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Notes by Dr Wynne and a scribe, including extracts from Lord Clarendon's History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England (ff. 1-35 verso); notes on Arithmetic (ff. 38-42); copies of the preface to Dr Bathurst's Will (ff. 43 verso-44); Dr Bathurst's Latin Oration in the House of Convocation, Oxford, 1676 (ff. 46-54 verso); a Latin speech at Westminster School, 1708 (ff. 55 verso-58); the preamble to the patent of Robert Harley, created Earl of Oxford (ff. 58 verso-59); notes on Geography, with references to books, extracts from Greek, Latin and English geographies, including extracts from Edward Lhuyd's letter to the Bishop of Carlisle about the signification of the names of places in the British (ff. 62-87 verso).

A scribbling tablet in the hand of J. H. Davies containing extracts from a copy [in the British Museum] of 'Sebright's Catalogue 1807', i.e. Catalogue of the Duplicates and a considerable portion of the library of Sir John Sebright Bart. (of Beechwood, Herts), also the very curious collection of MSS of ancient chronicles, Monastic History, Charters etc. ... Collected by Sir Roger Twysden and Mr E. Lhwyd, sold by Leigh and S. Sotheby, on Monday, April 6th, 1807 ...; and transcripts of poetry and memoranda largely from Welsh manuscripts in the British Museum.