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An incomplete transcript by John Williams (1833-1872) of a history of the town and borough of Beaumaris written by William Williams (c. 1625-1684), [c. 1675], together with notes and extracts from British Museum Harleian MS 2129 and other sources relating to inscriptions in Beaumaris church and elsewhere.
William Williams's original manuscript is now NLW MS 9081D.

Pedigrees and genealogical material relating to Anglesey and Caernarvonshire families; papers relating to Parliamentary elections, the wreck of the Rothesay Castle, 1831, the Bodvel estates, David Hughes and the Beaumaris Free Grammar School, William Rowlands, vicar of Conway, 1705-1706, etc.; particulars of Beaumaris crown rents, 1657-1754; a survey of Bulkeley property in Beaumaris [? 1572-1573], with a rough plan of the town based upon it by John Williams, 1860; depositions concerning pews at Tudweiliog church; Anglesey lay subsidy rolls, 1594 and 1625; an Anglesey muster roll, c. 1600; A Memorial to the Lord Treasurer against Lord Bulkeley, 1709; letters of Richard Prythergh, 1635, and M. Wright, Brynddu, relating to her daughter's education, 1763; plans of Anglesey properties; a diagram showing the contents of Madryn cellar, 1758; particulars of sale of the Kinmel and Dinorbenfawr estate, 1786.

Extracts taken by John Williams (1833-1872) from public records relating mainly to ecclesiastical affairs in Anglesey.

Notes by John Williams (1833-1872) on Local and Family History in the Isle of Anglesey and neighbouring counties.

Drafts of an article by John Williams (1833-1872) on Penmynydd and the Tudors, which was printed in Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1869, and drafts of portions of his history of Beaumaris.

Abstracts and notes taken by John Williams (1833-1872) concerning local history and genealogies of Anglesey families, particularly of the Bulkeleys.

Papers relating to Anglesey collected by John Williams (1833-1872) and including notes on Beaumaris crown rents; transcripts of North Wales charters; extracts from Beaumaris borough records and deeds; papers relating to the charges brought against Sir Thomas Cheadle, 1625-1626; papers relating to the case of Lewis Williams, vicar of Llanidan (see also NLW MS 1518); a proclamation, 1662, by Lord Bulkeley and other commissioners disqualifying certain Nevin burgesses who had been in arms against the king; a letter, 1639, from William Hampton when in prison; Civil War papers relating to Anglesey, 1643; letters by Sir Thomas Holland, 1631, and John Griffith of Llyne, 1642; the petition of the gentlemen of Anglesey against Lord Bulkeley, 21 March 1708-1709; a transcript from a Treffos manuscript of The Extent of Anglesey; Anglesey notes extracted from printed works; extracts from Sir John Wynn's history of the Gwydir family; a petition to the Council in the Marches by Thomas Williams, Tregarnedd, 1633; miscellaneous Bulkeley and Holland papers; etc.

Extracts taken by John Williams (1833-1872) from public records relating to Anglesey and especially to Beaumaris.

Notes relating to Anglesey and pedigrees of some Anglesey families copied by John Williams (1833-1872) from manuscripts in the British Museum.

Miscellanea relating mainly to Anglesey collected by Thomas Williams and John Williams and including a letter concerning composition money sent to Lewis Lloyd, 1650, by Thomas Mytton and others; a Beaumaris Quarterage Booke for the year beginning at Michas 1728; a land tax assessment, 1733, and poor relief assessments for the same borough, 1816 and 1823; Bangor and Beaumaris Poor Law Union lists of paupers, 1843; papers, 1789 and 1813, relating to John Jones, town clerk of Beaumaris, to the commission of the peace for Caernarvonshire, 1795-1809, and for Anglesey, 1816, and to the Beaumaris eisteddfod, 1832, including letters to Thomas Williams, Beaumaris from John Parry (Bardd Alaw), Peter Bayley Williams and William Williams (Caledfryn); etc.

One of two manuscripts containing extracts made by John Williams (1833-1872) from deeds and other documents relating mainly to the Holland and Bulkeley families of Anglesey.

One of two manuscripts containing extracts made by John Williams (1833-1872) from deeds and other documents relating mainly to the Holland and Bulkeley families of Anglesey.

One of two manuscripst containing extracts by John Williams (1833-1872) from Bulkeley and Trygarn Griffith deeds relating mainly to Anglesey and Caernarvonshire.

One of two manuscripts containing extracts by John Williams (1833-1872) from Bulkeley and Trygarn Griffith deeds relating mainly to Anglesey and Caernarvonshire.

Extracts, mainly by John Williams (1833-1872), from Bulkeley deeds relating to Anglesey, etc.

Extracts relating to the history of Wales during the period of the Edwardian conquest taken by John Williams (1833-1872) from Thomas Rymer: Foedera ... (first published 1704-1725).

A transcript by John Williams (1833-1872) of the portions relating to Wales in a Chester Cathedral manuscript of the work by Sir John Dodridge which was published under the title The History of the Ancient and Moderne Estate of the Principality of Wales, Dutchy of Cornewall and Earldome of Chester ... (London, 1630).

Extracts by John Williams (1833-1872) from the charter of confirmation granted by Queen Elizabeth I to Beaumaris and from documents relating to Wales printed in Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium ... (Record Commission, 1802).

A general index by John Williams (1833-1872) to his own notes relating to estates and families in Anglesey and North Wales.

A manuscript containing an index by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) to some of her folio manuscripts; letters to Angharad Llwyd from W. W. E. Wynne (1801-1880) and John Williams (1833-1872), Beaumaris; a list of manuscripts belonging to Peter Bayley Williams (1763-1836); etc.