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Copy (18 cent.) of a post nuptial settlement (18 Feb. 1695/6) of (1) Phillip Herbert of Cardiff, co. Glam., esq., and Mariamne Herbert his wife, daughter of William [Finch], viscount Maidstone, dec., being a release to (2) Charles [Finch, fourth] earl of Winchilsea (and brother of the said Mariamne), Heneage Finch of Godmersham, co. Kent, esq., James Herbert of Tythrop, co. Oxford, esq. (and brother of the said Phillip Herbert), Sir Robert Worsley of Chilton Candover, co. Hants., bart (trustees), of the manor of Rumney, co. Mon., and all other lands and tmts of 1 in p's Rumney, Newton, Peterfield [recte Peterstone Wentlloog] and Marshfield, co. Mon., a m. or dwelling house in the tenure of James Osbourne, a m. or dwelling house near the North Gate in the tenure of Wenlian Hedges, widow, a m., three gardens and 1a. of land in the tenure of John Fox, a m. or tmt called The New Angell, a garden in Crockherbtown in the tenure of Elizabeth Draper, widow, a m. or dwelling house at a place called the High Corner in the tenure of Thomas Williams, alderman, a m. or tmt in the tenure of John Archer, alderman, a m. and garden in the tenure of Lewis Rossler, a m. and smith's forge near a place called the Mill Gate in the tenure of Isabell Williams, widow, a m. and garden in the High Street in the tenure of Margaret Cornish, a m. or dwelling house in the tenure of Thomas Jenkins, a tmt or workhouse and ½a. of land in Orchard Street in the tenure of Arthur Yeomans, a barn in Crockerton in the tenure of Francis Creede, a barn and 3a. of land, 2a. of land in the tenure of William Lambert, 1a. of pasture called The Priory in the tenure of William Thomas, gent., 5a. of marsh land being part of the Dumball in the tenure of William Richards, alderman, 7a. of the said marsh land in the tenure of George Merrick, 18a. of meadow and pasture land called The Little Moore in the tenure of Robert Bawdery, a m. or tmt in the Higher East Street and a garden in Crockherbton in the tenure of John Hammands, 8a. of arable and pasture in the tenure of John Foxe, 6a. of arable and pasture in the tenure of Emanuell Miles, a m. or tmt in the tenure of Rachell Veynor, and a m. or tmt in the tenure of Howell Davids widow, all in p. Cardiff, a m. or dwelling house with garden and yard, a cottage and 11a. of marsh or meadow ground all in the tenure of John Bassett, gent., 1a. of arable or pasture in the tenure of Thomas Rise, gent, two m's with gardens and orchards and 41a. of arable, meadow and pasture land in the tenure of Thomas Morgan, and 2a. of meadow or marsh land in the tenure of Lewis Mashman, all in p. Roath, and all other lands and tmts of 1 in Cardiff, Roath or elsewhere in co. Glam. Consideration: £2,000 (the marriage portion of the said Mariamne).

Additional biographical material for parliamentary candidates, (1904; 1940-2018), including campaign material, printouts, press cuttings, photographic prints, and copies of cuttings from published and printed material, relating to Welsh Assembly candidates and UK Parliamentary candidates standing in Welsh constituencies. The file includes material relating to Phyllis Cox; Geraint Davies; Geraint Owen; Stuart Nolan; Henrietta Hensher; Ronnie Hughes; George Osborne Morgan; Dafydd Elis-Thomas; Nick Bourne; Francis Pym (Lord Pym); Dewi Owens; Neil Fairlamb; Katherine Jones; Harri Lloyd Davies; Caroline Jones; Keith Davies; Andrew R. T. Davies; Stephen Kinnock; Andrew Bennison; Sadie Vidal; Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart; William Williams; D. Gwynfryn Jones; Leon Atkin; Jo Stevens; Gregory Stafford; Rhydian Elis Fitter; Geraint Davies; Craig Lawton; Mike Whittall; and Eluned Parrott.
The file also includes a number of statements of persons nominated (UK General Election, 2010); and political party campaign material (2001-2017, with gaps).

The file comprises various newsletters and information sheets promoting the work of Jill Evans, Plaid Cymru and the European Free Alliance in the European Parliament including contact posters and newsletters entitles Ewroplaid/Europlaid and Wales in Europe/Cymru yn Ewrop.

