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Llandecwyn, Llanenddwyn and Llanfair[-juxta-Harlech] deeds,

Title deeds dated between 1500 and 1664, relating to properties of the Wynn family in the parish of Llandecwyn, 1500-1601, including mortgages between Moris ap Robert Wynn and his brother, Ellis; a bond to Moris ap Robert Wynn for further assurance of property in Llanfair[-juxta-Harlech], 159; and deeds for Taltreuddyn in Llanenddwyn, 1595-[c. 1695]. The Taltreuddyn deeds include a copy of the prenuptial agreement of Henry Price and Lowry vch Edward, 1596, in which Moris and Ellis ap Robert Wynn were nominated trustees; documents relating to a mortgage of Taltreuddyn and Yr Hen Efel to John Jones the Regicide, which after his execution was administered by his trustees, 1664; and authorisation by Griffith Wynne to Robert Wynne of Taltreuddyn to make leases and collect rents on his behalf, [c. 1695].

Taltreuddyn Estate (Wales)

Unemployment,

Printed items, typescript and press cuttings, and a few letters, 1984-1987, on the general theme of unemployment. There are references to the 1984-1985 miners' strike in South Wales. The file includes letters from Derrick Childs, Archbishop of Wales, (2) 1986, Nicholas Edwards (3), 1984-1986, Rev. John Gwilym Jones (2), 1986, Elaine Morgan (2), 1986, Siân Phillips (2), 1986, Sir Cennydd Traherne, 1986, Peter Walker (2), 1984, and John Aloysius Ward, Archbishop of Cardiff, 1986.

Childs, Derrick Greenslade, 1918-1987.

Hugh Griffith

Deunydd yn ymwneud â'r actor Cymreig Hugh Griffith, sy'n cynnwys:
Cardiau post yn dangos Theatr Frenhinol Shakespeare a Theatr yr Alarch (Swan Theatre), Stratford-upon-Avon (di-ddyddiad).

Taflenni argraffiedig gyda manylion dadorchuddio cerflun er cof am Hugh Griffith gan y cerflunydd John Meirion Morris. Am yr achlysur hwn, gweler, er enghraifft: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/hugh-griffith-19121980-277631 [1980].

Llungopi o 'Y Gigfran', drama radio a ddarlledwyd ar Radio Cymru, 15 Tachwedd 1946, sy'n seiliedig ar waith y llenor Edgar Allan Poe, yn arbennig felly ei gerdd 'The Raven', a atgynhyrchir yma ochr-yn-ochr â chyfieithiad y gerdd i'r Gymraeg; cymerir rhan cymeriad 'Llais 2' gan Hugh Griffith. Dyddir y deunydd gwreiddiol [1946].

Llungopi o erthygl yn y wasg gan Hugh Griffith yn dwyn y teitl 'Tro ym Mhen Llŷn' (dim dyddiad yn amlwg, ond mae cynnwys yr erthygl yn awgrymu dechrau'r Ail Ryfel Byd).

Llungopi o gyfieithiad i'r Saesneg [?gan ac] yn llaw y gwleidydd, bardd, dramodydd a'r adolygydd llenyddol Saunders Lewis o bennill gyntaf yr emyn 'Iesu, Iesu, 'rwyt ti'n ddigon, 'Rwyt ti'n llawer gwell ['mwy' yw'r testun cywir] na'r byd ...' (di-ddyddiad).

Llungopïau o ffotograffau yn dangos Hugh Griffith yn ei fynych rannau mewn ffilmiau (di-ddyddiad, ond awgrymir dyddiad yn ôl y ffilm).

Darlun cartŵn o Hugh Griffith yn rhan Falstaff (1964) (gweler https://collections.shakespeare.org.uk/search/museum/strst-sbt-2017-13-38). Dyddir y deunydd gwreiddiol [1964].

