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Miscellaneous documents:. (1). Memorandum of agreement, 25 Nov. 1851, between John Walters Philipps of Aberglasney, co. Carm., esq., and Benjamin Williams of Wenallt, p. Troedyraur, co. Card., tailor, for the lease of a house and garden (1/4 acre) lately erected by the said Benjamin Williams in p. Troedyraur. Term: lives of the said Benjamin Williams and Elizabeth, his wife, of the respective ages of 30 and 31 years. Annual rent: 5s. (2). Institution of John Roberts, clerk, [afterwards Baptist minister, Glynneath], to the vicarage of Llangeler, Carmarthenshire, 12 April 1865. (3). Probate of the will (dated 27 April 1871) of David Evans (d. 29 April 1871), late of Penclawddisaf, p. Penboyr, co. Carm., farmer, 31 May 1871. The legatees were testator's three sisters Hannah Davies, wife of David Davies of Gwarcwm, parish of Llanllwny, Carmarthenshire, Sarah Jones, wife of Samuel Jones of Nantygarreg, parish of Llangeler, Carmarthenshire, farmer, and Dinah Davies, wife of Samuel Davies of Suchbant, near Newcastle Emlyn, farmer, John Jones, son of the said Sarah Jones, Margaret Jones, daughter of testator's deceased sister Mary, Mary Thomas of Llwyndafydd, parish of Llangeler, widow and innkeeper. The Rev. John Roberts of Llangeler Vicarage was appointed sole executor. (4). Order, 4 May 1877, by W. Basil Jones, bishop of St Davids, in pursuance of the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Act, 1871, that the repairs of the buildings of the benefice of Llangeler, Carmarthenshire, are those stated in the accompanying schedule and that the estimated cost amounts to £ 142.19.6. The schedule refers to repairs to Llangeler Vicarage, Cottage near Schoolroom, Zoar and Common Allotment on Llangeler Mountain. (5). Valuations of the effects of the late Rev. Benjamin Williams of Wenallt, parish of Troedyraur, Cardiganshire, dec. 7 Dec. 1891 (furniture, £ 5; gold watch and chain, £10; books, £10), together with funeral and other accounts submitted to his executors; a form of account, 23 Nov. 1892, of succession in real property of Elizabeth Williams, wife of Ivor Williams, of Wenallt, Troedyraur, Rhydlewis, R. S. O., Llandyssul, on the death of Benjamin Williams; a receipt, 6 April 1892, from W. Evans George to Mrs Elizabeth Williams for £11.18.5, for preparing and proving the will of the Rev. Benjamin Williams; and a receipt, 7 April 1893, from the same to Mr Ivor Williams for 10s.6 for preparing and passing succession accounts. (6). A group of six letters, in Welsh, 1891-1892 and undated, from M. Jones, 6 Ivorites Row, Glynneath, to her sister [at Wenallt]. They relate entirely to the writer's health and her proposal to visit the recipient. The following extract from one of the letters may be quoted: 'os dygwyddaf farw heb eich gweled chwi na un or bechgin peydywch a gwerthy y clock fe fydde well genif y ty Cwrdd bethel [i.e. Glynneath Baptist Church] ei gael nid oes ei debyg yn gael ei wneyd nawr ag yr oedd cymeynt o olwg gyda Mr Roberts [the Baptist minister] arno a wedi taly saith giny am dano ...'. (7). Agreement, 18 Oct. 1894, between (a) Frederick Lewis Lloyd Philipps of Pentyparc, Pembrokeshire, esq., and Elizabeth Francis Lloyd Philipps, his wife, and (b) Ivor Price Williams of Wenallt, parish of Troedyraur, Cardiganshire, farmer, for the lease of a field called Park penbank fach with the cottage thereon, being part of the farm and lands called Penbank, parish of Troedyraur. (8). Four receipts, 1911-1914, from C. Froodvale Davies, agent to the Aberglasney Estate, to Mr Ivor Williams and Mrs Elizabeth Williams, for the payments of rents respectively for a field being part of Penybank, and Wenallt Cottage. (9). Probate of the will (dated 5 Aug. 1917) of Mary Jones (d. 19 Oct. 1917) of Wenallt, Troedyraur, Cardiganshire, spinster, 22 Feb. 1918. Testator bequeathed her entire estate to her sister Elizabeth Williams and appointed her nephew David Pryse Williams to be her sole executor. Inset is a receipt, 18 March 1918, from W. Evans George & Sons, to the Rev. D. Pryse Williams for the payment of probate charges of £2.17.6. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 346.

