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A transcript, made from British Museum Harleian MS 1974, of pedigrees of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire families; lists of justices of the peace in Anglesey and Caernarvonshire, 1620; names and arms of the justiciaries of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire, 1601; and lists of the high sheriffs of Anglesey, 1541-1601.

Pedigrees of North Wales families copied by Jonathan Jones, Caernarfon and others from collections made by Owen Gruffydd, Llanystumdwy, together with cywyddau and englynion by Owen Gruffydd, Robert ap Rhys Wyn, Thomas Prys and Wiliam Llyn.

An account of the parishes of Llandegai, Llanllechid and Aber forming part of a preparatory draft of 'A Description of Caernarvonshire' written 1809-1811 by Edmund Hyde Hall, which forms Bangor MS 908.

An account of castles in Wales extracted in 1793 from various sources.

An account of the eisteddfod held at Caernarfon in September 1821, with some of the adjudications and poetical competitions, together with correspondence.

A list of wills and letters of administration of persons surnamed Humphreys, Owen and Rowland, 1540-1786, extracted from calendars at the Principal Probate Registry, Somerset House, London.

A transcript of Le Neve's 'Catalogue of Knights' from British Museum Harleian MSS 5801-2.

A draft in the hand of Sir Richard Colt Hoare of a proposed introduction to his edition, 1804-1806, of Giraldus de Barri's 'The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales'.

An interleaved copy, with manuscript notes by the author, of Robert Williams, Enwogion Cymru, A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Welshmen (Llandovery, 1852).

A collection of manuscripts from the library of Edward Humphrey Owen, including pedigrees, wills and transcripts relating to North Wales; a poor rate assessment book, 1788; seventeenth and nineteenth century surveys of Caernarvonshire; material on ancient British history; the libretto of a comic opera dated [c. 1790]; collections of Welsh poetry; eighteenth century interludes; an account book of Peter Bailey Williams (1763-1836), 1815-1817; letters, 1887-1888, to Edward Humphrey Jones; an account of the National Eisteddfod held at Caernarfon, 1821; and other items.