A summary of R. W. Dale: Christian Doctrine (London, 1894), compiled in preparation for a course of lectures [delivered at the Theological College, Bala].

A notebook in the hand of 'R. Lloyd, Bala College, 1873' (aft. of Llangristiolus), containing extracts from Hans Lassen Martenson: Christian Dogmatics (1865, etc.), and a synopsis in English of Griffith Williams (Talsarnau): Yr Hynod William Ellis, Maentwrog [1875]. Blank leaves at the end of the volume have been used to record a sale of household effects.

A Hebrew-English vocabulary, scriptural notes and a copy of replies by Thomas Charles Edwards to queries raised by W. O. Jones relating to points of Christian doctrine.

Lecture notes on Christian doctrine, ecclesiastical history, etc.

Twenty-two holograph letters, some incomplete, 1838-1840, from A[rthur] P[enrhyn] Stanley [aft. dean of Westminster] from Alderley Park [co. Chester ], [London], Norwich, and Oxford, to C[harles] J[ohn] Vaughan [aft. dean of Llandaff] at Trin[ity] College, Cambridge, Leicester, [London], and Southend (the writer's health and general movements from place to place, his prospects of a fellowship at Oxford and his eventual election [at University College], the writing of [University prize] essays, a family visit to Alderley Park, a decision 'to put Newmanism on the shelf for a space', visits to the House of Lords and speeches heard there, an introduction in the House of Lords to [Henry Phillpotts], bishop of Exeter, an inclination to join the Athenaeum Club, attendance at lectures by [Thomas] Carlyle and [? the Reverend Thomas] Chalmers, references to [Thomas] Arnold [headmaster of Rugby school], comments on Sedgwick [? the Reverend Adam Sedgwick, canon of Norwich Cathedral, 1834-1873], Mr. Wodehouse [?the Reverend Charles Nourse Wodehouse, prebendary of Norwich Cathedral, 1817- ], 'Milne or Mills . . . the Apostle and M.P.' [? Richard Monckton Milnes, aft. 1st baron Houghton], '[Joseph] Wolff, the Missionary', and Lord Melbourne, an article on George IV and Queen Caroline in the Edinborough (sic) [Review, vol. LXVII, pp. 1-80] and an article on Plato in the Quarterly [Review, vol. LXI, pp. 462-506], views on the Whig ministry as opposed to the Tories and Radicals, the scene at the coronation [of Queen Victoria] in Westminster Abbey and impressions made by the ceremony, a comparison of the views held by [John Henry] Newman and [Thomas] Arnold with regard to certain Christian doctrines, the incident relating to the subscription by the writer's father [Edward Stanley, bishop of Norwich, 1837-1849] to a volume of sermons by [the Reverend William] Turner, Unitarian [minister of Newcastle upon Tyne], class lists and awards of scholarships at Oxford, the results of elections [to four fellowships at Balliol College, Oxford], Arnold's 'savage phrases about Newmanism . . . that it was mumbo jumbo buffoonery . . .', news that recipient was 10th Senior Optime, competition between recipient and [George William, 6th baron] Lyttleton [for University prizes] at Cambridge, references to colleagues (1838); the writer's ordination [as deacon] by the bishop of Oxford [December 1839], references to his doubts [concerning the damnatory clauses of the Athanasian creed] in connection with the subscription oath required at ordination and his dialogue with [Charles Carr Clerke], archdeacon [of Oxford], on the subject prior to ordination, his clerical activities at Norwich in the immediate post-ordination period, doubts as to his future attitudes 'whether I shall be . . . an obedient priest and so far happy follower in the train of Newmanism, or . . . a great agitator', the postponement of the presentation to the House of Lords by [Richard] Whately [archbishop of Dublin] of a petition for alterations in the liturgy, a draft petition to the Lords (copy enclosed), narrower in scope and relating to the subscription oath only, drawn up by the writer in the meantime, the writer's eventual signing of the Whately petition, the debate on the petition in the House of Lords (1840)).

