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Glamorgan collectanea of William Davies, Cringell, near Neath, classical scholar and historian (see The Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society, Vol. II, July 1916). The material includes Queries proposed [by William Davies] to the nobility gentry and clergy of Glamorganshire, with a view to illustrate the history of that county; two draft proposals for publishing the history of Glamorganshire, the second of them printed at Swansea in 1803, together with a prospectus and request for subscribers dated 19 July 1810; two letters, 20 September 1823 and 25 October 1823, from David Davis, Unitarian minister, Neath (son of David Davis, Castell Hywel) to John Montgomery Traherne giving the writer's reason for buying the manuscripts of William Davies and informing Traherne that if Thomas Rees would not prepare the material for publication Thomas Price ('Carnhuanawc') would be asked to do so.

Pedigrees of Glamorgan and other South Wales families, including those of Turberville, Gamage, Stradling, Bassett, Maunsell, Fleming, Button and Kemys, 'supposed to be a transcript of Meirick MS. pedigree, commonly called the Cottrell Book, Vol. 2'.

Pedigrees of the families of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn, Madock ap Iustyn, Cradock ap Iustyn, Rys ap Iustyn ap Gwrga, Vychan of Kilvey, Mansell, Herbert, Gamage, Turberville, Matthews, etc.

A music book of Mary Thereza Talbot, 1816. The titles include 'Cudyn Gwyn ', 'Diniweudrydd Colomen', 'Lesson' by [John] Parry [of Ruabon], 'Welsh Rondo', 'Lesson' by Parry, 'White January days' ('Welsh'), 'Old tooth Psalm', '139 Psalm', 'The Morning Hymn', 'Rhyfelgyrch Cadpen Morgan', 'Gorhoffedd Gwyr Harlech', 'Twll yn ei Boch', 'Breuddywd y Frenhines', 'Triban Gwyr Morgannwg', 'Plygaid y Bedol', 'Ar hyd y nos', 'Tlysig', 'Merch Megan', 'Mentra Gwen', 'Three Hundred Pounds' ('Welsh'), 'Conway Castle', 'Y Derien Du Pig Felin', 'Ferch o Bedlam', 'I heard the Cuckoo', 'Diddan Captain Morgan', 'Hoffedd Modryb Marged', 'Codiad yr Hedydd', 'A favourite Scotch Air' by [P. J.] Meyer, senior, 'The Queen's Minuet', 'The Spanish Patriots', 'The Anna Maria Waltz', 'A Waltz', 'Polonaise', 'Waltz der Tirol', 'The Atholl Highlander's March', 'German Air', 'Waltz', 'L'Anacreon', 'Le Jeune Honzard' (arranged for the harp), 'Russian Sauteuse', 'La Plaisanterie', 'An Air', 'Cawdor Fair', 'Austrian Waltz', 'Italian Air ', 'Bonnie Fanny', 'Neapolitan Waltz', 'Air in Psyche', 'A Madrigal', 'Barcarola', 'Minuet Lady Coventry's', 'Miss Wynnes Minuet', 'The Harriot', 'Waltz', 'Lord Sr. Orville', 'Put the gown upon the Bishop' ('very old'), 'The M. S. S. Waltz', 'Paddy Carey', 'Shelah O'Niel', 'A Chieftain to the Highlands', 'The Saxon Dance', 'Une Soirée d'été', 'Le garçon volage', 'The lass that was laden with care', 'Callar Herring' by N. Gow, 'Lord Beauchamp's March', 'Wetztein Waltz', 'From la Rosiere', 'The Guittar Dance in Telise', 'Swiss Allemande', 'Quadrille', 'A Spanish tune', 'Waltz',’ 'Allegretto Allemande', 'Mary's Favorite', 'Glamorganshire Rang des Vaches', 'There's nae Luck about the house', 'Dutch Minuetto', 'Le Cobourg ', 'Felton's Minuet', 'The land of the Leal', and 'O! Jenny'.

Rules and lists of members, 1765-1767, of the Cowbridge Book Society; lists of bailiffs, 1736-1840, and of mayors, 1737-1817, of Cowbridge.

