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A scrap-book lettered 'Y Gyfrinfa' [compiled by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd')] and containing press cuttings under such titles as 'Goronwy Owain' (by D. ap Rhys Stephen), 'Priodasau a Neithiorau Ceredigion', 'Hanes Boreuol Castell Caerffili yn nghyd a Tharddiad yr Enw', a series of articles 'Yn Nghwmni Natur a'i Phlant' and 'Natur a'i Phlant' (by 'Gwas y Gog' etc.), 'Yr Adar' (by James W. Rice ('Iago Ddu'), Waukesha, Wis., USA), 'Nyth Robin Goch' etc. (by R. R. Williams, L'anse, Mich.), 'Y "Cerews" Nos-flodeuol' (by 'Syllwr', Chicago), 'Hynodrwydd y Draenog' (by G. D. Griffith(s), Russell Gulch, Col.), 'O Caergystenin i Groeg', etc. (by D. Lloyd, Brownville, Maine), 'O Affrica i Brydain', etc. (by the Reverend John T. Lloyd, Brooklyn, New York), 'Y Pregethwr a'r Gwrandawr' (by [Robert Williams] 'Syllog', Racine, Wis.), 'Marwolaeth y Parch. Edwin Williams, MA, Is-Brifathraw Trefecca', 'Cau Siop Lyfrau' (the closure of a Welsh book shop in Everton Road, Liverpool), 'Llythyr Dyddorus. Y Diweddar Mr John Morgan, Cadnant [Menai Bridge], at [John Edwards] Meiriadog', 'Diwrnod gyda'r diweddar Dr Lewis Edwards' (by G. James Jones ('Llew o'r Llain') 'O'r Rockies i'r Eryri. Y Ddiweddar Chwaer Oedranus Sian Jones y Garnedd, Wyres Sefydlydd Methodistiaeth yn Nolyddelen', 'Marwolaeth Mr H[ugh] Jones (Trisant) [Lerpwl]', etc.

Twenty-four letters, 1875-8, to D. Silvan Evans from [the Reverend] Robert Jones, Rotherhithe (points concerning the poetical works of Goronwy Owen, Y Cymmrodor, reprinting Salesbury's Dictionary, Aberystwyth College, Trubner and the Dictionary, condolence, etc.).

Corrected page-proofs of [J. H. Davies (ed.), The Letters of Goronwy Owen (Cardiff, 1924), pp. i-vi, 1-207. The date 'Oct. 1923' is stamped on the first page of the Introduction (which is shorter than that in the book as printed) and Appendix XI and the indices are wanting in the proofs.

Notes for lectures in Welsh by the Rev. Ben Davies, including lectures on 'Goronwy Owen', 'Dewi Sant' and 'Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd', delivered c. 1934.

Two volumes of miscellaneous transcripts mainly in the hand of Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain, 1761-1849), relating to the antiquities, history, topography, language, and literature of Wales. They include catalogues of Welsh manuscripts; transcripts of manuscripts of Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir), of letters of Edward Lhuyd, Lewis Morris, Goronwy Owen, etc., of Strata Marcella abbey charters, of monumental inscriptions, of Evan Evans's transcripts of Richard Farrington's archaeological notes, etc.; notes on Llanerfyl, Llangadfan, and Garthbeibio, written by William Jones, Llangadfan, and sent by him, with letters, to Walter Davies; a letter, 1792, from Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) to Walter Davies; an extract, by Lewis Morris, from his Celtic Remains; Marwnad Lewis Morys ... by Goronwy Owen, in the autograph of Evan Evans; etc. Both volumes are indexed.

Miscellaneous poems by Goronwy Owen, Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir), Dafydd Manuel, and other bards of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and notes by Walter Davies.