Llungopïau o lythyrau at Hugh Griffith, sydd bennaf yn trafod gwaith a llwyddiannau Griffith, y gohebwyr fel a ganlyn:
Y gwleidydd, bardd, dramodydd a'r adolygydd llenyddol Saunders Lewis (1950, 1959, 1960, 1975); y darlledwr a swyddog gweithredol y BBC Huw Wheldon (1954); yr actor a'r canwr Richard Harris (1962); y bardd, adolygydd ac ysgolhaig Gwenallt (1962); y gwleidydd, cyfreithiwr ac awdur Gwynfor Evans ([?1963]); y bardd a'r dramodydd Cynan (1965); y dramodydd, awdur ac ysgolhaig John Gwilym Jones (1965); y bardd a'r dramodydd Christopher Fry (1975); a'r newyddiadurwr, awdur a gohebydd John Arlott (di-ddyddiad).
Ceir hefyd lythyr di-ddyddiad oddi wrth 'Charlotte' (enw'r derbynnydd yn annarllenadwy).

Llungopïau a chopïau o lythyrau oddi wrth Hugh Griffith, y gohebwyr fel a ganlyn:
Y gwleidydd, cyfreithiwr ac awdur Gwynfor Evans (1964); y bardd a'r dramodydd Cynan (1965); y bardd, adolygydd ac ysgolhaig Gwenallt (1965); a'r awdur, cynhyrchydd drama ac ymgyrchydd iaith Norah Isaac (1940-1941, 1961 a di-ddyddiad), rhai o'r llythyrau wedi'u hanfon tra bod Griffith yn cyflawni gwasanaeth milwrol yn ystod yr Ail Ryfel Byd.

Llungopïau a chopïau teipysgrif o lythyrau oddi wrth Hugh Griffith at aelodau teuluol, gan gynnwys yr actores a'r athrawes Elen Roger Jones a'i gŵr Gwilym Roger Jones, sef chwaer a brawd-yng-nghyfraith Hugh Griffith, a'u merch Mary (neu Meri) Rhiannon (un llythyr yn anghyflawn) (1942-1945, 1957-1959 a di-ddyddiad); a'i fam Mary Griffith (di-ddyddiad). Anfonwyd nifer o'r llythyrau tra 'roedd Griffith yn cyflawni gwasanaeth milwrol yn ystod yr Ail Ryfel Byd.

Llungopïau a chopïau yn bennaf o ohebiaeth, 1960-1961 a di-ddyddiad, rhwng Hugh Griffith a chynrychiolwyr o gwmni ffilmiau Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) tra 'roedd Griffith yn chwarae, neu'n paratoi i chwarae, rhan 'Alexander Smith' yn y ffilm 'Mutiny on the Bounty' (1962), ynghyd â rhai amserlenni (call sheets) a rhan o'r sgript. Rhai o'r llythyrau oddi wrth Griffith wedi'u croesi allan a heb eu hanfon. Un llythyr yn Ffrangeg.

'The Peak'

Dau gopi o sgript 'The Peak', 1973, drama deledu gan y bardd a'r awdur Emyr Humphreys, wedi'i gyfieithu a'i addasu o'r stori fer Y Garnedd Uchaf gan y dramodydd, llenor ac academydd John Gwilym Jones o'i gyfrol Y Goeden Eirin, a gyfieithwyd fel The Plum Tree (https://www.ebay.com/itm/394017519616), ynghyd ag amserlenni (call sheets) dyddiedig Ionawr 1973.

Darnau rhyddiaith amrywiol,

  • NLW MS 21819E.
  • File
  • 1945-1970s.

Autograph drafts or texts of prose pieces, 1945-1970s, of miscellaneous provenance, by twentieth-century writers, mostly published. They include short stories: 'Tedi' by Harri Pritchard Jones, 'Cyfri Bysedd' by Marged Pritchard, and 'Yr Wylan Deg' by Kate Roberts; and two addresses, 'Y Broses Greadigol' and 'Saunders Lewis' by John Gwilym Jones, both published in 'Y Traethodydd'.

