ADRODDIAD BLYNYDDOL / ANNUAL REPORT 1957-58

ERNEST JOHN BEDDOES 1958001 Ffynhonnell / Source The late Mr Ernest John Beddoes, Presteigne. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A small but interesting collection of books (Dept of Printed Books), prints, and maps (Dept of Pictures and Maps), including Gerarde's Herball (1595), Fenton's Historical tour through Pembrokeshire (1811), two portfolios containing the works of William Hogarth from the original plates restored by James Heath, and twelve maps of the counties of Wales by Christopher Saxton.

WINIFRED COOMBE TENNANT 1958002 Ffynhonnell / Source The late Mrs Winifred Coombe Tennant ('Mam o Nedd'), London. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A collection of the late donor's papers entitled 'Gorsedd Papers'. A fuller report will appear in the next Annual Report. Nodiadau Schedule Available.

A R BEDDOWS 1958003 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr A R Beddows, M.Sc., Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Log books, 1940-5, of Air Raid Warden Post No. 7, Llanbadarn Fawr, with subsidiary papers (NLW MSS 16679-81B). Minutes, 1944-8, of the Llanbadarn Fawr and Capel Dewi Welcome Home Fund (NLW MS 16682B), with correspondence (NLW MS 16683E).

SIR H IDRIS BELL 1958004 Ffynhonnell / Source Sir Harold Idris Bell, C.B., O.B.E., D.Litt., F.B.A., Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Several further valuable donations of foreign periodicals which, for many years, Sir Idris has regularly presented to the Library, a particularly welcome gesture in view of the limited funds available for the purchase of foreign publications (Dept of Printed Books).

GEOFFREY BRIGHT 1958005 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Geoffrey Bright, Drumore, Nr. Leominster. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Eight volumes of eighteenth and early nineteenth century music, mainly minuets and country dances, performed at Court, Bath (Dept of Printed Books). A playbill printed on silk and advertising performances at the theatre at Brecon in 1850 (Dept of Pictures and Maps).

SIR JOHN CECIL- WILLIAMS 1958006 Ffynhonnell / Source Sir John Cecil-Williams, M.A., LL.D., London. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A collection of photographs, programmes, etc., of the Goronwy Owen memorial celebrations at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, and of the National Gymanfa Ganu of the United States and Canada at Washington, 1957 (Dept of Pictures and Maps).

G T CLARK 1958007 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Wyndham D Clark, D.L., M.A., London. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Three files of typescript copies, with some originals, of letters written by G.T. Clark in Egypt and India, 1843-5, journals and papers, 1801-2, of Lieut. Henry Lewis of the soth Regiment stationed in Egypt; and pedigrees of the families of Stewart and Lewis of the Van. A useful collection of historical pamphlets and printed books, including copies of The Land of Morgan (1880) (Dept of Printed Books) and Limbus Patrum Morganiae et Glamorganiae (1886) (NLW MS 16356C).

THEOLOGICAL BOOKS 1958008 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr A A Davies, Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Over twenty volumes of well-known works of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, which fill a few obvious gaps in the Library's theological section (Dept of Printed Books).

D R THOMAS 1958009 Ffynhonnell / Source The Reverend Canon Ellis Davies, M.A., F.S.A., Caerwys. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A notebook on the Caernarvon, 1894, meeting of the Cambrian Archaeological Association compiled by Archdeacon D. R. Thomas (SA/DR/10A). [To be added to the D. R. Thomas Collection in the Church in Wales (St. Asaph) deposit.] Nodiadau Schedule Available.

NEW QUAY `DREADNOUGHT' 1958010 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Frank Davies, Cardiff. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A group of notebooks and papers most of them relating to the brigantine Dreadnought (94 feet and 146 tons) built at New Quay, Cardiganshire, in 1866. It includes fourteen bills of sale of shares in the Dreadnought to Captain David Davies of New Quay, 1871-88; ninety bundles of vouchers and miscellaneous papers relating to the voyages of the vessel, 1866-86, from various British ports to Gibraltar, Palermo, Antwerp, Smyrna, Rotterdam, Taranto, Cadiz, Naples, Lisbon, and other continental ports and to St. John's and Harbour Grace in Newfoundland with cargoes of coal, iron, oil, salt, etc.; an account book of payments to her crew, 1866-9; and a declaration by her captain and members of her crew before a notary public at St. John's, Newfoundland, describing how she grounded and became a total wreck off the Newfoundland coast in 1888. Also included in the collection are bills of sale of shares in the vessels Mary Jane (1858 and 1863), Agnes Cairn (1881), Sea Foam (1892), and Argo (1862); five share certificates in the New Quay Harbour Company (1837); a balance sheet relating to the building of the New Quay Patent Slip (1863-7); one bundle of vouchers relating to the barque Dilpussund (1892-3); one bundle of vouchers relating to the Spark (1891); an account book of payments to the crew of the Maria (1858-65); a cargo book of [?] the Maria (1861-3); an account book of stores bought for [?] the Maria and of wear and tear to [?] the same vessel (1861-5); and an account book in respect of the building of a new vessel at Traethgwyn, New Quay (1864-7).

JOHN JONES, TALYSARN 1958011 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr H Glyn Davies, Llanfairfechan. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A selection of books from the library of the late Rev John Jones, Talysarn, including some early runs of Welsh periodicals and a number of standard works of Welsh literary interest (Dept of Printed Books).

THE LAMPETER RECORDER ETC 1958012 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs J A Davies, Aberaeron. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A few miscellaneous books, and the only known copy of The Lampeter Recorder (Vol. I, No. 6), 10 September 1870, notice of which first appeared in The Welsh Gazette and whose Editor deserves the Library's particular thanks for her co-operation (Dept of Printed Books).

GREGYNOG 1958013 Ffynhonnell / Source Miss Margaret S Davies, LL.D., Gregynog. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description An enclosure award, 1815, for the parish of Tregynon, Montgomeryshire; tithe rentals, 1871-7, for the parishes of Tregynon, Bettws, Aberhafesp, and Berriew; and miscellaneous documents, 1783-1811, relating to Berriew, Llanllwchaiarn, Tregynon, and Penstrowed and to the sale of a portion of Lord Joicey' s estate. A number of seventeenth-century maps of North Wales counties by John Speed, Peter Keer and Johannes Blaeu (Dept of Pictures and Maps).

MARIAN DAVIES 1958014 Ffynhonnell / Source Miss Marian Davies, Pontrhydygroes. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Deeds and documents, 1763-1905, relating to Ffosybailey in Troedyraur and Galltycnawde in Llangunllo, Cardiganshire (NLW Deeds 703).

MARY LUCAS DEAKIN 1958015 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Percy Davies, Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description An album belonging to Mary Lucas Deakin, nineteenth century (NLW Amryw Loose Volumes 2).

LLIDIARDAU FAMILY PEDIGREE 1958016 Ffynhonnell / Source Dr Wyn Davies, Tal-y-bont, Cardiganshire. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Pedigree of the Llidiardau family (NLW MS 16627D).

EDWARD PERKINS 1958017 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr G A Dickman, A L.A.. Haverfordwest. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A typescript copy of a lecture by Edward Perkins, 1908, entitled 'Hanes bywyd yn Ardal Tyddewi tua 1850' (NLW Misc Volumes 380).

SUNDAY CIRCUITS OF WELSH CALVINISTIC METHODIST MINISTERS 1958018 Ffynhonnell / Source The Reverend H R Evans, M.C., M.A., Broadhempston. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A photographic copy of the Sunday circuits of Welsh Calvinistic Methodist ministers in Cardiganshire, 1816 (NLW MS 17415D); Galar-gan er coffadwriaeth am . . . Ebenezer Richard, 1837 (NLW MS 20395C); a letter from John Thomas, Liverpool, to Henry Richard, 1887 (NLW MS 20395C); a copy of a letter from Henry Richard to W. E. Gladstone concerning nominees for the bishopric of Llandaff, 1883 (NLW MS 20395C); ordination card of Henry Richard, 1835 (NLW MS 20395C); and a Welsh bidding letter, 1862 (Dept of Pictures and Maps).

LODGE OF TRUE IVORITES, YSBYTY YSTWYTH 1958019 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Matthew Evans, Ysbyty Ystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A contributions book, 1918-44, of the W. T. R. Powell Lodge of True Ivorites, Ysbyty Ystwyth (NLW MS 10957D).

EDWARD FFOULKES, LLANBERIS 1958020 Ffynhonnell / Source Miss Annie Ffoulkes, Caernarvon. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Holograph manuscripts of the donor's father, Edward Ffoulkes, Llanberis, including a 'pryddest' entitled 'Yr Aipht', which was awarded the first prize at the National Eisteddfod at Liverpool, 1884, addresses on 'Eben Fardd' (1891), 'Dadblygiad' (1898), and 'Wordsworth' (undated), a copy of a letter to Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1885, and the recipient's reply, and a letter, 1885, from Rev Henry Griffith, F.G.S., Ventnor, IOW, sometime tutor at the Memorial College, Brecon, and a copy of the recipient's reply (NLW MS 16674D).

JOHN HUGHES, YSTRAD 1958021 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr H R Francis, London, per Mr. W. A. Evans, Ruthin. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A manuscript survey of the estate of John Hughes, Ystrad, near Denbigh, consisting of thirteen plans of property in several parishes in the counties of Flint, Denbigh, and Salop, surveyed by J. Price, 1842 (Dept of Pictures and Maps).

PRICE OF NORTON 1958022 Ffynhonnell / Source Major Sir Robert Henry Green-Price, Bart., Gwernafel, per Mr Frank Noble, B.A., Knighton. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Eighty-four deeds, 1674-1831, relating to the rectories of Bettus Bidowith (Dyhevid), Blaynporth, Caron, Kilkeny (Kilkennen), Lanvayr Cledogie, Llanbadern Oden, Llancayron, Llandewybrevy, Llangibby, Llanpaderne Trefflegois, Llanthinall (Carrock), Llanwenock, and Ystrad, co. Cardigan, Llanbedey and Treleigh and Bettus, co. Carmarthen, and Glasebury, Talgarth, and Wentworth [?Gwenddwr] and the chapelry of Peperton, cos. Brecknock and Radnor, to the manors of Blethvaugh and Pilleth, co. Radnor, Harton, co. Hereford, and Badson, co. Salop, and to properties in the manors of Norton, co. Radnor, and Onibury and Stanton Lacy, co. Salop, and in the parishes of Llanllwchairn, Moughtre, and Newtown, co. Montgomery, Beguildy, Blethvaugh, Cascobb, Discoyed, Heyop, Knighton (including market and tolls), Landewy Ystradeny, Llanbadarnvawr, Llanbister, Llangunlo, Llanvihangel Nantmelan, Llanvihangell Rhydithon, New Radnor, Norton, Old Radnor, Pilleth, Presteigne, and Whitton, co. Radnor, Kington and Old Radnor, co. Hereford, and Bromfield, Onibury, Stanton Lacy, and Stow, co. Salop. Mynegai Dihewyd, Blaenporth, Llanfair Clydogau, Llanddewibrefi, Llanbadarn Trefeglwys, Llanwenog, Trelech, Llanllwchaiarn, Mochdre, Llanbadarn Fawr, Llangunllo, Llanfihangel Nant Melan, Llanfihangel Rhydeithon, Glasbury, Mochdre, Cascob, Llanfair Discoed., Nodiadau Schedule Available.

EDWARD IFOR WILLIAMS 1958023 Ffynhonnell / Source Dr and Mrs T J M. Gregg, Swansea, per Mr A Gray Jones, Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Manuscripts of Edward Ifor Williams (1885-1957) of Pontypridd, co. Glamorgan, schoolmaster. They include the minute and account book of the company of cordwainers and glovers of Cardiff, 1663-1737 (NLW MS 16152D); a transcript of the vestry book of the parish of Aberystruth, co. Monmouth, 1772- 1820, containing the accounts of the churchwardens, the overseers of the poor, and the overseers of highways (NLW MS 16153D); a volume of sermons, both English (late seventeenth and early eighteenth century) and Welsh (eighteenth and nineteenth century) (NLW MS 16163B); biographical notes on Crawshay Bailey (1789-1872) with additional notes on his railroad and engineering activities (NLW MS 16160C); biographical notes on Samuel Baldwin Rogers, metallurgical chemist, of Nantyglo (d. 1863) (NLW MS 16159B); extracts from a rental of the manors of Ebouth Vaure and Ebouth Vighan in the lordship of Abergavenny, 1586 (NLW MS 16154B); a photocopy of a ballad published in 1701 telling the tale of the birth of Dassy Harry's son (of Aberystruth) (NLW MS 16162D); notes on ghosts, apparitions, etc., being further unpublished material collected by Edmund Jones (1702-93), author of A Relation of Apparitions of Spints in the Principality of Wales, 1780 (NLW MS 16161B); and a considerable quantity of notes compiled presumably with the aim of writing a history of the parish of Aberystruth and arranged under such chapter headings as schools, housing, roads and railways, churches and chapels, mining, ironworks, agriculture, societies, etc. (NLW MSS 16155-8B)

DR GRIFFITH EVANS 1958024 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Ywain Goronwy ap Griffith, Towyn. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A pedigree on parchment of the Evans of Ty Mawr family engrossed by the donor, and photographs of relics of the career of Dr Griffith Evans (1835-1935).

