Extracts from, together with abstracts and translations of, records, 1320-1835, relating to the foreshore of the River Usk at Newport, co. Mon., held at the Public Record Office, now The National Archives, and elsewhere, including Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, Inquisitions Post Mortem, Chancery Proceedings, Exchequer Bills and Answers, and Depositions, Feet of Fines, Patent Rolls, and manorial records. Also included is a letter, 1912, comprising a report on the searches undertaken, and a printed copy Opinion, 1913, of James G. Wood in the suit Attorney General V Lysaght regarding the Crown's claim to the foreshore and fishery.

Extracts from, together with abstracts and translations of, records, 1201-1857, relating to fishing rights on the river Usk, held at the Public Record Office, now The National Archives, and elsewhere, including Ministers' Accounts, Close, Charter and Patent Rolls, Inquisitions Post Mortem, and Parliamentary Surveys. Also included, with letters, 1900-1901, is a typescript copy of the judgement, May 1901, by Mr Justice Buckley in the suit of Hanbury v Jenkins at the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, concerning the entitlement of the plaintiff, John Capel Hanbury, to the Crown fishery near Usk.