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The second of two volumes of scrap-albums compiled, 1937-1940, by R. D. Roberts containing press cuttings of a series of articles entitled 'Hanes Offeiriaid Plwyfi Esgobaeth Bangor' by Richard Rhys Hughes, vicar of Glanogwen, Caernarfonshire, published in Y Llan, August 1937-January 1940, together with cards, photographs and engravings, [mid-19 cent.]-[1930s], mostly of churches within the diocese of Bangor, pasted in on f. xiv verso, pp. 105, 180, 184 and 186; and a transcript with an English translation, 1931, by Richard Rhys Hughes of 'Awdl y caws' by Deio ab Ieuan Du from Peniarth MS 99 pasted in on p. 182.

The first of two volumes of scrap-albums compiled, 1937-1940, by R. D. Roberts containing press cuttings of a series of articles entitled 'Hanes Offeiriaid Plwyfi Esgobaeth Bangor' by Richard Rhys Hughes, vicar of Glanogwen, Caernarfonshire, published in Y Llan, August 1937-January 1940. Pasted in on pp. 6, 38, 66 and 150 and between pp. 152 and 153 are cards, photographs and engravings, [mid-19 cent.]-[1930s], mostly of churches within the diocese of Bangor. An index is added (pp. 180-181) in the hand of the compiler.

A note, 1926, in the hand of A[rthur] Foulkes-Roberts, highly critical of Saunders Lewis, pasted on a printed review by the latter of Cywyddau Iolo Goch ac Eraill, ed. by Henry Lewis, et al. (1925), which appeared in Y Llenor, October 1926.

Papers from the library of R. D. Roberts, Bethesda, co. Caernarvon, including two copies of 'Wigs on the Green', being typescript notes by R. D. Roberts on the will of Thomas Penkitt of Denbigh, co. Denbigh, periwig- maker, 1718 (proved 1720); a holograph letter from Win. Roberts, Hamilton, Canada, to John Jones, Bethesda, 1925 (deploring the difficulty of getting copies of musical compositions from Wales) (letter-head of Hamilton Eisteddfod); and transcripts of correspondence between Benjamin Evans, Bangor, clerk to the Aethwy Rural District Council, and C. A. [H. Green, archbishop of] Wales, 1937 (right-of-way to the church on Llanddwyn Island, co. Anglesey) (with annotations by R. D. Roberts).

Annotations, [c. 1931], by R. D. Roberts, written in a copy of W. Wynne Ffoulkes, Pedigree of the Family of Ffoulkes of Eriviat, in the Parish of Henllan, in the County of Denbigh (London: privately printed, 1874), together with related letters, 1928-1931.

Annotated and corrected typescripts of three short plays by A[rthur] Foulkes-Roberts, performed at the Denbigh Historical Pageant, 1907, together with related correspondence, 1909-1915.

A volume containing a copy of Joseph William Gleeson White, Ballades and Rondeaus ... (London, 1887), with a transcript in the hand of R. D. Roberts of an English translation by B. M. Cholmeley of an unidentified rondeau by Alain Chartier (ff. iv verso-v) and press cuttings, 1909-1912, of poetry by R. D. Roberts, published mostly in Country Life (pasted on ff. iv, ii, iii and pp. 302-4, 307).

This collection is from the library of Robert Davies Roberts and relates principally to family history and to the antiquities of Denbighshire.

A volume containing pedigrees compiled, 1915, by R. D. Roberts, of the Roberts family and collateral families in the parishes of Llannefydd and Henllan, Denbighshire. Pasted-in throughout are photographs, 1906, of Llechryd and Foxhall, together with miscellaneous press cuttings and photographs, 1918-1937, which were added later.

A scrap-album compiled, [1930s], by R. D. Roberts, containing press cuttings, bookplates and other printed items, [late 18 cent.]-1939, relating mostly to Abergele, with notes added by the compiler, pasted or tipped in on two copies, bound together, of Adelaide Anne Procter, Legends and Lyrics (London, 1888). The press cuttings consist mainly of a series of articles entitled 'After many years' by Thomas Jesse Jones, rector of Gelli-gaer, Glamorganshire, published in the Abergele and Pensarn Visitor, October 1928-March 1929, and which had previously been published in the same newspaper, 1924-1925. A letter, 1931, to R. D. Roberts from Sarah Elizabeth Jones, Llwyn, Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire, concerning the content of the articles, is tipped in on p. 92.

A volume containing notes, [c. 1936]-[c. 1938], by R. D. Roberts and his cousin, Arthur Foulkes-Roberts, on some of the books previously in the library of their grandfather, John Foulkes, Llechryd, Llanefydd, Denbighshire, including details relating to the provenance of the books; also included are memoranda relating to the families of Foulkes of Llechryd and Roberts of Foxhall, Henllan, Denbighshire. Letters, 1936, from A. Foulkes-Roberts to R. D. Roberts are tipped in on pp. 3 and 5.

A volume containing the first of a limited edition of thirty copies of Frederick Arthur Crisp, The Parish Registers of Kegidog, alias St George, near Abergele, 1694-1750 (London, 1890). Genealogical and other notes by R. D. Roberts and A. Foulkes-Roberts are added or tipped in on f. ii verso, iv, pp. 1-52 passim. Also included is correspondence, 1890-1891, concerning the publication of the registers (pasted or tipped in on ff. i-ii, iv verso); press cuttings, 1928-1936, relating to the parishes of St George and Llanfair Talhaearn (pasted or tipped in on f. v verso, pp. 53-54); and the signatures, 1844-[c. 1845], of the Rev. Thomas Davies and the Rev. Charles Williams, curates of Holyhead, and the Rev. David Roberts, curate of Llangedwyn, Denbighshire (tipped in on f. iii verso).

An interleaved copy of John Williams (Glanmor), The Records of Denbigh and its Lordship ... (Wrexham, 1860), bound together with an offprint of A. Foulkes-Roberts, The Lordship of Denbighland (Denbigh, 1898), with historical and genealogical notes in the hand of R. D. Roberts in the margins and on many of the interleaves; photographs, press cuttings and other printed items, 1902-1937, relating to Denbigh are pasted or tipped in the volume.

A volume containing an interleaved copy of Catalogue of the Loan Collection of Welsh Antiquities ... compiled by William R. Owen, secretary of the Liverpool Welsh National Society, for an exhibition held under the auspices of the Welsh Industries Association in Liverpool, 1902, with notes added by R. D. Roberts, and related press cuttings and correspondence, 1902-1933, tipped or pasted in, including a letter, 1902, to R. D. Roberts from W[illiam] R. Owen requesting the loan of exhibits (f. ii).