Two volumes in the hand of Mary Richards, Darowen consisting largely of transcripts of poetry from manuscripts then in the Llansilin Collection (e.g. Cwrtmawr MSS 204, 206-7, 227, 238, 242-3). Other transcripts in the collection are items from 'copy o un [o] lyfrau Maesglase, Mallwyd', including 'Merddin ai dywaid', 'Taliesin ai traethoedd', Merddin ai Traethodd', 'Taliesin ai Traethodd', and 'Merddin a Gwenddydd'. The poetry, in strict and free metres, is by Griffyth ap Dafydd Vychan, Robin Ddu, Dafydd Llwyd Llywelyn ap Griffydd, Owain Twna, Dafydd Gorllech, Ifan Brydydd hir, Huw Pennant, Edwart [ap Rhys], Dr. Sion Cent, Ie[uan] Dyfi, Iolo Goch, Meredydd ap Rhys, Llywelyn ap Owain, Rhys Coch or Eryri, Thomas Prys ('o Blas Iolyn'), Edmwnd Prys, G. Philip, W. Elias, Owain Gruffudd, Gruffudd Nannau, Owain Gwynedd, Gruffyth Hiraethog, Guto'r Glynn, Tudur Aled, Thomas Owen, William Llyn, Ieu[an] Tew, Tudur Penllyn, Huw kae Llwyd, Llywelyn Goch Amheurig hen, Dafydd Nanmor, Gruffydd Hafren, Syr Owen ap Gwilim, Sion Philip, Bedo Brwynllys, Morys Dwyfen (recte Dwyfech), Sion Tudur, Sion Philip, Llywelyn ap Gutun, Syr Rhys Carno, Wiliam Kynnwal, Gwilym ap Ieuan hen, Walter Davies ('Gwallter Mechain'), John Athelystan Owen, D. Parry, Rowland Parry ('Ieuan Carn Dochan' 'O Lanuwchllyn'), Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd'), Roger Cyffin, [Morris Jones] ('Meurig Idris'), J. Blackwell ['Alun'], William Edward ('[Gwilym] Padarn'), Gruffydd Lloyd ab Dafydd ab Einion Lliglyw, Ifan ab Howel Swrdwal, Ifan Tudur Benllyn, Cathrin Sion, Gaynor Llwyd, Thomas Evan, Evan Thomas, Moris Richard, Hugh Sion, Huw Moris, Griffydd Moris Evan, Morys Robert, Sir Rees Cadwaladr, Edward Jones ('Vicar Machynlleth 1644'), Llywelyn Cadwaldr, Richard Llwyd, Shon Dafydd, William Puw Llafar, Lewis Môn, Huw Llyn, Rees Edennyfed [sic], Lewis Edward, William Edward, ? Robert Edward Lewis, Richard Philip, Rees Ellus, Gruffydd ab Gronwy Gethin, John Morgan ('Vicar Aber Conwy ... 1698'), Edward John ab Evan, John Rhydderch, Gwilim ab Sefnyn, John Davydd, John Vaughan ('o Gaer Gai'), [David Richards] ('Dafydd Ionawr'), Thomas Llwyd, Cadwaladr Roberts, Edward Rowland, Richard Abraham, Edward Morus, Hugh Lewis, Thomas Lloyd 'fiengca', Rowland Vaughan, [John Jones] ('Tegid'), Robert Davies ('Bardd Nantglyn'), John Rogers, D. Ellis (Mowddwy), William William ('Wil y Prydydd'), Evan Jones (Darowen), [David Jones] ('Ieuan Cadfan') [David Richards] ('D[ewi] Silin'), Jeremy Humphrey, Dafydd Davies, John Rees, Morris Jones ('or Talwrnyn agos i Lanfyllin'), Thomas Edward ('Twm o'r Nant') Arthur Jones, John Davies, William Philip, Cadwaladr Moris, John Brwynog, Lewis Owen, John Edward, Dafydd Rees (Llanbryn Mair), Syr Gri[ffudd] Vychan ('o Sir Drefaldwyn'), John Thomas, Henri Humphreys (Bwlch y Ddar), [Hugh Evans] ('Howel Eryri') Dafydd Morris ('Bardd Einion') and others; an anonymous 'English Elegy on the Reverend Mr. Howel Davies Chaplain to the Rt. Hon. Countess of Walsingham'; a letter from David Davies, Tu Uchaf, near Mallwyd, 1810 (the distribution of Welsh Bibles in Llanymawddwy) (together with a list of subscribers and a table of statistics); a table of minted coins ('Darnau o bres bathol'), with dates; a letter from Thomas Philips, Neuadd Llwydiarth to [Mary] Richards, 1863 (enclosing verses on the marriage of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra); a list of the dates of the birth and baptism, 1712-33, of children of Richard Foulkes and Jane Griffith, his wife; a letter from T[homas] Price ('Carnhuanawc'), Crickhowel, 1833 (the preservation of the Welsh language); pedigrees of William Pugh of Mathafarn and of Christopher Bethell, bishop of Bangor; a certificate, 1798, of the payment by the parish of Llan y Mowddwy, Merioneth of a sum of £7-7-3, being a 'Voluntary Contribution for the Defence of the Country'; etc. Printed items pasted inside the covers include a prospectus of Carl Meyer: An Essay on the Celtic Languages and a notice of a proposed public dinner to W. Owen Pughe at Denbigh, 1834. Some of the transcripts are dated within the period 1857-8.

