Miscellaneous genealogical notes chiefly written by Walter Davies with some in the autograph of John Jenkins and Angharad Llwyd and mainly relating to Montgomeryshire.

Transcripts of miscellaneous entries of baptisms, marriages, and burials from the parish registers of Cemmes, Mallwyd, Machynlleth, Penegoes, Trefeglwys, Llanwnog, and Darowen; genealogical notes and extracts relating to individual families, e.g., Tibbott of Llanbrynmair, Swancott of Trefeglwys and Llanwnog, and Bowen of Trefeglwya; lists of Bennett marriages, burials, and baptisms, 1631/2-1859, from the parish registers of Trefeglwys, Llanbrynmair, Llanidloes, Llangurig, Carno, and Llandinam; transcripts of miscellaneous memorial inscriptions; extracts from printed matter; etc.

Extracts from memorial inscriptions in the churchyards of Llanllugan, 1817- 1910, Trefeglwys, 1833-1847, Llanwyddelan, 1783-1887, and Manafon, 1865-1908; transcripts of miscellaneous entries of baptisms, marriages, and burials from the parish registers of Tregynon, 1689-1800, Manafon, 1689-1784, and Carno, 1755-1836; abstracts of title deeds of the families of David of Garthbwt [Llanwnnog], 1679-1816, and Bennett of Glanyrafon, Trefeglwys, 1546?-1795; genealogical entries extracted from family Bibles, etc.; extracts from a diary ('Hen Lyfr y Parch. R. H. Jones') recording preaching tours of Merionethshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, and Montgomeryshire, 1819-1822; and genealogical notes and extracts from printed and manuscript sources.

Transcripts of miscellaneous entries of baptisms, marriages, and burials from the parish registers of Llawryglyn, Llanbrynmair, Cemmes, Mallwyd, Dolgelley, Talyllyn, and Llanwnog; extracts from memorial inscriptions in the churchyards of Llan[bryn-mair], 1786-1791, Yr Hen Gapel [Congregational Church, Llanbryn-mair], 1845-1895, Cemmes, 1722-1773, Llanwrin, 1701-1891, and Llanwnog, 1757-1822; genealogical notes relating to the families of Anwyl, Jones of Cilfach y Rhiw, etc.; extracts, 1806-1824, from the manuscript diaries, etc., of the Reverend John Elias ('o Fôn') at Bala College [now part of the C. M. Archives deposited in the National Library of Wales]; miscellaneous extracts from printed and manuscript sources; and lists of 'Lla[nbryn-mai]r persons married to outsiders', 1663-1747, and of 'Outsiders buried at Llanbrynmair', 1663-1747.

Annotated abstracts of Arwystli and Estimaner probate records preserved in the District Probate Registry, Bangor, 1635-1855. MS. 11862 contains similar abstracts (partly from the papers of D. C. Ll[oyd-] O[wen]) of Montgomeryshire probate records preserved in Somerset House, 1681/2-1778. MS. 11862 is indexed. MS. 11863, compiled in 1924, contains extracts from the parish registers of Towyn, Pennal, and Talyllyn, 1663-1840, and extracts of Montgomeryshire interest from printed sources, including pedigrees and lists of contributions to the London Missionary Society, 1799, 1824, 1831-1832.

Extracts of baptisms, marriages, and burials from the parish registers of Cemmes, 1781-1812, Llangurig, 1736/7-1867, Llanidloes, 1745/6--1790, and Trefeglwys, 1727-1809; extracts from memorial inscriptions in the churchyard of Yr Hen Gapel [Llanbryn-mair], 1800-1882; 'A few particulars out of Llangurig Wills', 1746-1799; extracts, from the license book, of marriages in Llangurig, 1765-1813; extracts from Welch Piety, 1752-1763; abstracts, extracts, and notes relating to the pedigrees of the families of Goodwin of Carno, Soley of Tregynon, Wood of Llanwnnog, etc.; transcripts from the Trevecka Letters of two letters, 1748/9, from W. J[ ones], Trefollwyn, Anglesey, to [Howell] Harris; etc.

