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Miscellaneous historical and genealogical notes relating mainly to South Wales, including copies of letters which passed in 1818-1820 between John Collier Jones, Exeter College, Oxford and Daniel Jones relative to the pedigree of the Jones family of Llanio, Cardiganshire.

A volume containing 'Copies of Correspondence [1818-1821] which passed between the Revd. John Collier Jones of Exeter College, Oxford, afterwards Rector of that College, and the Revd. Daniel Jones, Rector of Ruckinge, near New Romney in Kent, relative to the Pedigree and Coat of Arms belonging to the family of Llanio, in Cardiganshire, of which estate the said Daniel Jones had then become the reversionary proprietor, and from which family both of them were descendants'; and pedigrees from transcripts made by J. J. Lloyd Williams, M.A., among them being 'Pedigrees of all the Gentry in the Counties of Cardigan, Carmarthen and Pembroke, faithfully transcribed from a manuscript of the late Mr. William Lewes of Llwynderw, by Sylvanus Jones, Dec. 8th 1760'. Inset is a holograph letter relating to the manuscript from J. J. Lloyd Williams, The School House, Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Carmarthen, to Alcwyn C. Evans, 1888.

A book of pedigrees compiled by John Davies. The following families are represented: Allen of Gelliswick, Davies of Henbant, Llandysul, Evans of Highmead, Griffiths of Pantgwyn, Llanarth, 'Gwyddelod Bro Gwenog', Howell of Penybailey, Llangunllo, Jones of Llanio, Lloyd of Glandywely, Lloyd of Pantstreimon, Thomas of Ffos Esgob, Llandysul and Williams of Penybailey, Llangunllo; extracts from original records: wills of David ap Ieuan David ap Ievan of Llanfair Clydogau, 1586, David ap Rees ap David, 1624, Vaughan Lloyd of Ffosybleiddiaid, 1807, Lewis Pryse of Gogerddan, 1719, Thomas David Rees of Llandysul, 1693, and David Rees of Camnant, 1708; a schedule of deeds relating to Henbant, Llandysul, 1659-1836; letters by John Lloyd, Mabus, 1809; and offprints of 'Reminiscences of Llanfair-Clydogau' by William Gwynne Stedman Thomas, 1886, and of 'Canu'r Cymry a'r Gwyddyl' (a review) by Thomas Gwynn Jones, 1912.

Miscellaneous pedigree charts transcribed or compiled by John Davies. The families represented include Lewis of Dinas Cerdin, Jones of Abermarlais, Rhys of Cardiff, Lloyd of Llanfechan, Lloyd of Alltyrodyn, Davies-Evans of Highmead, Jones of Llanio and Vaughan of Torcoed; and a pedigree of the descendants of John Bluet of Holcombe, Devon by Sir Joseph Bradney.