The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: The Oxford companion to Welsh literature (Oxford, 1998); The Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 (Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion: London, 1959); The Phillimore Papers 1798-1945 (Ashford Press : Botley, Hampshire, 1997); documents within the archive.
Title supplied from contents.
Since Egerton Phillimore habitually re-used every scrap of available paper, regardless of what it had been used for previously, there is a variety of historical and literary material, letters, drafts of letters, forms, household accounts and bills scattered throughout the archive.
Egerton Grenville Bagot Phillimore, an antiquarian who specialised in Welsh and Celtic history, languages and literature, was born in 1856, the only son of John George Phillimore, Q.C., and Rosalind Knight Bruce. The family moved to Shiplake House near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, in 1859, but for financial reasons they were unable to remain there after J. G. Phillimore's death in 1865. When Egerton's mother died in 1871, he was taken under the guardianship of his uncle, the lawyer Sir Robert Joseph Phillimore, and he finally sold Shiplake to his cousin Walter, later Lord Phillimore, shortly after his uncle's death in 1885.
Egerton Phillimore inherited from his parents a strong resistance to conformity, as a result of which family relations were sometimes strained. He married and was widowed twice: firstly in 1880 to Susan Elise Roscow, by whom he had a son and three daughters; and then, after Elise died in 1893, to Marion Owen in 1897, a marriage which he kept secret even from his own children. He encountered considerable financial problems throughout his life, especially after Marion died in 1904.
Phillimore was educated at Westminster Boys' School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1879 and M.A. in 1883. While at Oxford, he developed a profound interest in antiquarianism, particularly in Wales. He became familiar with a number of prominent Celtic scholars, including Sir John Rhys and Whitley Stokes, and began to learn Welsh in 1880. He taught for some time at Oxford, and became an avid collector of manuscripts and rare books, travelling widely in Wales and eventually settling in Corris, Merionethshire, around 1903, where he lived until his death in 1937.
Even though he only published a single work under his own name, Egerton Phillimore contributed extensively to contemporary literary and historical publications. From 1886, he published scholarly articles on early Welsh history, literature, topography, genealogy and place-names in journals including Bye Gones, Archaeologia Cambrensis and Y Cymmrodor, the latter of which he edited between 1889 and 1891, his most significant article being 'The publications of Welsh historical records' (Cymmrodor xi [1877]). He also provided detailed footnotes on Welsh place-names and traditions for Henry Owen's edition of George Owen's Description of Pembrokeshire (4 vols, 1892-1936).
Egerton Phillimore was never fully respected by his scholarly contemporaries, probably because of his eccentric nature. He was disorganised; his handwriting was often barely legible; he was perennially in financial crisis; he married against the better judgement of his family; and he acquired a reputation for having an interest in erotic and ribald texts, largely because of his article 'Welsh aedoeology', which was published in the journal Kryptadia in 1884. It was in fact a scholarly work on Welsh etymology, but the misrepresentation stuck because it contained a degree of truth about Phillimore's puerile interest in genitalia, sex and toilet humour.
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales
Papers, [c.1200]-1937, of the antiquary Egerton Phillimore, including: correspondence; notes and drafts of his contributions to various publications; transcripts of manuscripts; poems written by himself and other members of his family; papers relating to his family and his early life and education; family papers; and manuscripts and other documents of antiquarian interest.
Additional material, donated December 2021, comprises a printed volume: 'Llyvyr Taliessin ... The Text of the Book of Taliesin' (ed. J. Gwenogvryn Evans (1910)) inscribed to and annotated by Egerton Phillimore; a postcard note addressed to Egerton Phillimore from minister, academic and lexicographer Daniel Silvan Evans relating to place-names referenced in the Book of Taliesin; and a newspaper cutting, 17 August 1916, containing a review of Llyvyr Taliessin.
Arranged at NLW into four groups: correspondence; antiquarian notes and transcripts; literary compositions; and personal papers.
Material donated December 2021 added on to the existing archive.
Action: Some items were allegedly destroyed before the papers were transferred to the National Library..
A. O. Jones; Corris; Donation; December 1958
Mrs Millicent Gregory; Comins Coch, Aberystwyth; Donation; 1991; 1991228
Sarah Lloyd-Jones, Abergavenny; Donation; December 2021; 99204522502419.
Accruals are not expected.
It appears that most of the papers in the archive arrived at the National Library of Wales shortly after Egerton Phillimore's death in 1937. It is not clear whether they were donated by his daughter or bought by the Library through the offices of Galloway and Sons, Aberystwyth; there is, however, enough surviving correspondence between his daughter, the Library and Galloway and Sons to suggest that they were transferred at this time. Furthermore, there is no formal record of their receipt in the National Library's Annual Report, and there are many conflicting reports (based entirely on dated hearsay) of Library officials driving to Corris to 'save' what was left of Phillimore's collections, and others of the collection being 'censored' for unsavoury material before being transferred to the Library.
Another two small deposits were made at later dates. The first donation was made by Mr A. O. Jones, Corris, in December 1958, and consisted of letters, 1912-1929, sent by Egerton Phillimore to the owners of Bryn Awel, Corris, relating to his tenancy of the house. These have now been incorporated into the archive. The second donation was made by Mrs Millicent Gregory, Comins Coch, Aberystwyth, 1991, and included notes, press-cuttings and six letters, 1885-1911, sent to Phillimore by Llywarch Reynolds, A. E. Lawson Lowe and John Fisher; these have also been incorporated into the archive.
Additional material (donated December 2021) described May 2023.
Description compiled by David Moore.
Additional description, relating to December 2021 donation, compiled by Bethan Ifan, May 2023, utilising primary source material and online search engines.
Archives relating to the extended Phillimore family are kept at a number of repositories; for details, see The Phillimore Papers 1798-1945: an illustrated guide to a naval, political, country house and estate archive (Ashford Press : Botley, 1997). In particular, letters from Egerton Phillimore to his uncle, Augustus Phillimore, are Hampshire Record Office C 80/1/1-14. Much of Phillimore's collection of manuscripts now forms part of the NLW manuscript collection, having been sold to Sir John Williams in 1894, and NLW also holds the 'Phillimore Deeds', which were similarly collected by him.
See also Sir John Williams Deeds and Papers at NLW.
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.
Usual copyright laws apply.
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Letters received by Egerton Phillimore and his parents, together with copies of letters sent by him. The correspondents include most of his friends and associates, and reflect both his professional and social interests.
Arranged into six series: letters received from family, friends and acquaintances; letters received from Joseph Bradney, Monmouth; letters received from Henry Owen, London and Haverfordwest; letters received from Edward Woodall, Oswestry; letters sent to Egerton Phillimore's parents; and letters sent by Egerton Phillimore.
Some additional correspondence is in P5/13-14.
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Letters, 1869-1937, received by Egerton Phillimore, together with a small number of draft replies. They reflect all aspects of his academic, family, social and personal life.
Arranged alphabetically according to author, and chronologically thereafter.
Some additional letters to Egerton Phillimore are in P5/14.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including J. Romilly Allen, Alfred Anscombe, Edward Anwyl, Charles Ashton, Joseph Atkins, M. A. Atkins and Donald Attwater.
