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A volume compiled in 1881 by or for Colonel Thomas Lewis Hampton-Lewis, comprising a list of deeds and documents, 1567-1878, with copies and abstracts, relating to the Henllys estate in the counties of Anglesey, Caernarfon, Denbigh and Gloucester (ff. 3-176) (cf. UCNW Bangor, Catalogue of Henllys Papers); and copies of memorial inscriptions and extracts from parish registers and other sources, 1460-1885, relating to the Hamptons and their ancestors (ff. 177-88 verso). Related items, 1880-1904, tipped into the volume, include two letters, 1880, concerning the granting of a faculty to erect a mausoleum for the Hampton family in Llan-faes churchyard (f. 189).

A group of 'vouchers' collected by N. G. Harries towards the history of the family of Harries of Tre-gwynt contained in N.L.W. MS. 12062. The material includes attested copies of wills and extracts from parish registers; birth, baptism, and marriage certificates; pedigrees; holograph and autograph letters of C. F. Egerton Allen, Tenby, [19]03, A. T. Butler, Heralds College, 1906-1912, Francis Green, St. Davids, 1907-1917, J[ohn] Harries, Ripon, 1910, and E[dward] Laws, Tenby, 1902-1903 (partly typescript copies); lists of Harries entries from the indexes to the St. Davids probate records; a printed sale catalogue of the Tregwint estate in the parishes of Grandston and Mathry, 1830; a transcript of a 'General Nominal Index to Pembrokeshire Families' by F. C. [sic] Egerton Allen; military commissions and a certificate of proficiency of Nelson George Harries, 1896-1914; transcripts of statements of account of Thomas Fred[eric]k Harries, 1807-1809, and of a covering letter, 1809, from Wm. Evans, Haverfordwest, in connection with the will of the former's father [George Harries]; transcripts of letters, 1810-1815 and undated, of Sir George Beaumont, [Colonel] O[wen] Philipps, Bath, Wm. Evans, Haverfordwest, Gwynne Harries, Haverfordwest, [Thomas] Fred. Harries, Haverfordwest, and Eliza Powell, Haverfordwest and Dale 'Arbour' [Harbour]; etc.

An illustrated history of the family of Harries of Tre-gwynt, parish of Granston, co. Pembroke, compiled in 1918, with additions to 1933, by N[elson] G[eorge] Harries, Wolverhampton. Relevant press cuttings are mounted in the volume, and the illustrations are largely in the form of photographs of the interior and exterior of the house and of family coats of arms.

Correspondence, historical sketches, etc. relating to the historical pageant in aid of a Harlech War Memorial Hall held in the Castle grounds at Harlech, August 1920.

A copy, 2009, of the memoirs of William Haggar's children, edited by the donor Peter Yorke, his great grandson, including an introduction and appendices and notes by him. William Haggar was a showman and travelling film-maker who spent a great deal of time in South Wales producing and showing his films.

An account of members of the Gwynne family of Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, who emigrated to the United States of America in the 1770s.

The Gododdin translated into English by H. Berkeley Score (typescript). English. Boards. Purchased from J. R. Morris, Bethel, Caernarvonshire, October 1965.

A volume, [17 cent., second ½] (watermark similar to Churchill 401), containing Scriptural genealogies (ff. 2-68) and the 'Onomasticon', a dictionary of individuals and peoples mentioned in the Bible (ff. 70-316 verso), both compiled by a certain William Spenser, gent.
The genealogies show the descent of Jesus Christ from Adam and Eve but also include pedigrees for the Twelve Tribes of Israel (ff. 8-31 verso); other peoples and empires appearing in the Old and New Testaments are represented by genealogies or by lists of individuals as appropriate (ff. 33-68); the section on the Roman Empire lists other figures appearing in the New Testament (ff. 57-68). As well as the Bible the compiler has made use of other sources including Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews (see ff. 138 verso, 161 verso, 187 verso, 195, 245); there are also extracts from Thomas Godwyn [Goodwin], Moses and Aaron: Civil and Ecclesiastical Rites Used by the Ancient Hebrewes (London: printed by Iohn Haviland, 1625, STC 11951), pp. 58-60 (f. 261 verso), 61-66 (f. 127 verso). The preface (ff. 2 recto-verso) consists mainly of excerpts from Works of the Great Albionean Divine Mr Hugh Broughton, ed. by John Lightfoot (London: printed for Nath. Ekins, 1662, Wing B4997), pp. 376 (2nd Tome), 689 (3rd tome). Many names and headings are picked out in red ink, with names of prophets in green ink. Various additions and marginal notes have been added to the Onomasticon in the same hand.

A transcripts, ca. 1890, in an unidentified hand, of Henry Lewis Williams ('Ap Gwilym'), An Authentic Account of the Invasion by the French Troops on Carrig Gwasted Pont near Fishguard ... (Haverfordwest, 1842).

A transcript of a rare brochure advertising the opening of the Freddie Welsh Health Farm, which includes an extensive account of the famous boxer's life outside the boxing circle.

A collection of Phillips pedigrees, on microfilm, researched and compiled by Mr Frank Phillips.

A pencil score of The Four Winds by Daniel Protheroe, arranged for orchestra, [1929x1932], by Dorothy Bundy; together with a printed transcript of the score, a short biography written by the donors, [2009], and a scanned copy of a photograph of Ms. Bundy whilst studying at Ottowa University, Kansas, 1932. The original work by Daniel Protheroe, a part-song bearing the title The Four Winds, words by Charles H. Luders, was published at Chicago, Ill., [ca. 1920], by Gamble Hinged Music Co. as part of the Chicago Madrigal Club collection.

'The Poetry of the Four Ancient Books of Wales' selected, edited, and rendered into English metrical verse by H. Berkeley Score ('Ugain'). Typescript.

One of two volumes consisting of an interleaved copy of William F. Skene: The Four Ancient Books of Wales . . . (Edinburgh, 1863), with manuscript notes, additions, and corrections in the autograph of the author.

One of two volumes consisting of an interleaved copy of William F. Skene: The Four Ancient Books of Wales . . . (Edinburgh, 1863), with manuscript notes, additions, and corrections in the autograph of the author.

A manuscript containing a 19th century transcript by Joseph Williams of an essay by John Williams, M.D. (1801-1856) on The Food of Plants.