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ADRODDIAD BLYNYDDOL / ANNUAL REPORT 1933-34

BRADNEY 1934001 Ffynhonnell / Source The late Sir Joseph A Bradney, Talycoed Court. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Over 150 folio notebooks, and over forty files of papers, containing transcripts made by and for the testator in the course of his researches into the history of Monmouthshire, and correspondence relating to the publication of his History of Monmouthshire. The notebooks contain transcripts of parish registers, abstracts of wills, deeds and Chancery proceedings, genealogical notes, pedigrees, monumental inscriptions, historical accounts of parishes and hundreds in Monmouthshire, and drafts of portions of the History of Monmouthshire (NLW MSS 7561-600D, 7601E, 7602-87D, 7688E, 7689-90D, 7691-6E, 7697-8B, 7699-706D, 7707E, 7709-10A, 7711-2B, 7713-56E, 7757C, 7758B, 7759-65E). Mynegai Sir Fynwy. Nodiadau Schedule Available.

RICHARD JENKINS; R IWAN JENKYN 1934002 Ffynhonnell / Source The late Miss M A Jenkyn, Capel Seion, Cardiganshire. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Miscellaneous poems written during 1873-6 by Richard Jenkins of Moriah, Cardiganshire, who wrote under the several pseudonyms of 'Rhisiart Ddu o Geredigion', 'Rhisiart ap Dewi', 'Alarch Glan Rheidol', 'Rhisiart Ddu o'r Nant' and 'Cadhaiarn' (NLW MS 4347A). A notebook containing historical and bibliographical notes by R. Iwan Jenkyn, editor of The Free Press, (NLW MS 4348B). Mynegai Sir Aberteifi, Pont-y-pridd.

SIR JOHN BALLINGER 1934003 Ffynhonnell / Source The late Lady Ballinger, Hawarden. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Miscellaneous papers of the late Sir John Ballinger, consisting mainly of drafts of articles and notes by him on library administration, bibliography and biography, and on literary, historical and archaeological subjects, together with some photocopies, extracts from manuscripts, correspondence relating to the publication of The in , etc., and letters from Sir W. Goscombe John, D. G. Goodwin and others (NLW MSS 9919-24B, 9925D, 9926E, 9927-8D, 9929B, 9930-1C, 9932D, 9933- 4B, 9935C, 9936-40B, 9941E, 9942D, 9943-6E, 9947B, 9948C, 9949B, 9950C, 9951B, 9952C, 9953D, 9954C). Nodiadau Schedule Available.

Y BEIRNIAD 1934004 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Vaughan Bowen, Beaumaris. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A complete set of Y Beirniad (1860-79), in which the names of most of the writers of the articles, poems, etc., have been inserted by the last editor, Rev. J. Bowen Jones, BA, father of the donor and of the late Judge Ivor Bowen, KC (NLW MSS 8692-704B).

SIR H WALFORD DAVIES 1934005 Ffynhonnell / Source Sir H Walford Davies, Cookham Dean, Berkshire. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description The original score of the cantata 'Everyman', written by the donor for the Leeds Festival, 1904 (NLW MS 8865E).

CARDIGAN SHIPPING ACCOUNTS 1934006 Ffynhonnell / Source Captain James Davies, Cardigan. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A large ledger containing Cardigan shipping accounts from 1847 to 1858 (NLW MS 3476F). Mynegai Aberteifi.

L TWISTON DAVIES 1934007 Ffynhonnell / Source Captain L Twiston Davies, Monmouth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A number of documents relating to properties in Cardiganshire, and Monmouthshire, together with a copy of the Charter granted in 1618 by James I to the town of , a list of trained bands for the hundred of Swansea, 1663, and a concord signed in 1688 by Charles, Duke of Somerset, and Elizabeth his wife. Mynegai Sir Aberteifi, Sir Gaerfyrddin, Sir Fynwy, Cydweli, Cedweli, Abertawe.

EDWARD EDWARDS 1934008 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs Edward Edwards, . Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Manuscripts and papers of the late Emeritus Professor Edward Edwards (NLW MSS 9392-453). The collection includes an account book kept by Thomas Jones of Llwyn-yr-odyn in the parish of , (1832-65); the diary of Rev. Owen Jones, Llansantffraid, (1868-72), with a few letters addressed to him (NLW MS 9439E); a novel, in Welsh, based on traditions connecting Captain Vaughan Garmons Morgan with Carreg-yr-ogof near (NLW MS 9435C); an essay on Welsh hymnists submitted for competition at an Aberystwyth eisteddfod in 1904 by 'Ioan o'r Aber'; notes on William Salesbury's translation of the New Testament into Welsh, 1567 (NLW MSS 9426C, 9427E); college notebooks of the late Edward Edwards at Bangor and Cambridge; notes and lectures delivered by him to his classes in History and Economics at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and elsewhere; minute books of the Aberystwyth College Musical Society, 1875-6, 1888-94; transcripts of the poems of Sion Dafydd Las (NLW MSS 9405C, 9406B, 9407D); and a number of letters addressed to Edward Edwards (NLW MS 9410B). Mynegai Caergrawnt.

CWRT MAWR 1934009 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr T I Ellis, . Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A further supplement to the Cwrt Mawr collection. This group includes several letters (some unpublished) of Robert Roberts, 'A Wandering Scholar' (NLW MS 4493B), together with letters and papers relating to the publication of The Life and Letters of Robert Roberts (NLW MS 4494E); and a small manuscript volume of attributed to Griffith Jones, (NLW MS 4495A). Mynegai Llanddyfrwyr.

A O EVANS 1934010 Ffynhonnell / Source The Venerable Archdeacon A O Evans, Llanfaethlu. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A miscellaneous collection of autographs (1796-1933) in the form of letters, poems and notes. The letters include some correspondence of Canon Rowland Williams (died 1854) and his son Rowland Williams (1817-70), Vice-principal of St. David's College, ; and autograph letters of Thomas Burgess, ; , John Luxmore and , successive bishops of ; , Archdeacon of Bangor; W. J. Rees, Cascob; Morris Williams, 'Nicander'; D. Silvan Evans, etc. (NLW MSS 7918A, 7919B, 7920C, 7921B, 7922D, 7923- 4C, 7925-6B, 7927C, 7928-9D, 7930B, 7931C, 7932E, 7933C, 7934E, 7935D, 7936B, 7937E, 7938C, 7939-41B). A copy of an essay entitled 'Hanes Tywysogion Cymru' submitted for competition at the Eisteddfod, 1840 (NLW MS 7917B). 'Englynion' to 'Ffynnon y Gro Gwynnion' near Dolgelley, by David Richards, 'Dafydd Ionawr (NLW MS 7942D)'. Mynegai Pont Steffan, Tyddewi, Llanelwy, Lerpwl, .

SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE 1934011 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr D W Evans, Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Two manuscript volumes containing minutes and accounts of sales and stocks of books of the Aberystwyth District Committee of the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge from its establishment in 1838 to 1876 (NLW MSS 3474-5D). Mynegai SPCK.

EDWARD EVANS, LERRY STORES 1934012 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs Edward Evans, Talybont, Cardiganshire. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Manuscripts of her husband, the late Edward Evans, Lerry Stores, Talybont. They include diaries kept by Edward Evans, 1888-9 (NLW MSS 7866-7B); manuscript essays in his autograph (NLW MS 7868D); a miscellaneous collection of poems in various hands, including that of Edward Evans (NLW MS 7869E); and letters and account books relating to the Lead and Zinc Concentrates Limited, Bwlchglas Mine, Talybont, the 'SCLM, Limited', and the Cardigan Mining Company Limited (NLW MSS 7870-1D, 7872E, 7873F, 7874-5B). Mynegai Tal-y-bont, Aberteifi.

GEORGE EYRE EVANS 1934013 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr George Eyre Evans, . Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description An album, compiled by the donor, containing letters, printed notices, broadsides, circulars, programmes, etc., relating to Aberystwyth during the early nineteenth century; a volume containing copies of letters written by William Evans, , Aberystwyth, to his brother in America, and others, 1845-50 (NLW MS 3560B); and copies of the following books, to each of which is attached a letter from the author to the donor:- The Theory of Intuitive Morals, by Frances Power Cobbe. 4th edition. 1902 (NLW MS 3189B). Manuscripts relating to the County of Nottingham in the possession of Mr. James Ward. 1900 (NLW MS 3190C). Apologia pro vita sua, by John Henry Newman. 2nd edition. 1882 (NLW MS 3188B). Mynegai USA, Unol Daleithiau.

`AERON BENEFIT SOCIETY' 1934014 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr J R Evans, Aberayron. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Three volumes of accounts of the 'Aeron Benefit Society', Aberayron, 1875-1904, with various balance-sheets, records and notes relating to the society (NLW MSS 7888C, 7889-90E). Mynegai .

