Dangos 76 canlyniad

A folio volume, the contents of which consists mainly of transcripts, in a variety of hands, of Welsh verse in strict metre, including 'cywyddau' and 'englynion' by Tho[mas] lloyd Ienga, Cad[wala]dr Thomas, W[illia]m Phillip, Huw Lloyd Cynfel, John Davies, Owain Griffith, Robert Humphrey (y prydydd bach), John Richart, Davydd lloyd llewelyn ap Gruffyth (o fathafarn), Gutto'r Glynn, Davyd Nanmor, Lewis Môn, Theodor (Tydur) Aled, Robin ddu ap sianckin Bledrydd, Hugh Machno, John Phylyp, Gruffyth Phylip, Richard Kynwal, Ievan llwyd, John Owenes, Philip Jo[h]n Philip, Rys Cain, Jo[h]n V[ augha]n (Caergai), David Davies, Edm[wnd] Prys, and D[avi]d Lloyd ap Will[ ia]m. There is also some Welsh verse in free metre by Rowland Vaughan (Caer Gai). Other items include copies of a rental of chief rents issuing to the crown out of the hundred of Ardydwy ywch artro, and out of Isartro [co. Merioneth], 1623, and of a rental of assize rents in the vill of Llanaber [co. Merioneth], 1637; pedigrees of the families of Anwyll [of Park, parish of Llanfrothen, co. Merioneth], Wynn [of Gwydir, co. Caernarvon], and Wynn [of Maesyneuadd, parish of Llandecwyn, co. Merioneth ]; maternal pedigrees of several North Wales families; a copy of 'The message of king Hen[ry] the seventh, as he was on his march to Bosworth field, to John ap Meredith, as it is in Edward Puleston's Bk.'; a memorandum, 1676, by Robert Wynne, of a lease of lands called Moel y Glo to Gruff Owen; and a few lines of English and Latin verse.

A composite volume containing genealogical, heraldic, and historical.or pseudo-historical material in the hand of Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'). P. vii bears the transcribed inscription 'Llyma Lyfr achau a Bonedd amrafaelion o Bendefigion a Bonheddigion Cenedl y Cymry ag eraill o bethau Cyfarwyddwyd a gasglwyd o Lyfrau Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal o Dir Iarll ag o Lyfrau Ieuan Deulwyn o Gydweli gennyf fi Antoni Pywel o Lwydarth yn Nhir Iarll', with an added note 'A myfi Iolo Morganwg a'u tynnais o Lyfrau yr Achwr celfyddgar a'm cyfaill caredig Thomas Truman, wr Bonheddig o Bant Lliwydd ym Morganwg'. Following on pp. 1-113 is genealogical, heraldic, and historical or pseudo-historical material extracted [by Edward Williams] from the manuscript generally known as 'Llyfr Du Pant Lliwydd' (Llanover MS E. 3., now NLW MS 13165B; see notes on pp. 1, 6, 37, 54, 68, 79, 103 of present volume), and also from a source referred to as 'Llyfr Coch Pant Lliwydd' (see pp. 105, 113 of present volume). Included are sections with the superscriptions 'Llyma Arfau y Brytaniaid o Ynys Prydain', 'Llyma arfay y Cwngcwerwyr a fyont ym Morganwc', 'Llyma Bymthegllwyth Gwynedd', 'Llyma enway y Brenhinoedd', 'Llyma Enway y Prifddinesydd a wnaeth y Brytaniaid . . .', 'Llyma enway y Pedwar Brenin ar hugain o Frenhinoedd Ynys Prydain a farnwyd yn gydarnaf ac yn wrolaf . . .', etc. P. 129 is inscribed 'Achoedd Saint Ynys Prydain o amrafaelion Lyfrau', and, according to notes on the same page, the section following was intended to contain genealogies of British or Welsh saints extracted from three sources, viz. (1) 'Achoedd Saint Ynys Prydain o Lyfr Du Pantlliwydd sef eiddo Mr. Thomas Truman', (2) 'Achoedd Saint Cenedl y Cymry o Lyfr Dafydd Morgan o Aberdar', and (3) 'Achau Saint Ynys Prydain o Lyfr Siencyn Morgan o Benn Rhiw Ferr'. Of these three genealogical lists, however, only the first was actually copied or transcribed (see pp. 131-8). The superscription only of the second list appears on p. 139, and there is no further mention of the third list. Pp. 149-53, under the superscription 'Anecdotes of Beaupre Castle (as it is always called in old MSS.) in Glamorganshire', contain notes on the careers of Llywelyn ap Seisyll, prince of South Wales, 1015-21, and his son Gruffith, prince of South Wales and North Wales, 1021-60, and pp. 165-80 notes on Welsh history based on the narrative in Percy E[n]derbie [: Cambria Triumphans . . . (London, 1661)]. P. 181 is inscribed 'Genealogical Extracts, Historical, relating to The Principality of Wales and more especially to the County of Glamorgan, Collected by Edward Williams', and is followed (pp. 183-208) by genealogical data relating to the Butler and Vaughan families of Dunraven [co. Glamorgan], and the Bassett family mainly of Beaupre [also co. Glamorgan]. Pp. 229-40 contain genealogical data relating to the fifteen (recte I-XVI) tribes of Gwynedd ('Llyma Wehelyth Pymtheg Llwyth Gwynedd . . . ') with annotations relating thereto, and notes referring to the activities of Robert Fychan of Hengwrt as a collector of manuscripts. P. 257 bears the inscription Tigion Hanesiawl allan o hen Lyfrau Achoedd Pendefigion a Bonheddigion Cenedl y Cymry a Chwiliwyd allan gan Iolo Morganwg, B.B.D., Rhann II, 1812’, and is followed (pp. 259-end, previously paginated 1-134) by a miscellany containing miscellaneous genealogical data relating to the ancestors or descendants of, inter alias, lestyn ab Gwrgan, lord of Morgannwg, Ednyved Vychan, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Rhys Brydydd 'o Lanharan', King Arthur, Taliesin Ben Beirdd, Asser Ddoeth, Dafydd Ddu gynllwynwr, and Rhodri Mawr, and to the family of Gawntlo of Tre Gawntlo and associated families; some heraldic material including sections with the superscriptions 'Llyma Arfau y Gwyr anrhaith a ddaethant gyd (sic) Syr Rhobert ab Amon i Forganwg', and 'Llyma Arfau y Pendefigion a ddifeddianwyd o'u Tiroedd a'u Da gan Syr Rhobert ab Amon a'i Farchogion anrhaith'; occasional historical or pseudo-historical data or anecdotes relating to, inter alias, Ieuan ap Lleision and Owain Glyndyfrdwy, Madawc Min, bishop of Bangor, and the betrayal of Llywelyn ap Seisyllt and Gruffudd, his son, Taliesin ab Henwg or Taliesin Ben Beirdd and Elphin, and Rhodri Mawr; and other miscellaneous items.

