Title based on contents.
Preferred citation: NLW MS 11129A
Published
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales
A volume of holograph poetry including 'Englynion y Credo' by 'T[wm] Pedrog', unsigned 'englynion' entitled 'Seh Yootuch. Rebmetpes 25 1798', and 'englynion' entitled 'Yr Ochenaid' by 'Tudwal Bach or Cwmmwd'. The latter series is ascribed to 'Twm Pedrog' in John Jones: Cynfeirdd Lleyn (1905). On the last page of the volume is the following inscription:- 'Thos. Williams' Book 1797. Thomas Williams was born at Llan-bedrog, on Wednes[da]y the 25th Day of May, in the Year of ou[r] Lord 1774. Baptized the 31st of May follow[in]g. Bapt[ize]d Twm Pedrog by Dafydd Ddu o'r Eryri at Penmorfa in an Eisteddfod 26th of May 1795'.
On the last page of the volume is inscribed 'Thos. Williams' Book 1797 (see also note in 520, above).
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961); Jones, John ('Myrddin Fardd'): Cynfeirdd Lleyn ... (Pwllheli, 1905);
See Jones, John ('Myrddin Fardd'): Cynfeirdd Lleyn ... (Pwllheli, 1905), p. 226, which notes the inscription mentioned in 520, probably in the autograph volume here described. 'Yr Ochenaid' and 'Englynion y Credo' both appear in Jones's anthology.