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A collection of anthems and hymn-tunes by 'Ioan Alaw', John Ambrose Lloyd, David Hughes ['Cristiolus Môn'], W. Griffith, Owen [Humphrey] Davies ('Eos Llechid'), Thomas Jones ('Ab Gwiliam'), David Williams, Cwmbowydd, William Davies, Cae'r blaidd, and 'Evan Davies a John Parry, America'.

'Englynion' and other poems, some of them holograph, composed for the most part at informal meetings of bards in the house of John Jenkins, the writers including David Rowland ('Dewi o Brefi'), 'Cedewain', John Jenkins, Walter Davies, David Davies ('Dewi Fardd o Geri'), William Moses ('Gwilym Tew Glan Taf'), John Howell ('Ioan ab Hywel', alias 'Eos Glandyfroedd'), Robert Davies ('Bardd Nantglyn'), David Richards ('Dewi Silin'), Aneurin Owen, Evan Evans ('Ieuan Glan Geirionydd'), Elizabeth Jenkins ('Eos y Bele'), William Ellis Jones ('Gwilym Cawrdaf'), John Jones ('wyr Dafydd Jones o Drefriw'), Hugh Jones ('Huw Erfyl'), John Hughes (author of Horae Britannicae), William Edwards ('Gwilym Padarn'), Thomas Jones ('Thomas Gwynedd', alias 'Tydain'), Daniel Evans ('Daniel Ddu o Geredigion'), Robert Parry ('Robin Ddu Eryri'), Thomas Ellis ('Eos Tegeingl'), Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'), William Owen ('Gwilym Glan Hafren'), John Blackwell ('Alun'), Peter Jones ('Pedr Fardd'), John Jones ('Collwyn'), and David Harris ('Kerry').

A miscellany containing a metrical dissertation on Psalm 8, verses 3 and 4, followed by a poem dealing with the seven planets; 'Darlleniad diwiol'; 'Carol i Fair', beginning 'Yngwledydd Judea yr oedd Zackaria'; a part of a carol by Mathe[w] Owen; a 'cywydd', a 'dyri', and a carol by Huw Morus; a 'dyri' by Edwart Rolant ('o'r bala'); 'Erapater dros byth a gaed o lyfr Thomas Jones ... 1701'; farm notes for 1702; etc. -- Much of the volume is in the hand of Richard Roberts, whose name, with the date 'Mai 21, 1699', appears on one folio. At the end of the manuscript is the note: - 'Llyfr y coch o Hergist yn y glasgoed y mae ef'.

Stray items relating to Major Edgar Jones (1868-1953), father of Gareth Vaughan Jones, and headmaster of the Barry Boys' County School from 1899 until his retirement in 1933. They include a small quantity of correspondence on a wide range of subjects, including letters from Gwilym Davies, undated; Sir Owen M. Edwards, 1916; W. Goscombe John, 1952; Dr Thomas Jones CH, 1925, 1947, 1950, 1951 and 1952 (many referring to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth); and Sir John Edward Lloyd, 1929 (relating to the Welsh Language Society). Many of the letters refer to educational themes. There are also two letters, both dated 1953, from Major Edgar Jones to his daughter Eirian Lewis, mother of Dr Siriol Colley. There are also some tributes to Major Jones upon his death in 1953.

A file of articles and essays mainly intended for publication in Y Cronicl:- 'Yr Ysgol Sabbothol' by B. Emlyn Davies, Birmingham; 'Dyledswydd bwysig Athrawon yr Ysgol Sabbothol', by John Jones, Pantycelyn; 'Traethawd ar Fywyd a Nodweddion Esther, un o destunau cyfarfodydd llenyddol Dolgelley y Nadolig, 1866'; 'Sistem newydd eto i ddwyn deiliaid Satan oddi arno'; 'Myfyrdod ar alluowgrwydd Duw' by Peter Edwards ('Pedr Dulas'); 'Hanes yr achos Anibynnol yn Sardis, Maldwyn', and a sermon by W. R. Edwards; 'Amaethu ucheldiroedd Cymru' and sermon notes by John Roberts; 'Traethawd ar wastraff' by 'Ruben'; 'An oration concerning the duty of inoffensive conduct ... delivered at the [Carmarthen] Academy by Thomas Jones'; and a letter to the Editor of Y Cronicl by Edward Roberts, Liverpool.