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Nineteen letters, 1804-1806, to Sir Richard Colt Hoare, mostly concerning antiquities in Brecknockshire and elsewhere in Wales, as well as Shropshire and Cheshire, and mostly relating to Hoare's research for his Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales, A.D. 1188, by Giraldus de Barri …, 2 vols (London, 1806) (ff. 1-34).
The correspondents include Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), 1 November 1804 (ff. 1-2), R[ichard] Fenton, 1805 (ff. 3-11), Theophilus Jones, [?1805] (ff. 16-17), William Owen [Pughe], 1805-1806 (ff. 18-23), and [the Rev.] Henry [Thomas] Payne, 1804-1805 (ff. 24-34). The letters also include a sketch map of possible Roman remains near Llanymynech, Montgomeryshire (f. 2); a transcript of a Latin document of 1295/6 relating to Shrawardine Castle (f. 15); and translations into English by William Owen [Pughe] of part of an ode and englynion by Cynddelw (f. 19 verso, 20-21). Also included are further notes by William Owen [Pughe] on Bardic lore and Cynddelw (ff. 35-47) and by Henry Thomas Payne on Giraldus Cambrensis (ff. 48-49).

A volume of verse, 1776-1814, by various authors, connected with the family and friends of the Rev. Henry Thomas Payne (1759-1832), archdeacon of Carmarthen, including several compositions relating to the marriage of Maria Payne to the Hon. John Hyde and their departure for India (ff. 14 verso-15 verso).
The authors include Sir William Jones (f. 4 verso), Henry Mackenzie (ff. 10-12), Anna Snelling (ff. 14 verso-15 verso), Thomas Lyttelton, Baron Lyttelton (ff. 17 verso-18), Robert Jephson (f. 31 verso), Edward Young (f. 32), Peter Pindar (f. 40 verso), Charlotte Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (f. 41), Anne Ingram, Viscountess Irvine (ff. 49 verso-50), Thomas Powys (ff. 56 verso-57 verso), and the Rev. Thomas Payne (ff. 59 verso-60). The verses include riddles and charades (ff. 33, 35 verso, 38 recto-verso) and epitaphs (ff. 46 verso-47, 54).

A volume containing verse, 1777-1799, by various authors, connected with the family and friends of the Rev. Henry Thomas Payne (1759-1832), archdeacon of Carmarthen, including riddles composed by his father, the Rev. Thomas Payne, Llangatwg, Breconshire (ff. 3 verso, 6-7).