BENJAMIN PIERCY 1934015 Ffynhonnell / Source Messr. James Fraser and Sons, . Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Papers of the late Benjamin Piercy, railway engineer. They include copies of deposited plans of the following Welsh railways, or railways partly built on Welsh ground, - the , Mold and Connah's Quay; Whitchurch, Wrexham and Mold; , Oswestry and Newtown; Oswestry and ; and ; and Birkenhead; Birkenhead, North Wales and Stafford; Porthdinlleyn; and Llangammarch and Neath Railways. There are also a large number of working plans of railways in North-East Wales, particularly those for which Benjamin Piercy was engineer; collections of Acts of Parliament relating to railways in and Wales; bills, minutes of evidence, speeches, petitions and reports of Railway Commissions. The collection also includes an interesting volume of Acts of Parliament relating to the navigation and conservancy of the river Dee; some Acts relating to North Wales waterworks; two volumes of copies of correspondence (1881-5) between Benjamin Piercy and Henry Robertson of Pale; and minute books (1888-1918) of the Piercy Trustees (NLW MSS 9745-846; 19749-50E). Mynegai Wrecsam, Yr Wyddgrug, Sir Fflint, Croesoswallt, Y Drenewydd, Sir Ddinbych, Swydd Amwythig, Penbedw, Llangamarch, Castell-nedd. Nodiadau Schedule Available

T ALLEN GLENN 1934016 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr T Allen Glenn, . Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Manuscript and photographic copies of records, some certified and stamped, including lay subsidy rolls, gaol deliveries, fines and recoveries, plea rolls, wills, inventories, etc., relating to the counties of Cardigan and Radnor in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (NLW MSS 7531-2E). Typescripts of abstracts of documents relating to Bala and district, 1730-4, the originals of which are in an American collection (NLW MS 4417E). Mynegai Sir Aberteifi, Sir Faesyfed, USA, Unol Daleithiau.

RICHARD GRIFFITH (`CARNEDDOG'); DAVID WILLIAM,FAWNOG WEN 1934017 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Richard Griffith, 'Carneddog,' . Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A notebook containing manuscript poems by David William, Fawnog Wen, 1871-80 (NLW MS 9657A); manuscript copies of poems by David Jones, 'Dafydd Siôn Siâms', , and 'Owain ap Cyffin'; typescripts of a poem by 'Ellis Roberts y Cowper' and an English poem on 'The Royal Charter', with a Welsh translation by Bodfan (NLW MS 9658C). Letters from Henry Owen to William Williams, Gwastad Annas, Nant Gwynant (1869-71), and from 'Gwallter Llyfnwy' and 'Eifion Wyn' to 'Carneddog '(NLW MS 9659D). Mynegai Deudraeth.

T E ELLIS 1934018 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs Peter Hughes-Griffiths, London. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Autograph copies of seven addresses by the late T. E. Ellis, MP, six of which were published in Speeches and Addresses by the late Thomas E. Ellis, M.P., 1912 (NLW MS 4497B).

W J HEMP 1934019 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr W J Hemp, London. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Four deeds (1677-1731) relating to properties in Gwerngleveryd, Talacre, and St Asaph, Flintshire. Mynegai Gwernglefryd, Llanelwy, Sir Fflint. Nodiadau Schedule Available

ALFRED NEOBALD PALMER 1934020 Ffynhonnell / Source Alderman Edward Hughes, Wrexham. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Manuscripts of the late Alfred Neobard Palmer, consisting of translations into English, made by him, of the Extent of Denbighland (1334) (NLW MSS 9300-4B); the court rolls of and Dyffryn (1349-50, 1486) (NLW MSS 9305-6B); the court roll of the town of Ruthin (1399-1400) (NLW MS 9307B); a survey of Bromfield and Yale (1391) (NLW MSS 9308-14C); and the Appendices to Seebohm's Tribal System in Wales (1895) (NLW MS 9316B); and a transcript of a survey of Bromfield and Yale (1507-8) (NLW MS 9315E) Alderman Hughes has added a manuscript containing particulars of land in Eglwysfach (1820), with a letter from John Hughes of Bangor to the Rev. H. Holland Edwards, Pennant, (October 24, 1838) (NLW MS 9317C). Mynegai Dinbych, Rhuthun, Iâl, Eglwys-fach.

WENNIAR 1934021 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr E Ffoulkes Hughes, Oswestry. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Forty-five documents (1676-1825) relating to the Wenniar estate and other properties in Glynceiriog, Denbighshire. The documents include several assessments, made upon the inhabitants of the parish of Llansantffraid Glynceiriog, of taxes and subsidies for carrying on war against and Spain in the early years of the eighteenth century. Mynegai Llansanffraid Glynceiriog, Ffrainc, Sbaen. Nodiadau Schedule Available

GWILYM HUGHES 1934022 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs Gwilym Hughes, . Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Manuscripts and papers of her husband, the late Gwilym Hughes, journalist and former editor of The Welsh Outlook. They include minute-books and other records relating to Salem Welsh Presbyterian Church, Cardiff; copies of lectures, addresses and speeches by Mr Hughes; and collections of prose and poetry, one volume being in the autograph of John Hughes, 'Idanfryn', father of Mr Hughes (NLW MSS 8450-1B, 8452C, 8453E, 8454E, 8455A, 8456-62B, 8463C, 8464-5B, 8466C, 8467D, 8468B, 8469A, 8470C, 8471A). Mynegai Caerdydd.

DIPHWYS CASSON SLATE COMPANY; ` BUILDING SOCIETY' 1934023 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr J Lloyd Humphreys, Blaenau Fiestlnlog. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A volume of manager's reports of the Diphwys Casson Slate Company (1865-8) (NLW MS 4468C); and a letter book of the 'Merionethshire Permanent Benefit Building Society' (1890-1909), with copies of business letters relating to the slate trade, 1925 (NLW MS 4467C). Mynegai Sir Feirionnydd.

EVAN ISAAC, TALIESIN 1934024 Ffynhonnell / Source The Reverend Evan Isaac, Taliesin. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Eight autograph letters (1859-60) of Rev. Humphrey Jones, the revivalist, which were published by the donor in Humphrey Jones a Diwygiad 1859 (NLW MS 4527B). The original manuscript of the donor's book, Prif Emynwyr Cymru, published in 1925 (NLW MS 4528C).

JAMES OF TYNYRHOS, BOW STREET 1934025 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Thomas James, Herne Hill, London. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Account books and papers (1753-1879) of the family of James of Tynyrhos, Bow Street, Cardiganshire, consisting of accounts of wages paid and of corn and agricultural produce sold, and receipts for legacies, rents and tithes (NLW MSS 4583-4A, 4585-6B); together with a copy of the assessment of property tax upon the township of Cynyllmawr, 1804. Mynegai Bow Street (Pen-y-garn, Tirymynech).

COOPERS ACCOUNT BOOK 1934026 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs Catherine Jones, Llandrillo, and Mr F Wynn Jones, North Wembley. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description An account book (1818-80) of a family of coopers at Cynwyd, Merioneth. The entries, which are mainly in Welsh, give interesting particulars of the work done by the coopers at various farms and houses in the parishes of and Llandrillo (NLW MS 3477E). Mynegai Cynwyd Fawr, Cynwyd Fechan (Llangar).

SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH, 1934027 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Dan Jones, Cymmer, Porth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Manuscript of an address on the history of Salem Welsh Baptist Church, Porth, delivered to the Young People's Society there, February 23, 1932 (NLW MS 8000C).

J D JONES, RUTHIN 1934028 Ffynhonnell / Source The Reverend D Lincoln Jones, Edgbaston. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Three manuscript volumes of sacred and secular music in the autograph of the donor's father, the late J. D. Jones, Ruthin. Mynegai Rhuthun.

REES JENKIN JONES 1934029 Ffynhonnell / Source Dr Goronwy Jones, Swansea. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Manuscripts of the donor's father, the late Rev. Rees Jenkin Jones, Hen Dy Cwrdd, , including notebooks, autograph letters and papers. These supplement several collections presented on previous occasions by Dr Jones. Mynegai Aberdâr.

J BEVAN JONES 1934030 Ffynhonnell / Source The Reverend J Bevan Jones, Lampeter. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A miscellaneous collection, including Welsh poetry transcribed by the donor from a manuscript of William Jones, ; three volumes of notes in Welsh on the history of the parish of Llangadfan (NLW MSS 3526-7B, 3528D); material relating to the renovation of the Parish Church (1909-11); and copies of parochial records of Llangyniew and Llangwm. Mynegai .

ELLIS HUMPHREY EVANS (`') 1934031 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr J R Jones, Trawsfynydd. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Manuscripts relating to Ellis Humphrey Evans, 'Hedd Wyn'. Among them are the original manuscripts of several of his compositions; a volume containing sixty-six of his shorter poems, transcribed by the donor; a copy of some reminiscences of the poet when in training at the military camp at Litherland, by J. B. Thomas of Seven Sisters; photographs, and a copy of the baritone solo, 'Y Bardd ar ei Draed', which was specially composed by Robert Michael and sung by William Michael at the unveiling of the 'Hedd Wyn' Memorial at Trawsfynydd, August 1923. Mynegai Seven Sisters (Dulais Higher).

