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A volume containing a transcript by Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) of 'Brut y Brenhinedd', completed 11 May 1776 (f. 304 verso).

A transcript, 1774 (2043iB, f. 131 verso), by Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) of a copy of 'Brut y Tywysogion' which had been made for William Maurice, Llansilin in 1672.

A short account written by Evan Evans, 1785, of his labours in 'in retrieving and rescuing from oblivion some of the most antient and valuable pieces in poetry and history that are yet preserved in the libraries of North Wales ...'.

A volume containing papers of or collected by Evan Evans, 1712-1777, consisting mainly of letters to him, 1751-1777, from Lewis Anwyl (Abergele), Evan Herbert (Dolgellau), Hugh Hughes (Llwydiarth Esgob), David Jones (Dewi Fardd), John Jones (Middle Temple), Roderick Lewis (Trefeglwys), William Lloyd (Cowden), Lewis Morris, Richard Morris, William Morris, John Owen, (Sion Owain ap Dafydd, nephew of Lewis Morris), Thomas Percy (bishop of Dromore), James Philipps (Blaenpart), E. V[augha]n Pughe, David Richards (Llanegwad), Edward Richard (Ystradmeurig), William Howells (Llanidloes), Richard Roberts (Llanrhaiadr), John Thomas (Bangor), and Robert Thomas (Llanfair Talhaiarn); letters, or copies of letters, from Richard Morris to Edward Richard (Ystradmeurig), Samuel Pegge to Lewis Morris, Moses Williams to his father Samuel Williams, Evan Evans to William Morris, Goronwy Owen to William Morris, Lewis Morris to William Morris, to David Lewis (Pantybenneu, Llanboidy), and to Thomas Carte, Sir Robert Walpole to General Charles Churchill, 1743, etc.; personalia of Evan Evans, including a statement signed in London, April 6, 1768, by William Ogle, 'captain in Ye 34th Regit. of Foot', certifying that 'the Bearer Even Evens was Inlisted in to the 34th Regiment of Foot, but being dissorderd In his mind, & finding him to be the Revd. Mr. Evens, is hereby disscharged, N.B.: he was Inlistd. Only 4 days'; 'A literal translation of a Welsh elegy on the death of Robert Davies Esqr of Llannerch wrote in imitation of the antient British Bards'; 'Cywydd marwnad Lewis Morris ...' by Evan Evans, and 'cywyddau' by John Owen (Sion Owen Dafydd), Hugh Hughes (Y Bardd Coch), and David Jones (Dewi Fardd’); 'The Penitent Shepherd, a sacred Poem'; 'British Irish and English historians in Gloddaith Library'; 'Instructions for Ieuan ap Siencyn Ieuan' [i.e. Evan Evans] in the hand of Lewis Morris; a transcript of Lewis Morris's copy (see BL Add. MS 14934, cf. NLW MS 12522C) of stanzas 65-80 of the Cornish poem, 'The Poem of Mount Calvary', with an English translation; a Welsh translation in blank verse by Evan Williams, 1744, of a part of Book Three of Paradise Lost; a copy of 'Proposal for printing by Subscription the Common-Prayer Book ... in the Welsh Language ..., dated 28 July 1763; a transcript of 'Llythr oddiwrth eglwyswr ieuanc o'r Edeyrnion in Sir Feirionnydd at ei gariad', beginning 'Hi aeth f'anwylyd yn ganol gaia'; a Latin-English-Welsh list of names of plants and trees; 'A Catalogue of my [i.e. Edward Richard's] books at Ystrad Meurig'; etc.

A volume containing transcripts by Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) of early Welsh poetry.

A manuscript containing 'A Short View of the Long Life of Sir Rice [Rhys] ap Thomas K.G.'. The text of this manuscript is fuller and more correct than that printed in the Cambrian Register, 1 (1795), pp. 49-144, but breaks off with the appointment of Sir Rice ap Thomas as Justiciar of South Wales (pp. i-xviii, 1-139, 145-151).
There are marginalia giving, here and there, references to original documents. There is also a continuation to the manuscript by Evan Evans (pp. 139-144, 152-159), who states: 'There was another chapter of this curious history as appears by a shred of a leaf still remaining of the Author's autograph ... I have collated this MS. [i.e. 2038D] carefully with the Author's MS. which I am sorry to say is imperfect' (p. 158).

A volume containing copies in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) of a catalogue of manuscripts at Hengwrt (ff. 2-22 verso); and two catalogues of the library of William Maurice at Cefn y Braich, Llansilin, the first being Maurice's own catalogue (ff. 32-34 verso), the second a later catalogue (ff. 35-36). The Hengwrt catalogue is a copy of that in the hand of William Maurice, dated 1658. A note by Evan Evans concerning the Cefn y Braich catalogues is on f. 34 verso.

A volume in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing a transcript of an address to Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt by William Maurice, 1661 (ff. 1-46); and a Catalogicus Chronologicus Scriptorum Britannicorum (ff. 46 verso-52); etc.

A transcript [?in the hand of Evan Evans] of 'Memoirs By Sir John Wynne of Gwydir', taken from the 1683 copy by Thomas Mostyn of Gloddaeth which itself was 'transcribed from a copy belonging to Sir Morris Parry of Llan-Elian clerk in the year 1674' [probably the volume now NLW MS 23289B] (pp. 78-79).

