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A manuscript dating from the second half of the 15th century comprising poetry; a Welsh grammar; vocabularies; and historical triads, mostly in the hand of Gwilym Tew.
Poets whose work is represented include Dafydd ap Gwilym, Iolo Goch and Rhys Brydydd.

A list of one-syllable words in Welsh in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy, 1622.

A collection of pedigrees and armorial bearings (coloured) in several 16th century hands.
The scribes include William Llŷn, Simwnt Fychan and Robert Vaughan.

The oldest Welsh text of the Laws of Hywel Dda by two hands dating from the mid-13th century.
There is also a contemporary elegy to Llywelyn ap Gruffydd in a later hand, and a series of provebs, also in a later hand.

A collection of Welsh poetry, compiled by one scribe during the mid-thirteenth century, containing verse composed at various times during the period between the eighth and thirteenth centuries.
The volume includes triads (p. 27), religious and vaticinatory poetry, eulogies, elegies and numerous poems relating to the Myrddin Legend.

Transcripts of the works of a number of poets, which include a compilation made by Dafydd Cayo in 1503.

A collection of cywyddau gathered from various sources by John Jones of Gellilyfdy.
Sources include manuscripts in the hands of Dafydd ap William, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd and Wiliam Thomas ap Edward o Bodfari. The manuscript was written in three stages: from 1609 to 1610, at a later period but prior to 1619, and finally 1621.

A manuscript of the first half of the 14th century, in two hands, comprising a version of the Laws of Hywel Dda; and pleadings.

A version of the Laws of Hywel Dda by a single scribe dating from the mid 13th century.

A volume dating from the 1470s comprising a version of the Laws of Hywel Dda; a calendar of feasts and saints' days; and cywyddau written by Lewis Glyn Cothi.
The last few pages are in another hand.

A late-sixteenth century compilation in various hands of the poetry of Dafydd Nanmor, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Siôn Cent and others. Part of the manuscript was once a book of 'cywyddau' belonging to Cadwaladr Wynn, Tyn y Fron Goch, Llanrheadr-ym-mochnant, written in 1598.

Pedigrees in three hands including that of Gruffudd Hiraethog, with notes of the sources from which the information was taken.

The pedigree of John Trevor III of Trefalun, in the hand of Wiliam Llŷn (pp. 25-109), and on p. 110 his coat of arms, written in 1569 (p. 26). On pp. 5-21 is his 'Tabl', covering pp. 25-109 only. On pp.1-4 are arms in trick and, on p. 3, draft couplets of a cywydd in his hand; further pedigrees in his hand are on pp. 112-28; on p. 114 is an autograph englyn by him with an anonymous englyn by a contemporary hand.

Pedigrees in the hands of Gutun Owain and others.

A version of Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain written by a single scribe and dating from the 14 th century.
F. 4 is missing and has been replaced by a new vellum leaf, although the old leaf was present when the folios were numbered. The prologue is missing and may have been originally written on the lost leaf.

A transcript in the formal hand of Robert Vaughan of the Latin text of Welsh law in Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson MS C. 821 [‘Latin Redaction D’ in H.D. Emanuel, The Latin Texts of the Welsh Laws (Cardiff, 1967); on this manuscript, see pp. 297-8], which was probably at that time in the possession of John Selden. Folios 1-10 of Vaughan’s foliation are wanting; there is damage throughout due to over-acid ink and damp.

A Latin text of the Laws of Hywel Dda, being one of the earliest, by a single scribe and dating from the mid 13th century.
The notes on a piece of paper pasted onto the inside the end cover which is now partly perished have been transcribed by Gwenogvryn Evans. There is also a loose piece of paper of modern date at the end of the manucsript with Latin words and numbers on both sides.

An interlude in Welsh of Troilus and Cressida, based on Chaucer's text and in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy. Pp. 1-135 were written before 14th February 1613 (p. 119) and the remainder of the manuscript was written in 1622 (pp. 160, 231).

An index to book CC [200] of escheats and inquisitions for the county of Salop, 27 Hen. III to 3 Rich. III, compiled by Edward Lloyd of Trenewith, 1707.

A notebook entitled 'Welsh Records & Memoranda' containing brief notes on records relating to Wales extracted from indexes in the Public Record Office; together with notes by [W. W. E. Wynne] on memorial inscriptions in Cricieth and Llanfihangel y Pennant churches, Caernarvonshire (ff. 2 verso-3).