J W JONES 1934032 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr J W Jones, Blaenau . Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A volume of Welsh poetry and notes written by the donor's father, the late David Jones, 'Glan Barlwyd', . A on Hebrews x, 12,13, in the autograph of the Rev. Edward Stephen, 'Tanymarian', and a letter from Griffith J. Williams, Bangor, containing information concerning 'Tanymarian'. Nodiadau Schedule Available

CAERONNEN CHAPEL ACCOUNT BOOK 1934033 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs M A Jones, Lampeter. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description An account book (1840-69) of the Caeronnen Unitarian Chapel, Cardiganshire, giving particulars of the amounts paid to various preachers and other expenses (NLW MS 3500B).

WILLIAM ROBERTS,(`NEFYDD') 1934034 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Caleb Lewis, Blaina, Mon. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A miscellaneous collection from the library of the Rev. William Roberts, LLD, 'Nefydd', supplementing the material presented by Mr Lewis and by Miss Lily Roberts, London, in 1930 (NLW MSS 7768-79). The present donation includes an account book (1811-23) of Bethel Baptist Church, Holyhead, which was kept by Benjamin Jones, 'P.A. Môn' (NLW MS 7773D); a portion (pp 284-406) of a history of the Baptist cause in , also by and in the autograph of Benjamin Jones (NLW MS 7774D); year- books and diaries for 1835 and 1852, containing entries by 'Nefydd' (NLW MSS 7769-70A); a register of Welsh books and books relating to Wales published from 1546 to 1711 (NLW MS 7768E); together with diaries, papers, letters to 'Nefydd', and drafts of articles by him. Mynegai Caergybi, Sir Fôn.

Di-enw 1934035 Ffynhonnell / Source Professor E A Lewis, Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Seventeen 'Take Notes' (1872-84) relating to lead mining in the parishes of , Gwnnws and Llansantffraid Cwmtoydder; a rainfall register (1899-1905), a list of subscribers towards the celebration of Edward VII's coronation, a list of voters (1877), and other records relating to the parish of Llangurig; an autograph letter from Stuart (afterwards Lord) Rendel to the donor's father during the 1881 election; and copies of addresses presented to Mr Gladstone on his journey through Mid Wales, June 2, 1887. Mynegai Llansanffraid Cwmteuddwr.

COSSLETT COSSLETT, (`CARNELIAN') 1934036 Ffynhonnell / Source Madame B Cosslett Leyshon, Pontypridd. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A collection of thirteen poems (1877-1908), twelve autograph and one printed, of her father, the late Cosslett Cosslett of Groeswen, Glamorgan, better known by his bardic name of 'Carnelian', the centenary of whose birth was celebrated this year (NLW MSS 7989B, 7990D).

HARLECH FESTIVAL 1934037 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr John Lloyd, Dolgelley. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A minute book, balance sheets, printed programmes and press-cuttings (1870-1906) of the Musical Festival, 'Eisteddfod Meirion', and 'Undeb Cerddorol Dirwestwyr Ardudwy' (NLW MS 7995A); a collection of letters (1894-1910) addressed to the late O. O. Roberts, Dolgelley, in connection with the Harlech Festival (NLW MS 7994D); and miscellaneous testimonials to, and memorials of, O. O. Roberts. Mynegai Dolgellau.

BRONYGRAIG 1934038 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs L Lloyd, Harlech. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Ninety-six documents (1776-1881) relating to properties in the parishes of Conwilgaio, and , Carmarthenshire, and , Cardiganshire. Most of the documents consist of acquittances for legacies, and accounts, mainly of the Brunant estate in the parish of Conwilgaio. Mynegai (Caeo), -y-crwys (Llancrwys), Talyllychau. Nodiadau Schedule Available

LORD MERTHYR 1934039 Ffynhonnell / Source The Right Honourable Lord Merthyr of Senghenydd. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Thirty-nine deeds and documents (1673-1787) relating to property in , . Nodiadau Schedule Available.

WILLIAM OWEN, CHWAEN WEN 1934040 Ffynhonnell / Source Miss B A Pughe, . Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A manuscript volume of Welsh hymns by and in the autograph of William Owen of Chwaen Wen, Anglesey, ancestor of the donor (NLW MS 4388B). Mynegai Chwaen (, Sir Fôn).

SIR LAWRENCE H JENKINS 1934041 Ffynhonnell / Source Captain Grismond P Philipps, Cwmgwili. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A manuscript volume of genealogical and heraldic material relating to the family of Jenkins of Cilbronnau, Cardiganshire (NLW MS 3480C). Three illuminated addresses presented to Sir Lawrence H. Jenkins, KCIE, MA, on his departure from India by:- The Ancient and Honourable Order of Freemasons, under the jurisdiction of the District Grand Lodge and District Grand Chapter of Bombay, March 9, 1908. The Pleaders' Association of Western India, at the High Court of Judicature, Bombay, March 13, 1908. The District Grand Lodge of Bengal and the Private Lodges of Bengal, August 31, 1915. Each address is enclosed in a silver case of Indian workmanship.

DOROTHEA AND VIOLET RAMSAY 1934042 Ffynhonnell / Source The Misses Dorothea and Violet Ramsay, Portmadoc. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A collection of correspondence (1842-1921) between members of the Johnes family of Dolau Cothi and the family of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay (1814-91), the eminent geologist and Director-General of H.M. Geological Survey, who was the father of the donors. The collection includes letters from John and Elizabeth Johnes of Dolau Cothi to Sir Andrew and Lady Ramsay (who was the daughter of the Rev. James Williams, rector of Llanfairynghornwy, one of the Williams family of Treffos, Anglesey); Mrs Charlotte Johnes (or Cookman) to Sir Andrew and Lady Ramsay; Mrs Charlotte Johnes to Miss Violet Ramsay; Lady Ramsay to Mrs Charlotte Johnes; Sir Andrew Ramsay to Mrs. Charlotte Johnes; the Misses Dorothea, Ella and Violet Ramsay to Mrs Charlotte Johnes; Lady Hills-Johnes to Sir Andrew and Lady Ramsay; Lady Hills-Johnes to Miss Violet Ramsay; Sir James Hills-Johnes to Miss Violet Ramsay; Lady Ramsay and the Misses Dorothea, Violet and Ella Ramsay to Lady Hills-Johnes. There are also a few letters which passed between Sir Andrew and Lady Ramsay, letters written to Lady Ramsay in connection with the Dolau Cothi murder, a few miscellaneous and incomplete letters, and a number of photographs connected with the various correspondents (NLW MSS 7780-9B, 7790C, 7791-3B, 7794E). Mynegai Dolaucothi, Llanfair-yng-Nghornwy.

TREFOR J RHYS 1934043 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Trefor J Rhys, Llandan. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A manuscript account by the donor, in Welsh and English, of 'Capel Rhondda' Welsh Baptist Church, , near Pontypridd (NLW MS 8866C). Mynegai Pont-y-pridd.

WILLIAM DAVIES, PUMPSAINT 1934044 Ffynhonnell / Source Dr G Arbour Stephens, Swansea. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Two diaries kept by William Davies of Pumpsaint, uncle of the donor, while he was training as a midshipman, 1860-1 (NLW MSS 5589-90B). Mynegai .

THOMAS SYLVANUS 1934045 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs T Sylvanus, Capel Bangor, Aberystwyth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A miscellaneous collection from the library of the donor's husband, the late Mr Thomas Sylvanus, Cardiff, consisting of manuscripts, autograph letters and notes on antiquarian and other subjects. Among them may be mentioned a number of letters and papers relating to the 'Dafydd Morgan, Ysbytty, Memorial Fund', and three volumes of sermons by various preachers (1868-9) copied in short- hand (NLW MSS 9679-81E, 9682-3B, 9684C). Mynegai Caerdydd.

DAVID WILLIAMS 1934046 Ffynhonnell / Source The Family of the late Dr T W Thomas, Caerphllly, per Miss Enid Thomas, Caerphilly. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Manuscripts and papers relating to the Rev. David Williams (1738-1816), founder of the Royal Literary Fund. They include letters and papers connected with the Literary Fund, 1780-1802; a number of bills, receipts and other accounts, 1773-1840; a memorandum of the parish officers of Energlyn, Rhydyboithen, Hendredenny, , Park and Eglwysilan, 1713-1860; literary and historical notes; and miscellaneous autograph letters and papers (NLW MSS 10331E, 10332D, 10333E, 10334B, 10335-8E). Mynegai Energlyn (Eglwysilan), Rhydybothau (Eglwysilan), Hendredenni (Eglwysilan), Glyn-taf (Eglwysilan), Parc (Eglwysilan).

LLANFIHANGEL RHYDITHON `BOOK OF REFERENCE' 1934047 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr W Watkins, . Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A manuscript 'Book of Reference ' containing the names of the owners, lessees, and occupiers of lands in the parish of required for the purposes of the intended Central Wales Railway, 1858, and a manuscript schedule of claims and objections to claims made in the Llanfihangel Rhydithon Inclosure, with the determination of the valuer on such claims and objections, July 1862 (NLW MS 5398D). Mynegai Llanfihangel Rhydieithon.

