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Papers of Lady Charlotte Guest (née Bertie), 1827-1851, [?1873], comprising manuscripts of parts of her English translation of the Mabinogion and their accompanying notes, 1838-[1843]; other manuscripts directly related to her work on the Mabinogion, [?late 1830s]-1851; early notes compiled by Charlotte Bertie (later Guest), on a variety of subjects, 1827-[1830s]; and other miscellaneous items including a deed box.

Notes, 1827-1833, of Charlotte Bertie, comprising transcripts and notes relating to Middle Eastern and Oriental history and culture, and Spanish and European history; and extracts from printed books relating to Bertie family history. A pen-and-ink tracing, [1830s], of part of a printed ballad is also included.

Miscellaneous extracts and notes, copied 1827-1833 by C[harlotte] E. Bertie, relating to Persian, Turkish and other Oriental history, poetry and language; Spanish and European history; and other subjects.

Extracts in the hand of Charlotte Bertie, [early 1830s] (watermarks 1829), from various printed books, relating to the history of the Bertie family.
The works quoted are: a) Anthony à Wood, Athenae Oxoniensis… [and] the Fasti…, New edition by Philip Bliss (London, 1813-1820) (ff. 1-49, 82); b) An Historical and Descriptive Account of Lincolnshire (London, 1828) (ff. 51-54); c) William Camden, Annales: The True and Royall History of the Famous Empresse Elizabeth, Queene of England, France and Ireland, &c, translated by Abraham Darcie (London, 1625) (ff. 55-62); d) Richard Perrinchiefe, The Royal Martyr; or, The Life and Death of King Charles I (London, 1662) (f. 63); e) Imitations of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein in the Collection of his Majesty, for the Portraits of Illustrious Persons of the Court of Henry VIII, ed. by John Chamberlaine (London, 1792-[1800]) (ff. 65-74); f) Nicholas Harris Nicolas, The Siege of Carlaverock, in the XXVIII of Edward I… (London, 1828) (ff. 75-78); g) Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, 2 vols (London, 1811) (ff. 79-81, 83-91); h) Nicholas Harris Nicolas, A Synopsis of the Peerage of England, 2 vols (London, 1825) (ff. 93-98); j) David Erskine Baker, Biographia Dramatica; or, A Companion to the Playhouse, 2 vols (London, 1782) (f. 99); k) Lucy Hutchinson, Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, ed. by the Rev. Julius Hutchinson (London, 1806) (ff. 101-102); l) part of 'A poem on the Civil War, begun in the year 1641' by Abraham Cowley, from Examen Poeticum, ed. by John Dryden, 2nd edn. (London, 1706) (f. 103); and m) part of 'An elegie upon the Right Honourable The Earle of Lindsey' from Sir Francis Wortley, Characters and Elegies ([London], 1646, Wing W3634) (ff. 105-106).

Black tin deed box, with 'Lady Charlotte Guest' painted on front, previously used to house the archive.

Miscellaneous items, [?1830s], relating to Charlotte Guest, comprising her deed box, two engraved plates for cards and a bronze imp.

A pen-and-ink tracing, [1830s], of part of the first page of the ballad Lord Willoughby; or, A true Relation of a Famous and Bloody Battel fought in Flanders, by the Noble and Valiant Lord Willoughby… ([London]: Printed for F. Coles, in Vine-Street, near Hatton-Garden, [c. 1680?], Wing L3059), including the first verse only.

Engraved plates for Lady Charlotte Guest's 'at Home' cards, addressed '39 Upper Grosvenor St.', [1835] (D2), and for cards of Sir John and Lady Charlotte Guest to decline invitations, addressed '13 Grosvenor Square', [1838x1839] (D3).

Papers, [?late 1830s]-1851, [?1873], relating to Charlotte Guest's translation of the Mabinogion, comprising the texts or translations of other tales and romances from the Red Book of Hergest and elsewhere which were ultimately not included in the printed work (B1-5 and B10, f. 1); notes, [1838x1839], relating to the German version of 'Sir Ywaine' (B6); notebooks and loose papers, [?late 1830s]-[1840s], [?1873], containing notes by Guest concerning the Mabinogion (B7-10); and nine letters, 1842-1843, addressed mostly to Guest, concerning the Mabinogion and 'Y Seint Greal' (B11).

A notebook, [?late 1830s], containing brief extracts from the first volume of the Cambrian Quarterly (1829) relating to the Mabinogion (f. 1); and a list of eighty books of Welsh interest (ff. 8-14, rectos only).

The first seven folios only of a transcript, [1838], of 'Iarlles y Ffynnawn' in Welsh [see Mabinogion (1849), I, 1-10] (A2/1); together with the first eighteen folios of a draft, [1838] (watermark 1837), of the English translation, entitled 'The Lady of the Fountain' [Mabinogion (1849), I, 39-56] (A2/2), both in the hand of Charlotte Guest. They were first published in The Mabinogion… Part I: The Lady of the Fountain (London and Llandovery, 1838).