Abstracts of Estimaner probate records, 1705-1790; a copy, in the writer's hand, of a letter from Richd. Bennett to Dr. [D. C.] Lloyd-Owen, undated ( probate records at Bangor); extracts of baptisms, marriages, and burials from the parish registers of Kerry, 1616-1791, Llanwrin, 1709-1812, Llanfair Caereinion, 1725-1776, Penstrowed, 1672-1832, Llanwnog, 1683-1745, Llanwyddelan, 1772-1828, and Llandinam, 1721-1868; abstracts of two deeds relating to properties in Llanegryn, 1749-1772; statistics relating to the [ Newtown] District of [Calvinistic Methodist] Sunday Schools, 1858-1862?, extracted from a volume in the custody of J. R. Evans, Trefeglwys; miscellaneous eighteenth century extracts from parish registers relating to the Montgomeryshire families of Morris, Stephens, etc.; extracts from memorial inscriptions in the churchyards of Llandinam, 1711-1883, Llanwnog, 1757-1910, and Llanbryn-mair, 1830-1842, and of Caersws Baptist Church, 1869- 1904; and transcripts and extracts from manuscript and printed sources, among them being an annotated list of sheriffs of co. Montgomery, 1541- 1847, 1867. The volume was compiled in 1930.

Extracts (seventeenth-nineteenth century), largely of baptisms, marriages, and burials from the parish registers of Tref[eglwys], Ll[anbryn-ma]ir, Darowen, Llandinam, Carno, Llanegryn, Towyn, and Llanfrothen, relating to individual families, e.g., Benbow of Trefeglwys, Ashton of Trefeglwys, Wilson of Llandinam, Trefeglwys, and Carno, Evans of Tref-eglwys, Brees of Trefeglwys, Jones of Llanbryn-mair, etc.

Extracts from E. Griffith: Hanes Methodistiaeth Trefaldwyn Isaf (Caernarfon, 1914), J. Hughes: Methodistiaeth Cymru (Gwrecsam, 1861-1866), J. Morris: Hanes Methodistiaeth Sir Gaerfyrddin (Dolgellau, 1911), and H[owell] H[arris] diary, no. 53; and extracts (seventeenth-nineteenth century), largely from the parish registers of Kerry, Llandinam, [Llan]idloes, Llanwnog, and Carno, relating to individual families, e.g., Edwards of Kerry, Maurice Davies of Llandinam, Savage of Llanwnog, Wilson of Carno, etc.

Extracts of burials from the parish registers of Llanwrin, 1737-1778, and Chirbury, 1636-1706; abstracts of a few probate records from Trefeglwys, Pennal, Dolgelley, Carno, Llandinam, Llanidloes, and Llanegryn, 1667-1788; and genealogical extracts from printed sources.

Abstracts of records largely of Montgomeryshire interest preserved in the Diocesan Registry, Bangor, including petitions for the registration of Dissenters' meeting-houses, ?1788-1811, marriage license bonds, 1763-1813, orders of penance, 1758, etc.; extracts of marriages from the parish register of Llanbrynmair, 1837-1849; extracts from memorial inscriptions in the churches and/or churchyards of Llanwnog, 1772-1841, and Llanbrynmair, 1872; abstracts of terriers of the parishes of Llanbrynmair, 1630-1775, Cemmes, 1685-1791, Darowen, 1663-1686 and undated, and Machynlleth, 1630- 1730; and miscellaneous genealogical extracts and notes, some relating to members of the Calvinistic Methodist churches of Graig, Staylittle, and of Rhydwen, Dylife. The volume was compiled in 1922.

Extracts from R. Williams: 'Montgomeryshire Nonconformity: Extracts from Gaol Files, with notes', Collections Historical & Archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire. . ., vols. XXIV-XXVIII, from W. V. Lloyd: 'Miscellanea Historica; or the Public Officers of Montgomeryshire, with brief genealogical notes', ibid., vols. VI-VII, and from E. Rowley Morris: 'Miscellanea Historica . . .', ibid., vol. XXVII; a list of 'Some jurors belonging to the Machynlleth Hundred not named in the preceding pages', copied from the manuscripts of E. Rowley Morris; and a list of references to 'Upper Montg[omeryshire], Persons, or C[alvinistic] Meth[odists]' from J. Foster: Alumni Oxonienses . . .1715-1886 (Oxford, 1887-1888).

