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Letter from John Willit, London, to [? Thomas Sherlock, bishop of Bangor], concerning the addressee's estate there ('here') called in the lease ye Alms House and now called Bangr (Bangor) Court. [? cf B/DL/171]. Repaired.

Appointment by John [Moore], bishop of Bangor, having thought fit to revive the ancient authority and use of rural deans, of James Vincent, clerk, MA, rector of Llandwrog in the deanery of Arfon, to be rural dean in the said deanery.

Institution by Charles [Moss], bishop of Bath and Wells, of Thomas Vincent, clerk, MA, to the prebend of Yatton founded in the cathedral church of St Andrew in Wells, vacant by the death of John Wickins, clerk.

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.

Letters from W. J. ? G. for Messrs Hart, Son, Peard & Co., Ltd, London, to Miss M. M. Vincent, Treborth Uchaf, Bangor, concerning a memorial brass. The third letter is endorsed 'Brass in Cathedral, Dean Vincent'.

Letter from A. G. [Edwards], then bishop of St Asaph, to [?Hugh] Vincent thanking him for letting him know so fully the views of Mr J. R. Davies. The writer's aims and aspirations (re Disestablishment and Disendowment).

Letter from [J. T. Davies], the dean of Bangor, to Dr C. A. H. Green, bishop of Bangor, on his resignation from the archbishopric. Carbon copy.

Draft Letter from J. T. D[avies], newly-elected dean of Bangor, to [Dr C. A. H. Green, bishop of Bangor and archbishop of Wales] thanking him for his kind welcome and blessing, and outlining arrangements to visit Bangor.

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.

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.

'The Order for the Canonical Visitation of the Cathedral Church of Bangor by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese', April 1936 (printed), altered to February 1942. The donor has added the following note: 'The written notes are in the hand of the Archbishop Green'.

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.

'Form and Order of the Induction and Installation of the Most Reverend Father in God Gwilym Archbishop of Wales ... 21 Sept. 1971 ... in the Cathedral Church of Bangor. Printed.

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.

The items relate mainly to the donor's career and include correspondence and papers in connection with his appointment as vicar of Conwy, 1949, rector of Llandudno, 1956, archdeacon of Bangor, 1957, and dean of the cathedral church at Bangor, 1962; letters to and copies of letters from the donor while he held the above appointments and also as rector of Llanllyfni, 1938-1949, and rural dean of Arllechwedd, 1953-1957; correspondence and cuttings relating to Ffurfiau Ordeinio Holl Eglwysi Cymru o 1559 (Caerfyrddin, 1943); and cuttings of miscellaneous articles.