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A composite volume consisting of 'The Bardic Reminiscences. Neu'r Gell Gymmysg', containing, '... Rhagymadrodd a ysgrifenodd y Parch. T. Jones, o Creaton, i'r cyfieithiad Saesoneg o lyfr yn cynnwys 26 o Bregethau Cymraeg, a gyhoeddwyd gan y Parch. Morgan Lloyd, Periglor Ysbytty Evan ...' (Twenty-Six Sermons ... by the Rev. Morgan Lloyd ... London, 1832), Welsh translations of 'A Quaint Sermon and of 'Another ... Titus ii, 9', 'Cyfieithiad O Linellau Saesonaeg, a ysgrifenwyd ar ystôl-gadair y byddai y Parch. George Whitefield yn arfer eistedd arni ...' by [James Hughes] 'Iago Trichrug'; poetry, 1819-38 and undated, by [William Owen Pughe] 'Idrison', [David Owen] 'Dewi Wyn [o Eifion]', John Parry ('Cymmrodorion Llundain'), Mr Jones (Holborn, London), John Dryden, T. Evans ('Flaxd[resse]r Holywell), O. O. (Llanrwst), [Daniel Evans] 'Daniel ab Ieuan Ddu o Geredigion', 'Ieuan Ddu', 'Philogynes', [William Owen] 'Philotheoros', T. Wiliam (Bethesda), [Robert Williams] 'R[obert] ab G[wilym] Ddu, Eifion', R. N. (Cartside Street), [John Davies] 'Brychan', 'Iago Trichrug', J[ohn] Phillips ('Tegidon') (Caerlleon ar Ddyfrdwy), Reginald Heber ('Esgob Heber', bishop of Calcutta), J. Hopkins, R. O. (Llundain), 'Ambrosius' (Bron y Berllan), W. Griffith (Pwllheli), 'Joseph Callestr' (Treffynnon), William Cowper, Charles Mackay, M. B. Tuckey (Cork), Richard Jones (Wern), 'Pedr', [Robert Owen] 'Eryron Gwyllt Walia', Griffith Williams ['Gutyn Peris'] (Braich Talog, Llandegai), J[ohn] H[ughes] (Pont Robert), and W[illiam] W[illiams] (Pant y Celyn), a Welsh translation of an undated letter from R. Bloomfield expressing the willingness of the King to patronise institutions designed to foster the Welsh language, and English and Welsh versions of 'Rules To be observed by this Family (Rheolau i gael eu cadw gan y Teulu hwn. Gwel Psalm 101)'; and forms of letters, petitions, acknowledgments, characters, and addresses largely of Gwydyr estate and Llanrwst interest (e.g. from John Jones, Llanrhychwyn, concerning his rent, 1844, Richd. Williams, Dolwyddelen, concerning sub-letting, 1844, William Lloyd, near Llanrwst, soliciting charity towards a voyage to America, 1845, 'Cymdeithas Gwyr a Llangciau Glanau Lledr', Dolyddelen, on behalf of their Band, 1845, Robert Hughes, Trefriw, concerning a trial for ore in Trefriw, 1846, Jane Jones, soliciting relief to cure cancer, 1848, A. J., Llanrwst, petitioning for a Gwydyr's Pension, 1849, Wynnstay tenants in the township of Maenan, parish of Eglwys fach, soliciting an annual subscription towards the salary of a schoolmaster, 1849, etc., etc.). Inset are verses on the death of Evan Evans ('Ieuan Brydydd Hir') by the Rev. R. Williams, Fron, near Bala, 1790, a 'cywydd' by 'Ieuan Brydydd Hir' ('Af fal Merddin Ddewinwr'), and tables of commercial stamp duties, 1841.

Most of the letters, 1896-1899, are short, giving family and personal news intermingled with reports of political life at London and other news. There are also several references to their research work on Morgan Llwyd. A few of the letters have enclosures from other correspondents.

Material collected by Thomas Edward Ellis, M.P. and Principal John Humphreys Davies in preparation for the publication, by the Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales, of Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd, including notes, facsimiles of the autograph of Morgan Llwyd, transcripts from printed and manuscript sources, part of the first volume (which was edited by T. E. Ellis) and letters containing bibliographical and other information, most of them written to T. E. Ellis by Sir John Ballinger, J. Glyn Davies, John Humphreys Davies, Daniel Silvan Evans, Edward Griffith (Springfield, Dolgellau), Messrs Jarvis and Foster (Bangor), Sir John Edward Lloyd, Alfred Neobard Palmer, Sir John Williams, bart, etc.

