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Court rolls of the crown manor or lordship of Tal-sarn and Silian, co. Cardigan, 1891-1923. They contain names of tenants sworn as homage and as affeerors, names of those appointed manorial officers, lists of court leet jurors together with a few presentments by them. Also included are four letters, 1918-1940s, three of which relate to manorial business.

The memoirs of Evan Williams (1887-1975), Brynaman and Llandudno, written 1944-1946, containing his recollections of life in the coalmining community of Brynaman, co. Carmarthen, 1890s-1933, with special reference to music and religion. An essay by Evan Williams 'Atgofion am fro arbennig a'i chymeriadau' was awarded part of the 'Llandybïe Prize' at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Bala, 1967. For a summary of his reminiscences of his father William Richard Williams (1855-1922) see 'Y Dysgedydd', 148 (1968), 86-90.

Some fifteen letters, 1884-90, from various correspondents, to Thomas Gibbon of Newcastle Emlyn, registrar of marriages in the town, c. 1910-1926, mainly concerning personal matters, in particular his marriage and purchase of furniture, and including a letter, 1889, from a Welsh emigrant describing his life in Argentina.

Journal, attributed to Major-General William Brooke of Bath, describing a tour of counties Pembroke, Carmarthen and Glamorgan, July-November 1819.

A ledger containing the account, 1829-1834, of the executors of John Hughes (c. 1764-1829), Quay Street, Carmarthen, shipowner and burgess, including numerous references to vessels owned by the testator.

Twelve letters, 1954-1956, from the novelist, poet and artist, Peggy Eileen Whistler ('Margiad Evans'), mainly to Alan and Dorothy Hancox, containing personal news and references to her writings (ff. 1-16 verso), together with five letters from her husband, Michael Williams, to the same (ff. 17-26 verso).

A book of legal precedents, 1782-1788, containing notes of legal opinions and of cases heard before numerous courts, including those of King's Bench and the Montgomeryshire Great Sessions, together with transcripts of legal documents.
The volume was probably compiled by John Hughes of Llain-wen, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, notes and transcripts relating to whose articles of clerkship (with John Dickin of Welshpool, 1781, and with George Griffin of Lincoln's Inn, 1785) are found on pp. 95-114. A portion of the volume was 'Copied out of Mr Dickin's Manuscript Book' (p. 94); transcripts of an affidavit of service of John Hughes and of his admission as attorney at the Court of King's Bench, both 1787, have been tipped in at the end of the volume (pp. 119-122).

Notes and lectures by Ceinwen H. Thomas on the folk-dances of the Nantgarw district, based on the recollections of her mother, Catherine Margretta Thomas (1880-1972). They comprise notes, c. 1953, mostly in Welsh, on performing the dances (ff. 1-27; see Dawns (1973-1974), 22-53); and lectures, 1957 and 1974, on life in Nantgarw in the early 1880s (ff. 28-43; see the Welsh Folk Dance Society News-Letter, 5 (1957), 7-11, and Roger Lee Brown, Taff's Well and Nantgarw in the 80s and beyond (Tongwynlais, 1982), pp. 2-17) and on how the dances came to be recorded (ff. 45-62; see Dawns (1973-1974), 10-22).

The second of three volumes containing indexed transcripts by Mrs Mary A. Jones, Johannesburg, of poetry in Welsh by her uncle Richard Williams (Gwydderig, 1842-1917).

The first of three volumes containing indexed transcripts by Mrs Mary A. Jones, Johannesburg, of poetry in Welsh by her uncle Richard Williams (Gwydderig, 1842-1917).

Autograph copy, with revision, of the radio play 'Pry Ffenast' by John Gwilym Jones, first broadcast on BBC Welsh radio, 1 March 1961, and later published in Pedair Drama (Dinbych, 1971).

Jerome's De viris illustribus in the semi-humanistic hand of Milo de Carraria, who was active as a scribe in Italy, Cologne, Bruges and London from 1437 to 1447 (see Duke Humfrey and English humanism in the Fifteenth century: Catalogue of an Exhibition held in the Bodleian Library Oxford (Oxford, 1970), p. 13).

Journal of Mary Anne Eade describing a tour, May-June 1802, from Clapton through North Wales to Ireland, with an explanatory note, 1803, by her husband William Eade (f. ii).

An essay, in Welsh, by W. Jones, Peniel Terrace, Ffestiniog, on 'Enwogion (Hen a diweddar) Sir Feirionydd', entered for competition at 'Cylchwyl Lenyddol Blaenau Ffestiniog', 1870, with a pasted-in press cutting of the adjudication on f. 1v.

Some thirty letters, 1871-1905, from various correspondents, to Cecil George Savile Foljambe (1846-1907), later Viscount Hawkesbury and Lord Liverpool, concerning the history of Nottinghamshire families and churches, together with related notes, sketches, photographs and press cuttings.

Journal of Susan Eleonora Watkins (1768-1847), widow of the Reverend Thomas Watkins of Penoyre, co. Brecon, describing a tour, 1830, from London through Belgium, Germany, Austria and Italy to Zurich (ff. 1-36v), and a visit to the Isle of Wight, 1835 (ff. 37v-43).

A volume of verse, 1776-1814, by various authors, connected with the family and friends of the Rev. Henry Thomas Payne (1759-1832), archdeacon of Carmarthen, including several compositions relating to the marriage of Maria Payne to the Hon. John Hyde and their departure for India (ff. 14 verso-15 verso).
The authors include Sir William Jones (f. 4 verso), Henry Mackenzie (ff. 10-12), Anna Snelling (ff. 14 verso-15 verso), Thomas Lyttelton, Baron Lyttelton (ff. 17 verso-18), Robert Jephson (f. 31 verso), Edward Young (f. 32), Peter Pindar (f. 40 verso), Charlotte Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (f. 41), Anne Ingram, Viscountess Irvine (ff. 49 verso-50), Thomas Powys (ff. 56 verso-57 verso), and the Rev. Thomas Payne (ff. 59 verso-60). The verses include riddles and charades (ff. 33, 35 verso, 38 recto-verso) and epitaphs (ff. 46 verso-47, 54).

Notebook, 1749-1777, of Samuel Deykin of Carmarthen, including a journal of his travels to London and Barnsley, March-June 1950; an imaginary journal for 1746, had Charles Edward Stuart acceded to the throne (ff. 11-16); topical verse, miscellaneous notes and memoranda, and religious meditations.

Original typescript, 1971-1978, with manuscript additions, of 'The English Curiosity Man in North Wales', an historical and topographical account of North Wales by Peter Alford, illustrated with photographs, based on the author's field trips in the area, 1966-1975. Fifteen articles based on the work were published in Country Quest, May 1976-November 1978.

Thirteen letters, 1954-1958, from Henry St John Rumsey (b. 1884), Guy's Hospital, London, to A. Raymond Hawkins, author of Notes on ... Llangenny, Breconshire (1954), relating to the Rumsey families, in particular the Rumseys of Crickhowell (see Theophilus Jones, History of Brecknockshire, IV, 258-65); together with related enclosures including photographs of an armorial pedigree of the Romsey family down to 1682 and of a genealogical table compiled by St John Rumsey corresponding to the pedigree.