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Notes, made mainly between 1838 and 1842, by George Thomas Clark (1809-1898), afterwards of Dowlais and Talygarn, Glamorgan, on the architectural features of a large number of churches in England, with occasional notes on monuments, castles and certain residences, almost all the notes being accompanied by sketches.

'Short observations on some of the Deistical Writers that have appear'd in England in the last and present Century. January ye 28th 1767', 'Likewise observations on many other important Subjects', etc., begun in 1767 by Howel[l] Powell.

A volume containing a detailed summary by Samuel Roberts of sermons heard, 13 February - 19 July 1848, at Pall Mall and other Welsh Calvinistic Methodist chapels in Liverpool (pp. 1-115) and, 14-30 July 1848, in counties Anglesey and Caernarfon (pp. 115-143), with an index of preachers' names (pp. 144-147). The preachers include the Reverends Lewis Edwards, Bala, John Hughes and Henry Rees, Liverpool, and John Jones, Tal-y-sarn. Also included are details of Sunday School attendances and the lengths of the services.

Leaves from five English manuscripts: two consecutive leaves from the sanctorale of a large missal including the proper for St Credan, presumably from Evesham Abbey, [15 cent.] (ff. 1-2); a leaf from a gradual containing alleluiatic verses and tract for the feast of an apostle, [14 cent.] (f. 3); a leaf from a collection of Latin motets, [13/14 cent.] (f. 4); two conjugate leaves from the temporale of a noted missal, [14 cent.] (ff. 5-6); and a fragment of a leaf from a large antiphonal, [14/15 cent.].

An annotated interleaved copy of T. [N]. Parker's Remarks on the Malt Tax: with reference to the debate in the House of Commons on the 10th March 1835, and in defence of the farmers and maltsters against the injurious effects of misrepresentations and misprints, and the indiscreet kindness of some of their friends. Shrewsbury, 1835; with a covering circular and cuttings from the Salopian Journal.

Atgofion teipysgrif David Morris Lewis yn dwyn y teitl 'From Prison to Prison', yn ymwneud â'i yrfa yng ngharchardai Wakefield, Wandsworth, Amwythig, Abertawe, Dartmoor, Caerloyw, Canolfan Gadw Brynbuga ac Albany, Ynys Wyth, 1937-1971. / Typescript recollections of David Morris Lewis entitled 'From Prison to Prison', relating to his career in the prison service at Wakefield, Wandsworth, Shrewsbury, Swansea, Dartmoor, Gloucester, Usk Detention Centre and Albany, Isle of Wight, 1937-1971.

An index to wills, mainly of Brecknockshire interest, at the Hereford District Registry and elsewhere, compiled by H. J. T. Wood, a member of a family connected with Gwernyfed, Brecknockshire.

A history, compiled c. 1840, possibly by Edward Edwards, of the abbey of St Peter and St Paul, the vicarage of the Holy Cross and several churches, all in Shrewsbury.

A manuscript containing a copy made by J. T. Evans, rector, of the register of baptisms, 1680-1707, for the parish of Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.

The office of the dead, substantially as in F. Procter & C. Wordsworth, Breviarum ad usum insignis ecclesiae Sarum (Cambridge, 1879-1886), II, 271-82 (ff. 1-50, one leaf wanting before f. 1 and one after f. 46); antiphons, responses and versicles are all noted for music; written in textura, rubrics and staves in red, plain red initials, perhaps mid 15 cent. Added prayers in cursive hands on f. 50v. Quire 8 (ff. 51-8) is from an earlier manuscript, perhaps first half 15 cent., written in textura with blue initials and red penwork; it begins and ends abruptly, containing part of the litany followed by psalm 118. Quire 9 (ff. 59-63), in a cursive hand, on paper, second half 15 cent., concludes psalm 118 and has collects and a post-communion from masses for the dead (including that for a bishop) and part of the commendation of souls.

A manuscript armorial of English and Welsh families entitled The nomenclature or Heralds Alphabett of Surnames, L-Z (vol. II), with additional notes by Peter Le Neve (1661-1729), Norroy King at Arms. Painted coats-of-arms have been affixed to the manuscript at relevant points throughout the work.

Black & white & col photographs of Gomer Lewis' studio, his (and possibly other artists) artworks.

An incomplete copy of Nicholas Culpeper: The English Physician Enlarged ... (edition unknown), with additional manuscript notes on herbs by William Bona, Llanpumpsaint, who has also indicated every herb known to him and grown in his garden. Thomas Evans (Tomos Glyn Cothi) (1764-1833) has entered what appears to be a list of money gifts at a so-called bidding in Carmarthenshire, possibly on the occasion of his own marriage.

Material relating to Shropshire castles and fortifications collected by Edward Edwards, bookseller, Shrewsbury, with many engravings, plans, etc.

A bound illuminated address ('Souvenir') presented to the Reverend H. Elvet Lewis ('Elfed'), Congregational minister, on his removal from Hull, May 1891.

An account book of David Jameson, maltster, of Bailey Street, Oswestry, 1800-1825, to which have been added a single entry for 1844 and accounts of goods (tea, coffee, sugar, etc.) received in 1871. The volume was subsequently used as an album for cuttings from Bye-Gones.

Miscellaneous printed, typescript, and manuscript material, August - September 1939, relating to plans for the reception of evacuees from Liverpool at Aberystwyth.

A breviary, use of Sarum, from Lanteglos by Fowey, Cornwall, mid 15 cent. Comprises temporale (ff. 1-182), dedication of a church (ff. 182-8 verso), benedictions (f. 189 recto-verso), calendar (ff. 190-5 verso), psalter (ff. 197-281 verso, four leaves wanting after f. 230 and two after f. 296, with litany on ff. 275-8 verso), commune (ff. 282-321 verso), sanctorale (ff. 322-451 verso). On ff. 451 verso-75, added by three hands, are offices for nova festa including Saints David, Chad, John of Beverley and Winifred, the Visitation, St Osmund, and the Transfiguration; the first four are included in the calendar by the primary hand, the last three, together with the feast of the Name of Jesus, are added. Also added to the calendar by hands of second half 15 cent. are Saints Bridget, Patrick, Beuno and 'Willeus' (patron saint of Lanteglos by Fowey) and the dedication of the church of Lanteglos. Willeus is also added to the litany on f. 275 verso. Plain red and blue initials.