Gohebiaeth gyffredinol: 1965

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys llythyrau sy'n trafod gwaith yr Academi o ddydd i ddydd dan ysgrifenyddiaeth Euros Bowen, a threfniadau Cynhadledd Caredigion Taliesin yn benodol, ynghyd â sylwadau ar gyhoeddi Taliesin. Mae'n cynnwys llythyrau gan, a chyfeiriadau at, nifer fawr o lenorion adnabyddus, yn eu plith; Gwenallt, Bobi Jones, Alun Talfan Davies, John Gwilym Jones, Kate Roberts, Bedwyr Lewis Jones, Gwyn Thomas, Rhiannon Davies Jones, Alun Jones, Y Cilie, Gareth Miles a G. J. Williams.

Jones, Bobi, 1929-2017

Gohebiaeth gyffredinol: 1961

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys llythyrau sy'n trafod gwaith yr Academi o ddydd i ddydd dan ysgrifenyddiaeth Bobi Jones, ynghyd â sylwadau ar gyhoeddi Taliesin. Mae'n cynnwys llythyrau gan, a chyfeiriadau at, nifer fawr o lenorion adnabyddus, yn eu plith; D. Myrddin Lloyd, T. H. Parry-Williams, John Gwilym Jones, R. Gerallt Jones a J. E. Caerwyn Williams.

Jones, Bobi, 1929-2017

Gohebiaeth gyffredinol: 1960

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys gohebiaeth yn trafod cyfarfodydd cynnar yr Academi ac ethol ei swyddogion cyntaf; Yr Athro Griffith John Williams (Llywydd), Iorwerth Peate (Cadeirydd), Bobi Jones (Ysgrifennydd) a Gwilym R. Jones (Trysorydd), ynghyd â llungopïau o'r drafodaeth a fu yn y wasg a sylwadau ar gychwyn cylchgrawn yr Academi, y cyfeirir ato fel 'Y Llenor Newydd' ac a gyhoeddwyd yn ddiweddarach dan yr enw Taliesin. Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys llythyrau gan, a chyfeiriadau at, nifer fawr o lenorion adnabyddus, yn eu plith; J. Gwyn Griffiths, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, Kate Roberts, John Gwilym Jones, Emyr Humphreys, R. Gerallt Jones, T. H. Parry-Williams, R. T. Jenkins, E. Tegla Davies, Cynan, Saunders Lewis, J. M. Edwards, Thomas Parry, Gwenallt, Waldo Williams, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Pennar Davies, Euros Bowen, D. J. Williams, T. J. Morgan a D. Myrddin Lloyd.

Jones, Bobi, 1929-2017

Gohebiaeth gyffredinol: 1958

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys gohebiaeth yn trafod sefydlu'r Academi Gymreig dan ysgrifenyddiaeth a chadeiryddiaeth dros dro Bobi Jones a Thomas Parry, ac yn cynnwys trafodaeth ar natur ac aelodaeth wreiddiol yr Academi, gwahoddiadau i ymuno â hi ac ymatebion y rhai a wahoddwyd, ynghyd â llungopïau o'r ymateb a fu i'r newyddion yn y wasg. Mae'r llenorion dan sylw yn cynnwys Gwenallt, Gwilym R. Jones, J. Gwyn Griffiths, Waldo Williams, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, Kate Roberts, Euros Bowen, Aneurin Talfan Davies, Alun Llywelyn-Williams, Elis Gwyn Jones, Emyr Humphreys, R. S. Thomas, John Gwilym Jones a Pennar Davies. Ar gefn drafft o lythyr gan Bobi Jones mae copi o eirda a roddwyd iddo gan Griffith John Williams ym 1952.