Poems by Daniel Evans ('Daniel Ddu o Geredigion'), Walter Davies, Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd'), Robert Evans (author of 'Cerdd y Winllan'), David Foulks ('Dun Towyll of Blwy Llanfyllin'), Morris Ismel, John Jones ('Jac Glanygors'), John Cain Jones, Ioan Jones Llywelun, Goronwy Owen, Harri Parri (Craigygath), John Rees (Llanrhaiadr), David Rowlands, William Wynn (Llangynhafal), etc.; adjudications by Walter Davies, and a copy of his 'Traethawd ar Lywodraeth a Defodau y Britaniaid' transcribed from British Museum Add. Ms. 15059; 'rhestr o enwau tonau'; etc.

Miscellaneous notes by Robert Ellis: 'Bore oes Dafydd Ddu'; 'Goronwy Owain a'r Awen Gymreig'; 'Gwilym Caledfryn a Thafol y Beirdd'; 'Hen Gerddi Cymru'; 'Hen Lyfrau Cymru'; and reviews.

Poems by John Jones ('Tegid'), William Owen [-Pughe], Goronwy Owen, etc.; letters, mainly to Sir John Bernard Bosanquet, from John Jones ('Tegid'), Hugh Davies, Angharad Llwyd, William Owen [-Pughe] and others; and miscellaneous notes on Welsh books, etc.

Transcripts, presumably by Griffith Jones ('Gytyn Ardudwy'), of articles on various subjects including 'Crynhodeb o Draethawd Butler ar Natur Rhinwedd', 'Bywiolaeth Eglwysig', 'Claudia neu hanes Cristionogaeth boreuol yn ynys Prydain' (with a reference to Gwyddoniadur), 'Crefydd a Moesoldeb', 'Duw ac Anian yn Anchwiliadwy', 'Y Masnach Dwyreiniol', 'Sermons preached at St. Davids, February 19th & 26th, 1888'; and an account of the murder of Hugh Lâs, Llanddwywe, and extracts from the letters of Goronwy Owen.

A small collection of miscellaneous poetry transcribed by 'G. R.' including 'Englynion Duwiol ar amryw destynneu' by Robert Pritchard; 'englynion i ddeuddeg mis y flwyddyn'; 'Coffadwriaeth am y Pencerdd celfyddgar Ellis Cadwaladr or Edeirnion yn Meirionydd' by John Jones; 'Cywydd i anerch William Elias' by Gronwy Owen; and poems attributed to Taliesin, Dafydd ap Gwilym (englyn), and Owen Gryffydd.

Miscellaneous letters and papers from the collections of Humphrey Humphreys, W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'), and William Hobley, including an account of the death of John Evans, Waunfawr; transcripts of letters by Goronwy Owen, 23 July 1767, 'True Briton', Old Fort Schuyler, 1800, and Rhisiart ab Tomas, Penepeck, 1800; letters by James McCosh, Belfast, 1861; J. H. Cotton to Owen Owens, Pentir, 1879; Josiah Thomas, Liverpool, 1898; John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'); John H. Hobley, Chicago, 1892; and an incomplete letter of instruction for a maid.

A transcript by Ioan Pedr and others of NLW MSS 1246-1247D, which contain transcripts by Rhys Jones ('o'r Blaenau') of 'cywyddau' and other poetry by Wiliam Llŷn, Rhys Goch Glyndyfrdwy, Tudur Aled, Edward Mor[y]s, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan, Gruffudd Gr[y]g, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Lewis Daron, Lewis Menai, Siôn Tudur, Goronwy Owen, Sion Dafydd Las [John Davies], Thomas Prys, Huw Mor[y]s, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Dafydd Nanmor, Morys Dwyfech [Morus ap Dafydd ab Ifan ab Einion], Rhys Cain, Bedo Brwynllys, Bedo Aeddren, Ieuan Deulwyn, Gruffudd Llwyd ap Dafydd ab Einion [Llygliw], Edwart Urien, Siôn Cain, Ieuan Dew Brydydd, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Lewis Trefnant, Maredudd ap Rhys, Tudur Penllyn, Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal, Llawdden, Owain Gwynedd, Sion Ceri, Syr Ifan [o Garno], Robin Ddu, Hywel [ap] Rheinallt, Gutun Owain, Guto'r Glyn, Huw Arwystli, Dafydd Ddu Hiraddug, Ieuan ap Tudur Penllyn, Iolo Goch, Siôn Cent, Ieuan Brydydd Hir [Hynaf], Huw Llwyd Cynfal, Gruffudd Llwyd ab Ieuan, Richard Cynwal, Huw Machno, Robert Dyfi, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Syr Rhys o Garno, Hywel ap Dafydd ab Ieuan ap Rhys, Richard Phylip, Evan Evans ('Ieuan Brydydd Hir' ['Ieuan Fardd']), Ieuan Du'r Bilwg, Aneirin Gwawdrydd, Taliesin, Morys ab Ieuan ab Einion, Deio ab Ieuan Du, Rhys Pennardd, Meil[y]r Brydydd, Cynddelw [Brydydd Mawr], Thomas Jones (Tregaron), Wiliam Cynwal, Llywarch Hen, Bedo Hafes[b], Huw Pennant, Edward Richard (Ystradmeurig) and David Richards ('Dafydd Ionawr').

