Fifty-three files of unbound material accumulated by Bradney during the preparation of A History of Monmouthshire and containing press and proof copies, transcripts and abstracts of, and extracts from, manuscripts, deeds and documents, holograph and autograph letters, pedigrees and genealogical notes, press cuttings, etc., generally arranged under parishes. Much of the material is in the autographs of friends and official copyists. This volume contains extracts from Chancery Proceedings, Court of Delegates Proceedings and Court of Delegates Cause Papers, and abstracts and extracts of wills, 1624-1818, relating to the families of Watkins, Herbert, Lorimer, Powell, Coxe, Vaughan, Cecil, Catchmay, Springett, etc.; pedigrees and genealogical notes relating to the families of Perrott of Bedwellty, Gelligaer (Glamorgan), Llanfihangel Talyllyn (Brecknockshire), etc., Hanbury of Pontypool Park and Coldbrook, Cooke of Goytrey, Lloyd of Peterwell (Cardiganshire) and Maesyfelin (Carmarthenshire), etc., including extracts from the parish registers of Llangasty Talyllyn (Brecknockshire), 1721-1837, Gelligaer (Glamorgan), 1847-1883, and Sutton St Nicholas (Herefordshire), 1588-1814, and monumental inscriptions from Trevethin, 1739, and Bedwellty, 1773-1774, and Gelligaer (Glamorgan), 1761-1857; letters, 1899-1909; and transcripts of letters and other documents relating to the Chepstow Volunteers and East Monmouth Local Militia, 1798-1812.

Forty-seven volumes of 'notae' or abstracts and extracts, principally of Monmouthshire interest, compiled from original records in both public and private possession. With the exception of letters and some insets they are all in the autograph of Bradney. Among the many private collections of title-deeds and documents from which the majority of these notes have been taken, in addition to those of Bradney himself, are those in the possession or custody of Albert Addams-Williams, Llangibby Castle; Garnet Edwin Bevan, Grosmont; S. C. Bosanquet, Dingestow Court; Alfred Bowen, Usk; Burleigh Cecil, Oaklands Park, Weybridge (Surrey); Mrs Morgan Clifford, Llantilio Crossenny; William Cooke, Hereford; the Reverend Henry Charles Davies, St Hilary, Cowbridge (Glamorgan); J. H. Davies, Cwrtmawr (Cardiganshire); Arthur Davies-Berrington, Pantygoitre, Llanfair Kilgeddin; the Reverend Edward Napleton Dew, Welsh Newton and Llanrothall (Herefordshire); Mrs Earnshaw, Court St Lawrence, Llangoven; Miss Charlotte Mary Evans, Nantyderi, Goytrey; Richard Feetham, Penrhos; G. C. Francis, solicitor, Chepstow; Frederick Gardner, solicitor, Newport; Illtyd Gardner, solicitor, Abergavenny; Mrs Gazzard, The Goitre, Grosmont; Isaac George, Llanfihangel-iuxta-Usk; Walter Gustard, Newport; G. E. Halliday, Cardiff; surveyor to the archdeaconry of Llandaff; Dom. J. Cuthbert Hedley, Roman Catholic bishop of Newport; Reginald Herbert, Clytha; John Harvey Hooper, Tutnall, near Worcester; Sir Henry Mather Jackson, Bart, Llantilio Crossenny; Mrs Newton Jackson, Blackbrook, Skenfrith; Gwilym Cristor James, Merthyr (Glamorgan); the Reverend Lemuel James, Ystradmynach (Glamorgan); Alfred Jones, Osbaston; Edmund Jones, Fforest Legionis, Pont-neath-Vaughan (Glamorgan); William Lewis, Tyhir, Pontypridd (Glamorgan); Sir John Lloyd, Dinas (Brecknockshire); --- Nesbitt, solicitor, Abergavenny; Illtyd Nicholl, The Ham, Llantwit Major (Glamorgan); the Reverend Andrew Pope, Upper Bishop, Ross (Herefordshire); Simon B. Preece, Llangattock Lingoed; James Gilbert Price, Abergavenny; the Misses Prothero, Moynes Court, Mathern; John Allan Rolls, 1st baron Llangattock, The Hendre, Llangattock Vibon Avel; Glen Taylor, Neath (Glamorgan); John Tyler, Maesderwen, Pontypool; Mrs Vinter, Moor, Clifford (Herefordshire); D. T. Newton Wade, solicitor, Newport; J. Maitland Watkins, solicitor, Usk; Thomas Watkins, solicitor, Pontypool; T. P. Holmes Watkins, solicitor, Pontypool; Messrs Watts, Watts and Co., colliery proprietors, Cardiff (Glamorgan); William Welch, Monmouth; Mrs Florence White-Spunner, Llanvapley Court; William Henry Smith Whitney, Grosmont; Messrs Williams and Tweedy, solicitors, Monmouth; T. B. R. Wilson, registrar of the diocese of Monmouth; and others. Additional sources include the papers of Thomas Wakeman, The Graig, Llantilio Crossenny, largely in the custody of the Society of Antiquaries, and transcripts of public and other records by William Dean, Ealing, London; Francis Green, St Davids; John Hobson Matthews, Cardiff; and others. This volume contains deeds relating to properties in Grosmont, Llangattock Lingoed and Llangoven, and in Crickhowell (Brecknockshire), 1738-1855; wills of the family of Perkins, etc., 1610-1706; parish registers of Llangwm Uchaf, 1696-1772, St Mary, Monmouth, 1729-1778, Llanarth (Roman Catholic Mission), 1782-1835, Monmouth (Roman Catholic Mission), 1796-1861, Llantrithyd (Glamorgan), 1644, Llantwit Major (Glamorgan), 1707-1763, Courtfield and Welsh Bicknor (Herefordshire), 1788, Newland (Gloucestershire), 1559-1725, and St Briavels (Gloucestershire), 1559-1725; Feet of Fines, 1603-1758; court rolls of Abergavenny, 1586, and Cwmyoy otherwise Llanthony, 1711; a survey of the manor of Wentsland and Bryngwyn, 1659; a list of burgesses of the borough of Monmouth, c. 1705-1708; the charter of Abergavenny, 1638; and pedigrees extracted from Cardiff MS 10.