DEWI G GRIFFITHS 1958025 Ffynhonnell / Source The late Mr Dewi G Griffiths, Swansea. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A letter-book, 1871-91, of David Evans ('Dewi Dawel'), Cwm-du, Carmarthenshire, and accounts, 1842- 72, of the Glynsanan Benefit Society, Llanfynydd (NLW MS 16113C).

E R GRONOW 1958026 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr E R Gronow, Newport, Pembs. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A small manuscript book of poems to Oliver Cromwell and others by Ebenezer Field (NLW Amryw 38/8); and papers relating to the army career of Daniel Gronow, 1864, and a notebook containing Welsh folksongs in the hand of Daniel Gronow (NLW Ex 1616).

MARY C HILL 1958027 Ffynhonnell / Source Miss Mary C Hill, M.A., Shrewsbury. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A translation of an inspeximus, 1562/3, of a charter, 1411, of the borough of Holt, co. Denbigh, and a conveyance, 1828, of property in the borough (NLW Deeds 701-2, NLW Misc Records 104-5).

HUGHES A'I FAB 1958028 Ffynhonnell / Source Messrs Hughes & Son, Wrexham (per Mr D Tecwyn Lloyd, B.A.). Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A file of correspondence and reports, 1937-43, by Dr T. Gwynn Jones on manuscripts submitted for his opinion. A sales record book, 1920-30, of books published by Hughes & Son; letter-books, 1862-1933; and music manuscripts.

HUGH JONES (`HUW MYFYR') & JOHN EVANS (`ISFRYN') 1958029 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Howell E James, C.B.E., Norwich. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A manuscript volume of the poems of Hugh Jones (`Huw Myfyr', 1845-91), Dinorwig (NLW MS 16670A). A manuscript volume of the poems, 1862-70, of John Evans ('Isfryn'), Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant (NLW MS 16671A).

ESGAIRNANT CM CHAPEL, TALLEY 1958030 Ffynhonnell / Source Miss Ceinwen Jones, Talley. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Minutes and an agreement, 1899 (NLW MS 16114D), a collection book, 1922-45 (NLW MS 16115D), and statistics, 1928-45 (NLW MS 16116E), of Esgairnant CM chapel, Talley.

FRANCIS WYNN JONES 1958031 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Francis Wynn Jones, O.B.E., B.A., Watford. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Transcripts of the works of Guto'r Glyn and Gutun Owain by Robert H. Davies; letters, 1894-1902, to R. H. Davies from J. Glyn Davies (NLW MS 16098E), G. P. Putnam & Sons (NLW MS 16726A), and T. Marchant Williams (NLW MS 16726A), and printed matter, including translations of the Local Government Act, 1894, and Charity Reports, 1898-9 (Dept of Printed Books). Two sketches in oils by John Kelt Edwards of Cynwyd bridge, 1905, and 'Felin Isa', Cynwyd, 1912, and pencil sketches of David Lloyd George and William Owen Jones, Bangor, by the same artist (Dept of Pictures and Maps).

J J ROBERTS, WISCONSIN 1958032 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs H T Jones, Minneapolis, U.S.A. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Sermon notes by J. J. Roberts, Wisconsin, and two manuscript valentines (NLW MS 16634A).

DR J G PENRHYN JONES 1958033 Ffynhonnell / Source Dr J G Penrhyn Jones, M.R.C.P., D.C.H., M.A., Llangwyfan. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A copy of the donor's dissertation for the M.A. degree of the University of Liverpool - 'A history of medicine in Wales in the eighteenth century' (NLW MS 16125E).

YSBYTY YSTWYTH CM CHAPEL 1958034 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Richard Jones, B.A., Machynlleth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description An account book, 1845-96, of pew rents for Ysbyty Ystwyth C.M. chapel (NLW MS 16662A).

DR T GWYNN JONES 1958035 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs T Gwynn Jones, Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A further group of books from the library of the late Dr. T. Gwynn Jones, including valuable additions to the Library's Celtic, French, and German literary sections (Dept of Printed Books). Of particular interest are a number of Irish and Manx editions of the New Testament.

JOSHUA WATKINS, CARMARTHEN 1958036 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs E M Waldo Lewis and Mr Roderick P Waldo Lewis, Carmarthen. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A volume of holograph sermons, 1812-19, by Joshua Watkins, minister of Penuel Baptist church, Carmarthen, and genealogical memoranda (NLW MS 16126B).

SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPT 1958037 Ffynhonnell / Source Dr H Mostyn Lewis, B.Sc., Gresford. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description An incomplete Sanskrit manuscript (nineteenth century) containing a collection of hymns, philosophical tracts, etc., beginning with Ganesa-stotra and ending with Kaivalya Upanishad, with Bhagavad-gita in the middle (NLW MS 10580B).

TIMOTHY LEWIS 1958038 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Timothy Lewis, M.A., Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description An index to the poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym with transcripts by Dr. J. Gwenogvryn Evans. Letters, 1898-1905, to Dr. J. Gwenogvryn Evans concerning the Historical Manuscripts Commission.

A R LLEWELLIN-TAYLOUR 1958039 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr A R Llewellin-Taylour, M.A., F.R.S.A., London. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Over 120 volumes of printed books, a large number of which are fine examples of the products of early continental and English presses (Dept of Printed Books). Mr. Llewellin-Taylour has again generously added to the Library's collection of incunabula with copies of Duranti's Rationale divinorum officiorum (Venice, 1485) and Sidonius's Epistolae et poemata (Milan, 1498). A group of Elzevirs and a number of interesting sixteenth and seventeenth century editions of the works of Erasmus, Melanchthon, Henri Estienne (the second), Drexelius, and Hugo de Groot are valuable additions to the already extensive list of scholarly antiquarian books which Mr. LlewellinTaylour has presented over many years. Other works include twenty-five volumes of The Historical Register covering 1714-38, two finely-bound sets of five volumes each of Frances Burney's Camilla (1796) and Cecilia (1782) and her Diary and Letters . . . (1778-1840) edited in six volumes by Charlotte Barrett (London, 1904-5), Powel's Historie of Cambria (1584), and a well-presened copy of the 1620 edition of the Welsh Bible. Watercolour drawings of Barmouth, Cader Idris, and Snowdon from Capel Curig, by Henry Gastineau, and two watercolour drawings by Thomas Allom (Dept of Pictures and Maps).

HERBERT J LLOYD-JOHNES 1958040 Ffynhonnell / Source Major Herbert J Lloyd-Johnes, T.D., F.S.A., Coates, Nr. Cirencester. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A small group of books relating to Turkey and Cyprus (Dept of Printed Books).

F F MADAN 1958041 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr F F Madan, M.A., F.S.A., London. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Several donations of books of biographical and topographical interest which add considerably to the value of the Library's local history section (Dept of Printed Books).

J S MIRYLEES 1958042 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs J S Mirylees, Nanteos, Nr. Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A collection of over sixty volumes, mainly of sixteenth and seventeenth century printed books (Dept of Printed Books), including a notable group of legal works by Sir Edward Coke, Ferdinand Pulton, and Sir Robert Brook, Speght's edition, published in 1598, of Chaucer's Workes, James Howell's Epistolae Ho- Elianae, 1645, and the 1651 edition of Thomas Hobbes's Leviafhan. Among the few items of Welsh interest are Caradoc of Llancarvan's History of Wales, 1774, Dwnn's Heraldic Visitations, 1846, and the three-volume edition of Borrow's Wild Wales, 1862.

BOB OWEN, CROESOR 1958043 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Bob Owen, O.B.E., M.A., Croesor. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A list of students at the Llanfyllin academy, 1821 (NLW MS 16627D), and a teacher's certificate of John William Roberts, 1868 (NLW MS 17413F). Playbills advertising performances at the theatre on the Quay at Caernarvon, 1813 (Dept of Pictures and Maps).

OWEN PARRY, LLANEGRYN 1958044 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Owen Parry, M.A., Llanegryn. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Notes on the woollen industry, 1696-1780; an incomplete translation into Welsh of E. R. Appleton, An outline of Religion for children, 1933; a manuscript of sermons and hymns by Thomas Phillips, Neuadd- lwyd, 1809; and papers relating to Arwest Glan Geirionydd, 1890-6, and other activities of W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd').

R A PENNANT, SAUNDERSFOOT 1958045 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs R A Pennant, Saundersfoot. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description An account book, 1833-9, of the Tenby and Bigelly Coal Company (NLW MS 17668E) and an account book, 1882-1902, of Griffith Thomas of Coedcanlas, Pembroke, farmer (NLW MS 17669C). A number of printed books of Pembrokeshire interest (Dept of Printed Books), including Fenton's Tour (1811) and the Inventory published in 1925 by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments. Mynegai Begeli

DR E M PHILLIPS 1958046 Ffynhonnell / Source Dr E M Phillips, M.A., Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Over forty volumes of printed books, mainly in French (Dept of Printed Books), among which the most notable are Bayle's Dictionnaire histonque et critique, 1734, and Bibliographie des auteurs modernes de langue francaise by Talvart and Place.

SIR O M EDWARDS 1958047 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs Baden Powell, Farndon, Cheshire. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description An autograph album, 1880-1, kept by [Sir] Owen M. Edwards as a student at Bala and Aberystwyth. (To be added to the Sir Owen M. Edwards Papers at the National Library.) Nodiadau Schedule Available.

LONDON MISSION, PAPUA, NEW GUINEA 1958048 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs S J Rankin, B.A., B.D., The London Mission, Veiru, Papua, New Guinea. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A Grammar and Vocabulary of the language spoken by the Motu Tribe, New Guinea, by W. G. Lawes (Sydney, 1896), and a copy of the Gospels in the Motu language (Dept of Printed Books).

FFESTINIOG INDEPENDENTS' EISTEDDFOD 1958049 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Joseph H Roberts, Penrhyndeudraeth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description An essay on the influence of the mind upon the activities of the body, submitted for competition at the Ffestiniog Independents' Eisteddfod, Christmas 1883 (NLW MS 16345D).

M BLODWEN ROBERTS 1958050 Ffynhonnell / Source Miss M Blodwen Roberts, B.A., Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A miscellaneous collection of books, pamphlets, and offprints, including a number of valuable nineteenth- century items (Dept of Printed Books).

JOHN MORRIS, TREFNANT 1958051 Ffynhonnell / Source Miss M E Roberts, Trefnant. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Manuscripts and papers from the library of John Morris, Trefnant. They include a diary, 1888, of Robert Ambrose Jones ('Emrys ap Iwan'); notebooks, 1888, and extracts from the diaries, 1841-91, of John Daniel, Henllan, Denbighshire; notes of addresses and sermons by John Morris; letters, 1937-52, relating to 'Emrys ap Iwan'; a pedigree roll of Thomas Henshawe of Lockwood, Staffordshire, and a breviate of deeds, sixteenth century; a general abstract book, 1806-17, of Pen-y-garreg mine; an account book, 1869, of an estate in Denbighshire (?Bryn Aber); an account book, 1913-14, of the Bodelwyddan estate; minutes, 1883-8, of the Denbigh District Sunday School Meeting; statistics taken at a pyx at the Royal Mint, 1866- 74, and of bronze coins, 1860-90. An imperfect volume of Welsh ballads, John Parry's Gramadeg Hebraeg (Caerlleon, 1818), and the 1799 edition of Walter Cradoc's Works are the most noteworthy items in a small collection of Welsh and English books of literary and theological interest received from the library of the late John Morris (Dept of Printed Books).

DRUID INN 1958052 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr F Smythe, Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Papers, 1834-58, relating to lead mining projects in North Cardiganshire, including letters, mainly written in 1840, by members of his family to Captain Matthew Francis at the Lisburne Mines. Nodiadau Schedule Available.

SIR H WALFORD DAVIES 1958053 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs E M Thomas, Edgware. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description The original manuscript of the Te Deum as set to music by Sir H. Walford Davies (NLW MS 16108D).

