Showing 779417 results

Leases by Lewis Pryse, of Penpontpren, Abernantbychan and Penylan Sayth in Penbryn, Cardiganshire, and Hopshill, Moreton and Moysland in St Issells, Pembrokeshire, 1753-1754.

The pedigree of the Lloyd family of Dolobran, Montgomeryshire, from the sixth to the eighteenth centuries, compiled by Charles Lloyd, November 1753.

Papers mainly from legal cases involving Lewis Pryse of Woodstock and Gogerddan, his widow Margaret Pryse, and Edward Loveden Loveden, husband of Lewis Pryse’s daughter, also named Margaret, [post-1753]-1792, and later notes, 1828. They include actions of trespass and ejectment to recover the mines at Esgair Fraith, 1772-1781, and Cwmsymlog, 1791; and actions in replevin, brought by Mathew Davies against agents of the Pryse’s tenant at Bwlchystyllen, 1784-1828. Other disputes concern financial issues between Edward Loveden Loveden and Samuel Wilson Warneford, trespasses on the Gogerddan estate, the title to a mill and debts owed to Thomas Lewes..

A chap-book, entitled Drych y Merched neu Fuchedd Araith am Wragedd yn Ddwy Rann, y Gyntaf yn cynnwys Dull y rhai Ffol, Yr Ail yn cynnwys Cynneddfau y rhai Doeth, containing two songs, in Welsh, written, 1754, by David Jones of Trefriw (1708?-1785) and arranged for printing. The margins of the volume are covered with references to books and manuscripts, in both Welsh and English.

Commonplace book, [1850s]-1898, of the Rev. William Rees, curate of St John-juxta-Swansea, Glamorgan (1848-1861), and vicar of Bettws, Carmarthenshire (1861-1865), and Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire (1865-1898), containing quotations and other transcripts from printed sources and material relating to Rees, his family history and to genealogy and local history in the Swansea area more generally.
Material relating to Rees and his work includes memoranda concerning Bettws Church, 1862-1865, including registers of attendance, lists of parish poor and copy letters (ff. 295 verso, 296 verso, 297 verso-302, 303, 304 verso); registers of attendance at Llanboidy Church, 1866-1868, 1876-[1897] (ff. 257 verso-264, 266 verso-271, 289-292); copies of nine letters published in The Welshman (1867) concerning his mixed language services at Llanboidy (ff. 153 verso, 154 verso-163 verso); transcripts of deeds, 1822, 1880, relating to family property in St John-juxta-Swansea (ff. 222 verso-229 verso); and copies of eleven letters to Rees, 1895-1898, mainly concerning the death of his wife (ff. 244 verso-247). Genealogical and historical material includes pedigrees and notes relating mostly to families in the Swansea area, as well as Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire (ff. 3 verso, 15 verso, 69, 166 verso, 174, 175, 180-184 verso, 191 verso, 198, 200 verso-217 verso, 240 verso-241, 264 verso, 271 verso-278, 280 verso-281 verso, 285-286, 287 recto-verso, 297, 303 verso, 309-310, 311, 312-314, 316); transcripts from parish registers and other records, mostly eighteenth-century, relating to Llangyfelach (ff. 159, 165-166, 171 verso, 175, 176, 193, 195 verso-196 verso, 198 verso-200, 215, 216, 217-218, 221 verso- 222, 230, 231 verso-236, 237 verso-240, 288, 295) and Llansamlet (f. 197 recto-verso, 244, 315 recto-verso); transcripts from seventeenth- and eighteenth-century wills, together with lists of wills, mainly relating to Llangyfelach (ff. 167, 169-171, 173-174, 176 verso-179, 180 verso, 218, 278 verso-280, 284 verso, 286 verso, 292 verso-295); names and other genealogical information extracted from seventeenth- and eighteenth-century manorial and taxation records relating to the manors of Kilvey and Clase, and to the hamlets of Parcel Mawr and Parcel Penthery [Penderry], Llangyfelach (f. 167 verso-168 verso, 172 recto-verso, 174 verso-175 verso, 185-191, 236 verso-237, 240, 241 verso-243 verso, 310 verso); miscellaneous transcripts and notes relating to Rees's ancestors, the Popkin family (ff. 176, 191 verso-192 verso, 195, 197 verso-198, 230 verso-232, 288 verso); and a transcript of the diary of Lewis Thomas [of Swansea] for January-October 1684 (ff. 282-284, 307-308 verso). The general quotations and transcripts, [1850s]-1897, concern a wide variety of subjects, including theology, history, Biblical history, literature, philosophy and Welsh poetry (ff. 2-3, 4-68 verso, 69 verso-148, 149-154, 164 recto-verso, 167 verso, 171 verso, 243, 247 verso-248 and 301 verso-306 passim). Items found loose within the volume, including two leaves excised between ff. 281 and 282 (now ff. 307-308), miscellaneous original documents collected by Rees, 1754-[mid 19 cent.] (ff. 320-325), and newspaper cuttings, [?1825]-[1933] (ff. 331-336), have been placed in an archival envelope (ff. 307-336).