A volume containing copies, [19 cent.], of letters from the Rev. Edward Owen of Warrington to the Rev. John Williams of Llanrwst between 15 November 1789 and 8 March 1805, which contain many interesting references to Goronwy Owen.

Letters, mainly relating to Goronwy Owen, addressed to the Reverend John Williams, master of Llanrwst school, by the Reverend Edward Owen, Warrington, 1795-1805; John English Dolben, 1795-1805; D. Davies, Llanidloes, 'visitor' of 'the Charity School', 1811; Richard Davies, Bangor, 1791; Turner Edwards, Oldport, 1789; the Reverend Walter Davies ('Gwallter Mechain'), 1792; the Reverend Richard Jones, curate of Ruthin, 1787; the Reverend Henry Hughes, vicar of Llangefni, 1789; Thomas Jones, excise officer, 1791-1799; William Owen[-Pughe], 1793; Paul Panton [the elder], 1791-1795; the Earl of Powis [Henry Arthur Herbert] [?to Lewis Morris], 1753; T. Roberts, Christ Church, Oxford, 1788; David Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri'), 1791-1792; and Simon Yorke, 1793.

A collection of letters to David Jones of Trefriw ('Dewi Fardd') from Lewis Morris, 1757-1759; Richard Morris, 1759-1767; their nephew John Owen, 1758; Margaret Davies of Coedcaedû, 1758; the Reverend Evan Evans ('Ieuan Brydydd Hir'), 1776; Owen Jones ('Owain Myfyr'), 1776-1778; John Powel of Llansannan (with a 'cywydd'), 1766; John Williams (with drafts of letters in the hand of David Jones), 1764; and copies of letters by Richard Morris to [Zachary Pearce], bishop of Bangor, 1753, concerning Goronwy Owen, 1752, and to [George Parker] Lord Macclesfield for the loan of the manuscripts of William Jones, F.R.S. (ie the Shirburn Castle manuscripts now in the Sir John Williams Collection at NLW), 1754, together with an undated draft in the hand of Lewis Morris concerning a proposal to deposit the manuscripts in the British Museum.