Jones, Bobi, 1929-2017

Cymdeithas ddrama Is-Caron,

  • NLW MS 23290C.
  • File
  • 1945-1951 /

Minutes, 1945-50, of the Is-Caron drama society, Tregaron, co. Cardigan, kept by Marie James, Llangeitho; together with related accounts, 1951, and letters, 1945-50, including letters from James Kitchener Davies (3) 1946-9, Albert Evans-Jones ('Cynan') (1) 1945, John Gwilym Jones (3) 1945-7 and John Ellis Williams (1) 1950.

Marie James and others.

Letters to C. Tawelfryn Thomas (A-O),

Letters, 1876-1915, mainly addressed to C. Tawelfryn Thomas, from R. G. Berry, Gwaelod-y-garth; E. Bush, Caerphilly, 1886; R. A. Caledfryn, London, 1876; D. E. Coleman, Mountain Ash, 1881; Charles Davies, Cardiff, 1889; David Davies, Weston-super-mare and Brighton, 1883-1888; Ebenezer Davies, Ruthin, 1880; J. Davies, Blackburn, 1892; John Davies, Pentyrch, 1888; J. R. Davies, Cardiff, 1893; John M. Davies, Menai Bridge, 1894; P. Davies, Pant-teg, 1894; T. R. Davies, Bala and Blaenau Ffestiniog, 1876-1883; Thomas Davies (Bethel), 1882; Thomas Davies, Treforris, 1893; W. Davies, Llandilo, 1896; Thomas Charles Edwards, Aberystwyth, 1889; Wmffre Elis, Llangwm, 1878; D. Silyn Evans, Aberdare; E. Herber Evans, Caernarvon and Bangor, 1888-1894; J. T. Evans, Bodringallt, 1889; James D. Evans, Pontypridd, 1915; M. O. Evans, Wrexham, 1902; T. Penry Evans, Pontardulais, 1887; J. Foulkes, Aberavon, 1889; Thomas Gee, Denbigh, 1887; D. Griffith, Dolgellau, 1888; G. Pennar Griffiths, Merthyr Vale, 1887; Dr. Griffith Griffiths, Barry, 1902; H. Griffiths, Swansea, 1885; Ivor Griffith, Llanfair Caereinion, 1908; R. Griffiths, Cefn Coed y Cymer, 1890; H. Hughes, Llandudno, 1887; H. M. Hughes, Brecon and Cardiff, 1886; Thomas Hughes, Cardiff, 1894; Lewis James, Narberth, 1901; W. James, Swansea and Porth, 1894; E. Jenkins, Swansea, 1882-1891; W. Jenkins, Swansea, 1885; W. G. Jenkins, Huddersfield; D. S. Jones, Chwilog and Penmaenmawr, 1877-1893; Evan D. Jones, London, 1890; J. Jones, Mynyddislwyn, 1885-1889; J. Bowen Jones, Brecon, 1889; J. Cynddylan Jones, Cardiff, 1890-1894; J. Grawys Jones, Trecynon, 1889; J. R. Kilsby Jones, Llanwrtyd, 1882; Owen Jones, Mountain Ash, 1890; R. Jones, Gyffylliog, 1878; Rachel Evan Jones, Abergavenny, 1881; R. Puw Jones, Pencader, 1890; J. Towyn Jones, Garnant, 1890; W. E. Jones (Penllyn), 1894; W. Emlyn Jones, Morriston, 1889-1890; Watkin B. Joseph (Y Myfyr), Colwyn Bay, 1880; David Lewis, Llanelly, 1889; David Lewis, Hirwain, 1890; E. R. Lewis, Scranton (writing from Llanharan), 1885; H. Lewis, Greenmeadow, 1915; Lewis W. Lewis (Llew Llwyfo), 1888; Thomas Lewis, Bangor, 1888-1891; D. Morgan, Resolven, 1890; W. I. Morris, Pontypridd, 1883; William John Nicholson, Cardiff, Swansea, and Liverpool, 1886-1889; D. Oliver, Holywell, 1887; Henry Oliver, Bristol, 1884-1888; John Owen, Warden of Llandovery College, 1889; O. R. Owen, Glan-dŵr, 1888; O. Roger Owen, Holyhead, 1885; Richard Owen, Aberystwyth, 1887; and W. Owen, Llanharan and Hankow, 1876-1880.