H EVANS THOMAS 1958054 Ffynhonnell / Source The Reverend H Evans Thomas, Portmadoc. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Diaries kept by the donor, 1915-54, recording his preaching engagements and ministerial duties at Cemaes and Llanbryn-Mair, 1921-8, Ponciau, 1928-31, Penrhyndeudraeth, 1931-6, Aberarth, and Barry, 1939-54; and notebooks of lectures to Leeswood WEA classes, 1941-3. Mynegai Llanbrynmair

THOMAS, MACHYNLLETH 1958055 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs M Thomas, Machynlleth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A group of business and some personal records of the family of Owen and Susanah Thomas and of their son John Thomas, grocers, drapers, and chemists, Penrallt Street, Machynlleth. It includes twenty-eight day books, 1830-92; nineteen ledgers and account books, 1800-86; miscellaneous unbound accounts and memoranda of Owen Thomas and Susanah Thomas, 1807-32; an account book of Evan Morgan, 1812-13; accounts of carriage by Rowland Lewis, 1815-31; a list of books [lent?], 1814-15, and particulars of money borrowed (undated); a notebook of John Thomas containing anecdotes, recipes, building expenses (1829-30), sermon notes (1827-31), etc.; fifteen exercise books (arithmetic, trigonometry, book-keeping, etc.) of John Thomas and others, 1831-64, together with one bearing the name of John Lloyd, 1793; an account book of a plumber, glazier, etc., 1833-48; the first register of admissions and monthly contributions of the Machynlleth First Friendly Society, 1834-77, a 'club money' receipts book, 1864-5, and lists of committee members[?], 1878-81 and undated; a spinning and weaving account book, 1839-46; six volumes of Newtown-Machynlleth carriage accounts, 1841-66; a small debts accounts book, 1848-55; an account book of John Thomas with John Edwards, Penrhiw, Derwenlas, 1849-59; a notebook containing a list of subscriptions towards the erection of an infants school to celebrate the birth of an heir at Plas Machynlleth [1852]; accounts of carriage by David Jones, 1853-63; an invoice book, 1855-64; a pew rent account book, 1856-69; two notebooks of receipts and disbursements of Machynlleth Baptist church, 1859-64, and a collection book towards the repair of the chapel, 1863; an account book of payments to Owen Arthur, river watcher, 1860-4; a volume of poetry, anecdotes, etc., compiled by John Thomas, 1860; a stock book, c. 1860; a flour account book of Ja. Tomlin, 1863-4; an account book of John Davies and Susan Davies, drapers, Machynlleth, 1866-79; two volumes of Garth Farm accounts, mutton sales accounts, etc., 1868-73 and undated; an account book of the [?Dovey] Angling Association, 1870-3; a credit book, 1871-84; a register of licences issued by John Lumley at the Stamp Office, Machynlleth, 1872-4; a funeral contributions book [?of the Machynlleth First Friendly Society], [1874]-6; an account book of John Thomas with Lewis Thomas, Ogofach, etc., 1873-80; a sale book of Manchester House, Machynlleth, 1889; a Sunday School collection book of Mrs. Lumley's class (undated); and twelve bundles of invoices and receipts, with an occasional letter, 1839-1901.

R F TREHARNE 1958056 Ffynhonnell / Source Professor R F Treharne, M.A., Ph.D., F.R.Hist.S., Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A number of the early volumes of new journals published by historical societies in India, Ceylon, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Jamaica, Malaya, and Malta which it has been decided to continue receiving either by subscription or in exchange for the Library's Journal (Dept of Printed Books).

JOSEPH VENDRYES 1958057 Ffynhonnell / Source Professor Joseph Vendryes, Paris. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Offprints of articles on subjects of Celtic interest published by the donor in various French learned Journals (Dept of Printed Books).

TITUS AND ELIZABETH EVANS 1958058 Ffynhonnell / Source The Reverend A W Wade-Evans, M.A., Wrabness. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description An essay on the place-names of Dyfed, 1936; transcripts of Welsh laws and of the Nevern parish register, 1711-28; notes on Fishguard and a biographical note on Thomas Richards.

YR EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL, PWLLHELI 1958059 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr D G Lloyd Hughes, Pwllheli. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Minutes of the Finance Committee of the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Pwllheli, 1955 (NLW MS 16609C).

J B WILLANS 1958060 Ffynhonnell / Source Miss E Willans, M.B.E., Kerry. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Manuscripts and papers of the late J. Bancroft Willans of Kerry. They include diaries, 1900-57; notes of tours in Britain and on the continent, 1893-1938; transcripts of monumental inscriptions from border counties, including Unitarian chapels, and of material relating to Kerry and to clergy with Welsh connections; the manuscript of his Byeways of Montgomeryshire and of a handbook on Montgomeryshire for the use of schools; and a collection of casts of seals (Dept of Pictures and Maps).

THEOLOGICAL BOOKS 1958061 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs E Williams, The Nottage, Porthcawl. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Forty-one volumes, mostly in Welsh, of theological works published during the nineteenth century (Dept of Printed Books).

SUDANESE MISCELLANEA 1958062 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr I R Williams, B.A., Khartoum, Sudan. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A substantial run of Sudan Notes and Records, a journal which had not been regularly received by the Library since 1939, and a number of Government Papers published immediately before and during the period of transition of the Sudan to self-government (Dept of Printed Books).

WILLIAM ROBERTS (`NEFYDD') 1958063 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Robert Williams, Cardiff. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A biographical sketch of William Roberts ('Nefydd') by Hugh Williams (1880-1905), Baptist minister at Nant-y-glo, transcribed by Edward Ifor Williams, 1946 (NLW MS 16164D).

Y TRAETHODYDD 1958064 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description An index to Y Traethodydd, Vols. I-L (NLW MSS 15276-9D).

YOKOHAMA SOCIETY, ABERYSTWYTH 1958065 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Minutes, 1900-11, of the Yokohama Society, Aberystwyth (NLW MS 16165B).

W A EVANS 1958066 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A group of deeds, 1745-51, relating to Pentrellyncymer, Denbighshire.

RICHARD DAVIES (`TAFOLOG') 1958067 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Poetry by Richard Davies ('Tafolog') (NLW MS 2889A).

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS 1958068 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Autograph letters and documents:- Joseph Leycester Lyne ('Father Ignatius'), 1894-5 (NLW MS 14350A); David Lloyd George, 1911 (NLW MS 14350A); Owen Jones (1809-74), architect and ornamental designer, 1863 (NLW MS 14351A); Felicia Hemans (with poems) (NLW MS 10707C), Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1645 (NLW MS 10595E); Robert Owen, socialist and philanthropist, 1853 (NLW MS 16098E); Charles II (order for the preparation of a grant of the offices of Prothonotary and Clerk of the Crown for North Wales), 1670 (NLW MS 14529E).

BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER 1958069 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A copy of The Book of Common Prayer printed at the Clwydian Press, Denbigh, in 1823, having, concealed beneath the gold on the fore-edge, an interesting and ingenious 'double fore-edge painting' of Bangor and Bangor Cathedral (Dept of Printed Books).

TOPOGRAPHICAL PRINTS OF WALES 1958070 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Several additions to the collection of eighteenth and nineteenth century topographical prints of Wales (Dept of Pictures and Maps).

CARDIGANSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL 1958071 Ffynhonnell / Source Cardiganshire County Council, per Mr D Ll C Morgan, Ph.D., F.F.C.S., Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Records of the Public Assistance Institution at Temple Buildings, Lampeter, including weekly net provisions issued from stores account, 1927-48 (9 volumes); provisions receipt and consumption accounts, 1928-49 (13 volumes); daily provisions consumption account, 1932; necessaries and miscellaneous accounts, 1927-34 (2 volumes); necessaries account book, 1921-6; fuel, domestic and miscellaneous book, 1934-46; stone receipt and sale account book, 1900-37; miscellaneous account book, 1946-51; collectors' ledger, 1892-1907; day book, 1936-7; summary of day book, 1930-9; estimated requirements book, 1937- 42; requisition books, 1936-48 (3 volumes); master's weekly relief returns, 1932-47 (6 volumes); general receipt books, 1939-40 (2 volumes); officers' cash account book, 1938-43 (2 volumes); garden and pig account book, 1884-1926; garden receipt book, 1933-8; firewood receipt book, 1936-8; register of weekly payments to old age pensioners, 1938-44; indoor relief list, 1924-8; registers of clothing given as out relief, 1890-1902 (with later invoices); inventory book, 1900-29; supplement to inventory (hardware and crockery), 1939-49; clothing materials receipt and conversion book (used as daily menu book), 1951; admission and discharge books, 1930-41 (2 volumes); casuals' admission and discharge books, 1928-43 (6 volumes); casuals' register of applications, 1939-40; casuals' daily provisions account books, 1931-4 (3 volumes); master's day book, 1923-34; summary of master's day book, 1923-34; master's receipt and payment book, 1895-1934; master's report book, 1923-38 (2 volumes); master's letter books, 1914-44 (13 volumes); medical officer's report and examination books, 1931-48 (3 volumes); register of births and deaths, 1878-1938; register of persons of unsound mind detained in the institution, 1933; registers of notices to coroners of the deaths of lunatics, 1902-31 (2 volumes); register of mechanical restraint [blank]; revision register (indoor cases), 1934-5; inmates' property register, 1943-7; orders for detention of lunatics, 1892-1930; register of names and addresses of friends or relatives of inmates, 1914-30; porter's books, 1934-9 (2 volumes); visitors books, 1906-36 (2 volumes); religious creed register, 1881-1914; particulars for central index, 1932-3. An album containing numerous nineteenth century engraved, lithographic and photographic views, depicting English and continental abbeys, churches, cathedrals, mountain landscapes, etc. Nodiadau Transferred to Ceredigion RO, January 1986.

URDD GOBAITH CYMRU 1958072 Ffynhonnell / Source Cwmni Urdd Gobaith Cymru (Corff.), Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Minutes, 1931-46, of Cwmni Urdd Gobaith Cymru (Corfforedig). Minutes, 1940-51, of the Welsh School, Aberystwyth. Nodiadau Schedule (1989), iii + 43pp.

EVELYN BERRINGTON DAVIES 1958073 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs Evelyn Berrington Davies, Plas Llangoedmore, Cardigan. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A letter book, 1746-51, of Arthur Pollard, a factor at Aleppo (NLW Minor Deposits 41B); accounts, 1865- 72, statements, 1873, and log book, 1873-4, of the brig Triton of Cardigan, and a protest of the loss of the ship, 1874 (NLW Minor Deposits 42-53B); and genealogical memoranda, 1727-74, of the Martin family (NLW Minor Deposits 54B).

G T D ANGEL 1958074 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr and Mrs S L Davies, Cwm-ann. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Deeds, 1860-94, relating to properties in the parishes of Llanllawddog and Abergorlech, Carmarthenshire (NLW Minor Deposits 36B). Nodiadau Schedule Available.

WALES SURVEY BOARD 1958075 Ffynhonnell / Source The Development Commission, London, per The Secretary. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Two volumes of 'A Survey of the Combined Ecclesiastical Parishes of Llandegfedd and Llanddewi Fach in the County of Monmouth', prepared by the Wales Survey Board, 1944 (Dept of Printed Books).

