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A large collection which includes correspondence; transcripts and extracts from parish registers and bishops' transcripts, from wills and administrations, from public and private records, from monumental inscriptions, and from printed sources; pedigrees compiled from manuscripts notes and printed sources, and genealogical notes; a copy of The Diary of the Revd. William Jones, 1777-1821 ..., 1929, with additions; a copy of Rider's British Merlin, 1734, with additions; copies of poetry and of metrical translations into Latin; a copy of The Parish Priest ..., [1841]; material accumulated during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire; a copy of Plantae Woodfordienses ..., 1771, with additions; and a rate book of Llanfihangel Ystern Llewern parish, 1889. The majority of references in this collection are to Monmouthshire or places within that county. Correspondence is substantial and a list notes Bradney's principal correspondents as follows: Sir John Ballinger, Aberystwyth; G. R. Brigstocke, London and Ferryside; J. H. Canning, Newport; D. Stedman Davies, Llandrindod; John Davies, Aberystwyth; John Davies, Pandy; Sir Leonard Twiston-Davies, Rockfield Park; T. C. Evans ('Cadrawd'), Llangynwyd; William Haines, Y Bryn, Llangattock-iuxta-Usk; Fred J. Hando, Newport; Lemuel Hopkin James, Ystrad Mynach; J. Ifano Jones, Cardiff; W. H. O. Kemmis, Frome; J. Hobson Matthews, Cardiff and Monmouth; T. Matthews, Llandebie; Edward Owen, London; Egerton G. B. Phillimore, Corris; D. Rhys Phillips, Swansea; Thomas Richards, Maesteg and Bangor; Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas, Swansea; G. N. W. Thomas, Devizes.

Papers, [1300]-1936, from the library of Mrs Ethel Jones of Aberystwyth comprising material of Pembrokeshire interest, including estate rentals, farm accounts, correspondence relating to land tenure, rules of Milford Friendly Society and turnpike gate receipts at Haverfordwest; papers of or relating to the Goldwyer family of Marlborough and [?Bristol] which include a tour journal of 1799 and correspondence; together with miscellaneous accounts, legal precedents, correspondence and a volume of coats of arms, much of which material also relates to Pembrokeshire.

Records relating to Brecon and Radnor Divisional Labour Party, including minute books, financial and miscellaneous registers, correspondence, various papers and the papers of Lord Watkins, 1924-1985.

Records of the Brecon Beacons National Park Committee, 1984-1995, including committee agendas, minutes, correspondence and reports, 1986-1995, Development Control Panel and National Park Planning Committee agendas, minutes, planning applications, proposals and recommendations, 1986-1993, National Park Planning Sub-Committee agendas, minutes, planning applications and correspondence, 1988-1995, Park Management Committee agendas, minutes and reports, 1990-1993, Education & Information Working Party agendas, minutes and correspondence, 1992-1995, correspondence files, 1984-1995, tours, conferences and seminars, 1986-1995, and miscellaneous papers, 1986-1995.

Additional papers from Dr C. Stephen Briggs collected in connection with his appointment as a member by the Secretary of State for Wales on the Brecon Beacons National Park Committee, 1986-1995. This group remains uncatalogued.

An additional consignment of papers from Dr C. Stephen Briggs, comprising correspondence, minutes of meetings and various other papers, ca. 1989-1994. This group remains uncatalogued.

Records relating to parliamentary elections for the county of Brecon, Brecknockshire, 1874-1880, apparently emanating from the Conservative Party organisation in the Crickhowell and Tal-y-bont Polling Districts.

Papers of Charles Edward Breese, mainly dealing with antiquarian matters and including material, [1910x1920], relating to crown lands in Wales; correspondence, much of which is addressed to Breese, 1872-1932; an interleaved copy of The Kalendars of Gwynedd (London, 1873), compiled by Breese, and additions, [1909], to the Kalendars; and miscellaneous notes, press cuttings, etc. Also included are papers of Edward Breese, father of Charles E. Breese.

Manuscripts, 1934-1971, of the artist and writer Brenda Chamberlain, including drafts of various poems and poetry collections, 1941-[1960s]; drafts of the novel The Water-Castle (London, 1964), [1953x1962], and the memoirs Tide-race (London, 1962), [1962], and A Rope of Vines (London, 1965), 1964-[1965]; other prose fiction, [1940s]-[1960s]; plays, 1956-[c. 1968]; film scripts, [1969x1971]; other miscellaneous prose, [1945]-[?1970]; original journals, [1951]-1966; sketches and studies in various media, [1930s]-1965; correspondence, 1952-1971; and printed matter, 1950-1968.

