-10, 60, 306-7, 319-20), D. Silvan Evans (ff. 12-3, 141, 208-9, 348, 362-3), Edward Roberts (Iorwerth Glan Aled) (ff. 14-15), Owen Wynne Jones (Glasynys) (ff. 18-9, 109-10, 149-50, 193-4, 401-3, 470-1, 494-5), John Jones (Ioan Emlyn) (ff. 74-5), Wm Ambrose (Emrys) (ff. 90-91), Hugh Hughes (Tegai) (ff. 96, 168, 515-6, 520-1), Evan James (I. ab Iago) (f. 102), R. Ellis (Cynddelw) (ff. 127-8, 198), Jane Williams, Ysgafell (ff. 129-30), Rowland Williams (Hwfa Môn) (ff. 131, 235-6), Morris Williams (Nicander) (ff. 142-3, 411-2), John Davies (Brychan) (ff. 229-30), John Ceiriog Hughes (f. 239), Lewis William Lewis (Llew Llwyfo) (ff. 262-5, 294-5, 317-8, 508-9), Angharad Llwyd (ff. 300, 475), James James (Iago Emlyn) (ff. 315-6), John Owen (Owain Alaw) (ff. 376-7, 397-8, 441-2, 460-1), Thomas Gee (ff. 476-8) and Robert John Pryse (Gweirydd ap Rhys) (ff. 503-7). The letters concern various aspects of the Eisteddfod arrangements, including fundraising, the tent, accommodation, competitions, adjudicators, prizes, music, advertising and publicity. Many letters, especially from Ab Ithel's friends, also concern a variety of other matters. A single letter, from Edward A. Freeman, Dursley, is dated 25 October 1850 (ff. 1-2).

One of two assessments for a highway rate in the parish of Llangollen, 1892.

One of two assessments for a highway rate in the parish of Llangollen, 1894.

One of twenty-two in a series of assessments for the relief of the poor in the parish of Llangollen, 1895-1897, 1899, 1902-1907, 1909-1914.

One of twenty-two in a series of assessments for the relief of the poor in the parish of Llangollen, 1895-1897, 1899, 1902-1907, 1909-1914.

One of twenty-two in a series of assessments for the relief of the poor in the parish of Llangollen, 1895-1897, 1899, 1902-1907, 1909-1914.

One of twenty-two in a series of assessments for the relief of the poor in the parish of Llangollen, 1895-1897, 1899, 1902-1907, 1909-1914.

One of twenty-two in a series of assessments for the relief of the poor in the parish of Llangollen, 1895-1897, 1899, 1902-1907, 1909-1914.

One of twenty-two in a series of assessments for the relief of the poor in the parish of Llangollen, 1895-1897, 1899, 1902-1907, 1909-1914.

One of twenty-two in a series of assessments for the relief of the poor in the parish of Llangollen, 1895-1897, 1899, 1902-1907, 1909-1914.

One of twenty-two in a series of assessments for the relief of the poor in the parish of Llangollen, 1895-1897, 1899, 1902-1907, 1909-1914.

One of twenty-two in a series of assessments for the relief of the poor in the parish of Llangollen, 1895-1897, 1899, 1902-1907, 1909-1914.

One of twenty-two in a series of assessments for the relief of the poor in the parish of Llangollen, 1895-1897, 1899, 1902-1907, 1909-1914.

One of twenty-two in a series of assessments for the relief of the poor in the parish of Llangollen, 1895-1897, 1899, 1902-1907, 1909-1914.

One of twenty-two in a series of assessments for the relief of the poor in the parish of Llangollen, 1895-1897, 1899, 1902-1907, 1909-1914.

One of twenty-two in a series of assessments for the relief of the poor in the parish of Llangollen, 1895-1897, 1899, 1902-1907, 1909-1914.

One of twenty-two in a series of assessments for the relief of the poor in the parish of Llangollen, 1895-1897, 1899, 1902-1907, 1909-1914.

One of twenty-two in a series of assessments for the relief of the poor in the parish of Llangollen, 1895-1897, 1899, 1902-1907, 1909-1914.

One of twenty-two in a series of assessments for the relief of the poor in the parish of Llangollen, 1895-1897, 1899, 1902-1907, 1909-1914.