Mysevin manuscripts

  • GB 0210 MSMYSEVIN
  • Fonds
  • [1540x1600]-1835

Papers and manuscripts, [1540x1600]-1835, from the library of Dr William Owen-Pughe of Mysevin, relating primarily to Welsh literature and culture and to antiquarian subjects. The material includes correspondence addressed mainly to William Owen-Pughe, with a smaller number addressed to his son, Aneurin Owen, from prominent contemporary antiquarian and literary figures, including Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'), Owen Jones ('Owain Myfyr'), Theophilus Jones, Richard Llwyd, Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Richard Fenton, Thomas Pennant and Edward ('Celtic') Davies; volumes and papers in the hand of William Owen-Pughe, 'Iolo Morganwg' and others; manuscripts and printed papers relating to the Gwyneddigion Society, the Cymreigyddion Society and the Cymmrodorion; diary entries of William Owen-Pughe, 1811-1835; and transcripts of unpublished letters and papers, 1792-1820, of the writer and prophet Joanna Southcott. NLW MS 13263C is a supplementary volume of letters which was presented separately to NLW (see 'Source of Acquisition' note).

Pughe, W. Owen (William Owen), 1759-1835

Transcripts of Joanna Southcott material,

A volume of 'Unpublished Letters of Joanna Southcott, collected by Gwilym Owain. Vol. VIII', being letters dated 1803 and 1804. The manuscript has 'LETTERS' '8' in gold on the spine. A list of contents is to be found at the beginning of the volume, listing transcripts of letters from Joanna Southcott at Leeds to the following: E[lias] Carpenter (4); W[illiam] Sharp (2); [Jane] Townley; E. J. Field; Mr . [ ] Abbot; and Mr. [ ] Ingall; there are also letters from the Reverend Tho. P. Foley to Mr. [?E. J.] Field and to [William] Sharp; pp. 99-104, a communication 'On Jon[athan] Priestley's being deceived by an evil spirit - from Leeds: Feb. 8. 1804', and pp. 105-112, 'January 12th 1804 Part of the Decrees of the Lord, in which the Lists of Names were sealed', which bears the name George Turner.

William Owen-Pughe.

Sermons, etc.,

A volume of sermons and memoranda in English together with transcripts of a few items of poetry by Francis Quarles. The sermons are in the hand of the Reverend Griffith Evans who was vicar of Llandrillo-yn- Rhos (1693-1695) and afterwards vicar of Tremeirchion (1695-1737), and they appear to have been preached by him at Llandrillo and Tremeirchion. The poems by Quarles are to be found among the Emblemes.

Reverend Griffith Evans.

