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Notebook, 1840-1865, of the Reverend Evan David containing sermon notes; a record of preaching engagements, 1840-1850; and miscellaneous accounts, including accounts relating to Tor-y-coed and other farms in the Llantrisant area (ff. 17 verso, 19 verso-23, 26, 32). A transcript of the baptismal record of Evan David appears on f. 24.

Notebook, 1834-1861, of the Rev. Evan David, Y Groes-faen, Llantrisant, Glamorgan, containing sermons; accounts and other particulars, 1845-1856, relating to Fforest-fawr and other farms in the Llantrisant area (ff. 6-9, 10 verso-11 verso, 14-15); medical and domestic recipes (ff. 5, inverted text 59 recto-verso); and a list of those pledging themselves to total abstinence (inverted text ff. 51 recto-verso, 52 verso). A newspaper account of the funeral of Evan David is on f. 70 verso.

Sermons by Thomas Nicholas.

Transcripts of three sermons delivered by Hugh Jones, Liverpool, at the annual meeting of the Wesleyan Chapel, Towyn, April 27, 1888.

Some fifty letters, 1875-1889, to Elias Hughes, Colwyn Bay, co. Denbigh. Many are replies to invitations to preach at Engedi Calvinistic Methodist church, Colwyn Bay, or to preside at local eisteddfodau but also included are two letters (ff. 14, 19) concerning the injuries sustained by Elias Hughes during the tithe disturbance near Mochdre in 1887 (see Report of an inquiry as to disturbances connected with the levying of tithe rent-charge in Wales (1887), p. 102). Correspondents include Thomas Edward Ellis (1) [1887], John Ceiriog Hughes ('Ceiriog') (1) 1883, Daniel Owen (1) 1886, Joseph Parry (1) 1884, Sarah Jane Rees ('Cranogwen') (2) 1884, 1886, and William Rees ('Gwilym Hiraethog') (2) 1882-1883. Also included are a letter, 1842, to the Reverend William Jones, Amlwch, from David Griffiths, missionary, relating to Madagascar (f. 77), sermon notes in Welsh by William Jones (ff. 80-4), and other miscellaneous items, 1853-1898.

Notes, by John Evans, Aberystwyth, of sermons preached by Job Miles, Congregational minister, 1884-5.

Sermons largely by R[ichard] A[bbott] Jones, Baptist minister successively at Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, and Swansea. The majority of the sermons are dated within the period 1851-1875.

Sermons by and in the hand of John Blackwell ('Alun'), curate of Holywell, Flintshire, and subsequently rector of Maenordeifi, Pembrokeshire. Among them are sermons preached at Devon, 1828, Hol[ywell], 1829-1831 and Chester, 1831, the last sermon preached at Manor Divy, 7 July, 1839, a sermon, 4 July, 1830, on the death of George IV, and a coronation sermon, June, 1838. NLW MS 11545C contains two sermons preached during the period 1852-1882 and attributed to John William Kirkham, rector of Llanbryn-mair, Montgomeryshire.

A volume entitled 'Cynnorthwywr i'r Araethfa neu Gynhwysiad pregethau wedi ei cyfansoddi er Adeiladaeth personawl. Gan W. T. Rowlands, 1826', being a collection of holograph sermons by the Reverend William Rowlands ('Gwilym Lleyn'), together with a record of the places at which they were preached, 1826-1829. The volume is indexed.

A small notebook containing shorthand notes by William Howell(s), Bont[dolgadfan, Llanbryn-mair] of Welsh sermons including sermons preached at the Bala Association, 15-16 June 1819.

A collection of some forty-five unbound home-made notebooks and fragments of such notebooks containing sermons and expository notes largely in the hand of John Piers (Pierce), vicar choral of Caerwys in the diocese of St. Asaph, sinecure rector of Caerwys, and rector of Llandderfel. Two of the sermons, in English, were preached at Caerwys respectively on New Year's Day, 1641/2, and the first Sunday after Trinity, 1643, and another, in Welsh, at Llandderfel on 14 February, 1663/4. The collection also contains, in other hands, a transcript of, or selections from, the Catechism and Confession of Faith by Rob[ert] Barclay, 'a Quaker of Scotland', which was first published in 1673; a notebook of sermons by 'Mr. Turner', [16]93; and a transcript of a carol by Hugh Moris, 1707, entitled 'Ymddiddan rhwng y gwir Brotestant ar Eglwys'.

'Llyfr y Gymdeithas a Gynhelir bob nos Fercher yn Stanhope St. [Liverpool] O. yr ail o Chwefror 1842'; 'Rheolau Cymdeithas Canu y Bedyddwyr yn Llynlleifiad yn gyfansoddedig o ddwy ganghen; sef yr Eglwys gynulledig yn Great Cross Hall St. ar Eglwys gynulledig yn Stanhope St.'; 'Rhestr or pregethau yn Salem gan W[illiam] R[oberts]', i.e., 'Nefydd'; etc.

A notebook containing notes of sermons preached at Merthyr Tydfil in 1853, etc., with notes written in 1915 by E. W. Davies.

A notebook which belonged to David Evans, Pontypool, in 1843, containing sermons, a copy of a poem entitled 'Rhyfeddodau y Groes' by J. M. Thomas, Cardigan, etc.

Two volumes of printed tracts, circulars, etc., mostly relating to religious meetings, committees, etc., in Liverpool and district, with sermon notes by Daniel Jones, etc.

A note-book containing eleven Welsh sermons, 1862-1864, by, and in the hand of, Robert Jones Derfel. At the end of each sermon the author has added his signature and a date, and, on five occasions, a place-name (Clynog, Machynlleth, Maentwrog, and Manchester (2)). These signatures, dates, and place-names were subsequently deleted. At the beginning of the volume is a table of contents, and notes, which could be interpreted as suggestions to an editor or publisher, as to the order in which the author would like to see the sermons published, ? in a periodical.

Sermons written by Richard Owen (1839-1887), Capel Coch, Anglesey.

Sermons written by William Morgan [1801-1872], Baptist minister, Holyhead.

Sermons and addresses.

Books of sermon notes, 1825-1855, by John Davies; a draft statement of a candidate for acceptane as a missionary under the London Missionary Society; a letter from D[aniel] Davies, Cardigan; an account of a journey by coach to London by John Davies, April 1832; notes by John Davies of sermons by D. Morgan, Laugharne and G[riffith] Griffiths, Ebenezer, H[enry] George, Brynberian, J[ames] Griffiths, St Davids and others, including notes of sermons preached at the opening of chapels at Ffynnon Bedr and Trelech, 1828; notes of a meeting held at Glandwr, 16 December 1829; and drafts of poems by John Davies.