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Peniarth Manuscripts Collection Jones, John, Gellilyfdy, ca. 1585-1657/8 Latin language -- Composition and exercises.
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Exercise book and Mundialis sphere opusculum,

The manuscript is in two parts. The first part is an exercise book containing Latin and Greek exercises by Robert Wynne of Maesyneuadd, Merioneth, some financial memoranda, 1667-1675, and an unfinished letter to Robert Wynne from his father, Maurice Wynne. The second part is a transcript by John Jones, Gellilyfdy of a printed copy of the Mundialis Sphere Opusculum of Johannes de Sacro Busto.

School exercise books,

Exercise books in arithmetic and Latin, together with transcripts of arithmetic books, by John Jones, Gellilyfdy, 1597-1599. Also included are letters to Thomas Jones, 1581, and letters to John Jones from his father, William Jones, 1598.
The arithmetic and Latin books are composed of used paper from an attorney's office, some of it belonging to Thomas Jones, attorney, of Shrewsbury. There are six volumes in all. One booklet was transcribed by John Jones in 1654.

John Jones, Gellilyfdy and William Jones.