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British Antiquities Revived

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.

Vaughan, Robert, 1592-1667

The Court of the Marches and Merioneth

  • NLW MS 7895E
  • File
  • [17 cent.]

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.

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603

Pregethau

Notes of sermons preached by Abel Francis, D. Jenkins, James Lewis, and D. Williams, at Aberduar, Crug-y-maen, and Rhyd-y-bont, 1731-1763.

Francis, Abel, d. ca. 1743

Music for harp

  • NLW MS 14427B.
  • File
  • [c. 1764]

A volume of music for the harp, [c. 1764], including compositions by, and variations on the work of, Handel and John Parry Ddall of Rhiwabon. The manuscript is in two hands: possibly that of Robert Edwards, a pupil of John Parry (ff. 1-14, 24 verso-26, 36 verso-40), and possibly that of Thomas Roberts (ff. 14 verso-24, 26 verso-36, 40 verso-42a).

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

Edward Richard: Barddoniaeth

  • NLW MS 13941B.
  • File
  • 1778-1781

A volume containing transcripts, 1778-1781, by Thomas Evans, Cydweli, of pastoral poems (bugeilgerddi) by Edward Richard, Ystradmeurig, dated 1764-1776, together with a few other eighteenth-century poems in Welsh and some medical and veterinary recipes.

Evans, Thomas, of Cydweli, fl. second half 18 cent.

South Wales pedigrees

A volume in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing pedigrees of Cardiganshire gentry families (pp. 1-136), together with a few from Carmarthenshire (pp. 137-163) and Pembrokeshire (pp. 164-179).

Ann of Swansea manuscript

  • NLW MS 23958C.
  • File
  • [?1818]

Manuscript notebook, [?1818], containing copies of prose and poetry by Ann of Swansea (Ann Julia Hatton) connected with her novel Chronicles of an Illustrious House (London, 1816) which caused controversy for satirising Swansea polite society as the fictional 'Gooselake'.
Included are extracts from the novel, specifically sections relating to Gooselake, beginning at vol. 2, p. 74 (ff. 1-18 verso), dated 5 July 1818 (f. 18 verso); two poems responding to the furore surrounding the novel, the first addressed 'To the Great Dons of Swansea' (ff. 19-20), the second beginning 'Arms, Arms I sing! and many battles dire' (ff. 20 verso-26); 'Elegy on the Death of Mr Bamboo', dated January 1817 (ff. 26 verso-28 verso), and a single verse beginning 'Now lost in dust is Cambria's boast', dated 1816 (f. 29). A leaf identifying some characters from the novel with their real-life counterparts has been tipped in on f. i; this suggests that the unknown compiler of the volume had a close connection with Swansea.

E. Williams collection of Welsh deeds

  • GB 0210 EWIAMS
  • Fonds
  • 1437-1823

Deeds acquired by E. Williams of Hove, relating to premises in Brecknockshire, 1564-1823; Cardiganshire, 1663-1778; Carmarthenshire, 1437-1790; Caernarfonshire, 1437-1822; Denbighshire, 1507-1743; Flintshire, 1469-1761; Glamorgan, 1612-1775; Merionethshire, 1616-1762; Monmouthshire, 1491-1795; Montgomeryshire, 1636-1773; Pembrokeshire, 1645-1797; and Radnorshire and Herefordshire, 1543-1786.

Williams, E., of Hove

Copy of oaths of John Jones, Talysarn

  • NLW MS 14030D.
  • File
  • [20 cent., first ½]

Photostat copy, [20 cent., first ½], of declarations and oath taken by the Rev. John Jones of Taldrwst, Talysarn, Caernarvonshire, as a Dissenting Minister, 20 October 1824.
The original document is NLW, CMA Bala College 1/788.

Jones, John, 1796-1857

Hymn-tunes, &c.

  • NLW MS 13945A.
  • File
  • [c. 1828]

A tune-book, [c. 1828], containing hymn-tunes, psalm-tunes and anthems in the hand of Hugh Williams, whose name occurs inside front cover.

Williams, Hugh, active 1828

Parturition in Cardiganshire

  • NLW MS 12165E.
  • File
  • [1837]

A draft essay entitled 'Observations on Parturition amongst the Poor In the Upper District of Cardiganshire' by [Dr. Richard Williams, Aberystwyth]. The paper is watermarked 1837.

Williams, Richard, Dr, Aberystwyth

Tour journals

  • NLW MS 23063C
  • File
  • 1842-1844

Journal of John Matthews of Birmingham, describing a tour which he made through France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria from May to October 1842 with his wife, Hannah Maria Matthews (1799?-1890) (ff. 1-86), and their tour in Wales, May to September 1844 (ff. 88-127), the latter section being illustrated with engravings, 1841-1842.

Matthews, John, 1790 or 1791-

Caernarvon rents

  • NLW MS 10843C.
  • File
  • 1830-1846

A volume containing a rental of the corporation of Caernarvon, 1832-1838, a rental of crown quit rents in the borough of Caernarvon, 1834-1846, an account of quarterly payments of gas tenants, 1833, and mortgage accounts, 1830-1835.

Aberystwyth property tax

  • NLW MS 16368E.
  • File
  • 1852

Property tax assessment book, 1852, for the town of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, listing the names of occupiers and owners of properties, arranged according to street name.
A contemporary inscription on the wrapper identifies the collectors as Edward Ellis and Lewis Hopkins.

Hopkins, Lewis, 1787 or 8-1869.

Caernarvon crown rents

  • NLW MS 10842C.
  • File
  • 1847-1856

A rental of crown quit rents within the borough of Caernarvon, 1847-1856.

Brynbella 'Piozziana'

  • GB 0210 BRYANA
  • Fonds
  • 1564-1857

Deeds, 1564-1857, relating to the Bachegraig estate, Flintshire; brief diary entries of Gabriel and Hester Lynch Piozzi, 1797-1812 (NLW MSS 11096-102); correspondence, 1756-1823 (NLW MS 11103D); heraldic and genealogical records, 1813 (NLW Rolls 223); and a survey and valuation of the Bachegraig estate, 1790, which also includes accounts, 1788-1807 (NLW MS 11104C).

Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821

Brecknockshire Traditions, &c.

Papers found loose inside NLW MS 13854iE, including draft notes by Walter Jones Williams for an article on 'Brecknockshire traditions, &c.', published in Archaeologia Cambrensis (1858), 156-161.

Williams, Walter Jones, 1814-1866

Pregethau Gwilym Hiraethog

  • NLW MS 13942A.
  • File
  • [1820x1883]

A volume containing nineteenth-century manuscript sermons in Welsh by the Rev. William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog, 1802-1883).

Rees, William, 1802-1883

Snowdon Visitors' Books

  • NLW MSS 16083-5C.
  • File
  • 1863-1889

Snowdon Visitors' Books, 1863-1889, containing the autographs, addresses and comments of visitors to the summit of Snowdon. They contain entries for the periods 11 July 1863-1 July 1866 (NLW MS 16083C), 20 June 1883-25 September 1885 (NLW MS 16084C) and 9 January-20 October 1886, 30 May-25 December 1887, 29 June-11 October 1889 (NLW MS 16085C).

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