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Deed of appointment of Egerton Phillimore's guardians, October 1871.

Letters and notes, some of them incomplete, mostly sent to Egerton Phillimore and members of his family by unidentified individuals, together with a number of drafts of letters sent by Phillimore, antiquarian notes by him, and recipes.

Transcripts made by Egerton Phillimore of verses and notes made by his father, including notes for a speech in Parliament on the implications of Russian expansion in Asia for British interests in India.

An envelope, [1904x1929], addressed to Egerton Phillimore from W. G. F. Phillimore, enclosing: 'part of Napoleon's tomb [?recte coffin] given to me by M. L. Paris Oct 1849'; seeds 'from the Saron', Switzerland, 1834; a locket of brown hair belonging to 'R. B.'; dried flowers from 'Grand Saint Bernard', July 1867; and an empty envelope labelled 'Rose's wedding ring Sept. 25 1871', and bearing a further note that the ring was 'given to A. H. May 1904'.

A list of the lands of Sir Thomas Mostyn in Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Flintshire and Denbighshire, together with a list of his chief officers.

Papers, [c.1200]-1937, of the antiquary Egerton Phillimore, including: correspondence; notes and drafts of his contributions to various publications; transcripts of manuscripts; poems written by himself and other members of his family; papers relating to his family and his early life and education; family papers; and manuscripts and other documents of antiquarian interest.
Additional material, donated December 2021, comprises a printed volume: 'Llyvyr Taliessin ... The Text of the Book of Taliesin' (ed. J. Gwenogvryn Evans (1910)) inscribed to and annotated by Egerton Phillimore; a postcard note addressed to Egerton Phillimore from minister, academic and lexicographer Daniel Silvan Evans relating to place-names referenced in the Book of Taliesin; and a newspaper cutting, 17 August 1916, containing a review of Llyvyr Taliessin.