The letters, 1897-1924, discuss the work of the Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales, especially its Literature Section, the publication of Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd, and the work of re-printing the Welsh classics by the Guild. There are also references to the internal politics of the University of Wales and the colleges at Aberystwyth and Bangor and to other appointments in which Sir John Edward Lloyd had an interest.

A transcript of Cardiff MS 24 (Phillipps MS 2954), being poetry by Morgan Llwyd (1619-59) (cf. Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd, cyf. 1, gol. Thomas E. Ellis (Bangor, 1899), pp. 3-111). Many of the items have been crossed out (although they can still be read) and pp. 67-8 and 86 of the transcript appear to be wanting. There are a few notes in pencil by J. H. Davies.

Manuscripts, estate records and family papers of the Edwards and Morrall families of Cilhendre and Plas Yolyn in Dudleston, Shropshire, including the manuscripts and papers of Morgan Llwyd (1619-1659); Colonel John Jones 'the regicide' of Maesgarnedd (?1597-1660); correspondence of the Edwards and Morrall families; papers of the Jones family of Cilhendre, descendants of Colonel John Jones; a small group of papers relating to the Hanmer family (including documents relating to the part played by William Hanmer of Fennes in the Civil War and a travel journal of Thomas Hanmer, 1728); and deeds, 1282-1869 relating to properties mainly in Denbighshire, Flint, Merionethshire and Shropshire, but also in London, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire.

Typescript copies, [1901x1908], by J. H. Davies of the wills of Morgan Llwyd (1677) and of David (1718) and Samuel Lloyd (1658), his sons; copies, [1651x1908], by various scribes of letters by Morgan Llwyd (1651-1656); a photograph of Cynfal Fawr, [1850x1908].

A notebook in the hand of Thomas Edward Ellis (1859-99) containing notes and extracts mainly relating to Morgan Llwyd (1619-59) and the religious background of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, probably compiled in connection with the preparation of Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd, ed. Thomas E. Ellis (Bangor and London, 1899). The second volume of Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd was published in 1908 and edited by J. H. Davies, who states (p.v) that T. E. Ellis had left a large number of disconnected notes which he had found very useful in preparing his work.

A notebook in the hand of J. H. Davies containing incomplete notes on Morgan Llwyd (1619-59) and his associations with the Fifth Monarchy Men.

Miscellaneous papers and home-made booklets containing material in the hand of Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg') bound together in one volume. The contents include pp. 1-10, an incomplete, alphabetical list (A - G only) of the names of Welsh bards with dates (floruit) and occasional notes, allegedly transcribed in the house of [David Thomas] 'Dafydd Ddu o Eryri' at Traeth Coch, Anglesey, in 1799 from a volume previously in the possession of the Reverend Dafydd Elis of Amlwch, Anglesey; 23, notes relating to bardism; 24-5, anecdotes relating to Ieuan Deulwyn and Antoni Pywel of Llwydarth incorporating 'englynion' by both; 27-9, notes relating to the bardic 'cadair Tir Iarll'; 39-42, notes headed 'Llyma Ddosparth ar Deilyngdawd y Beirdd herwydd pob un ei radd a'i swydd'; 45-7, notes on measures taken by Ceraint Fardd Glas, Rhys ap Tewdwr, and Gruffudd ap Cynan in connection with the Welsh strict poetic metres; 55-87, references to, and extracts from, the works of various Welsh poets mainly the 'cywyddwyr', with notes on some of the poets and/or poems and their contents; 88-98, notes on Dafydd Ddu o Hiraddug referring to his connection with the 'cywydd' measure, the bardic grammar associated with his name and that of Edeyrn Dafawd Aur, and the translation into Welsh of the Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and mentioning the possibility of identifying Dafydd Ddu Hiraddug with Dafydd Ddu Fynach 'o Fonachlog Nedd' and Dafydd Ddu Athraw of the parish of Pen Tyrch [co. Glamorgan]; 104, a philological note on the word 'Cymmry'; 105- 15, notes incorporating comments on the word 'Cymry' (Kimmeri) as a national appellative and the early development of the language of the Cymry, an attack on tendencies to introduce new rules of orthography into the Welsh language, a comment on the need for 'a good Dictionary . . . of the Langu[age] as well as a good Grammar', a suggestion for establishing a 'Welsh corresponding Academy for restoring to its pristine purity the Ancient British or Welsh Language', etc.; 116, a list of twenty literary and historical subjects headed 'Progress of literary taste for improvement in Eastern South Wales'; 117, copies of two alphabets described as 'The most ancient Irish Alphabet named Bobeloth' and 'Irish Marcomanic or Marcomanic Runes'; 119, notes on ? bardic and public alphabets; 121-2, further notes on the Cimbri, Cymmry, or Cimmeri and their language; 137-41, lists or groups of miscellaneous Welsh words or phrases; 153-68, a brief account of religious dissent in Glamorgan in the 16th and 17th centuries with mention of Thomas Llywelyn, the bard, preaching to congregations at Blaen Cannaid and Rhegoes and translating the Bible into Welsh, and references to Wm. Erbury, Walter Caradog, Morgan Llwyd's visits to Glamorgan, the congregation at Blaen Cannaid, Lydia Phelle, meetings at Mynwent y Cwacers, Samuel Jones of Brynn Llywarch, and chapels or congregations at Tref y Ryg, parish of Llantrisan, Cefn Hengoed, parish of Gelli Gaer, Cwm y Glo near Merthyr, Ynys Gou in Merthyr, Coed y Cymmer near Merthyr, Cwm Cynnon near Aberdare, Hirwaen Forgan, parish of Aberdare, and Cymmer yr Ystrad, parish of Llantrisaint, all under the superscription 'Mân gofion am rai pethau eglwysig a chrefyddol a gefais gan y diweddar Mr. Morgan Llywelyn o Gastell Nedd'; 185-209, groups of Welsh words, verse extracts, etc.; 215-17, two lists containing the names of authors (Geoffrey of Monmouth, Morgan Llwyd, etc.), individual literary or historical works (Mabinogion, Drych y Prifoesoedd, etc.), and categories of material (Achau'r Saint, Triads, etc.), the first headed 'Our Ancient [Welsh] Prose Classics' and the second 'Modern [Welsh] Classics in prose', with a brief note on the language, etc., of these authors or works and criticism of the language of works written by modern, Welsh Unitarian writers; 218-20, brief notes on the characteristics of Welsh poetry from the earliest times with mention of Gruffudd ap Cynan, Rhys Goch ap Rhiccert, and Dafydd ap Gwilym; 221-3, notes on the formation of compound words in Welsh; 236, a list of words headed 'Specimens of roughness or of rugged words in the English'; 241-4, extracts from the works of Wm. Cynwal, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Gwilym ab Ieuan Hen, Meredydd ap Rhys, and Llywelyn ap Ednyfed under the heading 'Caethiwed y Beirdd wedi darfod y Tywysogion'; (continued)