Numbered volumes containing mainly addresses and notes on the history of the Calvinistic Methodist cause in Montgomeryshire. The dates probably reflect original material from which Bennett's transcripts were taken; no clear distinction is made in the catalogue.

Ore weighing book showing returns of the mines of Island and Esgair Hir, and ore from Cwmsymlog shipped for Robert Morris of Swansea, 1754-1769. The book also contains numerous childish sketches and writing exercises.

'Hanes Methodistiaeth yn y Cemes, Maldwyn, 1754-1814'. Published as a booklet, 1934. Carno, [1754-1814]. (Meth[odistiaeth] Tref[aldwyn] Uchaf. Cyfrol II. Cyfnod D. Rowlands a T. Charles (1754-1814)). Pencil copy and fair copy. There are also two typed copies among the loose papers. Sychnant – (?) table of contents or résumé of a paper or booklet in English. 'Centenary of Sychnant Chapel. Oct. 1925. A Paper giving a brief outline of the growth of Religious endeavours, especially those relating to the Sunday Schools of the District'. Typescript. 'Lewis Evan. Llanllugan. (Sylwedd anerchiad mewn cyfarfod Dathlu yn yr Adfa. Ion. 26, 1921).' [Printed in Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hanes y MC, vi, 42]. Also the address in note form. 'Hanes ffurfiad y Gyffes Ffydd. (Anerchiad yn CM Trefaldwyn Uchaf. Rhag. 6, 1923)'. Also a typed copy. 'Ffyddlondeb i Anghydffurfiaeth. [Sylwedd papyr [sic] a ddarllenwyd yng Nghyf. Misol y Graig. Mai 30, 1912]. Incomplete. 'Bont. Meh. 9, 1918. Anerchiad. “Cariad y Gwirionedd”, II Thes. 2, 10.' In note form. 'Nodiadau am Hen Bregethwyr Trefaldwyn Uchaf'. 'Blaenoriaid [Trefaldwyn Uchaf]'. Notes. There are also some loose papers including a letter (pencil copy) from R. Bennett, Caersws, 1927, to an unnamed correspondent containing information in connection with the Centenary of Oakley Park near Llanidloes. 'Upper Mont[gomery] CM Chapel Deeds'. Notes in pencil. 'Dyddlyfr y Parch Richard Jones Llanfair Caereinion', 1829-1862. Transcript. ['Nodiadau am Gynghorwyr Tref[aldwyn] Uchaf'], Mont. Exhorters' etc. (Notes in pencil based on the Trevecka Letters, H. Harris Diaries, etc., with extracts from the H. Harris Diaries, 1738-9). 'Y Dathliad. Ymbaratoad ato'. (Two holograph copies, one incomplete, and a typed copy). 'Canmlwyddiant Mynyddog. Llanbrynmair. 24 Awst 1933'. In pencil. 'Hanes y Graig – parhad'. In pencil. A letter, [19]20, from Richd Owen, Eryri House, Tal-y-Sarn, to R. Bennett, concerning Robt. Davies, Oswestry, and Thomas Meredyth, etc., and lists of the names of preachers at Llanllyfni, 1820, and Caergeiliog, 1782 and 1820. Welsh. 'Methodistiaeth Caersws'. 'Caersws Methodism'. Incomplete drafts in pencil. ['Hanes Rhydwen, Dylife. Nodiadau gan William Evans, Carno, John Lloyd, Dylife]. A list of queries by R. Bennett concerning Rhydwen, with replies thereto by William Evans.

