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A small group of records relating mainly to the family of Wynne of Bodewryd, Anglesey, comprising: six title deeds of properties in Cregryst, Conishiog-Lys, Heneglwys, Holyhead, Isallt, Llandrygarn, Llangristiolys, Llechgwenfarwy, Llysdulas, Tregadrodd, Trelowarch, Trevirior and Uchdryd, Anglesey, 1608, 1680-1685 (items 1-2, 5-8); a precept to take the oath of a petty constable for the parish of Rhosgolin, 1680 (item 3); letters of administration of the goods and Chattels of Elizabeth verch Rees, otherwise Woods, of the parish of Holyhead, Anglesey, granted to her husband William Woods of the said parish, 18 December 1682 (item 4); three letters from Wm Kinaston to John Owen of Penrhos, near Holyhead, 1687/8-1707, relating to legal actions (items 9-11); a grant of the advowson of the curacy of the impropriate parochial chapel of Bodewrid, 1724/5 (item 12); and plaintiff's observations (partly autograph), minutes and an order, 1725/6-1727, in the suit of Edward Wynne, LL.D., chancellor of the diocese of Hereford, against William Mostyn [of Castle, Montgomeryshire] and others, touching the purchase of lands in [Bodedern, Llanfair-yn-neubwll, Rhoscolyn, and Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf, Anglesey] (items 13-15).
Also included is a covering letter, 23 March 1957, from the donor to the National Museum of Wales, relating the recent history of the documents.

Copies of Mist's Weekly Journal, 14 August 1728 (ff. 1-2), Gloucester Journal, 31 March 1731 (ff. 3-4), and The Globe, 25 January 1811 (ff. 5-6), 6 February 1811 (ff. 7-8), 21 February 1811 (ff. 9-10), 8 December 1814 (ff. 11-12), 12 January 1815 (ff. 13-14), 13 January 1815 (ff. 15-16), 21 January 1815 (ff. 17-18) and 24 January 1815 (ff. 19-20).

A volume containing forty-three odes composed and written by Wiliam Kynwal between 1567 and 1576 (ff. vii verso, 1-93). He began the manuscript at Cerrig Ellgwm 'yn fy siambr vy hun yngheric Ellgwm y trydydd dydd o vis mai o vewn yssbyty dol gynwal a duw a wyr na wnn pwy na[c] ym ha le y gorffennir ef' (ff. v verso-vi). The odes are headed by the arms of the persons addressed, except in the case of the odlau merched, in which quaint sketches of women are substituted.
Also included are a prologue (ff. 5-6) and an incomplete table of contents (f. 6 recto-verso). At the end of the manuscript there is a rough copy of an ode by Huw Machno (ff. 95-96), who has also written some notes on the folios at the beginning (ff. i-iv).

A miscellaneous collection of pedigrees made by Thomas Langford between 1611 and 1625, partly out of the collections of other Welsh genealogists. There are several tables of the Langford family, with the remainder of the volume containing pedigrees from all parts of Wales and from border counties, particularly Cheshire and Shropshire.
There are also some copies of documents mainly relating to Montgomeryshire, including a list of sheriffs, a rental of the manor of Llanerchydol, 1559 (f. 168), etc. In addition to pedigrees, there are some notes of the arms of English families (ff. 156-162), and of the creations of noblemen from Edward the Confessor to Elizabeth (ff. 144 verso-155 verso). The Hokleton pedigree (ff. 45 verso-46), was written by Richard Broughton of Oulbry.

A miscellaneous gathering of papers, some of which have been endorsed by Bishop Humphreys: (a) papers relating to Denbighshire, including extracts from the Survey of 1334 (ff. 3-7); (b) copies of papers relating to the petition (1619) of Thomas Canon, Surveyor of Crown lands in South Wales, concerning the supplanting of the mountain thieves of Wales, and disposing habitations in convenient places (see Calendar of State Papers. Domestic 1619-1623, p. 55) (ff. 8-9); (c) copy of a list of the inhabitants of Anglesey who were amerced for being in arms and rebellion with Owen Glyndyfrdwy, 1406, with a table of the fines, copies of the jury panels, and a list of outlaws (a portion, the lists for the commote of Llivon from a fragment found among Edward Lhuyd's papers, was published in Archaeologia Cambrensis, 3rd ser., 5 (1859), pp. 177-180; Browne Willis, in A Survey of the Cathedral Church of Bangor... (London, 1721), pp. 84-85, quotes from a copy of this record, which he saw in the collection of the then Dean of Bangor) (ff. 61-90); (d) a seventeenth century Welsh calendar (ff. 10-16); (e) 'Catalogus Alphabeticus s[anc]torum Cambrobritannicae', by Bishop Humphreys (ff. 17-22); (f) copies of papers on British Chronology sent by Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt to Archbishop [James] Us[s]her (c.f. NLW MS 3044B) (ff. 23-51).

