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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.

Transcripts made, 1918-1922, by D. Inward on behalf of R. D. Roberts of chancery proceedings, 1544-1553, chancery warrants, 1616, and exchequer bills and answers, 1619, 1627, relating to Llannefydd, Denbighshire, together with four letters, 1917-1937, relating to the research undertaken.

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).

A volume compiled, 1936, by R. D. Roberts, containing abstracts of St Asaph diocesan wills, 1660-1729, of persons living in Llannefydd, Denbighshire, together with a first name index (pp. 149-63), and related pedigrees (pp. 164-89).

A volume containing an offprint of Sir John Ballinger, 'Katheryn of Berain, a study in North Wales family history', Y Cymmrodor, 40 (1929), 1-42, which was given to R. D. Roberts by the author in 1929 in recognition of the help he received while correcting the proofs (see inside front cover, ff. i verso-iv). Genealogical and biographical notes on the Salesbury and related families, [c. 1934], in the hand of R. D. Roberts, occur on ff. ii verso-iv, pp. 2, 45-54 and genealogical tables I-III, together with press cuttings, 1930-1933, relating to Katheryn of Berain and Mrs Hester Piozzi tipped in on pp. 55-56, photographs of Plas Berain, Llanefydd, Denbighshire (3), 1906-1923, pasted on f. iv verso and inside back cover, and cuttings from William R. Owen, Catalogue of the loan collection of Welsh antiquities ... (Liverpool, 1902) tipped in on f. viii (see MS 13910B). Letters to R. D. Roberts from Sir John Ballinger (6), 1928-1929, and A. Foulkes-Roberts (1), 1931, are tipped in on the front coverand on ff. i verso-iii, iv and v verso.

A volume containing an interleaved copy of Thomas Matthews, Gwaith Iolo Goch, vol. 1 (Llanuwchllyn, 1915), bound together with a copy of David James (Defynnog), Owain Glyndwr: His Life and Times (Cardiff, 1915), which was published as part of his volume Hanes Owain Glyndwr (Cardiff, 1915), with notes, press cuttings, 1920-1934, and other printed items added by R. D. Roberts relating to the lives and works of Iolo Goch and Owain Glyndŵr, together with a photograph, 1906, of Llechryd, Llanefydd, co. Denbigh.

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).

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.

Facsimiles of documents relating to the parish of Llannefydd, Denbighshire, comprising pages from manuscripts in the Peniarth Collection and letters in the Lleweni Papers, together with transcripts of the documents by R. D. Roberts and a letter, 1932, to him from W. Ll. Davies, the Librarian at the National Library of Wales.

A volume compiled by R. D. Roberts containing transcripts and abstracts of deeds, wills and pedigrees, 1627-1887, relating to the township of Llechryd in Llannefydd, Denbighshire. Two maps, 1926, showing the names and acreages of fields in Llechryd are tipped-in on ff. i verso-ii.

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.

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).

A volume containing transcripts, 1890, by William John Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd') from Llanstephan MS 182, part i, ff. 1-25v, one of a group of manuscripts which had belonged to Angharad Llwyd (see note under 'Tarddiad'). Included are 'Llyma ossedigaethau y Dernas o waith Dyfnwal Moel Mwdd ...' (ff. 6-7v), 'Llyma y modd i ranwyd ac i mesurwyd, ac y rifwyd Cantrefydd a Chwmwdau holl Gymru, yn amser Llewelyn ap Gruffydd ...' (ff. 8-13), and an English version of 'Y pedwar brenin ar hugain cadarnaf' (ff. 51-60). Interleaved between ff. 14 and 49 is an imperfect copy, wanting title page, pp. 1-6, 68-72, of George Owen Harry, The genealogy of ... James ... king of great Brittayne ... (London, 1604), with notes by 'Gwilym Cowlyd' on f. 50 and by R. D. Roberts on ff. 13v-14, 35v, 49.