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North Wales pedigrees copied from 'Llyfr Melyn Tyfrydog', which is said to be a transcript, made [c. 1766], by Hugh Hughes ('Y Bardd Coch') of a manuscript owned by Lewis Morris; papers relating to persons and places in North Wales and to the diocese of Bangor; 'englynion'; correspondence between W[illiam] Wynn Williams, Jonathan Jones and Lady Chandos Reade; etc.

North Wales and border county pedigrees and genealogical data mainly in the hand of Jonathan Jones, Caernarfon; poems; a copy of the will of Henry Rowlands (1551-1616), bishop of Bangor.

A pedigree roll in a hand similar to that of Morris Evans of Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, antiquary, showing the descent of some principal North Wales families, including the Owen family of Brogyntyn and Clenennau, from Owain Gwynedd, king of Wales, and the fifteen tribes of Gwynedd.

Pedigrees of North Wales and border counties families, copies of charters and documents, and a copy of the Vernon pedigree and claim to the barony of Powis.

One of three manuscripts containing The history of Berw, 1861, by John Williams, Beaumaris (1833-1872) (see Supplement, 1915, to the Transactions of the Anglesey Antiquarian Society), together with pedigrees of North Wales families, mainly those connected with Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire and Merioneth (cf. the Taicroesion MS).

Pedigrees, genealogical notes, letters, pamphlets, etc. relating to North Wales collected by Hugh Robert Hughes (1827-1911).

Genealogies, mainly of North Wales families, in the hand of Thomas Evans, Hendre Forfydd (fl. 1596-1633); a poem in free metre by Rowland Vaughan (c. 1590-1667), Caergai, with a copy of a letter from him to Owen Salusbury (d. c. 1600/1601), Rhug, and a short English poem Upon a woman hanged at Oxford ... 1650 ...; two indexes.

A manuscript containing miscellanea, relating mainly to North Wales genealogies, in the hand of Richard Llwyd (Bard of Snowdon) (1752-1835).

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) relating to land tenure in Cheshire, also transcripts by her from several parish registers, from memoranda in a Bible at Ruabon church, from a collection of arms of French families, from deeds at Hawarden, from Vaughan of Corsygedol monuments, and from various other sources. The manuscript also contains, amongst other items, genealogical notes relating to North Wales families and a letter, 1818, from Peter Roberts, Oswestry, to Angharad Llwyd.

A manuscript containing pedigrees, mainly of North Wales families; cywyddau, englynion and some English poetry; a rental, 1636, of lands in Flintshire and Denbighshire; prayers; legal memoranda; etc.

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of pedigrees of North Wales families, inscriptions in North Wales churches, and deeds relating to the Gwersyllt estates; miscellaneous genealogical and historical notes by Richard Llwyd (1752-1835) (Bard of Snowdon); portion of a history of the early inhabitants of North Britain; copy of a poem by John Jones (Tegid) (1792-1852); etc.

'Welsh Genealogies from Various Sources', being mainly pedigrees of North Wales families, together with copies of wills, extracts from parish registers, etc.

Pedigrees of North Wales families.

A transcript of the Taicroesion manuscript of North Wales pedigrees.

Pedigrees of North Wales and other families, genealogical notes and correspondence.

A small group of Flintshire and other North Wales pedigrees, largely from printed sources, including the families of Conwy of Bodrhyddan, Morgan of Gwylgrev (Golden Grove), Davies of Gop (in the hand of T. Allen Glenn, Meliden), Salisbury of Llewenni, Wynne of Ceunant, etc.

A composite volume containing poetry by John Roberts ('Sion Lleyn'), 1768-71, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Owen Ellis (Nant), Will. Jones y gwydd, Mathew Owen, Huw Rober[t]s, John Dafydd, Syr Rhys yr offeiriad (llanfair), Owen Gruffydd, J. Rhydderch, Wm Elias, Edward Moris, Ifan Gruffydd leiaf, G[utto'r] Glyn, Einian ap Gwalchmai, D[afydd] Nanmor, William Phylip, Huw ab Ifan, Edmund Prys, Gruffydd Phylip, [Robert Prichard] 'Robin Raber', Dafydd Owain o'r Gaerwen ('Marwnad Robert Roberts Pregethwr enwog yn mhlith y Methodistiaid ...') and Gronwy Owen, followed by a collection of the poems of the Reverend Mr Gronwy Owen ('Casgliad o waith y Parch. Mr Gronwy Owen, a Alwei ei hun Gronwy Ddu o Fôn'), with items by [Evan Evans] 'Ieuan Brydydd hir', Huw Huws Alias y Bardd Coch o Fôn, Lewis Morys (poetry and a letter) and Rhobert Huws o Benmynydd ('Robin ddu o Fon'). The contents also include some pedigrees (Achau Penyberth, Richard Llwyd o Griciaith, Bach y Saint, Penllech., Wern Penmorfa, Mostyn, Cors-y-Gedol, Castell-march, Cefn-Llanfair, Wern fawr, Penarth. etc.), 'Ychydig o hanesion' ('Am feibion Noa', etc.), miscellaneous notes, weaving patterns etc. The volume is written in several hands: pp. 1-84 are probably in the autograph of John Roberts ('Siôn Lleyn'); pp. 117-124 are in the autograph of Robert Prichard ('Robin 'Raber') and most of the remainder, if the lettering on the spine is correct, could be in the autograph of John Thomas ('Siôn Wyn o Eifion').