Miscellaneous papers containing notes, extracts, transcripts, lists, etc., in the hand of Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg') bound together in one volume. Pp. 9-62, 68-73, 76- 90, 107-48, 213-20 and various other pages in the volume contain miscellaneous Welsh word lists frequently, but not invariably, with English definitions and illustrative excerpts from the works of Welsh poets. Other items include pp. 63-5, an incomplete 'Cornish - Silurian vocabulary' (words beginning with letter A only); 75, a comparative word list with the superscription 'Peculiarities of the Silurian and Venedotian dialects'; 93-106, a list of popular proverbial and figurative expressions or phrases in Welsh (see IM, t. 389); 149-50, 157-63, lists of Latin proper names, common nouns, etc., largely connected with ancient Gaul; 153- 6, 165-208, a French - English vocabulary with Welsh cognates of the French words; 221-30, a Cornish - English vocabulary with the superscription 'Borlace Vocabulary' [probably transcribed from, or based upon, the vocabulary to be found in William Borlase: Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall . . . (1754, 2nd ed. 1769)], with Welsh cognates of the Cornish words; 236, 'Some Names of Rivers in Glamorganshire'; 237, a copy of a poem attributed to Taliesin; 240, notes headed 'Names of Mountains'; 241-2, notes headed 'Appelative Name of Watter', and 'Proper Names of Rivers'; 251-8, a collection of Welsh proverbs arranged alphabetically according to the initial letter (incomplete, G-Y only); 260-61, a Welsh poem by Edward Williams; 262, a list of 'Silurian words agreeing with Armoric'; 273-4, two lists with the headings 'Books and MSS. useful towards the History of Cardiff', and 'Hints and Materials for the History of Cardiff' respectively; 281-2, a copy of a thirty-eight stanza anti-Puritan poem entitled 'Cân i Ladron Morganwg' attributed to 'Jenkin Rhichards o Flaenau Gwent' and dated 1646 (for an assessment of the historical evidence presented in this poem see Thomas Richards: A History of the Puritan Movement in Wales (London, 1920), p. 211, and the same author's Religious Developments in Wales, 1654-1662 ( London, 1923), pp. 191-4, and for doubts as to its authenticity IM, tt. 254-63); 283-4, a transcript of a letter from [the Reverend] Edw[ar]d Gamage [from St. Athan] to Llywelyn [ab Ifan] 'o'r Cannerw', undated (replying to a request for the names of books for the study of the Welsh language, observations on differences between the dialects of Glamorgan and North Wales, a suggestion that a scholarly, bardic language be formed from the best elements in all regional dialects) (for a holograph copy of a letter from Edward Gamage to Llywelyn ab Ifan see NLW MS 13077B and for transcripts by Edward Williams of letters from, or allegedly from, Gamage to the same recipient in addition to the present example see NLW MSS 13095B, 13100B; for observations on these letters and the dubious authenticity of the Williams transcripts see IMCY, tt. 58-60, TLLM, tt. 107, 195, and IM, tt. 245-6); 285, a copy of an 'englyn' descriptive of a silkworm and 'composed of vowels'; 291, an incomplete transcript of [Thomas] Gray's 'Ode on the Pleasure arising from Vicissitude'; 295-8, a chronicle of events in British-Welsh history, 1076-1110; 299-300, notes on the Welsh bardic order with references to [James] Macpherson's theories about the druids and bards and a comment on his Fingal poem; 302, extracts from the Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, 1768; 303-04, a transcript of [Taliesin's poem] 'Gwaith Argoed Llwyfain' with an English translation thereof by W[illia]m Whitehead (see Edward Jones: Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards . . . (1784), pp. 5-6); 307-10, an English translation of the title-page of Theophilus Evans: Drych y Prif Oesoedd . . ., ail arg. [1740], and of pp. 107-10 of the text of the work; 315-16, a copy of a letter from 'Christopher Crabstick', servant of Mr. Windham [Thomas Wyndham of Dunraven Castle, co. Glamorgan], to Captain Wind[s]or [Captain Thomas Windsor, R.N.), undated (a satirical attack on recipient's decision to offer himself as a candidate in the parliamentary election for the county of Glamorgan [?1789]); 323, draft copies of an election song to accompany the preceding item; 317-20, brief notes on the topography, agriculture, mineral wealth, etc., of the three main divisions of Glamorgan; 321-2, an advertisement for a proposed history of the town of Cardiff and lordship of Glamorgan; 326, a copy of the proposed title- page of Edward Williams's intended 'History of the Ancient British Bards or Druids' to be published in 1795; 327-30, notes on Welsh poetic metres ('Am gysefin ansawdd y mesurau') and on bardic ceremonial ('defodau . . . wrth gynnal gorsedd'); 333-4, prose items with the superscriptions 'Casbethau serchog', 'Llyma lythr anfon serch o waith D.G. o lyfr Ovydd', 'Dewisbethau serchog o lyfr Ofydd', and 'Casbethau Eiddig'; 335-6 two sequences of stanzas (twenty-one and twenty-four respectively) of Welsh prophetic verse with each stanza commencing with the words 'Coronog faban . . .', the first sequence being taken, with revised orthography, from Thomas Pugh: Brittish and Out-landish Prophesies . . . (London, 1658) [pp- 47-51, 37-8] (for the text of both sequences see Iolo Manuscripts . . ., pp. 276-82); 337-8, an incomplete copy of a Welsh poem describing the county of Glamorgan, its towns, etc. (for the missing portion, i.e., stanzas 1-30, see Iolo Aneurin Williams MS 97 in the National Library of Wales); 339-40 transcripts of two 'cywyddau' attributed to Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal and Gruff. ap Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan; 341-2, a transcript of a letter in Welsh from the poet Gronw Owen from Donnington, co. Salop, to William Elias, 1751 (for the text of this letter and notes on problems relating thereto see J. H. Davies (ed.): The Letters of Goronwy Owen . . . (Cardiff, 1924), pp. 3-4, 203-04); 343-5 medical maxims in Welsh; and 347-8, transcripts of 'englynion' by Wm. Llyn, H[uw] Llyn, and Edward Morris. Also included are miscellaneous notes on bardic, literary, and historical matters, etc.