TOUR IN NORTH AND SOUTH WALES 1934048 Ffynhonnell / Source The Wigan Public Library, per Mr A J Hawkes. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A manuscript volume entitled 'Sketch of a pedestrian tour thro' parts of North and South Wales, etc., begun Sept. 3, 1798, by G.N., D.J.J., R.P.' (NLW MS 4419B). There is nothing in the manuscript by which the writer can be identified.

HERMON BAPTIST CHURCH, NANTYGLO 1934049 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr E I Williams, Whitchurch, Glamorgan. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A manuscript volume of records of Hermon Baptist Church, Nantyglo, during the pastorate of the Rev. Samuel Williams (1841-76), together with records of various Baptist Quarterly Meetings and 'Cymanfaoedd' (NLW MS 8558B). Mynegai Nant-y-glo (Aberystruth).

LLYFR DU BASING ETC 1934050 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Five manuscripts which the late Mr M. C. Ll. Griffith deposited in the Library some years ago. They are:- 'Llyfr Du Basing' (The Black Book of Basingwerk Abbey), containing copies of Ystoria Daret, Brut y Brenhinedd and Ystoria Brenhinedd Saeson which is continued down to 1461. The first 88 pages are in a fourteenth century hand and the remainder was written by Gutyn Owain, a fifteenth century Welsh bard who is generally associated with the abbeys of Basingwerk and Strata Florida (NLW MS 7006D). A transcript made by John Jones, Gelli Lyfdy, in 1605-6, of Pum Llyfr Kerddwriaeth by Dafydd Ddu o Hiraddug and Ffugrau a'u Rhanneu by William Salesbury (NLW MS 7007C). 'Llyfr Cae Cyriog', a volume of pedigrees compiled by Siôn Gruffydd of Cae Cyriog, c. 1697 (NLW MS 7008E). A transcript of 'Llyfr Cae Cyriog' made by Thomas Taylor Griffith in 1867 (NLW MS 7009E). A volume containing over 600 coloured coats of arms, and labelled- 'Armorial Bearings of the Surrounding Gentry painted by the late Mrs. Hughes of Acton House' (NLW MS 7010C). Mynegai Fflur, Gellilyfdy (Gelliloveday, Ysgeifiog).

LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY 1934051 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A manuscript volume which was sold in the Powis Sale at Sotheby's in 1923. It contains a copy of 'The Ingenuous Confession of . . . the Patriarch of Constantinople'; a treatise- 'Render unto Caesar the things of Caesar'- written c. 1644 in defence of the royal supremacy; religious poetry; and drafts of letters, some of which are attributed, on internal evidence, to Lord Herbert of Cherbury. Mynegai Chirbury (Llanffynhonwen).

POETRY 1934052 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Three manuscript volumes of Welsh poetry:- A collection of ninety-three 'cywyddau' by various authors, transcribed by Owen Gruffydd of . A volume of miscellaneous transcripts made by Richard Lloyd, Beaumaris, c. 1818, including poems mainly by Rhisiart Wiliam Dafydd and Siôn Lleyn, and correspondence, etc., relating to Calvinistic Methodist affairs in Anglesey. A nineteenth- century copy of portions of a manuscript volume of poems by Robert William, Pandy, Rhiwaedog, near Bala. (The original manuscript, in the autograph of Robert William, also came to the Library during the present year). Mynegai Biwmares, Sir Fôn, Rhiwedog-is-afon, Rhiwedog-uwch-afon, (Llanfor).

DAVID JENKIN 1934053 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Three volumes containing materials for the history of Glamorgan, the genealogy of Glamorgan families, etc., compiled and very neatly written by David Jenkin of Swansea in 1838 and 1839 (NLW MSS 7885-7C). Mynegai Sir Forgannwg, Abertawe.

DENBIGHSHIRE COURT ROLLS 1934054 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Court rolls and court books of the manors of Llwynedd and Rhysgog and the of Collion, Denbighshire, the earliest being dated 1436 and the latest 1785. Mynegai Rhisgog.

SURVEY IN THE LORDSHIP OF RUTHIN 1934055 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A 'Survey of inclosed lands in the lordship of Ruthin', 1779, with carefully-drawn coloured plans (NLW MS 7891B). Mynegai Rhuthun. Nodiadau Shelved in Dept of Pictures and Maps.

WENNIAR 1934056 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Twenty-five deeds and documents (1557-1779) relating to the Wenniar estate, Glynceiriog, and to other lands and properties in Denbighshire and Merioneth. Mynegai Sir Ddinbych, Sir Feirionnydd, (Llansanffraid Glynceiriog). Nodiadau Schedule Available

STAR CHAMBER PROCEEDINGS 1934057 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Twenty-five extracts copied from Star Chamber Proceedings relating to North Wales in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (NLW MS 7393E). Mynegai Gogledd Cymru.

CORVIZERS OF OSWESTRY 1934058 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A register of the Company of Corvizers of Oswestry (1587-1750) (NLW MS 9237E). Mynegai Croesoswallt.

MERIONETH AGRICULTURAL ACCOUNTS 1934059 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description An eighteenth-century volume of Merioneth agricultural accounts. Mynegai Sir Feirionnydd.

BOOK OF ORDERS 1934060 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description An eighteenth-century manuscript copy of 'The Booke of Orders for the Government of Myne Hous, 1595'.

HANMER FAMILY, FLINTSHIRE 1934061 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Seventeenth-century pedigree rolls and genealogical matter relating to the Hanmer family of Hanmer, Flintshire (NLW MS 11058E). Mynegai Sir Fflint.

EDWARD WILLIAMS (`LLEW MEIRION') 1934062 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A number of manuscripts formerly in the possession of the late Edward Williams, 'Llew Meirion', Dolgelley. They include records and minute-books of the Loyal Idris Lodge, Dolgelley (1879-91), and of Eisteddfod Meirion (1876-1927), together with Welsh essays, poetry and music (NLW MSS 8476-9D, 8480E, 8481B, 8482C, 8483D, 8484E, 8485A, 8486-9B, 8490A, 8491C, 8492D, 8493-5A). Mynegai Dolgellau.

T O JONES (`TRYFAN') 1934063 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Eleven manuscript volumes of the late Rev. T. O. Jones, 'Tryfan', a Wesleyan minister, including the original manuscript of his book, Cymru Gynt, published in 1888, and several items of Wesleyan interest (NLW MSS 3489-93B, 3494C, 3495-8B, 3499C).

D HARRIS WILLIAMS 1934064 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A collection of manuscripts, press-cuttings, etc., of Flintshire interest compiled by the late Rev. D. Harris Williams, rector of (NLW MSS 6441-64). Mynegai Sir Fflint, Botffari.

ROBERT ISAAC JONES (`ALLTUD EIFION') AND W J ROBERTS (`GWILYM COWLYD') 1934065 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A collection of volumes containing manuscript notes on antiquarian and historical subjects, poetry, press-cuttings, etc., compiled by Robert Isaac Jones, 'Alltud Eifion', and W. J. Roberts, 'Gwilym Cowlyd' (NLW MSS 8515-39).

JONES-BATEMAN, -MAWR 1934066 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Six volumes containing an account of tours in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and on the Continent, and a commonplace book, all written by a member of the Jones-Bateman family of Pentre-mawr, Abergele, during 1820-44 (NLW MSS 3594-9B). Mynegai Yr Alban, Iwerddon.

TOURS 1934067 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A manuscript account of three tours made (1787-91) from Hereford to North Wales, South Wales and Teignmouth. The account is illustrated by a few interesting sketches (NLW MS 9352A). Mynegai Henffordd.

TOUR 1934068 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A journal of a tour in North Wales, written in the early nineteenth century, the compiler being a lady resident in Ireland. Mynegai Gogledd Cymru, Iwerddon.

EVAN LEWIS, ABERYSTWYTH 1934069 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A typescript volume of memoirs and anecdotes relating to Aberystwyth in byegone days, compiled by the late Evan Lewis, Alexandra Road, Aberystwyth (NLW MS 7559C).

SIR HENRY LEWIS 1934070 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A transcript of the autobiography and memoirs of the late Sir Henry Lewis, (1874-1923), Bangor (NLW MS 7821B).

J W JONES 1934071 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description An autograph adjudication by 'Ceiriog' of epic poems on the subject 'Owen ', submitted for competition at an eisteddfod in 1881. Mynegai Owain Gwynedd. Nodiadau Schedule Available

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS 1934072 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A collection of about 200 autograph letters written by a number of eminent men both in and outside Wales during the later years of the last century. Almost all the letters were addressed to the late Professor Thomas Powel, MA, DLitt, Cardiff (NLW MSS 8540C, 8541-2B, 8543C).

THOMAS PENNANT 1934073 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description An autograph letter of Thomas Pennant, written on April 2, 1782, to John Strange, diplomatist and author, and referring to the publication of Pennant's Arctic Zoology.

FRANCES POWER COBBE; W E GLADSTONE 1934074 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Two undated autograph letters of Frances Power Cobbe, and one of W. E. Gladstone to Oakeley, 1865.

