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Twenty-four autograph letters to 'Gwilym Cowlyd', 1882-1894, from Egerton Phillimore.

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').

Miscellaneous papers of Flintshire interest, 1658-1877, letters to Gwilym Cowlyd, 1859-1907, various poems, 1857-1902, many submitted for various eisteddfodic competitions, eisteddfodic adjudications by Gwilym Cowlyd, 1877-1898, and his pocket notebooks, 1874-1901.

A volume of poems and notes by W. J. Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd), entitled 'Lloches Cymhlithigion neu gyfansoddiadau llenyddol a barddonol, y rhai a ysgrifenwyd gan mwyaf ar ol Dydd Calan, 1856 (a rhai pethau blaenorol) gan Gwilym Cowlyd neu William J. Roberts, Tyddyn Willim yn Nghwm Cau-lwyd, Trefriw'; with press cuttings, and transcripts by W. J. Roberts, of poems by Llewelyn Edwards (Llewelyn Twrog), John Wynne ('Gwynfardd Hiraethlyn'), Ellis Roberts y Cowper, Robert Jones, Bryn Moel, Dolwyddelan, Evan Evans, potter, Llanrwst, and Griffith Jones, Bryn Moel.

'Rhiangerdd "Anne Thomas o'r Creuddyn"', written by W. J. Roberts for competition at the Llanrwst eisteddfod, August 1878; 'englynion': 'Bore Niwlog - yr 16eg o Ebrill, 1896'; and 'englynion' addressed to Bethesda quarrymen.

'Awdl ar "Mynyddoedd Eryri" ar "Y Pedwar mesur arhugain cerdd dafod" dosbarth Gwynedd' by W. J. Roberts, and a booklet of 'englynion' and poems on local events circa 1859.

Five notebooks containing copies and drafts of odes by W. J. Roberts - 'Ieuengctyd', 1877, 'Awdl Goffadwriaeth David James ('Dewi o Ddyfed')', 1878, 'Pulpud Cymru', and 'Y Meddwl'.

A collection of 'cerddi' and other poems written by W. J. Roberts between 1851 and 1854.

A transcript by W. J. Roberts from a manuscript which he found among the papers of David Jones of Trevriw ('Dafydd Sion Dafydd') and which he sold to E. G. B. Phillimore (i.e. NLW MS 255A); and transcripts of 'englynion o wneuthuriad Ellis ab Ellis o blwyf Trillo yn Sir Feirionydd' and of a portion of the Interlude of 'Deifus a Lazarus'.

Drafts of an ode on 'Mynyddoedd Eryri' by W. J. Roberts, and a transcript of 'Cerdd i ofyn bwyall' (Ellis Roberts y cowper).

A collection by W. J. Roberts of the poetical works of Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd) entitled 'Gemau Glan Geirionydd' (changed to 'Y Geirionydd'; c.f. the printed edition Geirionydd as edited by W. J. Roberts). A table of the poems gives the date of composition of the principal items. The book was later used by W. J. Roberts to record his own compositions: an ode, with translation, being an address of welcome to Earl Carrington and family to Gwydir, 1896; 'Hir a Thoddeidiau' - 'Talhaiarn', 'marwolaeth Eben Fardd', 'Llywyddion Eisteddfod Caernarfon', 1862, 'Y Cae Gwenith', 'Ŷf-golofn Conway Rowley'; 'caneuon' - 'Pont Dolgarrog', 'Caneuon Serch', 'Days Gone by', 'Verses dedicated to --- Miss', 'Gwywiad fy Rhosyn', and 'One Pound and one shilling'; and 'englynion' - 'I'r Mochyn', 'I David Williams ('Alaw Goch')', 'Rhyl fel Ymdrochle', and 'I Weinidog yr Efengyl'.

Miscellanea by W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd') - notes on Welsh books, literary figures, the 'chart of Queen Elizabeth for holding the Caerwys Eisteddfod, 1568', 'Achau teulu Pentref y Foelas', extracts from a Welsh pedigree book by Owen Gruffydd in the possession of Owen Jones ('Meudwy Mon') (Wynnstay MS 6), a note of reservation of a right to the Glan Geirionydd Bardic Union to hold Gorsedd Meetings at the Taliesin monument in Glan Geirionydd, 1895; and a transcript of a book of medical recipes.

An incomplete transcript by W. J. Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd) of a miscellany of prose and verse written by Perys ap Rychart ap Howell ap Ivan Vychan of Talacre in 1543 (Cwrt Mawr MS 2).

A transcript of the texts of 'Yspryt Gwidw', 'Y Saith Pechawd Marwawl', 'Saith Rinwedd yr Eglwys', and 'Saith Weithret y Drugaredd'; and a transcript, by W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'), of the list of Welsh commotes written by Perys Mostyn in Cwrt Mawr MS 2.

