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An account book, 1760-1763, of a brewer [? at Caernarfon] dealing mainly with Anglesey and Caernarvonshire customers; the volume was later used as an arithmetic and geometry exercise book, probably by Roberts.

A transcript, 1750, by 'William Owen o Gonwy yn Sir Gaernarfon ...' of 'cywyddau' and 'englynion' by Lewis Morris, John Roger, Hugh Hughes, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Wiliam Cynwal, Sion Tudur, William Sion, Owen Gruffydd, Michael Prichard, Hwmffre Dafydd ab Ifan, Wiliam ap Huw Llŷn, Huw Morus, Robert Humphreys ('Robin Rhagad'), Sion Rhydderch, Sion Dafydd Lâs, Ellis Rowland, Wiliam Phylip, Dafydd Manuel, John Vaughan (Caergai) and 'Thomas Llwyd Ifangc'.

An account book, 1802-1804, of John Roberts, with various legal papers, including statements relating to the brig 'Jane' of Barmouth, the brig 'Endeavour' of Bideford, the sloop 'Ellen' of Amlwch and the brig 'Elizabeth' of Caernarvon, 1799-1807, and loose papers and correspondence.

Two examples of charms against witchcraft, described by D[avid] R[ichard] Thomas in 'Demonology and Witchcraft' (Montgomeryshire Collections, XXXVII, pp. 143-50).

An incomplete copy of a miracle play in the Treguier dialect based on the story of the sons of Jacob and the life of Moses and composed in crude alexandrine rhyming couplets by 'Lorans Lethomas filgittim de hari Lethomas e. deillisabet Le Coffer, 1783', with a French epilogue in another hand.

'Notes of a tour among the scenery of North Wales in the summer of the year 1849. By Edwin Lees, F.L.S., in company with two ladies', illustrated with prints and original sketches.

Rent-charge in lieu of tithe paid to the rector of Castle-Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, 1866-1871, with a list of subscriptions towards improving a lane leading from the Welshpool road to Castle-Caereinion.

A minute book of the William Abraham ('Mabon') Testimonial Fund, with relevant printed matter, 1903-1905, press cuttings, a printed list of subscribers, etc.

A manuscript copy of the will, dated 2 December 1644, of Rees Prichard, Llandovery, author of Canwyll y Cymru.

Transcripts of 'A Genealogicall History of the Antient and Present Nobility and Gentry of all Wales ... by H. T.' [i.e. Hugh Thomas, antiquary] from British Museum Harleian MS 6831 and of other material relating to Wales in Harleian MSS 1185, 1194 and 1954, together with an index.

Transcripts, from British Museum Lansdowne manuscripts, of letters, memoirs and miscellaneous documents relating to Wales and Welshmen during the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with a table of contents.

Texts of a chronicle showing the descent of Priam, king of Troy, from Japheth, son of Noah (see Thomas Jones: Y Bibyl Ynghymraec, Cardiff, 1940, pp. 62-3), 'Ystoria Dared', and a portion of 'Brut y Brenhinedd' to Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain, based apparently on more than one earlier version and carelessly written.

A solicior's book containing examples of different kinds of legal instruments, and copies of letters sent to various clients by John Roberts when he was a solicitor at Bangor, together with a number of legal precedents.

'A list of Welsh Poets with the periods during which they flourished' and a 'Catalogue of MSS. Welsh Poems in my possession', probably in the autograph of Evan Lloyd, Maesyporth, and copies of petitions sent to the bishop of Bangor by various incumbents in the diocese, 1813-1814.

Sermons preached in 1727 and 1731, probably in Anglesey.

'Cywyddau' by Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Madog Benfras and Iolo Goch, written on the back of fragments of North Wales judicial documents which have been uniformly cut and stitched together to form the volume.

The accounts of Richard Griffith, 1771-1775, of J. Kyffin, 1799-1801, and of John Roberts with the Dean and Chapter of Bangor Cathedral.

'Pedigrees of the Gentlemen, and Freeholders, in the Parishes of Mold and Hope', with a pedigree of the family of Griffith of Brongain, Llanfechain, Montgomeryshire added in a later hand.

An account book, 1821-1827, of Thomas Johnes, Welshpool, solicitor.

The day book, 1768-1771, of a general dealer and merchant [?Thomas Hughes], possibly at Caernarfon.