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A manuscript containing a history of Abergele; miscellaneous notes and press cuttings relating to Abergele and to the ruined castles of North Wales; transcripts by J. P. Earwaker relating to Flintshire; etc.

An incomplete transcript by John Williams (1833-1872) of a history of the town and borough of Beaumaris written by William Williams (c. 1625-1684), [c. 1675], together with notes and extracts from British Museum Harleian MS 2129 and other sources relating to inscriptions in Beaumaris church and elsewhere.
William Williams's original manuscript is now NLW MS 9081D.

A manuscript containing notes on the history of Wales and a brief history of Rhuddlan, written c. 1843.

A manuscript containing an incomplete survey of the lordship of Ruthin and Dyffryn Clwyd, temp. Elizabeth.

One of two manuscripts containing transcripts of the parish registers of Abergele, 1647-1884.

One of two manuscripts containing transcripts of the parish registers of Abergele, 1647-1884.

Genealogies, mainly of North Wales families, in the hand of Thomas Evans, Hendre Forfydd (fl. 1596-1633); a poem in free metre by Rowland Vaughan (c. 1590-1667), Caergai, with a copy of a letter from him to Owen Salusbury (d. c. 1600/1601), Rhug, and a short English poem Upon a woman hanged at Oxford ... 1650 ...; two indexes.

A manuscript containing a parliamentary address to the king, March 8 1688/9, together with the king's answer; genealogical notes relating to the Holland family; a pedigree of the Davenport family.

Pedigrees and genealogical material relating to Anglesey and Caernarvonshire families; papers relating to Parliamentary elections, the wreck of the Rothesay Castle, 1831, the Bodvel estates, David Hughes and the Beaumaris Free Grammar School, William Rowlands, vicar of Conway, 1705-1706, etc.; particulars of Beaumaris crown rents, 1657-1754; a survey of Bulkeley property in Beaumaris [? 1572-1573], with a rough plan of the town based upon it by John Williams, 1860; depositions concerning pews at Tudweiliog church; Anglesey lay subsidy rolls, 1594 and 1625; an Anglesey muster roll, c. 1600; A Memorial to the Lord Treasurer against Lord Bulkeley, 1709; letters of Richard Prythergh, 1635, and M. Wright, Brynddu, relating to her daughter's education, 1763; plans of Anglesey properties; a diagram showing the contents of Madryn cellar, 1758; particulars of sale of the Kinmel and Dinorbenfawr estate, 1786.

Extracts taken by John Williams (1833-1872) from public records relating mainly to ecclesiastical affairs in Anglesey.

Notes by John Williams (1833-1872) on Local and Family History in the Isle of Anglesey and neighbouring counties.

Drafts of an article by John Williams (1833-1872) on Penmynydd and the Tudors, which was printed in Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1869, and drafts of portions of his history of Beaumaris.

Abstracts and notes taken by John Williams (1833-1872) concerning local history and genealogies of Anglesey families, particularly of the Bulkeleys.

Papers relating to Anglesey collected by John Williams (1833-1872) and including notes on Beaumaris crown rents; transcripts of North Wales charters; extracts from Beaumaris borough records and deeds; papers relating to the charges brought against Sir Thomas Cheadle, 1625-1626; papers relating to the case of Lewis Williams, vicar of Llanidan (see also NLW MS 1518); a proclamation, 1662, by Lord Bulkeley and other commissioners disqualifying certain Nevin burgesses who had been in arms against the king; a letter, 1639, from William Hampton when in prison; Civil War papers relating to Anglesey, 1643; letters by Sir Thomas Holland, 1631, and John Griffith of Llyne, 1642; the petition of the gentlemen of Anglesey against Lord Bulkeley, 21 March 1708-1709; a transcript from a Treffos manuscript of The Extent of Anglesey; Anglesey notes extracted from printed works; extracts from Sir John Wynn's history of the Gwydir family; a petition to the Council in the Marches by Thomas Williams, Tregarnedd, 1633; miscellaneous Bulkeley and Holland papers; etc.

Extracts taken by John Williams (1833-1872) from public records relating to Anglesey and especially to Beaumaris.

Notes relating to Anglesey and pedigrees of some Anglesey families copied by John Williams (1833-1872) from manuscripts in the British Museum.

Extracts from an Anglesey tithe apportionment, with maps and plans of several Anglesey parishes.

An armorial of Welsh and English families drawn and coloured by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866); illustrations of early costume; poems to Angharad Llwyd by Peter Llwyd, Morgan ap Rhys (Llanuwchllyn) and others; extracts from Robert Vaughan: British Antiquities Revived (Oxford, 1662); impressions of seals; letters to Angharad Llwyd and others from Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd) and others; verses written by Bishop Heber, Richard Newcombe and others for meetings of the Royal British Bowmen, 1822-1824; etc.

A collection, in the autograph of William Belham, of the arms in trick of some English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh families.

A composite volume containing two collections of miscellaneous armorial bearings, the first in trick and the second emblazoned.