Pedigrees, copies of manuscripts, extracts from original and published sources, genealogical notes, copies of monumental inscriptions and correspondence relating to Owen of Clenennau and Brogyntyn, [1702x1823]-1882, and other families who were related to them by marriage or who were relevant to the history of the estate, namely Anwyl of Parke, [18 cent., first quarter], 1751, Derwas and Lyster of Penrhos, 1767-[post-1823], Eure, [post-1861], Godolphin, 1724x1868, Longueville, 1830-1833, Mostyn, [1729x1744]-1951, Vaughan of Corsygedol, 1698-[c. 1795], Wynn(e) of Glyn, Gwydir and Peniarth, 1790-1837, Wynne of Garth, 1753, and miscellaneous others, [post-1727]-1862.

A composite volume containing genealogical, heraldic, and historical.or pseudo-historical material in the hand of Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'). P. vii bears the transcribed inscription 'Llyma Lyfr achau a Bonedd amrafaelion o Bendefigion a Bonheddigion Cenedl y Cymry ag eraill o bethau Cyfarwyddwyd a gasglwyd o Lyfrau Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal o Dir Iarll ag o Lyfrau Ieuan Deulwyn o Gydweli gennyf fi Antoni Pywel o Lwydarth yn Nhir Iarll', with an added note 'A myfi Iolo Morganwg a'u tynnais o Lyfrau yr Achwr celfyddgar a'm cyfaill caredig Thomas Truman, wr Bonheddig o Bant Lliwydd ym Morganwg'. Following on pp. 1-113 is genealogical, heraldic, and historical or pseudo-historical material extracted [by Edward Williams] from the manuscript generally known as 'Llyfr Du Pant Lliwydd' (Llanover MS E. 3., now NLW MS 13165B; see notes on pp. 1, 6, 37, 54, 68, 79, 103 of present volume), and also from a source referred to as 'Llyfr Coch Pant Lliwydd' (see pp. 105, 113 of present volume). Included are sections with the superscriptions 'Llyma Arfau y Brytaniaid o Ynys Prydain', 'Llyma arfay y Cwngcwerwyr a fyont ym Morganwc', 'Llyma Bymthegllwyth Gwynedd', 'Llyma enway y Brenhinoedd', 'Llyma Enway y Prifddinesydd a wnaeth y Brytaniaid . . .', 'Llyma enway y Pedwar Brenin ar hugain o Frenhinoedd Ynys Prydain a farnwyd yn gydarnaf ac yn wrolaf . . .', etc. P. 129 is inscribed 'Achoedd Saint Ynys Prydain o amrafaelion Lyfrau', and, according to notes on the same page, the section following was intended to contain genealogies of British or Welsh saints extracted from three sources, viz. (1) 'Achoedd Saint Ynys Prydain o Lyfr Du Pantlliwydd sef eiddo Mr. Thomas Truman', (2) 'Achoedd Saint Cenedl y Cymry o Lyfr Dafydd Morgan o Aberdar', and (3) 'Achau Saint Ynys Prydain o Lyfr Siencyn Morgan o Benn Rhiw Ferr'. Of these three genealogical lists, however, only the first was actually copied or transcribed (see pp. 131-8). The superscription only of the second list appears on p. 139, and there is no further mention of the third list. Pp. 149-53, under the superscription 'Anecdotes of Beaupre Castle (as it is always called in old MSS.) in Glamorganshire', contain notes on the careers of Llywelyn ap Seisyll, prince of South Wales, 1015-21, and his son Gruffith, prince of South Wales and North Wales, 1021-60, and pp. 165-80 notes on Welsh history based on the narrative in Percy E[n]derbie [: Cambria Triumphans . . . (London, 1661)]. P. 181 is inscribed 'Genealogical Extracts, Historical, relating to The Principality of Wales and more especially to the County of Glamorgan, Collected by Edward Williams', and is followed (pp. 183-208) by genealogical data relating to the Butler and Vaughan families of Dunraven [co. Glamorgan], and the Bassett family mainly of Beaupre [also co. Glamorgan]. Pp. 229-40 contain genealogical data relating to the fifteen (recte I-XVI) tribes of Gwynedd ('Llyma Wehelyth Pymtheg Llwyth Gwynedd . . . ') with annotations relating thereto, and notes referring to the activities of Robert Fychan of Hengwrt as a collector of manuscripts. P. 257 bears the inscription Tigion Hanesiawl allan o hen Lyfrau Achoedd Pendefigion a Bonheddigion Cenedl y Cymry a Chwiliwyd allan gan Iolo Morganwg, B.B.D., Rhann II, 1812’, and is followed (pp. 259-end, previously paginated 1-134) by a miscellany containing miscellaneous genealogical data relating to the ancestors or descendants of, inter alias, lestyn ab Gwrgan, lord of Morgannwg, Ednyved Vychan, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Rhys Brydydd 'o Lanharan', King Arthur, Taliesin Ben Beirdd, Asser Ddoeth, Dafydd Ddu gynllwynwr, and Rhodri Mawr, and to the family of Gawntlo of Tre Gawntlo and associated families; some heraldic material including sections with the superscriptions 'Llyma Arfau y Gwyr anrhaith a ddaethant gyd (sic) Syr Rhobert ab Amon i Forganwg', and 'Llyma Arfau y Pendefigion a ddifeddianwyd o'u Tiroedd a'u Da gan Syr Rhobert ab Amon a'i Farchogion anrhaith'; occasional historical or pseudo-historical data or anecdotes relating to, inter alias, Ieuan ap Lleision and Owain Glyndyfrdwy, Madawc Min, bishop of Bangor, and the betrayal of Llywelyn ap Seisyllt and Gruffudd, his son, Taliesin ab Henwg or Taliesin Ben Beirdd and Elphin, and Rhodri Mawr; and other miscellaneous items.

One of four manuscripts containing material taken from parish registers, wills, etc. relating to members of North Wales families bearing the surname Hughes.