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Original bundle of papers relating to a proposed new newspaper in the Liberal cause, to be published by Messrs John Evans & Co., the proprietors of the Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald, the Herald Cymraeg etc., comprising a draft prospectus, subscription forms (2 completed), and letters.

Loose court papers, including arbitration award of David Long Price, registrar of Cardiganshire County Court at Lampeter, in an action in the Queens Bench Division (ref. 1881 E 784) between Eleanor Evans and Mary Evans (plaintiffs) and John Williams and Sarah Williams (defendants), 1881-1882; agreement between Morgan Owens (plaintiff) and John Edwards and William Owen (defendants) to settle an action in Aberystwyth County Court (ref. P 632), 1887; agreement to withdraw an action in the Chancery Division (ref. 1878 J 11) between Morgan Jones (plaintiff) and Elizabeth Jones and others (defendants), 1892; application by Reuben Rosencrown of Aberystwyth, shopkeeper, for British naturalization, [post 1939]; application by Leopold Maurice Ryder of Hendre Quarries, Ystrad Meurig, to Aberystwyth Petty Sessions to remove a disqualification to hold a driving licence, 1952; application by Eileen Henrietta Queenie Powell-Tuck of the Prince Albert Hotel, Aberystwyth, to Aberystwyth Petty Sessions to transfer the licence lately held by Alan Powell-Tuck, dec., 1951-1952.

Loose deeds, comprising a release (lease to vest possession not found) by Thomas Jones of bor. Carmarthen, gent., to Thomas Lloyd of Trawsgoed, esq., of m's and lands called Gelly Deg otherwise Llywernog and Llyastwen otherwise Llystwen in Llanwernog, p. Llanbadarn Fawr, 1782; covenant for the production of title deeds (1709-1777), 1782; lease and release of the same by the said Thomas Lloyd to Major-General John Vaughan, 1782; lease and release of the same from Lieutenant-General John Vaughan to Dorothy Elizabeth Lloyd, Amelia Margaretta Lloyd and Maria Lloyd, all of Carmarthen, spinsters, 1792; mortgage (demise for 500 years to secure £300 and 5% interest) by Amelia Margaretta Lloyd, spinster, to Jane James, widow, both of Carmarthen, of Gellŷdeg otherwise Llywerneg, and Llyastwen otherwise Llystwen in Llanwerneg, both p. Llanbadarn Fawr, and Tythin Bryn Bool otherwise Tythin Bevan Bool, t. Cyfoethybrenin, p. Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, 1810; bond between the same, for the performance of covenants, 1810; release (lease to vest possession not found) by Amelia Margaretta Lloyd of Carmarthen, spinster, and Dorothy Elizabeth Lloyd of Cardigan, widow, to Edward Mason of Braichlewernog, p. Llanbadarn Fawr, miner, being a purchase of the reversion of Gellydeg otherwise Tythin Llywernog, Llyastwen otherwise Llystwen, and Llwynllwyd in Llywernog, all p. Llanbadarn Fawr, subject to a mortgage of £300, 1812; agreement for the delivery of Pant gwin Llywernog, 1824; lease and release by Edward Mason of Blaenllywernog, drover, and Elizabeth his wife, to John Williams and William Williams of Penrhiw, all p. Llanbadarn Fawr, of the same Gellydeg otherwise Tythin Llywernog, Llyastwen otherwise Llystwen, and Llwynllwyd in Llywernog, all p. Llanbadarn Fawr, 1826; and lease to vest possession (release not found) by William Williams of Penyparke, yeoman, to John Williams, Penyrhiw, carpenter, both p. Llanbadarn Fawr, of his moiety of the same premises, 1829. The earliest deeds are numbered 16-21.