A composite volume of transcripts in the hand of Owen Jones ('Manoethwy'). The contents include 'cywyddau', 'awdlau', 'englynion', 'carolau' and 'cerddi' by Ifan Tew Brydydd, Hari ap Howel alias Harri Hir, Wiliam Cynwal, Sion Tudur, Morus Dwyfech, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Sr. Dafydd Llwyd Ysgolhaig, Llywelyn ap Gytyn, Guto'r Glyn, Hywel D'd Bevan ap Rhys ('o Sir Fon'), Rhydderch ap Sion, Dafydd Nanmor, Rhys Goch o Eryri, Huw Arwystl, Morys ap Ifan ap Einion ('Morus Dwyfach Medd MS arall') Sr. Dafydd Trefor ('Dr. John Kent ... Medd MSS M.P.', 'Sion Dafydd Trefor ... Medd MSS L.O.'), Howel ap Reinalld, Mredydd ap Rhys, Gruffudd D'd ap Howel, Rhisiart ap Howel Da 'Beinion, Bedo Phylip Bach ('Rhai a ddywaid mae Deio ap I'n Du ai Cant... '), Huw Pennant, Sion y Kent, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Edward Maelor '('Mae'n debig mae Edward ap Rhys Maelor ydyw Hwn... '), Dafydd ap Gwilim, Iolo Goch, Simwnt Vychan, Sr. Huw Jones ('Vicar Llanfair ynyffryn Clwyd'), Tudur Aled, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llew ap Gruff., Sion Brwynog, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Taliesyn Aneurin G[wawdrydd], Maer Glas ('medd rhai'), Robin Ddu, Owain Twna, Dafydd Gorllech, Ifan Brydydd Hir, Edward [ap Rhys], Ie : Dyfi, Llywelyn ap Owain, Thomas Prys ('o Blasiolyn Esquire'), Edmund Prys, G[ruffydd] Philip, W. Elias (1730), Owain Gruffydd, Gruffydd Nannau (1654), Owain Gwynedd, Thomas Owen (1730), William Llyn, Tudur Penllyn, Huw Kae Llwyd, Llywelyn Goch Amheurig Hen, Edward Davies (Rhiwlas), Rich. Abram, Moris ab Evan ab David, Cadwaladr Roberts (ab Robert), Dafydd ab Sienkin, Richard [Davies] ('Esgob Dewi'), Ragiar [sic] Kyffin, Huw Morys, Arthur Jones (1734), Mathew Owain, Ellis Cadwaladr, Moris Rhobert ('o Sir Feirionydd'), Thomas Davies ('o Sir Drefaldwyn'), Robert Cadwalad[r] ('o Blwy Pennant'), Richd. Thomas D'd ('o Sir Fon'), Richard Ffoulkes, John Edwards, John Hughes, Moris ab Evan ap Dafydd ('o Lanoge'), Sion Ffoulke, Sion ab William Griffith ('o Lanfihangel ... '), Sion Phylip, G[ruffudd] Leiaf, D. Sion, W[iliam] Phylip, Rhisiart Philyp, H. ab Evan, [John Davies] 'Sion Davydd Las', Lewis Owain, Morgan Dafydd, Edwart Morris and Robert Klidro, and anonymous poems; 'englynion', etc. by contemporary poets, largely of the Richards (Darowen) circle of friends e.g. John Evans ('Ioan Maelor'), W[alte]r Davies ('Gwallter Mechain'),' R[ober]t Davies ['Bardd Nantglyn'], 'G. Brwynog', R[owland] P[arry] (Carndochan), H. K. (1851), Phoebe neu Eunice Jones (Llynlleifiad), [Peter Jones] 'Pedr Fardd', [William Edwards] 'Gwilym Padarn', [Morris Jones] 'Meurig Idris' and J. Blackwell ('Alun'), and anonymous poems; 'Sidanen Or a Song in Praise of the Glorious Queen Elizabeth' by Edward ap Rhys Wynne ap William Prys of Clygyrog, 'The meritorious gratulation of Esqr. Strangways to Llangedwyn ...' by John Davies, and anonymous English poems; prose texts, in some cases two copies, of 'Tri thlws ar ddeg o Frenindlysau Ynys Brydain ... ', 'Drygioni Medd'dod', 'Dewis bethau Howel lygad Cwsg', 'Trws'neiddrwydd Gruffydd ap Adda ap D'd', 'Achau Llewelyn ap Gruffydd y Tywysog diwaethaf o'r Cymru', 'Ymddiddanion ffraethion Cynhengras a fu rhwng y Pawn bach o Wickwair yn y Rhôs Is Conwy a Gwgon o Gaer Einion y Mhowys. A elwir yn gyffredin Araith Wgon', 'Cronigl Cymru a Lloy(e)gr yn amgyffred fal y treuthir isod' (with an additional 'narration' by Rice Jones), 'Taliesin a'i traethodd', 'Rhwng Merddin a Gwenddydd ei chwaer' and 'Merddin a Gwenddydd', 'The Most noted Poems in Mr Bulkeley of Brynddu's Collection' (now NLW MS832); 'An account of the wages paid the workemen for raissing a fence upon Ceiriog under Pentre gwyn a Tenem[en]t of the Hond. John Myddelton Esqr.', with a covering letter from Richd. Ffoulkes (transcribed from Cwrtmawr MS 222, p. 57v.); a power of attorney from Oliv[er] Thomas, Shrewsbury, yeoman to John Thomas Rees, Llanymowthwey, Merioneth, yeoman, 1674 (original in Cwrtmawr MS 222, p. 61) and a letter relating thereto from Robert Vaughan, Salop to John Thomas Rees (original in Cwrtmawr MS74, No. 3); records of the births and baptisms, 1712-33 [at Llansilin], of the children of Richard Ffoulkes (original in Cwrtmawr MS 222, p. 60v); transcripts of fifty-nine letters of Walter Davies ('Gwallter Mechain'), 1793-1831 and undated, largely addressed to Thomas Richards at Berriew and Llangynyw; a prospectus, 1793, of 'Celtic Remains' in two volumes, the first by 'the Late Lewis Morris Esq.' and the second by Walter Davies, All-Souls College, Oxford; letters largely to Thomas Richards, Berriew and Llangynyw or David Richards ('Dewi Silin') from Peter Bayley Williams, Llanrug, 1828, John Jones ('Tegyd'), Christ Church, Oxford, 1819-22 and undated, W[illiam van Mildert] bishop of Llandaff, 1822, D. Davies, Chester, 1825, Wm. Owen Pughe, London, 1812-19, Ebenezer Thomas ('Eben Fardd'), Llangybi, 1824, Robt. Parry ('Robyn Ddu Eryri'), 1824 and undated, Tho. Jones, Long Acre, London, 1825, W. Owen ('Eos Glan Hafren'), Newtown, 1824, John Roberts, Tremeirchion, 1822, Robt. Davies ['Bardd Nantglyn'], 1825 and undated, and A[neurin] Owen, [Nantglyn], 1821; a list of titles and first couplets of the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym; 'Llyma henwe y 24 brenin or brutanied... ' (originally from a manuscript of William Thomas, Llanallgo). Inset at the end of the volume are transcripts of Montgomeryshire pedigrees, etc. Much of the material in the volume has been transcribed from other volumes now in the Cwrtmawr Collection (e.g. MSS 200, 222, 242 and 243) and there are references to such sources as 'un o lyfrau Maesglas Mallwyd' (transcribed in 1857) (p. 269), a manuscript in the hand of Robert Arthur (p. 342), 'Llyfr ym meddiant Lowri Jones' (p. 380), etc. A note pasted on the inside of the upper cover states 'This Vol. was copied by Owen Jones (brother of Myrddin Fardd) from a MS Vol. ... in the handwriting of Lewis Morris [Cwrtmawr MS 200] now at Bryntanad, Llanerfyl Montgomerys[hire] (Richards) E. Breese'. Owen Jones was for a short time a private tutor at BrynTanad (see The Dictionary of Welsh Biography). The spine is lettered 'Mannoethwy MSS'.

