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A copy, with manuscript notes, of Charter for the Borough of Carmarthen ... (Carmarthen, 1765); lists of mayors and sheriffs of Carmarthen, 1764-1893; the succession of the archbishops and bishops of St Davids, 577-1874.

A list of the sheriffs, 1541-1854, undersheriffs, 1541-1826, 1842-1845, and county clerks, 1541-1784, of Glamorgan, with notices of holding Great Sessions at Cowbridge, 1682-1769, and of the elections of Knights of the Shire, 1737-1820, and an anecdote about Lewis Thomas ab William, sheriff for 1612.

Notebook containing financial accounts (ff. 1, 104 verso), a list of personal names (f. 2 recto-verso), and notes of legal cases in 1642 (ff. 3-4, 12-17 verso), all relating to Flintshire.
Also included are notes of a 'voluntary Contribution towards the maintaynance of his majesties person' from [the parishes of] Whitford and Holywell (f. 75 verso), a note on shipping troops from Chester to Ireland in the time of Queen Elizabeth I (ff. 100 verso-101 verso) and proverbs in Latin (f. 102 recto-verso). The volume is perhaps partly in the hand of David Pennant of Bychton, parish of Whitford, Flintshire, who was Sheriff of Flintshire in 1641-2, the legal notes possibly referring to cases heard at the Flintshire Quarter Sessions during that year.

A volume, [late 18 cent.]-[1840s], containing pedigrees, in several hands, mostly of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire families. The earlier portions, [late 18 cent.] (pp. 37-140), were copied mostly from Llyfr Melyn Tyfrydog (now NLW MS 23969F); later additions, [?1820s] (pp. 5, 151-283), are derived from the Taicroesion Manuscript (now NLW MS 19058E and Bangor MS 13564) or from intermediate copies.
A note by Jonathan Jones of Caernarfon in NLW MS 825D (inside front cover), dated 1855, describes the present volume as having been copied 'about 60 years ago from Llyfr Melyn Tyfrydog' by Robert Jones, for John Price (d. 1804) of Mona Lodge, Amlwch, with the pedigrees being continued by Price's son, John Price of Cadnant. The volume also includes descriptions of the Five Royal Tribes of Wales and the Fifteen Tribes of Gwynedd, partly in Welsh (pp. 137-150), and various antiquarian notes and statistics [in the hand of John Price of Cadnant] (pp. 290-355), including lists of Anglesey Sheriffs to 1843 (pp. 309-323), and transcripts relating to Amlwch parish church (pp. 341-347). Items loose within the volume, including a pedigree of the Bulkely family in the hand of John Price (watermark 1825), and a newspaper cutting, [1881], listing Caernarvonshire landowners, have been placed in an archival envelope. The contents of the manuscript are listed on pp. i-iv, 1-2.

A volume lettered on the outside, upper cover 'Sheriffs of Monmouthshire, 1541 and subsequently', and containing a record of the sheriffs of Monmouthshire, 1541-1937, with notes on their armorial bearings. The volume was compiled in 1937, by William Gardner of Newport, on the instructions of Frederick Pring Robjent, of Fields House, Newport, sheriff of the county, 1937-1938, whose armorial bearings (emblazoned) appear at the beginning of the volume.

A volume, 1800-1801, in the hand of Hugh Maurice (1775-1825) containing the laws of Hywel Dda in the Demetian Code, copied from Cardiff MS 2.7 (a copy of BL Cotton MS Titus D ix), together with an extract relating to Hywel Dda from the Myvyrian Archaiology text of Brut y Tywysogion (pp. 242-3).

Transcripts of three letters written to, and in the possession of, the Royal Society of Arts. The writers are T[homas] Johnes, from Clifton and from Hafod, co. Cardigan, 1800-1801 (the planting of alders by the writer in 1796, a drill machine invented by an ingenious tenant of the writer's, a request for models of a family mill and a lock, suggestions for agricultural premiums, comments on the writer's 'short pamphlet of advice' to his tenants), and James Todd, gardener at Hafod, 1800 (the planting of alders in 1797).

Miscellaneous papers, 1940s-1997, of the artist John Elwyn (John Elwyn Davies, 1916-1997), consisting mainly of exhibition catalogues, printed material relating to other artists' work, including pamphlets and ephemera produced by the Old Stile Press, papers relating to artists' societies, minor correspondence and personal papers.

Letters to Elwyn Davies (1912-1994), journalist, teacher, translator and poet, from his friends Glyn Jones (29) 1981-93, Raymond Garlick (36) 1981-93, and Leslie Norris (1) 1988, containing personal news as well as comments on their own work and that of other Anglo-Welsh writers.

Two notebooks containing drafts of poems by Elwyn Davies, 1966-1969 and 1969-1970. Many of the poems were published in his two volumes of poetry, Words Across the Water (Swansea, 1970), and A Lifting of Eyes (Llandybie, 1974).

