The twenty-seventh of thirty-one volumes, 1807-1817, and two other associated volumes, 1819 & 1820, containing original notes, probably taken, 1807-1820, by Samuel Heywood (1753-1828), one of the Welsh judges at the Great Sessions of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Volume XIV is missing and Volume XVIII has been misplaced.
Heywood, Samuel, 1753-1828 Great Sessions, records (1817), NLW MS 218D
The twenty-ninth of thirty-one volumes, 1807-1817, and two other associated volumes, 1819 & 1820, containing original notes, probably taken, 1807-1820, by Samuel Heywood (1753-1828), one of the Welsh judges at the Great Sessions of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Volume XIV is missing and Volume XVIII has been misplaced.
Heywood, Samuel, 1753-1828 Great Sessions, records (1818), NLW MS 220D
A volume, 1790-1800, containing miscellaneous papers of Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) (1752-1824), including correspondence, notes and extracts. Inserted in the volume is a foolscap book, 8 pp., containing a translation of the chronological table in the Red Book of Hergest.
Jones, Edward, 1752-1824 Miscellaneous papers (1790-1800), NLW MS 225C
A volume containing a 19th century copy of genealogical notes and pedigrees by Hugh Thomas (1673-1720), together with copies of a manuscript history of Brecknockshire and extracts from various other manuscripts.
The first of two volumes, containing a 19th century copy of an early 18th century manuscript by Edward Lloyd of Newtown, near Oswestry, barrister-at-law, and William Mytton of Halston, relating to the antiquities of Shropshire. Indexes to the places referred to and a list of the hundreds of Shropshire precede the text of the volume.
A volume containing a collection, c. 1831, in the hand of Thomas Thomas of Troedyrhiw, Myddfai, of topical and other songs, in English and Welsh, mostly by John Thomas (Hoilienydd), which include a few examples of Penillion Pendrws (pp. 77-82).
A volume containing a collection, 17 & 18 cents, of coats of arms, badges and crests made by Henry Chitting, Chester Herald, together with a full index to names (pp. 5-12).
A volume, 1751, mostly in the hand of John Davies, Pentrefoelas (1675-1769), containing an account of the life of the prophet Mohammed (pp. 1-10), an account told by 'Mr Harbert Griffydd o Gaer yn Arfon' (pp. 11-21), and miscellaneous poetry (pp. 22-78 passim). The tale noted in pp. 11-21 was published as a chap-book at Trefriw, c. 1780, with the title Adroddiad Nodedig o'r Byd Anweledig, &c. and was probably copied into this manuscript from an earlier edition of the chap-book.
Davies, John, Siôn Dafydd Berson, 1675-1769 Life of the prophet Mohammed, etc. (1751), NLW MS 255A
A volume, 18/19 cents, containing a miscellaneous collection of notes, in both Welsh and English, in the hand of Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin, 1752-1824) and others.
Jones, Edward, 1752-1824 Miscellaneous notes (18/19 cents), NLW MS 262B
A letter from John Thomson of St Petersburg, dated 30 August 1770, apparently written to a friend in Scotland who had at one time resided in Russia. The letter gives an account of various Scottish and English people residing in Russia at the time and also of the financial and political conditions of the country.
Thomson, John, St. Petersburg Letter from (1770), NLW MS 272C
A volume containing an essay, in Welsh, on the theme of domestic happiness by the Reverend Evan Griffiths, entered for competition at Glynnedd Eisteddfod, 1857.
Griffiths, Evan, Rev., 19 cent. Essay (1857), NLW MS 275C
A case containing seven books of sermons, in Welsh, preached at various places in Brecknockshire between 1773 and 1794; the material sheds some light upon the prevalence of the Welsh language in the county at that time.