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Transcripts of wills and other documents (with a few original records) and pedigrees of Welsh families by W. W. E. Wynne, Peniarth. The volume contains an index.

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of Welsh chronicles, pedigrees, etc.; a fragment of a 16th cent. Welsh manuscript containing a chronicle of the reign, 1422-1461, of Henry VI (1421-1471) and a list of Welsh poets and crythorion; an elegy by Katherine Philips (The Matchless Orinda) (1631-1666) on the death of Mary Lloyd, Bodidris, Denbighshire, 1656; a copy by W. W. E. Wynne (1801-1880) of a cywydd by Owen Gruffydd (c. 1643-1730); a letter to Angharad Llwyd; etc.

'A Discourse of the Pedigree of Percys and Stanley' (ff. 1-21); notes by W. W. E. Wynne on Welsh manuscripts in the Catalogue of Additional MSS in the British Museum (ff. 22-8 verso); and a letter, dated 5 November 1859, from Joseph Morris, Shrewsbury to W. W. E. Wynne concerning the date of Owain Glyndwr's death (f. 29).
The following note occurs on f. 21 verso: 'Copies of Manucsripts &c at Penbedw in Denbighshire concerning the Families of Percy and Stanley'.

An interleaved copy of The History of the Gwydir Family by Sir John Wynn ... Ruthin: 1827, with manuscript notes by W. W. E. Wynne, a press cutting and offprints, transcripts of letters and poems, original documents, and a grant of spiritual privileges by Robert, abbot of Enlly (Bardsey), 1464.

Lists of the high sheriffs of Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire taken from Y Gwyliedydd, with other manuscript lists and notes by W. W. E. Wynne, and a list of Denbighshire sheriffs written in 1595 and continued to 1601. Also included are a form of sheriff's patent for Rhys Milton, Merionethshire, drawn at Westminster, 29 January 1547; a licence, 20 May 1530, granted to 'Mredd. ap Hulkin Loid' to build a water mill at Dinlle; and a copy of letters patent drawn at Westminster appointing Rhys Vaughan Sheriff of Merionethshire, 27 November 1547.

A volume containing a schedule compiled, [early 1820s] (Watermark 1820), with additions and notes, [c. 1844]-[c. 1869], in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne, Peniarth, of the title deeds, 1283-1842, of the Brogyntyn estate, relating to properties in Merionethshire (ff. 1-34 verso), Caernarvonshire (ff. 39 verso-64 verso), Shropshire (ff. 70 verso-101 verso), Denbighshire (ff. 107-112 verso), Montgomeryshire (ff. 119-122 verso) and Cornwall (f. 123 verso), and of wills, 1540-1774, relating to Merionethshire, Caernarvonshire, Shropshire, Denbighshire and Flintshire (ff. 130-138).
Papers found loose in the volume have been tipped in on ff. 139-144.

Printed pedigrees of the family of Eure of Easby, Ingleby, Witton and Malton; the descent of Robert Aglionby Slaney, esq., from King Edward III, and of his daughter, Mary Slaney, who married W. W. E. Wynne, together with a proof copy with corrections in the hand of W. W. E. W.; a manuscript pedigree of the Foley family; and verses entitled 'The Shropshire Bouquet'.

Pedigrees of the families of Williams of Llandegwning, Jones of Wern, Caernarvonshire, and Herbert of Montgomery and elsewhere in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne.
Tipped in are a number of original documents, including a receipt, 18 November 1653, of Owen John Owen for the sale of property in Llanegryn, Merionethshire (p. 14). 'Peniarth MS No. 70' on front cover and p. i.

A notebook containing genealogical notes and pedigrees of Welsh families, mainly of Merionethshire, in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne. 'Peniarth MS No. 46' and 'Book No. 4' inside front cover.

A volume in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne comprising pedigrees of the families of Anwyl of Park and Lloyd of Aberllevenny, Merionethshire; and copies of documents from the 'painted' Salusbury Manuscript at Wynnstay relating to the Puleston family.
Tipped in are a number of original documents and correspondence, including the marriage certificate, dated 31 December 1618, of Richard Anwill and Margaret Lloyd of Chester (f. 34).

Three notebooks containing pedigrees and genealogical notes and extracts relating to Welsh families by W. W. E. Wynne; together with a letter to him from Angharad Llwyd, Caerwys, 18 April, n.y., concerning genealogy (Part iii, pp. 8-9).

A notebook containing genealogical notes and pedigrees mainly of North Wales families in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne. On p. iii 'Peniarth M.S. No. 47' has been corrected to '18'.

Llŷn and Eifionydd pedigrees transcribed by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'). The following note in pencil occurs on the first page: 'Copiwyd yr oll o'r Llyfr hwn o Lewis Dwn'. Loose in the volume is a pedigree of Anwyl of Parkie, Criccieth in the autograph of W[illia]m W. E. Wynne of Peniarth, 1878. Letter 'O' on spine.

A volume containing an account of the descent of the Owen family of Dolgellau and Peniarth, Merionethshire in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne. 'Peniarth MS No. 64' inside front cover.

A bundle of miscellaneous papers comprising an English translation of 'ye Memorial presented in Latin to the King of Great Brittain by Monsieur Le Baron de Palm the Imperial Resident upon ye speech made by His Majesty to the two Houses of Parliament on the 17/28 of January 1726/7' (No. 1); a printed programme for a musical concert at Penbedw, 24 March 1772 (No. 2); a pedigree of the Scudamore family certified at the College of Arms, 21 March 1821 (No. 3); booksellers' bills and receipts, 19 January-5 May 1827, for books and manuscripts purchased by W. W. E. Wynne (Nos 4-7); lines composed by John Roberts on Penbedw rent day, 22 January 1829 (No. 8); a transcript by W. W. E. Wynne of 'Kywydd barddnad Lewis ab Owen' by Owain Gwynedd (No. 9); and a description by W. W. E. Wynne of the Mordaunt family vault in Twivey Church, Bedfordshire, 1832 (No. 10).