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- 1562-1564 (Creation)
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280 ff. (pp. i-xxiv, 1-536) ; 210 x 152 mm. Bound in half-leather, [19 cent.].
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Archival history
Pen-trials in the hand of Huw Llŷn occur on pp. 455 and 479 (‘Dyma lyvr arfau o waith Wiliam Llyn’). On p. 26 is an englyn by Rhys Cain, not autograph. Robert Vaughan provided foliation, 1-267, compiled an index (pp. i-xii) and added to the text (e.g. pp. 142-3, 206, 295); on p. 1 he records his symbol for the manuscript and the siglum ‘Ghc’. Laid down inside the upper cover is an armorial ‘Vaughan’ book-plate.
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Scope and content
A composite manuscript. Mainly an informal collection of pedigrees, narrative and tabular, of both north and south Wales, in the hands of Gruffudd Hiraethog (pp. 1-7, 9-16, 18-22, 71-87, 153-260, etc.) and Wiliam Llŷn (e.g. pp. 26-48, 61-70, 91-152). Gruffudd was writing between 1562 (pp. 2, 20, 418) and 1564 (pp. 22, 201). On the manuscripts cited by him, see P.C. Bartrum, ‘Genealogical sources quoted by Gruffudd Hiraethog’, National Library of Wales Journal, 26 (1989-90), 1-9. Wiliam Llŷn left a few dates, e.g. 1564 (p. 95) and 1567 (p. 32). Gruffudd records many coats of arms in houses, churches, etc. (pp. 9-16, 153-260, 299-301). On pp. 531-6 he copied ‘Geirie gan Taliessin ai gyngor ai gyssul’ from ‘llyfr Ieuan ap Jhon ap Mred or Glyn’, together with triads [pp. 129-30 of Peniarth MS 137 apparently belong here]. On pp. 427-82, in the hand of Wiliam Llŷn, is an armorial in Welsh, the arms in trick, referred to on p. 479 as ‘Llyfr arfau o waith Wiliam Llyn’ [see M.P. Siddons, The Development of Welsh Heraldry, 4 vols (Aberystwyth, 1991-2006), I, pp. 44–6]. Other contemporary hands contributed: A, Huws’ X131 (pp. 49-56); B (pp. 59-60); C, Huws’ X180 (pp. 294-5); D, Huw Llŷn, south Wales pedigrees (pp. 333-62); E (pp. 363-77); F, Welsh arms (pp. 397-408); G (pp. 423-6); H, a copy of extents, in Welsh, of lands of the earl of Arundel, 26 Edward III (pp. 483-503); I, Huws’ X129, pedigrees of Maelor Gymraeg (pp. 507-30). On pp. 391-2 is a copy by Gruffudd Hiraethog of a letter from Thomas Read of Green Castle, Carm.
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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Welsh.
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Finding aids
A detailed list of the manuscript's contents may be found in J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. I (London, 1898-1905), 854-861.
Description based on Daniel Huws, A Repertory of Manuscripts and Scribes c.800-c.1800 (Aberystwyth, 2022), I, 394-395.
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Digital version available https://hdl.handle.net/10107/6104978 (November 2023)
Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Formerly Hengwrt MS 428.
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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 136 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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October 2023.
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Description revised by Maredudd ap Huw.
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