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Pedigree and achievement, 1654, of John Edwards (1619-1673) of Stanste [Stansty], Denbighshire, compiled and executed by Randle Holme II, containing thirty-nine other fully painted coats of arms, mostly impaled, tracing Edwards's descent in the male line from Coel Godebog and Cadwalader ap Cadwallon, through their mutual descendant Rhodri Mawr, alongside his paternal grandmother's descent from Morion ap Morgenew, Lord of Dyffryn Clwyd.
The names of individuals, together with additional biographical and genealogical information, are enclosed in roundels, with those of the earliest royal and noble figures being surmounted by crowns, coronets or caps of maintenance as appropriate. The pedigree is mostly arranged as two parallel lines of descent, except the final three generations where other relatives such as siblings and John Edwards's son and stepchildren are recorded, without heraldry. The title, beginning 'The Genealogie or Pedegree of John Edwards of Stanste', is given in a scroll cartouche at the head of the roll; the achievement of John Edwards, with eleven quarterings, is placed at the foot. There are a few additions in a different hand, [?1670s], including notice of the marriage of John Edwards the younger (aged 2 in 1654) to Mary, daughter of the Rev. Robert Lloyd of Llanychan; two sections of text appear to have been altered by scraping away the original ink. The pedigree is an example of Style 3 in Michael Powell Siddons, Welsh Pedigree Rolls (Aberystwyth, 1996), pp. 11-12.

Lease by Edward Morgan of Cwmllygodig, Montgomeryshire, to Jonett Morgan of Mallwyd, his sister, of messuages called Keven Llandybo, Tythyn Tu yn y Trayan and Tythyn Tu yn y Keynant, a parcel of a meadow called Y Weirglodd Faine and several cottages in All Ddû, all in the township of Caereinion Fechan, 1701

Rental of the estate of Lewis Pryse in Genau’r-Glyn and Llanbadarn Fawr, due at May and Michaelmas, 1719.

Case for opinion of counsel on the right of Edward Pryse and Richard Pryse to pass a fine and recovery of the Gogerddan estate and to settle the same on Lewis Pryse and his heirs male without Benjamin Collyer, mortgagee of Park [Bodvage], being a party to the recovery [c. 1719]

A manuscript copy, 1729, of Henry Rowlands's 'Antiquitates Parochiales', transcribed by 'G.M.' [William Morgan] (pp. 1-146). The synchronism of free tenants for 1300-1700, 'Synchronismi quinque lustrales liberorum tenentium comot Maenei', is included (pp. 127-146) but the manuscript also includes an addendum not recorded elsewhere, in the hand of William Morgan and possibly a later addition, updating it to 1725 (pp. 147-148). The tract entitled 'Bellum Mariscum', absent from some copies, is also present (pp. 151-160).
Items found loose in the volume have been placed in an archival envelope (pp. 163-168).

Mortgage for £10 by Sir Richard Pryse of Gogerddan to Phillipp Reignald of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, of a messuage called Y Tythyn Bach yn Y Braych Garw, otherwise Y Llyest Vach yn Y Braych Garw in the township of Cynnull Mawr in the parish of Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, 1660; and a reconveyance by David Edward, assignee of the mortgage, to Thomas Pryse of Gogerddan, reciting previous assignments, 1733.

‘Rent book of Gogerthan Estate belonging to Tho. Prsye Esqr. commencing May 1741, Lib: ?' and ‘Chief Rents’ in a different, faded hand, containing rent accounts, 1741-1746. Childish sketches of animals and houses on end papers.

Schedule of papers and securities sent to David Morgan and to Mr Fleming, some of which relate to Aberystwyth Mill and to Lovesgrove, 1762.

Pedigree, dated 31 January 1771, of the brothers Robert Davies [II] and Thomas Davies of Gwysaney in the hand of Ralph Bigland, Somerset Herald, extracted by him from a 1622 pedigree in College of Arms, MS Vincent 135, f. 296, probably compiled by Augustine Vincent (d. 1626).
The pedigree includes five fully painted coats of arms and is traced, in the male line only, from 'Madoc ap Mredith [Madog ap Maredudd] Princeps Powisiae', through his son 'Kenwricus Euell' [Cynric Efell].

Mid eighteenth manuscript copy of Lady Mary Wortley's Extempore Epitaph on Mrs Bowes.

First rental made by John. Lewis in 1779 of the Abernantbychan estate from May 1778 to Michaelmas 1778.

