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Arranged into documents relating to co. Brec., 1550-1932; documents relating to co. Glam., [early 13 cent.]-1948; documents relating to co. Mon., [c.1283]-1932; and documents relating to Gloucestershire, other counties in England, and miscellanea, [?1st half 13 cent.]-1927. 1961 Deposit. Items numbered 1-14878.

A number of items have been extracted from Group 2 since it was originally numbered and catalogued:

(i) The following items were extracted from the NLW Badminton Estate Records and transferred to the Gloucestershire County Record Office in 1961: 11816, 11832-12084, 12112-12113, 12127-12135, 12159, 12178-12181, 12183-12208, 12210-12211, 12217, 12351-12363, 12395-12417, 12502-12503, 12797, 12858-12859, 12896, 12999, 13007, 13010, 13047, 13094, 13129-13133, 13176-13996, 14038-14041, 14172, 14176-14178, 14203, 14209, 14213, 14281, 14319-14320, 14339, 14356, 14375-14389, 14473-14479, 14637-14640, 14648, 14681-14683, 14725, 14728, 14730 and 14824. One hundred and twenty nine volumes of rentals and accounts for the manors of Tidenham and Woolaston, 1760-1772 and 1783-1894, deposited in 1965, have also been transferred to the Gloucestershire Record Office.

(ii) The following items were transferred to the Badminton Estate Office in 1988: 8888-8909, 8910-8917, 8921, 9419, 9698, 9842-9844, 10218, 10489, 10587, 11093-11119, 11693, 11695-11698, 11717, 11720-11730, 11743, 11748-11757, 11760-11761, 11778-11781, 11802-11803, 11805-11807, 11809-11810, 11811-11812, 11815, 12085-12107, 12110-12111, 12114-12115, 12117, 12119-12123, 12153, 12155-12158, 12182, 12209, 12218-12235, 12244, 12265-12266, 12270-12271, 12433, 12500, 12505, 12516, 12579-12580, 12590-12595, 12729, 12739, 12749-12750, 12782, 12825, 12828, 12839-12841, 12847, 12849, 12857, 12875-12876, 12882-12883, 12890-12892, 12894, 12995-12996, 12997-12998, 13001, 13005-13006, 13040, 13046, 13048, 13099, 13107, 13124, 13139-13140, 13150-13151, 14033, 14035, 14165, 14175, 14185, 14206-14207, 14216, 14218, 14220, 14229-14231, 14233, 14266, 14269, 14271, 14278-14279, 14282, 14286, 14292, 14295, 14311, 14314-14315, 14336, 14338, 14349, 14354, 14362, 14439-14442, 14451, 14470, 14508, 14515, 14517, 14519-14521, 14541, 14547, 14572-14575, 14643, 14647, 14651-14654, 14680, 14685, 14699-14700, 14707, 14718, 14747, 14777-14778, 14825-14826 and 14856.

(iii) The following items have been extracted from Group 2 and added to series in Group 3: 1187-1197, 1199-1207, 1940-1942, 1949, 6029, 6520, 6530-6532, 7622, 7721, 7751, 8165, 8586-8588, 9852, 10016, 10431-10433, 10437-10443, 10474, 11221, 11247, 11694, 11758-11759, 11762-11763, 12941, 13023-13030, 13032-13035, 13051, 13053-13066, 13068-13074, 14171, 14179, 14181-14182, 14185, 14340 and 14342.

Descriptions of these transferred items will be found in the original 'hard copy' catalogue, although many of these items are also still included in the catalogue below.

Papers of Captain William Owen, R.N., comprising diaries and journals, 1750-1775, naval log books, 1750-1778, naval journals, 1750-1775, and other papers, 1746-[c. 1795].

(I) Hugh James (1785-c.1803) was baptized in Rhaeadr church on 31 July 1785. He was named after his brother, who had died a few weeks previously (baptised 21 March 1784; buried 4 June 1785, outside his mother's tomb at Rhaeadr). The second Hugh was a midshipman and died at the age of 19 (1803 x 1804) of yellow fever and was buried in Plymouth. (Ii) Miss Catherine James (1787-1863) was born 31 Jan. 1787, died 26 April 1863, aged 74, and buried at Rhaeadr. (Iii) Miss Jane James (1782-1866) was born 11 July 1782, baptized in Rhaeadr church 12 July 1782, died 24 March 1866, aged 83, and buried at Rhaeadr. She seems to have had a son, John E. James, who resided in New York and was dead before 1860. (Iv) Miss Margaret James (1788-1872) was born 17 Feb. 1788, probably away from Rhaeadr, as there is no mention of her baptism there. She visited India in 1829, and stayed for a time in Liverpool, 1851 and 1862. She died 29 Oct. 1872, aged 84, and was buried at Rhaeadr. (V) Miss Sarah James (1790-1869) was also probably born away from Rhaeadr. She was born 11 April 1790, died 19 Nov. 1869, aged 79, and was buried Rhaeadr. The 1841 census shows that Horatio James, his wife, and his daughter were living at Fir Grove, South Street, Rhaeadr, and next door, presumably at old Penralley although it is not named, lived his mother and three of his sisters.:. 1841 Census. Fir Grove: Horatio James (50), Sarah James (30), Harriet James (5), Mary Owen (25; servant), Mary Lewis (25; servant) and Edward Evans (15; servant). 1841 Census. South Street: Jane James (90), Catherine James (50), Margaret James (45), Sarah James (40) and Sarah Owen (20; servant). 1851 Census. 47 South Street: Sarah Margaretta James (48), Maria James (7), Mary Jones (20; servant) and Edward Evans (23; servant). 1851 Census. 48 South Street: Jane James (67), Catherine James (64), Margaret James (63), Sarah James (61) and Mary Williams (15; servant).

