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Papers, 1745-1905, relating mainly to the Leach family of Corston and Ivy Tower, Pembrokeshire, the collection being largely composed of accounts, sale books, rentals and other details of estate management, together with material relating to family wills and personal estate. Amongst the material not directly relating to Corston and Ivy Tower are a late eighteenth century commonplace book belonging to Thomasina Smith (afterwards wife of Abraham Leach of Corston); a log book, 1864-1867, of Robert Owen Leach, commanding officer of HMS Liverpool; and army message books, 1901, kept by Captain Henry Edmund Burleigh Leach whilst serving in the South African War.

A log book of Robert Owen Leach, commander, H.M.S. Liverpool, from 6 December, 1864, to 24 July, 1867; together with an additional memorandum dated 14 August, 1867.

A volume of eighteenth century poetry, and some prose, transcribed by Thomasina Smith, afterwards Thomasina Leach, wife of Abraham Leach [the younger] of Corston. Among the poets represented are R. B. Sheridan, John Dryden, Thomas Gray, and Oliver Goldsmith, and the titles include 'On Sir Joshua Reynolds', 'Address ... spoken by Mrs. Siddons ....', 'Written at Stratford upon Avon at the tomb of Shakespeare', 'On seeing the Prince of Wales at the Ranelagh fete, 1789', etc. The prose items include 'Resolutions form'd to promote regularity at Shanes Castle during the meeting for the play of Cymbeline'.

Lists of sheriffs of Pembrokeshire from 1540 to 1864, together with additions to 1878, and of mayors and sheriffs of the town and county of Haverfordwest from 1563 to 1864.

A volume containing transcripts, with some annotations, of the wills of Thomas Foster of Egham, Surrey, 8 April, 1762 (probate granted 28 November, 1765), Joseph Foster Barham of Queen Ann Street, Middlesex, 22 June, 1832 (probate granted 15 October, 1832), William Joseph Barham of Trecoon, Pembrokeshire, 7 August, 1839 (testator died 26 June, 1840), and the Right Hon. Henry [Tufton], 11th earl of Thanet, 21 December, 1848.

An album of cuttings of births, marriages, and deaths, from 1816 to 1851, but largely covering the period 1847-1851.

A volume containing a particular of the goods and chattels of John Allen late of Dale Castle, Pembrokeshire, deceased, sold by public auction, 5 December, 1768, together with two copies (one inset) of a particular of such part of the estate as is on the tenement and lands of Comkow, sold by public auction on 12 December, 1768.

A sale book of the effects of Henry Leach, Esq., at Corston, of the letting of lands by auction, and of corn, 14 September, 1848; together with an acquittance, 24 March, 1849, from Jno. Jones, the auctioneer, to H. Leach for £50 on account of the sale.

Two sale books of stock, implements, etc., at Ivy Tower, near Tenby, 25 August, 1876, together with a holograph letter from John Ormond, Pembroke, to Capt. [Thomas] Brook, London, 1876, and copies of sale particulars and draft letters to Messrs. Law, Hussey & Co. [London, 1876].

A sale book of the effects of Mrs. Jane Vaughan at Minorton, parish of Saint Florence, Pembrokeshire, 12 September, 1851.

Material relating to the formation of the Welsh Black Cattle Society, including typescript minutes of a conference held at Swansea, 20 May, 1904; and draft entries by Lieut.-Colonel Henry Leach for the first Herd Book, together with certificates of entries and two letters to Henry Leach from James Thomas & Son, Haverfordwest, secretaries to the Society, and J. M. Griffiths, Penally, Pembrokeshire, 1905.

A volume containing a rental of properties of the Reverend Dr. Hugh Thomas and Mrs. Mary Thomas in Tenby (e.g. Scotsborough, Knightson, Cornishdown, etc.), 1765-1818, and (beginning at the end) a statement of receipts and disbursements on behalf of Hugh Thomas and Mary Thomas, 1765-1819. The later accounts were kept by Jno. Leach.