File contains election material distributed in the Alyn and Deeside constituency for the by-election held on 6th February 2018. The election was held due to the death of the Carl Sargeant AM.

Press cuttings relating to Welsh Assembly matters, the Welsh Assembly election 2016, and candidates for Welsh constituencies for the 2017 UK General Election. The file also includes obituaries for former parliamentary candidates; some printed material from web pages; and a statement of persons nominated for the 2017 UK General Election for Ynys Môn constituency.

A volume of Welsh poetry, with some prose items, written in the seventeenth and late eighteenth centuries in several distinct hands. The following are among the previous owners: John Jones of Tu yn y graig, Cerrig y druidion, Edward Jones, 1723, and David Morris.

Transcript of a speech given by Chris Fuller at the opening of an exhibition at MOMA, The Tabernacle, Machynlleth on 29 September 2018, to celebrate the centenary year of William Condry; with a leaflet and poster advertising the William Condry Memorial Lecture by Iolo Williams, 13 October 2018.

1. John Davies, gent. 2. Nicholas Morgans, gent. Schedule of lands in co. Card., conveyed in exchange from 1 to 2, [exact locations given]. Badly torn. Imperfect seals of 1 and 2.

File contains a letter and ballot paper for members of Labour affiliated union Unite to vote in the Welsh Labour deputy leadership election in 2018, along with a booklet containing candidates' election statements and nominations.

Journals of Niall Griffiths, 2001-2018, comprising five notebooks containing his extensive and candid personal, creative, professional, social, political and philosophical observations on the events, thoughts, feelings and news that he experienced on particular days (not every day has an entry), reflecting the same concerns that appear in his published work, together with related press cuttings.

Writer sent his cattle along the private road in ignorance; he asks for liberty to carry the remaining part of the stones from the quarry.

The file comprises various invitations sent to Jill Evans for events on a variety of subjects along with draft speeches, posters and press information.

The file comprises three reports produced by Jill Evans on the effect of leaving the European Union on animal welfare, food and young people.

Articles, prose work, poems, reviews, interviews, presentations and notes by Niall Griffiths, with related correspondence and press cuttings.

The articles comprise: manuscript and typescript drafts by Niall Griffiths, with manuscript and typescript notes by him, and also proof copies, relating to articles intended for publication on subjects including his own work, his graduation, his most embarrassing moment, life as a writer, writing and rebellion, drugs, Aberystwyth, the Swansea ‘Art across the city’ festival, Dylan Thomas, contemporary British fiction, British politics and society, football, tattoos, Liverpool, Pembrokeshire, the expense of living in poverty, seaside towns, Welshness, places to visit in Wales, the Cambrian mountains, Cardiff, emerging from winter, encounters with big cats and a snake, meeting an army sniper, visiting a rehab centre, photography and memory, racism in a Devon pub, spring, Europe, birds of prey, finding old friends on the internet, Anthony Gormley, artists, an interview with Leanne Wood, queuing at Birmingham airport, holiday accommodation in Wales, raves, the relationship between Wales and England, a visit to Scotland, the set of Hinterland, an interview with John Cale, a conversation with a homeless man, remnants of the British empire, Bohemianism, hippies, Llandrindod Wells repair café, ‘Noir’ writing, albums to get drunk alone to, ageing, Bardsey, Laugharne, Llandudno, Folly Farm (Somerset), London, St Helena, Greenland, Namibia, Ireland, Australia, Croatia, Cumbria, Morocco, Poland, Transylvania, Split, Berlin and Egypt, with associated correspondence, press cuttings, publicity literature and ephemera; press cuttings relating to his appearances in Croatia; and posters, event programmes and other ephemera relating to his readings in Wales, Liverpool, Germany, Croatia, Romania and America.

