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A volume of Welsh poetry mostly in the hand of Humphrey Davies (Wmffre Dafis), [vicar of Darowen], contining copies of cywyddau and awdlau by well-known and less known poets from the early fourteenth century to the early seventeenth century (pp. 25-492). Some poets are well represented, especially Ieuan Tew, Sion Keri and Huw Arwystl.
Twelve folios at the beginning (pp. 1-24), as well as six (formerly loose) folios at the end (pp. 493-504) are in the hand of Evan Lloyd of Blayn glyn, a former owner of the volume. These include a copy of a version of the dialogue between Hadrian and Epictetus, beginning: 'llyma ymddiddanion Rhwng adram [sic] emerodr Rhufein ag Epig y ddav wr calla yn y bvd', which differs greatly from the text found in Llyfr Yr Angkr and the Hengwrt MSS (pp. 3-7). Two other leaves (now bound in at the end of the volume), one bearing a Welsh poem in free metre (pp. 505-506) and the other an assessment of Derwen parish, [Denbighshire] (pp. 507-508), do not seem to belong to this volume.

A copy of the Latin Life of St David by Rhygyfarch, with the following heading: 'Incipit vita scti. Dewi vel David Authore Ricemarcho Britanno pervetusto. Dr Barlows hand' (pp. 1-26). This version has been compared with that of Capgrave and the variants have been entered on the margins.

Notes, [1738], by Chancellor Wynne on the lordship of Dynmael, [Denbighshire], comprising extracts from some documents relating thereto, 1486-1632 (ff. 1-9 verso); extracts from the court books of the lordship, dated 1680-1712 (ff. 11-13 verso); copies of suit roll and rental of chief rents (ff. 15-20); and an account of timber (ff. 22-24 verso).

An entry book of certified copies of acquittances of rents, received between 1656 and 1658, of the lands which heretofore belonged to John Bodvell, and decreed for the alimony and the arrears thereupon due to Ann his wife by virtue of a commission of sequestration issued out of Chancery.

A copy of the customs of Hereford as newly written by John Chippenham, mayor of Hereford, in 1486, and exemplified by James Yayden in 1560 (ff. 1-17). Several Welsh Boroughs were granted the privileges of the city of Hereford, and the newly enfranchised corporations applied to the burgesses of Hereford to have their privileges certified to them. This manuscript begins with the answer given to the town of Drusselan in the parts of Wales in the year of Henry son of Henry I [sic], and also contains statements made at the request of the burgesses of Kermerden, Herford and Kardyff. At the end of the volume is a list of the mayors of Hereford from 1383 to 1563 in the original hand, with additions in other hands to 1605 (ff. 18-19 verso).

Lists, with some notes, of the Deans, Precentors, Chancellors, Treasurers, Archdeacons and Prebendaries of the Diocese of Hereford (ff. 2, 6-92 verso).

The Statutes of the Cathedral Church of Hereford copied out of the Book of Statutes authorised by Charles I in 1636 (ff. 12 verso-50), with an account of the rents received by Henry Jones in 1687 for the use of the six residentiaries, and of the revenue belonging to the maintenance of the fabric (ff. 1-12).

An alphabetical list of leases of estates held under the Dean and Chapter of Hereford (pp. 1-51), with supplementary tables and lists (pp. 53-55) and a list of the contents (ff. ii-iii); and a table for renewing leases, November 1740 (pasted in on p. 57, the former inside back cover).

Extracts out of the Register Books of the Bishops of Hereford, made by Chancellor Wynne and Hugh Hughes, [mid 18 cent.], including an index of the contents of a supplemental register containing some occurrences in the time of Dr Humphrey Humphreys (pp. 1-8); accounts extracted out of Bishop Humphreys' Register, relating to some schools in the diocese of Hereford, namely Leominster, Ledbury, Chirbury, Presteign, Lushton (pp. 14-46); an account of the Register Books then extant (pp. 47-49); etc.
Items formerly loose within the volume have been either tipped in on blank leaves or bound in at the end of the volume (pp. 63, 114, 116-117, 122-128), including an account, December 1678, of an examination by the Bishop of Hereford and others on behalf of the House of Lords, of a house called Combe in Lanruthall, Herefordshire, which was believed to be a Jesuit College (pp. 125-128).

Notes on the history of Hereford Cathedral and extracts from records relating thereto. The writing resembles the hand of Dr Robert Morgan, [rector of Ross].