245-6, extracts from [? Henry] Hunter: Sacred Biography [London, 1783]; 247, brief notes headed 'Traddodiadau Morganwg am Owain Glyn Dwr'; 265-6, extracts from [Richard] Baxter: Poetical Fragments [London, 1681]; 269, extracts from Wm. Forbes: [An Account of the] Life of [James] Beattie [1807]; 269, an anecdote relating to Owain Glyndwr and an ash tree on Sterling Down [co. Glamorgan]; 270, brief notes headed 'Meteorology of Glam[organ]'; 271, a transcript of six stanzas of English verse headed 'Old song commonly sung in Glamorgan]'; 273, a transcript of three 'englynion' attributed to Rhisiart Tomas of Pen y Bont ar Ogwr, with a note thereon by [Edward Williams] 'Iolo Morganwg'; 274-5, a list of names of saints with churches founded by them in cos. Glamorgan and Monmouth allegedly from a volume in the possession of Siôn Bradford; 283, a note on an 'eisteddfod' held at Ystrad Ywaen [co. Glamorgan], ? 1603; 283-4, a note relating to the preservation of traditions, historical memorials, etc. in Wales; 285-7, a list of miscellaneous Welsh words with English or Latin definitions; 287, copies of four 'englynion' by [Edward Williams] 'Iolo Morganwg'; 301-?92, extracts from ? [J. Pinkerton:] Walpoliana; 393- 415, extracts from The Monthly Review, 1790, vols. 1 and 2, ibid., 1807, etc.; 415, a transcript of two 'englynion' to the Baptist meeting house at Maeshaleg [co. ] attributed to Harri Siôn of Pont y Pwl; ? 422 + 423, a short list of Welsh maxims headed 'Agricul[t]ural Maxims in Glamorgan]'; 424, four Welsh proverbs described as 'Glam[organ] proverb]s'; 424, specifications of 'Buarth mawr in Wick, a large Ruin, an Armory of the Dutchy of Lancaster ait Thos. Truman'; 428-9; a list of invaders of Britain ('Llyma son ysbysbwyll am yr Estroniaid a ddaethant i Ynys Prydain yn ormes yn erbyn Braint Cenedl y Cymry'); 429-37, miscellaneous groups of Welsh words, miscellaneous memoranda, and two stanzas of Welsh verse attributed to Siôn William; 438-40, suggestions in Welsh concerning matters for discussion at an annual meeting of Unitarians ('y Dwyfundodiaid') [to be held] in Aberdare [co. Glamorgan], N.D.; 441-56, miscellaneous memoranda, a brief note on the difference between North Wales and South Wales dialect, extracts from The Monthly Review, 1807, a transcript of a brief letter, 1807, from J. Franklen from Lanmihangle to Mr. Hooper, ? concerning a right of way, a brief note on Chinese methods of propagating fruit trees, extracts from speeches by Napoleon, etc.; 461- 4, a transcript of a sequence of thirty 'Englynion y Gorugau' attributed to Y Bardd Glas o'r Gadair; 465, a short list of Welsh triads ('Trioedd Amrafaelion'); 466, a note on Hugh Lupus, earl of Chester, ob. 1107; 468, a transcript of six more 'Gorugau' stanzas; 470, an anecdote relating to Ieuan fawr ap y Diwlith 'o Gil Fai'; 471, brief notes headed 'Llyma son am Glymau Cerdd dafawd herwydd y mesurau'; 472-3, 476 lists or groups of Welsh words; 477, notes with the incipit 'Llyma'r modd y nottaynt yr hen athrawon hyspysu cof amseroedd'; 478, a list of Welsh poetic measures headed 'Hen Ddosparth Tir Iarll', and a brief note commencing 'Llyma ddosparth y Corfannau a wnaeth Hopkin Thomas o Gil Fai . . . '; 479, rules relating to the training of bardic trainees or disciples; 480, a note relating to 'mesurau profest'; 480-85, pseudo-historical notes relating to the Welsh strict metres and the bardic system with mention of Rhys ab Tewdwr, Gruffudd ap Cynan, Llawdden Fardd, Dafydd ap Edmwnt, 'eisteddfodau' at Carmarthen 1450 and 1460, etc.; 486, a list of Welsh words ending in - ur with English definitions; 488, an anecdote relating to Sir Edward Stradlin and Dr. John David Rhys; 491, a short list of Welsh proverbs headed 'Diarhebion Morganwg'; 493-6 a brief note on the appearance of double and alternate rhymes in South Wales and on the form of the verbal termination for the third person singular past tense in the works of medieval Welsh poets, and miscellaneous Welsh word or phrase lists; 514, a short list of Welsh words with, in some instances, English or Latin definitions or equivalents; 519, notes on financial contributions headed 'Dwyfundodiaid, 1813, Gelli Onnen'; 521-9, miscellaneous notes noting, inter alia, archaeological remains, remains of abbeys, 'edifices by Inigo Jones' and repairs effected by him, various plants, fruit, trees, minerals, rocks, etc., to be found in various locations in co. Glamorgan; 531, brief notes on Dunraven Castle, Boverton Castle and Place, and Hays Castle in Lantwit and the remains of a camp adjacent to it; 532, a biographical note on John Hopkins 'versifier of the Psalms', ob. 1541; etc.

