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- [1950s] (Creation)
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Peniarth MS 458i: 344 pp. ; 348 x 234 mm.
Peniarth MS 458ii: 367 pp. ; 348 x 234 mm.
Both parts bound at NLW.
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A facsimile manuscript in two parts mostly in the hand of William Watkin Edward Wynne. The first part comprises copies (some printed) of charters, public records, deeds, pedigrees, poetry, etc. of Merionethshire and Caernarvonshire interest, some of which are taken from transcripts made by Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt. The material includes records and pedigrees relating to the Wynn family of Peniarth; notes on the Maurice and Owen families of Clenennau, Penmorfa, Caernarvonshire, with related deeds possibly in the hand of William Maurice of Llansilin; deeds relating to the Porkington estate; an extent of the commote of Eifionydd, 1352; an extract from the Coroner's Rolls for Merionethshire, 1345; charters of Castell y Bere and Harlech Castle; pedigrees of Madog ap Dafydd of Hendwr, Llandrillo, Merionethshire; an ode to Einion ap Gruffydd of Corsygedol by Gruffudd Gryg; odes to Dafydd ab Ieuan ab Einion by Guto'r Glyn and Dafydd Nanmor; letters addressed to W. W. E. Wynne, the correspondents including Walter Davies ('Gwallter Mechain'); etc. The second part is also mostly in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne and again comprises material mainly of Merionethshire and Caernarvonshire interest, including pedigrees, correspondence, deeds, etc. relating to the Porkington estate and to the Maurice family and to the Wynne family of Glyn and Ystumcegid, Caernarvonshire; poetry relating to members of the Wynn family of Glyn by Huw Machno, Rhisiart Cynwal and others (one elegy translated into English); press cuttings taken from the Cambrian News, 1879; letters addressed to W. W. E. Wynne, the correspondents including Walter Davies ('Gwallter Mechain') and Joseph Morris; etc.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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English, Welsh, Latin.
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Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 458 (Facsimile).
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Name access points
- Glyn Estate (Wales) -- Archives. (Subject)
- Ystumcegid Estate (Wales) -- Archives (Subject)
- Peniarth Estate (Wales) -- Archives. (Subject)
- Brogyntyn Estate (England and Wales) -- Archives. (Subject)
- Clenennau Estate (Wales) -- Archives. (Subject)
- Peniarth Estate (Wales) -- Genealogy (Subject)
- Castell y Bere (Gwynedd, Wales) (Subject)
- Harlech Castle (Harlech, Wales) (Subject)
- Hendwr Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Corsygedol Estate (Merioneth, Wales) (Subject)
- Madog ap Dafydd (Subject)
- Einion ap Gruffudd -- Poetry (Subject)
- Dafydd ab Ieuan ab Einion -- Poetry (Subject)
- Vaughan, Robert, 1592-1667 (Subject)
- Maurice, William, -approximately 1680 (Subject)
- Gruffudd Gryg, fl. 1357-1370 (Subject)
- Guto'r Glyn, active 1430-1468 (Subject)
- Dafydd Nanmor, active 1450-1490 (Subject)
- Davies, Walter, 1761-1849 (Subject)
- Huw Machno, active 1585-1637 (Subject)
- Cynwal, Richard, d. 1634 (Subject)
- Morris, Joseph, 1792-1860 (Subject)
- Wynn family, of Glyn and Ystumcegid -- Archives. (Subject)
- Wynn family, of Glyn and Ystumcegid -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Maurice family, of Clenennau -- Archives. (Subject)
- Maurice family, of Clenennau -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Owen family, of Brogyntyn, Clenennau, and Glyn -- Archives. (Subject)
- Wynn family, of Glyn and Ystumcegid (Subject)
- Owen family, of Brogyntyn, Clenennau, and Glyn (Subject)
- Wynne, William Watkin Edward, 1801-1880 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Wynne, William Watkin Edward, 1801-1880 (Subject)
- Maurice family, of Clenennau (Subject)
Genre access points
- Public records -- Wales -- Merionethshire
- Welsh poetry -- 1100-1400
- Elegiac poetry, Welsh -- 1100-1400
- Welsh poetry -- 1400-1550
- Elegiac poetry, Welsh -- 1400-1550
- Welsh poetry -- Early modern, 1550-1700
- Elegiac poetry, Welsh -- Early modern, 1500-1700
- Elegiac poetry, Welsh -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Translations into English