Ministers' accounts for the year ending at Michaelmas 1598 of the manors, lands and possessions in Glamorgan of Henry Herbert, second Earl of Pembroke, Lord Herbert of Cardiff, lord Par of Ros and Kendal, lord Marmion and St Quentin, lord President of Wales, and Knight of the Garter.

Pedigree 'collectanea' of John Montgomery Traherne, mainly relating to members of the Carne, Gamage, Bassett, Kemeys-Tynte and Gunter families.

A notebook containing pedigrees, history notes, etc. and including the pedigree of the Talbot family connected with Margam and Penrice, together with extracts entitled Births and Baptisms recorded in the Qto Bible at Penrice.

A copy of John Montgomery Traherne: Historical Notices of Sir Matthew Cradock, Knt. of Swansea, in the Reigns of Henry VII and VIII ... (Llandovery, 1840), interleaved, with manuscript additions and corrections by the author, facsimiles of autographs, original sketches, press cuttings, etc.

A copy of John Montgomery Traherne: Historical Notices of Sir Matthew Cradock ..., 1840, interleaved, with a few corrections and additions by the author.

Miscellanea relating mainly to the Traherne family and including a pedigree showing the descent of John Montgomery Traherne from Einion ap Collwyn, extracts from the Trueman manuscript, legal and other documents, etc.

Posters, broadsides, circular letters, press cuttings, squibs and poems dealing with various Glamorgan parliamentary elections, 1767-1832.

An inventory, taken 10 November 1632, of all the household effects at Penshurst and an inventory of statues and pictures delivered by Philip Sidney, Lord Lisle (afterwards 3rd Earl of Leicester) from his home in Sheen, Staffordshire, 8 September 1660.

Letters, 1859-1896, to Mrs. J. M. Traherne (née Charlotte Louisa Talbot, of Margam) from George T. Clark and Sir Thomas Phillipps, Middle Hill; to Sir Thomas Mansel Franklen from J. D. Davies, Llanmadoc, and Charles Ll. Talbot, Lacock Abbey; etc.

Pedigrees of some Glamorgan families, being 'Extracts from the Golden Grove MS. made by Mr. Davies of Cringell with additions by Theophilus Jones' [and John Montgomery Traherne].

A volume of 'Glamorganshire Collections' compiled in or circa 1839 and containing pedigrees of the families of Turberville of Ewenny, etc., Gamage of Coyty, Sidney of Coyty, Streatfield of Lanharry, Bawdrippe of Penmark and Splott, Paine (afterwards Gibbon) of St. Fagans, Vann of Marcross, Edwin of Lanmihangel, Kemeys and Kemeys Tynte of Cefn Mabley, Lewis of Ruperra, Herbert of Cogan Pill, etc., Gwyn of Lansannor, Ragland of Carn lloyd, Thomas of Tregrose, Jones of Fonmon Castle, Thomas of Wenvoe Castle, Nerber of Castleton, Vele of St. Fagans, Thomas of Brigam, Le Sore of St. Fagans and Peterston super Ely, Seys of Boverton, Fleming of Monkton, Fleming of Flemingston, Button of Duffryn, Gibbon of Trecastle in Llanharry, Wilkins of Lanblethian, Prichard of Collena, Bennet of Penrice, etc., Aubrey of Lantrithyd, Nicholl of Lantwit Major and Lanmace, Jenkins of Hensol, Butler of Dunraven, Vaughan of Dunraven, Traherne of Castella, Mathews of Llandaff, and others.

An early nineteenth century volume of airs, dances, etc., said on a label on the protective paper cover to have been 'copied by Mr. Gwynn of Llanbrain' [i.e., Glanbrân in co. Brecknock]. The titles include 'Lovly Nancy', 'Lady Northe's Minuet', 'Lady Fearans Minuet', 'Farwel to Mancher ', 'Air By Captain Heaky', 'Gavot in the 10t Sonato of Correlli-Ruabon', 'Barbarianas Minuet-Ruabon', 'Parris Minuet', 'Minuet In Samson-Ruabon', 'Gin thou wert Mine ain thing', 'Minuet By Mr. [John] Parry [of Ruabon]', 'Count Sax's Minuet by Mr Parry', 'Of a Noble Race Was Shenkin. With Mr. Parrys Vars.', 'Shenkin', 'God Save the King With Vars', 'Handel's Water Musick', 'Minuet in Ariadne', 'The Lass of Paties Mill. Vars. by Mr. Parry ', 'Gavot Alegro' by John Stanley, 'Burton's Chese', 'The Lass that was Laden With Care . . .', 'Gavot Alegro' by John Stanly, 'Rhyddlan Marsh, by Mr. Parry, Ruabon', 'Gavot in Otho', 'Thro the Wood Laddie', 'Highland Laddie' by Mr. Pary, 'Horse to New-Market', 'The Lien Solo of Correli', 'Meillionen or Sir Watkins Delight' by John Parry, 'Disobri', 'Roslin Castel', 'Minuet in Rodelinda' (1770), 'Pitts Hornpipe', and 'An Air by Mr. Deebourgh'.

