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A typescript of 'Cân Anghyhoeddiedig o waith Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd ... byrnodiadau gan Y Parch J. Peter, Bala', with manuscript corrections [in the hand of the Reverend John Peter].

A printed interleaved copy of 'Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd', Vol. II, with manuscript notes in the autograph of J. H. Davies.

A draft of part of the Introduction to Vol. II of 'Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd', edited by J. H. Davies, with additional notes, and a letter addressed to J. H. Davies from C. Bryner Jones.

I. Unbound papers compiled and accumulated towards the publication of Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd (Bangor), Vol. I (1899) edited by Thomas E. Ellis, and Vol. II (1908) edited by J. H. Davies. They include extracts from and/or transcripts of public records and other manuscript sources in the hands of both editors; a revised typescript copy of part of the Introduction ('Rhagymadrodd') to Vol. II; and holograph letters to [J. H.] Davies from Alfred Neobard Palmer, Wrexham, 1903 and 1906, and J. M. Davies [Professor, aft. Principal, Baptist College], Cardiff, [19]21, and an autograph letter to [T. E.] Ellis from L. D. Jones ('Llew Llwyfo'), Bangor, 1898 (the latter using the letter-head of Y Tadau Anibynnol). Ii. Incomplete proof-sheets of W[illia]m Prichard Williams (gol.), Deffyniad Ffydd Eglwys Loegr ... gan Maurice Kyffin (Bangor, 1908), with four holograph letters from the editor, from Bangor, to J. H. Davies, 1904.

A mutilated transcript of Morgan Llwyd: Gwyddor Vchod (Llundain, 1657). The transcript lacks the introductory stanza ('Wrth edrych ar y nefoedd faith...') and the closing six stanzas ('Pam y printiwyd y Gân yma? ... ).

Miscellaneous papers, including letters to J. H. Davies from Evan William Edwards, Llandefeilog, [1922] (1) (thanking him for his correction regarding the date of P[eter] W[illiams]'s birth), W. J. Hemp, Ancient Monuments Board for Wales, 1922 and undated (2) (enclosing notes of the 19th, 20th and 21st meetings, circulars), P. Jones, Cynfal fawr, Festiniog [sic], 1902 (1) (Cynfal and Garth field names), Edward Owen, Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments, London, 1917 (1) (asking whether a certain tract among the BM MSS was printed), J. Owens, Chester, 1922 (1) (a committee to be held at Chester), Alfred Neobard Palmer, Wrexham, 1903 (1) (quoting lines of verse which Dr Spinther James sent him in which the names Cadi Rownd and Morgan Llwyd occur), Muriel Rees, Aberystwyth, 1922 (1) (thanking him for the testimonial), Thomas Richards, Maesteg, 1923 (2) (mention of 'Hanes Plwy' Bodedern', the sons of Morgan Llwyd, Dr Michael Roberts, etc.), David Thomas, Aberystwyth, 1922 (1) (the outline of a paper for the Cardiganshire Antiquarian Society), G. J. Williams, Bangor, 1921 (the names of Caleb Lloyd, 1660, has been found on the wall of the old building at Cynfal), and [Sir] John Williams, Aberystwyth, 1922 (2) (Friday will suit him just as well); a letter, 1903, to J. Jones [?'Myrddin Fardd'] from D. R. Jones, Cambria, Wis[consin] (thanking him for the notes on his 'cywydd', mention of sending a copy of Y Drych, he left Wales at the age of 13 in 1845); miscellaneous notes (fragments), some in the autograph of John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'); part of an account of Cadwgan (draft); the title-page, introduction and pp. 483-490 of a (?) proof copy of The Life and Opinions of Robert Roberts, A Wondering Scholar, ed. J. H. Davies (the imprint is dated 1922 whereas the work was published in 1923); and 'Notes on Field Archaeology' (duplicated).

A scribbling tablet in the hand of J. H. Davies containing material, mainly from public records (e.g. Court of Great Sessions records; order books of the Committee for Plundered Ministers, Commonwealth Exchequer Papers) relating in particular to the life of Morgan Llwyd ('o Wynedd'; 1619-59) and in general to contemporary religious development in Wales.

A notebook in the hand of J. H. Davies containing extracts and notes largely from manuscripts in the British Museum, the National Library of Wales and Cardiff Free Library on the correspondence and pedigrees of the Morris brothers ('Morysiaid Môn') and Goronwy Owen ('o Fôn'); extracts from State Papers Domestic, 1656, recording augmentations of £100 a year each to Morgan Lloyd [Llwyd], preacher at Wrexham, and Ambrose Moston, preacher at Holt; and notes on the contents of Welsh manuscripts (Welsh E10 and Rawlinson 464) in the Bodleian Library. Among the insets is a transcript from the Court of Great Sessions records, Gaol File, spring 1753, of the deposition of George Evan of Cardigan, yeoman 'keeper of the common gaol', touching the imprisonment of Lewis Morris, gentleman.

A notebook containing rough material compiled by J. H. Davies towards a life of Morgan Llwyd ('o Wynedd'; 1619-59), being largely in the form of abstracts and extracts from public records, from manuscripts in the British Museum, in the Cardiff Central Library, and in the National Library of Wales, from wills in the Bangor Probate Registry and from printed sources, notably Lewys Dwnn (ed. S. R. Meyrick): Heraldic Visitations of Wales (Llandovery, 1846). Also included in the volume are entries from the parish register [of Llangower] and copies of inscriptions in Llangower churchyard, 1772-1847, relating to members of the family of Thomas Edward Ellis, MP.