A composite volume in three parts, dated to the late-fifteenth century (pp. 1-32), 1650 (pp. 33-48) and the eighteenth century (pp. 49-102), containing astrological material (pp. 2, 15-16, 95-98, 26-32); names of plants in Latin and Welsh (p. 3); charms (pp. 4-6); the Paternoster, with every sentence explained (p. 7b); theological tracts (pp. 10-14); a commentary on the Prophecies, dated 5 May 1650 (pp. 33-48); fragments of Bruts (pp. 49-64, 71-74, 83-94); a list of the hundreds and commotes of Wales (pp. 99-100) and of the parishes of Carmarthenshire (pp. 101-102); etc.
On p. 6 is the note 'Gruff: llwyd ap Madoc Dd. a wnaeth y llyvyr hwnn i T. ap howel'.

A manuscript in the hand of [?the Rev. John Pryce] (see Llanstephan MS 187) containing proverbs, 'mesureu kerd', etc. It is a copy of the same original as Peniarth MS 155, pp. 3-168.

Five copybooks containing notes, in Latin, on Arabic and Hebrew grammar, in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) [presumed to have been compiled by Evans while at the Presbyterian Academy, Carmarthen, 1777-1778].

A composite volume mostly in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing transcripts of correspondence between Lewis Morris, Edward Richard, James Phillips and Samuel Pegge (see Cambrian Register, Vol. i, p. 357) (ff. 1-36); a copy of Morgan Jones's letter from New York, 10 March 1685/6, relating to Welsh Indians (ff. 41-43) (see the Gentleman's Magazine, 1740, and NLW MS 2577B); extracts from a letter of Griffith Roberts (ff. 54-57) and from a commonplace book of Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt (ff. 193-208); proverbs in Welsh and Latin (ff. 58-63); autograph proposals for printing a book of poetry (later 'Gorchestion Beirdd Cymru') to be edited by Ieuan Fardd and Rhys (Rice) Jones and published by David Jones, Trefriw (ff. 89-92); a note on manuscripts in the Mostyn library (ff. 98-99); a copy of Henry VII's charter of North Wales (f. 100); poetry (ff. 112-113, 116-124, 209-212); the Introduction to Lewis Morris et al's Celtic Remains, and copies of letters from Lewis Morris to Robert Vaughan and others (ff. 125-164); a copy of Annals of Wales by Robert Vaughan (ff. 165-192) (see Mostyn MS 136); chronicles, etc. with notes by Lewis Morris (ff. 213-239); further extracts from various sources; etc.

A composite volume, mainly in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), copied from manuscripts of Lewis Morris and others 'ynghylch y flwyddyn 1765' (p. i), including 'Englynion y Beddau' (pp. 1-15) and 'Englynion y Clywed' (pp. 15-28); 'Gildas Nennius' (pp. 49-60). The second part (ff. 1-35) contains 'Hanes Taliessin' (pp. 61-69); genealogies taken from a manuscript of Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt (pp. 80-89); extracts from Dares Phrygius, Brut y Brenhinedd and Brut y Tywysogion (pp. 97-101); Bonedd y Saint (pp. 109-115); 'Hanes yr ymrysson rhwng Edmund Prys a W. Cynwal' (pp. 117-123); notes and extracts; etc.
A letter, 7 December 1758, from Lewis Morris, Penbryn, to Evan Evans, Llanllechid, is tipped into the volume (pp. 135-138).

A composite volume, in the hand of Evan Evans, containing notes on Nennius and Gildas, which include twelve triads in Welsh, copies of letters to Archbishop Ussher from Robert Vaughan, Edward Brownker and Gerard Langbaine, together with extracts from a letter from Archbishop Ussher to William Camden (ff. 1-89); pedigrees of rulers and saints (ff. 92-121, 124-132), with copious notes regarding the sources of the texts; poetry by Guto'r Glyn (f. 122); a copy of a charter of Rhos Fynach, Conwy (ff. 145- 147); etc.

A manuscript in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing 'Archbishop Usher's Copy of Gildas Nennius transcribed from Llannerch Library' (ff. 1-74); 'Gilda Minor' (ff. 81-83) and a treatise in Latin on the Welsh bards (ff. 85-106).

A volume in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing pedigrees taken from the manuscripts of Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt (pp. 1-95); together with copies of the marginalia from the Book of St Chad in Lichfield Cathedral, being some of the earliest known examples of written Welsh (pp. 113-126); etc.

A volume in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) consisting mostly of commentary, by Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt, on Welsh triads, in particular the 'Keyreu'. The views of William Camden on various subjects and places are rebutted, and there are numerous references to, and quotations from, early geographers and historians. The text is apparently left unfinished.

Three copybooks, in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), containing a copy of Sir John Price's The Description of Wales (Oxford, 1673) (NLW MS 2017iB); the Officium Beatæ Mariæ in Welsh from a copy made by Dafydd Ddu Hiraddug (NLW MS 2017iiB, pp. 1-30); extracts from the library of Thomas Tanner (NLW MS 2017iiB, pp. 31-43); and material relating to Gerald of Wales taken from John Leland (NLW MS 2017iiiB).

A manuscript, in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), containing 'Cerddwriaeth Simwnt Fychan' (ff. 1-43 verso, first sequence) and the 'Rhetoreg' of William Salesbury, which was originally a translation of a Latin treatise on rhetoric (ff. 1-47, second sequence).
There are copious references to the source materials for both parts, the names mentioned including John Jones, Gellilyfdy, William Maurice and Roger Morris (ff. 1 (first sequence), 46 verso (second sequence)). A note by Ieuan Fardd states that he transcribed these works in 1776 (f. 46 verso). For Simwnt Fychan's 'Cerddwriaeth' see also Peniarth MS 159 and Jesus College MS 9.