Offprints comprising F. W. Rudler, 'Address to the Department of Anthropology (Section of Biology) of the British Association', Swansea, 1880, 11 pp.; W. Eassie, 'A few notes upon cremation', Somerville Club, 1882, 8 pp.; 'The relations between the Cremation Society of England and Her Majesty's government' (2 copies) [galley proofs?], [c.1882]; 'The coronation oath no bar to legislation', Westminster Review, Jan. 1882, pp. 157-198. Pamphlets comprising 'Rector Davies' Clergy Home of Rest & Library, Llwyngwril, co. Mer., [temp. D. T. Davies, Llwyngwril Rectory]; Income tax, inhabited house duties, and land tax: collectors' instructions (1905), 25 pp.; Income tax, schedules D and E: assessors' warrant and instructions (1907), 12 pp.; 'The battle of Stepney', a poem by Arthur E. Lewis relating to the Siege of Sidney Street, London, 1911 (signed by author; enclosing a covering note, and a copy of his 'Battle of Glencoe (or Dundee or Talana) October 21st, 1899, when General Penn Symons fell mortally wounded', relating to the Battle of Talana Hill, South Africa, 1899; The public trustee (rev. 14th ed., [post 1925]), 16 pp.; Report of committee on tests for drunkenness (British Medical Association, Feb. 1927), 19 pp.; Cardiganshire County Council: bye-laws for the good rule and government of the county (1930), 15 pp.; County of Cardigan: standing orders of quarter sessions (1935), 22 pp., and ([post 1952]), 18 pp.; folder for Brynarfor boys' boarding house, Tywyn County School, co. Mer., with covering letter, 1942; and Cardiganshire County Council: agenda of the quarterly meeting of the council, Aug. 1937. Also photograph of the Central Hotel, Aberystwyth, [1901x1925?].

Original bundle of papers including an office copy (1883) of a land tax redemption certificate for m's and lands of Rev. Thomas Richards in p's Llanddeiniol, Llanilar Isaf, Llanychaearn and Llangwyryfon, 1799; lease of a m. and parcel of land, formerly part of Nantcwtta lands, p. Llangwyryfon, 1880; lease of a dwellinghouse and garden called Old Nantcwtta, p. Llangwyryfon, 1884; statutory declaration by Frederick Rowlands Richards of Aberystwyth, solicitor, relating to the rents of Nantcwtta and Blaenant, part of the Carrog estate of James Hughes (d. Oct. 1867) and now of Rev. William Hughes Sinnett, vicar of Kidwelly, co. Carm, 1885; and deed of indemnity against annuities by the said Rev. W. H. Sinnett of Kidwelly and James Morice Sinnett of Llandovery, both co. Carm., esq., to Edward Edwards of Llangwyryfon, farmer, 1885.

Sale catalogues, some marked up with prices, some with agreements to purchase, for the leasehold Bridge End Inn, Aberystwyth, 1876; the leasehold dwellinghouse called 1 Corporation Street, Aberystwyth, 1877; furniture etc. removed from Hendon & Tavistock Square, London (account enclosed), 1886; Plascrwn estate (274a.), p. Llanddewi Felffre, co. Pemb., 1891; freehold properties (635a.) in p's Caeo and Llanycrwys, co. Carm., including Derlwyn (71a.), Garthlwyd (204a.), Cwmcelynen (154a.), 1893 (lots 4 and 8); freehold farms, smallholdings etc. in p. Llanbadarn Fawr, including Brynchwyth (394a.), Gelly Issa (442a.), Gelly Ucha (473a.), and the Dyffryn Castell Hotel (8a.), 1897; freehold property at Tywyn, co. Mer., late the property of P. H. Hughes, esq., dec., 1908 (two copies); outlying farms and smallholdings (865a.) of the Llanina estate, 1913 (annotated with progress of bidding); freehold properties in p's Llanddewi Aberarth and Llansanffraid and in Aberaeron, being outlying portions of the Llanaeron estates, 1883; agricultural estates in p's Caron-is-clawdd, Prysg and Carfan (4,638a.), being the Tregaron portion of the Sunny Hill estate, 1918 (two copies); freehold properties in Tregaron, being the Tregaron Town portion of the Sunny Hill estate, 1918 (two copies, one annotated with prices); agricultural estates in p's Caron-uwch-clawdd and Gwnnws Uchaf, Llanbadarn Fawr and Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn Isaf (4,785a.), being the Strata Florida and Aberystwyth portions of the Sunny Hill estate, 1918 (two copies); lowland farms, smallholdings, upland and sheep walk farms and premises (8,000a.), part of the Derry Ormond estate, 1919 (annotated with prices); farms and smallholdings in p's Llanbadarn Fawr and Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, and dwellinghouses in Pontrhydfendegaid, being outlying portions of the Trawsgoed estate, 1920; The Custom House, 30 Pier Street, Aberystwyth, 1924; freehold and leasehold properties in p's Lledrod, Caron, Gwnnws Uchaf, Ystradmeurig, Llanafan, Llanilar, Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn and Ysbyty Ystwyth, part of the Trawsgoed estate, 1924; the Mynachdy and Aberaeron estates, 1936 (annotated with some prices); Cliff Haven, Borth, and household furniture and effects, 1942 (annotated with prices); and Glan-y-mawddach (68a.), Barmouth, co. Mer., 1943 (two copies), and furniture etc. of the same, 1943.

