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Typescript copies of the will of Gronow Owen ('Goronwy Ddu o Fôn') of the parish of Saint Andrews, co. Brunswick, Virginia, U.S.A., dated 3 July 1769, and proved in the Circuit Court for co. Brunswick, 26 March, 1770; of the will of his wife Ioney (Ionah) Harrison of the parish of Saint Andrew, dated 15 August, 1780, and proved in Brunswick County Court, 26 February, 1787; and of a dedimus, 20 December, 1762, to examine Rebecca Cocke of co. Lunenburg, and a certificate, 18 February, 1764, of the latter's relinquishments of her right of dower in a tract of 400 acres of land on the south side of the Reedy Creek in co. Brunswick conveyed by William Cocke and the said Rebecca, his wife, to Gronow Owen by indenture of bargain and sale dated 20 August, 1761. The dedimus and certificate were extracted from the Deed Books of the County Court of Brunswick.

A journal ('Notes') of a three weeks' tour by Horace Francis, beginning on 24 June, 1837, from London to Worcester, Malvern, Ledbury, Ross, Goodrich Court, Monmouth, Chepstow, Llandogo, Tintern Abbey, Newport, Cardiff, Pyle, Margam House, Neath, Llandilo, Lampeter, Aberaeron, Aberystwith, Devil's Bridge, Machynlleth, Dolgelley, Cader Idris, Rhiadyr Du (Rheadr Du), Maentwrog, Tan y Bwlch, Pont Aberglaslyn, Beddgelert, Dinas Emrys, Nant Gwynant, Llanberis Pass, Snowdon, Llanberis (visits to Falls, Dolbadarn Tower, Slate Quarry, and Copper Mine), Caernarvon, Bangor, Penrhyn Castle, Penmaen Mawr, Aber Conway [Conway], Llanrwst, Bettws y Coed, Pont ar Voelas [Pentrefoelas], Corwen, Llangollen (visits to Castle Dinas Bran, Valle Crucis Abbey, and Plas Newydd), Chirk, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Birmingham, Warwick, Kenilworth, and Leamington. NLW MS 11596B has a pen-and-ink drawing of Devil's Bridge as frontispiece, and NLW MS 11597B a similar drawing of Llanberis Lake.

A petition, 1909, addressed to H[orace] A[rthur] Rose, District and Sessions Judge in the Punjab, by a native of a market Town or bazaar, relating to the latter's shop; together with brief memoranda and correspondence relating to the translation of the document.

Miscellaneous documents including a statement of account due from the Reverend W[illiam] Griffith, Jesus Coll[ege, Oxford], to D. A. Talboys, in respect of books, 1830; an essay entitled 'Nadolig 1869'; and holographs and transcripts of poetry, among them being 'Englynion ar Briodas Maggi a Iago' by [Rowland Williams] ('Hwfa Môn'), 1882, and 'Ychydig fyfyrdod ar Uniad fy mrawd hoff Mr. James Venmore mewn glan briodas a Miss Hughes, Wylfa, Cemaes, Mon' by [Henry Jones Williams] ('Plenydd').

A volume compiled by John Matthews, comprising book-keeping exercises in the form of a day-book and ledgers, 1816-1822; transcripts of 'Letters', 'Descriptive Letters', and 'Letters of Precept and Advice' written by John Gay, Stanton Harcourt, 1718, James Beattie, Peterhead and Aberdeen, 1784-1790, Thomas Gray, Anna Seward, Lichfield, 1765, Sir William Jones [orientalist], 1769, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of Strafford, 1641, Sir Matthew Hale, undated, and Dr. [Philip] Doddridge, Northampton, 1730; and a series of twenty-two 'Themes', being observations on procrastination, flattery, industry, swiftness of time, etc.

A scrapbook containing press cuttings of reports of meetings of the Haverfordwest School Board, 1871-1876. The volume was originally an arithmetic exercise book.

A register of receipts for sums of money paid on account of the John Maurice Charity, 1855-1861. Inset is a holograph letter from Spencer [Bulkeley] Wynn, aft. 3rd baron Newborough, from Glynllifon, to John Rowlands, Plastirion, Carnarvon, 1828 (rents of quillets at Nefyn originally included in the charity).

An account book of the rents and profits of the charity estate devised by John Maurice (Morris) [of Caernarvon], gent. [by his will of 20 July, 1709], in the parishes of Llanrug and Llanbeblig, Caernarvonshire, 1833-1853.