A copy of a study 'Peasant Languages and Celtic Nations: the Englishes of J. M. Synge and Caradoc Evans' by Chris Hopkins, submitted for the Legonna Celtic Research Prize, 1998.

The Franco-Welsh text of the ceremony of the entry of the Gorsedd into St. Donat's Castle, 9 August 1934, composed by Morgan Watkin at the request of Geoffrey Crawshay.

Miscellaneous twentieth century pamphlets and leaflets of political interest, [1934]-[1987], many relating to Plaid Cymru and nationalist groups, collected by J. E. Jones, secretary and organiser of Plaid Cymru, 1930-1962, including some manuscript notes by him and publications by him. = Pamffledi a llyfrynnau amrywiol o'r ugeinfed ganrif o ddiddordeb gwleidyddol, [1934]-[1987], nifer ohonynt yn cyfeirio at Blaid Cymru a grwpiau cenedlaethol, wedi eu casglu ynghyd gan J. E. Jones, Pwllheli, ysgrifennydd a threfnydd Plaid Cymru, 1930-1962, gan gynnwys nodiadau llawysgrif ganddo a chyhoeddiadau ganddo..

Letters and papers from the library of Ellis William Jones of Plasteg, Bala, largely relating to agricultural co-operation in Wales, and with particular reference to the Welsh Agricultural Organisation Society Limited, Stapleton-Cotton House Limited, etc. Among them are addresses and notes; a notebok containing the names and postal addresses of officers and committee members of agricultural co-operative societies in Wales; letters from J. Nugent Harris, secretary to the Agricultural Society, 1909, Charles O. Hughes, Menai Bridge, 1925, George Florance Irby, 6th baron Boston, 1925, and R. Parry, Bangor, secretary to the Stapleton-Cotton House Ltd, 1925, with some typescript and draft replies; typescript copies of testimonials to E. W. Jones from Lord Boston, Major-General A. E. Sandbach, C.B., D.S.O., Bwlchycibau, Colonel the Hon. R. Stapleton-Cotton [of Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll, etc.], R. J. Lloyd Price, Rhiwlas, Bala, 1911, D. D. Williams, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1911, and J. E. Jones, vicar of Rhosygwaliau, Bala, 1911; and cyclostyled copies of addresses delivered at the Liberal Speakers' School at Oxford and at the Liberal Summer School at Cambridge, 1925.

Forty-five letters and cards, 1948-1967 (mostly 1964-1967), from Vernon Watkins to his mother, Sarah Watkins, 1962-1967 (ff. 1-71), and to his sisters, Marjorie Watkins, 1964 (ff. 72-73), and Dorothy Watkins, 1948-1967 (ff. 74-94 verso), containing mainly personal and family news.

A letter, 3 February 1844, written in the third person by Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd), to be delivered by Thomas Owen to William Edwards, Penrhos, Holyhead.

Papurau, 1970-1971 a heb ddyddiad, R. E. Griffith (1911-1975), gan gynnwys teyrngedau i Syr Ifan ab Owen Edwards (1895-1970), Thomas Iorwerth Ellis (1899-1970) a Dr Gwenan Jones (1889-1971) / Papers, 1970-1971 and undated, of R. E. Griffith (1911-1975), including tributes to Sir Ifan ab Owen Edwards (1895-1970), Thomas Iorwerth Ellis (1899-1970) and Dr Gwenan Jones (1889-1971).

Letters, 1955, addressed mainly to T. I. Ellis, relating to securing a knighthood for Dr T. H. Parry-Williams 'for his services to Wales', including letters from Goronwy [Roberts] and James Griffiths. [He was knighted in 1958].

A tune-book containing hymn- and psalm-tunes and anthems, mainly unsigned. The few composers recorded in the volume are John Pugh, Dr. [Edward] Miller, John Williams, Richard Ellis, and William Wilson. The volume may be in the hand of Robert Gwilym (see 561).

Autograph manuscript by Osian Ellis, harpist and composer, of 'Cantilena e Scherzo for String Quartet and Harp' by Gian Carlo Menotti, copied by him from the manuscript and with his detailed markings and corrections and annotations throughout, this being almost certainly the copy used by him in preparation of the first performance. Accomplished in black, blue and purple ink, and pencil. The Cantilena and Scherzo was first performed at Alice Tully Hall (New York, Lincoln Center) on March 15, 1977 by Osian Ellis, James Buswell (violin), Ani Kavafian (violin), Walter Trampler (viola) and Leslie Parnas (cello). The work has its roots in Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro and Debussy’s Danse sacrée et danse profane, but instead of separating the two movements, Menotti frames the Scherzo with the Cantilena’s lyrical material, creating a ternary structure. The very choice of the word ‘Cantilena’ betrays Menotti’s preoccupation with vocal writing, and the result is suitably song-like, full of melodic richness, sustained string writing, and a resonating harp part.