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A manuscript of the third quarter of the 16th century comprising Brut y Tywysogion; Brut y Saeson; Bonedd y Saint; Dosbarth Arfau; and the beginning of the Bible in Welsh.

A volume of collections of poems by Lewys Dwnn probably made up after his death. Lewys Dwnn customarily made retrospective copies of his own poems and usually gave their dates; he is explicit in his subscription on p. 402, dated 1607. The apparent constituent parts are six. Many leaves are damaged at their edges.
(i) pp. 1-72. Poems by Lewys Dwnn, mostly cywyddau, for the most part dated 1600-7, one as early as 1590, all probably written about 1607, together with copies of a few other cywyddau of [15 cent.], all in the hand of Lewys Dwnn.
(ii) pp. 73-432. Poems by Lewys Dwnn dated 1599-1603, a few dated 1577-83, all probably copied c. 1603, with a few cywyddau by others, of [14-16 cent.], and on pp. 231-40 ‘Ymddiddan Tristan ac Esyllt’ [printed in Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies, 5 (1929-31), 115-29]. Written by Lewys Dwnn (pp. 80-6, 91-9, etc.) with the help of perhaps five amanuenses: A, probably the young James Dwnn (pp. 73-80); B, the main helper (pp. 87-91, 100-6, 115-26, etc.); C (pp. 136-40, 187-94); D (pp. 195-7). Many poems copied by the amanuenses are signed by Lewys Dwnn himself.
(iii) pp. 433-46. Poems by Lewys Dwnn dated 1614-16, all autograph, his hand tremulous.
(iv) pp. 447-506. Poems by Lewys Dwnn dated 1601-4, with two earlier, 1590 and 1592, all probably written c. 1604, autograph except for pp. 491-5 (by Dwnn’s amanuensis, apparently James Dwnn).
(v) pp. 507-616. Poems by Lewys Dwnn dated 1568-84, in his early hand, all probably written c. 1584, headings in red.
(vi) pp. 617-90. Poems by Lewys Dwnn dated 1604-5, all autograph except for pp. 649-58, which are written by a good collaborating secretary hand; one poem dated 1607 (pp. 689-90).

The manuscript is in two parts and comprises pedigrees in the hand of John Cain. The first part was written in 1638-1641 and the second part in 1613-1641.
There are also a few letters to John Cain from Dafydd Lloyd (part i, pp. 113-114, and a copy of another on p. 115) and Sion Clywedog (part i, p. 83, part ii, p. 64), and a letter from Henry Nedham to J. Cayen.

Single lines of poetry arranged alphabetically, most probably in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy.

The beginning of the story of the Grail (in Welsh) in the hand of Robert Vaughan. The remainder of the manuscript is written c. 1609 mostly in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy and comprises: sections on Persian history in English and Old French; various texts and fragments written on the backs and margins of letters and other documents and sewn together, including Breuddwyd Pawl, Breuddwyd Iorwerth and medical recipes; letters addressed to the Lord President of the Marches of Wales; and a Latin theological treatise.

A collection of pedigrees compiled by and in the hand of Robert Vaughan, with marginal notes and references.
Also included are additions in various hands and fifteen loose folios belonging to another manuscript by Robert Vaughan. Some of the text has been restored by W. W. E. Wynne.

A collection of poetry of numerous poets of the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

A printed copy of John Reynolds of Oswestry’s 'The Scripture Genealogy, beginning at Noah and his three sons, to the time of Job the Son of Issachar ... Also a display of herauldry Of the particular Coat Armours now in Use in the Six Counties of North-Wales, and several others Elsewhere; with the Names of the Families ...' (Chester: printed by Roger Adams, for the author, 1739).

Bundles 1 and 2 comprise medical recipes and other texts in English; bundle 3 comprises copies of the wills of Robert Vaughan and Hywel Vaughan, with indentures, bills of complaints and other documents; bundle 4 comprises bills of Madam Vaughan; bundle 5 comprises fragments of poetry, also vocabularies by the Rev. William Wynn; bundle 6 contains a Botanologium, a Treatise on Urine and other texts, [c. 1460]; bundle 7 comprises 16th and 17th century Welsh religious and moral texts; and bundle 8 comprises a collection of medical recipes in English and Welsh.
The fragments range in time from c. 1460 to 1750. Bundles 1, 2 (part ii), 3, 4 and 5 are contained in Peniarth MS 326 i; bundle 2 (part ii) is contained in Peniarth MS 326 ii; and bundles 6, 7 and 8 are contained in Peniarth MS 326 iii.

The manuscript is in two sections: The first section is dated c. 1720 and comprises poetry relating to Garth Maelan; medical recipes; and English verses. The second section is dated c. 1753, is titled 'The Book of Gruffudd Roberts of Llan Fihangel, Carnarvonshire', and comprises 'Cywydd y Cacwn'; carols; and poetry.