Forty-seven volumes of 'notae' or abstracts and extracts, principally of Monmouthshire interest, compiled from original records in both public and private possession. With the exception of letters and some insets they are all in the autograph of Bradney. Among the many private collections of title-deeds and documents from which the majority of these notes have been taken, in addition to those of Bradney himself, are those in the possession or custody of Albert Addams-Williams, Llangibby Castle; Garnet Edwin Bevan, Grosmont; S. C. Bosanquet, Dingestow Court; Alfred Bowen, Usk; Burleigh Cecil, Oaklands Park, Weybridge (Surrey); Mrs Morgan Clifford, Llantilio Crossenny; William Cooke, Hereford; the Reverend Henry Charles Davies, St Hilary, Cowbridge (Glamorgan); J. H. Davies, Cwrtmawr (Cardiganshire); Arthur Davies-Berrington, Pantygoitre, Llanfair Kilgeddin; the Reverend Edward Napleton Dew, Welsh Newton and Llanrothall (Herefordshire); Mrs Earnshaw, Court St Lawrence, Llangoven; Miss Charlotte Mary Evans, Nantyderi, Goytrey; Richard Feetham, Penrhos; G. C. Francis, solicitor, Chepstow; Frederick Gardner, solicitor, Newport; Illtyd Gardner, solicitor, Abergavenny; Mrs Gazzard, The Goitre, Grosmont; Isaac George, Llanfihangel-iuxta-Usk; Walter Gustard, Newport; G. E. Halliday, Cardiff; surveyor to the archdeaconry of Llandaff; Dom. J. Cuthbert Hedley, Roman Catholic bishop of Newport; Reginald Herbert, Clytha; John Harvey Hooper, Tutnall, near Worcester; Sir Henry Mather Jackson, Bart, Llantilio Crossenny; Mrs Newton Jackson, Blackbrook, Skenfrith; Gwilym Cristor James, Merthyr (Glamorgan); the Reverend Lemuel James, Ystradmynach (Glamorgan); Alfred Jones, Osbaston; Edmund Jones, Fforest Legionis, Pont-neath-Vaughan (Glamorgan); William Lewis, Tyhir, Pontypridd (Glamorgan); Sir John Lloyd, Dinas (Brecknockshire); --- Nesbitt, solicitor, Abergavenny; Illtyd Nicholl, The Ham, Llantwit Major (Glamorgan); the Reverend Andrew Pope, Upper Bishop, Ross (Herefordshire); Simon B. Preece, Llangattock Lingoed; James Gilbert Price, Abergavenny; the Misses Prothero, Moynes Court, Mathern; John Allan Rolls, 1st baron Llangattock, The Hendre, Llangattock Vibon Avel; Glen Taylor, Neath (Glamorgan); John Tyler, Maesderwen, Pontypool; Mrs Vinter, Moor, Clifford (Herefordshire); D. T. Newton Wade, solicitor, Newport; J. Maitland Watkins, solicitor, Usk; Thomas Watkins, solicitor, Pontypool; T. P. Holmes Watkins, solicitor, Pontypool; Messrs Watts, Watts and Co., colliery proprietors, Cardiff (Glamorgan); William Welch, Monmouth; Mrs Florence White-Spunner, Llanvapley Court; William Henry Smith Whitney, Grosmont; Messrs Williams and Tweedy, solicitors, Monmouth; T. B. R. Wilson, registrar of the diocese of Monmouth; and others. Additional sources include the papers of Thomas Wakeman, The Graig, Llantilio Crossenny, largely in the custody of the Society of Antiquaries, and transcripts of public and other records by William Dean, Ealing, London; Francis Green, St Davids; John Hobson Matthews, Cardiff; and others. This volume contains deeds relating to properties in Langston, Llanfair Kilgeddin, Llanfihangel-iuxta-Usk, Llangattock-iuxta-Usk, Llangattock Vibon Avel, Llantilio Crossenny, Llanvapley and Llanvetherine, and in Rollstone (Herefordshire), 1618-1857; and extracts relating to the families of Somerset and of Leech of Monmouth from parish registers, wills, etc., 1526-1842.

One of thirty-nine volumes containing copies and abstracts, in the autograph of Bradney, of wills and administrations, principally of Monmouthshire interest, among the ecclesiastical probate records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury preserved at the Principal Probate Registry, Somerset House, London and among the ecclesiastical probate records preserved at the District Probate Registries at Llandaff, Hereford and Gloucester, together with holograph and autograph letters to Bradney and miscellaneous notes, draft pedigrees and other insets in the autographs of friends and official searchers. Several of the volumes are indexed. This volume contains documents relating to the family of Jenkins of Nantygroes, Radnorshire, consisting of wills at Hereford, 1677-1759, miscellaneous pedigrees, and extracts from the parish registers of Lampeter, Cardiganshire, 1695-1745, and of Kington, Herefordshire, 1680-1724.