Miscellaneous papers from the manuscripts of W. J. Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd), including a bardic letter from a person accused of sleeping during divine service addressed to Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd'); correspondence - from John Roberts (valuation of Tyddyn Willim, 1871), Evan Evans, Llanasa (old books), W. J. Roberts to Thomas Blackwall (water supply for Llanrwst); poetry and drafts by W. J. Roberts and others - 'Cerdd Folawd i John Blackwall', 'Desgrifgan o'r "Diwrnod Gosod" yn y Chwarelau', 'Colli Paradwys', 'Chwe Phenill i'r Athraw', 'Mae gwlad fy nghyndadau'n rhy fechan i'w phlant', etc.; a note by 'Brysiog Machno' on the death of Rees Hughes, Penmachno; 'englynion' - 'i'r Corn Bwyd', 'Anerchiad i arwest . . . 1880', 'ar gadeiriad Gwilym Cowlyd' ('Elfyn', 1880), 'Dull y Sarph o dwyllo', etc.; a note on the boundaries of 'Cadair Powys'; an address from the Llanrwst Good Templars to Griffith Owen; draft programmes for 'Arwest Farddawl Glan Geirionydd'; printed matter-programmes of a Llanrwst competitive meeting, 1859, Eglwysbach eisteddfod, 1862, Llanbedr competitive meeting, 1871, and of 'Arwest Farddonol Glan Geirionydd', 1885, pamphlets concerning a controversy over the formation of a School Board in Llanrwst, 1871, an invitation to the first 'Arwest Farddonol (Pic Nic)' on the shores of Llyn Geirionydd, 1863, a list of 'The Honourable Primary elders of the Institutional Order of Bards of Gair Ionydd, Wales, Appointed Efficients for Coronation' (?1902), a poem on the marriage of John Ernest Greaves, Ffestiniog, and Miss Rugby, 1875, and an 'In Memoriam' leaflet for the burial of Robert Williams ('Trebor Mai'), 1877.

Miscellaneous poems by W. J. Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd), and others, mainly connected with 'Arwest Glan Geirionydd', adjudications by Gaerwenydd Pritchard; a fragment of a letter by (?) William Jones, Llangadfan; 'Cerdd: Dammeg y Winllan'; 'Cywydd Boddlonrwydd' by (?) Evan ap Richard, and 'Awdl Boddlonrwydd' by [John Roberts] Sion Lleyn; a copy of Thomas Edward's elegy upon the death of William Elias, 1789; and a declaration concerning Llanrwst Eisteddfod, 1880.

Drafts and copies of letters, 1854-1910, by W. J. Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd), relating mainly to his claims for the Gorsedd held on the banks of Llyn Geirionydd.

A volume of transcripts and drafts of W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd', including poetry by Absalom Roberts, 'Gwilym Cowlyd', and [Edward Roberts] ('Iorwerth Glan Aled'); lists of publications of sacred music and of their contents; essays, etc., on 'Undeb Crefydd a Llywodraeth', 'Yr angenrheidrwydd o ddiwyllio y meddwl' ('Llanelly [Ivorites'] Eisteddfod' [ 1856]), 'Manteision Gwybodaeth' ('Gwobr Abercrombie's Moral Feelings & Intellectual Power. Erbyn y 1af Chwef. i R. F. Jones Bookbinder Port Madog'), and 'John Elias ar Gyfiawnhad Pechadur'; a letter to [Ebenezer Thomas ] ('Eben Fardd') on the death of his only son, 1861; notes of a lecture on 'Y Diwygiad Crefyddol yn America' by R. Thomas, Bangor, 1860; etc. The titles of the poems include 'Cywydd i ofyn Par o Ddillad gan Robert Roberts Tal y Cafn', 'Marwnad Thos. Elias', 'Pryddest ar farwolaeth Abel. Testyn Cyf[arfo]d Llen[yddol] Bangor. Calan 1858', 'Pryddest ar farwolaeth Stephan. Prif destyn barddonol Eisteddfod Lenyddol Staylittle . . . 1859', 'Englynion i'r Gath - y buddugol yn Nghaer . . . 1856 - Gwobr Gweithiau Meurig Ebrill', 'Annerchiad Llenorwyr Bettws y Coed Nadolig 1857', etc.

A 'poetical' exercise book of W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd') largely containing annotated transcripts of 'englynion' and other verses of the period 1820-1830 by Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd'), William Jones ('Gwilym Cawrdaf'), Rowland Parry ('Ieuan Carn Dochan'), [William Williams] ('Gwilym Cyfeiliog'), Henry Griffith ('Hare Goch o Wynedd'), and Walter Davies ('Gwallter Mechain'). The collection is based on information received from Mary Richards ('Mair Risiart'), Darowen Vicarage, and contains copious extracts from 'Y Begeryn', being a manuscript in her possession containing impromptu verses by visiting poets, etc. The volume also contains transcripts of two letters, the one from J[ohn] Parry ['Bardd Alaw'] to the Reverend T[homas] Richards, Aberrhiw, 1822 (the success of Evan Evans ['Ieuan Glan Geirionydd'] as candidate for North Wales for a medal), and the other from Evan Evans ['Ieuan Glan Geirionydd'] to the Reverend T[homas] Richards, Caerwys [1816] (the recipient's promotion to the living of Caerwys, etc.); a list of books bought of the administrator of W[illiam] L[ewis] Walker [rector of Trefriw], 1863; and poetry by 'Gwilym Cowlyd' partly described as 'Y Ffetan Ysmaldod'.

A volume, largely blank, in the hand of W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'), containing a list of subscribers to W. J. Roberts: Y Murmuron. . . (Llanrwst, 1868), and a list, 1867, of persons to whom 'Wallia Curiosa', no. 3, and in two instances no. 4, had been sent by post. On the inside upper cover is a list of books entitled 'Yn Abertawe'.