GLANDOVAN 1958076 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs Helen Dew, Glandovan, Cilgerran. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description An archive of estate, industrial, and personal records of the family of Gower of Glandovan and Castle Malgwyn, parish of Cilgerran, co. Pembroke. It consists of: Manuscript volumes including a letter book of Robert Frederic Gower, Clynderwen, 1843-5, 1871-4 (with references to railways, Mexican mines, etc.); a letter book of Erasmus Gower, Cefn Quarries, Cilgerran, 1818-1905 (references to sales and shipments of slab, hearthstones, milkpans, chimney pieces, etc., the purchase of machinery, annual trading accounts, etc.); a volume containing merchandise shipping accounts of Robert Gower, 1785-97, Castle Malgwyn estate rental accounts, 1824-8, and a schedule of furniture of Robert Gower at 83 Chiswell Street, [London], with a valuation, 1797; a copy valuation list for the parish of Manordivy and a summary of Gower properties in Manordivy, Cilgerran, Llangoedmore, and Llechryd, 186- ; a notebook recording [Cefn] quarry sales and accounts, 1874; two notebooks containing accounts of the letting of Castle Malgwyn grasslands, 1883-7; a farm account book, 1889-94; a volume of poetry and letters by HL, WEL, ALG, and GSW, c. 1823; and a volume of press cuttings, 1862-76, relating to the Spanish financial crisis, international affairs, etc. About 380 title deeds and abstracts of title, 1748-1913, relating to the manors of Treglemmes and Sutton, the advowson of Boulston, and properties in Bridell, Carew, Castlebythe, Cilgerran, Eglwyswrw, Fishguard, Haskard, Haverfordwest, Hayscastle, Lampeter Velfrey, Letterston, Little Newcastle, Llanddewi Velfrey, Llanfairnantygof, Llanfallteg, Llanstadwell, Llanstinan, Llantood, Llanychllwydog, Manordivy, Mathry, Meline, Monington, Mounton, Mynachlogddu, Narberth, Nevern, Newport, Pembroke (St. Mary, St. Michael), Pontfaen, Puncheston, Rosemarket, St. Davids, St. Dogwells, and Tenby, co. Pembroke, Castelldwyran, Cilrhedyn, Cilymaenllwyd, Llanboidy, and Llandysilio, co. Carmarthen, Cardigan, Llandugwydd, Llanfihangel Generglyn, Llangoedmore, Llangynfelyn, and Llechryd, co. Cardigan, the city of London, Regent's Park and St. Luke, co. Middlesex, Whippingham, Isle of Wight, etc. Among them are articles of co-partnership and other deeds of the Penygored Tin Works, 1771-85; grants of a canal from the river Tivy through the glebe lands of the rectory of Manordivy, 1780-91; a patent of a sale to Abel Lewis Gower of 537 acres of lands in the parish of Jika Jika, co. Bourke, New South Wales (with statements of area and quality, etc.), 1841; leases and other deeds of Cefn, Morgan, Pats, and other quarries in Cilgerran, 1847-1910 (with letters from G. B. Thomas, Cilgerran, 1907-8, case and opinion in the suit of G. B. Thomas against Erasmus Gower, 1909, etc.), agreements for the manufacture of bricks, etc., at Llanfallteg, 1858-9; a mutual release in respect of Calthrop Paper Mills, co. Buckingham, 1865; an agreement for the sale of timber at Glandovan, 1876; and leases of Ffynnon Gower Well, 1886, and of a well in Parc Tankey, 1899, both in Cilgerran. Original and copy probate records of William Garnons the younger of Saint Dogwells, 1757, John Symmons of Llanstinan, 1757, James Walker of Spittalfields, 1775, Sir Benjamin Hammet, 1796, William Philipps of Penalltyrhayninge, Cilgerran, 1802, Margaretta Gower of Glandovan, 1819, Abel Anthony Gower of Glandovan, 1838, Sarah Gower of Regent's Park, co. Middlesex, 1852, William Thomas Price of Southsea, co. Southampton, 1871 (with codicil, 1872), and Robert Frederick Gower of Castlemalgwyn, 1884. About fifty letters, some written in Spanish, to members of the Gower family and to William Amlot, solicitor, Cardigan. The writers include Augustin de Yturbides, Bury Street [London], 1824 (loan of £1,000 for Matthew Fletcher); H. H. Wynne Aubrey, London, 1835 (application of legacy towards the restoration of HM Don Carlos to the Spanish throne); M? Ellinckhuysen, Turin, 1837 (business affairs of A. A. Gower, Nephews, & Co.); Thomas Gwynne, Haverfordwest, 1839 (land in Llanychllwydog); A. Morris, Glandovan, 1839 (inventory of effects at Glandovan); Messrs. Morris and Jones, Carmarthen, 1839 (transfer of Pentroydin, Llanddewi Velfrey); William Higgon, Lower Tredavy, Llanychllwydog, 1839 (lands in Llanychllwydog); Esteven Pareja, London, 1840 (administration of the estate of Jose A. de Lizaur); Erasmus Go-rer, Adelaide, 1851, and David Ogilvy, Melbourne, 1854 (disposal of land of Abel Lewis Gower in Jika Jika, New South Wales); De Lisle Brothers, Monte Video, 1857-62 (export of hides, debt of J. A. de Lizaur to R. F. Gower); Owen Bowen, secretary, Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway Co., 1860-1 (Carmarthen station approaches, discontinuation of the C. and C. Railway to Carmarthen); W. G. Lettsom, H.M. Consul General, Monte Video, 1861 (J. A. de Lizaur's estate); J. T. Kirkwood, Committee of Spanish Certificate Holders, 1868 (lease of quarries); Jose Merino Ballesteros, Hammersmith, 1868 (coal sale in Madrid); John Muscott, Clynderwen, 1876 (prices of slates from Whitland Abbey Green Quarry); G. L. P. Eyre & Co., London, 1878 (suit of Stewart v. Gower); Christopher Whittaker & Co., Accrington, 1882 (quotation for semi-dry brickmaking machine); etc. Papers in the actions of James Walker against Walter Lloyd and others, touching the share of plaintiff's father in a co-partnership in the trade of making block plates for the use of tinning and any other kind of rolled iron work, 1779, Bridget Catherine Gower and others against Robert Frederic Gower and others, touching the title to annuities bequeathed by the will of Abel Anthony Gower, c. 1838, Agnes Marshall Stewart and Margaret Ker against Erasmus Gower and Robert Frederic Gower, touching the title to Griffith Isaac otherwise Griffith Evans's Quarry presented by the Corporation of Cilgerran, 1877-8, and Erasmus Gower against Cefn Quarries Syndicate Ltd. and others, touching the payment (by Griffith Bowen Thomas) of debenture holders, 1907; case and opinion touching a portion of claims upon a sum of thirty million francs paid by France to Spain by the Treaty of 1818; case and opinion touching the purchase of a share by R. F. Gower in Guatamozin Silver Mine in Mexico, 1871; and opinions of G. B. Hughes, Temple, touching liability for repairs to the Castle Malgwyn and Coedcefnygarth estates, 1877. Two bank books of Cefn Quarry, 1881-94, and personal and legal accounts and vouchers of the Gower family, relating to the purchase of the Clynderwen and Glanrhyd estates in co. Pembroke, 1823-5, legacies and residuary estate of Abel Anthony Gower, 1837-40, the schooling of 'Master Gower' at Blackheath, 1842, Glandovan sales, 1849-56, Pontfaen wood sales, 1859-62, a Cillefawr (Llandysilio) sale, 1860, a Castle Malgwyn sale, 1876, dairy, cattle, and field account books, 1847, 1882-5, MS and printed pedigrees of the Gower family, together with wills, correspondence, copies of public records, extracts from parish registers, etc., relating thereto. Miscellaneous documents. These include copies of entries of baptism and death of members of the Gower and Brigstocke families, 1760-1880; a contract of co-partnership of A. A. Gower, Nephews, & Co., 1827; a financial agreement, in Spanish, between Margaret Murphy, Baroness Beaumont, resident in Paris, and her brother Col. John Murphy, resident in London, 1831; insurance policies in respect of Glandovan, 1832, and of olive oil in casks at St. Petersburg, 1834; an agreement for the hire of the vessel Samuel Cunard lying in London Docks, 1834; agreements, written in French, between A. A. Gower, Nephews, & Co. and others touching loans to King Charles V of Spain, 1834; a stock book of Glandovan, 1839-41; a valuation of the Glandovan demesne, 1840; certificates of the admission to the freedom of the city of London of Robert Frederic Gower, 1840, and Erasmus William Gower, 1925; a report of the 10th annual meeting of Derwent Mines, 1843; an appeal to R. F. Gower for his support to a scheme for the improvement of the town and county of Haverfordwest, 1846; a share certificate of the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway Co., 1847; remarks on the river Tivy 'since being surveyed by Mr. W. Lawrie in September, 1851'; articles of clerkship of R. F. Gower, 1854; a Chinese document received at H.M. Consulate at Canton, 10 October 1856; a commission of Erasmus Gower to be Lieutenant in the 12th Regiment of Light Dragoons, 1857; a contract with the General Land Drainage and Improvement Co. and other papers relating to Gower's Drainage and Grubbing Improvements in Llandissilio, Llanfallteg, Cilymaenllwyd, and Llanddewy Velfrey, 1860-1; rentals of the Clynderwen estate, 1864-5; a report by John Harvey & Sons, Haverfordwest, on farms on the Clynderwen estate, 1864; reports on Cefn Quarries by Meredith Jones, Tyddynseffrey Slate Quarry, Dolgelley, 1865, John Paull, Llangollen Slab and Slate Co. Ltd., 1866, D. Prichard, Penrhyn Quarry, Bangor, 1899, Erasmus Gower (undated), etc.; particulars of the Spanish National and Constitutional Loan, 1873; specifications of a new engine-house at Ceven Mawr, near Cilgerran, 1875; a valuation of Castle Malgwyn farm by Lewis Wilson, 1876; an award of damages in respect of timber felling at Glandovan, 1878; a draft memorial of Erasmus Gower to the Inland Revenue for an abatement of duty upon an annuity bequeathed by the will of Abel Anthony Gower, after 1884; an application for the administration of the estate of R. F. Gower, 1884; a commission of Erasmus William Gower to be 2nd Lieutenant in the Militia Forces (endorsed: The Carmarthen Royal Garrison Artillery), 1903; etc. Printed matter. It includes an act for vesting in Walter Lloyd, esq., a parcel of the glebe of the rectory of Manordivy, 1772; particulars of sales of the Castle Malgwyn estate, [1824], the Sheuchan estate in co. Wigtown, 1898, and the Clynderwen estate, 1917; a report on the encroachments on the bed of the river Tivy between Cardigan and Llechryd, 1853; a prospectus of the Landowners' West of England and South Wales Land Drainage and Inclosure Company, 1857; a prospectus of the Anglo-Spanish Smelting and Silver Mining Company, [1860]; reports on the Cefn Slab and Slate Quarry at Cilgerran, 1865-90; price lists of Cefn Slate and Slab Quarry, undated, Glogue Slate Quarries, 1867, and Aberllefenny Slate Quarries, 1874; a letter from Leopoldo Fernandez de Haro and Manuel Bermudez de Cordoba, Paris, to Queen Isabel II of Spain protesting against the appointment of Don Luis Gonzalez Brabo to be Minister and President of the Council, 1868; a report of J. W. Szlumper on the present state of the encroachments and obstructions existing in the river Tivy at Cilgerran, 1873; an act for the better prevention of the pollution of rivers, 1875; a draft scheme of the Charity Commission for the administration of the property of the dissolved corporation of Cilgerran, 1890; a prospectus of Cefn Quarries Syndicate Ltd., 1894; etc. A small group of maps and plans (Dept of Pictures and Maps), comprising Glandovan slangs, by John Wigley, 1790, Clynderwen demesne and other estate properties (undated), parts of the river Tivy, 1851 and undated, Whitland and Cardigan Railway extension to Cardigan, [c. 1886], property in Jika Jika in the colony of Port Philip, 1838, quarries in North Pembrokeshire, Llechryd Bridge and the Cilgerran-Llechryd road, a book of plans and sections of the Narberth Road and Maenclochog Railway, 1870-71, various plans of proposed houses, architectural drawings, and designs for farm buildings, public offices, etc., together with photographs of Manordivy[?] churchyard, 1911, and Glandovan (undated). A small portrait in oils of Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower (d. 1814), [canvas damaged], and an engraved portrait of Abel Anthony Gower, 1830 (Dept of Pictures and Maps). Mynegai Llanfihangel Genau'r Glyn, Hasguard, Llanddewi Felfre, Dolgellau.

$$T WELSH CHURCH COMMISSION 1958077 Ffynhonnell / Source Messrs John Francis & Son, Carmarthen. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description An extensive group of twentieth century tithe records acquired by the depositors in their capacity of agents and collectors for the Tithe Redemption Commission in cos. Carmarthen, Pembroke, and Cardigan and parts of cos. Glamorgan, Brecknock, and Radnor (MF/SA1, SD1-41, L1, G1-64). These records include parochial files of correspondence, forms of calculation of redemption annuities (CRA/SD), ledgers, bank books, analysis books, collection lists, survey sheets, apportionment forms (TP/SD & SB), tithe rent charge forms, Welsh Church Commission property and tithe rent charge rentals, arrears schedules, office receipts (OR), etc.; over sixty tithe maps, with some schedules, of parishes in cos. Carmarthen, Pesnbroke, Cardigan, Glamorgan, Brecknock, Radnor and Montgomery; and a bound apportionment of the prebend of Lambister in the parishes of Llandewy Ystradenny and Llanvihangel Rydithon, co. Radnor, 1840 (Dept of Pictures and Maps). Mynegai Llanddewi Ystradenny, Llanfihangel Rhydeithon.

CARTER 1958078 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Charles H Fry, Clevedon, Somerset. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description 173 documents, 1585/6-l909, relating to the trust created by the will, 25 April 1846, of Edwin Carter of Chepstow, co. Monmouth, afterwards of Clifton in the city and county of Bristol. They include title-deeds, 1585/6-l906, of properties in Caelwent, Chapp, Chepstow, Christchurch, Earlswood, Goldcliff, Hardwick, Kemes, Lanvayre Discoed, Liswerry, Llanmelyn, Magor, Mathern, Monrnouth, Mounton, Nash, Penalt, Portskewett, St. Anans, St. Brides, St. Lawrence, Shirenewton, Sudbrook, and Whitson, co. Monmouth, and in Clifton in Bristol; estreats of the manors of Caerwent, 1655/6-86, Goldcliff, 1774-1836, Lanvayre Discoed, 1655/6-1775, and Liswerry (Liswerry and Libeneth), 1773-1854; probate records of Jenkin Philipps of Mathern, 1731/2, Ann Morgan of Thornwell, Chepstow, 1743, Alice Morgan of Mathern, 1754, Paul Morgan of Chepstow, 1793, Martha Bridgen of Bristol, 1812, Ann Morgan of Chepstow, 1825, Edwin Carter of Bristol, 12 January 1846, Edwin Carter of Chepstow and Clifton, 25 April 1846, and John Carter of Clevedon, co. Somerset, 1859; letters of Thos. Prothero, Usk, 1806, Edward Stephens, for the Dean and Chapter of Llandaff, 1852, Henry W. Woodforde, 14 Red Lion Square, London, a trustee of the Carter estate, 1900-6, Henry Charles Fry, Clevedon, another trustee, 1906, and Messrs. Ingpen and Armitage, Gray's Inn, London, 1909; and legal opinions, 1841-8. Mynegai Llanfair Discoed, Caerwent, Monmouth, Penallt, St. Arvans. Nodiadau Schedule Available.

G R D HARRISON & M CLEAVER 1958079 Ffynhonnell / Source Lieut-Colonel G R D Harrison and Mrs Maud Cleaver, Welshpool. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Seventy-six letters, 1771-1840, addressed mainly to Thomas Jones and Miss Jones, Llantysilio Hall, Llangollen, co. Denbigh, Major and Mrs. Harrison, also of the same, Devereux Mytton of Garth, and Rev R. J. Harrison, Chew Magna and Forden, by R. S. Booth, Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Ponsonby ('The Ladies of Llangollen'), John Emes, (Mrs.) S. M. Hackett, B. A. Harrison, J. P. Harrison, Madras, and other members of the Harrison family, P. S. Munn, Devereux Mytton, jun., (Mrs.) Augusta Phillips, Erasmus Saunders, Brighton, F. A. Somerville, Wells, and others, some of them relating to painters and painting, a pedigree of the family of Edwards of Pentre, otherwise Castle Fryth, Montgomeryshire, copies of the charter of Llanfyllin, 1673, culinary and other recipes, and letters and papers relating to Forden charities and tithes (NLW Minor Deposits 623B). Nodiadau Schedule Available.

