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Manuscripts, [1850]-[1915], of Alcwyn C. Evans, mainly comprising antiquarian and historical material relating to Carmarthenshire and other places in Wales and including transcripts from parish registers, public records and other sources, and Welsh pedigrees and genealogical records compiled by Alcwyn C. Evans.

A volume lettered on the upper cover 'The Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. of the Borough, and the High Sheriffs of the County of Caermarthen'. It contains the names, and facsimiles of the autographs of, the mayors of the county borough of Carmarthen [see also N.L.W. MS. 12377D] and of the Kings and Queens of England, temp. Henry IV-1911, with biographical notes; a transcript of a statement of the pedigree of William Herbert, 1st earl of Pembroke, compiled in 1460 by Ievan ap Rytherch ap Ievan Lloyd, esq., Howell ap David ap Ievan ap Rys, gent., and Howell Surdwall, Ievan Deulwyn, and Ievan Brechva, bards, by commission of King Edward IV; the names of the high sheriffs of the county of Caermarthen, 1537-1901; and the names of the bailiffs, afterwards called sheriffs, of the county of the borough of Caermarthen, 1400-1905. The entries after 1901 are in another hand.

A volume lettered on the spine 'Papers concerning Caermarthen'. It contains transcripts of the records of the county borough of Carmarthen, 1581/2-1610, 1738-1835, and transcripts and/or English translations of the charters of Carmarthen, 1546-1604, and Kidwelly, 1357-1618; the opinion of Mr. [ ] Cason, Thomas Mallet, and Edward Mallet, undated, touching the right of a county magistrate to intermeddle with the internal affairs of the borough of Kidwelly; a note of searches made for the endowment and terrier of the church of Kidwelly; particulars of fees paid for the charter of 1618 of Kidwelly; a lithograph of St. Peter's Church, Carmarthen, drawn by C. W. and published by Messrs. White & Sons, Carmarthen; the opinion of Henry Wm. Hewlett, 34 Great James Street, Bedford Row [London], 1840, touching the tithes of the vicarage of Saint Peter's, Carmarthen; a map of the dioceses of St. Davids and Llandaff; transcripts of entries relating to the diocese of St. Davids from Valor Ecclesiasticus, 1536, and Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291; a transcript of Janus Caecilius Frey: Philosophia Druidarum (Paris, 1646); abstracts of deeds and documents, 1641-1797, among the Highmead (Lampeter) estate records relating to the families of Evans of Achaeth Isa, Llansawel, etc., and Williams of Abercothi, etc., together with an accompanying pedigree; 'A short view of the long life of that ever wise, valiaunt, and fortunate commander Rice ap Thomas. . .' ('written by, it is supposed, a Captain Powell of Penybanc, near Abergwili'), extracted from the Cambrian Register, 1795; additional material relating to Rhys ap Thomas and his family, including extracts from Benjamin Heath Malkin: The Scenery, Antiquities, and Biography of South Wales (London, 1803), transcripts of 'cywyddau' by Rhys Nanmor and Lewis Morganwg, and 'Objections against Rice Griffith (the grandson of Sir Rice ap Thomas) in his Indictment, with the Answers thereunto'; biographical sketches of Carmarthenshire persons arranged alphabetically; 'Cywydd i'r Grog o Langynwyd' by Lewis Morganwg; 'The Life of Francis Mansel, D.D., Principal of Jesus College, Oxford'; transcripts, with some English translations, of early Welsh poetry, largely from the Black Book of Carmarthen [extracted from the Myvyrian Archaiology]; a text of Meddygon Myddvai transcribed in 1851 from a manuscript of [James Davies ] 'Iago ap Dewi' [Llanstephan MS. 87]; a pen-and-ink plan of Caermarthen Grey Friary, 1850; an abridgement, in English, of the Laws of Howell Dda; and a pen-and-ink sketch of the monument erected in Lammas Street, Caermarthen, to commemorate those of the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusileers who perished, 1854-1855, in the War with Russia (work commenced 21 July 1858, completed August 1858). There is an 'Index', or more correctly a detailed list of contents, at the beginning of the volume, and a brief classification of contents, printed on a vellum panel, is laid on the upper cover.

A volume containing a transcript of a register of the parish of Llanpeter Pont-Stephen, co. Cardigan, viz. baptisms and burials, 1695-1745, and marriages, 1739-1744. At the end are extracts, 1723-1812, from a register of Llanwenog, Llanwnen, and Sulian, co. Cardigan.