Papers, fragments of verses etc., belonging largely to the Crafnant family and including a letter, 18 Aug. 1819, from Robert Williams ('Robert ap Gwilym Ddu'), Bettws [Llanystumdwy,] to John Owen, Crafnant, near Harlech containing some new verses entitled 'Heddyw ac Efory'; a holograph copy of 'Cywydd Marwnad Mrs. Ann Evans' by the same poet, 1818; 'Hymn y Bore', 'Hymn y Nôs', and 'Hymn ganol Nôs' by Ellis Wynne o Lâsynys, transcribed by W. Wynne clerk in 1754; and 'Cowydd Marwnad y Parchedig Mr. John Thomas' by Hugh Hughes, 1769.

Letters to Robert Morris of Swansea, Lewis Pryse of Woodstock, John Pughe Pryse, and Edward Loveden Loveden of Buscot Park, 1754-1784. The correspondents are David Morgan of Tal-y-bont and his son, Thomas, about the shipping of ores from the Gogerddan mines, together with a loading ticket, 1754-1755, W. Redknap of the Mine Office, London, listing the directors, 1757-1758, Henry Bowdler of Shrewsbury, 1768, and John Lewes of Carmarthen, 1784. For main content see series description. The mines referred to here are Llanerchclwydau, Cwmsymlog, Goginan, Darren, Grogwynion, etc., and Picton Moor colliery in Pembrokeshire. Several letters mention Chauncy Townsend, and the letter of John Lewes also discusses the Cardiganshire election, 1784.

Returns of constables, and lists of freeholders and inhabitants in Tirymynech, Cynull Mawr, Elerch, Llangynfelyn, Ysgubor-y-coed, Henllys, Celuan a Maes-mawr, 1754-1762.

Account book, 1754-1756, of Charles Cope Trubshaw, architect, builder and mason, relating to work carried out mostly in Staffordshire.
The volume contains accounts, with notes and memoranda, January 1754-February 1756 (ff. 1-70); and estimates, notes and sketched designs and plans for specific projects, 1754-1755 (ff. 70 verso-103, inverted text). There are numerous references to the building of the new parish church at Stone, Staffordshire (ff. 6-89 passim). A few additional items are loose within the volume (ff. 73a, 105) or have been tipped in (f. 104).

Subject: Thanks for gift of Bibles.

Draft deed for the sale of the Mathafarn estate in Montgomeryshire and Merioneth, and of the manor of Cyfeiliog by Maria Charlotta, wife of John Lloyd of Shrewsbury, former widow of Thomas Pryse of Gogerddan, and niece and heiress of John Pughe, to Edward Kynaston of Hardwick, Salop, and William Owen of Porkington [trustees of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn], under decree of Chancery, 1754.

Map of Little Doll Veagh and Pant Glas, p. Mainstone, co. Shrop., taken by Thos. Bateman (Framed). Shelved in the Dept. of Maps & Prints as Pitchford [Maps] 38.

Manuscripts and papers from the library of the Rev. D. Teifigar Davies, being mainly papers (addresses, notes, etc.) of Richard Bennett, (1860-1937), relating mainly to Upper Montgomery Presbytery.

Small notebook containing a tally ‘An account of ore weigh’d on Gogerthan Estate beginning at The Year 1755, June 22nd’ referring inside to Cwmsymlog and actually dated 1754-1759.

A transcript of two letters written by Lord George Lyttelton (1709-1773) from Brynkir, 6 July 1755, and from Shrewsbury, 14 July 1755, describing a tour in North Wales.

Three copybooks, in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), containing a copy of Sir John Price's The Description of Wales (Oxford, 1673) (NLW MS 2017iB); the Officium Beatæ Mariæ in Welsh from a copy made by Dafydd Ddu Hiraddug (NLW MS 2017iiB, pp. 1-30); extracts from the library of Thomas Tanner (NLW MS 2017iiB, pp. 31-43); and material relating to Gerald of Wales taken from John Leland (NLW MS 2017iiiB).