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1. Gruff' ap Ieuan ap Gruff' alias Guttyn Lloyd and Marget verch Dd. ap Jer' his wife, free tenants of St. Kadwaldr the King in the township of Egloysail, commote of Malltraeth;
2. John ap Owayn ap Meuric, free tenant of the township of Bodeon.
   Grant of land in Egloysail.

Latin idioms and phrases with their equivalents in English; a dictionary of classical proper names; and notes on Latin Grammar. Some of the lists of phrases were compiled in 1613, but the greater part of the manuscript is later. The following note occurs on the last folio: 'Watkin Kyffin is my name and with my pen I wroate the same, and if my pen [ha]d benne better I would amend it every letter witness to the same Edward Moris and Hughe Blodwell and more if needs be'.

A collection of maternal descents of Welsh families mainly of the north east of the Principality. The pedigrees are arranged in two columns to a page and are written in black ink, with the word 'Mam' and the chief name in red. On many pages shields have been outlined in pencil but none has been filled in.

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...'

Seals, fragments of documents, labels and wrappers, [16th cent]-1960. Most of these were found detached from the original documents, with the exception of the ‘Old Schedule’ labels, which were removed to accommodate the new arrangement.

Seals which have become detached from title deeds in storage, and fragments of documents, [16th x 19th cent.]

Papers, [16 cent.]-[early 20 cent.], mainly of Thomas Pennant and his son, David, and comprising accounts of tours in Britain and Europe; geographical, topographical and historical notes and transcripts, as well as notes on natural history; accounts of David Pennant; correspondence of Thomas and David Pennant; annotated printed works of Thomas Pennant, including copies, with manuscript and other additions and related papers, of Outlines of the Globe, a work in four volumes by Thomas Pennant published between 1798 and 1800; and papers relating to the Downing estate and to Flintshire.

Deeds and other documents, [16 cent.]-[19 cent.], collected by James Coleman, relating to Anglesey, Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Merionethshire, Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire, Pembrokeshire, and Radnorshire, in Wales; and Cornwall, Cumberland, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Shropshire, and Suffolk, in England.

A collection of cywyddau and other Welsh poems, [16 cent.].

A continuation of the register of documents relating to the lordship of Caurs.

A continuation of the register of documents relating to the lordship of Caurs. On pp. 36-37 there is an account of the division of the hundreds of Montgomery, 27 Henry VIII.

Copies of legal tracts including a 16th century copy of a treatise, in French, on Forest laws. The treatise, which was composed after 1390, takes the form of an exposition of the Charter of the Forest of November 1217, and the opening words of each section of that statute are quoted in the text. (See also MS 50). This is followed by thirty questions, with answers, on ecclesiastical law, mainly concerning plurality and residence in benefices; 'Mayster Lambertes treatyse of the high courtes of Justice in England & especiallye of the Chauncerie & of the lord Chauncellor yt judgeth there, 1584' (Mayster Lamberte is probably William Lambarde, 1536-1601, the historian of Kent); 'The recognition of the high and sacred authority of the supremacy investid in our most gracious soueraigne ladie Elizabeth ... delivered in the open sessions holden at xc wth the ordinary charge the 2 of Octobr 1593' (This charge also may the work of William Lambarde); 'A breef note of the chardge of Sr Jon. Brydgeman, made at Ludlow the 22 of Januarye, 1635'; and a copy of a cywydd marwnad by Sion Kein (probably in his autograph) to Roger Kynaston, 1641.

1. William ap Gruff' ap Ieuan ap Ho'l, .... ap Gruff ap Ieuan ap Ho'l; and Anne vz William ap Teg', free tenants of the Prince, of t. Trefdraeth Distenied, commote of Malltraeth;
2. Owayn ap Meuruc, of the same.
   Grant of their land in the said t. Trefdraeth.

Literary, genealogical and medical manuscripts and two printed books, [16 cent., first ¼]-1814, relating to, or collected by, the Wynne family of Boderwyd.

1. Bened ap Mad' and Gwenllian, his wife, free tenants of St. Kadwaladr in Eglwysail, commote of Malltraeth;
2. John ap Owayn ap Meuruc, free tenant of the township of Boddeon.
   Grant of lands in Egloysail.