The prose work comprises: manuscript drafts, proofs and printouts of short stories by Niall Griffiths written for publication or broadcast, some in two or more drafts, including ‘A break in the journey’, ‘A mountain between them’, ‘A wee word’, ‘Bingo master’s break out’, ‘Birthday card from Ward B-4’, ‘Britain’s little lion’, ‘Car’, ‘Coming of age’, ‘Fran and the witch and me’, ‘Fresher’s week’, ‘Further education’, ‘It was obviously a phrase of which he was fond’, ‘Like there’s no tomorrow’, ‘Mackintosh’s dreams’, ‘Never die’, ‘Prescription’, ‘Psycho-therapy’, ‘Puck’s tale’, ‘Redder Ridge’, ‘Rupert, I can’t stop thinking about you’, ‘Scenes from an Aberystwyth bedsit’, ‘Skewered’, ‘Snowstorm’, ‘Stigmata’, ‘The best death ever’, ‘The character’, ‘Turd burglars’, ‘Welshing’, ‘While the fire still smoulders’ and untitled work, together with copies of published stories; a manuscript draft by Niall Griffiths of a drama script set in Liverpool; typescript and manuscript drafts by Niall Griffiths of his contributions to published editions of work by Ron Berry, Charles Bukowski, Jörg Fauser, Rosamond Lehman, Oliver Onions, Kevin Sinnott, Caradog Prichard and others, with associated correspondence, notes and ephemera; drafts of presentations given by Niall Griffiths at literary events (including a typescript of a presentation on ‘Sheepshagger’); and a typescript draft of an adjudication by Niall Griffiths and Stevie Davies in the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition for Welsh writers.

The poems comprise: manuscript drafts and printouts of poems by Niall Griffiths including ‘Like some half-remembered nightmare’, ‘Liverpool necessity’, ‘To the Mabinogion’, ‘When stars hum like bad reception’, and ‘You don’t always have to try it to know you won’t like it’, with associated correspondence; and a manuscript draft by Niall Griffiths of the introduction to ‘Red roar’, together with the editor’s comments on the poems, annotated by Niall Griffiths.

The reviews comprise: typescript and manuscript drafts and printouts of reviews, responses and publicity material composed by Niall Griffiths relating to the work of Eduardo Blanco Amor, Philip Ball, Ron Berry, Seán Burke, Gordon Burn, Augusten Burroughs, Merlin Coverley, Toni Davidson, Robert Frost, William Gay, Ken Grant, Jay Griffiths, John Harrison, Tony Harrison, Denis Johnson, Cynan Jones, Karl Ove Knausgård, Bernard MacLaverty, Gautam Malkani, Cormac McCarthy, Matthew McIntosh, Robert Minhinnick, Tiffany Murray, Sean O’Reilly, Mark Ryan, Ben Okri, Max Page, Ferdinand Pessoa, Youssef Rakha, Dan Rhodes, Paul Seawright, William T. Vollman, Alan Warner and others, with related letters to Niall Griffiths from Jay Griffiths, William T. Vollman and the Daily Telegraph, as well as related notes by Niall Griffiths and others, press cuttings of these and other reviews by Niall Griffiths, and related ephemera; manuscript notes by Niall Griffiths for reviews of restaurants, intended for publication; and copies of published and draft reviews of Niall Griffiths’s work. Also included is a typescript draft of an article that refers to ‘Grits’ in passing.

The interviews comprise: manuscript and typescript drafts, press cuttings and printouts of interviews with Niall Griffiths and articles about or relating to him, as well as his responses to a questionnaire relating to a University of London project on narrative and nature, with related notes by Niall Griffiths, correspondence and ephemera.

The notes by Niall Griffiths (manuscript, and often fragmentary and disordered) comprise: notes made during research for ‘Real Aberystwyth’ and ‘Real Liverpool’; notes made for a sequel to ‘Sheepshagger’; notes made in order to record useful information and observations on a wide variety of subjects, activities, experiences and issues, and containing ideas for use in his writing as well as other aspects of his personal, professional and domestic life; and notes on a viva voce examination in Lund, Sweden; together with press articles and publicity material collected by Niall Griffiths during the course of his research on a wide variety of subjects.

The correspondence relates almost exclusively to Niall Griffiths’s work, including details of projects, travel arrangements, contracts, funding, ideas for new projects, and letters to him from readers; notable subjects include his work on articles and other pieces for publication, ‘The dreams of Max and Ronnie’, the film of ‘Kelly + Victor’, the stage version of ‘Grits’, and a typescript response by Niall Griffiths to the editor’s comments regarding ‘Ten Pound Pom’. Also included are a draft of a personal letter by Niall Griffiths to friends, and a cutting of an anonymous letter [by Niall Griffiths] published in the New Statesman.