Papers extracted from the diaries of Benjamin Williams ('Gwynionydd'), including letters to him from W. Spurrell, Carmarthen, 1883, enclosing payments for contributions to Yr Haul, C. E. D. Morgan-Richardson, Cardigan, clerk to the Trustees of Mrs Bevan's Charity Schools, 1883, enclosing a cheque for £3 being three months' pension due to 'Gwynionydd' as one of the late masters of the charity, and S. Evans, the Vicarage, Llandovery (undated), enclosing the section, plan and book of reference for the parish of Llanddulas in connection with the Llangumnerth, Neath & Brecon Railway; draft letters from 'Gwynionydd' to the bishop [of St Davids], touching the repair of Tir-yr-abad church, and the writer's oversight of Cwmdwr and the payment of his stipend for the same; vouchers to 'Gwynionydd', 1880-1883, in respect of the purchase of food, books and periodicals (Canwyll y Cymru, a dictionary, Y Dywysogaeth), rent for Wenallt Cottage, work at Tir-yr-abad Church, shoemaking and shoe repairing, harness, the use of a pony, paint and painting, etc.; and presscuttings (the acceptance by Llewellyn Morgan Williams, son of 'Gwynionydd', of the living of Pontlotyn, etc.). Formerly D. Pryse Williams 345.

NLW MSS 15777-15778 comprise a group of notebooks containing holograph sermons in Welsh and English, by B. Williams ('Gwynionydd'). The majority are endorsed by the author with details of the times and places at which they were delivered, viz. Cenarth, 1875-1877, Newcastle Emlyn, 1875, Tir [yr Abad] and Abergwennol, 1877-1883, Llanddeusant, 1880, Llanover, 1886-1890, and Llanelen, 1886. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 157.

NLW MSS 15777-15778 comprise a group of notebooks containing holograph sermons in Welsh and English, by B. Williams ('Gwynionydd'). The majority are endorsed by the author with details of the times and places at which they were delivered, viz. Cenarth, 1875-1877, Newcastle Emlyn, 1875, Tir [yr Abad] and Abergwennol, 1877-1883, Llanddeusant, 1880, Llanover, 1886-1890, and Llanelen, 1886. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 158.

A group of vouchers of Benjamin Williams ('Gwynionydd'), in respect of ordination and licencing fees, stamp duty on affidavit and preparing the same, endorsing on licence increased stipend during vacancy, and letters of orders and licence to curacy; printing of Caniadau, Enwogion Ceredigion and Briallen Glan Ceri, purchase of Geiriadur Bywgraphyddol (vol. 2) and Llais y Wlad; subscription to Cambrian Archaeological Association; children's tuition fees at Emlyn Grammar School, Cardigan Collegiate School, and Llandovery College, and battels at St Paul's Mission House, Burgh Le Marsh; rent of a house and garden called Llwyncelyn [in Cenarth]; solicitors' fees for preparing a lease of Wenallt, parish of Troedyraur, and the purchase of closes of land called Felin Ban; purchase of bookcase, easy chair and timber; purchase of flour, grocery and boots; boot repairs; use of pony; lodgings; etc. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 156.

A volume containing lists of churchwardens, surveyors of highways and collectors for the parish of Betws Ifan, co. Card., before 1798-1876. Binding mutilated. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 125.

An account book of the overseers of the poor of the parish of Betws Ifan, co. Card. Binding mutilated. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 127.

A vestry book of the parish of Betws Ifan, co. Card. Binding mutilated. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 126.

A bibliography by D. Pryse Williams (with extracts and abstracts, and correspondence, 1925) of works by, relating to, or published by, Joseph Harris (Gomer). Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 23.

A vol. in the hand of D. Pryse Williams containing biographical notes and anecdotes concerning 'Dafydd Jones y Baledwr' ('Deio Dywyll'), 'Dafy Bensha'r Teiliwr', 'Wil Shoni Goch', 'Dai Shôn Dafy, y gwegrydd o'r Bettws Ifan', 'Tomas Trefwtial', 'Thomas Jones, Rhiwshn', 'Seiri Llongau', 'Dafydd Thomas, Tan yr Allt', 'Y Meddyg Evan James, Cwmbarre', 'Cadwaladr Owen yn Salem', 'Shôn Wernddu', and 'Shoni Shintwr'; notes on 'Priodasau ceffylau'; transcripts of 'Hen emynau'; and poetry by Dafydd Jones of Pant-teg, Brithdir, shoemaker, Thomas Owen, Penln, Cwmgoednerth, Owen Dafydd Siôn, John Evans, Llwynffortun, Ebenezer Morris, and Benjamin Williams ('Gwynionydd'). Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 40.

