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Records, 1587-1754, relating to the government of Montgomery, Shropshire, Wales and the marches, as well as the administration of the Cherbury and Powis Castle estates.

Documents, [1603x1624]-[1632x1648], accumulated by Edward Herbert in connection with his position as ambassador to France and member of the Council of War; many are copies made by him or for him. They include accounts of France, Spain and the Low Countries, and in particular of their military capabilities; discussions of English foreign policy, and copies of treaties with foreign powers; and accounts of English military expeditions; together with miscellaneous material relating to the work of English ambassadors.

A letter, 18 December 1644, from prince Rupert at Oxford to [?], concerning £100 from Sir Basil Brooke, due to be paid at Oxford, and £200 from Sir Thomas Whitmore.

Notes, [c.1680], on the descent of the whole Herbert family, including the Herberts of Pembroke, Coldbroke, Powis Castle and Cherbury.

Letter, [5 December 1685], from [?] to [Henry] Herbert at Montgomery concerning a grant of Ranger of the Forest of Snowdon.

Papers, 1644-1691, accumulated by members of the Herbert family of Cherbury during the course of their political activities. They include records and correspondence, 1644-1658, relating to the family’s role in the civil war throughout Wales, and their subsequent dispossession and rehabilitation; records and correspondence, 1660-1689, concerning the Montgomeryshire militia and the suppression of disaffected persons in the Welsh marches; and records and correspondence, 1660-1691, relating to the family’s support of Charles II and James II, including military service in France.

Copy of a letter, 18 May 1654, from Oliver Cromwell, Protector, to the Commissioners of the Commonwealth in Ireland recommending favour for Richard, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, to encourage him in carrying on his plantation in Ireland.

List of the members of the House of Commons to assist Lord Herbert’s report from Goldsmiths Hall, 18 December [1646].

Order of the Committee by ordinance of Parliament for Monmouthshire to allow Col. Richard Herbert of St Julians, a delinquent, to keep his estate for 1 year for £100, 14 April 1647.

Copies of records, 1660-1666, relating to the earl of Carbery's activities as Lord Lieutenant of North Wales and South Wales.

Copy of a letter, 18 January 1661, from the earl of Carbery to the High Sheriff and Justices of Montgomery, concerning raising militia and horse in His Majesty’s service.

Copy of a letter, 8 January 1661, from the Privy Council to the earl of Carbery, authorising him to disarm disaffected persons and to administer to them the Oaths of Supremacy and Allegiance.

Copy of a summons, 23 January 1661, to the high constables of the Montgomeryshire hundreds to meet at [Welsh] Poole on 6 February.

Copy of a letter, 23 January 1661, from Lord Herbert and the rest of the Deputy Lieutenants of the Militia of Montgomeryshire to the earl of Carbery, concerning keeping the peace and raising militia.

Copy of a letter, [25 January] 1661, from the earl of Carbery to the Deputy Lieutenants of Montgomeryshire, concerning the importance of quick returns of their transactions, and requiring assessments for raising horse and foot.

The journal, 11 November 1671-1673, of [Henry] Herbert during his tour of military duty in France, including three poems (one by Vavasor Powell) on the late king Charles [I].

List of soldiers that have been on board HM ship St George under the command of Captain Henry Herbert, 1673.

Copy, [1688], of the answer of the gentlemen of Shropshire to William of Orange’s proposition of a voluntary loan to defray his extraordinary expenditure.

Copy of a letter, 19 November 1671, from Henry Herbert [Master of the Revels] to Colonel [Robert] Worthen at court concerning payment of £110 to Worthen per Captain Henry Herbert, with bill and acquittance.