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A photostat facsimile of the probate of the will of George William Gruffyth [Griffith] of Pen y Benglog, parish of Meliney [Melinau], Pembrokeshire, esquire, 29 August, 1655. The will is dated 12 May, 1651.

A booklet compiled by the donor Brian Carter of his writings on Will Roberts RCA comprising his memorial address given at the artist's funeral in St David's Church, Neath, 18 March 2000, his obituary reproduced from The Independent, and an address given by him at the Will Roberts Memorial Exhibition (Royal Cambrian Academy), 27 April 2002.

The original will of Josiah Boydell, Esquire, (1752-1817), painter and engraver born near Hawarden, Flintshire, dated 18th February 1817.

Typescripts of abstracts of documents, 1730-1734, relating to the will of John Roberts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a native of Llandderfel, Merioneth, with details of bequests, including some to persons in Bala and the neighbourhood.

A typewritten non-official copy of the will of Ellis Wynne of Lasynys, 12 July 1734, proved 4 October 1734.

A copy of the will of Mr Edward Rhys-Price, Monmouth, a benefactor of the National Eisteddfod and other Welsh institutions.

A typewritten copy of the will, with inventory, of Jasper Griffyth, clerk, vicar of Hinckley, co. Leicester, proved in the archdeaconry court of Leicester, [28 May] 1614, with a covering letter, 1940, from Eleanor Swift, Archivist, Leicester City Museum, to W. Ll. Davies (afterwards Sir William Ll. Davies), Librarian of the National Library of Wales.

Will book of R. Ivor Parry, solicitor, Pwllheli, containing indexed copies of wills.(Formerly Borth-y-gest MS 74.) Welsh, English. 3/4 leather. Purchased from the library of Mr R. E. Jones, Borth-y-gest, 1959-1961.

Papers of, or relating to, Wilhelm Ganz (1833-1914), Professor of Singing at the Guildhall School of Music, and accompanist to Adelina Patti (1843-1919), Craig-y-Nos Castle, co. Brec., including concert programmes, 1855-1935; illustrations and other material for inclusion in his volume, Memories of a Musician (London, 1913); and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings concerning the Musical Copyright Bill compiled, 1929-30, by Alfred W. Ganz. [For papers of Wilhelm Ganz see NLW MSS 23351-6].

Correspondence and papers, 1851-1950, of composer, conductor and pianist Wilhelm Ganz, together with correspondence and papers of members of his family, including letters, 1876-1913, to Ganz from Adelina Patti and other contemporary singers and musicians, and an album of signatures presented to Ganz on the occasion of a Diamond Jubilee Concert in his honour held on 26 May 1908.

Deeds, 1557-1808, relating to premises mainly in Carmarthenshire, with some in Montgomeryshire, Cardiganshire and Flintshire, and a small number in other Welsh counties.

A collection consisting mainly of the manuscripts, correspondence and other papers, [16 cent., second ½]-[1909x1925], of the Lloyd family of Hafodunos, Denbighshire and Wigfair, Flintshire, including a considerable amount of correspondence to and from John Lloyd ('The Philosopher'), one of the most notable members of the family. The collection also includes correspondence of members of the Wynn family of Gwydir, the Clough family of Plas Clough and Hafodunos, the Holland family of Berw, the families of Carreglwyd, and the Rev. Richard Howard, Denbigh (matters relating to lead, iron and mineral resources in Flintshire); together with Hafodunos and Wigfair rentals and accounts and accounts relating to lead and copper mines in North Wales.

Records, mainly title deeds, 1229-1907, of the Hafodunos estate, Denbighshire, and the Wigfair estate, Flintshire, together with manuscript volumes containing mainly family and estate correspondence, mainly 18-19 centuries, including correspondence of John Lloyd (1749-1815) 'The Philosopher', 1766-1814, letters to Robert Howard, Collector of Customs at Conwy, Caernarfonshire, 1735-1775, letters of the Rev. Richard Howard, 1807-1858, papers, [c.1740]-[c.1748], relating to Hugh Howard of Mahim, Bombay, formerly of St Andrews Holborn, London; and accounts, letters and other papers of the Llandudno New Mine Company, 1815-1821, a copper mining venture.

Papers, 1981, enclosed in the book Why Lloyd George met Hitler by Emrys Pride (Risca, 1981) which was presented to Dr Elwyn Davies.

This collection comprises the records of the Whitford (Flintshire) Friendly Society.

The fourth of six volumes of day-books of the Richards family of the Post Office, Pontfathew, Bryn-crug, co. Merioneth, containing accounts, 1894-1921, relating to their drapery and grocery store. Also includes the accounts, 1863-1879, in Welsh and English, of Hugh Pugh, wheelwright (ff. 1v-103v, 126v-175v, 198, 279v-281v, 305v-309v, 345v-346v).

Wheat and corn sale accounts of Edward Morgan, Golden Grove. English. Leather. Purchased from Commander H. B. Stewart, c/o Messrs C. E. Williams & Co., Oswestry, 1968.

A photocopy of 'What's in a name?', autobiography of boxer Beaumont Valentine Griffiths, known as Beau, born in 1931 in Gilfach Goch in the Rhondda Valley.