Sarah Ponsonby: A Journey in Wales
Rhan oHamwood Manuscripts
Journal of Sarah Ponsonby, 10 May-25 June 1778, entitled 'Account of a Journey in Wales perform'd in May 1778 by Two Fugitive Ladies', recounting the arrival of herself and Lady Eleanor Butler in Pembrokeshire and their subsequent travels in Wales and Shropshire, including first impressions of Llangollen (f. 11) and a watercolour view of Benton Castle signed by the Ladies (f. 1 verso).
Cil-rhiw collection of Pembrokeshire deeds,
Deeds, 1595-1777, relating to premises in the parishes of Crinow and Lampeter Velfrey, Pembrokeshire.
Bertram Wedgewood Allen.
Henry Owen, Poyston, Haverfordwest,
Most of the letters, 1897-1917, relate to the author's academic and antiquarian researches into Pembrokeshire history. Many are enquiries to be answered by J. H. Davies. There are also occasional references to local affairs and family matters.
Owen, Henry, 1844-1919
Rhan oLlanstephan Manuscripts
A manuscript containing Pembrokeshire, Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire pedigrees (ff. 1-76, 80-87); the beginning of the Welsh Laws (ff. 77-79); and a table of the contents of ff. 17-76b (f. 80).
Ff. 17-76b, 80-80b are in the hand of George Owen of Henllys (see f. 59) and are dated 1577-1599; ff. 77-79b are in a later hand; ff. 83-86b belong to 1684; f. 87 is in the autograph of the Reverend Samuel Williams; and ff. 1-16b are in an eighteenth century hand.
George Owen, Henllys, Reverend Samuel Williams and others.