A volume of extracts by Alcwyn C. Evans, largely relating to Welsh families, from Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies. Inset is a transcript, with notes, in another hand, of arms on a chimney-piece in the old part of Werrington House, Devon.

A volume containing a list, compiled by Alcwyn C. Evans in 1851, of the names and autographs of the mayors of Caermarthen, 1400-1852; two leaves of a daily school register in the hand of Alcwyn C. Evans, June 1890-July 1891; and a list of Oriental proverbs.

A volume containing 'Copies of Correspondence [1818-1821] which passed between the Revd. John Collier Jones of Exeter College, Oxford, afterwards Rector of that College, and the Revd. Daniel Jones, Rector of Ruckinge, near New Romney in Kent, relative to the Pedigree and Coat of Arms belonging to the family of Llanio, in Cardiganshire, of which estate the said Daniel Jones had then become the reversionary proprietor, and from which family both of them were descendants'; and pedigrees from transcripts made by J. J. Lloyd Williams, M.A., among them being 'Pedigrees of all the Gentry in the Counties of Cardigan, Carmarthen and Pembroke, faithfully transcribed from a manuscript of the late Mr. William Lewes of Llwynderw, by Sylvanus Jones, Dec. 8th 1760'. Inset is a holograph letter relating to the manuscript from J. J. Lloyd Williams, The School House, Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Carmarthen, to Alcwyn C. Evans, 1888.

A volume containing extracts relating to the families of Blome, Brigstocke, Edmond, etc.; a pedigree of the family of Thomas of Tyhen in Caio; transcripts and extracts of Welsh Baptist interest, largely from David Jones: Hanes y Bedyddwyr yn Neheubarth Cymru (Caerfyrddin, 1839), among them being lists of ministers of Aberduar Church, of Soar Church, Llandyfaen, and of Newcastle Emlyn, its branches, and Panteg, and histories of Tabernacle and Penuel Churches, Carmarthen, and Rhydwilym Baptist Church; lists and abstracts of St. Davids ecclesiastical probate records, 1602-1817, particularly relating to the family of Phillips; memoranda, anecdotes, and verses; and an armorial, largely of Welsh families, arranged in alphabetical order.

A volume of pedigrees of Welsh families extracted from The Book of Baglan. Inset is a photograph of a page of the original manuscript.

A volume entitled on the cover 'The Records of the Corporate Borough of Carmarthen, during the reigns of Elizabeth, James I., Charles I., Oliver Cromwell, Charles II., James II., William & Mary, Anne, George I., and George II. Ad verbum et literam transcripta, ex tabulis publicis ab Alcuino C. Evans'. The volume contains transcripts of records from the original 'Book of Ordinances' preserved in the common coffer of the borough, the records dating from 1590 to 1764. According to the imprint on the title-page the work was compiled at Carmarthen between September 1851 and July 1853.

A volume lettered on the spine 'Register of St. Peter's Carmarthen. Alcwyn C. Evans. Carmarthen'. It contains transcripts of entries of baptisms, marriages, and burials in the parish registers of Newchurch, co. Carmarthen, 1720-1812; a biographical list, compiled in 1893, of vicars of Saint Peter's, Caermarthen [sic], 1278-1889; transcripts of entries of baptisms, marriages, burials, etc., in the parish registers of Saint Peter' s, Carmarthen, 1671-1812 (excepting 1690-1699 when no entries were recorded); transcripts and/or English translations of charters and other records, ante 1186-1567, of the abbey of Strata Florida, taken from public records and from manuscripts in the British Museum, together with a list of the abbots; and a transcript, with minor omissions, of the register of the Independent Church of Pant-teg, Abergwili, 1690-1813, contained in NLW MS 12388C. The Pant-teg register contained in this volume was published by E. D. Jones in Y Cofiadur, 1953, pp. 19-70.