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Sir John Ballinger was born in Pontnewynydd, Monmouthshire and received his early education in Canton, Cardiff. At 15 he became an assistant at Cardiff Free Library and, at 20, was appointed librarian at Doncaster before returning to Cardiff in 1884 to take up the post of chief librarian. In 1908 Ballinger was appointed the first librarian of the National Library of Wales at Aberystwyth, which was scheduled to be opened the following year. Despite being a non-Welsh speaker, Ballinger brought considerable success to his librarianship roles in Wales. He was selected as president of the Library Association in 1922 and was for a time editor of the Bibliographical Society of Wales. Amongst other honours bestowed upon him, he received an honourary Master of Arts from the University of Wales in 1909, was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1920 and knighted in 1930. In 1932 he received the Cymmrodorion Society's medal for his services to the Welsh nation in the field of bibliography and literature. He died at Hawarden in 1933.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Sir John Ballinger, Richard W. Banks and A. T. Bannister.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including W. D. Barber, John Bellows, W. L. Bevan, Francis Bickley, W. de Gray Birch, L. B. Birkett, B. H. Blackwell Ltd and Louis-Lucien Bonaparte.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Sir Samuel Courthope Bosanquet, W. C. Borlase, Emily Bowles, Charles E. Breese and G. W. H. Knight-Bruce.
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Letters from Caroline Knight-Bruce.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Henry Austin Bruce, Henry Campbell Bruce, L[illie] Knight-Bruce, Lewis Knight Bruce, Norah Knight-Bruce, R. Knight-Bruce and W. C. Bruce.
Preferred citation: C1/7.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Marian Buck and Herbert Burry.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Charles Chidlow and Child and Co..
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Charles J. Clark, David Clark and A. M. Clemenger.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including W. W. Cobb.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including C. A. V. Conybeare, Frederick C. Conybeare, Henry Crawford Conybeare and Maud Conybeare.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including J. S. Cotton, Herbert R. Cox and O. G. S. Crawford.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including W. Daniel, Sir Francis Darwin, D. Davies ('Dewi Cynon'), E. W. L. Davies, W. E. Davies, W. Ll. Davies and W. S. Davies.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Sir William Davies, Muriel O. Davis and Louis Delatigny.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Egerton Phillimore's sister-in-law, Florence Denman (nee Roscow).
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Letters from Francis L. Denman.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including James L. Denman and Charles Dymond.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including J. Earle, J. P. Earwaker, H. J. Elliot, Thomas E. Ellis, Richard Ellis and Alcwyn C. Evans.
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The Rev. A. W. Wade-Evans (1875-1964), was the rector of Wrabness, Essex, and a historian.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including A. W. Wade-Evans, Alice Evans, Beriah Gwynfe Evans and D. Emlyn Evans.
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Letters from D. Silvan Evans.
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Letters from J. Gwenogvryn Evans.
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Letters from J. Gwenogvryn Evans.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Griffith Evans and J. H. Silvan Evans.
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Sir Evan Vincent Evans (1851-1934) was born in Nancaw, Llangelynnin, Merionethshire. In 1872 he left Wales for London, where he successfully pursued a career and eventually became manager of the Chancery Lane Land and Safe Deposit Company. He was a prominent member of Welsh cultural organisations and was secretary of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion and the National Eisteddfod Society, Chairman of the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, and a member of the Royal Commission on the Public Records, as well as being on numerous educational councils; he wrote numerous articles for Welsh newspapers and was involved with several organisations formed for the benefit of Welsh soldiers during the 1914-1918 War.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Sir Vincent Evans.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including James H. Fennell, Ferrar Fenton, H. E. Forrest, Isaac Foulkes ('Llyfrbryf'), J. S. Furley and F. J. Furnivall.
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John Fisher (1862-1930), Welsh scholar, was born on 5th January 1862, at Cicoll, Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, the eldest son of Edward and Mary Fisher. He was educated at Llandeilo-Talybont (Pontarddulais) National School, Llandovery School, and St David's College, Lampeter, where he graduated B.A. in 1884 and B.D. in 1891. In 1901, he became rector of Cefn, near St. Asaph, and librarian of the Cathedral Library. In 1916, he became Canon of the Cathedral, and its Chancellor in 1927. He was the Welsh examining Chaplain to Archbishop A. G. Edwards in 1921 and Welsh examiner at St David's College, Lampeter, 1905-1909. From 1917, he was a member of the governing body of the Church in Wales. He served as the general secretary of the Cambrian Archaeological Association, 1914-1917, having been a member since 1899; he was also editor of Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1914-1919; he was elected FSA in 1918, and became the vice-president of the Cambrian Archaeological Association in 1925. He died on 9th May 1930. David Richard Thomas (1833-1916), cleric and historian, was born in 1833. He was the Rector of Llandrinio, 1892-1916, and was appointed Canon of St. Asaph, 1881, and Archdeacon of Montgomery in 1866. He was the Chairman of the Cambrian Archaeological Association Committee and editor of Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1875-1889 and 1884-1888, to which he contributed regularly. He died on 11th October 1916. The Rev. E. J. Fisher of Meifod (fl. 1930s) may have been a relative of John Fisher's. He left Ruthin for Cefn on 3 April 1901.
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Letters from J. Fisher.
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John Fisher (1862-1930), Welsh scholar, was born on 5th January 1862, at Cicoll, Llandybie, Carmarthenshire, the eldest son of Edward and Mary Fisher. He was educated at Llandeilo-Talybont (Pontarddulais) National School, Llandovery School, and St David's College, Lampeter, where he graduated B.A. in 1884 and B.D. in 1891. In 1901, he became rector of Cefn, near St. Asaph, and librarian of the Cathedral Library. In 1916, he became Canon of the Cathedral, and its Chancellor in 1927. He was the Welsh examining Chaplain to Archbishop A. G. Edwards in 1921 and Welsh examiner at St David's College, Lampeter, 1905-1909. From 1917, he was a member of the governing body of the Church in Wales. He served as the general secretary of the Cambrian Archaeological Association, 1914-1917, having been a member since 1899; he was also editor of Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1914-1919; he was elected FSA in 1918, and became the vice-president of the Cambrian Archaeological Association in 1925. He died on 9th May 1930. David Richard Thomas (1833-1916), cleric and historian, was born in 1833. He was the Rector of Llandrinio, 1892-1916, and was appointed Canon of St. Asaph, 1881, and Archdeacon of Montgomery in 1866. He was the Chairman of the Cambrian Archaeological Association Committee and editor of Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1875-1889 and 1884-1888, to which he contributed regularly. He died on 11th October 1916. The Rev. E. J. Fisher of Meifod (fl. 1930s) may have been a relative of John Fisher's. He left Ruthin for Cefn on 3 April 1901.
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Letters from J. Fisher.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including G. Williams-Freeman, J. P. Williams-Freeman and Lavinia Williams-Freeman.
Preferred citation: C1/29.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including H. Gaidoz, Willoughby Garner, Stephen Gaselee, William George Ltd and S. Baring-Gould.
Preferred citation: C1/30.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Gwladys E. Greer, M. G. Grey, Ll. Wyn Griffith, Lucy E. Griffith and W. R. Grove.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Augusta Hall, Hubert Hall, W. E. Hall, Alfred Hanson and W. Harries.
Preferred citation: C1/32.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including H. N. Harvey, W. M Harvey, F. Haverfield, G. Henninger, J. A. Herbert and Anna Hills.
Preferred citation: C1/33.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including G. Horner, H. R. Hughes, Harold Hughes, John Ceiriog Hughes and Edward C. B. Ibotson.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including I. H. Jeayes, C. T. Jefferies, Edward Jenkins, Henry Jenner, Walter D. Jeremy and James Hills-Johnes.
Preferred citation: C1/35.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including C. W. Jones, D. Llewelyn Jones, D. Thomas Jones, Evan Jones and G. Hartwell Jones.
Preferred citation: C1/36.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including H. Haydn Jones, Henry J. Church Jones, Ifano Jones, J. Charles Jones, J. Lloyd Jones, John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'), John Morris-Jones, M. H. Jones and Morris C. Jones.