A notebook bearing the name, and largely in the hand of, H[ugh] W[illiams] Kyffin, Meifod Vicarage, 25 September 1858, containing a series of ninety-one 'penillion'; anonymous 'englynion', including 'On Pwll Ceris, the Vortex in the Menai' and 'Cyfarch i Gyhoeddwr y 'Cambro Briton'; tribannau by [ ] 'Ioan o Garedigion'; 'A Stanza from the Pastorals of Edward Richards [sic], on a Bachelor's Prospect of Dissolution'; 'An old prophecy ('Pan fo Rhuddlan heb Gonwyaid ...'); verses entitled 'Yr Hedydd; Epitaphs of Rowland Williams ('a joiner of stones'), 1753, and 'on a tombstone in a Church-yard in Wales', the latter by [John Ryland Harris] ('Ieuan Ddu o Lantawe'), 1821; verses by Mrs Owen, Plas Coch, Llangyniew, the Reverend R. Jones, London and D. Jones ('Curate'); an anonymous epitaph 'on a blacksmith, which is frequent in Country Churchyards, Billingham to wit'; verses entitled 'Impromptu On the marriage of Mr R. Price, Liverpool Arms, Rhyl, and Miss Edwards' by [Edward Roberts] ('I[orwerth] G[lan] Aled'), 1859; verses entitled 'Yr Eneth Ffyddlon' by 'Pererin Tachloyan', Beaumaris (from The North Wales Chronicle, 21 May 1852); etc.

A volume inscribed 'Yr Ail Lyfr', being a collection of Welsh poetry in strict and free metres, with annotations, compiled [by David Evans, Llanrwst]. Among the poets represented are [David Thomas] ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri'), (Thomas Hughes] ('T. ab Gwilym'), [William Edwards] ('Gwilym Padarn'), 'Sion cawrdaf', [Ebenezer Thomas] ('Eben Fardd'), ?[Edward Hughes] ('Y Dryw'), [Thomas Jones] ('Taliesin o Eifion'), [Owen Owen] ('Owain Lleyn'), Owain Roberts ('Owain Aran'), [Morris Davies] ('Meurig Ebrill'), O[wen] Williams [Waun-fawr], [David Griffith] ('Clwydfardd'), John Jones ('Ioan Tegid'), William Jones ('Bardd Mon'), John Owen, [William Williams] ('G[wilym] Caledfryn'), [Robert Jones] ('Asser' otherwise 'Bardd Mawddach'), Ieuan Dyfi, Dafydd Rheidiol, Tudur Penllyn, [John Thomas] ('Ifor Cwmgwys'), John Pughe ('Ieuan Awst' otherwise ?'Bardd Odyn') ('Cyfreithiwr Dolgellau') Griffith Jones ('Bradwen Ardudwy') ('Ysgol Llanenddwyn'), Robert Jones ('R. Tecwyn'), [Owen Rowlands] ('Aled o Fôn), [Robert Ellis] ('Cynddelw'), [David Evans, Llanrwst], J. Gaerwenydd Prichard, Bethesda, Rhys Morgan 'Morganwg', Dafydd Saunders, Merthyr, etc. The titles include 'Penillion Ar Enedigaeth Richard Lloyd Edwards Nanhoron 1806', 'Englyn i'r Mormoniaid', 'Englyn i'r feddyginiaeth a ddarperir gan David Jones Bermo', 'Englyn[ion] Bedd-Argraff Dafydd Ionawr', 'Priodas Mr. Evan Jones Argraffydd Dolgellau' ..., 'Englynion sydd ar Fedd Gwyndaf Eryri yn monwent henafol Llanbeblig', 'Tri Englyn sydd yn mynwent Llandegai ar fedd un a Cyfarfyddodd a damwain angeuol trwy godwm yn Chwarel y Cae ... 1843 ...', 'Dau Englyn sydd yn Mynwent Eglwys Glyn Ceiriog', 'Bedd-Argraff Mr. Rice Williams ... Llanddeiniolen ... 1867 ...', 'Cywydd I'r Parch William Davies un o genhadon y Wesleyaid yn Sierra Leone ...' (1814), 'Coffa Am yr hynafiaethydd hyglod Owen Williams o'r Waenfawr ...', 'Egwyddor Calfiniaeth', etc.

