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A microfilm copy of part of PRO MS LR2/236 containing a survey of Merioneth, 1592.

Copies of the Queen's instructions to Henry, Earl of Pembroke, Lord President of the Council in Wales and the Marches, 1586; the commission of the lieutenancy of Wales and the Marches to Henry, Earl of Pembroke, March 22, 1600, with power to make deputations to persons named in the commission for the different counties within the lieutenancy; a petition by six members of the Privy Council to the Lord Keeper to renew the commission of lieutenancy for Merioneth and to leave out the names of John Lewys Owen and Cadwalader ap Ris, who had been arraigned before the Court of Star Chamber for misdemeanours, and to appoint Griffith Vaughan and Robert Lloyd to be deputies for the Earl of Pembroke for that county; a Privy Council letter to the same effect covering a renewed commission to the Earl of Pembroke, March 31, 1600, with a list of justices of the peace for Merioneth; and orders for the reformation of the Court of the Marches, 1577.

A bibliography compiled by T[homas] Hevin Williams in 1931 for a study of Merioneth place-names.

Deeds, documents and plans, 1455-1895, relating to properties in Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire, Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire; including papers of the Poole family, owners of the Caenest and Pencraig estates in Merionethshire and Anglesey; surveys, [c. 1770] of the Caenest and Pencraig estates; and building leases for properties in the port of Amlwch, [late 18th century].

Deeds and documents of the Bennett family of Glanyrafon, Montgomeryshire, and the Owen family of Dolgoed and Llawrpenegoes, 1546-1946, relating mainly to properties in the parishes of Llanidloes, Llanwrin, Penegoes, and Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, and Talyllyn, Merionethshire; and a map of properties in Trefeglwys, 1819.

Family papers of the Williams family of Castell Deudraeth, 1859-1929, including a bound volume containing papers, including letters and press cuttings, relating to the general election of 1859 in Merionethshire in which David Williams stood as a Liberal against the sitting Conservative Member W. W. E. Wynne of Peniarth; scrapbooks, 1903-1929, containing press cuttings concerning the family, notably Sir Arthur Osmond Williams, and two typescript essays.

Professional papers of Ywain Goronwy ap Griffith comprising agreements, specifications, plans and correspondence, 1927-53, mainly relating to the alteration, repair and erection of new buildings, both private and public, in Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire and Caernarfonshire; files relating to work done in the diocese of Bangor, mainly in the form of alterations and repairs to vicarages, 1932-1952; and papers, 1920-40, relating to the redemption of tithe rent-charges in various parishes of Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Cardiganshire and Merionethshire.

Papurau Bob Owen yn cynnwys traethodau eisteddfodol, 1910-1941; beirniadaethau ar draethodau eisteddfodol, 1916-1949; crynodebau o bregethau a glywodd, 1895-1927; teipysgrifau rhaglenni radio yr oedd ynghlwm wrthynt, 1936-1957; gohebiaeth, 1908-1961, yn cynnwys llythyrau Dr Thomas Richards, 1923-1960; dyddiaduron, 1905-1961; papurau personol, 1898-1961; papurau teuluol, 1900-1923; copïau a drafftiau o ddarlithoedd, erthyglau a thraethodau, 1906-1950; nodiadau ac adysgrifau helaeth ganddo o farddoniaeth Gymraeg, ewyllysiau a mynegeion ewyllysiau, cartiau achau ac achresi, cofrestri plwyf ac adysgrifau'r esgob, dyddiaduron, llythyrau, almanaciau, cofnodion llys, yn ymwneud yn bennaf â siroedd Caernarfon a Meirionnydd, a chofiannau, [20 gan., ½ cyntaf]; nodiadau ar anghydffurfiaeth yng Ngogledd Cymru, plwyfi siroedd Meirionnydd a Chaernarfon, llongau a morwyr o Gymru a Chymry Llundain, [20 gan., ½ cyntaf]; nodiadau pwysig ar ymfudo o Gymru, yn enwedig i'r Unol Daleithiau, [20 gan., ½ cyntaf]; copïau teipysgrif o gofnodion corfforaethau yn cynnwys Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri a Chyngor Sir Feirionnydd, 1922-1962; cofnodion gwreiddiol a ddaeth i feddiant Bob Owen, yn bennaf cofnodion Chwarel Parc a Chroesor, sir Feirionnydd, yn cynnwys cyfrifon a chofnodion, 1891-1941, a chofnodion ysgolion ac ysgolion Sul, 1861-1957; a thorion ac adysgrifau o amrywiol gyfnodolion Cymreig, 1816-1965. = Papers of Bob Owen including eisteddfod essays, 1910-1941; adjudications of eisteddfod essays, 1916-1949; summaries of sermons heard by him, 1895-1927; typescripts of radio programmes involving him, 1936-1957; correspondence, 1908-1961, including letters from Dr Thomas Richards, 1923-1960; diaries, 1905-1961; personal papers, 1898-1961; family papers, 1900-1923; copies and drafts of lectures, articles and monographs, 1906-1950; extensive notes and transcripts by Bob Owen of Welsh poetry, wills and indexes of wills, pedigrees and genealogies, parish registers and bishops' transcripts, diaries, letters, almanacs, court records, mainly relating to Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire, and biographies, [20 cent, first ½]; notes on nonconformists in North Wales, Merionethshire and Caernarvonshire parishes, Welsh ships and sailors and the London Welsh, [20 cent, first ½]; important notes on emigration from Wales, especially to the United States, [20 cent, first ½]; typescript records of bodies including Snowdonia National Park and Merioneth County Council, 1922-1962; original records acquired by Bob Owen, mainly records of Parc and Croesor Quarry, Merionethshire, including accounts and minutes, 1891-1941, and school and Sunday School records, 1861-1957; and cuttings and transcripts from various Welsh periodicals, 1816-1965.