Preferred citation: C1/37.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Prudence Jones, Robert Isaac-Jones ('Alltud Eifion') and Thomas Jones.
Preferred citation: C1/38.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including H. S. Keating, George P. F. Keogh, Agnes King, Francis King, J. Kynoch, Bunnell Lewis, David Lewis, W. M. Lindsay, Edward H. Lloyd and G. Lewis Lloyd.
Preferred citation: C1/39.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Howel W. Lloyd, Sir John Edward Lloyd, J. Loth, A. E. Lawson Lowe, Emilie J. Loyson and Hyacinthe Loyson.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including M. F. Macclesfield, H. M. Charters Macpherson, Hugh A. Macpherson, J. M. Macpherson, F. Madan and Anna Maitland Fuller.
Preferred citation: C1/41.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Helen Fuller Maitland, Hugh Fuller Maitland and Richard A. Fuller Maitland.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including L. A. Markham, E. Matthews and H. W. Matthews.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Kuno Meyer, Marguerite de Montalembert, Rachel de Montalembert, Walter E. Moore and W. R. Morfill.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including R. Jones Morris, T. E. Morris, William Meredith Morris, Reginald J. Mure, Max Nettlau, Frederick Newte, E. W. B. Nicholson and David Nutt.
Preferred citation: C1/45.
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Letters from Alfred Nutt.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Standish H. O'Grady, Oliver Onions, Arthur Owen Synge, Edward H. Owen, Edward Owen and Elias Owen.
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Letters from Sir Isambard Owen.
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Letters from Sir Isambard Owen.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including R. Trevor Owen, Robert Owen and William R. Owen.
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Historian Alfred Neobard Palmer (1847-1915) was born in Thetford, Norfolk, and began his career as a pharmacist. Having moved to Wrexham in 1880, Palmer soon embarked on his enthusiastic involvement in the local history of the area, an involvement which would remain with him for the rest of his life. He addressed local historical societies, contributed to historical and antiquarian pubilcations such as the Archaeologia Cambrensis, and published essays and articles on local history which include The History of Ancient Tenures of Land in the Marches of North Wales (1885) and The History of the Town of Wrexham (1893). Despite being dogged by ill health, Palmer succeeded in exploring nearly all the aspects of antiquarian interest in the counties of Denbighshire and Flintshire and had even begun to investigate the antiquities of Merionethshire. He remained in Wrexham for the remainder of his life and died there in 1915.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Alfred Neobard Palmer and Stephen Paget.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including George Parker, D. Rhys Phillips, C. Plummer, J. H. Pollen and L. E. Poole.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Thomas Powel, A. C. Powell, Charles Praetorius, John Prichard and G. R. G. Pughe.
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Letters from Bernard Quaritch.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including T. Raleigh, C. A. Rawnsley, Drummond Rawnsley, H. D. Rawnsley, W. F. Rawnsley, Charles H. Read, Edward Davies Rees, J. Aneuryn Rees, Richard Rees and Oskar Reichenbach.
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Letters from Llywarch Reynolds.
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Letters from Llywarch Reynolds.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Olwen Rhys, Mary Richards, R. A. Roberts, Thomas Francis Roberts, Thomas E. Roberts and W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd').
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John Rhŷs, Celtic scholar, was born John Rees, at Aberceiro-fach, Ponterwyd, Cardiganshire, on 21 June 1840. He was the eldest son of a farmer and lead miner, Hugh Rees (d. 1886), and his wife Jane Mason (d. 1863). John Rhŷs was educated at Bryn-chwyth, Pantyffynnon, and Ponterwyd, and from 1855 at the British School, Penllwyn, where he became a pupil teacher. He studied at the Normal College, Bangor (1860–1861), and was subsequently appointed master of Rhosybol British School, Anglesey. In 1865 he was offered a scholarship to study at Jesus College, Oxford; in 1869 he was elected a fellow of Merton College. During the holidays he travelled and studied abroad, and in 1871 he matriculated at the University of Leipzig.
In 1871 John RhĹ·s was appointed HM inspector of schools for the counties of Flint and Denbigh. He married Elspeth Hughes-Davies (1841-1911), a teacher originally from Llanberis, on 6 August 1872, and the couple settled in Rhyl. They had three daughters, Gwladus (d. 1874), Myvanwy and Olwen.
Although some of his work had already been published, John RhĹ·s's reputation as a Celtic scholar was firmly established following a series of lectures he delivered at Aberystwyth in 1874, later published as Lectures on Welsh philology (1877). He was elected first professor of Celtic at Oxford in 1877, and made an honorary fellow of Jesus College. In 1881 he became official fellow and bursar of the college, and was elected principal of Jesus College in 1895.
RhĹ·s's main field of interest was Celtic and Welsh philology. However his scholarly research extended beyond philology and his published works related to grammar, Celtic history, folklore, ethnology, and archaeology. He travelled throughout Britain, Ireland, and Europe recording Celtic inscriptions, in particular Ogam inscriptions.
John RhĹ·s was a prominent figure in academic and public life; in addition to his scholarly research he was a popular public speaker, especially in eisteddfodau. He was president of the Dafydd ap Gwilym Society at Oxford from its formation in 1886, and chairman of the council of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. He served as member of various committees, councils and commissions and, at the time of his death, he was chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and Monmouthshire.
Several honours were bestowed upon him during his lifetime, including the honorary degree of LL.D., University of Edinburgh (1893); honorary D.Litt., University of Wales (1902); fellow of the British Academy (1903); and the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion medal (1912). In 1907 he was knighted, in recognition of his contribution to public services; and he was made a member of the privy council in 1911.
John RhĹ·s died at The Lodgings, Jesus College, Oxford, on 17 December 1915; he was buried at Holywell cemetery, Oxford. The British Academy founded the annual Sir John RhĹ·s Memorial Lecture; the inaugural lecture was given by his former student, Sir John Morris-Jones, and contains a comprehensive bibliography of his mentor's published works.
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Letters from Sir John Rhys.
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John Rhŷs, Celtic scholar, was born John Rees, at Aberceiro-fach, Ponterwyd, Cardiganshire, on 21 June 1840. He was the eldest son of a farmer and lead miner, Hugh Rees (d. 1886), and his wife Jane Mason (d. 1863). John Rhŷs was educated at Bryn-chwyth, Pantyffynnon, and Ponterwyd, and from 1855 at the British School, Penllwyn, where he became a pupil teacher. He studied at the Normal College, Bangor (1860–1861), and was subsequently appointed master of Rhosybol British School, Anglesey. In 1865 he was offered a scholarship to study at Jesus College, Oxford; in 1869 he was elected a fellow of Merton College. During the holidays he travelled and studied abroad, and in 1871 he matriculated at the University of Leipzig.
In 1871 John RhĹ·s was appointed HM inspector of schools for the counties of Flint and Denbigh. He married Elspeth Hughes-Davies (1841-1911), a teacher originally from Llanberis, on 6 August 1872, and the couple settled in Rhyl. They had three daughters, Gwladus (d. 1874), Myvanwy and Olwen.
Although some of his work had already been published, John RhĹ·s's reputation as a Celtic scholar was firmly established following a series of lectures he delivered at Aberystwyth in 1874, later published as Lectures on Welsh philology (1877). He was elected first professor of Celtic at Oxford in 1877, and made an honorary fellow of Jesus College. In 1881 he became official fellow and bursar of the college, and was elected principal of Jesus College in 1895.
RhĹ·s's main field of interest was Celtic and Welsh philology. However his scholarly research extended beyond philology and his published works related to grammar, Celtic history, folklore, ethnology, and archaeology. He travelled throughout Britain, Ireland, and Europe recording Celtic inscriptions, in particular Ogam inscriptions.