An incomplete holograph manuscript (with some marginal comments by a press reader) of a proposed publication for schools by David James ('Defynnog') on eminent Welshmen, etc. The surviving chapter headings are: 9. Daniel Owen; 12. Gwenllian; 13. Gruffydd ap Cynan; 19. David Davies, Llandinam; 21. Castell Emlyn; 26. Syr Thomas Picton; 27. Syr Thomas Picton; 29. Môr, môr i mi. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 172.

Material collected by D. Pryse Williams towards a biography of David Price, minister of Bethesda Baptist Church, Swansea, including reminiscences of him, and letters to D. Pryse Williams from David T. Roberts, Lower Cwmtwrch, May Price, Swansea, Henry Price, Llanfynydd, E. D. Lewis, Ystalyfera. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 122.

A vol. in the hand of D. Pryse Williams containing letters from the Rev. E. T. Jones, Zion Baptist Church, Llanelli, to [W. Cynon Evans, Blaenycwm], 1929-1933; copious extracts from a manuscript biography of M. O. Jones, Treherbert, by W. Morgan Evans, Treorci (the biography by 'Brenig' which was awarded the prize at the National Eisteddfod at Llanelli, 1930); prayers and addresses of Abram Evans, Libanus, Treherbert, 1922-1923; biographical notes and anecdotes concerning early members of Libanus, Treherbert; a history of the family of Davies, Cwmseirbren, who were closely associated with the foundation of Libanus, Treherbert, compiled by Evan Davies, 1859; and extracts from printed sources. Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 52.

Biography in the hand of D. Pryse Williams, with extracts and transcripts of poetry, of Thomas Jones ('Twm Josiah') of Rhiwson, Brongwyn. Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 38.

A vol. in the hand of D. Pryse Williams containing material towards a biography of the Rev. W. Cynon Evans, G. & L. (1857-1943), Blaenycwm Baptist Church, largely in the form of answers to the writer's questionnaire; extracts from R. Otto (trans. J. W. Harvey): The Idea of the Holy ... (1925); and notes on proceedings (undated) of the Council [of Rhondda Baptist Churches]. Formerly D. Pryse Williams MS 50.

A vestry book for the parish of Brongwyn, co. Card. Binding mutilated. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 129.

Papers of Brythonydd and others, [early 18th century]-1952, comprising essays and notes on Teifiside history, 1902-1909; notes on sermons and lectures; diaries, 1906-1923; transcripts of various historical, literary and religious material including Ystradyfodwg parish records, 1735-1930, and Howel Harris' diaries, 1738-1771; transcripts of poetry by Cardiganshire poets including Gwinionydd; letters, 1898-1952; vestry books and account books of Cenarth and Penbryn and other parishes, [pre 1798]-1876; records of Libanus, Treherbert including minute books, registers and account books, 1842-1946; papers of Benjamin Williams (Gwinionydd), including letters, sermons, 1855-1890, essays, notes and poetry; papers of David James (Defynnog), Treherbert, relating mainly to the column he edited in The South Wales News and including sermons and adjudications of his uncle, Benjamin Thomas (Myfyr Emlyn), 1875-1928; papers of John Morris Jones (Ioan Cunllo), John Thomas, Charles Davies, Thomas Cynfelyn Benjamin, Lewis Jones, Treherbert, Rees Price, David Price, Joseph Davies and Rhys Lloyd Jones, Troed-yr-aur, and others, consisting mainly of poetry, accounts, letters, addresses, notebooks and sermons, [19th century]-[20th century].

An unbound essay entitled 'Bywyd a gwaith y diweddar Barch. Ganon Daniel Silvan Evans' by 'Trowian', submitted for competition at an eisteddfod at Lampeter, 1907; endorsed with a letter (undated) in pencil from W. Lewis to [ ], referring to an essay by 'Bensha' in the possession of the Board of St Davids College, [Lampeter]. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 240.

Minute book of the Troedyraur Polling District of the Cardiganshire Conservative Association, of which Ivor Williams, Wenallt, father of D. Pryse Williams, was secretary. The volume was subsequently used by D. Pryse Williams to write drafts of stories entitled 'Rhamant Ty Clotas' and 'Deio Moel y Mwnt'. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 237.