Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [late 17th cent.]-[18th cent., third ¼]. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 volume.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Griffith family of Plas Tanybwlch, Merionethshire, appear to have had this volume of Welsh poetry transcribed for them in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The manuscript is associated with Plas Tanybwlch not only in that it bears the name of 'Robert Gryffydh, 1742, 1750' and the legend 'Robert Gryffydd his Book 1753' but also by virtue of the considerable number of cywyddau and other verses, 1680-1750, to members of the family.
Archival history
The manuscript appears to have remained at Plas Tanybwlch until it was removed to the National Library of Wales in 1931.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited temporarily by Miss Hilda M. Inge, Plas Tanybwlch, Merionethshire, and Thorpe, Tamworth, Staffordshire, in 1931
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Transcripts, [late 17th cent.]-[18th cent., third ¼], of Welsh poetry by numerous poets, mostly of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, including David Nanmor, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Gruffydd Hiraethog, Wiliam Cynwal, Iolo Goch, Gutto'r Glyn, Huw Pennant, Davydd Llwyd ysgolhaig, Lewis Morganwg, Gwerfyl Fechain, Edwart Prys. Clerc, Gruffydd Gryg, D'd ap Edmwnt, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Sion Kent, Tudur Penllyn, Ifan brydydd hir and Lewis Glyn Cothi and Sion Cain.
Material relating to Tanybwlch itself includes the elegies on the death of Evan Evans, Tanybwlch, 1680, by Sion Davydd alias Penllyn [Sion Dafydd Las] and [Huw Morys], 'Cywydd Priodas Mr Evan Gruffydd a Mrs Sioned Meirig [Berth-lwyd]', 1716/1717, by Evan Williams, Egwy-lain, 'Cywydd yn dangos llwyddiant a happusrwydd Teulu Tan y Bwlch yn y flwyddyn 1717' by John Prichd Prys. Other poems written about the family are 'Cywydd Marwnad Mrs Jonet Meyrick cywelu Evan Griffith o Tanybwlch, Esqr.' by Ellis Rowland, 'Cywydd ir Plastanybwlch', also by Ellis Rowland, 1722, and englynion of unknown authorship entitled 'Cwyn Colled am ... Robt. Gryffydh Esqr. 1750'. Other items include the cywyddau in the bardic disputation between Edmwnd Prys and Wiliam Cynwal, 'Cywydd Marwnad Mr Ellis Wynn o Lâsynys ...' by John Rhydderch o'r Amwythig, 1734, 'Marwnad i'r haelaf elusengar ac anhepgor Wrda, Mr John Owen o Geidio yn Llyn' by Gronwy Owen, 1754, 'Cywydd y Farn' by W. Wynne, 1755, and elegies on two members of the Corsygedol and Nannau families, 1767-1768, by Rees Jones. The last-mentioned elegies and a few other pages here and there are in the autograph of Margaret Davies, Coetgae-du.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- Welsh
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of a detailed list, NLW, Schedule of the Contents of a Manuscript Volume of Welsh Poetry known as the Tanybwlch Manuscript (1932), is available at the National Library of Wales.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: Minor Deposit 1206B.
Alternative identifier(s)
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Griffith family, of Plas Tanybwlch. (Subject)
Genre access points
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
March 2003.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by David Moore for the ANW project;