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A collection of 'cywyddau' by Rhys Goch Eryri (fl. beginning of 15th cent.) transcribed in 1794 by David Ellis, Criccieth (1736-1795), for Zaccheus Hughes, Trefan, Eifionydd. Loose in the volume is a letter dated 27 December 1859 from William Jones, Beddgelert to William Williams (d. 1883), rector of Llangeinwen and Llangaffo, enclosing two further 'cywyddau' by Rhys Goch Eryri and bibliographical notes relating to him.

A volume of sermon notes, addresses and prayers written between 1654 and 1685.

'Cywyddau', 'carolau', 'awdlau' and other poems by Rowland Hughes, Morris Roberts (d. c. 1723), Richard Parry (1710-1763) and Evan Griffith, 'englynion' by Huw Mor[y]s (1622-1709) and Mathew Owen (1631-1679), transcripts by D. R., 1737, of 'Ymddiddan Adrain ag Epig ...' and '... llythyr ... a gafwyd tann gareg', etc.

Lists of bishops of St Asaph and rectors of Llandderfel, and extracts from the Llandderfel parish register, all in the hand of Owen Richards [Fronheulog], Llandderfel.

Press cuttings, some of them of North Wales interest.

Scrap albums containing a variety of material of Welsh interest, including press cuttings and a large number of engraved prints of castles, etc. NLW MS 7526 contains a printed list of 'Rare plants found in Caernarvonshire'.

A lady's album containing poems, caricatures by George Cruikshank, etc.

A scrap-book containing copies of poems, etc.

Miscellaneous papers mainly of Anglesey and Merioneth interests. They include pedigrees, tax receipts, and a copy of 'Thos. Love Peacock's letter to Miss Jane Gryffydh of Caenycoid Festiniog'.

Extracts made by Ifor Ow[ai]n Wynn Williams from Baner ac Amserau Cymru.

Epitaphs copied by Ifor Ow[ai]n Wynn Williams in Llandderfel churchyard, etc.

Wages paid to various indoor and outdoor servants and labourers at Fronheulog, Llandderfel, 1856-1886.

Memoranda and diary entries written by Owen Richards, surgeon, of Bala and Llandderfel at various times between 1851 and 1881.

Miscellanea, including extracts from the Llangeinwen parish register; notes by an angler; extracts from Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry; etc.

Accounts of the churchwardens of the parish of Llangeinwen, Anglesey, 1796-1797.

Minutes of ruridecanal meetings of the deanery of Menai in the diocese of Bangor, 1869-1882, signed by W. Williams and William Wynn Williams, grandfather and father, respectively, of Ifor Owen Wynn Williams; miscellaneous papers relating to work within the rural deanery and elsewhere in the diocese of Bangor, including a (printed) list of subscriptions towards rebuilding the church of Llangaffo, Anglesey, 1847.

Lists of sheriffs of Caernarvonshire, Merioneth and Anglesey; notes of some Caernarvonshire and Anglesey law cases submitted for opinion of several counsel, including John Parry, Caernarvon; a table of fees to be charged by the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Caernarvon as from 1779; copies of bills of costs in the ecclesiastical court of Bangor, 1777; bills of costs of erecting a seat in church by a faculty from the court at Bangor, 1779; etc.

Notes, jotting and memoranda by Ifor Owen Wynn Williams, etc. relating mainly to Llandderfel.

Letters, 1897-1902, sent to Ifor Owen Wynn Williams by Charles E. Morgan, The Rectory, Llandderfel, with an account, 1900, by the latter of the career of his mother, Mrs Pryse Morgan, Llandderfel (née Rosina Price, of Bailey Glas, Abergavenny) as a harpist.

Miscellaneous notes and memoranda by William Pamplin, including brief notes on tours in various parts of North Wales, 1852-1855, and sketches of Llanberis, Llanfor and Pennant (Montgomeryshire) churches.