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[Hanbury-Leigh & Miers families] Bundle
of Family Papers
When Molly Ann Hanbury-Leigh of Pontypool Park died in 1846, the wording of
her will was to have repercussions 15 years later when her husband Capel Hanbury-Leigh
died. This group of 17 documents (+ a couple of copies) is the build-up to a court action
brought about to settle affairs, including the legal status of the rectory of Cadoxton
(Glamorgan) which came into the family through Molly Hanbury-Leigh's first marriage (to
Sir Digby Mackworth). Prominently involved are the related Monmouthshire families of Leigh
and Miers, whose roots seem to have been in North Wales. All the papers date from the
1860s, though some are copies of earlier documents. Quite a bit of family detail, and a
story to be unravelled. (ref 7610) £55.00 post-free Not for export
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[Abersychan document] Lease of Coal and Other Mines
under Blackbarn or Tyr Ysgyborddu
This 1911 20-year lease is of ‘All those mines beds veins and seams of coal
ironstone fireclay and building stone lying below and including the Cwm Tillery seam of
coal lying and being in and under the several closes pieces or parcels of land situate in
the parish of Abersychan (formerly called Trevethin)..........’. The lease is
accompanied by a hand-drawn plan on waxed linen. Multi-paged document in manuscript on
parchment, bears signatures of parties involved. (ref 6131) £28.00 post-free Not for export
A Geographical Historical and Religious
Account of the Parish of Aberystruth...
Edmund Jones, 1988 facsimile rep of the original 1779 ed. 160pp. Although a
parish in its own right & thus appears in gazetteers, you won't find it on the current
Ordnance Survey map as it is has been transmogrified into Blaina and Nantyglo. Just 500
copies of this rep were produced. F in F d/w. (ref 7274) £9.00
A Brief History of Blaenavon Monmouthshire
Lewis Browning, 1988 facsimile rep of the original 1906 ed. Small 8vo, 95pp,
several ills. F in F d/w. (ref 7294) £7.00
Registers of Caerwent 1568-1812 and Llanfair
Discoed 1680-1812
Joseph Alfred Bradney, 1920. Tall 8vo, plain paper wrappers with printed
title, 70pp, unindexed. F unopened copy. (ref 2909) £15.00
[Caldicot document] Receipt
for £20 towards Mortgage of Cottage
A receipt signed in 1844 by T H
Morgan acknowledging to have received £20 on behalf of (probably his daughter)
Miss Mary Morgan 'on mortgage of a cottage and land in the Parish of Caldicot in
the County of Monmouth belonging to Mr James Quinton.....'. Manuscript on
paper, approx 8"x6", old folds but clean. (ref 3746)
£4.50 post-free Not for export
6 View Letter-Card of Chepstow
Unused letter card containing 6 sepia collotype views inc the main entrance
to the Castle without todays car-park etc. Undated, perhaps 1950s, pub by Valentine. Few
small tears but G. £1.50 UK post-free
[Grosmont document] Sale
Particulars of Little Campstone
Printed particulars for the 1879 sale
of this 40-acre property, tenanted by Robert Davies. With the particulars
comes a large [approx 16"x20"] multifolding hand-coloured location plan.
(ref 3656) £15.00 UK post-free
Register of Llanddewi Rhydderch 1670-1783
Joseph Alfred Bradney, 1919. Tall 8vo, plain paper wrappers with printed
title, 36pp, unindexed. F unopened copy. (ref 2880) £12.50
[Llanllowell and Llatrissent document]
Sale Particulars for the Great House Estate
Printed particulars for the 1883 sale
of the 168-acre Great House Farm, tenanted by Benjamin Williams. All but 3
acres lay in the parish of Llanllowell. The document is grubby with age
and has gained a few careless folds and dogears over the years. More
importantly the accompanying location plan is missing and because of this we are
offering the printed particulars (ref 3692) at £5.00 UK
post-free
[Llanvrechva Upper] Lease and
Assignment of Land & House near Pontnewydd
In 1874 this 400 sq yd plot of land, part of Tynewydd Farm, was leased to
build a pair of houses. In 1889 the lease of one of the houses was transferred to
local landowner William Williams. On offer is an 1889 copy of the 1874 lease (this
is on paper - water damaged and parts are illegible) and the 1889 transfer on parchment.
The principal party is engine driver George Rouffe Sier. The pair (ref 28/66)
£10.00 post-free Not for
export
The Charters of Newport
William Rees, 1951. 4to, xxi+53pp, 6 ills. Transcripts of
charters awarded by Humphrey, Earl of Stafford, in 1427, and James I in 1623. This
copy is ex-Glamorgan Record Office Library, the only evidence being their
stamp on the title-page and a short class-mark in snopake at the top of the spine.