JOURNAL OF GREENVILL COLLINS 1958080 Ffynhonnell / Source The Reverend Elias Hughes, B.A., Blaenau Ffestiniog. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description The journal of Greenvill Collins, master of HMS Leopard, taking the Duke of Grafton for a voyage to the Mediterranean, January-May 1680 (NLW Minor Deposits 38B).

SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1958081 Ffynhonnell / Source Miss Sybil Jones, Penrhyndeudraeth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Letters, 1900-1, written by Evan Bowen Jones when on active service in the South African War.

LLANLLYR 1958082 Ffynhonnell / Source Captain J Hext Lewes, O.B.E., R.N. (retd.), Llanllyr. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Deeds and documents, 1631-1861, relating to the Llanllyr estate in the parishes of Ystrad, Dihewyd, Trefilan, Llanbadarn Trefeglwys, Llanddewibrefi, Henfynyw, Llanarth, Blaenporth, Cardiganshire, and Merthyr, Llangynock, and Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, with a toll book, 1796-1833, of Talsarn fairs. Mynegai Llangynog Nodiadau Schedule Available.

WATERS 1958083 Ffynhonnell / Source Messrs Maude and Tunnicliffe, per The National Register of Archives, London. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Eleven deeds, 1792-1893, relating to properties in the parishes of Llansaintfread, Llywel, and Maesmynis, and in Pipton, Brecknockshire, Llanbadarn Fawr, Cardiganshire, Llangunnor and Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Llanyfydd, Denbighshire, Hirnant, Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant, Llanwyddyn, and Pennant, Montgomeryshire, and St. Davids and Walwyns Castle, Pembrokeshire; and documents, 1849-1918, relating to the family of Waters of Sarnau. Mynegai Llanwddyn, Llanufydd.