A composite volume of manuscript and printed music. The manuscript portion, compiled during the first half of the nineteenth century, comprises dances, airs, etc., of which the titles are 'Ruth' by Miss Davies ('E. L. C. Aug. 1840'), 'Canzonetta Veneziana' by Gio. Batta. Perucchini, 'Death Song of the Cherokee Indian', 'Hopswaltze' by [ ] Meyer, 'Lady Bruce' by [ ] Weippert, 'Waltz', 'Christmas Carol' ('Russian Air'), 'Geschwind Walzer', 'Walzer', 'Cottillon', 'Mary Anne's Waltz', 'Modinha', 'When thro' Life . . .' by R. Broadley, 'When forc'd to part . . .' [by R. Broadley], 'Air for the Harp' by James Meyer, senior, 'Serch Hudol', 'Venetian Rondo', ‘'Welsh [air]', 'Lesson' by [ ] Meyer, 'Breuddwyd y Frenhines', 'Brave Jonathan his bow ne'er drew' ('Oratorio of Saul' by Handel), 'Waltz' by [Ludwig van] Beethoven, 'Mazurka', 'Paul Garat', 'Waltz' by [Wolfgang Amadeus] Mozart, 'Wálecná, Pjsen pro Ceskau obranu', 'Pedal March' ('in imitation of a band marching thro' a town'), 'Imogen', 'Waltz', 'Slingsby' s Allemande', 'Lady Sutherland's reel' ('M[ary] T[hereza] T[albot]'), 'The Perthshire Hunt', 'The College Hornpipe', 'Garthland's Strathspey', 'The Tank', 'Mrs. McLeod of Raza', 'Awake my soul . . .', 'The Cosack', 'The Villagers', 'Danse A la Cosaque', 'Miss Flora Steibelt', 'The retreat', 'General Graham's Victory', 'Over the sunny hills I stray . . .', 'La Terza ', 'Bradalbaine's farewell to Ireland', 'The Broom of ?Cowden Brown', 'Prussian Waltz', 'An Irish Air', 'My Grandmothers hop', 'Diniweudruydd Colomen', 'A Welsh Air' ('Planxty Jane'), 'Lesson' (3), 'African Song', 'Waltz', 'Ecossaizer Waltz', 'The Rose of Aberdeen', 'Chartreuse', 'The Glen of Gorbaul', 'The Pampluna Waltz', 'Austrian Military Waltz', 'Albanian Waltz', 'Montpellier Waltz', 'Alpine Waltz', 'Slow March', 'Quick March', 'Louise', 'Elisabeth', 'March. Musquetier Regiment' by [ ] von ?Koslov, 'The Stormont Lads', 'Kin[?g] Caldrums reel', 'Prince of Saxe Coburg's March' (1814), 'Waltz', 'La Perle' by Princess Charlotte [Augusta ] (2); 'Le Sentiment' by P[rinces]s Charlotte], 'Mother Shipton', 'Moll in the Wad', 'Sweedish Waltz', 'L'Anacreon', 'Pipe de Tabac', 'Minuet in Don Giovanni', 'Albanian Waltz','Mazurka' (2), 'Ffoliad Llantrissant', 'Modinha ' ('Portuguese'),'Mazurka', ('Jane's) Mazurka', 'Rondo', 'Thro' the wood Laddie', 'Prince of Waterloo', 'Carron Side', 'Minuet to the Overture to Sampson' by [George Frederic] Handel, 'Sound an Alarm' by Handel, 'Bonnie wee thing', 'St. Patrick's day in the morning with Vars.', 'Rheinweinlied ', 'Kathleen O'More' ('Irish Air'), 'Waltz', 'in Ballet of Figaro', 'Waltz 4th' by [ ] Manson, 'Rushing' ('Irish Boat Song'), 'Cornish Waltz' ('Copied C. M.'), 'Cornet Waltz', 'Leipsic Waltz', 'Waltz', 'Lough Sheeling ' ('Copied'. 'Irish'), 'Tune. Within this Village lives a maid' ('Copied'. 'Irish'), 'Rant des Vaches', etc. The printed collections are Anton Diabelli: 'Euterpe eine Reihe moderner and vorzüglich beliebter Tonstücke . . . (Wien, n.d.), Albert [Gottlieb] Methfessel: Sechs Lieder . . . ( Leipzig, n.d.), and [Carl Friedrich] Zelter: Lieder, Balladen and Romanzen . . . 2 Hefte (Berlin, n.d.). Bound into the volume at the beginning is an incomplete list of the manuscript music.

