- Peniarth MS 292 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
- Ffeil
- 1645.
A French vocabulary in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy, 1645.
241 canlyniad gyda gwrthrychau digidol Dangos canlyniadau gyda gwrthrychau digidol
A French vocabulary in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy, 1645.
Texts concerning Welsh grammar; the Statute of Gruffudd ap Cynan; Araith Iolo Goch; and Cysefin Lyfr Geiriau, mostly in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy.
The last leaf contains some Latin texts, including a form of Absolution.
Welsh - Latin word lists in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy, written in several stages during 1618.
Geiriau perthnasol i benodau neilltuol,
Lists of Welsh words selected under specific topics, including 'work tools', 'animals, their members, their diseases', etc. in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy, 1633.
Geiriadur Cymraeg-Lladin-Saesneg,
A Welsh-Latin-English dictionary, incorporating words used in his earlier vocabularies, in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy, completed while he was in the Fleet Prison, London, 1640.
A collection of englynion of numerous poets in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy.
A 17th century manuscript comprising various texts in Latin, namely De Scriptura; De Lege Ceremoniali; De Deo Colendo; and De Officio Christi; and notes on numerous subjects in English; poetry in Welsh; sketches of a woman carding wool and at her spinning wheel (pp. 68, 70, 76) and a sketch of a man weaving (p. 78); and texts in Welsh on astrology and dreams.
John Thomas of Rhysgog added Welsh poetry to the manuscript, c. 1765.
Booklets of sermon notes in an 18th century hand.
A text entitled Yr Ynys Ddynol neu Erlyn Cyfreithlon yn Erbyn Pechod yn Sir Dynol Ryw, being a Welsh translation of a work by Richard Bernard of Batcombe, Somerset.
There are also two poems by the translator, who has signed his initials 'P [or B or D] Ll'.
A collection of charters, statutes, laws, etc., including Magna Carta (confirmation by Edward I of the 1225 reissue), the Forest Charter, Statute of Westminster I, Statute of Gloucester, Statute of Westminster II, Statute of Winchester, Statute of Merton, Statute of Marlborough, Statute of the Exchequer, etc.
'Annotations upon certain Cases in Civil-Law collected by Dr. Souch shewing how far some of them agree w[i]th our Common-Law ... by Judge Jenkins'; a poem - 'A farewell to folly'; and notes of a sermon by Dr Owen of Christ Church.
The abbey of the Holy Ghost, etc.,
Two series of extracts from Scripture in Latin entitled 'Mandata' and 'Consilia Christi'; an English text entitled 'Yis is ye abbey of ye holy gost. Yt is fou[n]ded in a place yt is cleped ye conciens'; a table to find the altitude of the sun; and a diagram of concentric circles showing the positions of hell, the earth, the planets and the heavens.
Annotationes de scientia physica, etc.,
Notes by William Pownd from the work of John Magirus, 1632; axioms of George Reed; and a compendium of ethics.
William Pownd [?and others].
Notes written on fifty seven small cards kept in a vellum case.
Two collections of medical prescriptions.
Peniarth and Nannau correspondence (facsimile),
Facsimile of letters, 1601-1738, mainly of the Owen family of Peniarth and the Nanney family of Merionethshire. The correspondents include Lewis Owen (1625-1691); Richard Owen (d. 1714); Lewis Owen (d. 1729), son of Richard Owen; Elizabeth Owen, mother of the latter Lewis Owen; Margaret Owen, wife of the latter Lewis Owen and daughter of Sir William Williams, second bart, of Llanforda; Jane Bulkeley (d. 1765), daugher of Lewis and Margaret Owen; Hugh Nanney; and Richard Nanney. Other correspondents include Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt, and there are letters from Margaret Owen to her father, Sir William Williams.
There is an introductory note by William W[atkin] E[dward] Wynne at the beginning of the volume, which states that "all the letters addressed to Sir William Williams, Bart., were found in the muniment room at Wynnstay, and were given to me ... in October 1833 by the Rt Honble C. W. Williams Wynn". There is a reference in the note to Dr Samuel Johnson in relation to the education of girls and women.
Autograph letters and copies of letters from Edward Lhuyd to the Reverend John Lloyd, Ruthin, David Lloyd, Blaenyddol, Richard Mostyn, Penbedw, and others, 1685-1708; a list of plants observed on Aran Benllyn and Snowdon, 1682; a short Irish-Latin-Welsh vocabulary, and a copy of Lhuyd's 'parochial queries'; miscellaneous letters, including autographs of Susannah Puleston, 1678, John Myddelton, 1713, Will: Gruffith of Llyne, 1660 (with Welsh sermon notes), B. Bulkeley, H. Egerton, M. Price, Margarett Coytmore, Thomas Pennant, John Anstis, etc.; the opinion of Sir Thomas Powys on the will of Owen Jones of Braichybib, 1687; and papers relating to the fishery of Dysynni, with an opinion by Sir William Williams, 'Speaker Williams'.
Edward Lhuyd and others.
Transcripts made for Edward Lhuyd of the trilogy of Cornish mystery plays - 'Ordinale de Origine Mundi'; 'Passio Domini'; and 'Resurrectione Domini'.
A handbook of legal precedents, including transcripts of warrants and other legal instruments.
A schedule of deeds relating to the Vaughan estates; abstracts from deeds at Hengwrt; and an imperfect copy of answers in a suit in Chancery by Elizabeth Lloyd and Blanch Lloyd, 1713.
The first part of the manuscript is mainly fragmentary.