A transcript, [1838] (watermarks 1833, 1837), of the Welsh text of 'Geraint ab Erbin' [see Mabinogion (1849), II, 5-66] in the hand of Charlotte Guest.
The text was first published in The Mabinogion… Part III: Geraint the Son of Erbin (London and Llandovery, 1840).

A fair copy, [1838x1839], [?in the hand of John Jones (Tegid)], with occasional emendations and annotations, of Charlotte Guest's translation of 'Geraint ab Erbin' [see Mabinogion (1849), II, 67-141].
The text was first published in The Mabinogion… Part III: Geraint the Son of Erbin (London and Llandovery, 1840).

A notebook, 1838-[1842], containing references to and extracts from various printed works, in English, Welsh and French, collected by Charlotte Guest during her research for the notes to 'Peredur ab Efrawc', 'Geraint ab Erbin' and 'Breuddwyd Rhonabwy'.
The works quoted include Joseph Strutt, Glig Gamena Angel Deod; or, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, 2nd edn (London, 1810) (ff. 1-7), Rice Merrick, A Book of Glamorganshire Antiquities (Middle Hill, 1825) (ff. 18-20 verso) and The Works of Michael Drayton, Esq., 4 vols (London, 1753) (ff. 25-28).

Manuscripts of Lady Charlotte Guest, 1838-[1843], relating to her translations of nine of the twelve Welsh folk tales published as The Mabinogion from the Llyfr Coch Hergest, and Other Ancient Welsh Manuscripts, with an English Translation and Notes, Parts I-VI (1838-1845), namely 'Iarlles y Ffynnawn', 'Peredur ab Efrawc', 'Geraint ab Erbin', 'Kulhwch ac Olwen', 'Breuddwyd Rhonabwy', 'Pwyll Pendevig Dyved', 'Branwen verch Llyr', 'Manawyddan vab Llyr' and 'Math vab Mathonwy'. The manuscripts consist of transcripts of the original Welsh texts, some in the hand of John Jones (Tegid) and other scribes; drafts of Charlotte Guest's translations; and drafts for her notes to each translation. Most of the manuscripts consist of author's copy for the printers. None of the material relates to 'Breuddwyd Maxen Wledig', 'Kyfranc Lludd a Llevelys' or 'Hanes Taliesin', the three remaining tales published in the seventh and final part (1849).

Notes relating to 'Iarlles y Ffynnawn' in the hand of Charlotte Guest, comprising a note on the Black Knight (omitted from the book) (A2/3); drafts of the 'Note on the Forest of Breceliande and the Fountain of Baranton' and 'Llyn Dulyn in Snowdon' [see Mabinogion (1849), I, 216-226] (A2/4); and the notes on the German, Scandinavian (Danish, Swedish and Icelandic) versions of Ywaine [see Mabinogion (1849), I, 227-232] (A2/5).
While 'Iarlles y Ffynnawn' was published in 1838, the contents of A2/4-5 were apparently held back, to be published in The Mabinogion… Part II: Peredur the Son of Evrawc (London and Llandovery, 1839).

Two drafts, dated 21 May and 29 August 1838, of the dedication to Charlotte Guest's two eldest sons, Ivor and Merthyr, published in The Mabinogion… Part I: The Lady of the Fountain (London and Llandovery, 1838).

A heavily emended draft, [1838] (watermarks 1837), of the English translation of 'Geraint ab Erbin' in the hand of Charlotte Guest [see Mabinogion (1849), II, 67-141].
According to Guest's journal, on 11-16 December 1838 she and Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) worked at correcting her translation of Geraint, which had otherwise been completed by her that Summer (Lady Charlotte Guest MS XI, p. 103). The text was first published in The Mabinogion… Part III: Geraint the Son of Erbin (London and Llandovery, 1840).

An abstract, [1838x1839], in English, of Hartmann von Aue's German version of 'Sir Ywaine', together with notes on both his and Ulrich's versions of the poem. It was used by Charlotte Guest in preparing her notices on the German versions of 'Sir Ywaine' [see Mabinogion (1849), I, 227-229].
The abstract is arranged as 12 songs, following Carl Michaeler's edition of 1786.

Drafts, [1839], in the hand of Charlotte Guest, of each of the thirty-nine notes on the text of 'Geraint ab Erbin' [see Mabinogion (1849), II, 142-176] (A4/4); together with the note on the 'Manuscript of Geraint in the Hengwrt Collection' [Mabinogion (1849), II, 177] and the first two leaves of the note on 'Erec and Eneide' [Mabinogion (1849), II, 178-179] (A4/5).
Note No. 15, 'In her veil', is not found in the printed version; the gaps in the numbering (Nos 4, 30-31, 33, 42) are suggestive of other omissions. The text was first published in The Mabinogion… Part III: Geraint the Son of Erbin (London and Llandovery, 1840).