Gohebiaeth, barddoniaeth, rhyddiaith a phapurau teuluol, yn ymwneud â J. W. Jones, 1878-1954, a'i dad, 'Glan Barlwyd', 1866-1917; deunydd a gasglwyd gan J. W. Jones yn ymnweud ag unigolion a sefydliadau yn ardal Blaenau Ffestiniog, gan gynnwys gohebiaeth, barddoniaeth a phapurau eraill o eiddo 'Gwilym Deudraeth', 1917-1939, 'Elfyn', 1874-1917, Y Parch. R. R. Morris, 1883-1933, 'Alafon', 1875-1915, 'Llifon', 1899-1916, 'Isallt', 1887-1913, a 'Glyn Myfyr', 1893-1937; llythyrau at John Daniel Davies yn rhinwedd ei swydd fel golygydd Y Rhedegydd, 1930-1942; barddoniaeth a phapurau eraill o eiddo T. Gwynn Jones, 1910-1944; barddoniaeth, [1840]-1940, gan amryw feirdd, yn cynnwys Hedd Wyn ac R. Williams Parry; deunydd rhyddiaith amrywiol, peth ohono wedi'i gyhoeddi yn Y Drysorfa ac yn Y Rhedegydd, 1879-1954; llawysgrifau cerddorol, 1876-[c. 1934]; beirniadaethau eisteddfodol, 1870-1939; llyfrau lloffion yn cynnwys torion o'r wasg, [c. 1879]-1940; dyddiaduron, 1864-1935; cofnodion chwareli llechi Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1868-1951; amryw gyfrifon a llyfrau cyfrifon yn ymwneud â gwahanol fusnesau a sefydliadau, 1784-1932; cofnodion yn ymwneud ag eglwysi'r Methodistiaid Calfinaidd, 1840-1951, gan gynnwys rhai Bethel, Tanygrisiau, [1840x1945]; pregethau a nodiadau crefyddol,1846-1952; deunydd printiedig yn cynnwys effemera etholiadol, marwnadau, baledi, carolau ac emynau, 1820-1948; a gweithredoedd a dogfennau yn ymwneud â siroedd Caernarfon, Meirionnydd a Dinbych, 1759-1947. = Correspondence, poetry, prose and family papers, relating to J. W. Jones, 1878-1954, and to his father, 'Glan Barlwyd', 1866-1917; material collected by J. W. Jones relating to individuals and organizations in the Blaenau Ffestiniog area, including correspondence, poetry and other papers of 'Gwilym Deudraeth', 1917-1939, 'Elfyn', 1874-1917, Rev. R. R. Morris, 1883-1933, 'Alafon', 1875-1915, 'Llifon', 1899-1916, 'Isallt', 1887-1913, and 'Glyn Myfyr', 1893-1937; letters to John Daniel Davies as editor of Y Rhedegydd, 1930-1942; poetry and other papers of T. Gwynn Jones, 1910-1944; poetry, [1840]-1940, by various poets, including Hedd Wyn and R. Williams Parry; various prose material, some of which was published in Y Drysorfa and Y Rhedegydd, 1879-1954; musical manuscripts, 1876-[c. 1934]; eisteddfod adjudications, 1870-1939; scrapbooks containing press cuttings, [c. 1879]-1940; diaries, 1864-1935; records of Blaenau Ffestiniog slate quarries, 1868-1951; various accounts and account books relating to various trades and organisations, 1784-1932; records relating to Calvinistic Methodist churches, 1840-1951, including those of Bethel, Tanygrisiau, [1840x1945]; sermons and religious notes, 1846-1952; printed material including electoral ephemera, elegies, ballads, carols and hymns, 1820-1948; and deeds and documents relating to Caernarfonshire, Merionethshire and Denbighshire, 1759-1947.

Papurau Arthur Cadnant Ellis [20fed ganrif], yn cynnwys traethodau ar 'Rhai o Enwogion Aberllefenni' a 'John Jones (Jac) Glan-y-gors a'i Amserau (1766-1821)'; braslun o hanes achos y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd yn Harlech a Llanfair, sir Feirionnydd; torion erthyglau, llythyrau, etc., a gyfrannodd i'r wasg; a nodiadau amrywiol = Papers of Arthur Cadnant Ellis, [20th century], including essays on 'Rhai o Enwogion Aberllefenni' and 'John Jones (Jac) Glan-y-gors a'i Amserau (1766-1821)'; a brief history of the Calvinistic Methodist cause in Harlech and Llanfair, Merionethshire; cuttings of articles, letters, etc., which he contributed to the press; and miscellaneous notes.