A notebook in the hand of J. H. Davies containing incomplete notes on Morgan Llwyd (1619-59) and his associations with the Fifth Monarchy Men.

A notebook in the hand of Thomas Edward Ellis (1859-99) containing notes and extracts mainly relating to Morgan Llwyd (1619-59) and the religious background of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, probably compiled in connection with the preparation of Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd, ed. Thomas E. Ellis (Bangor and London, 1899). The second volume of Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd was published in 1908 and edited by J. H. Davies, who states (p.v) that T. E. Ellis had left a large number of disconnected notes which he had found very useful in preparing his work.

Typescript copies, [1901x1908], by J. H. Davies of the wills of Morgan Llwyd (1677) and of David (1718) and Samuel Lloyd (1658), his sons; copies, [1651x1908], by various scribes of letters by Morgan Llwyd (1651-1656); a photograph of Cynfal Fawr, [1850x1908].

A transcript of Cardiff MS 24 (Phillipps MS 2954), being poetry by Morgan Llwyd (1619-59) (cf. Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd, cyf. 1, gol. Thomas E. Ellis (Bangor, 1899), pp. 3-111). Many of the items have been crossed out (although they can still be read) and pp. 67-8 and 86 of the transcript appear to be wanting. There are a few notes in pencil by J. H. Davies.

A composite volume consisting of 'The Bardic Reminiscences. Neu'r Gell Gymmysg', containing, '... Rhagymadrodd a ysgrifenodd y Parch. T. Jones, o Creaton, i'r cyfieithiad Saesoneg o lyfr yn cynnwys 26 o Bregethau Cymraeg, a gyhoeddwyd gan y Parch. Morgan Lloyd, Periglor Ysbytty Evan ...' (Twenty-Six Sermons ... by the Rev. Morgan Lloyd ... London, 1832), Welsh translations of 'A Quaint Sermon and of 'Another ... Titus ii, 9', 'Cyfieithiad O Linellau Saesonaeg, a ysgrifenwyd ar ystôl-gadair y byddai y Parch. George Whitefield yn arfer eistedd arni ...' by [James Hughes] 'Iago Trichrug'; poetry, 1819-38 and undated, by [William Owen Pughe] 'Idrison', [David Owen] 'Dewi Wyn [o Eifion]', John Parry ('Cymmrodorion Llundain'), Mr Jones (Holborn, London), John Dryden, T. Evans ('Flaxd[resse]r Holywell), O. O. (Llanrwst), [Daniel Evans] 'Daniel ab Ieuan Ddu o Geredigion', 'Ieuan Ddu', 'Philogynes', [William Owen] 'Philotheoros', T. Wiliam (Bethesda), [Robert Williams] 'R[obert] ab G[wilym] Ddu, Eifion', R. N. (Cartside Street), [John Davies] 'Brychan', 'Iago Trichrug', J[ohn] Phillips ('Tegidon') (Caerlleon ar Ddyfrdwy), Reginald Heber ('Esgob Heber', bishop of Calcutta), J. Hopkins, R. O. (Llundain), 'Ambrosius' (Bron y Berllan), W. Griffith (Pwllheli), 'Joseph Callestr' (Treffynnon), William Cowper, Charles Mackay, M. B. Tuckey (Cork), Richard Jones (Wern), 'Pedr', [Robert Owen] 'Eryron Gwyllt Walia', Griffith Williams ['Gutyn Peris'] (Braich Talog, Llandegai), J[ohn] H[ughes] (Pont Robert), and W[illiam] W[illiams] (Pant y Celyn), a Welsh translation of an undated letter from R. Bloomfield expressing the willingness of the King to patronise institutions designed to foster the Welsh language, and English and Welsh versions of 'Rules To be observed by this Family (Rheolau i gael eu cadw gan y Teulu hwn. Gwel Psalm 101)'; and forms of letters, petitions, acknowledgments, characters, and addresses largely of Gwydyr estate and Llanrwst interest (e.g. from John Jones, Llanrhychwyn, concerning his rent, 1844, Richd. Williams, Dolwyddelen, concerning sub-letting, 1844, William Lloyd, near Llanrwst, soliciting charity towards a voyage to America, 1845, 'Cymdeithas Gwyr a Llangciau Glanau Lledr', Dolyddelen, on behalf of their Band, 1845, Robert Hughes, Trefriw, concerning a trial for ore in Trefriw, 1846, Jane Jones, soliciting relief to cure cancer, 1848, A. J., Llanrwst, petitioning for a Gwydyr's Pension, 1849, Wynnstay tenants in the township of Maenan, parish of Eglwys fach, soliciting an annual subscription towards the salary of a schoolmaster, 1849, etc., etc.). Inset are verses on the death of Evan Evans ('Ieuan Brydydd Hir') by the Rev. R. Williams, Fron, near Bala, 1790, a 'cywydd' by 'Ieuan Brydydd Hir' ('Af fal Merddin Ddewinwr'), and tables of commercial stamp duties, 1841.