A composite volume containing transcripts, in the hand of Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'), of miscellaneous Welsh poems, being mainly strict-metre verse and including pp. 11-37, poems by, or attributed to, Taliesin; 39-65, the 'Gododdin' of Aneurin; 67-163, poems by, or attributed to, Taliesin, Myrddin, Llywarch Hen, Gruffudd ap Maredydd ap Daf., Dafydd Benfras, Llewelyn Goch vap Meurig Hen, Madawg Dwygraig, Trahaearn Brydydd Mawr, Howel Ystoryn, Iolo Goch, Gronwy Ddu, Gwilym Ddu 'o Arfon', Thomas Llewelyn 'o rygoes', Morgan Powel 'o Lanhari', Llewelyn Siôn 'o Langewydd', Gronwy William, Syr Dafydd Llwyd Llewelyn, Ellis Ellis, D. ab Gwilym, Gruff. Gryg, D. ab Edmwnt, William Morris, William Elias, Hywel Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Rhys, Thomas Prys, Siôn Tudur, Gruff. ap Daf. ap Tudur, and Wm. Cynwal; 167-89, a collection of 'cywyddau' by, or attributed to, Dafydd ap Gwilim; and 189-241, poems by, or attributed to, Morgan ap Hugh Lewis, ? Rhys Goch 'o glyn-ceiriog', Bedo Aurddrem, Gr. ap In. ap Lln. Fychan, Syr Dafydd Owain, Madog Benfras, In. ap Gruff. Leiaf, Huw Arwystli, Lewis Menai, Syr Clement, Rhys Goch 'o'r yri', Lewis Glyn Cothi, Gruff. Llwyd ap Han, ?Gruff. Llwyd ab Dafydd ab Einion Lygliw, and Lewys Morganwg, and further poems by, or attributed to, Aneurin, Taliesin, Siôn Tudur, Iolo Goch, Gruffydd Grug, Dafydd ap Edmond, and Dafydd ap Gwilym. Pp. 165-6 contain a list of two hundred and forty-six 'cywyddau' attributed to D[afydd ap] G[wilym]. For poems in this volume attributed to Dafydd ap Gwilym but probably written by Edward Williams, and for couplets or sections of poems probably written by Edward Williams and inserted in, or added to, poems by Dafydd ap Gwilym see the relevant sections of IMCY.

