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List of applications for the post of Registrar of the University College of Wales, together with applications of J. H. Davies and W. J. Evans, 1905.

An appendix to William Owen Pughe's Cambrian Biography (London, 1803).

A copy of Appendix to Report from the Select Committee on the Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues of the Crown (ordered ... to be printed 25 July 1848) [Ref. 538 - II] with Index to Report, Evidence, and Appendix [538 - III]. Pages 1-157 have been annotated and used as copy for Appendix (A) to the Second Report (ordered ... to be printed 27 July 1849) [574].

The original manuscript, rough page-proofs and revised page-proofs of the 'Bibliographical Appendix' by J. H. Davies to [Thomas à Kempis], Pattrwm y Gwir Gristion o gyfieithiad W. M. A.B., gol. H. Elvet Lewis (Bangor, 1908), and a specimen 'Facsimile of page 1 of Mr P. B. Davies-Cooke's MS'. [i.e. Gwysaney MS 27, NLW MS 17115].

A transcript in the hand of David Evans, Llanrwst, of 'Anudoni Neu Chwareuyddiaeth ar Ddull Enterlute Yn yr hon y danghosir mor Newidiol a phechadurus yw y pechod echryslon o dyngu anudon i ddynolryw ...'.

John Davies, Antiquae Linguae Britannicae .... et Linguae Latinae Dictionarium Duplex (London, 1632), with marginal insertions and with additional texts at the beginning and the end partly in the hand of Robert Vaughan (1592?-1666), Hengwrt, Merionethshire. The additions include '15 qual[i]ties of a good horse', 'Pymth[eg] cynneddf march da', 'Am yr Attaliadau. A'u Gwir Ddeunydd' ('Y mae chwe mâth o attaliadau mewn Llyfrau printiedig ac mewn Yscrifen ... '), two 'englynion' by John Davies in a copy of his dictionary presented to Rolant Vychan of Caergai, 'An admonition for the reading of the British words', 'Geiriau or Un Swn ac nid o'r un Feddwl', and 'The Numbers, Names, qualities, Royalties, Footings, Degrees of Age etc. of Beasts of the Forests according as they are termed of skillfull Forresters and Woodmen' (the latter from John Guillim, A Display of Heraldrie). On the inside lower cover is a paste-down of the certificate of subscription, 20 March 1767, by Thomas Owen of Jesus College, Oxford [rector of Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire, from 1779 until his death in 1812.].

A transcript, in two hands, of Cwrtmawr MS 120. The interlude is said on the dorse of the title-page to have been 'Copied from an old MS by John Owen Thomas (Ioan Tachwedd) Llanrwst for 4/- October 1885 for Gwilym Cowlyd'.

An interlude based on the story of King Lear. Following the text are stanzas ('tribannau'), of which four are by John Hughes.

A manuscript in several hands containing an incomplete text of an interlude, 'Hannes Oliffernes a Jiwdath' by Elis Roberts ('Elis y Cowper'), 1766 (see MSS 103, 123); free-metre poetry by Elisabeth Dauiuis [sic], Thomas Edwards ('or Nant'), Elis Roberts, John Richard, and Robert Richard (1768); and anonymous 'englynion' and free-metre compositions; and farming memoranda.

'Enterlute Newydd o Hanes Olophernes a Judith', being a transcript in the hand of [David Evans, Llanrwst], with orthographical variants, of the text contained in Cwrtmawr MS 46.

An anonymous interlude, 'Anterliwt Oliphurnes (Oluphernes)', written at Plas [?Gwynfryn], Llanbedr, 1732, by Edward Evans (see E. D. Jones: 'Rhai o Anterliwtiau Cwrt Mawr', The National Library of Wales Journal, 1958, pp. 421-2). This interlude is not to be identified with the one by Ellis Roberts ('Elis y Cowper') contained in Cwrtmawr MSS 46, 123.

An incomplete interlude of unknown authorship which is generally referred to as ['Frederick Brenin Denmark']. The characters include Sir Waltro Arglwydd (?) Maria, Frederick Brenin Denmark, Marteinws (Merteinws), Francus Prins o Gandi, Griffrii y Duwk o holant, etc. The number '3' is written on the original brown paper wrapper.

A transcript of an interlude generally referred to as 'Einion ap Gwalchmai' and attributed to John Cadwaladr, Bala and Huw Jones, Llangwm ('Chwâryddiaeth a gyfansoddwyd fel y tybir Gan Sion o'r Bala a Huw Jones o Langwm'). The transcript was made by Rowland Vab Owen at York Mills, Oneida County, New York and is dated 18 March 1870. The source is not specified but a transcript of this manuscript with a note on the transcriber may be found in NLW MS 2629, p. 223.