FRANCIS PARRY 1934075 Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description An autograph letter of Francis Parry, from Lisbon, to [Viscount Latimer], the Lord Treasurer, August 16, 1673 (NLW MS 9038D). Mynegai Spain, Sbaen.

BRITISH RECORDS ASSOCIATION 1934076 Ffynhonnell / Source The British Records Association. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description 246 documents (1600-1862) received from several sources for distribution by the Association among approved depositories. This, the second instalment of documents relating to Wales which have been deposited in the Library by the above Association (or its predecessor, the British Record Society), contains court rolls and other records of the following manors of the Earl of Ashburnhamin Brecknock-Alltmarcham (1644-1826), Cantercelly (1658-1810), Killonow (1644-1826), Cwmdu (1659-1839), Borough (1631- 1826), and Wernfawr (1644-1826); deeds and documents relating to the Earl of Ashburnham's estates in Brecknock and in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire; together with a large number of miscellaneous deeds relating to the following counties-Glamorgan (Eglwysilan, Kellie gare, Carphilly, Cardiff, Llandaffe, Swansea, Lantrissent, etc.), Monmouthshire (Lanvaire Cilgederne, Bedwas, Goytre, Bergevenny, Carewent, Llanthewy Rydderch, Llantillio Pertholey, etc.), Carmarthenshire (Llandilofawr, , Mothvey, Llanddausant, etc.), Merioneth (, , Llanylltyd, etc.), and Denbighshire (Kinmell and ). Mynegai Sir Frycheiniog, Cwm-du, Wern-fawr, Sir Gaerfyrddin, Pen-bre,Sir Forgannwg, Eglwysilan (Merthyr Ilan), Gelli-gaer, Caerphilly (Caerffili), Caerdydd, Llandaff, Llandaf, Abertawe, Llantrisant, Sir Fynwy, Llanfair Cilgedin (Kilgeddin), Goetre, Abergavenny, Y Fenni, Caer-went, Llanddewi Rhydderch, Llandeilo Bertholau (Llantilio Pertholey), Sir Gaerfyrddin, Llandilo Fawr, Llandeilo Fawr, Cil-y-cwm (Llanfihangel Cil-y-cwm), , Llanddeusant, Sir Feirionnydd, Sir Ddinbych, Rhiwabon, Kinmel (Cilmael). Nodiadau Schedule Available.

DAVIES OF 1934077 Ffynhonnell / Source The Right Honourable Lord Davies of Llandinam. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description THE LLANDINAM PAPERS deposited by the President form a valuable collection of letters, documents and legal reports dealing with the commercial and industrial activities of his grandfather and father, the late David Davies and Edward Davies of Llandinam. The 310 items of the archive have been arranged in five groups illustrating the progressive development of the business interests of David Davies from his early connection with railway construction in Mid-Wales to his coal-mining enterprises in the Rhondda and the Barry Dock and Railway Company. The railway documents include copies of Acts relating to most of the railway lines of Mid and South Wales, and the contracts, account books and ledgers of the Newtown and , the Pembroke and Tenby, the Manchester and Milford and the other railways constructed by David Davies. The mining papers deal chiefly with the affairs of the Ocean Coal Company, Ltd, and consist of the company's leases of mineral rights in the Rhondda, and documents connected with the sinking and management of coal-pits at and in the Rhondda and Garw Valleys. The Barry Dock group contains legal reports, petitions and evidence collected for the Barry Dock Bills of 1883 and 1884, various Acts and Bills concerning Barry Dock, a variety of papers connected with its construction and management and a collection of maps and plans of the Barry Dock and Railway. The other two groups consist of personal papers concerning David Davies and his parliamentary career, and a collection of letter-books containing letters (1879-97) received by Edward Davies from business associates and Welsh religious bodies. Mynegai Y Barri, Drenewydd, Penfro, Dinbych-y-pysgod, Manceinion, Aberdaugleddyf, Aberdaugleddau, Ynys-y-bwl (Llanwynno), Garw Valley (). Nodiadau Schedule Available

$$T COLLIERY ACCOUNT BOOK 1934078 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr H H Evans, Llwynypia, Glamorgan. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description The first account book (1861-4) of the Glamorgan Colliery, Llwynypia (NLW Minor Deposits 294B). Mynegai , Rhondda.

CILGWYN 1934079 Ffynhonnell / Source Colonel E C L Fitzwilliams, Cilgwyn. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Over 360 documents ranging from the sixteenth century to the nineteenth, mainly conveyances of properties in the parishes of Llandyssul, , , Bryngwyn, Bangor, Blaenporth, , and Llanddewibrefi, Cardiganshire, and Penboyr, , Llanfihangel ar Arth, and Newcastle , Carmarthenshire. There is also a group of documents relating to the borough of Adpar--chief rent rolls (c. 1690), copies of court rolls (1709-41), and documents touching a motion for information in the nature of a quo warranto against Mathew Griffiths and Evan Davies, portreeves, (1740); and documents, accounts, letters, etc., relating to the Harbour Company (1834- 1900). Mynegai , Llandyfrïog, Tredreyr, Blaen-porth (), Llanfihangel Penbryn, Llanfihangel-ar- arth (Llanfihangel Iorath), Castellnewydd Emlyn, Atpar, Cei Newydd. Nodiadau Schedule Available

OTTLEY 1934080 Ffynhonnell / Source Major-General C J C Grant, Pitchford Hall, Salop. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description In October 1932, Major-General Grant deposited about 1,500 papers relating to Adam Ottley, Bishop of St Davids, and Adam Ottley, registrar of that diocese. He has now added to these a large archive of the manuscripts and papers of their ancestors and descendants from the end of the sixteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth, together with nearly 2,000 deeds relating to properties in , and Salop from the thirteenth century. These manuscripts and papers include documents of great historical interest, especially those which relate to the Civil War and to the Revolution of 1688; some correspondence and papers which supplement the earlier portion relating to the activities of Bishop Ottley; the more personal correspondence of Adam Ottley the registrar, including some interesting letters written by him when on active service in Flanders under the Duke of Marlborough, and correspondence relating to efforts made to secure the bishopric of Hereford for his uncle, Adam Ottley; the papers of Thomas Ottley and Rev Adam Ottley, sons of the registrar; and a few papers of the Hon. Cope Jenkinson, afterwards third Earl of Liverpool, including some letters relating to the activities of the British Legation at Vienna. When the male line of the Ottleys of Pitchford became extinct in 1807, the estates passed to Jenkinson. Mynegai Tyddewi, Sir Drefaldwyn, Swydd Gaer, Swydd Amwythig, Henffordd, Austria, Awstria.

BROGYNTYN 1934081 Ffynhonnell / Source The Right Honourable Lord Harlech of Brogyntyn, Salop, and of Glyn, Merioneth. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description THE GLYN AND BROGYNTYN MANUSCRIPTS AND DOCUMENTS, consisting of manuscript volumes of poetry and prose, documents, letters and miscellaneous papers. The majority of the manuscript volumes are uniformly bound and numbered, and in an excellent state of preservation. The numbers deposited in the National Library are:- 1. A late sixteenth-century Welsh manuscript containing a copy of Compod Manuwel, a tract on heraldry, chronological 'englynion', and pedigrees of North and South Wales families. 2. A collection of Welsh poetry, 'cywyddau', 'englynion', and carols in several hands of the middle of the seventeenth century. Many of the poems were composed to members of the Owen family of Porkington [Brogyntyn]. The manuscript also contains a glossary of old Welsh words. 3. A volume of 'cywyddau' by a number of Welsh poets transcribed in 1599 by Wmffre Davis for Theodore Price, MA, canon of Winchester and rector of Blechingly. 4-5. A transcript, made in 1624-5, presumably for Dr John Davies of , of a portion (A-D, E to Indeclinabilis) of the Latin-Welsh Dictionary of Syr Thomas ap William of , which is now Peniarth MS 228. 6. A Welsh manuscript of the middle of the seventeenth century containing astrological tracts, vaticinatory material, religious treatises, and historical notes, in several hands, including that of 'Hari fab Llwelin ap John ap Grefedd ap Sangkin or Trallwng'. 7. A Welsh manuscript of the middle of the seventeenth century containing transcripts of poetry and prose, largely vaticinatory. 8. Adagia Britannica, a collection of Welsh proverbs translated into Latin by Dr John Davies of Mallwyd. The manuscript is in the autograph of Dr John Davies, with some extracts from Boxhorn's Originum Gallicarum Liber... and other sources added by William Maurice of Cefnybraich. 9. An early seventeenth century transcript of a Latin text of the Laws of Hywel Dda from a manuscript belonging to Dr Thomas Allen of Gloucester Hall, Oxford. 11. A volume of English poetry (1635-69), dealing largely with characters and events of the Civil War and the Protectorate. 12. A seventeenth-century transcript of a collection of Welsh poetry by various authors, in strict and free metres. 13. A volume of 'cywyddau', 'awdlau', and 'englynion' in several hands of the second quarter of the seventeenth century. 14. A transcript of Sir 's History of the Gwydir Family. It contains marginal notes written by William Vaughan of Caethley, and pedigrees by , (1689- 1701) and of Hereford (1701-12). 17. A thirteenth century manuscript, on vellum, of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, with an incomplete French poem of the fourteenth century. Mr Alfred J. Horwood examined the Brogyntyn library for the Historical Manuscripts Commission in 1870, and among the manuscripts described by him in the Commission's Second Report, 1871, are those numbered 1-4, 7-9, 12, 14 and 17 above. The collection also includes a fifteenth-century manuscript of legal precedents in Norman French (No. 25), a seventeenth century volume of memoranda concerning pleas, in Latin and English (No. 26), and several unnumbered volumes, including memoranda (1627-55) by Lewis Anwyl of Park, William Owen of Porkington, and Catherine, his wife; accounts of the estate of Roger Mostyn in Montgomeryshire (1744-58); churchwardens' accounts for the parish of Sylattyn, Salop (1712-44); a copy of the charter of Oswestry (1673/4); a rental of the estate of William Owen in Merioneth (1727- 36); assessments upon the parish of 'Oswaldstry' (1660); a fragment of a fifteenth-century English chronicle, etc. The letters, over 2,000 in number, range from the end of the sixteenth century to the eighteenth and include the correspondence of the Owen family of Brogyntyn, Clenennau and Glyn, the Maurices of Clenennau, the Anwyls of Park, the Vaughans of Corsygedol, the Longuevilles, the Godolphins, and the Owens of Lâs Ynys. Rowland Vaughan, Ellis Wynne, Bishop Humphreys and Edward Lhuyd are represented in this collection of letters. Among the miscellaneous documents are a group of records relating to the manor of Deuddwr, Montgomeryshire (1661-1844); an undated survey of the townships of Llanvihangel and Llantanwg in Ardudwy Uchartro; and some papers relating to the port of (1615). Mynegai Cyfraith Hywel Dda, -y-braich, Rhydychen, Henffordd, Sieffre o Fynwy, Sir Drefaldwyn, Selatyn, Croesoswallt, Sir Feirionnydd, Deythur, Llanfihangel, , Ardudwy Uwch Artro, Bermo, Rhyfeloedd Cartref.