Miscellaneous papers and fragments containing notes, transcripts, lists, copies of his own poems, etc., by Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg') bound together in one volume. The contents include holograph copies of Welsh poems by Edward Williams himself using the bardic names 'Iolo Morganwg', 'I[orwer] th G[wili]m', and 'Ior[wer]th Morganwg'; transcripts of Welsh strict- and free-metre poems (often incomplete) including single stanzas attributed to Huw Morus and Edward Morus (pp. 60, 65), a few stanzas attributed to Gronwy Owain (p. 78), and an 'englyn' attributed to Iorwerth Fynglwyd (p. 141), etc.; a short list of Welsh names of 'different sorts of grass or hay in Glam[organ]' (p. 32); a short list of 'Glum[organ] proverbs' (p. 42 ); draft copies or transcripts of the words of two English election songs written in connection with a parliamentary election in co. Glamorgan [? the election involving Thomas Wyndham of Dunraven Castle and Capt. Thomas Windsor, R.N., in 1789] (pp. 75-6); a ? draft version of an English poem entitled 'Bardic Institutes, a Vision Written in an ancient Bardic circle on Morlais Hill near Merthyr Tidvil, Glam.' (pp. 80-82); excerpts from the work of various Welsh poets headed 'Quotations from Bards relating to usages, Institutes, mythology, Literature, etc., of the Bards' (pp. 83-4 and possibly 193-4); an incomplete copy of an English poem 'The Royal Shepherd' (p. 87); a note in Welsh recording a meeting held at Pen y Bont ar Ogwr [Bridgend, co. Glamorgan] to celebrate victories over [Napoleon] Bonopart (p. 90); a short list of Welsh strict poetic metres headed 'Dosparth Llawdden' (p. 101); a very brief note on 'Lords Halls of Courts and Justice at Coyty, Lantwit, St. Brides, St. Athan, Penmark, [and] Lancarvan [co. Glamorgan]' and 'Baronial Court Halls' of the vale of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire (p. 103); a list in Welsh of some of the traditional customs and pastimes of Glamorgan ('Hen Arferion a Defodau Morganwg') (pp. 105-06); an anecdote relating to Morgan ab Ithel o Forganwg, Hywel Dda, and Blegywryd (p. 107); an anecdote relating to efforts made to deprive the Welsh of education subsequent to the rebellion of Owain Glyndwr, the renewal or spread of the practice of writing by inscribing on wood, and the teaching of this practice to the bards of Gwynedd and Powis by Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal and Llawdden Fardd (pp. 115- 116); notes relating to Welsh poetic metres (pp. 139-40, 142, 183-4); a non-chronological list of events in English and Welsh history, 852-1415 ( pp. 143 + 48); a prose tale entitled 'Ystori Rhitta Gawr' (p. 144); statistical tables giving the population of twenty-one parishes in the hundred of Swansea [co. Glamorgan], and four parishes in the hundred of Carnawllon, Caermarthenshire, 1811 (p. 145); brief notes containing speculation as to the state of the province of Siluria [south-east Wales] at the time of the Roman withdrawal, with references to the ancient seminary at Carlion, place names reminiscent of the 'first Planters' of Christianity in the province, monumental inscriptions, etc. (p. 149); ? draft versions or transcripts of the words of Welsh psalm or hymn tunes (pp. 166-7); medicinal recipes in Welsh (pp. 187-90); notes on the 'corfan' or metrical foot in the class of poems called 'dyriau' (p. 184, second sequence); a list of towns, etc., in co. Glamorgan headed 'Town Halls of [ ]' (p- 195); miscellaneous Welsh word lists; miscellaneous triads; extracts from the works of various Welsh bards; and other miscellanea. Some of the notes have been written on the reverse of a promissory note signed by Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg') in London, 13 January 1794 (p. 96), the reverse side of an account rendered by Thos. Williams, marble mason, to Hercules Clarke, mason, in respect of a chimneypiece (pp. 164 + 169), and the reverse side and margins of a copy of printed proposals, May 1799, for publishing a periodical to be called Eurgrawn Cymraeg neu Drysorfa Gwybodaeth (pp. 187 + 190).