Papers, [c. 1928]-1970, of Brenda Chamberlain comprising correspondence, notebooks and diaries, sketch books, broadsheets, some printed material, woodcuts, sketches, slides and photographs. The collection includes a few letters sent by her mother to her father, Tom Chamberlain; and drafts of works and a notebook belonging to Peter Petts. These papers (4 large boxes, donated by Mrs Joan Rees, Bangor, June 2001) remain uncatalogued.

A volume compiled by Edgar de Vannes Brewer, Newport, [c. 1940], containing a history of the Brewer family of Monmouth, and related families, with many emblazoned arms and pedigree charts, original family papers,1772-1835, and correspondence relating to family history, 1930-1976.

Miscellaneous papers relating mainly to Thomas Charles, Bala, and to his grandson David Charles, Trefeca.

Deeds, 1813-[c. 1870], relating to properties in the parish of St Peter, Carmarthen, and in the parish of Cenarth, Carmarthenshire; family papers comprising copies of wills, chancery pleadings, genealogical papers of the Brigstocke family and related West Wales families, including the Pryse family of Gogerddan, an index to the Golden Grove Book, and letters, 1914-1948; and papers relating to the manor of Ashey and Ryde, formerly belonging to the Player family, 1721-1822.

Papers of Brith Gof, including correspondence, papers and photographs relating to the company’s site specific and theatre productions, projects, and television productions; together with administrative papers relating to company productions and company business and information papers; and general papers relating to the company and its work, site specific theatre and theatre in Wales. A further consignment of 8 crates Brith Gof's administrative papers were received from Mike Pearson, November 2012. This group remains uncatalogued.

Deeds, relating to properties in the following counties: Anglesey, 1737-1871; Cardiganshire, 1736-1780; Carmarthenshire, 1684-1838; Caernarfonshire, 1831-1878; Denbighshire, 1591-1837; Flintshire, 1465-1855; Glamorgan, 1597-1883; Merionethshire, 1793; Pembrokeshire, 1683-1857; and Radnorshire 1623-1816.

Records relating to properties in Wales, mostly from London solicitors' offices, including court rolls and other records of the following manors of the Earl of Ashburnham: Brecknock-Alltmarcham, 1644-1826, Cantercelly, 1658-1810, Killonow, 1644-1826, Cwmdu, 1659-1839, Talgarth Borough, 1631-1826, and Wernfawr, 1644-1826; deeds and documents relating to the Earl of Ashburnham's estates in Breconshire and in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, [1706]-[1863]; the estates of the Griffith family of Cefnamwlch, Caenarfonshire, 1707-1842; a portion of the Glanusk estate, 1771-1918, in the counties of Brecon and Radnor owned by the Bailey family of Nant-y-glo; the Glandyfi estate, Cardiganshire, [1787]-[1904] including probates of the family of Jeffreys of Shrewsbury and Glandyfi Castle; the Slwch, Breconshire, and Bow, Middlesex, estates of the barons Tredegar, 1757-1913; the families of Tickell of Whitechapel and Cheltenham and Jones of Gwynfryn, Cardiganshire, 1769-1855, relating mainly to properties in Llangollen and Ruabon, Denbighshire, Llanbadarn Fawr and Llangynfelyn, Cardiganshire, and in cos. Middlesex, Surrey, Kent and Cambridge; papers relating to the development of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, 1790-1921; records relating to the affairs of the Milford Haven Dock & Railway Company, the Milford Dock Company, the Milford Haven Railway & Estate Company Ltd, and the National Provident Institution, London, in its connection with the Milford estate; records of the manor of Nethergorther, Montgomeryshire, 1750-1781; papers relating to the Holyhead Shipbuilding & Trading Company Ltd, 1867-1875; together with a large number of miscellaneous deeds and documents relating mainly to properties in all the Welsh counties and in Shropshire and Herefordshire, 1362-1925.

Title deeds relating to the Briton Ferry estate, 1627-1879, mainly in the parishes of Aberavon, Baglan, Briton Ferry, Llantwit-iuxta-Neath, Llansamlet, Michaelstone, Glamorganshire, together with probate records, marriage settlements, etc.

Records of the Briton Ferry Labour Party, 1939-1988; including financial records, 1939-1986; minute books, 1945-1988; an attendance book, 1970-1984; and copies of the Labour Leader, 1915 and 1917.

Deeds and documents relating to the estate of the Brock family in Carmarthenshire, 1843-75, and others, 1774-1900; and other deeds and documents, 1774-1900.