WARREN JANE 1934082 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Warren Jane, Congresbury, Bristol. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Over seventy deeds and documents (1659-1811) relating to properties in Abergavenny, Bedwas, Llanarth, Llanvihangel Crucorney, Llanddewi Rhydderch, Llanvapley, Llanwenarth and St Arvans. This group supplements that deposited by Mr Jane in 1932. Mynegai Y Fenni, Llan-arth, Llanfihangel Crucornau, Llanfable. Nodiadau Schedule Available

CORWEN MISCELLANEA 1934083 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr L Lloyd John, . Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Minute books of the Corwen and District War Relief Committee (1914-15), the Corwen Reception Committee for Belgian Refugees (1915-17), and the Corwen and Edeyrnion Female Friendly Benefit Society (1898-1915) (NLW Minor Deposits 122-5A). Mynegai .

D L JONES, 1934084 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs D Lewis Jones, Llanon, Cardiganshire. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A volume compiled by the late D. L. Jones, Llwynteg, Llanon, husband of the depositor. It forms an interesting and a remarkably complete record of Calvinistic in Llanon in the nineteenth century, and contains a historical note on the local cause, lists of ministers, deacons and Sunday School officials, a summary of the church collections (1846-90), balance sheets and accounts (1850-91), a list of the Sunday and week-day preachers at the chapel with the amounts paid for their services (1824-92), and a list of the church members with their various contributions in 1883. Of more general interest are a list of ministers ordained in North and South Wales (1811-92), a list of the Associations and of those who preached at each (1742-1893), a chronological list of celebrities throughout the ages, and particulars relating to the state of the Calvinistic Methodist Foreign Missions in 1888 (NLW Minor Deposits 337B). Mynegai Llan-non (Llansanffraid).

S MAURICE JONES 1934085 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr J Maurice Jones, Liverpool. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A collection of autographs of celebrities, compiled by the depositor's father, the late S. Maurice Jones, ARCA. Many of the autographs are in an autograph album kept by the artist, while the remainder are in the form of letters and notes, many of them written to Rev. John Jones, Rhos, grandfather of the depositor (NLW Minor Deposits 586-8A).

LLANNOR VESTRY MINUTES 1934086 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr Tom Jones, , near . Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Two volumes of vestry minutes of the parish of Llannor (1756-1837) (NLW Minor Deposits 346-7A).

DINAS POWIS 1934087 Ffynhonnell / Source The late Reverend Augustus Lee, Dinas Powls. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description 225 documents (1455-1914), including rentals and surveys of the manor of Dinas Powis and deeds relating to properties in Glamorgan (Bishopston, Cadoxton East Barry, Cadoxton iuxta Neath, Cantlestone, Cardiff, Cheriton, Cogan, Dinas Powis, Gower Anglicana, Oystermouth, St Fagans, Wenvoe, etc.), Monmouthshire (Llanthewiskered, Mynniddislwyn, Penclaweth, Peterston, Risca, Rumney), and Brecknock (Llangorse and ). The manorial documents include the accounts of Lewis Lloide, reeve of Dynas (1455), a survey of Cogan (1545), surveys of Dynaspowys (1566, 1601), and an early seventeenth-century rental of Sir John Herbert's manor of Denispowis. Mynegai Sir Forgannwg, Cadoxton (juxta Barry)(Tregatwg), Cadoxton (juxta Neath), Candleston (Tregantllo), Caerdydd, Oystermouth (Ystumllwynarth), Sain Ffagan, Sir Fynwy, Llanddewi Ysgyryd, Llanddewi Skyrryd, Mynyddislwyn, Pen-clawdd (Rhaglan), Peterstone Wentlloog (LLanbedr Gwynllwg), Risca (Rhisga, Gwynllwg), Rumney (Tredelerch), Sir Frycheiniog (Llan-gors, Aberhonddu), Dinas Powys. Nodiadau Schedule Available

LLANFWROG BAPTIST CHURCH, RUTHIN 1934088 Ffynhonnell / Source The Officers of the Llanfwrog Baptist Church, Ruthin, per Mr Oswald Thomas, Ruthin. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Eight manuscript volumes of records of the church (NLW Minor Deposits 295-302B). They consist of a register of births (1791-1824); a volume in Welsh entitled 'Llyfr yr Eglwys, 1800' and containing a confession of faith, a register of baptisms, deaths, excommunications, and re- instatements (1800-33), a list of members (1833-44), and a re-statement of the confession of faith signed by all the members in 1856; an account book (1859-87); a volume recording members' subscriptions (1897-1907); and four volumes relating to the Sunday School, consisting of two account books (1888-1907) and two registers of attendance (1852-7 and 1867-72). $$N N Nodiadau Schedule Available, Miscellaneous Deeds, Vol IV.

JOHN ORLANDO PARRY 1934089 Ffynhonnell / Source The Council of the National Museum of Wales. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A journal or diary compiled by John Orlando Parry during a tour which he and his father (John Parry, 'Bardd Alaw') made in North Wales in September 1828, when the writer was eighteen years of age (NLW Minor Deposits 293B). The volume contains an interesting and amusing record of the tour, including an account of an eisteddfod at , together with a few pencil sketches. Mynegai Gogledd Cymru, Dinbych.

LLANFIHANGEL Y TRAETHAU PARISH RECORDS 1934090 Ffynhonnell / Source The Penrhyndeudraeth Parish Council. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Parish records of Llanfihangel y Traethau, including lists of paupers (1840-57); quarterly Abstract Sheets of the Ffestiniog Union (1842-7); summonses for non-payment of poor rate, (1848); appointment of Overseers of the Poor (1839); Orders of Removals (1790-1863), and miscellaneous documents of a similar nature. Mynegai Llanfihangel-y-traethau. Nodiadau Schedule Available, Miscellaneous Deeds Vol IV.

