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The Red Book of Caures Castle,

A transcript in the hand of Robert Vaughan of the Red Book of Caures Castle, comprising a journal of transactions relating to the estates of Humphrey, Earl of Stafford and later Duke of Buckingham between 30 August 1434 and 1454/6 [the 33rd year of Henry VI's reign].

The poetical works of Lewys Dwnn,

A volume of collections of poems by Lewys Dwnn probably made up after his death. Lewys Dwnn customarily made retrospective copies of his own poems and usually gave their dates; he is explicit in his subscription on p. 402, dated 1607. The apparent constituent parts are six. Many leaves are damaged at their edges.
(i) pp. 1-72. Poems by Lewys Dwnn, mostly cywyddau, for the most part dated 1600-7, one as early as 1590, all probably written about 1607, together with copies of a few other cywyddau of [15 cent.], all in the hand of Lewys Dwnn.
(ii) pp. 73-432. Poems by Lewys Dwnn dated 1599-1603, a few dated 1577-83, all probably copied c. 1603, with a few cywyddau by others, of [14-16 cent.], and on pp. 231-40 ‘Ymddiddan Tristan ac Esyllt’ [printed in Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, 5 (1929-31), 115-29]. Written by Lewys Dwnn (pp. 80-6, 91-9, etc.) with the help of perhaps five amanuenses: A, probably the young James Dwnn (pp. 73-80); B, the main helper (pp. 87-91, 100-6, 115-26, etc.); C (pp. 136-40, 187-94); D (pp. 195-7). Many poems copied by the amanuenses are signed by Lewys Dwnn himself.
(iii) pp. 433-46. Poems by Lewys Dwnn dated 1614-16, all autograph, his hand tremulous.
(iv) pp. 447-506. Poems by Lewys Dwnn dated 1601-4, with two earlier, 1590 and 1592, all probably written c. 1604, autograph except for pp. 491-5 (by Dwnn’s amanuensis, apparently James Dwnn).
(v) pp. 507-616. Poems by Lewys Dwnn dated 1568-84, in his early hand, all probably written c. 1584, headings in red.
(vi) pp. 617-90. Poems by Lewys Dwnn dated 1604-5, all autograph except for pp. 649-58, which are written by a good collaborating secretary hand; one poem dated 1607 (pp. 689-90).

The Percy and Stanley families,

'A Discourse of the Pedigree of Percys and Stanley' (ff. 1-21); notes by W. W. E. Wynne on Welsh manuscripts in the Catalogue of Additional MSS in the British Museum (ff. 22-8 verso); and a letter, dated 5 November 1859, from Joseph Morris, Shrewsbury to W. W. E. Wynne concerning the date of Owain Glyndwr's death (f. 29).
The following note occurs on f. 21 verso: 'Copies of Manucsripts &c at Penbedw in Denbighshire concerning the Families of Percy and Stanley'.

Wynne, William Watkin Edward, 1801-1880

The Oration of Gwgan,

The Oration of Gwgan,

A late 16th century manuscript in the hand of Owen John (p. 15) comprising The Oration of Gwgan and religious and moral poetry in the form of interludes.

The new testament,

The newe Testament in Englyshe and in Latin of Erasmus Translation. Novvm Testamentvm Anglice et Latine. Anno dni, 1549. Black letter; headings and Latin text in roman. Printed.
Also included is a cutting from a catalogue of Quaritch, 1874, in which a copy of thie edition, with title-page in facsimile, is priced at £28.

Desiderius Erasmus.

The liberty of the subject,

A transcript of proceedings in Parliament concerning the liberty of the subject, 1628, including speeches and arguments by Sir Dudley Diggs, Mr Littleton, Mr Seldine and Sir Edward Cooke, and 'the obiections by the King's Councell'.

The history of the Gwydir family,

An interleaved copy of The History of the Gwydir Family by Sir John Wynn ... Ruthin: 1827, with manuscript notes by W. W. E. Wynne, a press cutting and offprints, transcripts of letters and poems, original documents, and a grant of spiritual privileges by Robert, abbot of Enlly (Bardsey), 1464.

Wynn, John, Sir, 1553-1627

The Hengwrt Chaucer,

The Hengwrt Chaucer,

A late fourteenth-, or early fifteenth-century manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, lacking VIII(G)554-1481 (i.e., the Canon’s Yeoman’s Prologue and Tale); X(I)1180-end lost).
Doyle and Parkes’s ‘Scribe B’, the scribe of the Hengwrt Chaucer, has long been identified as having also been responsible for writing other manuscripts, including the Ellesmere Chaucer (Huntington Library MS 26 C 9). He was identified in 2006 by Linne Mooney as Adam Pinkhurst, a London-based scrivener associated with Chaucer.

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400

The Hengwrt Chaucer old covers

Oak boards and their tanned leather covers, the boards possibly medieval in date, removed from the Hengwrt Chaucer (Peniarth MS 392) before the manuscript was rebound in 1956.

The charter of Chirk, etc.,

An incomplete Welsh translation by Richard Owen [? 1552] of Joannes Ludovicus Vives: De institutione faeminae Christiana; 'proffwydoliaeth sibli ddoeth'; a Welsh vocabulary - 'henwau arglwydd', etc.; pedigrees - mythological and biblical, Welsh princes, 'Bonedd y Saint', etc.; accounts for corn and straw, 1589; an incomplete copy of the Welsh version of the Earl of Arundel's charter to the inhabitants of Chirk and Chirkland, 1334; a fragment of a transcript of Brut y Brenhinedd; a letter by John Ley; directions concerning preachers by James I; the assize of arms and tables of precedence; medical recipes; and a fragment of an English play (published in Malone Soc. Collections, vol IX (1977) pp. 24-9) in which the sexton of St Denys Church is a character.
The first eight pages are fragmentary.

Richard Owen, John Ley, James I and others.

The cartulary of Carmarthen priory,

A transcript of the Cartulary of the Priory of St John the Evangelist, Carmarthen.
The Cartularium S. Johannis Bapt ... printed at Cheltenham in 1865 is derived from this transcript and the title is incorrect.

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