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Papers relating to The (Old) Canonry, Bangor, comprising a report on the house by A. D. R. Caroe, London, questions ...,

Papers relating to The (Old) Canonry, Bangor, comprising a report on the house by A. D. R. Caroe, London, questions to be discussed at a dean and chapter meeting, 25 Feb. 1949, with a copy of resolutions passed by the General Purposes Committee of the Representative Body of the Church in Wales, and a note by L. S. W[hitehead], 11 Feb. 1949.

Sept. 1975 deposit,

Ecclesiastical instruments relating to the depositor's career, 1930-1962, including his appointment as archdeacon of Bangor, 1957, and dean of the cathedral church at Bangor, 1962; fourteen letters and four Christmas cards, 1938-52, from Edward William Williamson, bishop of Swansea and Brecon, to the depositor; a file of letters to and copies of letters from the depositor, 1947-61; a file of letters to and copies of letters from the depositor as archdeacon of Bangor, 1957-1962; a file of notes, correspondence, etc., 1940s-1950s, relating to the depositor's researches in connection with church briefs (see The Journal of the Historical Society of the Church in Wales, vols vi, vii, viii); notes of an address on 'The Constitution of Certain Non-Episcopal Ministries in Wales' delivered in 1935; notes on 'Forms of Ordination in Wales since the Reformation', 1936; notes of a lecture on 'The Church and Education in the Ante-Nicene Period'; a volume containing notes of addresses delivered by the depositor at archdiaconal visitations of the Archdeaconry of Bangor, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961; a volume of notes compiled in connection with parochial visitations within the archdeaconry by the archdeacon of Bangor, 1960-1961; a volume containing agenda for meetings of the chapter of the cathedral church of Bangor, 1962-1971; copies of Bangor Diocesan Leaflets, nos 1-10 (1963-1965); a copy of Jarlslav Pokorny's Shakespeare in Czechoslovakia, (Prague, 1955), presented to the depositor by Jan Suchanek, First Secretary at the Czechoslovak embassy; a copy of A Sermon at the Funeral of Sir Edmund-bury Godfrey ... by William Lloyd, dean of Bangor, (London, 1678); and a copy of A. Stanley Davies's The Christmas Morn Carol Service of Celtic Countries, 1950. Also correspondence and other items relating to the closure of St Andrew's Church, Llandudno, 1956, one file of personal and official correspondence, 1954-1961; a second file of personal and official correspondence, 1957-1962; replies to a questionnaire distributed by the depositor as dean of Bangor to members of the chapter inviting opinions concerning certain matters relating to the cathedral church, 1964; and replies to letters sent by the depositor as dean of Bangor to representative laymen and clergymen within the diocese inviting opinions concerning matters relating to the cathedral church, 1964. Deposited Sept. 1975.

Papers, journals etc,

A file of papers containing personal correspondence, papers about the examination of ordinands, papers concerning the Joint Clerical Education Committee of Bangor and St Asaph, etc., together with a file of papers concerning the organ and organists of Bangor cathedral and the donor's journals, 1948-1963.

Letters (7) 1689-94 and undated, from Hum[phrey Humphreys], bishop of Bangor, six probably to his sister [-in-law], Mrs Wynne at ...,

Letters (7) 1689-94 and undated, from Hum[phrey Humphreys], bishop of Bangor, six probably to his sister [-in-law], Mrs Wynne at Bodewrid, and one to J. Owen, two letters, 1699, to J. Owen from Wm Kinaston, Ryton, (extract) and Jane Kinaston, Ryton, respectively, and one, 1689, from an unnamed correspondent to Thomas Wolstenholme, c/o Mr Richard Owen, postmaster at Holyhead (?end wanting). Typescript copies.

Register stamped 'The Vicarage, Conway' of the books belonging to the library founded by the Associates of the late Rev ...,

Register stamped 'The Vicarage, Conway' of the books belonging to the library founded by the Associates of the late Rev. Dr [Thomas] Bray at Conwy, co. Caern, 1880, with details of books borrowed, 1880-1. Loose inside are two lists of the books belonging to a similar (clerical lending) library at Llandudno.

Papers, volumes etc,

A volume containing preparatory notes for meetings of the Parochial Church Councils at Conway, Gyffin and Llandudno, 1954-1959; a volume containing a series of addresses delivered at a retreat for clergy of the diocese of St Davids, 1948, and subsequently used as the basis for a series of articles published in Y Llan, April-May 1975; an address on Cathedrals: a challenge delivered in 1966; notes and extracts taken by the donor from the log books of Llanllyfni British School, 1863-1945, Nantlle Board School, 1874-1947, Nebo Board School, 1873-1925, Penygroes Board School, 1873-1927, and Talysarn British School, 1863-1904; material relating to David W. Bateman (1898-1967) of Cardigan, the poet, including letters, 1937-1954 and n.d., from him to the donor, Christmas greeting cards from him to the donor with a poem by him printed on each one, and a signed copy of Through the Rainbow (Carmarthen, 1932) with one holograph and two printed poems and a photograph of the author pasted in; copies of a Dutch prayer book, Manna Voor de Jeugd, and a Book of Common Prayer in French (Londres, 1886); and miscellaneous printed items.

Gwynfryn Richards Papers,

  • GB 0210 GRICHARDS
  • Fonds
  • 1689-1971 /

Papers accumulated by Rev. Gwynfryn Richards, including records relating to the Bangor diocese and the cathedral church of Bangor, Caernarfonshire, 1689-1971, including library loans, 1880-1881; papers relating to the Canonry, Bangor, 1947-1949; typescript copies of letters relating to the witch trials in New England, 1689-1694.

Richards, Gwynfryn.

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