A volume containing rent accounts, 1771-1813, with individual tenants of the Corston estate in respect of properties in Lampeter [Velfrey], Pembroke, Lanpha and Portclue, Cosheston, Newton in Manorbeer, Lamaston, Pembroke ferry, Monkton (Mounton), Mat[h]ry, St. Mary (Tenby), Rudbaxton, Nash, Letterston, Narberth, Martletwy, Clyde, East Williamston, Templeton, Loveston, Lawrenny, Llawhaden, etc., Pembrokeshire, and St. Clears, Carmarthenshire, and of Cresswell Colliery in Pembrokeshire. There is an incomplete index to the first part of the volume.

A volume containing rent accounts, 1771-89, with individual tenants of the Corston estate in respect of properties in Loveston, Monkton, Mat[h]ry, Letterston, White Church [in Cemais], Tenby, Templetown, Pembroke, Crunwere, Cosheston, Bigelly, Martheltwy, etc., and of the tithes of the parish of Warren, Pembrokeshire, and of Allt Ddu near Carmarthen. At the end of the volume and on the end-papers are a rental from 1780 of an estate bought of John Rossant in Cosheston and Bigelly; memoranda of leases and payments, 1745-84; and undated valuations and measurements of properties. The volume is indexed. Insets include holograph letters from Thos. Meyler, Llangloffan, 1776, Tho. Rees, Haverfordwest, 1792, B. Allen (undated), etc., and miscellaneous vouchers and accounts, 1769-95 and undated.

A volume containing a settled account, 31 January, 1791, of receipts and disbursements, 1780-91, on the estate of Bigelly belonging to James Child, Esq., made by Abraham Leach [the elder], Pembroke, mortgagee in possession. At the end of the volume are short statements of account in respect of bonds and mortgages by Abraham Leach to the Reverend Dr. John Philipps, Haverfordwest, 1780-1, the Right Hon. Sir Richard Philipps, Lord Milford, of Picton Castle, 1780, and James Child, 1780-1.

Copies of letters to Messrs. [Thomas] Coutts & Co., London, from J[ohn] Leach, Pembroke, 1801-3 (the purchase of stock, and the receipt of dividends on the property of the late Nicholas Dunn, brother of Mrs. Lettice Leach of Bullibar), and from Nic[hola]s Leach, Bullibar, near Pembroke, 1808 (the transfer of stock in the name of the writer's mother, Mrs. Lettice Leach, and the receipt of dividends); and statements of account relating to the same between Messrs. Coutts & Co., and Nic[hola]s Dunn, 1800-01, Mrs. Lett[ice] Leach and John Leach, 1803-4, and Messrs. Coutts & Co. and Nic[hola]s Leach, 1808-9.

Rentals for Lady day and for Michaelmas, 1851, of the estate of John Leach, Esq., in the parishes of Crunwear, Carew, Saint Florence, St. Mary (Pembroke), St. Michael (Pembroke), and Narberth, and of the Ivy Tower estate in the parish of Saint Florence, Pembrokeshire.

A volume lettered 'Johnson's Highway Rate Book' containing an approved assessment for the parish of Monkton, Pembrokeshire, at sixpence in the pound, made 14 August, 1847.

A volume containing statements of account of Abraham Leach [the elder] with The Right Hon. Sir Richard Philipps, Lord Milford, Maurice Morgan, Esq., Messrs. Shapland, Underwood & Riddle, Bristol, William Jones & Co., Swansea, Philip George & Co., Bristol, and (at the end) Wm. Marsden, 1784-1811. The accounts relate largely to the working by Abraham Leach for Lord Milford of the Llanvirnach and Llwynkelin lead mines in Pembrokeshire.

A statement of receipts and disbursements, 1768-81, in connection with the administration of the estate of John Allen of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, together with particulars of encumbrances on the estate, and of money received by Miss [Elinor] Allen, 1768-76, from her tenants in Whitchurch [in Dewsland], Haverfordwest, Dale, Robeston, Hays Castle, Llanstadwell, etc., in Pembrokeshire. The administration accounts refer to a partnership with Thos. Bowen in a colliery at Llanelly, an annuity bequeathed to the poor of the parish of Llanelly, funeral expenses, the carriage of paintings from Dale to Haverfordwest, and the clearing of pictures sold to Sir Richard Phillipps [sic] [Lord Milford], the receipt of rents and of St. Anne's Lighthouse dues, the sale of household effects, etc.