Miscellaneous papers of Thomas Pennant and David Pennant. They include extracts from Thomas Dineley's manuscript of the Duke of Beaufort's 'Progress' through Wales, 1684; copies of epitaphs; lists of prints; a 'cywydd' to Lewis Morris by W. Wynne, and other poems; papers dealing with Flintshire turnpike roads, paupers, etc.; notes on minerals; papers and receipts relating to David Pennant's tour in Spain; receipts of innkeepers; a notification to Thomas Pennant of his election as Fellow of the Royal Society and of the receipt by the Society of presentation copies of some of his works; an appeal sent to Thomas Pennant, October 29, 1792, by the 'Liverpool Cymrydorion Society' for a subscription to enable Welsh services to be conducted in one of the episcopal churches of Liverpool; etc.

A volume of verse, 1776-1814, by various authors, connected with the family and friends of the Rev. Henry Thomas Payne (1759-1832), archdeacon of Carmarthen, including several compositions relating to the marriage of Maria Payne to the Hon. John Hyde and their departure for India (ff. 14 verso-15 verso).
The authors include Sir William Jones (f. 4 verso), Henry Mackenzie (ff. 10-12), Anna Snelling (ff. 14 verso-15 verso), Thomas Lyttelton, Baron Lyttelton (ff. 17 verso-18), Robert Jephson (f. 31 verso), Edward Young (f. 32), Peter Pindar (f. 40 verso), Charlotte Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (f. 41), Anne Ingram, Viscountess Irvine (ff. 49 verso-50), Thomas Powys (ff. 56 verso-57 verso), and the Rev. Thomas Payne (ff. 59 verso-60). The verses include riddles and charades (ff. 33, 35 verso, 38 recto-verso) and epitaphs (ff. 46 verso-47, 54).