An album compiled by T. Lewis Old, Aberystwyth, containing printed matter, press cuttings, and correspondence relating to the National Eisteddfod and in particular to the accompanying Singing Festival ('Gymanfa Ganu Genedlaethol') held at Aberystwyth in August, 1916. A few items at the end relate to a similar Singing Festival held in conjunction with the National Eisteddfod at Birkenhead in September, 1917.

A volume of press cuttings, with some additional manuscript notes, of a column entitled 'O'r Gell Gymysg' published in Y Genedl y 'Gwyn ap Gwilym' [i.e. J. Wynne Parry, Caernarvon]. The column relates to Caernarvon antiquities ('Hen Gaernarfon').

Five letters, 1949-51, from David Jones to Mildred Mary Ede, mother of Jim Ede, founder of Kettle's Yard, Cambridge. The letters refer mainly to the painting 'Vexilla Regis' purchased by Mrs Ede and now at Kettle's Yard. Also included is a letter, 1951, from David Baxandall of the Manchester City Art Gallery, concerning a proposed exhibition.

A record book of Bwlchnewydd Congregational church, Carmarthenshire containing a register of members, 1848-1851, deaths and burials, 1855-1885, church reports for the years 1945 and 1959, notes, 1946-1996, relating to the history of the church, and extracts, 1857, from an earlier register, including a list of baptisms, 1805-1841, members, c. 1810, and other memoranda, 1809-1843.

A volume issued, 1828, to the antiqury Angharad Llwyd, Tyn-y-rhyl, Flintshire, for the collection of subscriptions towards St David's Welsh Church, Liverpool, but utilised by her as a commonplace and autograph book. Verse and prose entries, 1830-1853, mostly of a religious nature, include autograph poetry by John Jones (Tegid), Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), and Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall), and entries by Sir John Bernard Bosanquet, Lady Charlotte Guest, Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover, Henry Hart Milman, David Pennant, William Owen[-Pughe], Thomas Raffles, Henry Raikes, John Bird Sumner, and Frances Wrangham. Also included is a letter of address, 1828, to Angharad Llwyd from the Rev. Robert Davies, perpetual curate of St David's Church (f. iii).

Papers relating to Grŵp Pennant Group [later Cymdeithas Thomas Pennant Society], an organisation established in the early 1990s by a group of admirers of Thomas Pennant (1726-1798), esquire, learned scientist and antiquary of Downing, Whitford, Flintshire. They include its constitution, 1998, biographical information on Thomas Pennant, photocopies of articles about him and a list of some of the plants mentioned by him in his writings and their present-day names compiled by Goronwy Wynne.

An illuminated genealogical and heraldic chart compiled in 1866 by Albany Wallace of Worthing, co. Sussex, formerly of Bayswater, co. Middlesex, showing the descent of the Rhys family of Cuffern and Scotsborough, co. Pembroke, who later took the surname Stokes, from Rhys ap Tewdwr, king of Deheubarth, through the families of Warren of Trewarren, Wogan of Wiston, co. Pembroke, and Clement of Caron and Genau'r Glyn, co. Cardigan. The genealogical details, enclosed in decorative cartouches, and the accompanying painted coats of arms are on paper, cut out and pasted on a cardboard base.

