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Letters from a number of correspondents, including G. Horner, H. R. Hughes, Harold Hughes, John Ceiriog Hughes and Edward C. B. Ibotson.

One letter, 1856, from Hugh R. Hughes, Kinmel Park, St Asaph, to Joseph Jones, genealogist; thirty-five letters, 1901-1909, from H. R. Hughes, Kinmel Park, Abergele, to J. E. Griffith, concerning genealogical matters; and a letter, 1899, from Ernest A. Ebblewhite, Crouch End, to E. H. Owen in reply to a query concerning the seal used by Friars' School, Bangor. With the letters is part of a prospectus of Friars School, 1895-1896.

One of two manuscripts containing a copy of S. R. Meyrick (1783-1848), ed.: Heraldic Visitations of Wales and part of the Marches between the years 1586 and 1613 ... by Lewys Dwnn, deputy herald at arms ... 2 vols (Llandovery, 1846), with manuscript corrections and additions by Hugh Robert Hughes (1827-1911), many of them based on the annotated copy in the library at Peniarth.

One of two manuscripts containing a copy of S. R. Meyrick (1783-1848), ed.: Heraldic Visitations of Wales and part of the Marches between the years 1586 and 1613 ... by Lewys Dwnn, deputy herald at arms ... 2 vols (Llandovery, 1846), with manscript corrections and additions by Hugh Robert Hughes (1827-1911), many of them based on the annotated copy in the library at Peniarth.

A manuscript containing miscellaneous notes, memoranda, transcripts and press cuttings relating mainly to Flintshire and Denbighshire; extracts from Mold churchwardens' account books; numerous letters to H. R. Hughes (1827-1911); transcripts of Civil War and Commonwealth period papers relating to North Wales; a copy of W. D. Pink: Notes on the Middleton Family of Denbighshire ... (Chester, 1891); etc.

Pedigrees of North Wales families, possibly a transcript of the Taicroesion manuscript, with additions by Hugh Robert Hughes (1827-1911).

A copy of Y Cwtta Cyfarwydd: The Chronicle Written by the Famous Clarke, Peter Roberts, Notary Public, for the Years 1607-1646, with an Appendix from the Register Note-book of Thomas Rowlands, Vicar-choral of St. Asaph, for the Years 1595-1607 and 1646-1653, ed. by [the Rev. Canon] D[avid] R[ichard] Thomas (London, 1883), interleaved and grangerised by the editor.
Minor corrections and additions have been made to the original text, with more substantial notes supplied on the interleaves throughout; these include many additional pedigrees (ff. 34 verso-42 verso passim, 46 recto-verso, 48, 51, 53 verso, 57 recto-verso, 59, 63, 73 verso, 75, 105, 143, 145, 167 verso, 169 verso, 175 verso, 177 verso, 185 recto-verso, 187 verso, 201, 203, 209, 211 verso, 217 verso, 231, 241, 247 verso, 251 verso, 259, 269 verso, 271, 273, 281 recto-verso, 283 verso, 285, 297 verso-303 verso, 305 verso, 311-315). Among the items pasted or tipped into the volume are some eighteen letters, 1875-1902, addressed mostly to Thomas, relating to the book's production and contents and to the original manuscripts (ff. 8 verso, 10 recto-verso, 12, 16, 20, 53, 55, 105, 211, 293, 307-310), from correspondents including E. L. Barnwell, Melksham, June-December [1881] (ff. 10 verso, 12), Edward Breese, Porthmadog, October-December 1875 (ff. 10, 20, 307-310), R. H. Howard, Wigfair, 1882-1883 (ff. 8 verso, 293), H[ugh] R[obert] Hughes, Kinmel Park, 1882, 1902 (ff. 53, 55), and Egerton G. B. Phillimore, 27 May 1887 (f. 10); further printed and manuscript items relating to the publication of the volume, [1882]-1883 (ff. 2 recto-verso, 12, 295 verso, 304 verso); tracings by Thomas of manuscript material and drawings, in particular key entries from British Library Add. MS 33373 and NLW MS 12447A (ff. 8, 16 verso, 20 verso, 32, 42 verso, 46 verso, 55 verso, 77 verso, 127 verso, 173 verso, 175 verso, 177 verso, 205, 211, 217 verso, 266, 267 verso, 279 verso, 281 verso, 296 verso); photographs (ff. 173 recto-verso, 269); drawings by Thomas of local gentry houses (ff. 48 verso, 63, 143 verso, 165 verso, 189, 241); a fragment of parchment, [?17 cent., second ¼], containing a list of baptisms, etc., for 1613-1627 (f. 81); together with various press cuttings, 1881-1898, transcripts, etc. Loose items have been placed in an archival envelope (ff. 307-327).