Pedigrees of North Wales and border counties families, copies of charters and documents, and a copy of the Vernon pedigree and claim to the barony of Powis.

Pedigrees of North Wales and border counties families, with many coloured coats of arms.
This manuscript is possibly a copy of the seventeenth-century Owen Salusbury of Rhug and John Salusbury of Erbistock genealogical collection (see also NLW MS 1504E).

One of four manuscripts containing material taken from parish registers, wills, etc. relating to members of North Wales families bearing the surname Hughes.

One of four manuscripts containing material taken from parish registers, wills, etc. relating to members of North Wales families bearing the surname Hughes.

One of four manuscripts containing material taken from parish registers, wills, etc. relating to members of North Wales families bearing the surname Hughes.

One of four manuscripts containing material taken from parish registers, wills, etc. relating to members of North Wales families bearing the surname Hughes.

One of three manuscripts containing The history of Berw, 1861, by John Williams, Beaumaris (1833-1872) (see Supplement, 1915, to the Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society), together with pedigrees of North Wales families, mainly those connected with Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire and Merioneth (cf. the Taicroesion MS).

One of three manuscripts containing The history of Berw, 1861 by John Williams, Beaumaris (1833-1872) (see Supplement, 1915, to the Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society), together with pedigrees of North Wales families, mainly those connected with Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire and Merioneth (cf the Taicroesion MS).

One of three manuscripts containing The history of Berw, 1861 by John Williams, Beaumaris (1833-1872) (see Supplement, 1915, to the Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society), together with pedigrees of North Wales families, mainly those connected with Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire and Merioneth (cf the Taicroesion MS).

A volume of pedigrees of North Wales families labelled Taicroesion MSS, with additions and corrections by Thomas Williams, Bryn, Beaumaris and his nephew, John Williams.

Pedigrees of North Wales families, possibly an early transcript of the Taicroesion manuscript.

A general index by John Williams (1833-1872) to his own notes relating to estates and families in Anglesey and North Wales.

Pedigrees, genealogical notes, letters, pamphlets, etc. relating to North Wales collected by Hugh Robert Hughes (1827-1911).

Pedigrees of North Wales families, possibly a transcript of the Taicroesion manuscript, with additions by Hugh Robert Hughes (1827-1911).

Genealogies, mainly of North Wales families, in the hand of Thomas Evans, Hendre Forfydd (fl. 1596-1633); a poem in free metre by Rowland Vaughan (c. 1590-1667), Caergai, with a copy of a letter from him to Owen Salusbury (d. c. 1600/1601), Rhug, and a short English poem Upon a woman hanged at Oxford ... 1650 ...; two indexes.

A manuscript containing pedigrees, mainly of North Wales families; medical treatises and medical and veterinary recipes; particulars of taxes and tithes levied in Montgomeryshire c. 1591-1593; transcripts of cywyddau, etc. by Sion Tudur, Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen, Lewis Môn, and others; legal memoranda; a prose tract beginning Mi a ddangosaf gen hynny ar fyrr eirie pa beth yw sacrament ...; notes, etc. by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866); various transcripts and notes; etc.

A manuscript containing miscellanea, relating mainly to North Wales genealogies, in the hand of Richard Llwyd (Bard of Snowdon) (1752-1835).

A manuscript containing North Wales pedigrees, formerly in the possession of John Thomas, curate of Ruthin; an account of a tour in North Wales, 1755; lists of benefactors of Ruthin School, 1700, 1742; copies of North Wales church inscriptions; various extracts, etc.