A notebook containing rough material compiled by J. H. Davies towards a life of Morgan Llwyd ('o Wynedd'; 1619-59), being largely in the form of abstracts and extracts from public records, from manuscripts in the British Museum, in the Cardiff Central Library, and in the National Library of Wales, from wills in the Bangor Probate Registry and from printed sources, notably Lewys Dwnn (ed. S. R. Meyrick): Heraldic Visitations of Wales (Llandovery, 1846). Also included in the volume are entries from the parish register [of Llangower] and copies of inscriptions in Llangower churchyard, 1772-1847, relating to members of the family of Thomas Edward Ellis, MP.

A notebook in the hand of J. H. Davies containing extracts and notes largely from manuscripts in the British Museum, the National Library of Wales and Cardiff Free Library on the correspondence and pedigrees of the Morris brothers ('Morysiaid Môn') and Goronwy Owen ('o Fôn'); extracts from State Papers Domestic, 1656, recording augmentations of £100 a year each to Morgan Lloyd [Llwyd], preacher at Wrexham, and Ambrose Moston, preacher at Holt; and notes on the contents of Welsh manuscripts (Welsh E10 and Rawlinson 464) in the Bodleian Library. Among the insets is a transcript from the Court of Great Sessions records, Gaol File, spring 1753, of the deposition of George Evan of Cardigan, yeoman 'keeper of the common gaol', touching the imprisonment of Lewis Morris, gentleman.

A scribbling tablet in the hand of J. H. Davies containing material, mainly from public records (e.g. Court of Great Sessions records; order books of the Committee for Plundered Ministers, Commonwealth Exchequer Papers) relating in particular to the life of Morgan Llwyd ('o Wynedd'; 1619-59) and in general to contemporary religious development in Wales.