Barddoniaeth, achau, etc.,

A composite manuscript lettered 'BARDDONIAETH &c.' on the spine. The volume, which contains 'englynion', 'carolau' and pedigrees, is written for the most part (ff. 1-52 verso and 75 verso-101 verso) by Wiliam Dafydd Llywelyn of Llangynidr (c. 1520-1606) (cf. NLW MS 15542B). Another hand is responsible for ff. 53- 75, but Wiliam Dafydd Llywelyn appears to have annotated this middle section. Folio 6 verso carries an eighteenth century list of payments, and folio 7 verso is blank. The contents are: ff. 1-2 verso, part of the story of 'Trystan ac Esyllt' (cf. 'englynion' 9 to 28 in Ifor Williams, 'Trystan ac Esyllt', The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies V, pp. 118-21); ff- 3-5v, a religious carol beginning 'hanpych well y gaua[. . .] . . .', with each stanza ending 'ora tu pro nobys'; f. 6 recto-verso, 'englynion': one by Huw Arwestl beginning 'medru tewi weithie yes medria[d] [sic] gydwedd . . .', as well as three written in praise of the song-thrush by Dauydd llwyd Mathe, 1581, Dafudd Benwyn, and Wm Mydleton; f. 8 recto-verso, a short extract of religious prose beginning 'Jessv grist yn keidwad y godoedd o feirw y fyw . . .'; f. 8 verso, an 'englyn' 'pen ddarffo rifo y ryfic, ymgais . . .'; ff. 9-46, 'Dyma englyn[ion ] . . .', a series of 226 'englynion' based on proverbs and epigrams, the first beginning '[D]auparth gwaith ganwaith rag wynebdychryn . . .', 'per Tho[mas] ap Hughe de Ewyas', the epigram or proverb is rubricated oftener than not; ff. 46 verso-48, '[ ] englynion y datts', beginning 'dau .cc. a v. mil digwyn / ont dayfis . . .'; f. 48 recto-verso, five 'englynion' beginning 'Un sir ar bymtheg medd sain / lliwgalch . . .'; ff. 49-51, a series of nineteen 'englynion' recording the accession dates of the kings and queens of England between Henry II and Elizabeth I, beginning 'pymp deg pedwar teg myn tain / ywch ka[nt] . . .'; ff. 51 verso-52, eight stanzas beginning 'hawdd o beth y[w] nabod cwilsen . . .'; f. 52, two 'englynion' beginning 'mi a gaf y geisaf fal negeswr / dof . . .'; f. 52, a 'hir a thoddaid' beginning 'Rag Kythrel anfwin . . .'; f. 53, the six last lines of a carol ending 'am y fordd [sic] y gorfydd myned'; ff- 53-73, a long carol based on biblical and historical events, entitled 'Iacob 4 Glanhewch ych dwylaw bechadurieit a phurwch ych calonaw [sic] dauddyblug feddwl', beginning ' fal iroeddwn i n effrv . . .'; f. 73 verso, five stanzas beginning 'Dues wyn diwad . . .', with the following note accompanying the text 'ymofynnrvch am ddiwedd hyn yma yn well o rhyw goppi arall oscat vidd nid oedd ef yn cesio oddli ne ni fedrei Amendiwch y dywaetha fal hyn i odli os mwnwch'; f. 74 recto-verso, lines in the 'cywydd' metre beginning 'Rhown moliant gan tant bob didd . . .'; f. 74 verso, an 'englyn' based on Mat. [xxiv, 35.], beginning 'Nef a daear wfir o wall / a dderfydd . . .'; f. 75, an 'englyn' by Simwnt Vychan beginning 'Pumptheccant gwyddant y gost / a decwyth . . .'; f 75, two 'englynion' by Da[vid] Johns beginning 'Mil a hanner noder yn wiwdec cynnwys . . .'; f. 75 verso, three 'englynion' beginning 'pwy ywr mares garw a gyrydd myrain . . .'; ff. 76-80, a description of arms of Welsh nobles entitled 'Dysgrifiad arfey y bryttan[ied] o vryttys hyd heddiw'; ff. 80 verso- 82, 'Disgliriad [sic] pob gwlad yn neilltyedic o waith Einion ap gwawdrydd mewn englynion', beginning 'Gnawd yngwynedd fokyssedd eirey . . .', [ usually attributed to Aneurin Gwawdrydd]; f. 82 recto-verso, seven 'englynion' of a prophetic nature beginning 'pan welych yr ych mawr ychod / antyrys . . .'; f. 83, a short English prophecy beginning 'Take hyd of Seuen . . .'; f. 83, a list of characteristics attributed to twelve areas of Wales and the Marches in which they surpass others, beginning 'Pen Bonedd Gwynedd'; and ff. 83 verso-101 verso, a list of pedigrees of noble Welsh families entitled 'llyma Betigriw y bryttanied' beginning 'llywelyn ab Gryffydd ap ll ap lorwerth drwyndwn ap Owain gwynedd . . .', continuing f. 84 'llyma Iach bryttys', f. 85 'Rodri Mawr ap merfyn frych . . .', f. 85 verso 'Plant Owein Gwynedd', f. 93 'llyma Wahelyth Deheybarth', f. 94 'kedewen', f. 99 'Dyma arfav Rys ab Morys goch . . .', f. 100 verso 'llyma Iach bleddyn ab kynfyn;, f. 101 'llyma bedwar post prydain', f. 101 'llyma Iach yr arglwydd Rys', and f. 101 verso 'llyma Iach Gryffydd ab kynan' (incomplete).