John RhĹ·s was a prominent figure in academic and public life; in addition to his scholarly research he was a popular public speaker, especially in eisteddfodau. He was president of the Dafydd ap Gwilym Society at Oxford from its formation in 1886, and chairman of the council of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. He served as member of various committees, councils and commissions and, at the time of his death, he was chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and Monmouthshire.
Several honours were bestowed upon him during his lifetime, including the honorary degree of LL.D., University of Edinburgh (1893); honorary D.Litt., University of Wales (1902); fellow of the British Academy (1903); and the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion medal (1912). In 1907 he was knighted, in recognition of his contribution to public services; and he was made a member of the privy council in 1911.
John RhĹ·s died at The Lodgings, Jesus College, Oxford, on 17 December 1915; he was buried at Holywell cemetery, Oxford. The British Academy founded the annual Sir John RhĹ·s Memorial Lecture; the inaugural lecture was given by his former student, Sir John Morris-Jones, and contains a comprehensive bibliography of his mentor's published works.
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Letters from Sir John Rhys.
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John Rhŷs, Celtic scholar, was born John Rees, at Aberceiro-fach, Ponterwyd, Cardiganshire, on 21 June 1840. He was the eldest son of a farmer and lead miner, Hugh Rees (d. 1886), and his wife Jane Mason (d. 1863). John Rhŷs was educated at Bryn-chwyth, Pantyffynnon, and Ponterwyd, and from 1855 at the British School, Penllwyn, where he became a pupil teacher. He studied at the Normal College, Bangor (1860–1861), and was subsequently appointed master of Rhosybol British School, Anglesey. In 1865 he was offered a scholarship to study at Jesus College, Oxford; in 1869 he was elected a fellow of Merton College. During the holidays he travelled and studied abroad, and in 1871 he matriculated at the University of Leipzig.
In 1871 John RhĹ·s was appointed HM inspector of schools for the counties of Flint and Denbigh. He married Elspeth Hughes-Davies (1841-1911), a teacher originally from Llanberis, on 6 August 1872, and the couple settled in Rhyl. They had three daughters, Gwladus (d. 1874), Myvanwy and Olwen.
Although some of his work had already been published, John RhĹ·s's reputation as a Celtic scholar was firmly established following a series of lectures he delivered at Aberystwyth in 1874, later published as Lectures on Welsh philology (1877). He was elected first professor of Celtic at Oxford in 1877, and made an honorary fellow of Jesus College. In 1881 he became official fellow and bursar of the college, and was elected principal of Jesus College in 1895.
RhĹ·s's main field of interest was Celtic and Welsh philology. However his scholarly research extended beyond philology and his published works related to grammar, Celtic history, folklore, ethnology, and archaeology. He travelled throughout Britain, Ireland, and Europe recording Celtic inscriptions, in particular Ogam inscriptions.
John RhĹ·s was a prominent figure in academic and public life; in addition to his scholarly research he was a popular public speaker, especially in eisteddfodau. He was president of the Dafydd ap Gwilym Society at Oxford from its formation in 1886, and chairman of the council of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. He served as member of various committees, councils and commissions and, at the time of his death, he was chairman of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and Monmouthshire.
Several honours were bestowed upon him during his lifetime, including the honorary degree of LL.D., University of Edinburgh (1893); honorary D.Litt., University of Wales (1902); fellow of the British Academy (1903); and the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion medal (1912). In 1907 he was knighted, in recognition of his contribution to public services; and he was made a member of the privy council in 1911.
John RhĹ·s died at The Lodgings, Jesus College, Oxford, on 17 December 1915; he was buried at Holywell cemetery, Oxford. The British Academy founded the annual Sir John RhĹ·s Memorial Lecture; the inaugural lecture was given by his former student, Sir John Morris-Jones, and contains a comprehensive bibliography of his mentor's published works.
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Letters from Sir John Rhys.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including George E. Robinson, W. Wilson Robinson and Susan Roscow.
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Letters from Eleanor Ruck.
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Berta Ruck (1878-1978), novelist, was born Amy Roberta Ruck in the Punjab, India, on 2 August 1878. She was the eldest of the eight children of Lieutenant (later Colonel) Arthur Ashley Ruck (1847-1939) of Esgair and Pantlludw, Merioneth, and Elizabeth Eleanor (née D'Arcy, 1852-1928). She came to Britain aged two to live with her grandmother in Merioneth, then with her father's return from India the family moved to Lancashire. In 1888 Col. Ruck was appointed Chief Constable of Caernarvonshire and the rest of Ruck's childhood was spent in Caernarfon and Bangor, where she attended St Winifred's School as a boarder. She then studied at Lambeth School of Art, the Slade School of Fine Art (from 1901) and at the Académie Colarossi in Paris (1904-5). In 1909 she married fellow novelist and Slade alumnus Oliver Onions (1873-1961) (he changed his name by deed poll to George Oliver in 1918). They had two children, (George) Arthur Oliver (b. 1912) and William Richard ('Bill') Oliver (1913-2007). Meanwhile Merioneth continued to play an important part in Ruck's life with her parents having returned permanently to Esgair in 1912. In 1903 Ruck began a career as an illustrator for magazines such as The Idler and The Jabberwock. From 1905 she began to contribute short stories and serials to magazines such as Home Chat. One such serial was published as a full-length novel, His Official Fiancée (London, 1914), and its success marked the beginning of Ruck's career as a popular romantic novelist. She produced up to three books annually, as well as short stories and articles; her last novel, Shopping for a Husband (London, 1967), appeared when she was nearly ninety. She also published several memoir-style works: A Story-Teller Tells the Truth (London, 1935), A Smile for the Past (London, 1959), A Trickle of Welsh Blood (London, 1967), An Asset to Wales (London, 1970), and Ancestral Voices (1972). In later life she was a public speaker and occasional radio broadcaster and in 1970 she appeared in a documentary for the television series Yesterday's Witness. Between the wars she lived in Henley on Thames, Windsor and Hampstead and was active in London society; she was friends with various writers, artists, actors, aviators and other notables of the day. Her interests included aviation; her son Bill became an RAF and airline pilot and she herself enjoyed flying. She travelled widely in Europe, especially France, Germany and Austria (she was particularly fond of Vienna where she stayed often and had many friends) and visited the United States. In September 1939, with the outbreak of war, she and her husband left London and settled in Aberdyfi, Merioneth, where she lived for her remaining years. She died on 12 August 1978, a few days after her one-hundredth birthday.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including A. A. Ruck, Berta Ruck, G. H. Ruck, M. A. Ruck, Maud Gaynor Ruck and Richard C. Ruck.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including David Samuel, S. T. H. Saunders, A. H. Sayce, R. Henry Sewell, Arthur Shadwell, R. Shute, Simmons and Sons Ltd and Alfred Russell Smith.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Emil William Smith, Harriette C. Smith and Fanny Sotheran.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Henry B. Sotheran, Walter Spurrell, William Spurrell, Georgina M. Squire and Graham H. Squire.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Alfred E. Stamp, Edward Stanford, Mary Steevens, Alan H. Stenning, William J. Stephens, W. H. Stevenson, J. A. Stewart, Whitley Stokes and John Storrie.
