File 496B. - Commonplace book,

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496B.

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Commonplace book,

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  • [1767x1815]. (Creation)

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The volume bears the book-plate of 'Thomas Beynon, of Green-meadow' [Llansadwrn, Carmarthenshire], i.e. Thomas Beynon (1745-1833), archdeacon of Cardigan.

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A common-place book begun 27 June 1767. The volume has the number 121 written on the spine and is a companion volume to Cardiff MS 2. 169. The contents of the present common-place book include 'Gwaith Meddygon Myddfai. Transcribed at Green-meadow December 5th &c. 1768' (pp. 49-102); Salm 148 o gynghaneddiad y parchedig Mr. Ellis Wynne' (pp. 103-4); 'A Table shewing the Pay of a Sea Chaplain ...' (p. 105); a note giving the date of birth of Thomas Beynon, 1745, William Beynon, 1750, and Jane Beynon, 1758 (p. 119); and a continuation, 1767-1803, of the reading list published by Professor Thomas (pp. 169-176, 151-168, and 143-8, in that order), followed by an index to the volume. Several leaves have been excised at the beginning, viz. pp. 3-4, 19-24, and 37-48.

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English, Welsh.

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The present volume's companion volume (Cardiff MS 2.169) has been described by Professor R. George Thomas of Cardiff in an article entitled 'The complete reading list of a Carmarthenshire student, 1763-7' (The National Library of Wales Journal, Vol. IX, pp. 354-364).

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Preferred citation: 496B.

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vtls005595724

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ISYSARCHB55

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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