The improved manuscript music book containing an early nineteenth century selection of instrumental pieces. The titles include 'Dulce domum', 'Thema Russe' by [ ] Naderman, 'La cloche bleue' by M[arie Martin Marcel] de Marin, 'Introduction a March', 'Fête des Villagiers', 'Sil est vrai que d'être deux', 'Ah Perdona', 'Cader Idris', 'Codiad yr Haul', 'Glan meddwdod mwyn' ('Introduction') by C. Davies, 'Merch Megan', 'Mwynen Gwynedd', 'Orddigan Hun Gwenllian', 'Yr Hen Rogero Bengoch', 'Agoriad Cywair', 'Y Gwr a'i Farch' ('an old Welsh jig'), 'Y Bardd yn ei Awen', 'Cymro o ble?', 'Pant corlan yr wyn, neu Davydd o'r Garreg las', 'March Allegro', 'Caingc Llewelyn', 'Llwyn on', 'Mwynen Machno', 'Yr Helyg Gân', and 'Meillionen or Sir Watkins Delight'.

An early nineteenth century composite music book containing airs, songs, dances, psalm-tunes, and hymn-tunes, etc. The titles include 'La Marseillaise', 'Old Folks at Home', [ ] by [Wolfgang Amadeus] Mozart ('for Miss Lesle with L[ad]y M. Coles regards'), 'The striking of the clock. Old Curiosity Shop', 'Work away while you're able', 'Elogio del Pianto', 'Leise Leise' by [Carl Maria von] Weber, 'Einsam bin ich nicht alleine' by Weber, 'Durch die Wälder durch die Auen' by Weber, 'Gute Nacht', 'Cashmerian Air', 'L'Espagnole', two hymns by Michael Haydn, 'Geoffry Rudel ', 'Forget me not' by R. Broadley ('The words written by a Lady on hearing the 'flower forget me not' grew on the plains of Waterloo'), 'The Village Bells' (words and music by R. Broadley), 'Here's the harp . . .' by R. Broadley, 'The happy morn is come' by [ ] Overton, 'Psalm LXXXVI' by L. Helwig, 'Andemken' by F. J. Avendt, 'Andantino' by [ ] Osthoff, 'meine lieder meine sänge . . .' by Weber, 'Vergiss mein nicht' by [Johan Nepomuka] Hummel, 'Volkslied' by Weber, 'Mailied' by Weber, 'Le doux mal' by [Etienne Nicolas] Méhul, 'Kleine blumen, kleine blätter. . .' by [ ] Blum, 'Trio', 'Cauld Kale in Aberdeen', 'Far awa my Malcolm strays', 'Scotch Air', 'Lied aus Gabriele' by Osthoff, 'Zigeunner-liedchen', 'Speed the Plough', 'Drunk at night & dry in the morning' by [?Niel] Gow, 'Queen of Prussia's Waltz', 'Waltz', 'Valse', 'Romance' by [ ] Alvars, 'Auld Robin Gray', 'Le Petit Chaperon Rouge', [ ] by Mozart, 'The Sea' ('Mainzer's Choruss No. 17), 'I dreamt of Straying'), 'Collect for the First Sunday in Advent' by [?Samuel] Chapple, 'Chant' by [ ] Robinson, 'Te Deum Laudamus' by W[illiam] Jackson, 'Jubilate Deo' by Jackson, 'Cantate Domini', 'Nunc Dimittis' by [?Charles] King, 'Anthem Psalm 26th 1-6' by Chapple, 'Anthem from the 52d Chapter of Isaiah' by [ ] Burgess, 'Chant' by Rd. Langdon (1760), [ ] by [George Frederic] Handel, 