CALVINISTIC METHODIST ARCHIVES 1934091 Ffynhonnell / Source The Presbyterian Church of Wales. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description In accordance with the resolutions passed by its North Wales and South Wales Quarterly Associations in September 1933, the Presbyterian Church of Wales is now transferring its archives and records (some of which have hitherto been kept in various Connexional institutions, others in the possession of individuals) into the custody of the National Library, in order that they may be all brought together into one safe depository and be easily accessible for purposes of historical research. A very large proportion of this material has been deposited during the year under review, and it is reported upon below in groups as received:- THE ABERYSTWYTH THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE GROUP. Deposited by Rev Tom Beynon. This group consists of a large number of manuscripts, books, blocks, photographs, maps, and plans. The manuscripts include those known as the 'Trevecca Manuscripts', consisting of over 2,000 letters covering 1725-97, mostly letters to and from Howel Harris; regimental notes by Harris, 1761-2; an account book of the 'Trevecca Family' for 1772, 1773 and 1777; an account of those who died at Trevecca, 1752-1804; an account of the old 'Family' at Trevecca, 1752-1800, by Evan Moses; the journals of Evan Moses, 1786-98; the diaries of Thomas Roberts, 1773-4 and 1776-7; minutes of Associations for 1743-6,1778-86,1790-7; a Conference Book of the Tabemacle, London, 1743-47; and a few miscellaneous accounts of Societies. The remainder of the manuscripts consists of miscellaneous letters, including a group from Dr to John Matthews, 1830-65, and a number to Rev D. O'Brien Owen, 1883-4; a number of sermons by Owen Hughes, Amlwch; Dafydd Howells, Abergele; John Roberts, Tai Hen; Cadwaladr Owen, ; William Morris, Cilgerran; and others chapel registers and account books, including the baptismal register 'of the Church of God at Bristol', 1808-83 (i.e., Broadmead Welsh Chapel), the baptismal register of the church at Llanpumpsaint, 1810-73, the Bethesda Chapel church book, 1815-61, an account book of Chapel Gwynne Society, Pantgwyn, 1814- 47, and an account book of a chapel in North Cardiganshire, 1863-74; a number of minute books, including Ebenezer Richard's minutes of Associations, 1821-30, minutes of Capel Trefdraeth, 1839-47, the minute book of the Cwm Rhondda District Meetings, 1871-82, minutes of the Llanelly District Meetings, 1874-97, and the North Wales English Conference Minute Book, 1882-91; copies of hymns and letters of Ann Griffiths; autograph sermons, letters, and poetry of 'Islwyn'; autograph hymns of Ben Davies, 'Pedrog', 'Elfed', 'Moelwyn', 'Nantlais', 'Gwili', 'Job', J. J. Williams and D. Miall Edwards; papers of John Hughes, , J. Morgan Jones, Cardiff, and Daniel Davies, Ton; a number of note-books of John Matthews, Aberystwyth, and miscellaneous papers. The printed section consists mainly of theological, biographical and historical works, bound volumes of periodicals and a large number of pamphlets containing chapel reports and statistics. There are also numerous blocks and photographs of ministers, a few maps and the plans of Tabernacle Chapel, Aberystwyth. THE BALA COLLEGE GROUP. Deposited by Rev Professor G. A. Edwards. All the manuscripts and records hitherto preserved in the Bala College Library. They include:- Connexional records, 1743-1860, among which are the minutes of the Association held at Watford on January 5 and 6, 1742/3; records relating to the Constitutional Deed and the Confession of Faith; an account book (1794-1816) of Llwyneinion Chapel, near Bala; a register (1819-34) of the Society at Bedford Street, Liverpool; minutes of Associations, 1822, 1830 and 1832; memorials relating to the preaching at various Associations and Assemblies; etc. Manuscripts of Humphrey Gwalchmai, Henry Rees, John Elias, D. Charles Davies, John Williams, Brynsiencyn and H. P. Howells; miscellaneous sermons; and part of the original manuscript of 's Geiriadur Ysgrythyrol. An extensive collection of autograph letters of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including letters to Howel Harris and John Elias; letters from John Elias and others to John Davies, Fronheulog, ; and letters from Dr Lewis Edwards; Dr Owen Thomas; Edward Morgan, Dyffryn; James Hughes; John Wilks; John Williams, Brynsiencyn; and many others. Miscellaneous manuscripts and papers, including a volume of poetry by and in the autograph of Robert William, Pandy, Rhiwaedog, near Bala; a volume containing the poetry of Llywarch Hen and others, in the autograph of Rowland Huw of Graienyn; and a commonplace book of 'Thomas Edward, Vron', 1785, containing numerous medical recipes, etc. Deposited by Mr Aneurin Rees, Liverpool. Documents relating to Calvinistic Methodism in North Wales; account books connected with Bala College, 1857-1922; minutes of the Bala Branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1835-1901; an autobiography of the Rev. John Elias, in his own autograph, dated February 27, 1841; etc. Deposited by Mr T. I. Ellis, Rhyl. Papers relating to the General Assembly of the Connexion, including agenda and reports of the General Assembly, 1874-7; copies of resolutions passed in connection with the office of treasurer of the General Assembly, 1864, 1872, 1874; accounts, statistics, and letters concerning the printing of Y Drysorfa, Trysorfa'r Plant and The Treasury, 1873-7; Foreign Missions statistics, 1874-6; a list of subscriptions to the Famine Fund, 1875; letters relating to the English and Welsh C.M. Diaries, 'Cofiant Daniel Rowland', and other subjects, 1873-8; and papers relating to the finances of the General Assembly-- cheques, receipts, accounts, etc., 1873-89. Deposited by Rev E. O. Davies, Bangor Documents, correspondence and other material relating to the Parliamentary Bill for the revision of the Constitution of the Connexion, together with a large number of letters relating to the Constitution, 1922-33, and newspaper and other articles dealing with the same subject, 1924-33, with a detailed inventory. Papers relating to the compilation of the Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodist hymn book, and the Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodist hymn and tune book, 1925-34, with an inventory of these papers prepared by Rev E. O. Davies. They include the minute book of the Joint Committee, papers connected with the various sub-committees, copies of the old Calvinistic Methodist and the old Wesleyan Methodist hymn books, marked according to the resolutions of the Joint Committee, and two copies of the draft of the new hymn book; correspondence with Mr. Tom Carrington relating to the new hymn and tune book; lists of tunes, anthems and chants; a marked copy of the old Calvinistic Methodist hymn and tune book; and copies of Y Drysorfa and Yr Eurgrawn containing articles by Rev E. O. Davies on the history of the new hymn book and tune book. Deposited by Mr Arthur Venmore, Liverpool, and Rev E. O. Davies. Minute-books of the North Wales Reconstruction Commission and of its various sub-committees, together with a collection of reports, programmes, etc., relating to the Commission, 1919-23; reports of the Reconstruction Commission of South Wales, and notices of meetings, agenda, reports, etc., of the Joint Committee of the Reconstruction Commissions of North and South Wales, 1919-33. Mynegai Trefeca, Bryste, (Llandeilo Pumsaint), Caerdydd, Lerpwl, Brynsiencyn (Llanidan), Rhiwedog-is-afon, Rhiwedog-uwch-afon (Llanfor). Nodiadau Schedule Available.

RADCLIFFE 1934092 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr David C Radcliffe, Rhyl. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description 162 two deeds (1788-1904) relating to property in , St Asaph, , Bodfari, Rhyl, Flint and Holywell, Flintshire, and in Abergele, , Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant, Llanarmon yn Ial, and Llanfair Talhaiarn, Denbighshire. Mynegai Llanelwy, Diserth, Bottfari, Fflint, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Llanarmon-yn-Iâl, Llanfair Talhaearn. Nodiadau Schedule Available.

GILFACH GOCH COLLIERY 1934093 Ffynhonnell / Source Mr G Rowlands, Gilfach Goch. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description A group of colliery records, including:- A diary for 1873, containing firemen's reports of inspections of the workings at Dinas Main Colliery, Gilfach Goch, in that year. Specimens of printed forms used for such reports in modern times. Specimens of printed forms used by the inspectors of machinery, winding gear, etc. A specification for sinking two pits at Evanstown, Gilfach Goch, for Mr Christmas Evans. These were the first pits to be sunk to the steam coal measures in the Gilfach Goch valley. A statistical return of the Miners' Permanent Provident Society (Scheme Fund), which became defunct on the introduction of the Compensation Act in 1906 (NLW Minor Deposits 65B). Mynegai Gilfach-goch

ROYAL WELSH AGRICULTURAL SHOW, ABERYSTWYTH 1934094 Ffynhonnell / Source The Local Committee of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show, Aberystwyth, 1933. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Records relating to the above event, including a draft of the agreement for holding the Show at Aberystwyth, a list of subscribers to the local fund, reports of the local secretary, the treasurer and the auditors, minutes of the local committee from May 1932, to October 1933, and various printed items such as the official catalogue, schedules of prizes, entry forms, etc. (NLW Minor Deposits 141B)

THOROWGOOD, TABOR & HARDCASTLE 1934095 Ffynhonnell / Source Messrs Thorowgood, Tabor & Hardcastle, London. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Over 570 deeds, documents, and plans (1455-1895) relating largely to the Caenest estate in Merioneth and Anglesey, and to other properties in Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Merioneth and Montgomeryshire. The plans include two volumes of surveys, made about 1770, of the Caenest and Pencraig estates. A number of late eighteenth century building leases illustrate the growth of the port of Amlwch. A counterpart of a lease of land for the building of a Calvinistic Methodist Chapel at Llanerchymedd in 1818 is signed by John Elias and other notable leaders of that denomination in the county. There is a copy of the rental of the forest of Snowdon in 1579, and two documents relating to Ellis Wynne of Lâs Ynys, one being a copy of a will which he made in 1731, and the other a promissory note by John Owen of Caernarvon, mercer, which refers to a dispute arising out of the apprenticeship of Ellis Wynne's son. Mynegai Sir Fôn, Sir Gaernarfon, Sir Ddinbych, Sir Feirionnydd, Sir Drefaldwyn, Yr Wyddfa, . Nodiadau Schedule Available.