Thomas Howel Evans (1832-1915), born 13 March 1832, Llanfair Clydogau, co. Card., baptized 28 June 1832, Llanddewibrefi, co. Card. He studied for ordination at St Aidans College, Birkenhead, 1854-1856. Made deacon in 1856, ordained priest in 1857, diocese of Peterborough. Married (1) Harriet Frances James in Rhaeadr parish church in 1857 and had seven children. After her death in 1868, he married (2) Amelia Bucknill (d. 1889), and (3) in 1896, Mary Beatrice Bradley (d. 1900). Curacies: Packington, Leics, 1856-1865, Little Missenden, Bucks, 1857-1858; Cadeby, Leics, 1859-1872; chaplain of the Market Bosworth Union Workhouse, 1867-1872; curate and lecturer, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leics, 1872-1873; Rectories: Farthingstone, Northants, 1873-1888; Maidford, Northants, 1888-1898; Preston Capes, Northants, 1898-1915. He died at Preston Capes rectory on 20 Dec. 1915 and was buried in Rhaeadr churchyard, 23 Dec. 1915. (For his life and his family, see David H. Williams, 'A clerical son of Radnorshire', Trans. Rads. Soc., 73 (2003), pp. 163-192).

Includes a few manorial records.

John Raphael Bowring (1789-1869) was born in London, 8 July 1789. He was the son of Josiah L. Bowring, a painter of miniatures, who died in 1832. John was living in Kempsey, co Worcs, in 1816-7 when he met his future wife, Emma Bowring, at a music party. Emma was the daughter of Evan Probert of Kempsey and they had at least two children. John worked in America from 1818 to 1824, he then moved back to Britain to become an accountant in Liverpool, with the firm of Sealy & Walker. He died on 5 April 1869 and was buried with his wife in Anfield cemetery. The papers include theatricals and verse connected to the Bowring family, 1799-1860 (1566-1588).

Literary, genealogical and medical manuscripts and two printed books, [16 cent., first ¼]-1814, relating to, or collected by, the Wynne family of Boderwyd.

The relationship of the Penry family to the James family has not as yet been established, but it probably stems from the marriage of Jonah Bowen Evan's sister, Elizabeth, to William Winstone. The letters of Mary Penry from Pennsylvania to her relatives in Breconshire are fulsome, to say the least. She was a member of the Brethren, and a deeply spiritual person.

Evan Probert (?1764-1827) was possibly the son of Evan and Margaret Probert; if so, he was baptised in Rhaeadr in 1764, and came of a line traceable back to David Probert of Worcester. He married Anne Beale, daughter of the Rev. William Beale, curate of Newent. He was the brother of Jane who married into the James family, and of Emma who married into the Bowring family. Evan resided first at Painswick, co. Glouc., and then at Kempsey, co. Worcs, where he kept a school. He suffered mental illness and died in 1827 whilst an inmate of Gloucester Asylum. No's 1445-1456 are papers primarily relating to Henry Probert (d. 1841), the eldest son of Evan Probert, jnr. He married Lucy Thomas (d. 1832), daughter of Elizabeth Thomas of Hereford. In the autumn of 1826, Henry went to work abroad as a medical man. In 1827, he was private secretary to Colonel King, governor of Heligoland. No children of the marriage are known. No's 1457-1508 are papers primarily relating to Emma Bowring (née Probert) (1794-1870). She was born at Painswick, co. Glouc., on 8 May 1794, the daughter of Evan and Ann Probert. Emma married John Raphael Bowring on 21 June 1827 at Flaxley, co. Glouc., and they had at least two children. She died on 2 Dec. 1870 and was buried in her husband's grave in Liverpool's Anfield cemetery (Church section 7, no. 494).

Letters, 1595-1864, addressed to John Wynn Edwards (d. 1614); John Wynne of Bodewryd and Chwaen Wen (1617-1669); John Owen of Penrhos (d. 1712); Mrs Margaret Wynne of Bodewryd (d. 1723); Humphrey Humphreys (1648-1712); Anne Wynne, wife of Edward Wynne; Edward Wynne, Chancellor of Hereford; and Margaret, Lady Stanley; letters relating to the marriage of Edward Wynne and Anne Lloyd (1714); and other miscellaneous letters.