G. (ref 252/133) £8.50
[Newport] Bill for Gunpowder
A bill submitted by the New
Sedgwick Gunpowder Co of Newport in 1869 for a barrel of black powder supplied
to Mr D Smith, Birchgrove. Manuscript on printed form, approx 7"x5", old
folds but nice and clean. (ref 3745) £3.50 UK
post-free
[Newport documents] Deeds to 3
Plots of Land in Linton Street
Three parchment deeds, all dated 1901,
for separate building plots. Plot 57 was the second of perhaps 11 or 12
between Kings Parade and Castle Street. Plot 58 was the 3rd and plot 60
the 5th. All 3 plots were leased to builder William Davies. The
three for £25, or £10 each. (ref 107/15) £25.00
post-free Not for export
[Newport] One Hundred Years of
Evangelical Witness (1836-1936) Being a Brief History of St Paul's Parish,
Newport
Rev T Parry Pryce, 1936. Small 4to, 69pp, 20 plate-ills, mostly
photos. Original cloth boards now grubby and worn, minor damage to the
edges of several leaves, mild foxing to eps, nevertheless we'd have to rate it
as G - a decent average copy. (ref 2126) £15.00
[Penrose near Raglan] Sale
Particulars for Llwyn Celyn Farm
Printed particulars for the 1883 sale of the 77 acre Llwyn Celyn Farm,
tenanted by George Townsend. The particulars incorporates a large [approx
16"x12"] multifolding location plan. A little grubby [as folded] with age
but no real problems. (ref 7733) £15.00 UK post-free
Programme for Pontypool UDC Coronation
Concert, 1953
8pp programme in blue card covers. The concert was performed by the
combined school choirs of Pontypool at the Queen's Ballroom. Some slight foxing to
covers, staples rusty o/w G. (ref 6595) £5.00 UK post-free
Official Guide to Raglan Castle
Ministry of Works, 1950. Pale green printed card covers, 48pp followed by
folding site plan, 8 full page photo plates. Several dogeared leaves, G. (ref 120/36) £2.50
UK post-free
Notes on the Ecclesiastical Remains at
Runston, Sudbrook, Dinham and Llan-bedr
Octavius Morgan and Thomas Wakeman, 1858. 4to in original paper covers,
33pp followed by 11 lithographed plates, some full page ills, others are plans or
architectural details. Bears the signature of Octavius Morgan MP. 2 copies of
this scarce item are available, 1 very waterstained, dogeared and with much of the spine
missing (ref 5292) at £10.00 UK post-free, the other
very much better (though the spine again is very brittle and there has been some careless
folding and slight tearing of the back cover) (ref 6878) at £16.00 UK post-free
Early Victorian Usk
David R Lewis, 1988 rep. White pictorial card covers enclosing 120pp, 39
ills. A good example of how a community can be brought to life from a variety of sources
inc census records and contemporary maps. F. (ref 8241) £5.00
Monmouthshire Wills proved in the Prerogative
Court of Canterbury 1560-1601
South Wales Record Society vol 12, 1997. Details of 154 wills of people from
Elizabethan Monmouthshire who held property in more than one diocese. A wealth of
information on land, property, trade, homes and furnishing as well as the religious
beliefs of people ranging from the country elite to small yeoman farmers and humble
clerks. Mint copies can be ordered via Chapel Books at the published price of £24.00
UK post-free
A Picture of Monmouthshire or an Abridgement
of Mr Coxe's Historical Tour in Monmouthshire
A Lady (William Coxe's sister), 1802. Small 8vo, 168pp. Early half calf
(worn) on marbled boards, the gilt lines on the spine have survived but not the lettering.
A few odd spots particularly affecting the feps, one of which in an early hand bears some
common Welsh place-name elements, their pronunciation and meaning. Both inner hinges
cracked, nevertheless a quite firm copy of a scarce-ish item. (ref 2972) £90.00
Law and Disorder in Tudor Monmouthshire
Ben Howell, 1995. 108+100pp inc 2 indexes. The 108pp intro sets the scene and
gives valuable background material on society, local administration & quarter sessions
as well as the transformation of medieval Gwent into the shire of Monmouth in the 16th
century. The second part of the book contains a calendar of a hitherto unknown QS &
Assize roll of 1576-7. Monmouthshire is almost unique in having QS records dating back to
the 16th century. Until recently this was in print at £14.95. F copy in F d/w.
(ref 8250) £10.00
An Ecclesiastical History of Monmouthshire Pt 1
E T Davies, 1953. 146pp, 3 maps. Part 1 covers the period up to
the Reformation, the intended part 2 was never published. Some embrowning of eps o/w
a F copy. (ref 4135) £20.00
The Mapping of Monmouthshire
D P M Michael, 1985. Approaching A4 size in pictorial card covers, 112pp inc
index of cartographers/engravers, 61 ills (some in colour), contents are in chronological
order. A descriptive catalogue of pre-Victorian maps of the county from Saxton in 1577,
with details of British atlases published during that period. Every serious Monmouthshire
researcher should have a copy of this indispensable reference book on the shelf. The
detail is such that it can be used in the study of maps of other parts of the British
Isles. VG. (ref 0000) £10.00
Monmouthshire County Guide
2nd ed, nd but late 1950s county guide. Pictorial card covers, 76pp,
fldg map. Top corner of back cover creased, but a nice clean fresh copy,
ex-Glamorgan Record Office Library, their stamp in lower corner of title-page. (ref
252/159) £4.00 UK post-free
South Wales and Monmouth Record Society vol 4, 1957
Tall 8vo in printed buff card covers, 180pp, a few map ills. Some very interesting
subjects:-
Accounts of the Ministers of the Lordship of Monmouth for the year 1256-1257 [26pp].
A Selection from the Records of the Lordship of Senghenydd with Caerphilly from the 13th
to 15th Century [20pp].
The Friaries of Cardiff & Newport - the 1st Financial Accounts after the Suppression
viz for 1538-1539 [6pp].
Sessions in Eyre in the Lordship of Gower & Kilvey 1524: Records of Dispute Earl of
Worcester v his Tenants [12pp].
Monmouthshire Recusants in the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I (with maps) [43pp].
The Copper Industry of Swansea and Neath: The Record of a Suit in the Court of Exchequer
1723 [30pp].
The Parish of Rumney as seen from the Registers of the Parish from 1744 to 1854 [10pp].
Trafalgar Commemoration Year 1955: the Men of Glamorgan who took part in the Battle [2pp].
Quite a nice copy, VG. (ref 2787) £15.00 [note - this is also on the
Glamorgan page]