Rental of the Abernantbychan estate for one year ending Michaelmas 1785, showing disbursements, 1783-1786, and an account by the representatives of John Lewes

Deeds by the mortgagees of Thomas Griffith of Penpompren, Llanfihangel Genau’r-Glyn, deceased, and his brother and devisee, Charles Griffith, for the sale in accordance with a decree in Chancery, to Margaret Pryse of Woodstock, Oxfordshire, 1787, of Cwmbwa, Melin Cwmbwa, Pandy Cwmbwa, Darren Vawr, Darren Vach, Tythin Gelly, Penygraig Llanbadarn and Penrhyncoch in the parish of Llanbadarn Fawr, and Kefn Erglawdd, Pantymoilin, Pantryebolion and Braichgarw in the parishes of Llangynfelyn and Llanfihangel Genau’r-glyn, reciting the will of the vendor’s father, John Griffith, the subsequent mortgages, and including a schedule of deeds, 1724-1785.

An account of the sales of culm sold from the Four Foot Vein in Fawlkeston (John Philipps Laugharne, esq. was a third shareholder), 1 June 1793-1 Jan. 1794.

Travel journal belonging to Bryan Cooke of Owston, Yorkshire, recording various tours undertaken between 1790 and 1797 through Wales and the north of England and other journeys between his seats at Owston, [near Doncaster], and [Hafod-y-Wern], Wrexham.
The volume describes tours of North Wales, beginning and ending at Wrexham, 13-20 September 1790 (ff. 1 verso-3), the Lake District, 14 June-3 July 1793 (ff. 4 verso-9 verso), and South Wales (in the company of his second cousin George Cooke[-Yarborough] and his sons), 10-29 July 1793 (ff. 10 verso-19 verso), together with brief accounts of journeys from Owston to Wrexham, via Leeds and Ripon, 8-15 July 1790 (ff. i verso, 1), Wrexham to Owston, 23-25 September 1790 (ff. 3 verso-4), Owston to Wrexham, May 1791 (ff. 3 verso-4), Owston to Wrexham, via Kilnwick Percy, Ripon and Storrs, May 1797 (ff. 21, 22), Wrexham to Askrig[g], 9-[?10] August 1797 (ff. 22 verso-23 verso), and Askrig to Wrexham, 20-[?22] August 1797 (ff. 24 verso-25). Each account includes a table listing places visited, distances, inns visited, time on the road and remarks on the state of the roads, etc. (ff. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 21, 23, 25); the remaining pages contain general remarks and notes. Items found inside the pocket have been placed in an archival envelope (ff. 35-37). These include a table, [?1793], detailing a tour of Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, similar but not identical to that on ff. 10 verso-14 verso, possibly in the hand of George Cooke[-Yarborough] (f. 35 recto-verso).

Travel journal, [late 1790s] (watermark 1796), of Richard Cust [stationer and gentleman naturalist, of Westminster and Carlisle], containing his 'Observations on the Picturesque Scenery of North Wales in the Autumn of the year 1783' (ff. 7-73 passim), together with thirteen monochrome wash watercolours of landscapes viewed (ff. 15, 16, 23, 25, 26, 28, 35, 41, 42, 46, 47, 49, 50). The journal primarily describes Cust's impressions of the scenery in terms of the ideals of the picturesque and the sublime; the entries are undated.
As explained in the introductory section (ff. 2-5) the Observations were transcribed by Cust from his original 1783 travel journal, with the illustrations being based on brief sketches. Cust and his unnamed companion(s) travelled by coach from London (f.7) to Llangollen (ff. 8 verso-9), then via Conwy (f. 10) and Bangor (f. 13) to Anglesey (ff. 13 verso-17 verso) and Caernarfon (ff. 19 recto-verso, 22 recto-verso). From there they went on excursions up Snowdon (ff. 24-34 passim) and to [Aberglaslyn] (ff. 34 recto-verso, 37-38) and Llanbenys [Llanberis] (ff. 39-40 verso, 43 recto-verso, 44 verso-51 passim, 54-55 verso), before returning to Conwy (ff. 57 recto-verso, 59-61 verso) and Llangollen (ff. 64-65 verso, 68-69, 70 verso, 72-73). There are descriptions of the castles at Caernarfon (ff. 19 recto-verso, 22 recto-verso), Dolbadarn (ff. 40 verso, 43, 55) and Conwy (ff. 57 recto-verso, 59-60); four of the watercolours also depict Dolbadarn Castle (ff. 41, 42, 46, 47), the others are mostly views of mountains and rocky outcrops. The narrative is incomplete and breaks off after a description of the River Dee at Llangollen (f. 73); additionally, eleven pages have been left blank to provide space for further illustrations (ff. 20, 21, 29, 32, 36, 53, 56, 58, 66, 67, 71, usually with indicative captions written in pencil on the otherwise blank versos).

Rental of the Abernantbychan estate, Michaelmas 1799 – Michaelmas 1800.

Leases by Margaret Pryse and Pryse Pryse of Woodstock, Oxfordshire, of houses in Little Gentry Street or Poor Gentry Street, Aberystwyth, 1796-1800.