A small volume written in the eighteenth century lettered on the spine 'Llyvr Dos=parth a Cadwe= digaeth Cerdd Dannau, I'. The scribe was David Jones ('Dewi Fardd') of Trefriw. The contents are as follows: pp. 1-23, 'Clod Cerdd ai Dechreuad' beginning 'Fy Mryd sydd ar hyn om llafur ddwyn ar ddeall it Darllewr . . . Eithr o arfer Cerdd Theoricall y Nef, ni ymadroddwn am dano' [cf. B.M. Addit. MS 14989, ff. 82 recto-111 verso, and also D. Gwenallt Jones, 'Clod Cerdd Dafod', in Llên Cymru, I, pp. 186-7, and Gwendraeth Jones, 'Siôn Conwy III a'i Waith', in B.B.C.S., XXII, pp. 23-4 in particular]; pp. 24-30, 'Gryffydd ap Cynan Twysog Cymru a wnaeth Gyfraith ar y Gwyr wrth Gerdd, yr hon a elwir Ystatud Gryffydd ap Cynan', beginning 'Llyma y sawl y sydd rydd yddynt Glera . . .' and ending '. . . a Disgyblion, gwedi Cael graddau or blaen mewn Eisteddfodau neu Neithorau Reiol. Ac felly y Terfyna Ystatud Gryffydd ap Cynan Twysog Gwynedd, ar y Gwyr wrth Gerdd'; pp. 32-54 , 'Naw o Gyd-gordiadau sydd mewn Desgant neu Brior . . .' followed by lists of airs, etc. ('Ar y Bragod Gywair', 'Y Clyme, y Gogywair', etc.) ending with 'Llyma'r 24 mesurau Cerdd Dant' and 'Llyma y Rheolau Cerdd Dafod'; p. 55, 'Llyma Lyfr a Elwir Cadwedigaeth Cerdd Dannau' beginning 'Nid amgen, Telynnau, a Chrythau o fewn 3 Talaith Gymru . . .'; p. 59, 'Llyma fal y nodwyd wrth Ystatud Gryff: ap Cynan, Rhoddion i bob Gradd yn ei Radd, o Gerdd Dafod, a Thant', beginning 'Tair Gwyl arbennig sydd nid amgen Nadolig, Pasg, ar Sul gwyn . . .'; p. 62, a 'cywydd' by William Llun ('Cywydd i ofyn Telyn i Siencin Gwynn, o Lan=idlos'); and pp. 65-71, a list of the names of bards ('Henwau'r Beirdd'), A-R, with one or two later additions, one name on p. 66 ('Gruffdd. ap Lln. Vychan'), being probably in the autograph of Edward Williams, 'Iolo Morganwg'. There is a triad on p.54. On the fly-leaf in a later hand is written 'Dosparth Cerdd Dafod'.

A typewritten copy of the will, with inventory, of Jasper Griffyth, clerk, vicar of Hinckley, co. Leicester, proved in the archdeaconry court of Leicester, [28 May] 1614, with a covering letter, 1940, from Eleanor Swift, Archivist, Leicester City Museum, to W. Ll. Davies (afterwards Sir William Ll. Davies), Librarian of the National Library of Wales.

An interleaved copy of Christoph Helwig, Theatrum historicum et chronologicum . . ., Ed. sexta (Oxoniae, 1662), with some manuscript additions (the solar cycle, lunar cycle, Dominical letter, the date of Easter, and the corresponding year in the Hegira or Mohammedan era, etc.). Written on some of the blank leaves at the beginning and end of the volume are genealogical memoranda concerning the family of Humphrey Humphreys, bishop of Bangor and afterwards of Hereford (see also the note facing p. 178), and facing one of the pages of the Index there is a list of dates concerning William Lloyd, bishop of St. Asaph.

Miscellaneous papers relating to David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, including:. Financial papers relating to United Newspapers (1918) Ltd, 1918-27, and the Daily Chronicle Investment Corporation Ltd, 1928-9. Press-cuttings relating to the 'Honours' Scandal, 1922. Briefs for speeches at Barnstaple, 1925, and Plymouth, 1935. Correspondence and papers relating to the National Liberal Political Fund, 1927-35 (including papers on contributions from the Fund to the Land and Nation League, 1927-8, the Rating Campaign, 1928, The National Liberal Survey, 1929, Rowntree's Unemployment Inquiry, 1929, Poster Services, 1929, J C Akerman Committee, 1929, Free Trade Campaign, 1931, Mrs Lucy Masterman's Unemployment Inquiry, 1935-6). Papers on the purchase of the Caernarfon Liberal Club Buildings, 1928-9. Papers relating to the Report of the Committee on Industrial Assurances (the Cohen Report), 1933. Amendments to the Criminal Justices Bill, 1935. Draft of the section on Agriculture in the Council of Action Policy Statement on Development and Reconstruction, 1935, with related notes. Miscellaneous papers, press-cuttings and fragments. Included with papers and correspondence of David Lloyd George purchased from Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, Freshford, Bath in March 1987, the main group now being NLW MSS 22514-37.

A copy of Y Dyddiadur Methodistaidd am 1920 . . . containing manuscript entries giving the names of preachers who were to fulfil or had fulfilled preaching engagements [? at Maengwyn Calvinistic Methodist chapel, Machynlleth], 1920-1927.