NANTEOS 1958084 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs J S Mirylees, Nanteos. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description An extensive archive of estate muniments and papers of the family of Powell of Nanteos, previously of Llechwedd-ddyrys, near Aberystwyth:- Over 1,000 deeds and abstracts of title, early 17th-20th cent., relating to properties in Aberystwyth, Betws Bledrws, Caron, Cellan, Gwnnws, Lampeter, Llanbadarnfawr, Llanbadarnodyn, Llanbadarn-y-creuddyn, Llanddewibrefi, Llanfairclydoge, Llanfihangel-y-creuddyn, Llangyby, Llanrhystyd, Llanychaiarn, Lledrod, Penbryn, Rhydyfelin, Silian, and Tregaron, co. Cardigan, Llanddewi Abergwessin, co. Brecknock, Laugharne, Llanboidy, and Llanwinio, co. Carmarthen, Narberth, co. Pembroke, and Llanbrynmair, co. Montgomery. Among them are a marriage settlement of John Jones, Nanteos, 1641; a grant from the Earl of Castlemaine for ninety-nine years of a burial place in a specified part of the chancel of the parish church of Llanbadarnfawr, 1705; a lease of a piece of ground in Aberystwyth for the erection of [Tabernacle CM] meeting-house, 1785; a lease of the tithes of Nantgynllo, 1801; a lease of a piece of ground in Trefechan to erect a ropewalk, 1810; leases of Rhyd felin and Maeshowel tanhouse and tanyard, 1810-27; a lease of a piece of ground in the parish of Llanychaiarn for the erection of [Blaenplwyf CM] meeting-house, 1819; a lease of land, being part of Castle Field near St. Michael's Chapel, for the erection of public rooms, 1819, and a lease of the Assembly Rooms to the Corporation of Aberystwyth, 1882; a lease of a piece of ground and Moriah Calvinistic Baptist meeting- house erected thereon, 1830; a lease of Tregaron Mill, 1841; a lease of a foundry in High Street, Aberystwyth, 1852; an agreement to raise stones from Buarthmawr Quarries in the borough of Aberystwyth, 1862; a lease of Aberystwyth corn market, 1870; a lease of Llanerchpentir schoolroom or meeting-house, 1870; a transfer and further mortgage of a tanhouse and tanyard at Llangawsai, parish of Llanbadarnfawr, 1873; a lease of Buarthmawr, Park y Doll, Vicarage Field, and a croquet ground and plantation in Aberystwyth, 1877; the marriage settlement, written in French, of Sir Michiel Castel and Constance le Bruin, 1621; and a precept for the performance of a decree of Chancery confirming an annual charity of £10 bequeathed to the poor of the parish of Myddfai, co. Carmarthen, by the will (1644) of Morgan Owens, bishop of Llandaff. There are also twelve title-deeds, 1787-1871, of Plastirion, parish of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, co. Denbigh, and seventy-two deeds, 1684-1728, of the Herne family of All Hallows, Barking, and of the Inner Temple, some relating to the Haymarket Theatre, 1712, and to properties in All Hallows, Hatton Garden, and St. Leonard (Shoreditch) and in Rowington, co. Warwick. About 270 volumes, audit sheets, and unbound sheets, containing eighteenth to twentieth century rentals of the Nanteos, Aberystwyth, Tregaron or Abbey, Pennant, and other family estates. The earliest records in the group are a series of rentals of Cardiganshire properties, 1771-1833, and rentals of the Pennant estate in co. Montgomery, 1768-87, and of the Merioneth estate, 1768-89. Volumes of official estate accounts. These include a disbursements book, 1784-7; disbursements by Edward Hughes for Thomas Bonsall, 1787-8; volumes of particulars and valuation of the Cardiganshire estate by J. Shepard and of the Montgomeryshire estate by A[dam] Murray, 1813; a journal of accounts, 1813-17; a ledger of livestock, farm, and house expenses, general repairs, etc., 1813-17; a ledger, 1820-6; five cash books, 1820-1910 (with gaps); an estate account book, 1821-6; a bank book of William Edward Powell, 1826-34; a plasterers' account book, 1831-4; three volumes containing lists of London, Aberystwyth, and other bills payable by W. E. Powell, 1832-54; fourteen volumes of labourers' accounts, 1832-1906; a sale book of Penylan, parish of Caron, 1840; a postage book, 1841-2; two volumes of gardeners' accounts, 1842-4; a memorandum book of John Hughes and Thomas W. Wells, recording leases, repairs, sales of timber, etc., 1845-61; nine account books with tradesmen in Aberystwyth and elsewhere, 1848-1922; a servants' account book (mutilated) of Hetty Lewis, Adpar Hill, Newcastle Emlyn, 1851-6; a bank book of William Thomas Rowland Powell, 1853-66; and three game books, 1854-86. Unbound official, and personal accounts, 1766-1924; vouchers for fees of knighthood, 1687, repairs, etc., 1784-8, household accounts, 1806-26, estate accounts, 1819-1924. Deeds, 1693-1890, accounts, 1792-1907, and correspondence, 1810-1938, relating to lead mines, mainly in North Cardiganshire. Records of the Manchester and Milford Railway. They include notices of application to Parliament, 1859- 64, a printed Act for making a railway from Llanidloes to Pencader, 1860; a report by Theodore Paul, Aberystwyth, on damage effected on the course of the river at Llandwy, 1867, and an agreement for the sale of lands to the Company in Caron and Llangibby, 1865; papers, 1870-7, in the action of T. J. S. Hotchkin and others against the Company, touching the Tregaron estate; and an abstract of title of James Loxdale to lands in Llanddewybrefy, Caron, and Llanilar required by the Company. Notices to owners, lessees, and occupiers issued by the Great North and South Wales and Worcester Railway, 1845. Records of the Vale of Rheidol Light Railway. These include notices to owners, lessees and occupiers (partly relating to the Aberaeron extension), 1896-1900; letters to W. B. Powell and S. H. Lewis from A. J. Hughes, Aberystwyth, 1897-1901, James W. Szlumper, 1897-1902, Messrs. Hughes and Hughes, solicitors, Aberystwyth, 1901, Messrs. Roberts and Evans, solicitors, Aberystwyth, 1901, and J. H. Cobb, 1901; and a plan of land required from W. B. Powell for the Aberaeron extension. Records of the manor of Llanbadarnfawr otherwise Vaynor:- a court book, 1807-13 (with minutes of county meetings in connection with the redemption and sale of land tax, 1805); rentals of chief rents, 1745- 1935 (with gaps); receipts for Crown rents, 1785-1936 (with gaps); presentments, 1794-1876 (with gaps); precepts, 1807-76 (with gaps); lists of jurors, suitors and tithingmen, 1807-12; a warrant of stewardship to John Edwards, Bloomsbury Square, 1814; and correspondence, affidavits, and copies of original deeds and public and other records relating to a claim made by the Powell family, during c. 1919-41, to the foreshore at Aberystwyth. Records of the manor of Berthddu:- presentments and warrants, 1821-1939 (with gaps); a rental of attornments, 1835-50; a notice of a court leet, 1894; a takenote to Nicholas Bray, Goginan, 1908; and forfeiture of takenote rights, 1910. Records of the manor of Caron and Pennardd:- a court book, 1807-9; a chief rental, 1812; a warrant to summon jury, 1861; and a chief rental of the manors of Caron and Pennardd and Llangubby and Bettws Blednvs, 1841-51. Admissions, etc., to the manor of Loppington, co. Salop, 1877-81. Records of legal actions, counsel's opinion, etc., 1690-1932. Letter books of John Hughes, 1829-33, William Thomas Rowland Powell and William Edward Phelp, 1863-78, Anna Maria Powell, Hugh Lloyd, Edward Athelstan Lewis Powell, and Llewelyn Jones, agent, 1903-17, and Llewelyn Jones, 1918-22. Miscellaneous seventeenth and eighteenth century letters:- Lord Castlemaine, 1664/5-5; Row. Owen, Llynlloedd, 1682; Erasmus Corbett, Henllis, 1682; Will.[?] Davies, Drusloyne, 1683; Tho. Powell, Inner Temple, 1688; John Lewes, Gernos, 1688; Da. Lloyd [Wern], 1691; John Lloyd, Aberleveny, 1698; Sir Humphrey Mackworth, Neath, 1700; [Peregrine Osborne], 2nd Duke of Leeds, 1700-10; Lewis Pryse, 1702-14; Edward Lhwyd, Oxford, 1705/6; Thomas Richards, 1708; Viscount Lisburne, 1709; W. Pughe, Mathafarne, to the Hon. Griffith Lloyd, Carmarthen, 1700/10; John Lewes, Gernos, to W. Pughe, 1710; Tho. [Watson], bishop of St. Davids, 1712 (deposition from St. Davids, proposal to build a hospital near St. Davids Cathedral for widows of poor clergymen, political affairs, etc.); P[hillip Bisse], bishop of St. Davids, 1712 (sinister practices in the diocese, being the extraction of patronage fee from incumbent, and licence to minister of Llanbadarnfawr); Tho. Corbett, Admiralty Office, etc., 1713-32; J. Barlow, [1714]; O. Brigstocke, Carmarthen, 1716/17; John Crowther, Haverfordwest, 1719/20; Fran. Cornwallis, Westmead, 1720; Athelstan Owen, Place-Hen, 1720; John Powell, Graves End, 1720; Mr. Justice Ro[bert] Price, Serjeant Inn, 1727; Charles Richardes, Penglays, 1742; Evan Evans ('Ieuan Fardd'), Newick, Sussex, to [Edward Richard, Ystradmeurig], 1767; George Parry, Haverfordwest, to Mr. Bonsal, Dolvor, 1780; Thomas Powell to Edward Hughes, Aberllolwyn, 1790-3; verses addressed by Elizabeth Creber to William Powell; and a copy declaration by James III [sic] to 'all Kings, Princes, and Potentates and to our Loving Subjects'. Twenty-four letters, 1681-3, to Richard Powell, Fleet Street; sixty-five letters, 1753-87, to William Powell, LL.D., mainly relating to Parliamentary elections; twenty-two letters, 1764-87, to Thomas Powell on political and social matters; about 950 letters, 1806-45, to William Edward Powell largely concerning the Royal Cardigan Militia in Ireland and matters of public interest in north Cardiganshire; sixty-one letters, 1809-14, of Hugh Hughes, manager of the Nanteos estates; thirty-three letters, 1813-15, of John Edwards, agent to W. E. Powell; forty letters, 1816, to W. E. Powell concerning the parliamentary election in Cardiganshire; and eighty letters, 1820, to John Hughes, land surveyor, Aberystwyth, relating to the Mefennydd enclosure, turnpike trusts, theatrical companies, etc. About 125 letters, etc., 1843-5, relating to the progress of the Rebecca Riots in Cardiganshire and the subsequent proposal to establish a Rural Police Force. Twenty letters, 1848-63, to Thomas W. Wells relating to the Nanteos estate and lead mining concerns; 120 letters, 1848-77, to William Thomas Rowland Powell; over 1,000 letters, 1862-79, to William Edward Phelps concerning public building projects, public offices, fishing rights, mining ventures, etc., in Cardiganshire; eighty letters, 1870-1, to James Laurie concerning the Nanteos estate; 100 letters, 1874-84, to Richard Jones, agent at Nanteos; over 600 letters, 1878-1903, to Sylvanus Howell Lewis, agent at Nanteos; 350 letters, 1878-1907, to Henry Peyton Cobb, Lincoln's Inn Fields, concerning the Nanteos estate; twenty letters, 1885-1910, to William Beauclerc Powell relating to lead mines and estate concerns; over seventy letters from H. P. Cobb relating to sales of properties and to investments; over 500 letters, 1903-30, to Edward Athelstan Lewis Powell; and 110 letters, 1912-25, to Llewelyn Jones, agent at Nanteos. Originals, copies, and abstracts of wills and/or probates and letters of administration of the following:- Moris ap Jenkin ap Ievan Gogh, parish of Llanbadarn vawre, 1565; Emlyng Lanenoe of Holsome, parish of Dipforde, co. Devon, 1583; Phellippe ap Howell, parish of Spytty Kynvyn, 1589; John Lanenoe the younger of Holsome, parish of Dypfforde, 1598/9; Thomas Phillipp Powell, parish of Llanbadarnvawr, 1604 (with depositions relating thereto); David Lloyd of Krynvryn, parish of Nantgwnlle, 1613; Hughe Thomas ap Ievan, parish of Llanbadarne vawre, 1614; Morgan Philip Powell, parish of Llanbadarn y Croyddyn, 1621; Thomas Phillip Powell, parish of Llanbadarn vawr, 1624; David Phillipp Powell, parish of Llanbadarne vawre, 1635; Edward Johnes of Nant Eos, 1635/6; Sir Anthony Vandyke, kt., born in Antwerpe in Brabant, 1641; Morgan Evan, parish of Llanychayarne, 1642; John Lewis, Llusnewidd, co. Carmarthen, 1662; George Howard of Flecherhill, parish of Rudbaxton, co. Pembroke, 1665; Richard ap Evan, parish of Llanbadarn Vawre, 1667; David Lloyd of Tai'n y Coed, co. Cardigan, 1670/1; Griffith Jones, parish of Llanrhistyd, 1678; James Jones of Dole Cothi, co. Carmarthen, 1678; Mary Lloyd of Ynysheere, parish of Llanvihangell generglyn, 1681; Thomas Pryse of Bodvayne Parke, co. Cardigan, 1682; Thomas Pryse of Rhose y Garreg, co. Montgomery, 1684/5; Edward Pugh of Cwmnewidon [parish of Llanfihangel-y-creuddyn], 1685; John Cary, 'Mr of ye Buckhounds', 1685; Morgan Herbert of Havod Ich[t]rid, 1688; Sir Carbery Pryse of Gogerthan, 1694; Sir William Williams of Vaynol, co. Caernarvon, 1695; Edward Pryse of Gogerthan, 1699; John Pryse of Rhandyr, co. Cardigan, 1699/1700; Thomas Pryse of Rhandyr, 1702; John Phillips of Dolehaydd, co. Carmarthen, 1702; Richard Jones of Cwm Newidien, parish of Llanvihangel y Croydhyn, 1703; Sir Thomas Powell of Dyffryn Paith, 1703; Richard Edward, parish of Llanbadarn Croythin, 1703/4; Thomas Lloyd, Captain in Her Majesty's Independent Company in Newfound Land in America, 1705; Ann Lebrun of Nanteos, 1716; John Lewes of Gernos, 1717; Walter Jenkins, parish of Llanwnnen, 1718; Leonora Frederick of Old Bond Street, parish of St. George, Hanover Square, 1730; William James of the town of Aberystwith, 1735; Thomas Pryse of Gogerthan, 1737; Richard Stedman of Stratafflorida, 1745; Mary Powell, parish of St. Andrews Hollbourn, wife of Thomas Powell of Nanteos, 1745; Anthony Brucer of St. George the Martyr, co. Middlesex, 1752; Thomas Powell, parish of Llanbadarn Vawr, 1753; Ann Owen of Ynysymaengwyn, co. Merioneth, 1760; James Philipps, clerk, DD, rector of Langoedmore, then at Colby, parish of Wiston, co. Pembroke, 1771; William Powell of Nanteos, clerk, doctor of laws, 1781; Thomas Willis of Blecheley, co. Bucks, clerk, 1789; Thomas Powell of Nanteos, 1791; Thomas Howell, Finnonfelen, parish of Llanwinio, co. Carmarthen, 1799; John Morgan of Kilypyll, co. Cardigan, 1801; Edward Hatfield of Yspytty Cynfyn, 1807; James Phelp late of Coston, co. Leicester, but then of Cottrell house, co. Glamorgan, 1812 (with codicil, 1814); Sarah Lewis, of Morfa ucha, parish of Penbryn, 1820; Evan Richards, Aberystwyth, 1837; William Edward Powell of Nanteos, 1854; John Davies of Brynseion, parish of Llanbadarnfawr, 1855; David Lewis formerly of Adpar, late of Bron Aeron, parish of Nantcwnlle, surgeon, 1861; John Jones late of Aberystwyth, then of Small Heath, Birmingham, 1864; Edward A. L. Powell of Nanteos, 1930; and William Comber of Menachty, co. Cardigan (extracts, undated). Inventories of plate and plated goods at Nanteos, 1859, furniture, etc., at Nanteos Mansion, the Lodge, Pantyfedwen, Penquarrel, Penybont, and gardener's house, 1865-78 and undated, furniture, stock and crops, 1882, etc.; a poor rate assessment book for Llangrwyddon, Llanrhystyd Mevenydd, Llanfihangel Croyddin issa, Llanfihangel Croyddin ucha, Llanychaiarn, Llanbadarn Croyddin ucha, Llanbadarn Croyddin issa, Vainor ucha, Vainor issa, Trefeirig, Broncastellan, etc., 1837-8; a volume showing utilisation, acreage, and rent charge of properties on the estate [after 1851]; memoranda, (late 18th-early 19th cent.), of the location of title-deeds at Nanteos; a diary [? of M. L. J. Powell], 1885; a diary [? of W. B. Powell], 1892; a collecting book for a presentation fund to E. A. L. Powell on attaining his majority, [1891], and five collecting books towards a memorial to Lieut. William Edward George Pryse Wynne Powell, 1920; veterinary recipes (late 19th cent.); 'Pharmacopaeia Chirurgica in usu Nosocomii Westmanasteriensis . . .', 1806; The Physicians', Surgeons', and General Practitioners' Visiting List... 1850, with personal and farm entries; notes of lectures on Natural Philosophy ('Sandersons Hydrostatics', 'Sandersons Opticks', etc.) ('May ye 23d 1721 P. H. scripsit'); a volume of S. H. Lewis, Adpar Emlyn, 1847, containing copies of English poems, etc.; a Devils Bridge visitors book, 1805-7; a drawing book of Powell, 1852; a volume of legal precedents, c. 1600. A volume (very badly affected by damp) of John Loveden ('in Sir Dennis Hampsons Company in Colonel Lepells Regiment'), containing accounts of Marlborough's campaign in the Ghent-Bruges area in 1708; an account of casualties in the Battle of Teiniers? [Taisnieres otherwise Malplaquet], 1709, Sir Hovenden Walker's expedition against New France, 1711, and an expedition from the Isle of Wight to Vigo under the command of Lord Cobham, 1719; medical, veterinary and domestic recipes; poetry; and a loose parchment containing a muster of Captain Loveden's company, 1711. Seven volumes and unbound sheets of music (late 18th-early 19th cent.). Thirty-three volumes of sermons in English and Welsh, written in various hands, some bearing the names of W. H. Lewis, Blaina, and H. B. C. Davies, and many having been delivered during the period 1843-61 at Nantyglo, Blaina, St. Mellons, Llanedarne, Tredegar, Abertillery, Canton, Rumney, Merthyr Tydfil, Georgetown, Black Rock, Pontypool, Cardiff, Lisvane, Beaufort Hill, and Sudbourne; together with some printed sermons, one (1809) bearing the name of Rev Hugh Lloyd, Kylpyll, near Lampeterpontstephan. The sermons are described on the wrapper [by Mrs. M. L. J. Powell] as 'mostly by Rev. David Lewis, Mrs. W. B. Powell's brother'. Miscellaneous documents:- patents of Thomas Powell to be one of the Justices for cos. Caernarvon, Merioneth and Anglesey, 1684/5, and one of the Justices of the King's Bench; admission of Sir Thomas Powell, kt., one of HM Barons of the Court of Exchequer at Westminster and Justice of Assize for the Northern Circuit, to the freedom of Newcastle upon Tine, 1687; commission of William Powell as deputy lieutenant for co. Cardigan, 1687/8; 'A Booke of all Church liveings within the Bishoprick of St. Davids, together with their names, Patrons, present Incumbents, Values in the King's Booke, Tenths, and subsidies...', compiled during the episcopacy (1687-99) of Thomas Watson; a poll book in the Cardiganshire parliamentary election between John Lewis and John Vaughan, 1688/9; an eighteenth- century catalogue of law books in 'dark closet'; eighteenth to twentieth century pedigrees of the Powell family; educational, clerical and other records, 1727-53, of William Powell; an account of persons employed in saving the ship called Friends Goodwill and the cargo, 1743/4; an indenture of return to Parliament of Evan Lloyd Vaughan, esq., as knight of the shire for Merioneth, 1774; a schedule of deeds, 1586-1736, belonging to Strata Florida; an inventory of household goods at Nanteos, 1793; a late eighteenth-century schedule of Nanteos estate leases; land tax assessments for Ucha yn Dre and Issa yn Dre in the hundred of Generglyn, 1800; reference to a map of Sunnyhill Farm, 1812; a bill for enclosing lands in the parish of Gwnnws . . . and in the township of Llanrhystid Mevenide, 1814-15; commissions of W. E. Powell as lord lieutenant of co. Cardigan, 1816, 1830, 1837, and custos rotulorum, 1816, 1830; a survey of Nanteos demesne by Ed. Morgan, 1821; patent of Richard Owen Powell to be Chamberlain and Chancellor of South Wales, 1822; commissions of W. E. Powell as Lieut.-Colonel Commandant of the Cardiganshire Militia, of John William Lewis of Llanarchayron as Major, and of R. O. Powell as Captain, 1823; 'Queries relating to the Welch Judicature and the Answers' by Edward Goulburn, Judge of the Carmarthen Circuit, 1829; Report of James Booth, esq., on the Corporation of Aberystwyth, 1833 (printed); the Duke of Newcastle's suggestions for the improvement of Aberystwyth, 1833; conditions for letting the tolls of Aberystwyth Market, the property of W. E. Powell, 1833; an inventory of plate, etc., at Nanteos, 1835; notices to quit to and from tenants, 1840-1911; notices of claim for inclusion in the voters lists for the townships of Cwmrheidol and Llanrhystyd Haminiog, the parish of Llanfair Clydoge, the townships of Llanbadarn Croyddin Issa, Llanbadarn Croyddin Ucha, Llanfihangel Croyddin Issa, the parishes of Silian and Lampeter Pontstephen, the township of Llanilar issa, and the parish of Llanychaiarn, 1843-63; references to maps of the town of Tregaron, 1843 and undated; a printed address of W. E. Powell to the electors of co. Cardigan, 1847, with a statement of election expenses; commissions of Sylvanus Howell Lewis as Ensign and as Lieutenant in the Cardiganshire Militia, 1855; an order, notices, and correspondence in connection with the Llangeitho Common Enclosure, 1856; an abstract of accounts of the New Quay Harbour Co., 1863; conditions of sale of timber on the Nanteos estate, 1863-71, with letters to Captain W. E. Phelp, etc.; an inventory of plate, etc., at Pantyfedwen, after 1864; a balance sheet of the Aberystwyth and Cardigan Bay Steam Packet Co. Ltd., 1864-5; an inventory of Nanteos stables, 1865; reports of George J. Goode on farms on the estate 1866; an inventory of the contents of the silver safe room at Nanteos, 1870; an inventory of house linen at Nanteos, 1871; conditions of sale of the farm called Cwmiago, parish of Lampeter, 1873; 'Our Highland Fling', being the journal of a fishing holiday in Ireland by WHH and SHL, 1874; a report by John M. Davies, Froodvale, on the buildings plantation at Nanteos, 1878; a report to the Rural Sanitary Authority of the Tregaron Union on the pollution of rivers in the district, 1878; the certificate of marriage of Ulysses T. Whildin and Dina T. Powell, 1885; approval by the Land Commissioners of Owen Daniel, Aberystwyth, as surveyor of repair works on the estate, with a certificate of execution of repairs, and particulars of the scheme, 1889; commission of E. A. L. Powell as 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, 1892; a statement of account, etc., touching a sale of property by the trustees of the Charity Grammar School of Edward Richard, Ystradmeurig, 1893-4; copies of resolutions and correspondence of the Joint Education Committee touching the recognition of Ystradmeurig School, 1894-5; a twentieth-century inventory of furniture and effects at Nant Eos; printed rules, a list of members, etc., of the North Cardiganshire Archery, Croquet, and Lawn Tennis Club, 1907; commission of W. E. G. P. W. Powell as 2nd Lieutenant, Welsh Guards, 1917; a memorial of the surgeons of the Royal Navy of Great Britain to the Right Hon. William Pitt, First Lord of the Treasury (undated); an address to Colonel Powell, M.P. for co. Cardigan, from 'the friends and supporters of the Conservative Cause resident in the town of Aberystwyth and its neighbourhood', conveying congratulations on his return to Parliament and expressing regret at the failure of the contest for the Boroughs (undated); etc. Plans, etc. (Dept of Pictures and Maps), including coloured drawings of proposed alterations or additions at Nanteos or the porters' lodges, etc., plans of proposed new farmhouses or additional farm outbuildings on the estate, 1870-1910, together with small plans relating to properties in the town of Aberystwyth; a number of sale catalogues and posters, some relating to sales of portions of the Nanteos estate; sketch books showing foreign landscape and hunting scenes at home, drawn in pen-and-ink by W. E. Powell; scrapbooks and albums, together with a collection of photographic views of parts of France and Italy and lithographic views of parts of France; engraved portraits, coloured and uncoloured supplements from Illustrated London News, a collection of humorous drawings, engraved costume prints, silhouette portraits, together with a miscellaneous collection of pencil, pen-and-ink, and water colour drawings; late eighteenth and early nineteenth century original maps showing the lands of individual farms on the estate; a plan of intended improvements of the Nanteos grounds by John Davenport, 1791, together with the original map of Aberystwyth and Llanbadarn by William Couling, 1809-10; a longitudinal section of the Cwmystwyth lead mine, dated 1846; and a number of eighteenth century maps of various parts of the world. Mynegai Llanfair Clydogau, Llangibby, Llanrhystud, Llanddewibrefi, Betws Bledrws, Llanbadarn Fawr, Ysbyty Cynfyn, Llanbadarn-y-Creuddyn, Llanychaiarn, Llysnewydd, Dolau Cothi, Ynyshir, Llanfihangel Genau'r Glyn, Gogerddan, Rhandir, Aberystwyth, Strata Florida, Monachty, Llangwyryfon, Llanrhystud Mefenydd, Faenor Ucha, Faenor Isaf, Trefeurig, Llanbedr Pont Steffan. Nodiadau Schedule Available.

