William Shaw of Chelvey near Bristol to C. K. Kemeys-tynte. Proposing that he should contest an election as MP for Somerset, offering his support and that of Mr Cox of Brockley; also draft of reply stating inability to accept the proposal for the present.
J. Buckler Lethbridge to C. K. Kemeys-tynte. Urging him to go to Wells to support the independence of the western part of Somerset and foil the designs of a large party to be formed at the Assizes to induce Mr Dickinson to come forward at the next election against the writer.
Lord Vernon to [C. K. Kemeys-tynte]. Asking him if he would add his name to the list of gentlemen of Glamorgan, requesting the sheriff to call a county meeting to choose a candidate for the county in place of Wyndham, whose health was so bad that it was believed he was unequal to representing them; if his friend, Llewellyn, was chosen a candidate at that meeting he hoped the Mansel and Tynte interest would go the same way.
George Richards to Mrs Jane Kemeys-tynte. Request to augment his salary of £10 pa as perpetual curate of Lanishen and Lisvane, of which she had the alternate presentation; he was 62 years of age and had been in Orders for nearly 40 years; he had a wife and four children, all unprovided for.
Rev. William Hurdman Jones to C. K. Kemeys-tynte. Seeking presentation as vicar of Caldicott; reply [copy] to the effect that Mrs J. Kemeys-Tynte would do as he wished.
T. Nettleshipp to T. Mullins. Concerning the payment of £1,000 mortgage by Mrs Tynte,
T. Tudball of Wraxhall to T. Mullins. Declining to purchase an unspecified piece of land,
Edmund Sayce to C. K. Kemeys-tynte. Concerning enquiries he had made concerning births, marriages and deaths of members of the Kemeys-Tynte family in the 18th century.
William Penn to C. K. Kemeys-tynte. Giving his opinion of the Kemeys-Tynte pedigrees submitted to him, with memorandum on Mrs Kemeys-Tynte's claim to the barony of Wharton.
Lord Bute to C. K. Kemeys-tynte. Offering him on the valuation of an independent person an outlying farm called Cefn Porth, part of his Llanishen estate, separated from the Cefn Mably estate only by a road; he believed it was worth £1,000 or £1,200.
Grand Chamberlain of the Dowager Grand Duchess of Baden to Charles Kemeys-tynte, junr, and his brother. Inviting them to tea. French.
C. K. Kemeys-tynte, junr, to his aunt. Thanking her for books; he had been given by the son of Sir James Carnegiea part of a damask curtain, which has surrounded James III's bed at Kinneord Castle in 1715; in a PS he hopes that 'little Strang' had not yet joined the Chart[i]sts.
Sir Charles Morgan, bart, of Tredegar, to C. K. Kemeys-tynte. Asking him to sign a proxy for him (Morgan) to act on his behalf in an attempt to prevent a new act of parliament being sought to effect alterations in the Monmouthshire Canal and Railway, being convinced that what was required to be done could be effected without the expense of a fresh act; asks if his sight was better.
C. K. Kemeys-tynte, junr, to his grandfather, C. K. Kemeys-tynte. Thanks him for his present; his sea wall at Cefn Mably was in excellent preservation, the damage due to the two severe gales amounting to only £1.7.0, while Lord Tredegar had suffered to the amount of £100 to £150; the autumn wheat had been gathered; they had been threshing with a steam engine; last season, oats and wheat were grown only for their own consumption; the barley is sold to a maltster at Risca; he had been increasing the stock of sheep, buying on Monday a nice flock at Newport; as they kill their own mutton and the consumption was large, they were obliged to keep up a large head; the skins were sold for 2s. to 2s.6 at Cardiff; the Bishop of Llandaff had visited them and had expressed pleasure at the restoration of the chapel.
Lady Llanover to C. K. Kemeys-tynte. Is sorry he had been so ill; she would be glad to see Mr ...,
Lady Llanover to C. K. Kemeys-tynte. Is sorry he had been so ill; she would be glad to see Mr B. Reece any time. In pencil.
[Rev] Henry Thomas Payne, Llanbedr, [co. Rad.] to Miss Leyson, Basaleg Rectory, Newport, co. Mon.. Relates the history of the Games family of Buckland, co. Brec., the Van family of Llanwern, co. Glam., and the Lewis family of St Pierre, co. Mon., including pedigrees of the Games and Lewis families.
Rental of the Kevenmably estate in p's Llanedern, Lisvaen, Llanisen, t. Llanvedow [p. Michaelstone Y Fedw], p. Michaellston Vedw, t. Wedall [p. Roath], p's Roath and Welsh St Donats, co. Glam., and p's Bassleg, Coedcerniw, Marshfield, Peterston, St Brides, Mynyddystlwyn, Welsh St Donats and St Mellants, co. Mon.
Rental of the Kevenmably estate in p's Monmouth, Nash, Christchurch, Llanllowell, Usk and Llanvaire, co. Mon. and Lanedern, co. Glam, and in other unspecified parishes, 1739, together with account of disbursements by Richard Prosser on behalf of Sir Charles Kemeys Tynte, bart, 1734-40. Two copies.
Rental of the Kevenmably estate in p's Monmouth, Nash, Christchurch, Caerleon and Usk, co. Mon., p's Lanedern, Lisvane, and Lanishen, t. Lanvedow [p. Michaelstone Y Fedw], Llanfihangel and Rhydri, co. Glam., p's Machen, Peterstone, St Mellons, Basallegg, Peterstone, St Brides, Rumney and Moniddusloyn, co. Mon., p's Welsh St Donats and Roath, t. Weddall [p. Roath], Cardiff, Canton, Ealy, Cairen, Leckwith, St Georges, Bonvilstone, St Andrews, Wenvoe, Cadoxstone and Lanwono, co. Glam., and Lanvaire and Caldicott, co. Mon., together with an alphabetical list of tenants. Two copies.