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Abstracts and transcripts from public records (Recognizance Rolls, 'Rotulorum Originalum ... Abbrevatio', 'Welsh Records', Patent Rolls) relating to Bachygraig, Maelor, Meliden, Mold, Mostyn, Northop, Overton, St. Asaph, Tremeirchion, Vaynol, and Wepra; an abstract of the terrier of Meliden, 1806; a description of the boundary of that part of the lordship of Rhuddlan which lies in the parish of St. Asaph, 1808; extracts from an act for enclosing lands in Tremeirchion, 1810; a list of field names in the parish of Meliden taken from the tithe apportionment, 1839-41, and arranged numerically; descriptions of the churches of Mold and Tremeirchion; transcripts of printed Flintshire pedigrees; and an account of a visit [by Thomas Edwards] to Gwysanney.

Transcripts of Flintshire interest, comprising extracts from public records (Recognizance Rolls, etc.) relating to Llanasa, Prestatyn, Trelogan, Gronant (Gronantesmore), Gwaenysgor, Gwespyr, Gwestby, Axton, and Picton; extracts from Bodrhyddan muniments relating to Cilcain, Gwespyr, Axton, and Golden Grove; notes on Recusant Rolls taken from 'Lancashire and Cheshire Records in the Public Record Office' in Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society Publications, Vol. VII (1882), pp. 188ff., with some account of recusants in Llanasa, Newmarket, and Diserth; an account of the Llanasa Enclosure Act [of 1811]; a note on the pedigree of Griffith of Pantyllongdy, with reference to Elis Gruffydd, 'a soldier of Calais', and a pedigree of the family of Mostyn of Talacre, compiled by J[onathan] Ceredig Davies, Llanilar, Aberystwyth; notes from printed sources on the family of Morgan of Golden Grove, and the antiquities and customs of Llanasa; and memoranda from the estate muniments of the family of Mostyn of Talacre.

Transcripts of Flintshire interest, comprising extracts from Recognizance Rolls relating to Axton, Caerfallwch (Caervalloch), Creycray, Englefield, Gronant, Gwespyr (Westbury), Linacre, Llanasa, Llewarled, Mostyn, Newmarket, Picton, and Vaynol; notes from printed sources relating to Llanasa (including extracts from the parish registers - see Archaeologia Cambrensis, Ser. V, Vol. IX, pp. 321ff.), Golden Grove, and the family of Griffith of Pantyllongdy; an essay on Gwilgre (Golden Grove); a transcript of a Bodrhyddan estate document relating to a lease of Picton coal mine [in Llanasa], 1631; illustrations from Harleian MS. 2129, p. 175, of arms in 'Westbury Church'; tombstone inscriptions from Llanasa; and correspondence to Thomas Edwards from Dyserth and District Field Club, 1912.

Material relating to the history of Rhuddlan, consisting largely of extracts from vestry books, 1700-1860; with some notes on church plate, parish chest, and font cover, and transcripts of inscribed stones built into the walls of Nonconformist chapels.

A scrap-book containing cuttings from Prestatyn Weekly and The Rhyl Journal and printed sources, 1906-13, relating principally to the history and antiquities of Diserth and Ffynnongroyw, the activities of the Flintshire Historical Society and the Dyserth and District Field Club, and to the visit to Prestatyn of the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments.

An incomplete typewritten copy of a revised history of the castle and lordship of Prestatyn.

Material relating to the history of Prestatyn, largely in the form of extracts from public records (Recognizance Rolls, Patent Rolls, Close Rolls, Pipe Rolls, Inquisitions Post Mortem, Testa de Nevill, 'Rotulorum Originalium ... Abbrevatio'), Bodrhyddan estate muniments, and printed sources (including the Chronicle of John de Oxenedes).

An address on 'Chester in its relation to Flintshire'; and a few notes from printed sources on the Justices of Chester.

Two sets of transcripts of Welsh poems - 'Ffordd Gofidiau' and 'Dioddefaint Crist', with English counterpart, to be set to music for chorus and solo voices by Thomas Edwards. There are marginal notes by Thomas Edwards, and he has dated 'Ffordd Gofidiau' 25 January 1895.

