A volume in the hand of J. H. Davies containing extracts from manuscript and printed sources and from public records largely relating to Cardiganshire (e.g. family pedigrees, with references to the life and work of Dafydd ap Gwilym; ministers' accounts, with lists of officers of commotes; rentals and surveys, court rolls, inquisitions post mortem, etc.).

Rentals of the estate of L. P. Jones in cos. Carmarthen and Cardigan, 1825- 1837, together with statements of general account with David Davies, Froodvale.

A business letter book, slightly mutilated, of D[avid] M[organ], Glanvread [parish of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, Cardiganshire], 28 February 1781-10 January 1786, almost entirely relating to the operation of the writer's iron forge [known in modern times as 'Ffatri Forge'], with copious references to the purchase of pig iron, of castings and of timber, to the remittance of bills, and to the sale and shipment of iron bars and bark. There are also references to the repair of the forge, the detention in Dublin of the master of the sloop Royal George of Aberystwyth belonging to Edward Humphreys and the writer, to the payment of rents, and to the Cardigan county and boroughs parliamentary election of 1784. The recipients include J. Mirehouse, D. Williams, Raiadr, Ed. and Robt Whiteside, Lancaster, Messrs Ogle & Maxwell, Dundalk, Jno. Hazledine, carp[ente]r at Withyford Forge near Wem, [Thomas] Makeig [III, d. 1794], Penlan [parish of Llandygwydd], W. Jones, Eurglawdd [parish of Llangynfelyn], John Rees, New Inn, near Lampeter, J. Lloyd, Machynlleth, Messrs Glenny, Newry, Messrs Pritchard & Barlow, merchants, Bristol, Chas Probert, Rugeley, O. Jones, Machynlleth, Jona. Kendall, Lea Forge, near Stone, the Reverend Morgan, Kemsey, near Tewksbury, Philip Stephens, Admiralty, W[illia]m Latham, Duddon Furnace, Samuel Routh, junior, Lancaster, Matt[he]w Harrison, Conistone, near Kendall (Newland Furn[ace]), My. Postlethwayte, Backburrrow Furn[ace], near Ulverstone, Sylvanus Nugent, Penygored, John Rigby, Hawarden, Tho[ma]s Sunderland, Ulverstone, Messrs Atkinson & Co., Sirhowy Furnace, near Abergavenny, Jno. Hayton [?or Heaton], Gwersyllt W[ire] Mills, near Wrexham, Samuel Routh, Lancaster, John Fayle, Dovey Furnace [parish of Eglwys-fach], J. Walker, Seaton Iron Works, near Workington, Messrs Spedding, Hicks & Co., Seaton, James Gibbons, Lightmoor, Jno. Nailor, Old Dock, L[iver]pool, [ ] Lloyd, grocer, near the Boot, Carnarvon, [ ] Williams, blacksmith, Bethgele[r]t, Rich[ar]d Griffith, Boot, Carnarvon, W. Bancks, Benthall, Humph[re]y Lloyd, Carnarvon, D[avi]d Williams, Porthamel, Anglesey, [ ] Davies, Wileirog [Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn], Joseph Vaughan, Llanelly Ir[on] W[or]ks, Abergaveny, Geo[rge] Knott, Coniston, near Kendall, Sam[ue]l Parry, ironmonger, Chester, Tho[mas] Golightly, L[iver]pool, Capt. W. Julian [?of Aberystwyth], W. Edwards, Bangor, J. Parry, Aberystw[yth], Benj. Clubb, ironmonger, Chester, Rob[er]t Ow. Owens, Carnarvon, Jno. Morris, Carnarvon, the Clerk of Netherhall Furn[ace], near Cockermouth, Ed. Kendall, Beauf[or]t Furnace, Abergavenny, O. Thomson, Chester, [ ] Young, Crosswood, William Powell, Pwllhely, Richd Parsons, Cadoxton near Neath, W[illia]m Wood, Hirwain Furnace, near Brecon, Rob. Inman, Lancaster, E. Anwyl, John Franklen, Llanmihangel, near Cowbridge, W. Rees, Tregaron, Messrs Cox & Merle, London, Capt. Ch. Griffith at Penpompren (parish of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn), W. Hallen, B[ridge]north, J. Lloyd, Rayader, Ed. Hughes, grocer, Salop, Rich[ar]d Howell, Carmarthen, etc., etc. At the end of the volume are nine pages of an inventory of household furniture, implements of husbandry and other stock at Ynys Eidol [parish of Eglwys-fach], May 1766, and disbursements on account of the farm, 1767-9.