Transcripts of documents relating mainly to Merioneth: Instructions from the Council in the Marches to suppress felonies; charges to juries; a letter, with answer, to a gentleman in Wales touching suits in the Court of Star Chamber, 1598; a letter of recommendation of John Vaughan of Cair gay, 1601; a petition of the freeholders of Estymaner and Talpont; instructions to the Council in the Marches, 1606; a letter of Enianus, bishop of Bangor, to Lord John de Grey, 1310; orders for securing the peace of the Commonwealth; orders at Quarter Sessions, 1673; sentences against Hugh Nanney for incontinence, 1588, 1594; observations on tenures in Englefleld, Flintshire, and concerning a court held by Mr Mackworth; an order in the suit of Robert Lloyd v. Griffith Nanney, 1603; the opinion of George Lee concerning a Portuguese ship wrecked on the Merioneth coast, 1746; a draft petition for an Act to enclose Traeth Mawr and Traeth Bychan; a contract to erect a shire hall at Dolgelley, 1606; the divisions of Merioneth with their proportional assessments, 1689; a canvass for Mr Vaughan and a copy of R. W. Vaughan's address to Merioneth electors, 1796; a rental of Robert Morgan's estate; and the petition of Sir Robert Heath to Charles I.
Instructions to Sir William Bowes, Robert Bowes, and Lord Eure (Scottish border, 1589-1599), Sir George Carey in Ireland with the Earl of Essex, 1598, Mr Carrow Raleigh concerning musters, and Sir Thomas Shirley, Lord Sheffield, Dr Dale, and Mr Bodley (Low Countries, 1586-1598); instructions concerning the expedition to Spain, 1596; papers relating to the proposed Spanish marriage, 1623; speeches and petitions in Parliament, 1623-1626; a list of grants to the Duke of Buckingham and proceedings relating to his impeachment, 1626; and a letter by Ra: Eure, John Harbert, and Daniell Dunn from Breme, 1602.
Printed proclamations of the assumption of the style of King of Great Brittaine by James I, 1604, and of the calling in of testons, 2 Edward VI.
On the back of the former is a fragment of a Welsh poem beginning - 'a fi'n eiste'n obrydd...'

A composite manuscript, the four parts probably together from the start. Tracts on theosophy, astrology and conjuring. At first in unbound booklets (witness some soiled surviving paper covers, pp. 28, 29, 96, 120). In Welsh and English, the Welsh by four collaborating scribes, the English by three others, their texts complementing those in Welsh. All of [17-18 cent.].
(i) pp. 1-28. A tract, in Welsh, its beginning wanting; cites Peter of Abano, H.C. Agrippa and Gerard of Cremona, and on p. 14 reads: ‘Hud yma yr ysgrifenais tu ag at y ffordd blaunaf su ynghwaith Peter Albanws gwelwch wrth yr Elament fel llufr Morgan Llwud natur dyn.’ All by scribe A. The watermark of this part appears to be Churchill 243 (1707).
(ii) pp. 29-96. Beginning ‘Yn y llyfyr cynta yr hwn uw pedwerydd llyfr Agrippa’. By scribes B (pp. 29-62, 65-78), C (pp. 63-4), A (pp. 78-83b, 90-4), D (pp. 84-9).
(iii) pp. 97-120. ‘Pwy bynnag a ewllyssio wubod dirgelwch’, citing Peter of Abano, followed by ‘Aphorisms’, in Welsh, numbered 1-14 (pp. 97-110) and ‘72 [o] golofnau ar uchel henwau Duw’ (pp. 111-18). All by scribe B.
(iv) pp. 121-94. Texts in English, written by three other contemporary hands. These comprise ‘Aphorisms’, in English, numbered 15-48 (pp. 121-64); geomancy (pp. 165-94) including on pp. 167-79 ‘Gerard Cremonen[s]is of Astromonical [sic] Geomancy’; and astrology (pp. 181-94).

A list of books compiled by W. W. E. Wynne, 14 May 1826, a quarter of which belonged to the Penbedw Library and which were sent, 5 June 1826, to R. H. Evans, 93 Pall Mall, London to be sold.

An album containing correspondence mainly addressed to Sir Richard Puleston, bart, and his wife, Lady Emma Puleston. The correspondents are the duke of Clarence (Nos 1-4), Sir Benjamin Bloomfield and Colonel McMahon, both in attendance on the Prince Regent (Nos 5-28), Edmund Currey, aide de camp to the duke of Gloucester (Nos 29-31), the dukes of Beaufort (No. 32), Dorset (No. 33), Cleveland (Nos 34-5), and Buccleugh (No. 36), the duchess of Buccleugh (No. 37), the dowager duchess of Rutland (Nos 38-41, 44-5), Lord Forester (No. 42), Lady Katherine Forester (No. 43), the duke and duchess of Argyll (Nos 44-50), Elizabeth, marchioness of Westminster (Nos 51-9), Lady Elizabeth Belgrave (Nos 60-3), the dowager countess of Warwick (Nos 64-5), the countess of Clonmel (No. 66), the countess of Uxbridge (Nos 67, 69-71), Sophia Paget (No. 68), J. Sanderson, Plasnewydd (No. 72), the earl of Kilmorey (No. 73), Lady Georgina Needham (Nos 74-5), Lord Mulgrave (No. 76), J. Lloyd, Portsmouth (No. 77), Lord Adam Gordon, commander-in-chief of the forces in Ireland (No. 78), Viscount and Viscountess Dungannon (Nos 79-92, 94-5, 97-105), the Honourable Charles Trevor (Nos 93, 96), Lord Berwick (Nos 106-8), General the Lord Viscount Hill (No. 109-12), Lord Kenyon (No. 113), Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, Llangollen (Nos 114-19), Viscount Fielding (Nos 120-1), the Honourable Mrs West (Nos 122-3), Sir Robert Leighton, bart (No. 124), Lady Bromley (No. 125), Sir Robert Peel, bart (No. 126), Sir John Kynsaton Powel, bart (No. 127), Sir George Nayler, York Herald (Nos 128-9), Sir Herbert Taylor (No. 130), Mrs Isabella Pigot (Nos 131-4), W. A. Madocks of Tremadog (No. 135), T. J. Pettigrew (No. 136), and Messrs Willoughby and Eustace, Piccadilly (No. 137); together with a printed pedigree of the descendants of Sir Robert Maude, bart (No. 138).
A letter from Sir Joseph Banks, dated 22 November 1814, has been removed from the volume (between items 130 and 131): this was sold separately (lot 312) at Sotheby's, 23-4 March 1981, but was not purchased by NLW.

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'.