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Panton Manuscripts Williams, Moses, 1685-1742
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Pedigrees, history, &c.

A volume in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing pedigrees and genealogy (pp. 1-93, 117-133), including transcripts from Heraldic Visitations of Wales, Vol. II, pp. 67, 83, 97-111, 104-105, 107-109, 119, 122, 139-140, 285, 290-291 (pp. 1-21, 57-93, 131-133); words added by Dr John Davies, Mallwyd, to his Dictionary (pp. 97-110) and his additions to the Welsh proverbs (pp. 111-116); historical extracts (pp. 155-180, 210-230); etc.
The text beginning at p. 210 is from a manuscript of Wiliam Llŷn and contains Annales Oweni Glyndwr (see NLW MS 1991B and Peniarth MS 267, pp. 4-14).

Triads; manuscript collections, &c.

A manuscript containing 'A translation of the Triads ... by Mr Lewis Morris out of Mr. Vaughan of Hengwrt's copy ...', transcribed and corrected by Ieuan Fardd, 12 October 1773 (pp. 3-47); and a list of collections of Welsh manuscripts (pp. 81-87).
The volume also includes a list of proverbs needing correction or insertion in John Davies, Mallwyd's Dictionary (pp. 50-59); a 'catalogue of the works' of Llywarch Hen, Myrddin, Taliesin and Aneirin 'out of Moses Williams's collection' (pp. 73-80); an elegy to Humphrey Llwyd, author of the Breviary of Britain, by Lewis ap Edwart (pp. 87-95); etc.

Morris, Lewis, 1701-1765