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The twelfth of thirty-one volumes, 1807-1817, and two other associated volumes, 1819 & 1820, containing original notes, probably taken, 1807-1820, by Samuel Heywood (1753-1828), one of the Welsh judges at the Great Sessions of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Volume XIV is missing and Volume XVIII has been misplaced.

The seventh of thirty-one volumes, 1807-1817, and two other associated volumes, 1819 & 1820, containing original notes, probably taken, 1807-1820, by Samuel Heywood (1753-1828), one of the Welsh judges at the Great Sessions of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Volume XIV is missing and Volume XVIII has been misplaced.

Transcripts of two portions of Psalmae y Brenhinol Brophvvyd Dafydh Gann Gapten Wiliam Middelton (London, 1603); and 'cywyddau' by [Siôn] Tud[u]r (whose autograph appears in the manuscript), Mor[y]s a[b Ieu]an ap Eini[o]n, Ll[ywely]n [ap] Moel [y] Pantri and Tudur Aled, and also an 'englyn' by Robin Ddu.

A 14th century manuscript containing the French prose romance of Tristan, with rubric heading 'Ceste liure est apelles le liure de monseignor Tristain le filz le roy Melyadus de Leono'. The beginning agrees with the opening of Harley MS 4389 (described by H. L. D. Ward, Catalogue of Romances, vol. i, p. 356, and denoted C by E. Loseth, Le Tristan et le Palamede des MSS. fr. du Brit. Mus., Christiana, 1905); in the later and fuller MS Add. 23929 (Ward, p. 357; Loseth, MS A), which has the prologue of Luces de Gast and the usual preliminary chapters, this passage occurs on f. 34b, col. 2; the corresponding passage in the printed Tristan (Paris, Michel Le Noir, 1520) is in vol. i, f. xix. The text agrees very closely with that of Harleian MS 4389 down to the point at which the latter ends imperfectly (= f. 51, col. 2, l. 26 of the present manuscript); it is much longer than that of Add. MS 23929 and that of the printed edition of 1520. The last page of the manuscript is almost illegible. The manuscript is illustrated by crudely executed coloured drawings in the lower margins.

A collection of twenty-three letters written by Robert John Pryse (Gweirydd ap Rhys, 1807-1889) to Andrew Brereton (Andreas o Fôn, 1827-1885), one letter being imperfect, another undated, and the remainder written at various dates between 17 April 1857 and 18 April 1883; another letter, unsigned but dated 9 May 1885, has been inserted into the collection but is not in the hand of Robert John Pryse.

A volume of sermons, in Welsh, apparently written by Robert Hughes, c. 1710.

A transcript of Flores Poetarum Britannicorum (Shrewsbury, 1710) made, 1770, by Richard Williams (p. 133). On p. 1 there is a copy of a promissory note by one John Williams of Rhwng y ddwuryd, Dolbenmaen, dated 1758.

A manuscript, in Welsh, apparently transcribed by Richard Thomas from the Red Book of Hergest, or a transcript of it. Pp. 7-95 correspond to pp. 100-136 of Vol. I of the R. B. Texts, Oxford, 1887 and pp. 117-137 correspond to pp. 1-11 of Vol. I of the same.

A volume, probably written by Richard Thomas, Jesus College, containing British chronologies (pp. 1-59, 111-119), Welsh triads (pp. 71-111) and an account of Gruffydd ap Cynan (pp. 122-142).

A collection of elegies, in Welsh, by and in the hand of Rhys Cain (d. 1614), after 1588. Inserted into the collection is a cywydd (p. 115) by Gruffydd ap Ieuan ap Llewelyn Fychan in the hand of Thomas ap Wiliam of Trefriw, and a cywydd (p. 119) by and in the hand of Huw Machno, 1601.

An account book, 18-19 cents, of Rhayader Independent Chapel, containing various accounts (pp. 1-9, 12-28, 39-60) together with names of preachers and their texts (pp. 10-13) and lists of members from 1791 onwards (pp. 61-76).

A list of the subscribers to the History of Protestant Nonconformity in Wales, 1883, in the hand of the Reverend Thomas Rees, D.D. (1815-1885).

A volume containing statistics of the Welsh Independent churches for the year 1861 collected by the Reverend Thomas Rees, D.D. (1815-1885); the book also includes a list of dissenters in Breconshire, 1673, extracts from various sources and from the Cilgwyn church book, and notices of various Nonconformist ministers. At the other end of the book, in the hand of Thomas Rees, are Welsh hymns, extracts from various sources, a poem by the Reverend Samuel Jones, Brynllywarch, and a list of dissenting Protestant ministers in Wales, with their dates of ordination and deaths.

A bundle of seven notebooks and some loose papers of the Reverend Thomas Rees, D.D. (1815-1885), mostly containing private and chapel accounts and memoranda; also inserted is a drawing of a memorial pulpit to John Penry.

A volume containing miscellaneous papers in the possession of the Reverend Thomas Rees, D.D. (1815-1885), including extracts from manuscripts and copies of correspondence.

A volume containing miscellaneous papers of the Reverend Thomas Rees, D.D. (1815-1885), including a lecture by Dr Rees entitled Welsh Dissent, its History, its present state and prospects (pp. 1-6) and copies of letters, 1738-1739, addressed to Howel Harris of Trevecca by David Williams of Pwllypant; at the other end of the volume is a list of subscribers to the History of Protestant Nonconformity in Wales.

Miscellaneous papers of the Reverend Thomas Rees, D.D. (1815-1885), including religious theses, an account of Glandwr Chapel, Pembrokeshire (imperfect), a lecture entitled Enwogion Cymreig and a poem of three stanzas.

A case containing miscellaneous papers of the Reverend Thomas Rees, D.D. (1815-1885), including trust deeds, minutes and accounts relating to chapels in Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire.

An index to the first edition of the History of Protestant Nonconformity (London, 1861) in the hand of the author, Reverend Thomas Rees, D.D. (1815-1885). At the other end of the book is a list of those received into church membership at Carmel, Cendl from June 1849, also in the hand of Thomas Rees.

Papers containing historical memoranda in the hand of the Reverend Thomas Rees, D.D. (1815-1885), mainly relating to Independent chapels and Nonconformity in Wales.