Three volumes containing 'A History of the Town and County of Caermarthen' by 'Cyfrangwr', i.e., Alcwyn C. Evans. The work was awarded the prize and a gold medal at the National Eisteddfod at Carmarthen, 1867. It is divided into sections with the following headings: Preface; (i) Its ancient and present name and boundaries; (ii) Its rivers, lakes, and mountains; (iii) Its historical summary; [iv] The Town of Caermarthen. Volume III is an Appendix consisting of a genealogy of Sir Thomas Jones, Abermarlais; 'The Gentry of Caermarthenshire living in 1602' ('as given by Geo. Owen'); extracts from documents relating to places in the town and county of Carmarthen; the parliamentary representation of the town and county of Carmarthen; an abstract of a charter of King Henry III to Meredydd ab Rhys, 1257; a rent-roll of the town of Carmarthen, 1575; extracts from Leland's Itinerary; excerpts from the Liber Landavensis and The Book of St. Chad; a chart of the genealogy of the Welsh Princes; transcripts of oaths of the mayor, bailiffs, and constable; a transcript of a 'cywydd' written by Griffith Llwyd ap David ab Einion Lygliw on the trial of Morgan ab Davydd ab Llewelyn of Rhydodin (Edwinsford) in Caio, circa 1390, with an English translation; an English translation of the charter granted by Sir Guy de Brian, kt., to the burgesses of Laugharne (early 14th cent); and an 'Index to the County'.

An imperfect volume containing rough pedigrees of the families of Birt of Llwyndyrys, Blome of Carmarthen, etc., Brigstocke, Parkinson of Crickhowell, Leach of Corston, Vaughan of Golden Grove, etc., Hoare, Browne of Upton, co. Chester, Tenison, Nares, Jones of Fonmon, Thomas of Cwm, Llangynog, Llewellyn of Penlle'r-gaer, Griffies Williams of Llwyn-y- wermwood, Griffiths of Penwern, Llandysul, Charles of Bala, Williams of Gwernyfed and of Tal-y-llyn, co. Brecknock, etc., Thomas of Llanfair, Llandysul, Foley of Ridgeway, Fortescue, Stedman, Spicer, aft. Jones, of Abercothi, and others. The family trees are supported by extracts from printed sources, e.g., J. Foster Alumni Oxonienses . . (Oxford, 1888-1892), from the Golden Grove MS, from ecclesiastical probate records, from private sources, e.g., members of the Brigstocke families and W. G. Stedman Thomas, from family Bibles, from an armorial at Blaenpant written by David Edwards, Rhydygors, circa 1687, from an undated valuation of tenements and lands in the parish of Llanllawthoge, from parish registers of Kidwely, Llandygwydd, Laugharne, Llangyndeyrn, St. Ishmaels, Llanwinio, St. Peter's (Carmarthen), St. Clears, Abergwili, and Croydon, etc. There are also etymological notes on place- and personal names in England and Wales. Among the insets and paste-downs are a letter from John Davies, Lampeter, to [Alcwyn C.] Evans, 1901 (the pedigree of the family of Griffiths of Penwern, Llandysul), and typescript pedigree notes and extracts with additions, 1901, in the hand of W. J. E[vans, Principal of the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen].

A transcript and English translation by Alcwyn C. Evans of 'The Chartulary of The Monastery of St. John the Evangelist, situate in Priory Street, Caermarthen. For a long time lost, but lately found among the Hengwrt MSS . . .' [Peniarth MS. 401]. At the end are notes on the Priory and lists of chancellors, precentors, treasurers, and archdeacons of the diocese of St. Davids.

A notebook containing a list of ecclesiastical probate records, 1685-1776, of persons surnamed Price, Thomas, Howell, Lewis, Evans, etc., in the archdeaconry of Carmarthen in the diocese of St. Davids; and lists, also from the archdeaconry of Carmarthen, of 'Abstract[s] of Wills that I have', 1589-1849, and 'Wills I should like to have', 1564-1703. A few of the abstracts are said to have been made on 24 December 1890.

A notebook containing excerpts relating to events in the history of Wales and to Welsh families and places, arranged under places, taken from William Dugdale: The Baronage of England (London, 1675-6).

A place, personal name, and general index, arranged alphabetically, to Archaeologia Cambrensis, B. B. Woodward: The History of Wales . . . (London, 1853), The Red Dragon, Notes and Queries, The Gentleman's Magazine, The Cambro-Briton, etc. Accompanying the index are Welsh-English-Latin equivalents of place-names.

Two massive volumes entitled 'Bonedd y Cymry, gathered from MSS. and from other sources' and containing pedigrees of gentry deriving mostly from south-west Wales. There is an elaborate index ('Gentium', 'Locorum', and 'Nominum') to the first volume, and an imperfect index of names to the second volume. The first volume was completed on 8 December 1898.