Records of the Brogyntyn estate, home of the Ormsby-Gore family, Barons Harlech, 1296-1951. They include estate papers and deeds, legal papers, financial papers, family papers and county administration papers of the Ormsby-Gore family, their ancestors, the Maurices and the Owens of Clenennau, the Wynns of Glyn and others, such as Anwyl of Park, Clayton of Lea Hall, Godolphin of Abertanat, Lyster of Penrhos, Mostyn of Nant, and Vaughan of Corsygedol. The three main estates represented in the collection are Brogyntyn, Clenennau and Glyn, the latter constituting a major addition to the existing North Wales holdings of Sir Robert Owen upon his marriage to Margaret Wynn in 1683. The documentation also covers other, subsiduary estates acquired by marriage or inheritance, namely Llanddyn, Sylfaen, Ystumcegid, Nant, Cemais, Penrhos, Abertanat and properties in the west of Ireland. The record types include title deeds for lands in Caernarfonshire, Merionethshire, Flintshire, Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire, Shropshire, elsewhere in England and Wales, and in the Irish counties of Westmeath, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo and Roscommon, 1296-1838; rentals, accounts and other papers associated with estate administration, [1380s]-1951; manorial records, 1429-1804; household management papers, 1662-[c. 1949]; legal and arbitration papers, 1410-1834; financial papers such as mortgages and accounts, 1492-1876; family settlements, probate records and trusts, 1485-[c. 1862]; private letters, 1582-1950; papers relating to family interests, [14th cent.]-1951; personal papers of family members, 1672-1945; royal appointments and honours, 1795-1948; central government papers, 1581-1887; county administration papers, 1518-1904; and administration records of the church, schools and charities, 1598-[1876x1904]. Other component parts of the archive are the Clenennau Letters and Papers, which combine personal correspondence with the civil and military administration of Caernarfonshire from the late sixteenth to late seventeenth centuries. Additional records, comprising Lord Harlech's Game Books (3 volumes), 1882-1933, a journal kept by W. R. Ormsby Gore of the 13th Light Dragoons, May-September 1854, two manuscript catalogues of plays, 1815, and a manuscript catalogue of the library at Porkington, 1809, were acquired in March 2017.
The Brogyntyn (Longueville) group comprises deeds and documents relating to the Brogyntyn estate, 1607-1977, deposited by Longueville Gittins solicitors who provided professional legal services to the estate.

Important mediæval manuscripts and later literary and historical manuscripts, [12 cent, first ½]-[late 19 cent.], reflecting the collecting interests of the Maurice and Owen families of Clenennau and Brogyntyn.
They include an important mid-fifteenth century miscellany of prose and verse in Middle English (Brogyntyn MS II.1); English and Welsh poetry; plays; astrology and prophecies; chronicles of the history of Britain, one of which is a thirteenth century version of Historia Regum Britanniæ of Geoffrey of Monmouth (Brogyntyn MS I.7); a lute book, [c. 1595] (Brogyntyn MS I.27); a copy of the laws of Hywel Dda [1625x1632] (Brogyntyn MS I.12); legal precedents and other papers of legal interest in Latin and English; pedigrees, genealogy and heraldry of North and South Wales families; religious treatises, prayers, devotions and sermons; a seventeenth-century Latin-Welsh dictionary and other manuscripts of linguistic interest; extracts from classical literature; commonplace books; academic notes; copies of significant historical letters and documents; political tracts; moralistic and philosophical works; memoranda, journals and private papers of members of the Anwyl and Owen families; a few Brogyntyn estate and trust papers, 1727-1792; and notes on public offices and official papers deriving from the administration of Oswestry Corporation, 1660, 1673. Some ancilliary materials, [19 cent, second ½]-[1960s], mostly correspondence and notes relating to individual manuscripts, are also included (MSS I.27a, II.1a, II.10a, II.22a, II.42a, II.54(h), II.56a).

Manuscripts and papers relating to the Lloyd family of Bronwydd, Cardiganshire, and their ancestors, the Owen family of Henllys, Pembrokeshire, and records relating to the Bronwydd estate, including an early 17th century book of South Wales pedigrees, the literary, genealogical and historical manuscripts of George Owen of Henllys (c.1552-1613), including his Vairdre Book and a copy of his Description of Pembrokeshire; estate records including manorial records of Pembrokeshire manors including the barony of Cemais, including court rolls, 1381-1771, estreat rolls, 1474-1748, and court leet presentments, 1660-1885; records relating to the borough of Newport, Pembrokeshire, 1434-1847; toll books of Eglwyswrw and Newport fairs, 1599-1603; title deeds, 1241-1933, but mostly 16-18 cent.; rentals, 1682-1873; and estate correspondence, mainly [late 19]-[early 20 cent.].

This collection comprises sermons, addresses and prayers; a transcribed collection of 'cywyddau' by Rhys Goch Eryri (fl. beginning 15 cent.), together with further poetry and transcripts; notes in Latin on natural science; a copy of an address by the London Welsh Society, 1811; correspondence of the Reverend Canon William Williams (d. 1882), rector of Llangeinwen, of Ifor Owen Wynn Williams, and of John and Jennet Davies, Vronheulog, Llandderfel; books of 19th century sheep ear-marks; papers of William Pamplin; miscellaneous notes, minutes, extracts, etc.; scrapbooks and press cuttings; etc.