1. Llywelyn ap Konna alias ap Gweirvill verch Llywelyn ap Ithel ap Llywelyn, free tenant of St. Hilary in the township of Llanelien;
2. Rys ap Llywelyn ap Gruff, free tenant of the lord the prince in the township of Llanghgynvarwy, commote of Llywan.
   Release of the lands and tenements once of Ieuan ap Phylipp ap Dd., from whom they passed to the said Gweirvill. Witnesses: Ken' ap Dd.; Dd. ap Ieuan ap Matte and Dd. ap Ken' ap Dd.

A sixteenth-century manuscript containing the associated texts of Dares Phrygius and Geoffrey of Monmouth's Brut Tysilio.

A group of one hundred and seventeen miscellaneous loose documents, including an incomplete sixteenth-century transcript of the charter of Ros Venych, granted by Llewelyn Prince of Aberffro and Lord of Snowdon, 1230 [see Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, Vol. II, p. 859]; an extent of t. Rithelyn, [16 cent.]; a survey of lands in Erethlyn, [16 cent.]; an inventory of the goods and chattels of William Holland, p. Eglwysvach, 23 Jan. 1623/4; an incomplete inventory of the goods and chattels of Humffrey Foulkes, p. Eglwysvach, [17 cent.]; a warrant to the high constables of the hundred of Isdulas to levy a sum of money for the repair of a bridge called Rhydwriall over the river Llyfni between the p's of Llanrhudd and Llanbedr, 8 Jan. 1655/6; an assessment for the commote of Uchdulas, 1660; particulars of Humphrey Holland's debts, Nov. 1697; the marriage licence of Richard Bulkeley, p. Wrexam, and Margaret Holland, daughter of Robert Holland, Eglwis vach, 19 June 1672; memorials and observations for Richard Lloyd, Grays Inn, surviving heir to the Pantidda estate in Garthgogo, 5 May 1778; a volume of agreements of the tenants of the Maes-y-Neuadd estate in co. Mer., 1775-81 [51 pp.]; estate and other accounts of John Lloyd, Llwynucha, p. Derwen, 1800-10, including copy correspondence between Thomas Lloyd, Llwynucha, and the Rev. Ed. Roberts, St Asaph, 21-22 Oct. 1807, and a copy letter from David Hughes, Ruthin [Grammar School] to [John Lloyd], 1 March 1800; vouchers and receipts, including particulars of the sale of cloths by David Lloyde to Robert Holland, 1620; 'Synchronismi Quinquelustrales Liberorum Tenentium Comoti Menei', 1300-1725; poetry, including 'Caniad y gog i Feirionydd' and a translation into English, 'Advice to the freeholders of Denbighshire', [1715], and 'Retaliation in answer to certain verses handed about on the Anglesea election', [18 cent.]; a Hebrew exercise book, [18 cent.]; De Graecae Linguae Studio. by John Randolph [successively bishop of Oxford, of Bangor, and of London], 1782 [22 pp.]; and papers relating to the following bills of complaint: i) Rithergh ap David, co. Ang., against Jeffrey Holant, touching the title to properties in lps Rythyn and Denbygh, [16 cent.]; ii) John David Griffith against Geffrey Holand, touching the title to properties in [?], [16 cent.]; iii) William Kyffin and Margaret Kyffin, Maynan, co. Caern., against Hugh Holland and others, touching the title to properties in Eglwysvaughe and Llanddoged, co. Denb., 1612; iv) Piers Conway, Glynn, co. Denb., and Katherin, his wife, against Hugh Holland, Robert Holland, and others, touching the title to properties in Erethlin and Towynnan, co. Denb., 1613; v) John Griffith of Aberchwiler, co. Denb., and Margaret, his wife, against John Lloyd, Brynffanigle, touching the administration of the estate of John Price [Carreg fawr, parish of Bettus Abergeley, co. Denb.], 1722; vi) Sir George Wynne against [?] Lloyd, touching the boundaries of a lead mine at Tanurogo, p. Abergele, 1737; vii) Richard Lloyd [of Grays Inn] against Hannah Owen and others, touching the administration of the estate of Lawrence Owen, London, 1775; viii) Richard Lloyd against Sir Edward Lloyd, touching the title to the estate of John Walley in p's Abergelley, Bettus, Llansannan, and Kerrig y Dridion, 1778-1784.