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- [1529x1552] (Creation)
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286 ff. (foliated i-vii, 1-279).
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The manuscript was at one time in the possession of Edward Lhuyd and passed with others of his manuscripts into the Sebright library. It later passed into the possession of Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick.
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The first part of a chronicle of world history from the creation to the year 1552, compiled from various printed and written sources and from personal knowledge by Elis Gruffydd, 'a soldier of Calais'. This part, which is imperfect, deals with the six ages of world history from the Creation to the Norman Conquest of England. The manuscript is bound as two volumes, of which this is the first.
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Welsh.
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Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4397453 (September 2018)
Digital version available https://www.library.wales/discover-learn/digital-exhibitions/manuscripts/early-modern-period/elis-gruffudds-chronicle (September 2018)
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Creator ref. no.: Powel 1.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 5276iD.
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