LLYSNEWYDD 1958085 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr J G Protheroe-Beynon, Laugharne, and Mrs Gladys M Fraser, Llanfair, Llandysul. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Personal, estate, and industrial records of the family of Lewes of Llysnewydd, parish of Llangeler, and Dyffryn, parish of Llandebie, co. Carmarthen. They include: About 450 title-deeds and abstracts of title, 1522-1936, relating to properties in Betws, the county borough of Carmarthen, Cilycwm, Conwilgaio, Llanarthney, Llandebie, Llandilofawr, Llanddarog, Llanedy, Llanegwad, Llanelly, Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, Llanfihangel Cilfargen, Llanfynydd, Llangathen, Llangeler, Llangennech, Llangyndeyrn, Llannon, Penboyr, Penbrey and Talley, and the commotes of Carnowllon and Iskennen, co. Carmarthen, and Loughor and Swansea, co. Glamorgan. About 115 deeds, 1731-1911, relating to the industrial development of the Dyffryn estate and other family properties in the parishes of Betws, Llandebie, Llanedy, Llanelly, Llangyndeyrn, Llannon, and Penbrey, co. Carmarthen. Among them are leases of minerals under Cwmferrws, parish of Llandebie, and Pentre and part of Troedyrhiw, parish of Llannon, 1869; leases of minerals under Coedmawr, Cwmblawd, Clynbedwast, etc., parish of Llannon, 1875; a conveyance of pieces of land being part of Cwmblawd and Cwm Farms, parish of Llannon, to the Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway Company, 1881; a lease of minerals under Brynhir and Troedyrhiw, parish of Llannon, to the Pontyberem Collieries Co. Ltd., 1901; a lease of minerals under Pentre and part of Troedyrhiw, parish of Llannon, to the Llannon Coal Boring Syndicate Ltd., 1903; a lease of minerals under Coedmawr, Brynhir, etc., parish of Llannon, to the Ammanford Colliery Co., 1911; etc. Nineteen deeds, 1730-1892, relating to the Gwastod Gwrda estate in the parish of Llanddewibrefi, co. Cardigan. Nine deeds relating to properties in Westbromewych, early 14th Cent.-1380; Kyderminstre, 1366-73; St. Mary, Pembroke, and Tenby, co. Pembroke, 1595-1602; East Anstey, co. Devon (parsonage and glebe), 1820; and Ederdacurragh, co. Fermanagh (with correspondence and accounts), 1906. Original and copy probates and wills of Howell Harry Nicholas of the parish of Llanelli, 1559; Griffith Morgan ap Ieuan Gwine, parish of Llanellthy, 1654/5; David William of Llanelly, 1670; Hugh Price, clerk, rector of Lanedy, l679/80; Henry Prichard of the parish of Llangevellach, 1712; John William Bevan of the parish of Llantharog, 1718; Grace Llwyd of Berllandowill, 1729; John Bevan of the parish of Llanedy, 1741; Arthur Price of Dyffrin [Llandebie], 1748/9; Anne [Paulet], Duchess of Bolton, 1749-50; Thomas Jones of Cwm y glaw, [Llansawel], 1783; Margaret Williams of Neath, 1791; Thomas Phillips of Cwmgof, parish of Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, 1797-1801; William Jones of Dyffryn, 1799; Methusalem Williams, clerk, vicar of Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, 1815; William John David of the parish of Llanedy, 1818; William Lewes of Llysnewydd, 1828; Giles Lambert of Taynton, co. Oxford, 1849; John Lewes formerly of Llanlear but late of Emlyn Cottage, Newcastle Emlyn, 1860; Anna Lewes of Llysnewydd, 1891; and William Price Llewellyn Lewes of Llysnewydd, 1891-1909. A small group of eighteenth-century letters, including letters to Hugh Jones, Cwmlletherid, from Will. Penry, 1705, John Fleming, 1706, and Row. Davies, 1709; Eu. Jones to 'cousin' Richard Philipps, 1704/5; letters to John Fleming, Llangennech, from John Jones, Henllys, 1712-16, Rob. Dyer, 1719, Richard Dawkin, 1725; Ley. Hopkins to Henry Price, Muddynvych, Llandebie, 1716; letters to Arthur Price, Dyffryn, Llandebie, from Dan. Vaughan, 1719/20, and Griff. Hughes, Carmarthen, 1737; Henry Price, Carmarthen, to John Jones, Dyffryn, 1723; J. Morgan, Swanzey, to John Harryes, Cwmllethryd, 1735; Wat. Lloyd, Peterwell, to Henry Price, Carmarthen, 1735; Lewis Lloyd, Westminster, to John Jones, Cwmllethryd, near Llanelly, 1735; Richard Jones Llwyd, Pantglas [Llanfynydd], to --- 1794; letters, and drafts of subsidiary documents, 1874, relating to the administration of the estate of Rev Thomas Lewes (d. 1873), vicar of Taynton, co. Oxford, and to the marriage settlement of John Richard Howell of Noyadd Trefawr and Williama Susannah Lewes of Llysnewydd; letters relating to an application for a tenancy, 1886, the site of the proposed Llysnewydd Reading Room (with a plan), 1889, the purchase of Blaenllain, 1897, a mortgage of Gwastod and Trefynor [parish of Llanddewibrefi], and the wills of William Lewes and Price Lewes; three bundles of letters, 1890-8, relating to the administration of the estates of William Price Lewes and Anna Lewes, Llysnewydd, division of furniture and silver at Manoreifed, Llysnewydd sales and valuation, the cost of a marble tombstone at Llangeler, mortgage and sale of Llanayron, mortgage of Trefynor, parish of Llanddewibrefi, Renwick trust accounts (with the will of Francis Renwick), a site on the Llanayron estate for the proposed Aberayron Intermediate School, etc.; six bundles of letters, with accompanying notices, contracts, requisitions of title, and accounts, relating to sales by W. P. Ll. Lewes of properties in Llandebie, 1893, Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, 1893 and 1902, Llannon and Llandebie, 1895, and Llannon (Cross Hands), 1903, and to the purchase of the Henfryn estate in the parish of Llangeler, 1897; letters, 1894-7, relating to a deed of settlement, 1894, to charge the Llysnewydd and Dyffryn estates with jointure and portions for younger children; letters, 1904, from W. P. Ll. Lewes, Llysnewydd, and Messrs. Dawson, Bennett, and Co., Lincoln's Inn, relating to the erection of cottages at Henllan in accordance with the settled Land Act of 1882; and two bundles of letters, with subsidiary accounts and legal documents, 1909-14, relating to the administration of the estate of W. P. Ll. Lewes. Copies of correspondence, and one original letter, between William Anthony Greatorex, Portland Place, Messrs. Hawkins and Co., and Richard Bloxam, 1844, relating to a proposal for the purchase by William Price Lewes of his father's life estate in the Dyffryn estate; letters, 1865-74, relating to applications for mineral leases by Daniel Watney, Llannon, and others, at Clynbedwast, Llandebie, etc., a lease of property at Pontyberem, transfer of Dyffryn Farm, improvements at Erw Wastad, allotments of Pengwain Common, etc.; letters, 1868-9, relating to a lease of Cwmfferws Colliery, Llandebie, an offer for coal at Plasbach, Llandebie, and a request to make trial for coal near the same, payment for non-restoration of Dyffryn properties on the determination of a lease and applications for a tenancy, offers for Col. Lewes's shooting on the Dyffryn estate, Dyffryn estate repairs, a tender for Dyffryn estate dinner, lime prices on the Llanelly Railway, the construction of a branch of the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway, the repair of a footpath to Llanedy Church, the purchase of Caernarvon slates, the presentation to the vicarage of Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, etc.; letters, 1870, relating to a proposed lease of the Dyffryn estate to John M. Leeder, auctioneer, Swansea, to the assessment of damages by previous tenants, the payment of rents, the payment for grass, right of shooting, etc.; letters, 1871-2, relating to the assignment of a lease of Cwmfferws Colliery to the Carmarthenshire Anthracite Coal and Iron Co. Ltd., requests for mineral leases at Pontyberem and Llandebie, the payment of Dyffryn rent, and the payment of shooting rent in the Llannon area; two parcels of letters, 1873-4, relating to a return of Cwmfferws Colliery workings, a lease of coal under Clunbedwast Farm [Llannon], the working of Bryngwenyn Colliery, Llannon, a request for a lease of a fireclay work at Pontyberem, sales of Dyffryn properties, allotments on Mynydd Mawr belonging to the Dyffryn estate, the reconstruction of the Carmarthenshire Tramroad, etc.; letters, 1874-5, relating to the payment of Cwmfferws Colliery royalties, requests for mineral leases at Clunbedwast etc., coal worked by Mr. Watney without lease at Coedmawr [Llannon], the construction of the Llanelly- Mynydd Mawr Railway, the suit of W. P. Lewes against J. Evans and William Evans, requests for loans, etc.; letters, 1875-6, relating to the payment of dead rent by the Pontyberem Collieries Co., Mr. Watney's royalties in the Gwendraeth valley, the liquidation of the Carmarthenshire Anthracite Coal and Iron Co., Coedmawr coal lease to Astley Thompson, Clunbedwast mineral lease, a proposed diversion at Plasbach for a new bridge over the Gwrach, the building of a Sunday School on Caeblawd, Llannon, and the appointment of the Principal of Carmarthen Training College; letters, 1877-80, relating to the payment of rent by the Pontyberem Colliery Co., the liquidation of the Pontyberem Colliery Co., the purchase of the Pontyberem Colliery from Col. Lewes, the assignment of Dynant Colliery, and the valuation of land required for the Mynydd Mawr Railway and the Newcastle Emlyn extension; letters, 1880-7, relating to the liquidation of the Pontyberem Colliery Co., the purchase of the Colliery, the payment of royalties, and the payment of Dunant Colliery accounts and the fencing of Dynant Colliery incline; letters, 1885-7, relating to the payment of Pontyberem Colliery and Dynant Colliery royalties, the payment of capital and interest, and the payment of the tithes of Llanfihangel-ar-Arth; letters, 1896, relating to a conveyance of minerals under Cwmfferws slang, parish of Llandebie, to David Davies; letters, 1899-1901, relating to the engrossment of a lease to the Pontyberem Colliery Co. of mines under Brynhir and Troedyrhiw, parish of Llannon; letters, 1903-6, relating to a lease to the Llannon Coal Boring Syndicate Ltd. of minerals under Pentre and part of Troedyrhiw, parish of Llannon; letters, 1905, relating to an application for a lease of minerals under Plasbach, parish of Llandebie, and to the re-settlement of the Llysnewydd estate; and letters, 1910-14, relating to proposed new leases to the Ammanford Colliery Co. of minerals under Coedmawr, Brynhir, Troedyrhiw, etc., parish of Llannon. A rentroll of chief rents in the foreignry of St. Ishmaells in the lordship of Kidwelly, 1701; a volume of rental of the Llysnewydd estate in the parishes of Llangeler, Henllan, Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, and Llanfair Orllwyn, of the Llysnewydd demesne, and of the Grange estate, 1884; and three volumes of rentals of the Dyffryn estate in the parishes of Llandebie and Llannon, 1868-90. A bundle of accounts, 1682-1725, of Hugh Jones, Cwmllethrid, including a note of arrears due from a tenement called Sichnant, parish of Llangyndeyrn, 1686; rental account books, 1717-19; and vouchers in respect of rent, tithe, and corn of Cwmllethryd, 1725. A bundle of accounts, 1700-38, of John Fleming of Llwyn Evan, Llangennech, including vouchers and invoices in respect of the payment of interest and of rent of Corne hwrth and Llwyn Evan, legal charges, a yoke of oxen, salt, candles, tobacco, cheese, canvas, etc.; memoranda of goods distrained at Llwyn Evan, 1725; a case touching a mortgage of Llwyn Evan and Cornhwrdd to Hugh Jones of Cwmllethryd, (undated); a lease for thirty-one years of mines of coal at Pwll y Cadno and Rhandir y Glo under Cornhwrdd and Llwyn Evan, 1713; bonds for the payment of money; etc. Vouchers of Arthur Price, Llandybie, 1721-44, in respect of the payment of rent, interest, an annuity charged on Grogwynnon, parish of Llantharog, etc. Accounts of William Lewes, 1776-1826, including bills of costs due to John Philipps, Llandilo; receipts relating to the administration of the estate of William Jones, Dyffryn; certificates of land tax exemptions in Trefilan, Betus Leiky and Llygenidd, Ystrad, Llanfair Orllwyn, and Henllan, co. Cardigan; and original and copy letters of John Philipps and William Lewes. Returned bonds and promissory notes, and receipts for the payment of interest, 1807-84, and letters from Messrs. Morgan and Richardson, Cardigan, T. Morgan, Cardigan, and W. Evans George, Newcastle Emlyn, etc., 1869-83. Vouchers of Rev Thomas Lewes of Taynton, co. Oxford, 1849-63, relating to the administration of the estate of Giles Lambert of the same, together with letters from James Price of Burford, 1849, and Edwin and Mary Huckings of Bronxville, New York, 1861. An account book of the executors of the late John Lewes of Llanlear, co. Cardigan, 1860-1; and an account book of Thomas Davies and David Davies, agents, with William Price Lewes, 1864-76. Statements of accounts between Messrs. Barker, Morris, and Barker, Carmarthen, and W. P. Lewes in respect of the rents of the Dyffryn estate in co. Carmarthen, 1868-90, and of the Llysnewydd and Grange estates, the tithes of the hamlet of Grange in the parish of Llangeler, and Crown rents, etc., 1884-90. Accounts touching the payment of succession duty in respect of the estate of Price Lewes, deceased, 1879- 82. Statements of minerals worked at Pontyberem Collieries and Nynant Colliery, and of royalties due for the same, 1884-90; letters from Edward Daniel, Swansea, William Thomas, Dynant Colliery, and J. Cecil Bull, Pontyberem Colliery, 1881-7; and a statement of royalties due from the Carmarthenshire Anthracite Coal and Iron Co. Ltd. (in liquidation) in respect of Cwmfferws minerals, 1875. Distress sale accounts of Dynant Colliery, 1889, with letters from S. N. Powell, auctioneer, Llanelly, David Randell, solicitor, Llanelly, Edward Daniel, Swansea, and Messrs. Stricks and Bellingham, solicitors, Swansea. Accounts relating to the administration of the estates of Anna Lewes, Llysnewydd, 1890-2, and her husband, William Price Lewes, 1890-5. Vouchers of W. P. Ll. Lewes, 1898-9, in connection with the erection of Capel Mair Mission Church, Llangeler. Papers in the actions of (a) William Lewes, an infant, by John Phillips, esq., his next friend, against William Jones [of Dyffryn], esq., and Bridget, his wife, (b) David Evans, apothecary, and Anne, his wife, against William Jones and Bridget, his wife, and (c) William Lewes, an infant, by Elizabeth Philipps, his next friend, against William Jones and Bridget, his wife, and others, touching the administration of the estate of Arthur Price (d. 1757) of Dyffryn, Llandebie, 1729-65; Arthur Price of Llandebie, esq., against William John of the parish of Llantharog, gent., touching the assignment of a mortgage of properties in Llantharog and of a bond for the payment of £50, 1729-33; and Thomas William, yeoman, against Thomas Jones and Hugh Jones, touching the title to mortgaged premises in the parish of Llanegwad (after 1714). Cases and opinions of (a) W. E. Tounton, Carmarthen, 1819, touching the right of William Lewes as life tenant to cut timber on the Dyffryn estate, and touching a debt due by the executor of William Jones of Dyffryn; (b) John Wilson, Cardigan, 1828, touching the refusal to act by the trustees of the will of William Lewes of Lysnewydd; and (c) Edward Gillam White, Lincoln's Inn, 1869, touching the determination of a lease of Dyffryn, parish of Llandebie. Personal papers of Rev Thomas Lewes, vicar of Taynton, co. Oxford. Papers relating to the Dyffryn estate. They include a report by John Davies, Llwydcoed, Llannon, on minerals on the estate in the Gwendraeth valley, 1866; valuations of the estate, 1867, 1878; proposed terms of a lease of minerals in the Gwendraeth valley and Mr. Watney's counter-proposition for taking the same, 1873; terms proposed by John Davies, Llwydcoed, for a lease of minerals in the Loughor valley, 1873; Cwmfferws royalty accounts, 1873-4; terms offered the Dynant Coal Co. for minerals under Clynbedwast, parish of Llannon, 1875; proposed terms of a mineral lease to Astley Thompson in the Gwendraeth valley and a case and opinion relating thereto, 1875; a notice of determination of a lease of Cwmfferws and Waun-newydd Collieries, parish of Llandebie, 1880; etc. Papers of David Davies, estate agent, Henllan. They include rentals of the Dyffryn estate, 1862, 1868; a draft agreement for the sale of timber on Alltgribin, parish of Penboyr, 1865; notices of distraint, notices to quit, etc., in Llangeler and Henllan, 1868-80; a draft rental of the estate of Rev Thomas Lewes, c. 1873; draft agreements with a coachman, 1877, and a gamepeeker, 1879; etc. Three bundles of valuations, plans, notices, etc., relating to the sale, 1873, of the Dyffryn estate in Llandebie, Llannon, Llanelly, Llanedy, Bettws, and Llanddarog, together with an estimate of repairs to Dyffryn House, 1870, extracts from tithe apportionment and enclosure award, etc. A survey of Gelly'r Odyn lands, 1707; particulars of timber sold to Isaac John Richard of Llanvihangell, labourer (late 18th cent.); a notebook containing a survey of farm buildings on the Dyffryn estate, 1868-70; notices of properties required for the London and North Western Railway (Llandilo and Swansea Lines), 1872, and for the Burry Port and North Western Junction Railway, 1886; weekly reports of labourers employed upon Llysnewydd farm, 1883-4; copy tithe apportionment and tracing of Pentre and Brynhir, parish of Llannon, with a covering letter from Thomas Hughes, Brynhir, 1884; etc. Plans of properties on the Dyffryn estate (largely undated, but of the second half of the nineteenth century) (Dept of Pictures and Maps), including Gellylwarch, Llannon, Dynant Colliery, Pontyberem, the diversion of a brook dividing Col. Lewes's property and Dynant lands; a general mineralogical section of the Gwendraeth valley by John Davies, Llwydcoed, Llanelly; etc. Maps of Gwastad and other properties in Llanddewibrefi, surveyed by Richard Jones, 1801, and of Grogwynon and Wernfwyalch, parish of Llanddarog, 1805 (Dept of Pictures and Maps). Plans of a proposed new hotel at Henllan Bridge for Messrs. Buckley Bros., Llanelly, 1893, of a proposed public hall at Henllan, 1907, and of an alteration and addition to Llysnewydd (undated lithograph). A bundle of printed papers (Dept of Printed Books). Among these are a notice of sale of the Dyffryn estate in the parishes of Llandebie, Llannon, Llanelly, Llanedy, Betws, and Llanddarog, 1873; a sale catalogue of stock, implements, etc., late the property of Rev Thomas Lewes, deceased, vicar of Taynton, at Taynton and Great Barrington, 1873; the Llanelly and Mynydd Mawr Railway Act, 1875; particulars and conditions of sale of the Pontyberem Collieries, 1880; a final statement of the Llangeler Mission Church, 1899; particulars and conditions of sale of properties in Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, 1902; general remarks, with a plan, on the Dynant Colliery, Pontyberem (undated); issues of daily and weekly newspapers, 1780-1877; etc. Mynegai Swansea, Llanelli, Llandybie, Betws Leucu, Llanllyr, Dryslwyn, Aberllefenni, Llanddarog. Nodiadau Schedule Available.