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Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas (1863-1940) was born at Cwm-du near Talley, Carmarthenshire, and was educated at Llandovery College. In 1883, he entered Oxford as a non-collegiate student and was one of the founder members of the University's Dafydd ap Gwilym Society. He obtained an honours degree in Jurisprudence in 1887 and was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in May 1889, holding his first brief at Carmarthen in the following December. He was appointed Stipendiary Magistrate for Pontypridd and the Rhondda in 1909, and Vice Chairman of Glamorgan Quarter Sessions in 1929, holding these offices until 1932-3 when ill-health compelled him to resign. Outside his legal career, Lleufer Thomas was a prominent figure in public life and was associated with Tom Ellis in the foundation of the London Cymru Fydd Society. He was appointed Assistant Commissioner to the Royal Commission of Labour in 1892; Secretary of the Welsh Land Commission from 1893 to 1896; and Chairman of the Welsh Section of the Commission on Industrial Unrest in 1917. He was granted a knighthood in 1931. Sir Lleufer also took an active part in the social and intellectual issues of his day, including the Co-operative Movement, the Workers' Educational Association and Housing and Town Planning, and was one of the founders of the Cardiff Workers' Co-operative Society which built Rhiwbina Garden Village. He was an important figure in the foundation of the National Library of Wales and the National Museum of Wales, and was a member of the Privy Council of the University of Wales, initiating the establishment of a Faculty of Law at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. His literary and historical interests were wide-ranging, and he contributed numerous articles to the Dictionary of National Biography and other publications. Lleufer Thomas received the honorary degree of LLD from the University of Wales in 1927 and was awarded the Cymmrodorion Medal in 1939. He died in August 1940.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Clara Thomas, D. Lleufer Thomas, D. R. Thomas, John Thomas ('Eifionydd'), John Thomas ('Pencerdd Gwalia'), Lilian Evan-Thomas and Ll. Thomas.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including R. J. Thomas, W. Glanffrwd Thomas ('Glanffrwd'), A. Hamilton Thompson, E. Margaret Thompson, Thomas Toon, George G. T. Treherne, H. M. A. Traherne, C. J. Ribton-Turner and J. R. Tutin.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Henry Francis J. Vaughan.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including E. Walford, Elizabeth Walters, Henry L. D. Ward, C. Knight Watson, E. R. Wharton, Benjamin Williams ('Gwynionydd') and D. D. Williams.
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Sir John Williams (1840-1926), royal physician, president of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and chief founder of the National Library of Wales, was born in Gwynfe, Carmarthenshire. His private library included important manuscripts from the estate of Peniarth, Merionethshire. It was Sir John who, amongst others, pioneered the setting up of a Welsh hospital in South Africa during the Boer War. Amongst the many honours bestowed upon him during his lifetime, he was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1894.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including D. G. Williams, D. J. Williams, Hugh Williams ('Hywel Cernyw'), Sir Ifor Williams and Sir John Williams.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including R. Williams, T. Marchant Williams, V. E. Nash Williams, W. M. Williams, W. R. Williams and Watkin H. Williams.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including J. M. Wilson, Richard M. Wood, and Woodall, Minshall, Thomas & Co. Ltd.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including William H. Woodward, Joseph Wright, W. R. M. Wynne and Pym Yeatman.
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Letters from a number of correspondents, including Sir Augustus Phillimore, Emma Phillimore, Catherine Mary Phillimore, Charles Augustus Phillimore and Charles B. Phillimore.
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Letters from a number of family members, including George Grenville Phillimore, Godfrey Phillimore, Greville Phillimore, Lucy Phillimore, Marion Phillimore (Egerton Phillimore's second wife), Mary Phillimore, Sir Richard F. Phillimore, Robert C. Phillimore and Sir Robert Joseph Phillimore.
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Letters from Egerton Phillimore's first wife, Elise.
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Letters from Egerton Phillimore's first wife, Elise.
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Letters from Egerton Phillimore's first wife, Elise.
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Letters from Egerton Phillimore's first wife, Elise.
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Letters from Egerton Phillimore's first wife, Elizabeth ('Elise').
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Letters from Egerton Phillimore's daughter, Rosalind ('Mimi').
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Letters from Egerton Phillimore's son, John.
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Letters from Egerton Phillimore's son, John.
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Letters from Egerton Phillimore's son, John.
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Letters from W. P. W. Phillimore and Walter, Baron Phillimore.
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Letters from Egerton Phillimore's daughters, Elizabeth ('Betha') and Dora.
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Letters to Egerton Phillimore and his family from unidentified correspondents, together with miscellaneous notes.
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Letters reflecting Phillimore's and Bradney's shared antiquarian interests, as well as their mutual taste for rude limericks. Bradney habitually wrote to Phillimore in Latin.
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Henry Owen's edition of George Owen's Description of Penbrockshire [sic] (1603) was published in four volumes between 1892 and 1936. The first two volumes comprised the Description of Pembrokshire [sic], while the third and fourth volumes included general works on Wales and an incomplete work entitled the Description of Wales. Phillimore assisted Owen with the editorial work and shouldered much of the responsibility for the work following Owen's death in 1919. The fifth and final volume was never published but, according to Ll. Wyn Griffith's preface to the fourth volume, individual parts relating to Caernarfonshire and Anglesey were printed between 1913 and 1918.
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Letters reflecting Phillimore's and Owen's shared antiquarian interests.
Arranged chronologically.
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Letters reflecting Phillimore's and Woodall's shared antiquarian interests.
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Letters sent to John George Phillimore and Rosalind Phillimore, comprising professional, family and social correspondence.
Arranged by recipient, and thereafter alphabetically by sender.
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Letter books containing copies of letters sent by Egerton Phillimore, 1878-1937 (mainly 1887-1893), to friends, relations, acquaintances and editors of periodicals, together with miscellaneous letters in his hand, including draft letters, copies of letters sent, and letters he wrote without ever posting, 1878-1936, and letters to his landladies, 1912-1929.
Arranged in broadly chronological order.
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Carbon copies of letters, 18 August 1887 - 6 August 1888.
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Carbon copies of letters, 7 August 1888 - 11 April 1889.
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Carbon copies of letters, 13 August 1889 - 14 September 1890.
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Carbon copies of letters, 17 September 1890 - 13 May 1893, together with pressed flowers and leaves.
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Copies of letters from Egerton Phillimore to the owners of Bryn Awel, Corris, relating to his tenancy of the house.
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Papers relating to Egerton Phillimore's academic pursuits, reflecting his wide-ranging interests and the disorderly fashion in which he went about his work.
Arranged at NLW into four series: the Description of Wales; Welsh Aedoeology; manuscript transcriptions; and notes.
Many of the notes are written on the back of letters, bills, invitations, circulars and other previously used pieces of paper.
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Henry Owen's edition of George Owen's Description of Penbrockshire [sic] (1603) was published in four volumes between 1892 and 1936. The first two volumes comprised the Description of Pembrokshire [sic], while the third and fourth volumes included general works on Wales and an incomplete work entitled the Description of Wales. Phillimore assisted Owen with the editorial work and shouldered much of the responsibility for the work following Owen's death in 1919. The fifth and final volume was never published but, according to Ll. Wyn Griffith's preface to the fourth volume, individual parts relating to Caernarfonshire and Anglesey were printed between 1913 and 1918.
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Phillimore's notes for the Description of Wales, in particular 'A Treatise of Lordshipps Marchers in Wales', 'Glamorgan' and 'Brecknock' for Volume 3, 1906; 'Carmarthen', 'Pembroke and Carmarthen', 'Cardigan', 'Denbigh', 'Flynt' and 'Montgomery' for Volume 4, 1936; 'Anglesey' and 'Carnarvon' for the unpublished fifth volume; and other miscellaneous topographical notes.
Arranged at NLW following the order of the volumes; the original order has been retained within each file.
For letters sent to Phillimore by Henry Owen, 1884-1919, see C3.
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Manuscript notes and annotated galley proofs relating to the chapter on 'A Treatise of Lordshipps Marches in Wales', in the Description of Pembrokeshire, volume 3.
A transcript of George Owen's ' Lordshipps Marchers in Wales' is NLW MS 1343B .