Loose deeds, comprising a deed of arrangement between Mary Morgan of Moor Street, Aberystwyth, widow, and her family, re. the estate of Jane Mason of Portland Street, widow, dec. intestate, comprising the leaseholds of 4 Laura Place and dwellinghouses in Great Dark Gate Street, Portland Street and Portland Lane and a coachhouse and stable in Moor Street, and sums of money secured by mortgages and notes of hand and deposited in banks, 1876; assignment by William Evans of 50 Portland Street, Aberystwyth, master mariner, to David Jones of 10 Baker Street, Aberystwyth, mariner, of the equity of redemption in the said 50 Portland Street, 1877; assignment by John Morgan of North Parade, Aberystwyth, cabinet maker, and others to Griffith Jones of 4 Laura Place, gent., of the residue of a term of 60 years in the said 4 Laura Place, 1877; re-assignment by John Morgan, cabinet maker, to David Thomas, master mariner, both of Aberystwyth, of 8 Vulcan Street, Aberystwyth, 1878; mortgage by Rowland Morgan of Aberystwyth, draper, to the National Provincial Bank of England, of a m. and premises in Little Dark Gate Street, Aberystwyth, to secure £200 and interest, 1879; conveyance by Mary Morgan of Liverpool, co. Lancs, widow, and another to Thomas Jones of Laura Place, Aberystwyth, master mariner, of a moiety in a m. and lands called Pantyrhewl, p. Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, 1880; assignment by John Jones, grocer, to John Jones, coal merchant, both of Aberystwyth, of land and premises (428 sq. yards) on the corner of Penmaesglas Road and Custom House Street, Aberystwyth, 1881; assignment by John Jones Davies of Aberystwyth, draper, and Elizabeth Davies, his wife, to the London & Provincial Bank Ltd, of a moiety of the Crown & Anchor Inn, Llanidloes, co. Mont., to secure £546 and interest, 1881; surrender by Alfred Isaiah Dixon of Warrington, co. Lancs, insurance agent, and others, the representatives of Matthew Henry Davies, dec., to Isaac Morgan, esq., of a leasehold m. and lands (1a.) between the upper and lower roads near the town reservoir in t. Faenor Isaf, 1882; mortgage by John Alexander Philipps Adams of Holyland, co. Pemb., esq., to James Metcalfe of Aberystwyth, gent., of the Old Custom House and other premises, p. St Mary, co. Pemb., to secure £401 15s. 10d. and interest, 1882; mortgage by John Jones of 1 Sea View Place, Aberystwyth, labourer, to John Parry Jones of Pier Street, Aberystwyth, watchmaker, of the said 1 Sea View Place, to secure £20 and interest, 1884; counterpart lease for 99 years by John Maurice Davies of Antarron, gent., and others to Daniel Jones of Dolgroes, p. Ysbyty Ystwyth, cattle dealer, of premises in Pontrhydfendegaid, 1889; assignment by Percy Baker and John Ernest Baker of Cardiff, merchants, and James Alexander McIlquham of Aberystwyth, general merchant, to Thomas W. Ward of Sh[--], co. York, iron merchant, of leases of the minerals under (i) Hendrefelen, p. Ysbyty Ystwyth (1871 for 21 years), (ii) Esgairmwyn and Esgairddu (1,080a.), p. Gwnnws (July 1887 for 31 years), and (iii) a parcel of land (442a.) in p. Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn (Aug. 1887 for 31 years), 1890 (cancelled and mutilated); conveyance by David James Edwards of Tanyrallt ucha, p. Caron-is-clawdd, farmer, and others to Dr Evan Lloyd of Tregaron, surgeon, of m. and lands called Tanllan, p. Llanbadarn Odwyn, 1900; and disentailing assurance by Rev. E. Edwardes and others to John Edwards, esq., of moneys the proceeds of sales of hereditaments in p. Nancwnlle and of a share of Cefncoed, Canada and Cefncaeau, p. Llanddewibrefi, 1901.