Notes in the hand of Chancellor Wynne, comprising notes on Anglesey and on Welsh genealogies (pp. 1-8); a genealogical table of the pedigree of Edward Wynn of Bodewryd (pp. 9-15); abstracts of deeds relating to Bodewryd and Tyndryvol, and copies of papers relating to lawsuits (pp. 17-90); some memoirs relating to Chwaen wen and Bodowir (pp. 91-98); and biographical notes of some members of the Bodewryd family (pp. 99, 107-110).
Also included is a copy, in the hand of Hugh Hughes, of a cywydd, 'Marwnad Dd. ap Rhees ap Lle'n ap Gr. Tad Hugh Gwynn Bodewryd a Phirse Llwyd Gwredog' by Sion B[rwynog] (pp. 15-16).

A copy of the first issue of Trysorfa Gwybodaeth, neu Eurgrawn Cymraeg, [?3 March] 1770, each of the four sections separately paginated [1]-8 (ff. 2-5, 10-13, 18-21, 26-29), and copies of the first three sections (the news sheet is missing) from the sixth issue, [?12 May] 1770, each paginated 41-48 (ff. 6-9, 14-17, 22-25).
Also included is a sheet, March 1770, advertising the publication of the fourteenth part of Bibl Cymraeg; Gyd a Sylwiadau ac Esponiadau ar bob Pennod, ed. by Peter Williams (1770, see Libri Walliae 369-372) (f. 1).

An interleaved copy of Henry Rowlands, Mona Antiqua Restaurata ... (Dublin, 1723, ESTC T139797), with manuscript notes by two former owners, Lewis Morris, [1740s], and Sir J. T. Stanley (later 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley), [1840s].
The notes are to be found on additional leaves inserted at the beginning of the volume (ff. i-ii, pp. 1-84 passim), at the end (pp. 85, 166-168) and on the interleaves, with annotations on some of the original printed leaves by Lewis Morris. The volume also includes a number of pen and wash drawings by Lewis Morris of churches, houses and other objects, including churches at Rhospeirio, Llanrhuddlad (pencil draft), Amlwch, Holyhead, Llanddona, Penrhôs Lligwy, Llanelian (pencil draft), Llanerchmedd, Bodedern, Llanfechell, Llanynghenedl, Llanfflewyn, Llanvair yn Neubwll, Llanddausant, Aberffraw and Bodewryd, the village of Llanfechell, and the seats of Brynddu, Caerau, Bodowen, Bodorgan and Penrhos; these are mostly to be found on the additional leaves at the end of the volume (pp. 85-143 passim).

An imperfect draft of a plan for a history of Anglesey: Chapter 5. 'of the soil of the Island', etc. (f. 2 recto-verso); Chapter 6. 'of the Inhabitants, Religion and Sects. Their meat & drink. Their raiment. Beds' (ff. 2 verso-3 verso); Chapter 7. 'Catalogues of Fishes, Fowl & Beasts' [heading only] (f. 4); Chapter 8. 'of Reptiles &c. of Trees, Plants Comon in this Island, of Fossils & subteranian [sic] trees' [there are no particulars of reptiles] (f. 4 recto verso)); Chapter 9. 'of the air of the Island', etc. [heading only] (f. 4 verso).

A copy apparently made from Mostyn MS 39 (now NLW MS 3075D) after the writing of the marginal notes in that manuscript. There are some notes previously pinned to this copy in a different hand (now ff. 5a, 12a, 18a, 34a). These notes may have been taken from Dr Humphrey Humphreys' copy, and the same scribe has occasionally restored the original reading of Mostyn MS 39 where it had been discarded in favour of interlineations in that copy.

