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A volume written largely in the autograph of Ebenezer Thomas, ('Eben Fardd') and described on the title-page as 'Llyvyr y Llwythau Cymreig yn cynwys Taflenau Achol o'r Pum Llwyth Breninol a Phymtheg Llwyth Gwynedd ynghyd a Byrdraith hanesiol am Sylfaenwyr yr amrywiol Lwythau a Gwroniaid Cymreig eraill Eu Preswylfeydd, Tiriogaethau, Paisarfau a Disgynyddion. Casgledig gan Ebenezer Thomas, Clynnog, Hâf 1843.' At the beginning of the volume are 'A Map of North Wales' [Anglesey and West Caernarvonshire] and a list of the contents to p. 69. More than half of the volume is blank but the written pages after p. 69 contain, among other things, details of 'Villas [Vills] in Eifionydd' ('Abridged from a letter of the Rev. J. Jones Llanllyfni to Ellis Owen Esq. Cefny meusydd'), pedigrees of Rhwngyddwyryd (Dolbenmaen), Rhiw and Bodfel (Llŷn), and Cefn Coch in Anglesey, etc., 'Carol Nadolig, 1859 - ar "Diolch i Ti yr Hollalluog Dduw &c"' by E. Thos ('Eben Fardd'), a petition (draft), undated, from Jane Jones of Penarfynydd in the parish of Abererch, Caernarvonshire to the bishop of Bangor and the other trustees of the Llandwrog Almshouses, particulars of the ancestry of Tho[ma]s E. Roberts, Hendre, Abereirch sent by him to Eben Fardd, 24 July 1861, and a printed prospectus, undated, of 'The Works of the Bards of Llyn and Eifionydd, collected by Myrddin Fardd'. Loose between pp. 27 and 28 are notes by J. Jones, Llanllyfni, May 1844, headed 'A. D. 1352. Hanes ardrethol Cwmmwd Isgorfai', and pasted on to these or vice versa is a printed sheet concerning Gwydir Chapel, Llanrwst (J. Jones, Printer, Llanrwst). Facing the title-page of the volume is a label bearing the words 'Llyfr Achau ac Arfbeisiau y 5 Llwyth Breninol a 15 Llwyth Pendefigol Gwynedd ynghyd au Disgynyddion, &c.' and above it John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') has written 'Costiodd y Llyfr yma i mi ddwy bunt heblaw talu am ei rwymo wedi hyny.'

A manuscript in the autograph of Roger Morris, Coed-y-talwrn containing anecdotes, extracts from the Black Book of Carmarthen ('Amravael bethau a gopiuyd or lyfyr du o gaer Vyrdin'), 'Credo Taliessin o lyvyr aral', proverbial sayings ('Ni uyr ni uyl, ni uyl ni dysc'), lines attributed to Tal Iessin ('Na fid escud dy lau ar lu anudon'), 'Kas bethau guyr Rhufain', one or two triads, two Welsh religious plays (not one as suggested in R.W.M), viz. ['Y Dioddefaint'], pp. 41-73, and 'Traul y 3 brenin i anrhegu Crist' [or 'Y Tri Brenin o Gwlen'], pp .73-80 (see Gwenan Jones, A Study of three Welsh religious plays (Bala, 1939) p. 12 et passim), some pedigrees ('Rhai or Guehelaethau'), 'Araeth Wgon', instructions concerning table manners ('Am voes ac arver yu hynn o ymdidan'), 'Henue 15 luyth Guyned o lyfr Humphre ap hoel o Ruthyn',etc., a Life of Saint Martin in Welsh [cf. Mostyn MS 88], an anecdote concerning Madog ab Owain Gwynedd, 'Henuae Pympthegluyth Guyned ai gulad ai harvau' and a list of Welsh poets.

A composite volume belonging to John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') containing notes and press cuttings concerning heraldry, etc. At the beginning in another hand are accounts of 'Gibbet Hill' [Llanfair Caereinion] subscribed 'Mrs B- December 12. 59', 'Sion y Clochydd' and 'Bryn Llawenydd'. The press cuttings include a series of articles on 'Pymtheg Llwyth Gwynedd' by [the Reverend Hugh Parry] 'Cefni'. There are one or two loose items, including a sheet in an eighteenth century hand containing 'Naw gradd Carrennydd' and two 'englynion', etc., 'Awgrym fûd' (a deaf and dumb alphabet), and 'Llyma y pum achos sydd i gadw acha[u].'

A manuscript in the hand of Rowland Lewis of Mallwyd [d. 1652 or 1653] containing 'cywyddau', some 'englynion' and an 'awdl' by Dafydd Nanmor, Lewes Mon, Sion Tuddur, Dafydd Lloyd ap Lle'n ap Gruff[udd], Gytto or Glyn, Dio ap Ieuan Du, [Lewys] Morganwg, Howel ap Gytto, William Llyn, Morys ap Howel ap Tudr, Ieuan ap Rhys ap Lle'n, Huw Kae lwyd, Rhys ap Kynverig Goch, Dafydd ap Ieuan lloyd, Sion Kerri, Dafydd ap Gwillim, Morys Thomas Howel, Owen Gwynedd, Huw Arwystl, Sr. Owen ap Gwilim, Huw Llyn, John Kain, Sion Philip, Tudur Aled, Roger Kyffin, Dafydd ap Ieuan ap Owen, Wm. Ph[ilip]e, Thomas Pryse, David Lloyd ap Hugh, Gwerfyl Mechain, Doctor Sion Kent, Gruffyth ap Gronwy Gethin, Mr. Edmund Pris, Edward ap Rees, Huw Cowrnwy, Moris Dwyfech, Risiart Gruffydd, Edward Vrien, Moris ap Iefan ap Einion, Huw Roberts ('clerk'), Robert ap Howel ap Morgan ('o Langower'), Tuder Penllyn, Huw Kollwyd [sic] (? Huw Cae Llwyd), Llewelyn ap Guttyn, Iefan Brydydd hir, Ieuan Tew brydydd, Ifan Tuddr, Robert Dyfi, Ieuan Tuder Owen, Gruffuth Owen and Gruff[udd] Llwyd ap D'd ap Einion, and anonymous and incomplete poems; 'Y Compod Manuel, o waith D'd Nanmor allan o hen lyfr memrwn'; pedigrees (Gr. ap Kynan ..., David Lloyd ap D'd ..., Dolgelley - Lewys ap Owen ap Lle'n ..., Llanvendiged - Huw ? ap John ap Hugh ... Klenennav - Syr Wm. Moris ap Elissey ...); and '... henwau pymtheg llwyth Gwynedd, a ffle ir oeddent yn Tario ag yn gorsseddu ai harfav'. The volume is in the same hand as NLW MS 566, [See The National Library of Wales Journal, Vol IX, pp. 495-6], which formed No. 2 in the Llansilin Collection. The later sequence of pagination was carried out by Mary Richards, Darowen. Amongst the later marginalia is a copy of an undated (1 May [ ]) notice to let Ty'n Bedw, parish of Llangadfan, Montgomeryshire. The spine is lettered 'Kywyddau, Achau, Compot Manuel'.