Twelve holograph letters, some imperfect, from [the Reverend] John Elias [Calvinistic Methodist minister], from Llanfechell [co. Anglesey], to David Ellis, London, 1801-1817 (personal and family news, the writer's travels, comments and advice in respect of the contention between Mr. [Edward] Jones and the [Calvinistic Methodist] church or society under his charge in London (1801-1803), an order for shawls, etc., ?as stock for Mrs. Elias's shop, a request to recipient to buy specified books on behalf of one of the writer's acquaintances, some of the moral, doctrinal, and other problems discussed at various [Methodist] Association meetings, e.g., the slave trade, the selling of milk and baking on Sundays, the importance of setting a good example for children, continuance in grace, religious 'enthusiasm', the meaning of discipline, the doctrine of redemption, the practice of fasting, etc., the sending of James Hughes (1809) and of Rich[ar]d Lloyd (1812) to [the society in] London, a comment on the lack of Bibles and the degree of illiteracy in Anglesey (1813)) (the twelfth letter, July 1817, is on the same sheet as a letter to David Ellis from his wife, Ann, who, at the time, was staying in Llanfechell).

Eleven holograph letters, 1808-1841 and undated, addressed to Daniel Jones (at Mr. Painter's Printing Office, High Street, at Bridge Street, at Mr. R. Hughes, Church Street, etc.), Wrexham. The writers include Rob[er]t Davies , ? Llansannan, undated (instructions re a book, etc., a request for information to be sent by means of invisible ink), R. Humphreys, seaman on board H.M.S. Ulysses, Jersey, 1811 (personal), Dan[ie]l. Jones, Liverpool, 1811 (his return to Liverpool after a visit to Wales), Mary Jones [? widow of the Reverend Thomas Jones, Calvinistic Methodist minister, of Denbigh], from Denbigh, 1841 and undated (2) (personal, religious reflections, her wish to dispose of the copyright of [her husband's] martyrology [Diwygwyr, Merthyron, a Chyffeswyr Eglwys Loegr . . . (Dinbych, 1813)], a suggestion that the sections of the work dealing with 'Popish persecution' be published in instalments 'as popery is so much on the increase both in England and Wales'), [the Reverend] Tho[mas Jones [husband of the aforesaid Mary Jones], Syrior and Liverpool, 1816-1817 (2) (personal, preaching engagements, differences of opinion relating to the doctrine of redemption), ? Geo[rge] Philips, Caemynydd, 1827 (requesting recipient to check a letter ? relating to the Welsh language written for publication in Y Gwyliedydd, a suggestion that the writer should translate into Welsh and publish in Y Gwyliedydd [Thomas Tregenna] Biddulph's [published] lectures on the liturgy of the Church of England, the writer's return to Oxford [ University]), Ellis Phillips, Rhos, 1831 (preaching engagements), J[ohn] Phillips ('Tegidon'), Caerlleon, [18]40 (the writer's contributions to Y Drysorfa including letters relating to [an advertised Biblical] concordance [Mynegair Ysgrythyrawl . . . wedi ei helaethu a'i orphen allan o waith . . . T. Charles, B.A., gan D. Charles, B.A., Bala (Caerlleon, 1840- , published in parts, incomplete)], a ? promised letter from recipient relating to the concordance), and Rice Price, Llanelwy, 1808 (personal, a request to recipient to ask William Jones to come to St. Asaph to keep a school).

A note book containing miscellaneous notes entitled 'An Acc[oun]t of some Customs among the Jews particularly them in Barbary', 'Those doctrines & practices [which] are publickly declared in ye Church of Rome & are by ye authority thereof established which are highly derogatory to ye dignity of our Saviour', 'An Illustration of severall difficult texts of Scripture', 'Of Oaths', 'De Baptismati', and 'De Conciliis generalibus' (on the first four general councils of the church); a list of 'The Subscribers to Ruthin Race' [? c. 1730] containing the names of, inter alios, Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton [3rd bart. of Combermere, co. Chester, and Llewenny, co. Denbigh], Sir Walter Wagstaff Baggot [5th bart. of Blithfield, co. Stafford], Sir William Williams [? 2nd bart. of Llanforda, co. Salop], and Watkin Williams Wynn [? son of Sir William Williams aforesaid and later 3rd bart. of Wynnstay]; sermons or sermon notes in English and Welsh; extracts from Latin authors including Horace; and other miscellaneous entries.