Miscellaneous press cuttings from The Chester Chronicle, The Cheshire Observer, etc., acquired by Thomas Edwards, relating largely to Chester antiquities.

A hymn-tune - 'Christleton', and a 'Litany' by John Owen ('Owain Alaw'); an anthem - 'Dyn a aned o wraig' by [name erased]; a hymn-tune - 'Geirionydd' by E. Evans ['Ieuan Glan Geirionydd']; and incomplete transcripts of sixty chants, single and double, composed by John Jones, organist of St. Paul's Cathedral, 1785.

Holograph poetry by John Ceiriog Hughes ('Ceiriog'), largely in the form of original or carbon copy letters, 1860-7, sent to John Owen ('Owain Alaw').

Papers of William John Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'), Llanrwst, including a letter to John Owen ('Owain Alaw'), relating to a proposed biography of 'Ieuan Glan Geirionydd', 1861; an obituary notice, 7 [December] 1904; and material, 1904 and undated, relating to the Institutional Order of Bards, of which he was Chief Bard Positive.

Letters to Richard Llwyd ('Bard of Snowdon') from [Lady Margaret Stanley], Penrhos, 1805 [autograph cut away], G. Thomson, Edinburgh, 1817, and Ed. Pughe, Ruthin, undated; letters from Richard Llwyd to Hugh Jones ('Erfyl') [1822], and Thomas Williams, Beaumaris [1824]; and some verses in the hand of Richard Llwyd.

Four diaries of Hugh Jones ('Erfyl') for the period 1820-3.

This collection is divided into two sections: that of the Thomas Edwards ('Pencerdd Caer') collection (NLW MSS 8924-9014) and that of the John Owen ('Owain Alaw') and Hugh Jones ('Erfyl') collections (NLW MSS 9015-9037). Thomas Edwards' collection is largely in his own hand and is mainly comprised of material relating to Flintshire, Denbighshire and Chester, including essays and articles, pedigrees, transcripts of records, and abstracts of deeds and documents; also included are letters, a collection of postcards, music by Thomas Edwards, Edwards family records, accounts, and miscellanea. The John Owen ('Owain Alaw') collection comprises correspondence, music by 'Owain Alaw', poetry, an essay and biographical notes on 'Owain Alaw', papers of William John Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'), and a copy of The Poetical Works of Richard Llwyd, The Bard of Snowdon ... (London, [1837]) and letters to Richard Llwyd. The Hugh Jones ('Erfyl') collection comprises correspondence, diaries, an incomplete autobiography, poetry by 'Erfyl', an essay, an elegy to 'Erfyl', and accounts and miscellanea.

Extracts relating to Flintshire from printed editions and catalogues of, and reports on, public records, principally the 'Taxatio' of Pope Nicholas, c. 1291, Recognizance Rolls [of the Palatinate of Chester] and 'Rotulorum Originalium ... Abbrevatio'.

A transcript of Dr. Robert Cochrane: 'Mediaeval House, Dyserth, Flintshire' from Archaeologia Cambrensis, Ser. 6, Vol. 12 (1912), pp. 33-38; together with photographs of the house.

Two copies each of E. W. Cox: 'Diserth Castle' extracted from Journal of the Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society ... of Chester, and North Wales, New Series, Vol. 5 (1895), pp. 361-379, and of Henry Taylor, F.S.A.: 'The History of Diserth Castle', ibid., pp. 380-383; together with some manuscript notes and sketches, including a rough plan of foundations on the hill above Meliden drawn by T. A[llen] Glenn, 10 May 1911.

A transcript of the parish registers of Newmarket, 1700-1717, 1752-1912, together with lists of some perpetual curates and churchwardens. The volume also contains a few culinary recipes, and was originally used to record payments to Hawarden and District Waterworks Co., Chester Waterworks Co., Chester Corporation (electric light), Chester Union, and the parish of Hawarden (poor rate, lighting rate), and the payment of income tax and Hawarden tithes, 1897-1902.