Deposit account bank book of the Hafod Lead Mining Co. Ltd, Llanidloes, with the North and South Wales Bank, Llanidloes, Jan.-Dec. 1877, and allotment account, May-June 1876. Front page endorsed that this was book 'B' in the affadavit of George Tempany Smith in the matter in the Chancery of the Hafod Lead Mining Co. Ltd and the Companies Acts 1862 and 1867, 1878.

Loose papers relating to Griffith Jones of 4 Laura Place, Aberystwyth, Aberllolwyn Hall, Llanychaearn, and Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, solicitor, including insurance policies, inventories and dog, carriage and male servant licences.

Inventory & valuation, 1875, and two letters, 1876, relating to the furniture and effects of John Barton Balcombe at the Queens Hotel, Aberystwyth, and the liquidation of the Mid Wales Hotel Co. Ltd.

Papers relating to the estate of Elizabeth Jones of Baker Street, Aberystwyth, dec. (d. 11 May 1889), including the freehold property called the Victoria Inn. Thomas Evans of Thespian Street, Aberystwyth, carrier, and Richard Evans were the executors of her will. The papers comprise the marriage settlement of Morgan Jones of Llanrhystud, master mariner, and Elizabeth Green of the Victoria Inn, Aberystwyth, widow, 1874, and a deed of appointment, 1877; lease (for 5 years) by Richard Evans and others to Thomas Edward Marsh of the Victoria Inn, 1879; probate of the will and codicil (both dated 1889) of Elizabeth Jones, 1889; and accounts, estate duty papers, letters, and tenancy agreements, 1889-1892.

Original bundle of papers relating to an agreement between the Llandrindod Estate & Building Co. Ltd and Messrs John Evans & Son of Aberystwyth, builders, 1875, to build 1-2 Park Terrace, Llandrindod, co. Rad., comprising agreements, letters, receipts for work and materials, and insurance policies. The company threatened to determine the contracts and take possession of the works, the contractors having failed to make proper progress in completing the works.

Auctioneer's book of lots, buyers and prices achieved at the Clock Inn sale held 16 Oct. 1874, and due 1 Aug. 1875. The location of Clock Inn is not given, but may be Cribyn, p. Llanfihangel Ystrad (see 6/23).

Loose wills, copy wills and probates with (and occasionally without) wills attached, of Evan Evans of Carmarthen St Peters, jeweller, 1772; John David Evans of Crown & Anchor, Llanidloes, co. Mont., innkeeper, 1844, and codicil, 1845; Elizabeth Edwards of Pier Street, Aberystwyth, widow, 1877 (papers relating to the related account of Edward Evans, draper, with the Misses Isaac and others, 1888, enclosed); John Davies of Blaenbidernyn, p. Pencarreg, co. Carm., farmer, 1878; John William Parsons of Cardiff, co. Glam., 1951; Gwyneth Elizabeth Griffith of Bont-goch, widow, 1962 (see also 1970); John Richard Davies of New Quay, 1967; Margaret Emma Parsons of Aberystwyth, widow, 1967; Susan Gertrude Tunstall of Honley, co. York, 1968; Gwyneth Elizabeth Griffith of Tal-y-bont, widow, 1970 (see also 1962); Veronica Scott Woodcock of Glandyfi, 1970; and Frances May Wynne of Bow Street, 1970.

Also letters of administration of the estates of Sarah Davies of New Quay, 1970; Owen Dewi Roberts of Ponterwyd, 1971 (with will, renounced, attached); and Stanley George Trott of Aberdyfi, co. Mer., 1971.

Also certified copies of birth, marriage and death certificates of John Briggs of Torrington St Clements (b. 1876); [--] Briggs of Winchester and [--] Blyth of Wisbech (m. [?Aug. 1904], torn); Harry Maber of Oldham (b. 9 Nov. 1948); Valerie Ann Maber of Oldham (b. 15 June 1950); Benjamin Bernard Davis and Margaret Irene Candy, both of Bethnal Green (m. 12 June 1965); Margaret Emma Parsons of Aberystwyth, widow (d. 25 May 1967); William David Evans of New Quay, retired grocer (d. 12 Feb. 1968); Frances Susan Gertrude Tunstall of Huddersfield, widow (d. 6 Sept. 1968); Stanley Parry of Aberystwyth, retired labourer (d. 3 Jan. 1970); Irene Wynne of Bow Street, widow (d. 13 Jan. 1970, three copies); Helena Parry of Aberystwyth, widow (d. 23 Jan. 1971); Rees Owen George of Garth Fawr, Llanilar, retired farmer (d. 1 March 1972); and John Brynmor Richards and Avril Davies, both of Tregaron (m. 9 Feb. 1974).

