Papers of the family of Jones and Pughe-Jones of Ynysgain, Cricieth, Caernarfonshire, 1501-[c. 1955], including deeds, mostly relating to the Cricieth area and to Merionethshire, 1501-1890; and an account book, 1614-1918.
An extract from the proceedings of the Epiphany Quarter Sessions for Cardiganshire, 1826, signed by the Clerk of the Peace, presenting Rees Jones, Nantremenin, Llandysul 'as a fit person to serve the office of chief constable for the lower Division of the Hundred of Moyddyn for the year ensuing in the Room of John David Jones ...'.
A 'Book of Quotations and General Remarks' or 'Cyfeiriadau Clasurol (Detholion)', containing extracts from, and notes on, classical and other sources, e.g. Homer, Euripides, Sophocles, Aeschylus, Virgil, Dante, John Milton, etc. The volume was originally used as a contributions book of a Workmen's Association, and some accounts for the period 1881 are preserved on the inside lower cover.
The fonds comprises research material relating to drovers and drove roads in Wales, and in other parts of Britain and Ireland, reflecting R. G. Avent's interest in the subject. The papers include manuscript notes, notebooks and offprints from journals and magazines, together with some related publications. Also included is a card index containing references to relevant printed sources, some of which are cross-referenced with the notes.
A manuscript by R. J. Edwards entitled Incidents of the Great War which burst out in Europe in 1914, as seen at Ruthin. The narrative is continued until July 1921.
Edwards, R. J., of Ruthin Incidents relating to the Great War (1914-1921), NLW MS 4837D
A volume of typescript material relating to hunting and Welsh huntsmen entitled 'Random Accounts of Welsh Huntsmen and Hunts' accumulated by Dr T. F. Holley, 2004.
Miscellaneous printed, typescript, and manuscript material, August - September 1939, relating to plans for the reception of evacuees from Liverpool at Aberystwyth.
A notebook giving the names of the purchasers and the prices realised at a sale of crops, livestock, farm implements and furniture at Lanlanisa farm, Cellan, Cardiganshire, 1864, with the prices of dairy produce, etc. sold in 1901-1902.
A volume entitled on the cover 'The Records of the Corporate Borough of Carmarthen, during the reigns of Elizabeth, James I., Charles I., Oliver Cromwell, Charles II., James II., William & Mary, Anne, George I., and George II. Ad verbum et literam transcripta, ex tabulis publicis ab Alcuino C. Evans'. The volume contains transcripts of records from the original 'Book of Ordinances' preserved in the common coffer of the borough, the records dating from 1590 to 1764. According to the imprint on the title-page the work was compiled at Carmarthen between September 1851 and July 1853.
The fonds consists of personal papers and correspondence, 1826-1967, of members of the family of Rees Jenkin Jones, namely the Rev. John Jones (1802-1863), Mrs Anne Griffith Jones (1852-1899), Dr Goronwy Jones (1881-1945), the Rev. Simon Jones (1879-1967) and the Rev. Rees Jenkin Jones (1835-1924) himself, together with estate records, 1620-1916, of the Clettwr estate, Cardiganshire, Cilgell Isaf estate, Carmarthenshire, and of premises in Aberdare, Glamorgan. Much of the material relates to the Unitarian cause in Wales.
A collection comprising correspondence, poetry, notes, extracts and miscellanea (mainly relating to religious matters), an account book from Haverfordwest, sermons by several individuals, a journal of Timothy Davies, Caeronnen, and hymns by Reuben Davies ('Prydydd y Coed').
A photostat facsimile of a register of clocks and dial plates made by Samuel Roberts, Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, 1755-1774, with specifications, prices and names of buyers.
A register, 1647-1649, giving particulars of the sale of episcopal lands in England and Wales, including the dioceses of St Asaph, Bangor, St Davids and Llandaff.
A register, 1570-1671, of the corvisers or shoemakers of Ruthin, containing a copy of the petition of the shoemakers to Ambrose, Earl of Warwick and Anne, his wife, for a grant of privileges, articles agreed upon by the fraternity, accounts of money lent, 1570-1571, and lists of members of the fraternity in the original hand to 1593, and continued to 1671.
A register of services by boars, 1927-1943, recording sows serviced by a boar owned by the Evans family of Old Hall farm, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire. The register was issued by Montgomery[shire] County Council in accordance with the Swine Fever Order, 1911, and records names and addresses of sows' owners.
Rent book for Tyddyn Pendre and Tir y Dre, parish of Cenarth, Carmarthenshire, being part of the estate of the Vaughan family of Golden Grove, containing details of rent paid by the successive tenants, William Melcher and Griffith Thomas, to Charles [Powlett], 3rd duke of Bolton, to John Vaughan of Shenfield, Essex, who inherited the estate in 1752, and to his son Richard Vaughan.