A volume written in the same hand and in the same format as Cwrtmawr MS 196. It contains a list of book titles and prices (2 pp.); and poetry, with some annotations, by [William Williams] 'Caledfryn', Dafydd Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri'), John Jones (Glan-y-gors), 'H. Dyfed', [John Price] 'Ioan Machno', 'Llewelyn Gwynedd' (Treffynnon), [Thomas Essile Davies] 'Dewi Wyn o Essyllt', [Robert Williams] 'R[obert] ap Gwilym Ddu', [John Evans] 'Ioan Tachwedd', [David Williams] 'Dewi ab Robert', Robert Davies (Llanwyddelan), John Roberts ('Ioan Lleyn'), 'Cymro Ieuanc (Cendl), [? John Williams] 'Ioan Madawg', 'H. Gethin' [Evan Jones] 'I[euan] Ionawr', J. J. (Rhyl), E[llis] Owen (Cefnymeusydd), Richard Pugh, [John Davies] 'Einion Ddu' (Tregeiriog), E. Richardson (Conwy), Ebenezer Morris, John Parry (Llanelian), Ellin Catherine Williams (Bangor), [James Hughes] 'Iago Trichrug', John Cadwalader, [Joseph Griffiths] 'Philomath' (Wyddgrug), T. F. Ll. (Rhos), 'T. Bangor', G. M. (Drefyn), 'Cryg Cellt', W. Jones (Bala), 'Dafydd y Glowr Du' (Glan Rhondda), Parch. Robert Roberts (Rhosllanerchrugog), 'Harri ab Ieuan' (Llundain), [Ellen Evans] 'Elen Egryn', W[illiam] W[illiams] (Pantycelyn), Joseph Harris ['Gomer'], [Evan Evans] 'Ieuan Glan Geirionydd', 'Nona', John William (Tre Sior), 'Owen Glyn-y-Dwr', Edward Jones (Maes-y-plwm), Ann Griffiths, 'Alltud', Robert Thomas (Llidiardeu), J[ohn] Phillips ('Tegidon'), 'Barddonfab' (Ysbytty Ifan), [John Emlyn Jones] 'Ioan Emlyn', T[homas] J[ones] ['Taliesin o Eifion'] (Llangollen), [Robert Williams] 'Trebor Mai' (Llanrwst), [Richard Roberts] 'Bardd Treflys', 'Yr hen Fryn Moel' (Dolwyddelen), W. J. Roberts 'Caersallwg', John Jones ('Ieuan Glan Clidro'), [Richard Foulkes Edwards] 'Risiart Ddu o Wynedd', [William Ellis Jones] 'Cawrdaf', W. Harries (Aberystwyth), 'Gwynfardd Hiraethlyn', 'Ab Nudd', etc., and anonymous poems. Among the titles are 'Ar Farwolaeth y Parch. John Jones (Ioan Tegid) ... ', 'Priodas Hwfa Môn a Mrs Evans (A.D. 1853)', 'Ar farwolaeth Mary Ann, merch Mr W. Edwards, Beaufort Inn, Cendl' (1853), 'Dychweliad Cenhadau Madagascar' (1853), 'Beddargraff [John Roberts] Ioan Twrog' (1853), 'Emyn Jubili y Fibl Gymdeithas, 1853', 'Coffadwriaeth am Mr Daniel Rowlands', 'Englynion i Bont a Hall Llanrwst', 'Ar Briodas Mr John Pugh [Bardd Odyn' a Miss Cath. Jones, Dolgellau' (1855), 'Deigryn ar ôl John Rhys, Pendarren' (1855), 'Coffadwriaeth Mr Robert Ellis, Ty Mawr, Cwmpenaner ... 1853', 'Ar Farwolaeth Miss Frances Simon, Gellifor, ger Rhuthyn ... 1854', 'Robert Owen, Barcer, Llanrwst, a fu farw ... 1852', 'Y Pennillion a ganwyd wrth Fedd Mr Moses Parry, Dinbych ... 1855' and 'On the Grave-Stone of the Rev. Thomas Hughes, Wesleyan Minister at Llanrwst ... 1846'. Much of the poetry appears to be dated within the period 1852-5, and a few items have been extracted from printed sources.

Extracts and notes, mainly by Charles Ashton, wedding stanzas, folk-lore, notes on Glamorgan, etc.