Original bundle of papers relating to the estate of Mary Ann Jones of Upper Stocks Farm, p. Ameley, co. Here., dec., and in particular the sale of the property by her executors, including a copy of her will, 1873.

Loose Trawsgoed papers, comprising leases of Llwynwnwch and Tynybwlch (136a.), p. Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn, from year to year, 1872 and 1875; copy resettlement of the Trawsgoed and other estates in co's Card. and Carm., 1884 (endorsed as having been displayed in a case in Chancery of Lisburne v. Davies & others (ref. 1895 L. 468), 1895); abstract of releases of parts of the Trawsgoed estate, 1890; memorandum of agreement for the sale of Cefnllwyn (112a.), p. Lledrod, 1924; and memorandum of agreement for the sale of Maesalwad (25a.), p. Caron Uchaf, 1924.

Printed reports and half-yearly accounts of the Bronfloyd Co. Ltd for the half-year ending 30 June 1872; letters, Jan. 1876-Aug. 1877; and royalty accounts of sales, July 1873-Nov. 1878.

Loose deeds relating to the Tan-yr-allt mine, comprising a lease by John Maurice Davies of Penpompren, esq., and Jane his wife, to Christopher Robins of Strand, co. Mddx, and John Williams of South Brent, co. Devon, gents, of the minerals under Tan-yr-allt and Penpompren, p. Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, 1870; mortgage of the 1870 lease by the said Robins and Williams, trustees of the North Allt-y-crib Silver Lead Mining Co. Ltd, to Rev. Charles John Fisher of Ovington, co. Essex, to secure £1,000 and interest, March 1871; mortgage by the North Allt-y-crib Silver Lead Mining Co. Ltd to Thomas Palmer Baker of New Cross, co. Kent, engineer, to secure an advance of £800 and 12% interest, Oct. 1871; transfer of the March 1871 mortgage by said Rev. Fisher to Captain Thomas Palmer Baker of Lewisham, co. Kent, 1872; assignment by Thomas Palmer Baker, esq., to the Tan-y-Rallt (Cardiganshire) Silver Lead Mining Co. Ltd, of the Tan-y-Rallt silver lead mine, 1874; assignment by the Tan-y-Rallt (Cardiganshire) Silver Lead Mining Co. Ltd to the Cardiganshire Mining Co. Ltd of the leasehold mines called the Tan-y-Rallt Silver Lead Mines, 1877; notice of a special meeting of the Cardiganshire Moning Co. Ltd, to be wound up voluntarily, 1878; assignment by the Cardiganshire Mining Co. Ltd to Arthur Johnson Hughes of Aberystwyth, gent., of the 1870 lease, 1878; assignment by the said Arthur Johnson Hughes to Captain Charles Williams of Tretaliesin, [p. Llangynfelyn], mine agent, of the 1870 lease, 1880; assignment by the said Charles Williams to Henry Mallory of Warwick, chandler, of a moiety of the 1870 lease, 1880; schedule of deeds, 1870-1880; assignment by the said Henry Mallory to John Jenkins of Aberystwyth, livery stable proprietor, of the 1870 lease, 1887.

Original bundle of papers relating to a vault built at grave spaces 105-106, section 7, Birkenhead cemetery, built for John Edwards of Liverpool, commission merchant, 1869, and sold to William Laird, shipbuilder, 1890.

Original bundle comprising an underlease by Elizabeth Edwards of Aberceiro, p. Llanbadarn Fawr, widow, to John Hugh Davies of North Parade, Aberystwyth, pharmaceutical chemist, of premises in Portland Street, Aberystwyth, 1869 (engrossed with coloured elevations to Terrace Road and Portland Street); assignment by John Hugh Davies to Robert Ellis, both of Terrace Road, Aberystwyth, chemists, of a leasehold shop and premises in Terrace Road, and the goodwill of the business of chemist and druggist, 1881; and a covering letter, 1889.