Miscellaneous documents relating to members of the Goodman family, transcribed for Chancellor Edward Wynne. The documents transcribed include the wills of Gabriel Goodman, DD, Dean of the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, dated 1600 (pp. 5-13), Thomas Goodman, of Plas Ucha, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, 1623 (pp. 33-39), and Godfrey Goodman, Bishop, late of Gloucester, 1655 (pp. 43-50); some account of the Goodman family; rules for the good government of Goodman's School at Ruthin; conveyances; marriage settlements; records of litigation relating to lands limited for the use of charities under the will of Bishop Godfrey Goodman; etc.
Dr Edward Wynne started most of the transcripts which were then continued for him by other scribes, and he has added several remarks on the documents. Goronwy Owen, then a seventeen-year-old schoolboy, transcribed most of the earlier part of the volume, during the Christmas vacation of 1739, as shown by this note by Dr Wynne on p. 72: 'January ye 11th 1739-40. Here ends the Transcripts of Copies of Wills &c. Beginning at Page ye fift & wrote by Grono Owen in ye Christmas Holydays 1739 for ye Preservation of them By my Order'.

Copy of the orders and rules made for the good government of the Hospital of Christ in Ruthin, Denbighshire, erected by Gabriel Goodman, Dean of St Peter's, Westminster, dated 28 June 1590.

Copies of statutes, constitutions, orders and ordinances made by virtue of letters patent, dated 26 February 15 James I, for the good government of the hospital of Clunn, Shropshire, which was founded under the will of Henry, earl of Northampton, dated 14 June 1614. Among the signatories of the original document was John Griffith (ff. 1-23).
Two sheets are attached: (a) an account of the yearly revenue and charges of the hospital, dated 1707 (ff. 24-25); (b) lease, dated 26 May 1684, from the Warden and poor men of the Hospital of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in Clon to Mathew Mathews of Gwernedye, p. Churchstock, of the rectory of Churchstock (f. 26, folded).

Transcripts, partly in the autograph of Dr Wynne, of documents relating to charity schools in Herefordshire, including 'The Methods used for Erecting Charity-schools', etc. (ff. 1-3); the charges of clothing a boy and a girl (f. 3 verso); 'Articles Aggreed [sic] upon by the Trustees and Stewards of the Charity Schools at Ross the twenty first Day of July 1712, for the Regulating and management of the said schools' (ff. 5-10a); extracts from the order books of the trustees and subscribers of the Charity Schools in Hereford (ff. 11-11a); and a list of legators and subscribers to the Charity Schools of Ross for 1744-5 (ff. 12-13).

Copies of documents relating to St Werburgh's Abbey, Chester: (a) an incomplete copy of an award made by arbitrators in a dispute between the Abbot and convent and the citizens of Chester (ff. 3-4); (b) two mutilated folios, being an incomplete copy of a document (ff. 5-6); (c) Inspeximus (8 Ed. I) of the charters granted to the Abbey of St Werburge by the earls of Chester (ff. 7-15 verso); and (d) Inspeximus (16 Henry VIII) of a confirmation of the above charters by Henry VI (ff. 17-37 verso).
The bifolium previously used as a cover (ff. 1-2) contains an incomplete copy of the orders made by Rowland [Lee], bishop of Coventry and Lichester [sic], and commissioners in respect of variances depending between the burgesses of Caernarvon, Conway, Bewmares, Hardelegh, Bala, Kreiketh, Pullhely, Nevin and Newburch and the 'fforreynes' and the inhabitants of the shires of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire and Merioneth concerning trials by Welshmen, etc.

