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British Remains ... to which are added Memoirs of Edward Llwyd ... By the Rev. N[icholas] Owen Jun A.M. (London, 1777), with nineteen pages giving the arms, drawn and coloured by hand, of the families mentioned in that portion of the manuscript called The Names and Arms of the Ancient Nobility of North Wales ..., followed by a pedigree of the Ruthven family.

A transcript by Benjamin Jones, Caernarfon of 'Llyfr Achau ac Arfbeisiau y 5 Llwyth Breninol a 15 Llwyth Pendefigol Gwynedd ...' by Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd').

'Llyfr Gwyn Mechell, sef Casgliad o Ganiadau ... wedi ei ysgrifenu gan William Bulkeley, Yswain o'r Brynddu, Llanfechell yn Mon ...', containing 'cywyddau', etc. by Sion ap Hywel ap Llywelyn Fychan, Morys Dwyfech (Morus ap Dafydd ab Ifan ab Einion), Lewis Glyn Cothi, Syr Dafydd Trefor, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Hywel [ap] Rheinallt, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Sion Tudur, Tudur Aled, Ieuan Dew Brydydd, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Rhydderch ap Richard, Huw ap Rhys Wyn, Ieuan ap Rhydderch ab Ieuan Llwyd, Lew[y]s Môn, Sypyn Cyfeiliog, Ieuan Deulwyn, Wiliam Llŷn, Sion Phylip, Maredudd ap Rhys, Huw Pennant, Gruffudd ap Dafydd ap Hywel, Rhisiart ap Hywel, Huw Arwystli, Dafydd Manuel, Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan, Edward Samuel, Wiliam Cynwal, Roger Cyffin, Huw Mor[y]s, Robert Wynn ('Ficcar Gwyddelwern'), John Roger, John Davies ('Sion Dafydd Las'), Rhisiart Brydydd Brith, Simwnt Fychan, Huw Llwyd ('o Gynfal'), Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Iolo Goch, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Guto'r Glyn, Bedo Phylip Bach, Deio ab Ieuan Du, Rhydderch ap Sion, Edwart ap Rhys, Syr Dafydd Llwyd, John Griffith (Llanddyfnan), Elen G[oo]dman, Rhisart Gray, Huw Humphreys ('Person Trefdraeth'), Rhisiart [Richard] Bulkeley, Owen Prichard Lewis, Dafydd ap Huw'r Gô ('o Fodedern'), Rhys Gray, Edward Morus, Sion Prys, John Williams ('o Bontygwyddel'), Dafydd Llwyd (Sybylltir), Lewis Meurig ('y Cyfreithiwr'), Peter Lewis, Roger Williams, Wiliam Peilyn, Richard Abram [Abraham], Huw [Hugh] Bulkeley ('o Lanfechell') and Ifan Jones ('o'r Berthddu'); together with extracts relating to State affairs in the reign of Charles I.

A transcript, 1725, by 'G. M.' [William Morgan] of 'Antiquitatum Parochialium Libellus, ad Calcem perductus, circa annum 1710' by Henry Rowlands, author of Mona Antiqua Restaurata ... (Dublin, 1723).

North Wales pedigrees copied from 'Llyfr Melyn Tyfrydog', which is said to be a transcript, made [c. 1766], by Hugh Hughes ('Y Bardd Coch') of a manuscript owned by Lewis Morris; papers relating to persons and places in North Wales and to the diocese of Bangor; 'englynion'; correspondence between W[illiam] Wynn Williams, Jonathan Jones and Lady Chandos Reade; etc.

A collection of manuscripts from the library of Edward Humphrey Owen, including pedigrees, wills and transcripts relating to North Wales; a poor rate assessment book, 1788; seventeenth and nineteenth century surveys of Caernarvonshire; material on ancient British history; the libretto of a comic opera dated [c. 1790]; collections of Welsh poetry; eighteenth century interludes; an account book of Peter Bailey Williams (1763-1836), 1815-1817; letters, 1887-1888, to Edward Humphrey Jones; an account of the National Eisteddfod held at Caernarfon, 1821; and other items.

An interleaved copy, with manuscript notes by the author, of Robert Williams, Enwogion Cymru, A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen (Llandovery, 1852).

A copy of William Owen[-Pughe]'s Geiriadur Cynmraeg a Saesoneg. A Welsh and English Dictionary ... (London, 1793), with manuscript corrections and additions by William Owen-Pughe which were incorporated into the second edition (1832).

A draft in the hand of Sir Richard Colt Hoare of a proposed introduction to his edition, 1804-1806, of Giraldus de Barri's 'The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales'.

A transcript of 'Marwnad Abraham Wood ...' and 'Dwy wers i bedwar dyn ag oedd mewn gweddiau a mawl yn addoli ...' by William Williams, Pantycelyn.

An eighteenth century manuscript containing the arms, coloured by hand, of five hundred baronets created 1611-1720.

A transcript of Le Neve's 'Catalogue of Knights' from British Museum Harleian MSS 5801-2.

Pedigrees of North Wales and other families, genealogical notes and correspondence.

Pedigrees of Caernarvonshire families copied, 1888, by Edward Humphrey Owen from manuscripts of Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd'), with some notes from the pedigree collections of Owen Gruffydd and John Reynolds.

Copies of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire wills and letters of administration preserved at the District Probate Registry, Bangor.

A list of wills and letters of administration of persons surnamed Humphreys, Owen and Rowland, 1540-1786, extracted from calendars at the Principal Probate Registry, Somerset House, London.

A diary, 1816-1817, of Mrs H[annah] Williams, Llanrug, wife of Peter Bayley Williams, with an account of a journey from Llanrug to Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire.

Letters and papers, 1825-1826, relating to the proposed memorial to Goronwy Owen.

An account of castles in Wales extracted in 1793 from various sources.

An account of the eisteddfod held at Caernarfon in September 1821, with some of the adjudications and poetical competitions, together with correspondence.