ABERYSTWYTH, ST MICHAEL'S CHURCH 1934096 Ffynhonnell / Source The Vicar and Churchwardens of the Parish of Aberystwyth, per the Ven Archdeacon David Williams. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Documents relating to the following church properties in the parish of Aberystwyth:- ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH:- documents, letters and plans relating to the building of the successive churches, commencing with a list of subscribers towards the first church, 1762; an historical account of the Church; legal papers relating to building land, the right of presentation, the consecration of the church, etc.; letters and plans concerning the building of a sea wall (1832-3); extracts from wills containing legacies to the Church and to the poor of the parish; income tax papers relating to church property; rate books (1816-55), etc. ST MARY'S WELSH CHURCH:- lists of subscribers, accounts, a minute book of meetings (1851-63), and miscellaneous papers. THE NATIONAL SCHOOLS:- minute books from 1813, teachers' agreements, and miscellaneous documents. THE YSGOLDY AND THE PARISH HALL:- letters (several from the Welsh Department of the Board of Education), the minute book of the Parish Hall Building Committee (1911-15), bills and receipts, etc. PENPARCAU NATIONAL SCHOOL:- minutes of meetings of the Trustees (1898-1925), letters, and miscellaneous papers. The collection also contains letters and newspaper cuttings relating to Downie's Bequests (1859-1913), and several miscellaneous items not directly connected with the parish of Aberystwyth. Nodiadau Schedule Available.

WYNNSTAY 1934097 Ffynhonnell / Source Sir H Ll -Wynn, Bart., Wynnstay. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description THE WYNNSTAY MANUSCRIPTS AND DOCUMENTS, consisting of over 100 literary, historical and legal manuscript volumes written in Latin, Norman-French, Welsh and English from the fifteenth century to the eighteenth, and some thousands of manorial and other records from the fourteenth century to the nineteenth. The general manuscripts, which have already been catalogued, include collections of Welsh poetry and prose by some well-known scribes:- Thomas ap William of Trefriw; John Price of Mellteyrn; Owen Gruffydd of Llanystumdwy; William Elias, agent to the Wynnes of Glynllifon; Michael Prichard of ; and Hugh Hughes,'Y Bardd Coch o Fôn'. Most of these manuscripts formerly belonged to Rev. Owen Jones of , 'Meudwy Môn,' (1806-89), the compiler of Ceinion Llenyddiaeth Gymreig, etc., and reached Wynnstay after the disastrous fire of 1858. The remainder of the Welsh manuscripts represents the remains of the library of William Maurice of Cefnybraich which was destroyed in 1858. Apart from a fifteenth century copy of the Laws of Hywel Dda, these manuscripts consist of transcripts made by, and for, William Maurice from various sources including manuscripts which are now in the Peniarth collection. Their survival appears to be due to the fact that they had been borrowed by Henry Petrie (1768-1842), whose project for the publication of a corpus of material for the early history of Britain was partly accomplished by the publication of the first volume of Monumenta Historica Britannica under the direction of Sir T. Duffus Hardy in 1848, and by Aneurin Owen, whose Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales, published in 1841, formed a part of Petrie's scheme. Owen returned the manuscripts in 1851, but presumably they were not restored to their original place in the Wynnstay library. It is to be regretted that these volumes do not contain more transcripts of manuscripts that have now been lost to us, such as the 'White Book of Hergest', which was destroyed by fire while in the hands of a Covent Garden binder in the early years of the nineteenth century. There are also numerous manuscripts of a legal nature in Latin, Norman-French and English, including tracts on forest laws, copies of treatises such as the Dialogus de Scaccario, a treatise of the Court of Star Chamber, Sir John Davies's Argument upon Impositions, The Mirror of Justices, extracts from Year Books and Law Reports and a number of collections of legal precedents; a few rentals, including rentals of the Thelwall estates written by the Welsh poet Simwnt Fychan in 1575 and 1576; the first account roll of the chamberlain of Chester, Feb. 7, 1300/1, to Michaelmas, 1301, and the account books of Simon Thelwall at the Exchequer of North Wales, 1554-8; account books of members of the Vaughan family of Llwydiarth, Montgomeryshire, in the seventeenth century, and of Sir William Williams of Llanvorda, 1721-39; and accounts of collieries and brickworks at Trefarclawdd, Llanvorda and Overley Hall, 1800-30. The names of the different owners of the manuscripts indicate their provenance and illustrate the growth of the House of Wynnstay. Many of the legal manuscripts were the property of Henry Wynn, Solicitor-General to Queen Henrietta Maria, and a son of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, while some of the manuscripts belonged to his father-in-law, Ellis Lloyd of Rhiwgoch. His son, Sir John Wynn of Rhiwgoch, acquired Watstay (now Wynnstay) through his wife, the heiress of Eyton Evans, and, leaving no issue, bequeathed his estates to Watkin Williams, son of Sir William Williams of Llanvorda, Bart, and grandson of Speaker Williams, who is represented in this collection by a few of his college notebooks. There is a notebook of Watkin Kyffin of Glascoed, the father-in-law of Speaker Williams, whilst the account books of the family of Thelwall of Plas-y-Ward recall the marriage of Sir William Williams and the heiress of Edward Thelwall. The account books of the Vaughans of Llwydiarth were acquired through the marriage of the first Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn to the heiress of Edward Vaughan of Llwydiarth. The manorial records, which are now being arranged and catalogued by Dr E. A. Lewis, consist of court rolls, presentments, estreats of fines, surveys and subsidiary documents relating to the following manors and boroughs in Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire:- DENBIGHSHIRE. Manors of Bromfield and Yale (1818-79), Borough of Holt (1827-79). Manors of Valle Crucis, Wrexham Abbott and Issa (1635-1858). Manor of Cynllaith Owain (1833-60). MONTGOMERYSHIRE. Manor of Arwystli Uchgoed (1784-1895). " " Arwystli Isgoed (1784-1895). " " Clas Arwystli (1786-1895). " " (1809-95). " " (1583-1895). " " Cyfeiliog (1648-1895). Borough of Machynlleth (1633-1895). The miscellaneous documents and papers, which have not yet been fully examined, include a few Wynn of Gwydir letters, some papers which belonged to Speaker Williams, papers relating to Parliamentary elections and to proceedings in Parliament, a few Montgomeryshire Quarter Sessions files between 1613 and 1640, ministers' accounts for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon and Flint in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and Machynlleth fair toll-books, 1749-50. Mynegai Sir Fôn, Cyfraith Hywel Dda, Cefn-y-braich, Llyfr Gwyn Hergest, Llanforda, Sir Ddinbych, Iâl, Arwystli Uwchcoed (Talgarth), Sir Drefaldwyn, Sir Gaernarfon, Sir Fflint, Gogledd Cymru. Nodiadau Schedule Available.

RÛG 1934098 Ffynhonnell / Source Colonel R Vaughan Wynn, Rug. Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description About 1,250 documents (1329-1852) relating to the Rûg estates. The archive consists of letters, including a number addressed to John Pugh Pryse, esquire, in connection with his candidature in the Merioneth election of 1768, rentals of the Rug and Hengwrt estates, estreats from the court rolls of the lordship of Ruthin and the commote of Collion, and conveyances of property in Corwen, , , Mwstwr, , Cynwyd, Parseithydd, Ucheldre and Llegadog, Llandrillo, Trewyn, Cymmer, Nannau, Llangar, , Llansantffraid, Bala, Llangower, etc., in Merioneth; , Llanrudd, Ruthin, , Acton, , Wrexham, Ruabon, , Segrwyd, etc., in Denbighshire; in Montgomeryshire; Hope Owen in Flintshire; and Llannor, and in Caernarvonshire. Mynegai Sir Feirionnydd, Rhuthun, Llanelltud, Cynwyd Fawr, Cynwyd Fechan, (Llangar), Ucheldref, Llandrillo-yn-Edeirnion, Trewyn (Corwen), Cymer (Llangar), Nannau Is Afon, Nannau Uwch Afon (), Carrog (Corwen), Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy, Llan-rhudd (Llanfeugan), Acton (Gwaunyterfyn), Wrecsam, Rhiwabon, Marchwiail, Hope Owen (Hope), Llannor (Llanfawr-yn- Llyn), Beddcelert. $$ N Nodiadau Transferred to Gwynedd RO (Caernarfon). Schedule Available.

YALE 1934099 Ffynhonnell / Source Mrs E Yale, . Blwyddyn / Year Adroddiad Blynyddol / Annual Report 1933-34 Disgrifiad / Description Papers relating to Thomas Lewis and his son, Sir Henry Lewis, Bangor; papers of Rev Roger Edwards, Mold, including sermons, notes, and memoranda; papers connected with the Jones-Parry family of Madryn Castle, Caernarvonshire (1833-1910), including autograph letters, account books, inventories and valuations, and miscellaneous papers; and six deeds (1806-90) relating to property in Liverpool and Bangor. Mynegai Yr Wyddgrug, Lerpwl. Nodiadau Schedule Available