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Copies of the Queen's instructions to Henry, Earl of Pembroke, Lord President of the Council in Wales and the Marches, 1586; the commission of the lieutenancy of Wales and the Marches to Henry, Earl of Pembroke, March 22, 1600, with power to make deputations to persons named in the commission for the different counties within the lieutenancy; a petition by six members of the Privy Council to the Lord Keeper to renew the commission of lieutenancy for Merioneth and to leave out the names of John Lewys Owen and Cadwalader ap Ris, who had been arraigned before the Court of Star Chamber for misdemeanours, and to appoint Griffith Vaughan and Robert Lloyd to be deputies for the Earl of Pembroke for that county; a Privy Council letter to the same effect covering a renewed commission to the Earl of Pembroke, March 31, 1600, with a list of justices of the peace for Merioneth; and orders for the reformation of the Court of the Marches, 1577.

Notebook of Henry Harris, Ystrad Rhondda, begun in 1921, containing lists of place-names and field names in the Rhondda. Some of the names are taken from a tithe map of 1847 (ff. i, 1-51).
Also included is a typescript list of the same place-names, on loose sheets, the names numbered and in alphabetical order (ff. 52-98); typescript and manuscript notes, [?1938], on the Rhondda in the year 1737, including transcripts of Overseers of the Poor accounts (ff. 103-109); notes, 1938, relating to bird life in the Rhondda (f. 110); and three letters to Harris, October 1921-May 1928, including two from M. H. Jones, Penllwyn (ff. 99-102).

The group reflect the various functions carried out by the Diocesan Registrar.

A draft tract entitled 'Proofes drawne from authorities and other reasons why Cadelh prince of Southwales was the eldest sonne of Roderic the greate (kinge of Wales) and that he and his issue after him had a superioritie over the rest of Wales and his two bretheren and the descendantes from them' by, and in the autograph of, Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt. The substance of this tract was subsequently incorporated in Vaughan's British Antiquities Revived (Oxford, 1662). The volume contains both the arguments and answers set forth by Vaughan and therefore differs considerably from Peniarth MS 277 which contains only the arguments.
Pasted inside the front cover is a short description of the volume in the form of a cutting from Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge’s Sale Catalogue of the Mostyn Library (1919), p. 22.

A collection of psalm-tunes ('erddiganau salmau') by Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg).

Includes letters relating to selection and work as candidate, cuttings from the press covering Peter Temple-Morris as candidate and the elections, election addresses, photographs and electoral papework from the 1964 and 1966 campaigns.

Deeds and documents, mostly relating to cos Ang. and Mer. Several items relate to the Lloyd family of Dduallt, Ffestiniog, co. Mer., 1551-1740. The collection also includes overseer's accounts and other parochial records relating to the parish of Llandyfrydog, co. Ang., 1828-1869.

The reminiscences of William Robert Hall (1849-1937), written in forty exercise books and published serially in The Cambrian News, 1920-1921.

Four files comprising concert programmes, 1948-67, of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Music Department (see also `UCW Music Department Archives').

A petition, bearing almost eight thousand signatures, opposing the proposed building of a nuclear bunker at Carmarthen, December 1985.

Papers, including correspondence, agenda and minutes, 1965-1970, of the Bowling Association of Wales, together with papers from 1962 concerning the secession of the six county associations (Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Mid Wales (Brecon and Radnor), Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire and Pembrokeshire) from the Welsh Bowling Association (co. Glamorgan) in 1965

Papers, 1936-1983, relating to Railway Trade Union Branches at Aberystwyth, including registration cards of members of the National Union of Railwaymen, 1936-1974; minutes of Local Departmental Committee meetings, 1958-1968; a volume containing carbon copies of letters, 1964-1966, mainly written by John Alfred Davies (Local Departmental Committee Secretary); and correspondence, 1967-1983, of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen.

Cyfrol o lyfrgell y Parchedig John Herbert Roberts, Y Drenewydd, diweddar ŵr Mrs Roberts, yn cynnwys traethawd ar 'Hanes dechreuad a chynydd Ymneillduaeth ym mhlwyf Llanasa', sir y Fflint, gan 'Ymneillduwr'; ynghyd â nodiadau diwinyddol, 1922, yn llaw'r Parchedig John Herbert Roberts / A volume from the library of the late Reverend John Herbert Roberts, Newtown, husband of Mrs Roberts, containing an essay in Welsh on the beginning and growth of Nonconformity in the parish of Llanasa, Flintshire, by 'Ymneillduwr'; together with theological notes, 1922, in the hand of the Rev. John Herbert Roberts

Llawysgrif yn dwyn y teitl 'Mabws' gan yr Uwchgapten Francis Jones (1908-1993), yn ymdrin â hanes y teuluoedd a fu'n byw yn Mabws Fawr a'u cysylltiadau ag achos y Bedyddwyr yn ardal Mathri, sir Benfro / A manuscript history entitled 'Mabws' by Major Francis Jones (1908-1993), relating to the history of the families who lived at Mabws Fawr, Mathry, Pembrokeshire, and their connections with the Baptist cause.

A copy of the first volume of D. M. D. James's printed work 'Geological Studies in the Late Ordovician to Early Silurian of Central and South Wales', 1996.

An essay entitled 'History of the Knights of the County of Carnarvon from 1542 to 1870' written by an unknown author, n. d., under the pseudonym "Rossell of Isgorfai".

Llythyr, heb ddyddiad, oddi wrth 'Dalethin' (?y Parchedig Tom Jones, Llanrwst) at olygydd Y Rhedegydd yn ymwneud â phabyddiaeth yn Llanrwst, sir Ddinbych; ynghyd â ffotograff o'r Parch Tom Jones. / An undated letter in Welsh addressed to the editor of Y Rhedegydd from 'Dalethin' (?the Reverend Tom Jones, Llanrwst) relating to Catholicism in Llanrwst, co. Denbigh; together with a photograph of the Rev. Tom Jones.

Traethawd, 1884, ar hanes eglwys y Bedyddwyr, Bethel, Mynachlog-ddu, sir Benfro, gan 'Croniclwr', sef Thomas Rees, Felin Dyrch, Mynachlog-ddu, hendaid y rhoddwr. / An essay, 1884, in Welsh, on the history of Bethel Baptist Church, Mynachlog-ddu, co. Pembroke, by 'Croniclwr' (Thomas Rees, Felin Dyrch, Mynachlog-ddu), great grandfather of the donor.

Ffotogopïau yn ymwneud â rheilffordd Ffestiniog i'w hychwanegu at y gyfrol a dderbyniwyd gan John Sam Efans ym mis Medi 1995 / Photocopies relating to the Ffestiniog railway to be added to the volume donated by John Sam Efans in September 1995.

A scrapbook of press cuttings, 1973-1975, together with loose cuttings and a leaflet, 1968-1979, relating to the devolution question in Wales and the campaign for a Welsh Assembly.