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The history of Philocles

  • NLW MS 5164A
  • File
  • [18 cent.]

'The History of Philocles in a series of Letters to his Friends, Volume the first', 1761-1766, purporting to give an account of the love affairs of 'Philocles'. The book is dedicated to 'Mr Michael Jones of Brecon in the county of Brecknockshire' by 'his affectionate Brother Philocles'.

Philocles (Pseudonym), fl. 1761-1766 Account of love affairs of, NLW MS 5164A

The History of Brecknockshire,

  • NLW MS 9599C
  • File
  • [1805-1809] /

A proof sheet (Vol. II, pp. 41-2, 47-8), of Theophilus Jones: The History of Brecknockshire, with the author's manuscript corrections.

Jones, Theophilus, 1759-1812

The Herberts of Monmouthshire, &c.

  • NLW MS 4436E
  • File
  • Early 19 cent.

A manuscript entitled A true Copy of an Ancient memorable Treatise of Record touching the Progeny and Descent of the Honorable Name & Family of the Herbert's, by Commission from Edward IV. An. Dom. 1460, the copy including genealogies of and notes on the family of Herbert, lords of Raglan, earls of Pembroke, and their descendants, together with similar information on other Monmouthshire families.

The Henllys Estate,

  • NLW MS 22020E.
  • File
  • 1880-1904.

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).

The Harries family of Tre-gwynt,

  • NLW MS 12177E.
  • File
  • [1830x1917].

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.

The Harries family of Tre-gwynt,

  • NLW MS 12062E.
  • File
  • 1918-1933 /

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.

Harries, Nelson George

The Harlech pageant

  • NLW MS 3264D
  • File
  • [c. 1920]

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.

The Haggar memoirs,

  • NLW ex 2612.
  • File
  • 2009 /

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.

edited by Peter Yorke,

The Gwynne family of Llanfyllin.

  • NLW ex 2316
  • File
  • 2004

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

Gwynne, T.E. (Thomas E.),

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