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Manuscript notes and galley proofs relating to the chapter on Glamorganshire in the Description of Pembrokeshire, volume 3.
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Manuscript notes and galley proofs relating to the chapter on Breconshire in the Description of Pembrokeshire, volume 3.
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Manuscript notes relating to the chapter on Carmarthenshire in the Description of Pembrokeshire, volume 4.
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Manuscript notes and typescript drafts relating to the chapter on Carmarthenshire in the Description of Pembrokeshire, volume 4.
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Manuscript notes and galley proofs relating to the chapter on Carmarthenshire in the Description of Pembrokeshire, volume 4.
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Manuscript notes and galley proofs relating to the 'Additional Notes on the Counties of Pembroke and Carmarthen' by Egerton Philimore in the Description of Pembrokeshire, volume 4, together with a photograph of the Gwaun valley .
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Manuscript notes, typescript and galley proofs relating to the chapter on Cardiganshire in the Description of Pembrokeshire, volume 4.
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Manuscript notes and galley proofs relating to the chapter on Denbighshire in the Description of Pembrokeshire, volume 4.
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Manuscript notes and galley proofs relating to the chapter on Flintshire in the Description of Pembrokeshire, volume 4.
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Manuscript notes relating to the chapter on Montgomeryshire in the Description of Pembrokeshire, volume 4.
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Manuscript notes and galley proofs relating to the chapter on Montgomeryshire in the Description of Pembrokeshire, volume 4.
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Manuscript notes on Llanddwyn and Llangwyfan, made by Egerton Phillimore during his visits to various Anglesey parishes, August 1885.
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Manuscript notes and galley proofs relating to the chapter on Anglesey intended for the fifth volume of the Description of Pembrokeshire, which was not published. The chapter on Anglesey was printed separately between 1913 and 1918.
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Manuscript notes relating to the chapter on Caernarfonshire intended for the fifth volume of the Description of Pembrokeshire, which was not published. The greater part of the chapter on Caernarfonshire was printed separately between 1913 and 1918.
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Manuscript notes relating to the chapter on Caernarfonshire intended for the fifth volume of the Description of Pembrokeshire, which was not published. The greater part of the chapter on Caernarfonshire was printed separately between 1913 and 1918.
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Manuscript notes relating to the chapter on Caernarfonshire intended for the fifth volume of the Description of Pembrokeshire, which was not published. The greater part of the chapter on Caernarfonshire was printed separately between 1913 and 1918.
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Eight notebooks containing miscellaneous notes relating to the Description of Wales.
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Topographical and other notes relating to the Description of Wales.
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Galley proofs, with corrections in Egerton Phillimore's hand, of his 'Welsh Aedoeology', the first part of which was published in the second volume of a German journal entitled Kryptadia in 1884, pp. 323-97. It was widely believed to have been a collection of erotic Welsh literature, and it earned him an unfortunate reputation, but it was in fact a scholarly etymological work. The remainder of the 'Aedoeology' was never published, although it was meant to be continued in Volume III.
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The first part of Egerton Phillimore's 'Welsh Aedoeology', 'Androgynus', 'Anus' and 'Cacare', was arranged in alphabetical order following the Latin equivalents for Welsh words. The file comprises two galley proofs with manuscript corrections (pp. 317-348, 353-396; 317-348, 353-364, 367-396; 367-370, 369-371), together with manuscript notes of addenda, and two transcripts of 'Awdl foliant Rhys ap Sion o Lynn Nedd ym Morgannwg' by Iorwerth Fynglwyd.
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Transcripts made by Egerton Phillimore of early Welsh manuscripts held in libraries in London, Oxford, and various parts of Wales.
Arranged at NLW in chronological order, with undated manuscripts at the end of the sequence.
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Transcript, commenced 26 September 1883, of Llanover MS E. 1 (NLW MS 13163B), 'Y Marchog Crwydrad', a Welsh translation of William Goodyear's 'The voyage of the wandering knight' [1581], taken from the thirteenth-century French tale 'Le voyage de Chevalier errant', by Jean de Carthenay; together with notes by Egerton Phillimore.
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Transcript of the Red Book of Hergest (Jesus College MS 111), cols 377 and 964, comprising a list of the cantrefi and cymydau of Wales and a list of proverbs, commenced 17 April 1884.
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Transcript of Cardiff Free Library MS 25 (Cardiff MS 3.77), made in March and April 1889, with notes by Egerton Phillimore.
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Extracts from Edward Lhuyd's 'Parochialia' (Bodleian Rawlinson MS B.464), with notes by Egerton Phillimore.
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Transcript of BL Vespasian A. XIV, comprising Lives of the Welsh Saints.
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Transcripts of parts of various MSS, including some from the Shirburn, Hengwrt, Harleian, Cardiff Free Library, BL Cottonian, BL Additional, Balliol College and Jesus College collections, with notes by Egerton Phillimore.
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Transcripts of 'Notes on Welsh antiquities', with notes by Egerton Phillimore.
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Transcript of Hengwrt MS 113 (Peniarth MS 131), ff. 276-80, with notes by Egerton Phillimore.
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Transcript of Williams MS 202 (NLW MS 2B), ff. 43-53, with notes by Egerton Phillimore.
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Transcripts of a medieval theological textbook from various manuscripts in the Hengwrt-Peniarth collection, with notes by Egerton Phillimore.
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Notes, transcripts and drafts of articles published by Egerton Phillimore, 1881-1937, relating to manuscripts, history, literature, genealogy, place-names, grammar, etymology and other linguistic matters, primarily concerning Wales but also including material pertaining to England, Scotland and Ireland, as well as continental Europe. Interspersed among the notes are occasional diary entries and drafts of letters, usually relating to the same topics, as well as containing personal material.
Each file contains material on a variety of subjects, reflecting Phillimore's disorganised working methods.
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Notes and transcripts, together with drafts of articles, some in hands other than Phillimore's, relating to manuscripts, history, literature, genealogy, place-names and botanical names.
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Notes on manuscripts, history, literature, genealogy, place-names and etymology.
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Notes on manuscripts, history, literature, place-names and etymology.
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Pedigrees and related notes, some in the hand of Sir Joseph Bradney.
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Notes on manuscripts, history, literature, genealogy, place-names and etymology, together with a list of some of Phillimore's books, and examples of some exercises in Welsh grammar.
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Notes on manuscripts, history, literature, genealogy, place-names and etymology, including transcripts of manuscripts, for publication mainly in Bye Gones and The County Times, together with some page proofs.
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Notes on manuscripts, history, literature, genealogy, place-names and etymology, together with transcripts of manuscripts and drafts of published and unpublished articles.
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Notes on manuscripts, history, literature, genealogy, place-names and etymology, together with transcripts of manuscripts and drafts of published and unpublished articles.
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Notes on manuscripts, history, literature, genealogy, place-names, botanical names and etymology, together with transcripts of manuscripts and drafts of articles, some in hands other than Phillimore's.
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Notes on manuscripts, history, literature, place-names, botanical names and etymology, together with transcripts of manuscripts and drafts of articles.
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Notes and correspondence relating to history and literature.
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Notes on manuscripts, history, literature, genealogy, place-names and etymology.
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Notes on manuscripts, history, literature, place-names and etymology.
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Miscellaneous notes relating to history, literature and booksellers.
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Notes on manuscripts, history, literature, genealogy, place-names and etymology, together with transcripts of manuscripts.
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Notes on manuscripts, history, literature, genealogy, botanical names, place-names and etymology, together with transcripts of manuscripts.
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Notes on manuscripts, history, literature, genealogy, place-names and etymology.