Miscellaneous documents of David Davies and John Morgan Davies, Ffrwdfâl, including a transcript of presentments of the court leet of the lordship or manor of Talley, co. Carmarthen, 1633, defining the boundaries and extent of the grange of Llanycrwys; the pre-nuptial settlement, 1832, of David Lewis, Talyfan, Llandilofawr, co. Carmarthen, and Mary Williams, daughter of Mary Williams of Llwyncynhwyra, parish of Talley, widow (endorsed is a draft letter from [David Davies] to [Sir David Davies, surgeon?], 1836, relating to the purchase of chimney pieces, sheep, oxen, ploughs, etc., for the recipient); a rental of the estate of Lewis Pryse Jones in cos. Carmarthen and Cardigan for the year ending Michaelmas, 1835, together with a settled statement of accounts with D[avid] Davies; a copy of a letter from D. Davies, Froodvale, to L. P. Jones, [18]35 (particulars of farms purchased by the recipient's uncle Dl. Jones, estate matters); eight holograph and autograph letters from L. P. Jones, Melksham, Wiltshire, etc., to David Davies, Froodvale, [18]35-1836 (the recipient's management of the writer's estate, with references to the receipt of bills, the collection of rents, the sowing of barley, potatoes, etc., the construction of gates, etc.); a copy of a portion of a letter from [David Davies] to L. P. Jones, 1836 (entries, 1727-1767, from the court roll of the manor of Talley recording a surrender of, and admission to,Tyrglanyrannell, etc.); an agreement, 1838, between Charles James of Evenlode, co. Worcester, clerk, and Sarah Morgan of Penybont in the town of Llansawel, co. Carmarthen, spinster, for the sale of Blangofyarth and Pantmaur, parish of Llansawel; seven holograph letters from Chas. James, Evenlode, to D[avid] Davies, Froodvale, [18]39-1840 (the completion of the sale of Blangofyarth and Penrhiw and the receipt of the purchase money and rents); a holograph letter from Thos. M. Croome, Cainscross, near Stroud (for self and Harris), to the Reverend Chas. James, Evenlode, 1839, a draft letter from D[avid] D[avies], Froodvale, to [the Reverend Charles James, Evenlode], 1840, and declarations by John Williams [of Clunmarch, Llansawel] and David Davies, 1840, relating to the terms of purchase by John Williams of Penrhiw and Byrgwin; a declaration by Miss [Sarah] Morgan [ of Penybont, Llansawel], 1840, of the terms of purchase of [Blangofyarth and Pantmaur]; a statement of account, 1840, between David Davies and the Reverend Charles James touching the rentals and purchase monies of Penrhiw and Blangofyarth and of Pantmaur; a statement of account of D. Davies, executor of the will of the late Mrs. Anna Jemima Morgan of Llansawel (probate granted 9 September, 1843); a bill of costs, 1868, from Messrs. Humphreys & Morgan, Giltspur Chambers, 119 Newgate Street, London, to John Morgan Davies, Froodvale, for the reconveyance of the Cayo estate; and a holograph letter from Daniel Morgan, Giltspur Chambers, to Jno. M. Davies, Froodvale, 1868 (thanks for a cheque, the recipient's health, congratulations to the recipient on the birth of a son and heir).

A nineteenth century translation of a rental, 1577, of the lands of the dissolved monastery of Strata Florida, Cardiganshire, the original document being Crosswood I, 75. The rental contains details of leases, 1485- , giving tenants, rents, heriots, services, etc. for the granges of Pennarth, Cwmustoith, Henhynock and Morva Mawr, Blaynayron, Meveneth and Havodwen. There are also a few later memoranda, 1581-91.

A rent book of the Glanrannell estate of Lewis Pryse Jones in cos. Carmarthen and Cardigan, 1825-1838.

Annual rentals, and one half-yearly rental, of the Rhosybedw estate, 1828- 1848, with accompanying statements of account of David Davies with Mrs. Anne Davies, Llwyn (for the period 1847-1848 with her executor, the Reverend R[ichard] Jones). Rentals of the Llwyn estate also are included for the years 1843-1848. A holograph letter from Anne Davies to D[avid] Davies, 1839, is attached to the rental for 1839.

A notebook containing extracts transcribed by J. H. Davies (a) 'from a Translation of Rent Roll for the Manors &c of the monastery of Strata Florida' [see Cwrtmawr MS 873D] and (b) from a copy of the defendant's answer, 14 May 1743, in a lawsuit between Dorothy, Lady Lisburne, and Wilmot (Vaughan), Viscount Lisburne, containing lists of rents and tenants' names. The original of (b) is inserted loose in the notebook (pp. 1-2 wanting) and there is also a letter to J. H. Davies from Herbert M. Vaughan, Llangoedmore, Cardigan, who was the owner, it seems, of the document. Also within the notebook are observations by S. M. P[owell] headed 'Pant. Tregaron' and beginning 'Some things struck Mr Lloyd and myself in reading your notes.'.

A volume comprising a rental, 1833-1847, of the Trewern estate in the counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire (ff. 1-40 verso) together with an index (f. 103); copy estate correspondence, 1847-1856 (ff. 42-50 verso); and informations and complaints taken by John Thomas Beynon at meetings of the petty sessions in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire, 1848-55 (inverted text ff. 94-99 verso).