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A composite volume mostly in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing a copy of Sir John Wynn's History of the Gwydir Family, taken from a transcript made by Thomas Mostyn of Gloddaith (ff. 1-74); extracts from papers of Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt (ff. 75-86); lists of manuscripts at Gwydir and Llannerch (ff. 89 verso-94, 185) (for the Llannerch manuscripts see Cambrian Register, Vol. i, p. 320, etc.); poetry by Siôn Cent, Tudur Aled, Siôn and Gruffydd Phylip and others (ff. 95-153, 190-203); a pedigree of the Panton family (ff. 186-189); copies of letters from Edward Lhuyd to Robert Davies, Llannerch (ff. 204-219), and of a letter from Thomas Price, Llanfyllin to Robert Davies, Llannerch (ff. 220 verso-225); extracts; etc.

A volume in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing pedigrees of Cardiganshire gentry families (pp. 1-136), together with a few from Carmarthenshire (pp. 137-163) and Pembrokeshire (pp. 164-179).

A volume in the hand of Ieuan Fardd containing transcripts from the White Book of Hergest (pp. 83-113), 'the Book of Gildas at Margam Abbey', and the Extent of Powysland (temp. Richard II) (pp. 69-72). The volume also contains a poem by Guto'r Glyn dedicated to Sir Roger Kynaston which was translated into English by William Maurice in 1672 (pp. 25-44); a list of those who bear arms in Wales, arranged alphabetically with a brief description of the arms after each name (p. 45); and a copy of an indenture, 2 April 13 Eliz., between Robert Earl of Leicester and Ieuan ap Lewis Lloyd (p. 73); etc.
The 'Dream of Maxen' (pp. 1-24) appears to have been copied directly from Peniarth MS 16.

A manuscript in the hand of Ieuan Fardd containing translations of the songs of Llywarch Hên, with accompanying notes (pp. 5-19); notes on Welsh and Shropshire place-names, some taken from the work of Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt (pp. 19-36); 'Extracts apparently from the English Chronicle' (pp. 37-44); parallel quotations from Llywarch Hen and Shakespeare (pp. 45-46); a translation of Cynddelw's 'Song of Eva daughter of Madawc the son of Maredudd' (pp. 55-56); an index to the Red Book of Hergest (pp. 57-74); a Welsh-English vocabulary, dating from 1542 (pp. 75-128); and a list of Welsh words compared with allied forms in Latin, Gothic, etc. (pp. 129-133).

A manuscript in the hand of Evan Evans containing poetry mostly derived, indirectly, from the Black Book of Carmarthen (Peniarth MS 1) and the Red Book of Hergest (Oxford, Jesus College MS 111). A table of contents, in a later hand, is on pp. 179-180.
This transcript was adopted by the editors of the Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales for their text or for their notes.

A manuscript in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing 'The Five Royal Tribes of Wales' (pp. 1-41); an extract from 'Llyfr Achau Guttyn Owain' (pp. 42-43); 'Sketches of British Etymology' (pp. 45-57); and the titles of Breton works (pp. 59-63).

A manuscript in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing poetry by Iolo Goch, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Siôn Cent, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Lewis Glyn Cothi and Lewys Morganwg.

A volume in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing pedigrees taken from the manuscripts of Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt (pp. 1-95); together with copies of the marginalia from the Book of St Chad in Lichfield Cathedral, being some of the earliest known examples of written Welsh (pp. 113-126); etc.

A manuscript in the hand of Evan Evans, containing mainly poetry by Bleddyn Fardd, Lewis Glyn Cothi, Goronwy Owen and others (ff. 1-49, 56-62); and a list of feast days (ff. 50-55).
This manuscript was used for the Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, partly for text and partly for variant notes. Peniarth MS 111 seems to be the original of this manuscript. A note on f. 12 states 'Hyd yma ym tyb i yr yscrifennodd Roesser Morys allan or Llyfr Du o Gaer Vyrddin'.

A volume in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing a transcript of an address to Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt by William Maurice, 1661 (ff. 1-46); and a Catalogicus Chronologicus Scriptorum Britannicorum (ff. 46 verso-52); etc.

An index, in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), to Thomas Rymer's Fœdera ..., 20 vols (London, 1704-1735).

A volume in the hand of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) containing pedigrees and genealogy (pp. 1-93, 117-133), including transcripts from Heraldic Visitations of Wales, Vol. II, pp. 67, 83, 97-111, 104-105, 107-109, 119, 122, 139-140, 285, 290-291 (pp. 1-21, 57-93, 131-133); words added by Dr John Davies, Mallwyd, to his Dictionary (pp. 97-110) and his additions to the Welsh proverbs (pp. 111-116); historical extracts (pp. 155-180, 210-230); etc.
The text beginning at p. 210 is from a manuscript of Wiliam Llŷn and contains Annales Oweni Glyndwr (see NLW MS 1991B and Peniarth MS 267, pp. 4-14).

A volume in the hand of Ieuan Fardd containing 'the original text and a modernised version with a metrical rearrangement of the lines' of y Gododdin (pp. 1-89); together with the Songs of Taliesin (pp. 91-101); and a translation into Welsh by Ieuan Fardd of [Florentius] Volusenus's 'De Animo Tranquillitate' (pp. 103-112).

A manuscript containing a copy of the Book of Aneirin (pp. 1-81); a copy of the version of the Triads in the Red Book of Hergest (pp. 83-106, 113-114); a copy of a charter giving Cyfeiliog to Strata Marcella (pp. 115-117) (see Llanstephan MS 156, p. 180); notes on the three divisions of the Druids (pp. 126-130); and various notes and extracts.

Five volumes, in the hand of Evan Evans, containing material concerning Greek poetic metres in the Greek language.

A volume containing transcripts by Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) of early Welsh poetry.

Two accounts of the Fifteen Tribes of North Wales; the arms and pedigrees of Welsh families; and a letter, 1819, from Richard Llwyd (Bard of Snowdon) to Paul Panton the Younger (p. 49a).

Five booklets containing transcripts by Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), including a commonplace book of Dr Thomas Williams; letters to Edward Lhuyd from Sir Richard Mostyn, John Tibbots and others; letters from Humphrey Humphreys to Lewis Anwyl; 'Trioedd Ynys Prydain' with notes by Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt [possibly related to NLW MS 2019C] (ff. 49-70); various texts written by Thomas Williams and Robert Vaughan; a Welsh-English vocabulary; pedigrees; etc.

Three copybooks, in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), containing a copy of Sir John Price's The Description of Wales (Oxford, 1673) (NLW MS 2017iB); the Officium Beatæ Mariæ in Welsh from a copy made by Dafydd Ddu Hiraddug (NLW MS 2017iiB, pp. 1-30); extracts from the library of Thomas Tanner (NLW MS 2017iiB, pp. 31-43); and material relating to Gerald of Wales taken from John Leland (NLW MS 2017iiiB).

A composite volume mostly in the autograph of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), containing poetry by Dafydd ap Gwilym, Cynddelw, Guto'r Glyn and Ieuan Fardd and others, some of it 'collected by Dr. Davies of Mallwyd ... [and] transcribed from a MS. which belonged to Bp. Humphreys' (see f. 1) (ff. 1-48, 61-155); a History of Owain Glyndŵr 'out of William Morris [Maurice] of Llansilin's book' (ff. 49-59); etc.
A letter, 7 September 1792, from Hy Hughes, Pencraig, to 'David' is pasted in at the end of the volume.