Copies of: (a) The concluding portion, from 1065 to the end, of the Historia de gestis regalibus regum britannie of Alfred of Beverley. This copy contains the additional paragraphs which are to be found in Peniarth MS 384 (ff. 1-3 verso, 10-16 verso); (b) Portions of the chronicle of Robert of Torigni: 1. Prologus Roberti de Torineio, beginning 'De Chronographia temporum descriptione ...' (ff. 7-8), 2. The letter of Henry of Huntingdon to Guerin le Breton ('Incipit Epistola Archidiaconi ad Warinum Britonem de regno Britonum ...') wherein he refers to a copy of a history of the British Kings by Geoffrey Arthur in the Abbey of Bec, in 1139 (ff. 8-9 verso and ff. 4-5 verso).
The Chronicle of Robert of Torigni is printed in Chronicles of the Reigns of Stephen, Henry II and Richard I ..., edited from manuscripts by Richard Howlett, 4 vols (London, 1884-1889), IV (1889) [Rolls Series, vol. 82].

A transcript, [?1693] (see f. 16), of the Annales Cambriae (ff. 1-15 verso). This version appears to agree in the main (apart from scribal errors) with text B of Ab Ithell's edition in the Rolls Series [see Annales Cambriae (A.D. 444-1288). ed. by J. Williams ab Ithel, M.A. (London, 1860)]. It begins (see p. 8 of Rolls edition): 'Annus v. pluvia sanguinea cecidit in Britannia' ... and ends 'Annus M.CC.LXXXVI. Combustio domorum apud Stratam Floridam'.
The old covers (ff. 16-17) comprise part of a deed between Sir Thomas Mostyn and John Ball.

1. Vita sanctissimi atque doctissimi viri Gildae incipit ... A copy of the Life of Gildas, which is attributed to Caradog of Llancarvan (ff. 1-5 verso); 2. Incipiunt Chronica Venerabilis Bedae ... A copy of a version of the Annales Cambriae, which seems to correspond with MS C of Ab Ithell's edition in the Rolls Series [see Annales Cambriae (A.D. 444-1288). ed. by J. Williams ab Ithel, M.A. (London, 1860)]. There are only a few extracts from the beginning of the MS, until references to Britain become frequent (ff. 8-23); 3. Annales Cambriae ignoti Authoris. This seems to agree with MS B of the Rolls edition, while omitting the introductory material; the first entry is: 'Anno mortalitas magna fuit in Britannia, pro qua Cadwallader filius Catwallauni in minorem Britanniam aufugit' (see Rolls edition, p. 8). The editor on p. 109 states that in MS B opposite the last entry are the words 'non iven pe'; these are here extended to 'Non inveni plus' (ff. 25-37 verso).
   Also included are a single leaf containing entries for several years between 1116 and 1287 (f. 24 recto-verso); a leaf containing entries for several years between 1147 and 1298, the source being indicated by a note: 'Huc usque ex Libro vocato Doomesday reservato penes Rememoratorum Dominae Reginae in Scaccario Westmonasteri' (f. 38 recto-verso), and a page containing entries from the reign of Edelric son of Edgar to that of William Rufus (f. 39). The old vellum covers are part of a document in Latin whose contents are currently obscured following conservation (ff. 40-41).

A volume of Welsh poetry mostly in the hand of Humphrey Davies (Wmffre Dafis), [vicar of Darowen], contining copies of cywyddau and awdlau by well-known and less known poets from the early fourteenth century to the early seventeenth century (pp. 25-492). Some poets are well represented, especially Ieuan Tew, Sion Keri and Huw Arwystl.
Twelve folios at the beginning (pp. 1-24), as well as six (formerly loose) folios at the end (pp. 493-504) are in the hand of Evan Lloyd of Blayn glyn, a former owner of the volume. These include a copy of a version of the dialogue between Hadrian and Epictetus, beginning: 'llyma ymddiddanion Rhwng adram [sic] emerodr Rhufein ag Epig y ddav wr calla yn y bvd', which differs greatly from the text found in Llyfr Yr Angkr and the Hengwrt MSS (pp. 3-7). Two other leaves (now bound in at the end of the volume), one bearing a Welsh poem in free metre (pp. 505-506) and the other an assessment of Derwen parish, [Denbighshire] (pp. 507-508), do not seem to belong to this volume.

A copy of the Latin Life of St David by Rhygyfarch, with the following heading: 'Incipit vita scti. Dewi vel David Authore Ricemarcho Britanno pervetusto. Dr Barlows hand' (pp. 1-26). This version has been compared with that of Capgrave and the variants have been entered on the margins.