Edward Wynne's 'Matrimonial Memoirs'
A volume in the autograph of Edward Wynne of Bodewryd, Chancellor of Hereford, entitled 'Matrimonial Memoirs', being an account of the disputes and separation of the Chancellor and his wife. The volume includes copies of journal entries, correspondence, etc., 1714-1721.
Wynne, Edward, 1681-1755
Letters to Anne Wynne, wife of Edward Wynne; marriage negotiations
Letters, 1719-1739, to Anne Wynne, the wife of Edward Wynne, chancellor of Hereford (Nos 361-423), together with letters, [1713]-1714, concerning the negotiations for the marriage of Chancellor Edward Wynne and Anne Lloyd on 20 August 1714 (Nos 340-360).
Wynne, Anne, -1739
Wynne family papers, poetry, &c.
A small group of autograph Welsh poems, mostly relating to the Wynne family, consisting of: (i) anonymous verses entitled 'Penillion cufaddas i'r amser yma ...', beginning 'Pob haden lawen lonudd su ai miwsig hud meusudd ...' (f. 1); (ii) 'Cywydd Marw-nad er coffadwriaeth am Farwolaeth Gwraig foneddigaeth sef Mrs Wyn o Fodewryd yr hon a hunodd yn yr Arglwydd y 31 o fis Awst 1723', by Robert ap Richard (ff. 2-3); (iii) 'Cowydd priodas Mr Chansaler Wyn a chroeso ir wlad', by William Morgan Lloyd, [1714] (ff. 4-5); (iv) 'Cywydd Marwnad y gwir Barchedig Dad yn Nuw Humphreu Humphres Arglwydd Esgob Henffordd', by Owen Gruffydd, [1712] (ff. 6-7); (v) a translation into Welsh of 'Of Noble Race was Shenkin' and Latin verse mainly in the autograph of Chancellor Wynne (ff. 8-9); (vi) a poem 'I'r haeddol Barchedig Mdm Margaret Humphreys', by David Manuel (f. 10); and (vii) 'Cerdd i Annerch, ynghyd a mawl ddyledus i Mr Edward Owens, o Benrhos, ar dôn a elwir Marwnad yr Helwyr', by Richard Parry (f. 11).
Also included are miscellaneous accounts, 1693-1729 (ff. 12-14, 17-18, 20), and two letters from Wm Lloyd, Kefn, to Mrs Wynne, 14 February 1712/3 (ff. 15-16), and to Dr Wynne, 28 April 1730 (ff. 19-20).
Manuel, Dafydd, 1624?-1726