Miscellaneous transcripts, abstracts, and extracts relating to Montgomeryshire, including transcripts or abstracts of entries of baptisms, marriages, and burials, 1661-1761, of marriages, 1813-1837, and of baptisms, 1813-1897, from the registers of the parish of Llanmerewig; abstracts of deeds, 1576-1809, relating to property in Montgomeryshire [extracted from The National Library of Wales Calendar of Deeds and Documents, Vol. 1, The Coleman Deeds (Aberystwyth, 1921)], with additional genealogical notes relating to the parties or witnesses; a transcript of an indenture of mortgage, 20 July 1743, relating to property in the township of Llanryney, parish of Llangerick (also mentioned in this document are property in Ludlow, co. Salop, and a forge or iron mill called Strangworth forge or mill in the parishes of Pembridge and Staunton upon Arrow, co. Hereford); a copy of a letter from Herbert M[illingchamp] Vaughan, to Mr. [John Bancroft] Willans, 1921 (tracing the writer's descent from Richard Herbert of Dolforgan, parish of Kerry, late seventeenth century, enclosing a copy of a document relating to Dorothy, viscountess Lisburne (see next item)); a transcript of a document headed 'Household Accounts of a Welsh Peeress in the XVIIIth century', being an account of the personal and household expenditure in 1744, of Dorothy [dowager] viscountess Lisburne, widow of John Vaughan, 2nd viscount Lisburne, and daughter of Captain Richard Hill of Hemblas [sic], Llanwnog, Montgomeryshire; copious extracts from the English Encyclopaedia (1859); and shorter extracts from Spons Dictionary of Engineering [ed. Oliver Byrne (London, 1869-1874)], fournal of the Iron and Steel Institute, Walter [Hume] Long (viscount Long): Memories . . . [(London, 1923)], and the report of the Poor Law Commissioners, 1834. Included also in the volume are extracts from George Gilbert Ramsay: The Annals of Tacitus ... [An English translation ... (1904)], and Burke's Extinct Peerage (1831).