S E ASHMORE 1958086 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr E Haddon Roberts, O.B.E., M.A., M.Sc., Wrexham. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description Volumes of press cuttings, compiled by S. E. Ashmore, on meteorology and climatology.

E WILLANS 1958087 Ffynhonnell / Source Miss E Willans, M.B.E., Kerry. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description A grant of arms, 1895, to Benjamin Willans of Blaina, Mon., and the descendants of his father, Benjamin Willans of Hunslet, Yorkshire (NLW Rolls 218).

THE RECORDS OF THE CHURCH IN WALES 1958088 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1957-58 Disgrifiad / Description The following items were added to the above during the year: GENERAL Certificates of the ecclesiastical career of Right Rev Glyn, Lord Bishop of Llandaff, including notarial certificates of his election and consecration as Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, 1954, and of his enthronement at Llandaff, 1957. (Deposited by the Lord Bishop of Llandaff.)

DIOCESE OF BANGOR PARISH OF BOTWNNOG:- registers, 1741-85, 1785-92, 1793-1812 (with copy of 1729 terrier), 1815-35 (marriages); tithe apportionment and map; poor rate assessments, c. 1826-34. PARISH OF LLANDYGWNNING:- register, 1779-1812 (with some baptismal entries for 1761-6); tithe apportionment and map. PARISH OF LLANIESTYN:- register, 1765-1812; tithe apportionment and map. PARISH OF MELLTEYRN:- registers, 1741-74, 1775-94, 1795-1812 (with copy of 1729 terrier), 1813-36 (marriages); tithe apportionment and map; poor law papers, 1780-1873, a population enquiry form, 1831, and a terrier, 1834. (Deposited by Rev J. Vevar.)

DIOCESE OF ST. ASAPH PARISH OF LLANCADFAN:-- registers, 1673-1705, 1717-1771, 1772-1798 (with copies of terriers 1791 and 1795), 1755-1811 (marriages only; entries duplicated with previous volume which also records marriages), 1798-1812 (baptisms and burials), 1813-73 (burials), 1813-19 (baptisms), 1813-37; a register of burials in wool, 1678-96, containing also a record of baptisms, burials and marriages, 1721-30; a vestry book, 1825-85, with churchwardens' accounts, 1804-40 and 1863-84; an order and account book of a select vestry for the care of the poor, 1825-39; an assessment and account book of the overseers of the poor, 1764-91; a minute book of the managers of Llangadfan National School, 1903-44, kept in Welsh to 1913; registers of services at the parish church, 1910-31, 1931-46; a register of banns of marriage, 1823-1950; 'Register mynwent eglwys plwyf Llangadfan', 1831-1920; and a register of admissions to the National School, 1868-1902. PARISH OF LLANERFYL:- registers, 1627-85, 1685-1735, 1736-96 (no marriages from 1754), 1754- l809 (marriages), 1795-l812 (baptisms and burials; at reverse end marriages 1811-12), 1813-37 (marriages), 1813-57 (baptisms); vestry books with churchwardens' accounts, 1739-98, 1807-1920; a vestry order book relating almost entirely to the relief of the poor, with overseers' accounts, 1800-24; a vestry order book relating almost entirely to the relief of the poor, 1824-44, with copies of assessments made in 1816, 1817 and 1823-4; a bundle of accounts of the overseers of the poor, 1814-36; a bundle of miscellaneous papers including churchwardens' accounts, 1671, 1723, 1733, accounts of overseers of the poor, 1758, an account of a collection for the redemption of Christians from slavery, Jan. 1670/1, miscellaneous accounts, early 19th cent., and a transcript of record of baptisms, 1837; a volume containing 'Three lectures read on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, ye 31st of October, ye 1 and 2nd of November 1753 in the Surgeons Theatre in the Old Bailey'; a register of communicants, 1916-44, and confirmees, 1903-46; a volume of accounts relating to coal works owned by [?] Mary Lloyd, also containing poems and genealogies compiled in the 1780's and 1790's by William Jones (1726-95) the bard and antiquary of Dol Hywel in the parish of Llangadfan; statistical returns of parochial ;work, 1915-21; a copy of The London Gazette, 26 May 1911, containing an order for the transfer of part of the parish of Llwydiarth to the parish of Llangadfan; a surveyor's report on the rectory and glebe buildings, May 1919; four manuscript sermons (three Welsh, one English) with notes of dates when they were preached, 1731-72; probate of the will of Edward Thomas of Wern in the parish of Llangadfan, 1895; papers relating to a parochial petition against disestablishment; probate of the will of William Brodhurst of Lilleshall, co. Salop, 1658; papers concerning the establishment of a telegraph office at Llangadfan, 1903-4; the marriage licence of Matthew Pryce of Llangadfan and Elizabeth Williams of Garthbeibio, 26 March 1874; answers to a questionnaire sent out by the Committee on Welsh Calendar Customs; and a sketch of two stained glass windows, 1946. (Deposited by Rev H. E. Jones.)

DIOCESE OF ST. DAVIDS ARCHDEACONRY OF BRECON - a file of Archdeacons Visitation citations, 1884-90. PARISH OF LLANGATTOCK IUXTA CRICKHOWELL:- title papers of William Skinner, MA, 1734, with institution to the rectory of Eastnor in the diocese of Hereford, 1766. (Deposited by the Lord Bishop of Llandaff.)