Extracts made, [c. 1718], by [?Robert Morgan] out of the Register Books of the Bishops of Hereford (ff. 1-223).
An additional bundle of papers, mainly in the hand of Edward Wynne, is now bound in at the end of the volume (ff. 224-266); these include drafts of lists of the bishops of Hereford; drafts of accounts of the register books of the bishops, with special reference to the papers of Bishop Humphrey Humphreys; a printed copy of Articles of Enquiry Concerning Matters Ecclesiastical ..., 1728 (ff. 244-247); etc.

A composite volume, the first portion of which (pp. 1-78, old foliation 1-38), written in the early eighteenth century, contains selections from Flores poetarum, triads, englynion, the divisions of Wales (pp. 29-33), cywyddau, poems in free metre, and an incomplete table of the contents of the latter portion of the volume (pp. 57-59). The second part of the volume (pp. 79-406, old foliation 1-245 with gaps) has been neatly written in two or more hands, one of the seventeenth century and the others of the early eighteenth century. It contains Welsh poems in strict and free metres from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, many of them either of Anglesey interest or written by Anglesey poets, particularly Lewis Môn, Sion Brwynog and John Griffith of Llanddyfnan.
Among miscellaneous items are copies of the Articles of Agreement between the Parliamentary Commissioners and the inhabitants of Anglesey, 1648 (pp. 295-296); Sir Edward Trevor's riddle (p. 312); and a short bardic grammar (pp. 358-362).

Miscellaneous papers mainly in the hand of Dr Robert Morgan, rector of Ross, relating to the diocese of Hereford, including lists of documents belonging to the Cathedral Chapter; copies of acts and orders; an account of procedure at every chapter; a table of fees claimed by the sextons, etc. (f. 50); a table of fees taken for causes ecclesiastical within the diocese; proposals for reducing the ecclesiastical courts at Hereford and Ludlow to certain terms with rules that the Proctor may not use delays, etc., whereby the clamours of the people may be silenced; a copy of Bishop Croft's Notitia of the diocese of Hereford; etc.

Some historical notes relating to the diocese of Hereford, in the autograph of Dr Robert Morgan.

Commutation voucher book for the Diocese of Hereford, 1709-1746, containing miscellaneous papers: receipts for grants of commutation money for church repairs, etc.; accounts rendered for prosecution in causes of correction, for blasphemy, adultery, etc.; correspondence relating to the same; papers relating to the suit of Middleton & uxor v. Croft concerning proceedings taken against them at the ecclesiastical court of the diocese of Hereford (items 1-84).
Two foolscap sheets loose in the volume contain an incomplete account of fees for various licences, wills, administrations, etc., in the diocese of Hereford, with Chancellor Edward Wynne's receipts for the years 1729 and 1730 (items 85-88).

Procuration books for the diocese of Hereford 1719-1721 (ff. 1-13), 1722-1724 (ff. 14-24), 1725-1727 (ff. 25-37) and 1727-1729 (ff. 39-47); correspondence, 1728-1730 (ff. 65-66, 70-71), including two letters from Jo: Griffith to Mr William Griffith at the Palace in Hereford; and a number of miscellaneous papers containing accounts of fees, etc. (ff. 48-64, 67-69).

Extracts made by Chancellor Wynne and a scribe, 1734-1735, out of books on law, including Thomas Wood, A New Institute of the Imperial or Civil Law (London, 1704) (pp. 1-102), John Ayliffe, A New Pandect of Roman Civil Law (London, 1734) (pp. 115-206) and Sir Henry Finch, Law; or, A Discourse Thereof (London, 1627); together with a copy of a letter in Latin, dated 8 November 1691, concerning mortuaries from William Lloyd, Bishop of St Asaph, to Humphrey Humphreys, Bishop of Bangor (pp. 257-266).

Notes by [?Dr Robert Morgan] and a scribe, comprising precedents, extracts from authorities and notes on prohibitions to ecclesiastical courts; notes on fines and recoveries; an analysis of the Ecclesiastical Law; a short history of the Civil and Ecclesiastical Law in England; a brief explication of conveyancing; some desiderata in our laws; etc.
For a list of contents see ff. i verso-ii.

Copies by Dr Wynne and a scribe of cases and precedents in ecclesiastical law; an index of statutes concerning ecclesiastical matters; an account of some material differences between the Civil Law and the Law of England, extracted from Dr Strahan's translation of Monsieur Domat's Civil Law; etc.

Notes and copies of cases with the opinion of counsel in Doctors' Commons, written by Dr Wynne and a scribe.