William Dafydd Llywelyn and others.

'Llyfr Jenkin Richard',

An imperfect, seventeenth century manuscript. Pp. 1-160 and 165-232 contain a collection of Welsh free- and strict-metre poems (medieval to seventeenth century) including poems by Howell Thomas Dauid, Jenk[in] Richard, William Jenkin, Giles ap John, David Du Hir Addig, Charles Thomas, Robert Lia, Rys Goch 'o Fochgoron', John Kent, John Jones, Rich. Watkins, clerk, John Tydyr, Rhys Parri, Dafydd Llwyd Mathey, Hugo Dauids, vicarius, Tho. Lewis, Charles Jones, Mredyth ap Rosser, Res Brychan, Ievan Rhydd, Dafydd ap Gwilim, Ioroth Fyngllwyd, Lln. ap Ho. ap Ivan ap Gronow, Hugh Dafydd (? the same as Hugo Dauids, vicarius, above), Bedo ap Phe. Bach, Dafydd ap Edmond, Iolo Goch, Lln. ap Howell, Howel Swrdwal, Tydyr Aled, Hyw Penmal, and Edward Dafydd (the seventeenth century poet concerning whose identity see TLLM, tt. 96-100, and, for a different opinion, IM, t. 260 and R. Geraint Gruffydd: 'Awdl Wrthryfelgar gan Edward Dafydd', Llên Cymru, cyf. V, tt. 155-63, and cyf. VIII, tt. 65-9). Intermingled with the Welsh poems are a few English items including religious verse by Richard Morgan, clerk, alias Sir Richard y Fwyalchen, and an anonymous poem entitled 'An Epitaph vppon ould dotard Wroth' [? William Wroth, Puritan cleric]. Pp. 161-3 and possibly part of p. 159 contain a record of payments or contributions by an unspecified person or persons, 1643-1646, in connection with the maintenance of royalist forces in co. Monmouth. These include contributions towards the garrisons at Monmoth, Raggland, Colbroock, and Abergev[eny], and towards the cost of provisions, weapons, etc. The volume is referred to as 'Llyfr Jenkin Richard(s)' and this is the Jenkin Richard(s) of Blaenau Gwent whose own poems form part of the text (see IMCY, tt. 82, 176; IM., tt. 257-8, 259-60; TLLM, t. 100; and Llên Cymru, cyf. III, t. 98). In TLLM., tt. 97, 100, poems by Edward Dafydd are said to be in the poet's own hand, but R. Geraint Gruffydd in Llên Cymru, cyf. V, t. 158 infers that the whole volume is in the hand of the aforementioned Jenkin Richard(s).

Jenkin Richards.

Dylan Thomas letter

An autograph letter, 29 August 1949, from Dylan Thomas, The Boat House, Laugharne, to Colin Robinson of Isleworth, Middlesex, answering a series of questions mostly concerning the publication of his work (ff. 12-13).
The letter is apparently unpublished. The poet is replying to Robinson's typescript letter, dated 22 August 1949, a carbon copy of which is enclosed (f. 14).

Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953

Tony Curtis Papers

  • GB 0210 CURTISTONY
  • Fonds

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Curtis, Tony

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