Published periodicals and collections, 2010-2018, containing material contributed by Niall Griffiths including articles by him, reviews by him, extracts from his novels, a short story by him and an interview with him, together with other material relating to his work.

The articles by him cover subjects including a meeting with a ‘character’ (In the Red [2010]); homecomings (New Welsh Review Autumn 2010); a big cat in Montana (Red Handed Winter 2010); the expense of living in poverty (Red Handed Spring 2010); life as a writer (Red Handed Summer 2010); writer’s block (Red Handed Autumn 2010); a visit to Bardsey (Red Handed Summer 2011); the filming of Kelly + Victor (Red Handed Autumn 2011); a visit to a rehab centre (Red Handed Spring 2012); invasive species and toffs (Red Handed Autumn 2012); a conversation with a homeless man (Red Handed Winter 2013); a close encounter with a deadly snake (Red Handed Summer 2013); the football World Cup in South Africa (Red Handed Autumn 2013); looking forward to spring (Red Handed Winter [2014]); the set of Hinterland (Red Handed 2014 [Autumn]), artists and directors behaving badly (Red Handed 2014 [Autumn]); a visit to St Helena (New Welsh Review 2014); finding old friends on the internet (Red Handed 2015 [Winter]); his own graduation (Red Handed 2015 [Autumn]); and a tribute to his first agent, together with a typescript letter from the publishers (Memories of David Miller 2018).

The reviews by him discuss: Diamond star halo by Tiffany Murray (New Welsh Review Summer 2010); Cloud road: a journey through the Inca heartland by John Harrison (New Welsh Review 2011); On a bender by Eduardo Blanco Amor (Planet 2012); Seán Tyrone: a symphony of horrors by Mark Ryan (New Welsh Review 2013); Limestone man by Robert Minhinnick (Planet Winter 2015/16:); The cove by Cynan Jones (The Spectator 2016); Midwinter break by Bernard MacLaverty (The Spectator 2017); Limestone country by Fiona Sampson (Planet Winter 2017/18:); and American histories by John Edgar Wideman (The Spectator 2018).

The extracts from his novels include A great big shining star (Blown 2010/11) and Broken Ghost (The Lampeter Review 2015).

Also included are: his short stories, ‘Lesson’ (The Flash 2010) and ‘Snežna ujma’ ([‘Snow damage’] Ffiniau aflonydd: antologija sodobne valižanske književnosti 2010); an interview with him (In the Red [2011]); words by him to accompany photography by David Barnes in King tide (Blown 2012); and an article about Liverpool which refers to him (New Statesman 2012).

Campaign material and election addresses of candidates for the 2017 UK General Election for the constituencies of Cardiff Central, Cardiff North, Cardiff West, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire, Clwyd West, Clwyd South, and Vale of Clwyd.

Campaign material and election addresses of candidates for the 2017 UK General Election for Ceredigion constituency.

Campaign material and election addresses of candidates for the 2017 UK General Election for the constituencies of Swansea East, Swansea West, and Vale of Glamorgan.

Results of the Inter-town Rallies and related documents, 1990-2017, consisting mainly of lists of winners for each class held in the Inter-town Rallies (1990-2015 and 1990-2017), including results for entries in the Welsh Literature (‘Llenyddiaeth Cymraeg’) and English Literature classes for best sentence, short story, poetry, limerick, prose description, epitaph, sales advertisement, rhopalic, telegram, letter, Christmas carol, couplet, haiku, and humorous verse; summaries of the winning entries (1990-2015 and 1990-2017) for classes in photography, cookery, art, calligraphy, knitting and crochet, musical composition, woodwork, craft wine, needlework, cross stitch, and other crafts; and overall points won per Society in the literary and craft sections (1990-2015). The file also includes an index of results ([2008]); a description of the history of the Inter-town Rallies ([?2008]); a list of cups and trophies ([?2008]); and a printed photograph of the presentation of results for the ‘Llenyddiaeth Cymraeg’ class ([?2015]).

Menus and toasts for the Bristol Welsh Society’s annual St David’s Day Dinner, 1951; 2005-2012; 2015; and [2017]. The file also includes a letter from John Makepeace (Secretary of the Thornbury Welsh Society), 2017, with best wishes for that year’s Dinner.