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Notes on manuscripts, history, literature, genealogy, place-names and etymology, together with transcripts of manuscripts.
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Notes on manuscripts, history, literature, genealogy, place-names and etymology, including ribald verse and transcripts of manuscripts, contained within the covers of a printed book, Capitalism is Socialism, by J. Tylor Peddie.
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Notes on manuscripts, history, literature, genealogy, place-names and etymology, together with transcripts of manuscripts.
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Notes on manuscripts, history, literature, genealogy, place-names and etymology, together with transcripts of manuscripts.
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Cuttings from local and national newspapers in England and Wales, many relating to matters of historical and literary interest, but predominantly concerning a wide variety of current affairs.
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Galley proofs, page proofs and offprints of articles, letters and poems by Phillimore, from publications such as the Western Mail, Bye Gones and Y Cymmrodor, together with notes.
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Galley proofs, page proofs and offprints with amendments in Phillimore's hand, deriving mainly from his editorial work on Bye Gones, The Description of Wales and Y Cymmrodor.
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Loose leaves of paper and notebooks containing drafts of poems written by Egerton Phillimore, some of which were published. This group suggests that he was quite a prolific writer in English, Welsh and in translation.
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Most of the poetry in this series is of Phillimore's own composition, and is in English, but he also composed a few poems in Welsh, transcribed works by other poets in English and Welsh, and translated a number of works from Welsh, Latin, French, German and Greek. Many parts of the more colourful passages of lewd verse have been written using Greek characters rather than Latin.
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English verses, including translations of Welsh hymns, 'The Skylark', 'Clod i Forgannwg', and 'Cwm Hafod Owen', together with notes and a few verses in Welsh.
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English verses, together with a few in Welsh.
Preferred citation: Y1/3.
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Welsh verses, including 'Y Lladdedigion', together with a number of English verses.
Preferred citation: Y1/4.
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English verses, including some translations of Welsh verses.
Preferred citation: Y1/5.
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English verses, together with a handful in other languages.
Preferred citation: Y1/6.
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English verses, together with a number in other languages.
Preferred citation: Y1/7.
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English and Welsh limericks and other verses, mostly of a licentious nature.
Preferred citation: Y1/8.
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Preferred citation: Y1/9.
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English limericks, mostly of a licentious nature.
Preferred citation: Y1/10.
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English verses, including translations from other languages.
Preferred citation: Y1/11.
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Preferred citation: Y1/12.
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Welsh and English verses, together with notes on genealogy and place-names.
Preferred citation: Y1/13.
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Welsh and English verses and prose, including ribald verse, together with draft letters to publishers and extracts from diaries.
Preferred citation: P.
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Arranged into five series: education; finances; diaries; accumulated material; and family papers.
Preferred citation: P1.
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Notebooks, reports and receipts from Egerton Phillimore's time at Westminster Boys' School and Christ Church, Oxford.
Preferred citation: P1/1.
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Reports, mark sheets, bills, publications, etc., relating to Egerton Philimore's time as a student at Westminster, including material relating to most aspects of his life at the school.
Preferred citation: P1/2.
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Reports, examination papers, timetables, notes, receipts and other papers relating to the time spent by Egerton Phillimore and other members of his family at Westminster school and Christ Church, Oxford.
Preferred citation: P1/3.
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Financial accounts, timetables, etc, relating to Egerton Phillimore's time as a student at Oxford.
Preferred citation: P1/4.
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Notebooks and some loose leaves containing notes taken in lectures at Christ Church, Oxford, where Phillimore read Classics, together with some notes taken elsewhere at other times. The subjects covered include Classics, Divinity, Philosophy, Logic, Psychology, Geography, Welsh History and Literature, Celtic Languages, and Jurisprudence.
Preferred citation: P1/5.
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Part of an essay on the influence of canon law.
Preferred citation: P1/6.
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Preferred citation: P1/7.
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Poems translated by Egerton Phililmore while at Oxford, with some later notes.
Preferred citation: P1/8.
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Preferred citation: P2.
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Personal bills, accounts, details of investments and purchases, reflecting Egerton Phillimore's perennially troubled financial situation.
Arranged
Preferred citation: P2/1.
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Records relating to the rent of cottages, including Egerton Phillimore's balance of account with his land agents.
Preferred citation: P2/2.
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Two typescript copies, 13 August 1909, of an application by Egerton Phillimore for a grant from the Association, together with two manuscript drafts, [c. August 1903], of a complaint brought by Phillimore to the Association's Committee on behalf of himself and D. Silvan Evans, regarding the striking off from the Members List, without warning, of those whose subscriptions had fallen into arrears.
Preferred citation: P2/3.
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Printed memorandum and Articles of Association.
Preferred citation: P2/4.
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Records of personal and household expenditure, including financial accounts, bills and other records of transactions, notably with booksellers, together with inventories of furniture and plate. Most of the records relate to Egerton Phillimore, but a handful concern other members of the family.
Egerton Phillimore does not seem to have kept a regular diary, but a few sketchy volumes have survived, particularly from his childhood. As with many of his other papers, the diaries contain a considerable amount of extraneous material.
Preferred citation: P3.
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Arranged chronologically.
Preferred citation: P3/1.
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Extracts from a diary of a journey to Brittany, 1871, together with verses, and notes on ancient Greek philosophy.
Preferred citation: P3/2.
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Diaries and notes by Egerton Phillimore, including accounts of tours in England and Wales, together with antiquarian, literary and linguistic notes and transcripts, inventories of furniture at Shiplake, verses in Welsh and English, and financial accounts.
Preferred citation: P4.
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Items of antiquarian interest, mostly dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including account books, almanacs, tax assesments and terriers, wills, inquisitions post mortem and translations of medieval patent rolls. Egerton Phillimore sold many of his most valuable items to Sir John Williams in 1894, but this group of items remained in his possession.
Arranged chronologically, with some additions at the end of the series (from P4/26).
Preferred citation: P4/1.
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A list of the lands of Sir Thomas Mostyn in Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Flintshire and Denbighshire, together with a list of his chief officers.
Preferred citation: P4/2.
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Printed transcripts of writs of error concerning the office of mayor of Penryn, Cornwall, to be heard at the bar of the House of Lords in March 1725.
Preferred citation: P4/3-4.
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Will of John Richardson the elder of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, 4 September 1740 (P4/3); and the grant of administration to another John Richardson, the executor, 12 November 1742 (P4/4).
Endorsed: 'No. 10', and a note of contents.
Preferred citation: P4/5.
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Lease for 99 years by Frances Arundell of Allerton Mauleverer, Yorkshire, to Henry Brinton of St Wenn, Cornwall, yeoman, of lands in Tregonetha, Cornwall, formerly in the possession of Roger Blewit and William Nankivell, both deceased, for an annual rent of 6s.6d.
Preferred citation: P4/6.
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Copy of a terrier for the vicarage of 'Mathfield' [Mayfield, Staffordshire] .
Preferred citation: P4/7.
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Almanac containing accounts and poetry, and bearing the inscription 'The gift of John Garnons of Rhiwgoch to Humpherey Evans of Nant Pascen, January 1st 1774'.
Preferred citation: P4/8.
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Preferred citation: P4/9.
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Notes, essays and transcripts of manuscripts relating to Roman Catholicism, with particular reference to its history in Wales, Brittany and Cornwall, in the hands of H. W. Lloyd, J. Y. W. Lloyd, William Owen ('Y Pab'), Egerton Phillimore and others.
Preferred citation: P4/10.
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A sermon in Welsh by Rev. Ellis of Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd.
Preferred citation: P4/11.
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Account book of John Jones, Bull [Inn, Llanrwst].
Further accounts from the Bull, Llanrwst, are P4/13.