A transcript by Edward Evans, 15 January 1734/5, of the interlude by Mathew Owen [Llangar, Merioneth] (d. 1679) which is generally known by its short title 'Brutus'. The full title (cf. NLW MSS 57 and 2620), not included in the present volume, is 'Enterliwt Ynghylch Cronicl y Cymry er Amser Brutus hyd at Sior y 3ydd' (see National Library of Wales Journal, Vol. X, pp. 421-2).

An eighteenth century copy of an interlude which lacks a title but which is based on events of the Civil War, the Commonwealth and Protectorate, and the Restoration. The original work was written by Huw Morys ('Eos Ceiriog', 1622-1709), Pontymeibion, Llansilin, but the present manuscript contains no direct evidence of authorship. There are some additions and corrections in a nineteenth century hand. The upper parchment cover bears the following inscriptions: 'Owens Translation of the Pre. dis. prefixed to the Work of M. Vertot' and 'The foundation of the Roman Republic and the Principal Cause of its ? fall', but neither of these refers to the text of the manuscript. J. H. Davies, probably on the strength of these inscriptions, has tentatively suggested that the work is a translation, but references in the text to Llangollen, Llansilin, Llandderfel, etc. do not support such a view.

An imperfect copy of an unidentified edition of Ellis Pugh's Annerch ir Cymru [?c. 1750] wanting all before p. v and after p. 94 (although it would appear that only one page [95] is wanting at the end). Also included are three letters to J. H. Davies from John Ballinger, Cardiff, 1900, E. Cartwright, Dowlais, 1896, and S. N. Rhoads, Franklin Bookshop, Philadelphia, 1913, all on the subject of Annerch ir Cymru, and an offprint of an article by Frederick J. Gibbins entitled 'An early American Welsh book' from The Friends' Quarterly Examiner [1902] and given to [J. H. Davies] by the author 'With thanks for kind help'.

Letters and papers of Angharad Llwyd, Caerwys comprising an 'englyn' ('Atteb Silin i Angharad Llwyd pan y cymhellai ef i aros yn Nghaerwys i ddarllen gwaith Lewis Dwn, ac yntau yn gorfod myned adref'); letters from P[eter] B[ailey] Williams, undated [?1832] (1) (congratulating her on her success notwithstanding he was her opponant [sic] investigator), [Rice] P[ryce] B[uckley] Williame[s], India Board, 1829 (1) (thanking her for each of her papers), and Aug[usta] Hall, Gwenynen Gwent, Llanover, 1838 (1) (an invitation); lines of verse written by Gwenynen Gwent, Llanover, 1842, to Miss Helen Lhwyd, asking her to let Angharad remain with them, and Helen Lloyd's reply, also in verse; An Ode written on the occasion of the Eisteddfod of the Cymmrodorion in Powys at Wrexham, Sept. 13, 1820 by T. I., London, Aug. 28, 1820, 4 pp. (Davidson, Printer, Old Boswell Court, London); a letter May 28 [ ], from A[neurin] Owen, Evershot (the copy he sent of the works of Lewis Glyn Cothi, the scribe of Llyvr du Basing, etc.); a pen-and-ink sketch of Ap Glanwylt Glendower, 1st. Seneschal of Euloe 'done by ? Rv'd Edward Stanley'; two letters, undated and 1832, from Henry Parry, [Llanasa] (the Hugheses of Halkin, requesting information about the Youde family, the illness of the writer's daughter, etc.); letters from M. Roscoe, Toxteth Park [Liverpool postmark, ?1828] (1, addressed to Miss Ann Lloyd, Caerwys) (a small box from the writer's cousin, Margaret Waln, family news, mention of Mrs Hemans), Richard Parry alias Monwysiad, Llanerchymedd (? Richard Parry 'Gwalchmai'), 1835 (1) (having a copy of her account of the Beaumaris Congress would render him essential assistance in drawing out an account of the Llanerchymedd Eisteddfod, 'englynion'), David Jones alias Dafydd ab Ioan, Llangollen, 1823 (1) (sending a sword as a gift at the suggestion of the Reverend Mr Jones alias Ioan Tegyd), and H. Meyrick, Beaumaris, 1824 (1) (she never saw a picture of Bishop Meyrick or Sir Gelly Meyrick at Bodorgan, her brother has a very extensive pedigree book); and miscellanea, including a ticket to Eisteddfod Caerwys, 1798.

A report of the twenty-third meeting of the Ancient Monuments Board for Wales.

A notebook containing transcripts of religious texts entitled 'Analysis of the Evidences. Preparatory Considerations. Of the Antecedent Credibility of Miracles ...' and 'Analysis of the Horae Paulinae. The Truth of the Scripture History of St. Paul evinced'.

A letter from the Reverend Professor John Young Evans, Aberystwyth to J. H. Davies enclosing printed copies ('"Pembroke County Guardian", Hwlffordd') of 'Awdl i J. H. Davies ... gan Ieuan Mynyw' [i.e. J. Young Evans], originally published in the Pembroke County Guardian, 18 November 1910.