A volume of notes, memoranda, etc., compiled circa 1650-1667 [?by the Reverend Archibald Sparke, incumbent of Northop, 1639-1656 and again 1660-1669, and prebendary of the prebend of Llanefydd in the cathedral church of St. Asaph, 1661-1669], with later additions in an eighteenth century hand. The seventeenth century entries fall into four main groups. Ff. 1-69 contain notes in Latin on theology, points of Christian doctrine, etc., which appear in the main to be based upon or extracted from the writings of St. Augustine. Ff- 70-83 contain meditations or reflections indulged in by the writer on certain days during the years 1652, 1654, 1655, and 1659/60. They are written in English and are occasionally followed by a few lines of Latin verse. Most are of a religious, moralising nature, some arising from incidents in the writer's everyday life, others being based upon recollections of ?historical incidents such as the quarrel and the subsequent duel between Sir Hatton Cheek and Sir Thomas Dutton, two of the officers under the command of Sir Edward Cecill [aft. 1st baron Cecil of Putney and viscount Wimbledon of Wimbledon, co. Surrey], commander of the British forces at the siege of Juliers in the Netherlands [in 1610], and the alleged use of the ribbon of the Order of the Garter which had been awarded to Prince Maurice of Orange by one of his grooms to commit murder. At times the writer's royalist and Anglican leanings appear to come to light, as in his references to 'King James of euer blessed memorie (Let the deuil and his helhounds bark what they can)', and to the 'new piles of heresie and schismaticall advancements' [erected in London]. Occasionally one finds a biographical note such as 'I am now . . . 47 years old . . .' on 21 May 1655. Ff. 114-59 contain expository notes on each verse of the First Epistle of St. Paul to the Thessalonians as far as chapter 5, verse 11 (chapter 4, verse 18 excepted), the verses being mainly in Greek and the notes in Latin and English, whilst ff. 163-221 contain similar notes on each verse of the Song of Solomon, the verses in this instance being in Hebrew and the notes almost entirely in Latin. In most instances each verse and its accompanying notes is headed by the place name Northop (Northhope, Northhopie, apud Northhope, etc.) and a date (Sundays during the period November 1650-July 1652 in the case of the Epistle to the Thessalonians, and Sundays during the period September 1654-December 1656 in the case of the Song of Solomon). This possibly indicates that these were sermon notes, though, given the dates that appear, this would imply a series of sermons on consecutive verses of the two scriptural books in question on consecutive Sundays. Ff. 259-63 contain a list of texts preached upon [by the aforesaid Archibald Sparke] at Northop and occasionally elsewhere, 1662-1667. Included also in the volume are eight lines of Latin verse with the English title 'Vpon the ruins of the Cathedrall Church of St. Asaph, 1657' (f. 84), additional notes similar to those on ff. 1-69 (ff. 270-1), and meditations on death (ff. 110-11, which appear to be in a different hand). The eighteenth century entries on blank pages or half pages, etc., include a poem entitled 'A Begging Epistle In Rhime from a poor poet' mentioning [Alexander] Pope and [Matthew] Prior, a poem dated 1732 being 'ye laments of a true lover for ye death of a Lady', a five stanza poem the fifth stanza of which exhorts the readers to let Warburton be their Member [of Parliament], Manwaring or Bennet their mayor, and Kyff. Williams their sheriff [members of the Warburton, Bennet and Manwaring families feature as members of parliament, sheriffs and mayors for the city and county of Chester in the late seventeenth and first half of the eighteenth century], other miscellaneous verse, and incomplete drafts of letters mentioning cousin Bethel Whitmore and approaches to Sir George Wynn [?1st bart. of Leeswood, co. Flint, ob. 1756] with regard to employment. All references are to the modern foliation.

An album containing reviews and press notices of E. O. Davies: Theological Encyclopaedia: An Introduction to the Study of Theology (London, 1905), Prolegomena to Systematic Theology: A Study of Authority (London, 1909), The Miracles of Jesus: A Study of the Evidence (Davies Lecture) (London, 1913), and Gwyrthiau lesu Grist . . . (Caernarfon, 1915); and two holograph letters to E. O. Davies from Wm. Evans, Pembroke Dock, and J. Cynddylan Jones, Cardiff, 1905 (tributes to the Theological Encyclopaedia).

Addresses on 'Some tendencies of current religious thought' and 'Anwariaid y byd. Rhai o'u harferion a'u moesau', and notes on dogmatic theology and theism.