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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.

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of pedigrees of North Wales families, inscriptions in North Wales churches, and deeds relating to the Gwersyllt estates; miscellaneous genealogical and historical notes by Richard Llwyd (1752-1835) (Bard of Snowdon); portion of a history of the early inhabitants of North Britain; copy of a poem by John Jones (Tegid) (1792-1852); etc.

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of pedigrees of North Wales families, Hawarden parish registers, and churchwardens' accounts; a rent-roll of the lordship of Chirk, 1591, and a fragment of a Chirkland account for 1657; an imaginary sketch in water-colour of Dafydd ap Gwilym (fl. 1315/20-1350-70); etc.

A manuscript containing pedigrees of North Wales families.

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) from various sources, including diaries, essays, pedigrees of North Wales families, manuscripts, epitaphs, parish registers, correspondence, and songs for meetings of Royal British Bowmen; a letter, 1664, from Sir Thomas Powell, Horsley, to Robert Davies, Gwysaney; a letter, 1841, from Sir Joshua Colles Meredyth to Angharad Llwyd; etc.

A manuscript containing North Wales pedigrees, mainly of Anglesey and Caernarfonshire families; transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of other Welsh pedigrees and of legal and historical records; letters to Angharad Llwyd from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783-1848), John Hughes, barrister, and W. W. E. Wynne (1801-1880); correspondence from Viscount Bulkeley (1736-1791), 1774, to John Lloyd (1733-1793), Caerwys, father of Angharad Llwyd.

A manuscript containing pedigrees, mainly of North Wales families; cywyddau, englynion and some English poetry; a rental, 1636, of lands in Flintshire and Denbighshire; prayers; legal memoranda; etc.

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of genealogical and biblical notes mainly relating to North Wales, together with miscellaneous extracts, and also a letter, 1828, from William Owen [-Pughe] (1759-1835) to Angharad Llwyd.

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd parish registers and of North Wales pedigrees.

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd of a portion of Peter Roberts's 'Cwtta Cyfarwydd' (see NLW MS 1559B) and a few North Wales genealogies.

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) relating to land tenure in Cheshire, also transcripts by her from several parish registers, from memoranda in a Bible at Ruabon church, from a collection of arms of French families, from deeds at Hawarden, from Vaughan of Corsygedol monuments, and from various other sources. The manuscript also contains, amongst other items, genealogical notes relating to North Wales families and a letter, 1818, from Peter Roberts, Oswestry, to Angharad Llwyd.

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of North Wales pedigrees, of a letter, 1656, from Edmund Meyrick (1636-1713), Ucheldre, to his brother-in-law Robert Vaughan (1592?-1666), Hengwrt, of the arms of several English families, and of miscellaneous correspondence, 17-18 cents, etc. The manuscript also contains letters to Angharad Llwyd and various other miscellanea.

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of North Wales pedigrees, an account of the trial of one Owen Hughes of Porth y llong du, Anglesey, in 1672, various extracts, etc.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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