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Genealogical papers relating to the Owen family of Clenennau and Brogyntyn, which include a memorial inscription to Sir John and Dame Jonet Owen [at Penmorfa] commissioned under the terms of Ellen Owen's will [1702]; copies of monumental inscriptions, baptisms and burial records of Catherine Owen (nee Anwyl) of Llanddyn (d. 1685) and several of her children at Llangollen; and a copy of an inscription to John, infant son of Sir Robert Owen at Llanfihangel-y-traethau. The file also contains 'Deductions of Genealogies and Heraldry' by Walter Davies ('Gwallter Mechain'), dedicated to John Owen of Penrhos by the author [pre-1823], showing the ancient lineage of the Owens of Penrhos and including the trial of their ancestor, Sir John Owen of Clenennau; a letter to Mary Jane Ormsby concerning the fate of Arthur Owen and heraldry of the Maurice family among other topics, 1811; pedigrees showing the marriages of Sir William Maurice and the family of John ap Meredydd; and extracts from papers of W.W.E. Wynne at Peniarth, relating to the history of Brogyntyn house and the Lacon family, 1879, 1882.

The manuscripts of Walter Davies, forming part of a collection of manuscripts called the Crosswood Manuscripts.

Miscellaneous observations on: (a) Agricultural Societies; (b) Weights and Measures, being notes compiled by Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), for Chapter XVII of his General View of the Agriculture and Domestic Economy of South Wales. At the foot of p. 1 Iolo Morganwg has written 'Glam. Agl Society, a lazy sleepy Humdrum lubbard, that does nothing at all to any valuable purpose'.

Letters (surnames Davies-Hall) addressed mostly to Taliesin Williams (Taliesin ab Iolo).
The correspondents include Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), [1812]-1837 (Nos 130-135), David Davis, Neath, 1810-1841 (Nos 137-148), John Davis (Brychan), 1829-1841 (Nos 149-157), Lady Charlotte Guest, 1837-1843 (Nos 191-202), and Augusta Hall, 1834-1841 (Nos 206-250).

Miscellaneous notes written by Walter Davies and including 'Enwau Ceingciau adnabyddus i Gwen verch Wiliam, Cantores o Drev Rhiwaedog, o gylch 1550', and a few fragments in the hand of John Jenkins.

Miscellaneous notes and fragments, poems, eisteddfod admission tickets, etc., mainly in the hand of Walter Davies.

Miscellanea, including prayers, mainly in the hand of Walter Davies.

Transcripts by Walter Davies of englynion and other poems, mainly from a manuscript of Margaret Davies, Vron Wion, and miscellanea.

A copy of Dafydd Saunders: Dwy Awdl : y gyntaf ar Elusengarwch ... yr ail ar Farwolaeth Syr Thomas Picton ... (Merthyr Tydfil, 1820), with a few marginal notes by Walter Davies.

Items guarded in a cardboard cover and numbered '7' by J. E. Griffith: The Names of those Persons that ware Drowned in Abermena[i] fery Boat on the 5 Dec. - their Bodys being not found on 24 – (f. 1); A List of the Unfortunate Persons that Perished on Talyfoel Sands in the Abermena[i] Ferry Boat, on Monday Night the 5th Dec. 1785 in their way Home from Carnarvon Fair, Hugh Wms of Tynllwydan being the only man that Came a shore a live upon the Mast and Oar with the Greatest Difficulty Imaginable (f. 2); Extract of a Letter from Hugh Williams of Tinllwydan, Aberffraw Anglesey. From the Chester Chronicle Friday Dec. 23. 1785 [in the hand of J. E. Griffith] (ff. 3-4); 'Damweiniau ar yr Afon Menai' [in the hand of J. E. Griffith] (f. 4); Nine letters, 1766-81, from W[illia]m Williams, Llandygai, to Robert Hughes (Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fôn), at London (Welsh) (ff. 5-21v); A letter, 1818, from W[illia]m Owen Pughe, London, to [the Rev. Hugh Davies, the botanist, of Beaumaris] (f. 22); 'Diolchgarwch i Mr Griffith Griffiths, Taldrwst, am Wair i Ferlyn yr Awdur yn Ngauaf 1846', being verses and a short note from R. M. Williamson (Bardd Môn), Niwbwrch, dated 26 January 1846 [?1847] (ff. 23-24v); A letter, 1809, from Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), of Manafon, to William Williams, Llandygai (ff. 25-26); A letter, 1804, from J[ohn] J[ones] Glany Gors at London, to [William] Williams, [Llandygai] (ff. 27-28v); Draft letter, 1805, from [William Williams, Llandygai] to J[ohn] Jones [Glan-y-gors] at London (ff. 29-32v); Two letters, 1770-80, from W[illia]m Williams, Llandygai, to Robert Hughes (Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fôn), at London (Welsh) (ff. 33-36v); Two letters, 1775-6, from Rob[er]t Hughes (Robin Ddu yr Ail o Fon), at London, to William Williams, Llandygai) (ff. 37-40v).

An almanac for 1804 with entries and memoranda made by Walter Davies in various years.

A copy of Walter Davies: Rhyddid: Traethawd a ennillodd ariandlws Cymdeithas y Gwyneddigion ar ei Thestun i Eisteddfod Llanelwy, B.A. M,DCC,XC (Llundain, 1791), with manuscript corrections by the author.

A copy of the introduction and of a part (stain-zootomy) of John Walters: An English-Welsh Dictionary ... (London, 1794), and a part (Abaft-conform) of an English-Welsh dictionary written by Walter Davies and apparently based upon that of Walters.

Eleven volumes of sermons, 1796-1847, by Walter Davies.

Six volumes of sermons, 1798-1843, by Walter Davies.

'Arwyrain Rhyddid ar y pedwar mesur ar hugain. Gan y Bardd cwsg', written by Walter Davies 1790.

A draft of an essay by Walter Davies on agriculture, 1796.

An essay by Walter Davies 'On The Establishment and Propogation of Christianity among the Cymry ...'.

An essay, written by Walter Davies, 1797, 'On the Influence of climate upon National Manners and Character'.

An English prose translation of 'Awdl ar Gwymp Llywelyn' written by Walter Davies for the Gwyneddigion eisteddfod, 1821.