Holograph letters, etc.:- from Jo. Jones, Dublin, to Mrs. Anne Lloyd [wife of Morgan Llwyd], Wrexham, 1652 (the recipient's care for his son, the 'melancholines' of the recipient's husband); from Jo. Jones, 'Dulyn' [Dublin], to his brother Richard Jones, 1653/4 (religious experiences, the death of sister Jonett, greetings); from Hugh Price, Rich. Price, Edw. Price, Roger Sontley, Edw. Allen, and Will. Wynne (for widow Marris), Wrexham, to Colonel John Joanes, 1654 (the rents of the lordship of Bromfield and Yale) (together with a sheet entitled 'The desiers of the purchasers of the Lordshippes of Bromfield and Yale'); from Jo. Jones, London, to [?Mrs. Lloyd], 1656 (a settlement upon the recipient's husband); and an extract [after 1827] from Phenix Britannicus, vol. I, p. 145, relating to Colonel John Jones.

Miscellaneous papers, including letters to J. H. Davies from Evan William Edwards, Llandefeilog, [1922] (1) (thanking him for his correction regarding the date of P[eter] W[illiams]'s birth), W. J. Hemp, Ancient Monuments Board for Wales, 1922 and undated (2) (enclosing notes of the 19th, 20th and 21st meetings, circulars), P. Jones, Cynfal fawr, Festiniog [sic], 1902 (1) (Cynfal and Garth field names), Edward Owen, Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments, London, 1917 (1) (asking whether a certain tract among the BM MSS was printed), J. Owens, Chester, 1922 (1) (a committee to be held at Chester), Alfred Neobard Palmer, Wrexham, 1903 (1) (quoting lines of verse which Dr Spinther James sent him in which the names Cadi Rownd and Morgan Llwyd occur), Muriel Rees, Aberystwyth, 1922 (1) (thanking him for the testimonial), Thomas Richards, Maesteg, 1923 (2) (mention of 'Hanes Plwy' Bodedern', the sons of Morgan Llwyd, Dr Michael Roberts, etc.), David Thomas, Aberystwyth, 1922 (1) (the outline of a paper for the Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society), G. J. Williams, Bangor, 1921 (the names of Caleb Lloyd, 1660, has been found on the wall of the old building at Cynfal), and [Sir] John Williams, Aberystwyth, 1922 (2) (Friday will suit him just as well); a letter, 1903, to J. Jones [?'Myrddin Fardd'] from D. R. Jones, Cambria, Wis[consin] (thanking him for the notes on his 'cywydd', mention of sending a copy of Y Drych, he left Wales at the age of 13 in 1845); miscellaneous notes (fragments), some in the autograph of John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'); part of an account of Cadwgan (draft); the title-page, introduction and pp. 483-490 of a (?) proof copy of The Life and Opinions of Robert Roberts, A Wondering Scholar, ed. J. H. Davies (the imprint is dated 1922 whereas the work was published in 1923); and 'Notes on Field Archaeology' (duplicated).

A mutilated transcript of Morgan Llwyd: Gwyddor Vchod (Llundain, 1657). The transcript lacks the introductory stanza ('Wrth edrych ar y nefoedd faith...') and the closing six stanzas ('Pam y printiwyd y Gân yma? ... ).

I. Unbound papers compiled and accumulated towards the publication of Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd (Bangor), Vol. I (1899) edited by Thomas E. Ellis, and Vol. II (1908) edited by J. H. Davies. They include extracts from and/or transcripts of public records and other manuscript sources in the hands of both editors; a revised typescript copy of part of the Introduction ('Rhagymadrodd') to Vol. II; and holograph letters to [J. H.] Davies from Alfred Neobard Palmer, Wrexham, 1903 and 1906, and J. M. Davies [Professor, aft. Principal, Baptist College], Cardiff, [19]21, and an autograph letter to [T. E.] Ellis from L. D. Jones ('Llew Llwyfo'), Bangor, 1898 (the latter using the letter-head of Y Tadau Anibynnol). Ii. Incomplete proof-sheets of W[illia]m Prichard Williams (gol.), Deffyniad Ffydd Eglwys Loegr ... gan Maurice Kyffin (Bangor, 1908), with four holograph letters from the editor, from Bangor, to J. H. Davies, 1904.

A draft of part of the Introduction to Vol. II of 'Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd', edited by J. H. Davies, with additional notes, and a letter addressed to J. H. Davies from C. Bryner Jones.

A printed interleaved copy of 'Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd', Vol. II, with manuscript notes in the autograph of J. H. Davies.