Papers of Dr D. C. Lloyd-Owen, [17 cent.]-1925, relating mainly to the genealogy and history of Montgomeryshire, including transcripts from the Parish Registers of Darowen, Penegoes, Machynlleth, Llanwrin, Cemmaes and Llanbrynmair, [1890s]-[20 cent., first ¼]; copies of, and notes on, several wills pertaining to these districts, [19 cent., last ¼]-[20 cent, first ¼]; Welsh pedigrees, [19 cent.]-1917; letters from Richard Bennett, E. Rowley Morris, J. Morgan Richards, M. A. Ruck and others, mostly on genealogical matters, 1868-1925; manuscripts of, and relating to, John Owen, Machynlleth, [18 cent, last ¼]-1899; and a French treatise on heraldry, [17 cent].

Typescript pedigree, [1970], compiled by the donor, of her ancestors the James family of Meifod and Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, and latterly the United States.

Typescript pedigrees, [1974], compiled by the donor, of the families of Rees James, Meifod, Montgomeryshire (f. 1), John Thomas and Elizabeth Williams of Trelech a'r Betws, Carmarthenshire, and Ohio (ff. 3-6), and the Evans family of Garthbeibio and Mallwyd, Montgomeryshire (f. 2), branches of the donor's family.
Also included are typescript transcripts, [?1974], of the marriage agreement of John Thomas and Elizabeth Williams, dated 4 July 1810 (ff. 7-9), and a letter, dated 23 September 1857, to them from Elizabeth's sister, Ann Davies (ff. 10-11).

Notes, [c.1680], on the descent of the whole Herbert family, including the Herberts of Pembroke, Coldbroke, Powis Castle and Cherbury.

Pedigree of the Rogers family, [1936x1943], probably compiled by the Very Rev. Edgar Rogers. The family included Edward Rogers of Dolobran, Montgomeryshire.