Preferred citation: P4/12.
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An English translation, 1827, of an Inquisition Post Mortem, 1321-1322, concerning lands in the duchy of Cornwall.
Preferred citation: P4/13.
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Five account books and almanacs belonging to William Jones, carrier, The Bull Inn, Llanrwst.
Further accounts from the Bull, Llanrwst, are P4/11.
Preferred citation: P4/14.
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Transcripts and translations of Welsh poetry, together with related notes, in the hands of the Chevalier Lloyd, D. Silvan Evans, Elias Owen, Egerton Phillimore and others.
Preferred citation: P4/15.
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A recipe book in an unidentified hand.
Preferred citation: P4/16.
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Notes on folklore, theology and antiquities by H. W. Lloyd, together with antiquarian notes and miscellanea accumulated by Egerton Phillimore.
A note inside the front cover indicates that the notebook was given to Egerton Phillimore by Lloyd's son, Edward.
Preferred citation: P4/17.
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Leaves from Dr Challoner's Hanes y Merthyron Cymreig, with notes [?in the hand of H. W. Lloyd].
Preferred citation: P4/18.
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Declaration of burial of the body of Richard Parry of Hindford, Shropshire, aged 13 years, in Whittington churchyard, 12 September 1853, by William Walsham How.
Preferred citation: P4/19.
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Notes on the Life of St Kentigern and a transcript of Walter Bower's 'Scotichronicon' (BL Titus A. XIX), in the hand of H. L. D. Ward, given to Egerton Phillimore in the 1890s.
Preferred citation: P4/20.
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Preferred citation: P4/21.
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A notebook and some loose leaves containing poetical works of John Thomas, 'Hoelyonydd', of Sennybridge.
Preferred citation: P4/22.
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An English translation, [c.1875]x[1900], of Patent Rolls, 1359, concerning lands in the duchy of Cornwall.
Preferred citation: P4/23.
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Manuscript notes in the hand of Robert Owen, Welshpool, on the place-names of Ystrad Marchell, Montgomeryshire.
Preferred citation: P4/24.
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Manuscript copy of an essay by Dr Max Nettlau on the linguistic and literary content of a number of Welsh manuscripts.
Preferred citation: P4/25.
The Rev. A. W. Wade-Evans (1875-1964), was the rector of Wrabness, Essex, and a historian.
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Notes on the 'Life' of St Cadog, in the hand of A. W. Wade-Evans.
Preferred citation: P4/26.
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Letters to Dr James Mounsey, physician to empress Elizabeth of Russia, from correspondents including Robert Keith and John Thomson.
These letters are discussed in G. C. G. Thomas, 'Some correspondence of Dr James Mounsey, physician to the empress Elizabeth of Russia' (Scottish Slavonic Review 4 [1985] 11-25).
Preferred citation: P4/27.
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A printed copy of vol. ii of J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language (London, 1898-1910).
Preferred citation: P4/28.
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A copy of J. Gwenogvryn Evans (ed.), Facsimile and text of the Book of Taliesin (Llanbedrog, 1915), with notes added in the hand of Egerton Phillimore in 1928.
Preferred citation: P4/29.
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Pamphlets and other publications of antiquarian and literary interest, including many relating to Wales, as well as some from France and England.
Preferred citation: P4/30.
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An anonymous essay on Welsh poetry.
Preferred citation: P4/31.
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Thirteen wax seals, some of them medieval, and others from later periods, including the nineteenth century.
Preferred citation: P4/32.
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Preferred citation: P4/33.
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Leather and paper labels taken from the spines of books at Shiplake.
Preferred citation: P4/34.
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A badge purchased by Egerton Phillimore in Oxford during the 1885 General Election.
Preferred citation: P4/35.
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Eight signatures torn from letters.
Preferred citation: P5.
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Personal documents, letters and memorabilia, 1848-1935, relating to Egerton Phillimore's closest family.
Arranged into twenty files.
Preferred citation: P5/1.
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Copy.
Preferred citation: P5/2.
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Verses and literary notes by Egerton Phillimore's uncle, Richard Phillimore, together with antiquarian notes by Egerton Phillimore.
Preferred citation: P5/3.
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Membership certificate for the Societe des Antiquaires de Normandie, 1851, together with invitiations to several weddings in France and a ball hosted by the President of France, 1848, as well as an address book.
Preferred citation: P5/4.
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Posters, cards and rosettes relating to J. G. Phillimore's candidature for the Leominster seat at the 1848, 1852 and 1857 General Elections.
Preferred citation: P5/5.
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Preferred citation: P5/6.
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Preferred citation: P5/7.
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Details of taxes paid by J. G. Phillimore, 1862-1864, together with a receipt for an assurance premium paid on his life, 1860.
Preferred citation: P5/8.
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Letters concerning Egerton Phillimore's mother's will, including a copy dated 1865, together with documents concerning the appointment of his guardians, and an abstract of Joseph Phillimore's will, 11 October 1880.
Preferred citation: P5/9.
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Programmes for two plays staged at the Coppice, 6 February 1868, most of the parts being played by members of the Phillimore family; together with the order of service for the funeral of May Melba Phillimore, 26 November 1925.
Preferred citation: P5/10.
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Deed of appointment of Egerton Phillimore's guardians, October 1871.
Preferred citation: P5/11.
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Letters relating to Shiplake House.
Preferred citation: P5/12.
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Cuttings of articles and poems by and relating to Egerton Phillimore and the Phillimore family.
Preferred citation: P5/13.
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Letters sent by and to a number of correspondents, most of them not members of the Phillimore family.
Preferred citation: P5/14.
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Letters and notes, some of them incomplete, mostly sent to Egerton Phillimore and members of his family by unidentified individuals, together with a number of drafts of letters sent by Phillimore, antiquarian notes by him, and recipes.
Preferred citation: P5/15.
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Transcripts made by Egerton Phillimore of verses and notes made by his father, including notes for a speech in Parliament on the implications of Russian expansion in Asia for British interests in India.
Preferred citation: P5/16.
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Letter to R. W. Phillimore, 1849, requesting the autographs of French kings (namely Louis XIII, XIV, XV and XVI) from P. A. Labouchere, and enclosing a piece of wood and some fragments of cement reputed to have formed part of the coffin and tomb of the emperor Napoleon on St Helena from May 1821 to October 1840.
Further parts of Napoleon's coffin and tomb are in P5/18.
Preferred citation: P5/17.
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Cards accumulated by members of the Phillimore family, relating to a wide variety of their social and professional activities.
Preferred citation: P5/18.
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An envelope, [1904x1929], addressed to Egerton Phillimore from W. G. F. Phillimore, enclosing: 'part of Napoleon's tomb [?recte coffin] given to me by M. L. Paris Oct 1849'; seeds 'from the Saron', Switzerland, 1834; a locket of brown hair belonging to 'R. B.'; dried flowers from 'Grand Saint Bernard', July 1867; and an empty envelope labelled 'Rose's wedding ring Sept. 25 1871', and bearing a further note that the ring was 'given to A. H. May 1904'.
Further parts of Napoleon's coffin are in P5/16.
Preferred citation: P5/19.
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A letter written in rhyme.
Preferred citation: P5/20.
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A photograph taken from a magazine.
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Material comprising a printed volume: 'Llyvyr Taliessin ... The Text of the Book of Taliesin' (ed. J. Gwenogvryn Evans (1910)) inscribed to and annotated by Egerton Phillimore; a postcard addressed to Egerton Phillimore from minister, academic and lexicographer D. Silvan Evans (1818-1903) relating to place-names referenced in the Book of Taliesin; and a newspaper cutting, 17 August 1916, also relating to the Book of Taliesin.