Suits for the possession of land in Tyndryvol, Anglesey
A large bundle of legal papers, including petitions, lists of jurors, depositions replications and other documents, relating to suits for the possession of land in Tyndryvol, [?Malltraeth], Anglesey, 1562-1598.
A manuscript containing copies of letters patent and deeds, dated 1617-1628, relating to the lordship of Denbigh.
Manuscript containing a grammar of the Welsh language, entitled 'Rhaglwybr Brithoneg' or 'An Introduction to the Brittish Tongue'.
Miscellaneous documents, 1703-1751, including extracts and notes on scripture and biblical history; a catalogue of books at Keselgyfarch, 2 May 1718 (pp. 97-102), and [?1723] (pp. 93-96); and a letter from David Williams, Llanedwen, to Dr. Wynne, Bodewrud, 25 July 1751 (pp. 117-118).
Notes on the diocese of Hereford
A notebook, [18 cent., second ¼], containing notes relating to the diocese of Hereford, etc.
Certayne Sermons appoynted by the Quenes Majestie
A printed copy of Certayne Sermons Appoynted by the Quenes Majestie, to be Declared and Read, by al Persons, Vicars, and Curates, Every Sonday and Holy Day in Their Churches ... (London; Richarde Iugge and Iohn Cavvood printers to the Quenes Maiestie, 1559, ESTC S118797).
Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556
A medical treatise in Welsh, &c.
A sixteenth-century manuscript containing a medical treatise in Welsh, recipes, charms, and an astrological fragment; a treatise on uroscopy in English; poetry, including a cywydd by Ieuan Brydydd Hir (hynaf); 'Llythyr Aresdotlys [...] o gadwedigaeth korff dyn ac gavas ynte yn hemyl yr havl [...]' (pp. 228-237); and a prologue to a work which is called 'Compod' ('o herwydd I vod ef yn comprehendio [...] kompod Manuwel') (pp. 197-200).
The manuscript is written in several hands of the early to late sixteenth century, possibly including that of its original owner Bened ap Rhys (Bened Feddyg) of Llanelidan, Dyffryn Clwyd, as well as Tudur ab Elise (see p. 150).
Bened Feddyg
A volume of genealogies of Anglesey families, mostly of the maternal descent. Also included are a cywydd by Ie[u]an Tew Brydydd, 'Kowydd i ofyn cyngor i'r llwynog' by Hugh Lloid (Cynfel) (pp. 156-157) and a poem in free metre, written in 1636.
Five fragments of parchment have been pasted in on pp. 171, 173, 175, 177 and 179.
Llwyd, Huw, 1568?-1630?
An exercise book containing a rental of lands in Anglesey in 1814 (ff. 2 verso-12).
Rough drafts of pedigrees on sheets of paper, including that of Bishop Lloyd, of Worcester, the Lloyds of Bodewryd, the Pulestons, the Trevors and other families; memoranda in Welsh relating to the Mostyn family; copies of grants of arms to Sir Thomas Holland, of Barrow, Anglesey, and Lewis Owen, of Crewthyn.
An almanac, The Kalendar, Compiled by Samuel Watson, Bookseller, For the Year of Our Lord, 1771... (Dublin, 1771) (pp. 1-64), and a notebook (pp. 65-76), containing memoranda and accounts for 1770-1771 (pp. 49-56) and [c. 1760] (pp. 65-75).