'Anthem from 2d Chapter of St. Luke & 9th I[s]aiah' by Burgess, 'Anthem from the 40th Psalm' by Chapple, 'Psalm 24th Verses 7 and 10' by [ ] Spencer, 'Confession', 'Imperial Chant-1544', 'Canterbury Tune, A.D. 1544', 'From Tallis' Service', 'Walsal or St. Faith' by Henry Purcell ('Harmony Music' by J. Williams), 'Y Ffynnon Rhinweddol', 'Psalm 84 . . .', 'Psalm 30 . . .', 'Psalm 163 . . .', 'Hymn', 'Psalm 43 . . .', 'Psalm 23d . . .', 'Psalm 50th', 'Psalm the 11th', 'Waltz' by Mozart, 'God Save the Emperor' ('Russian'), 'Hymn for the Emperor Nicholas' ('Russian'; 'Sung by his Army'), 'Christmas Hymn[s]', 'Tôn Alarch. The Swan's Note' ('From [Edward] Jones' Bardic Museum'), 'The Caerphilly March', 'Lady Coventry's Minuet', 'Miss Dawson's Hornpipe', 'Come haste to the Wedding', 'Miss Brown's Minuet', 'Slingsby's Allemand', 'Lady Harrington's Minuet', 'Mrs. Baker's Hornpipe', 'Count Sax's Minuet', 'March in Judas Maccabeus', 'New York Minuet', 'The Merionethshire March', 'The Retreat to the Same March', 'Boat Song' by L[ad]y [ ] Lake, 'A la Grecque Dance' ('Russian'), 'Psalm 16 verse 5th', 'Venetian Air', 'Giga' by [Arcangelo] Corelli, 'Hop Waltz du Tyrol', 'The Devil among the Tailors', 'Lord Nelsons Waltz', 'Hungarian Waltz', 'Waltz', 'The Prussian Hussars Waltz', 'Danish Air', 'Wetzstein Waltz', 'March of the 78th Regt.', 'The London March', 'A March', 'A French country dance', 'Snuff Box Tune', 'A Solemn Dirge', 'Lady Heron's song from Marmion' by [ ] Attwood, 'Alice Gray', 'Smile again my bonnie Lassie', 'Sail on Sail on' by Mr. Broadley, 'Hardy Flowers' by the Reverend A. Reeves, 'Let all bow at the name of the Lamb' ('Ymgrymed pawb i lawr . . .'), 'True Godliness' ('Duwioldeb yn ei grim . . .'), '1st Psalm' ('Gwna fi fel pren planedig . . .' ) ('Gonqwest'), '8th Psalm' ('Lingham'), 'I think when I read' by Revd. A. Reeve[s], '1st Psalm' ('Arabia'), 'Christmas Hymn' ('or 95 Psalm'), 'Hymn' ('Guide me oh thou Great Jehovah ..', 'Gwawria gwawria hyfryd fore ..'), '13th Psalm', '32d Psalm' ('not in prayer book version'), '106th Psalm', 'Hymn for Good Friday', 'Old Hundredth Psalm', 'Hundred & forty ninth Psalm', 'Brwydr y croes' ('Deued yr indiad, deued barbariad . . .'), 'Psalm 28th. Oh Lord my rock', 'Tangnefedd', 'Psalm 149th' ('Callestr'), 'Udgorn Sion', 'Suffolk', 'Russia', '92d Psalm' ('Lydia'), 'Jechadwriaeth', 'Cymdeithas', 'Trallwn', 'Mwyneidd-dra', 'Coedycymmer', 'Gabriel New', 'Jubilee', 'York', 'Wuddgrug', 'Triumph', 'Shrouston', 'Canaan', 'Worksop', 'The two last verses of the 39th . . .', etc. A printed leaflet (4 pp.) bound into the volume contains psalm-tunes and hymn-tunes by J. Righton and J. H. Righton.