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A manuscript in the hand of Roger Morys, Coed Talwrn, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd comprising Pump Llyfr Cerddwriaeth; a transcript of a Grammar from the Red Book of Hergest; vocabularies; and Dosbarth Cerdd Dant.

A manuscript in the hand of a single scribe dating from the second half of the 13th century and comprising Historia Hen Gruffud fab Cynan (p. 1); a treatise on earth, water, air and fire (p. 17); a treatise on the planets (p. 20); and a series of Welsh proverbs in verse (p. 27).
Memoranda in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne have been pasted onto the inside of the front cover. Ff. iii-iv contain a letter from J. Williams ab Ithel, 25 January 1862

A miscellany of medical lore and recipes, etc., in the hand of James Jenkins, a surgeon, of the Ruabon area: Hanes Owain Farchog [Purgatorium S. Patricii, see Studia Celtica, 8/9 (1973-4), 121-94, esp. 134] (pp. 1-27, beginning wanting); Breuddwyd Pawl (pp. 27-42, end wanting); ‘Pwy a fu farw ac ni aned irioed’ and similar questions [Studia Celtica, 30 (1996), 197-222, esp. 213-14] (p. 43); englynion, etc. (pp. 45-6); a list from memory of patients (from Ruabon, yr Hob, Chirk, Oswestry, etc.), suffering from either broken bones or wounds, who had been treated by James Jenkins (pp. 49-53); ‘Pasol asgwrn sydd ynghorff gwr a gwraig ... hyny o esgyrn o gymal i gymal a ffheindies if James Jenkins yny Sersant Haol yn Llunden ...’ (pp. 55-61); other medical lore and recipes, in Welsh (pp. 62-3, 65-75, 77-87, 89-105). A memorandum on p. 89, written by the scribe in the shaky script of old age, is dated 1608.

A late 15th century manuscript in three different hands comprising a copy of the Welsh laws; pleadings; and the pedigree of Aldudd ferch Owain.

Pedigrees in the hand of Gruffudd Hiraethog, which include fairly full details of authorities and sources.

Pedigrees in three hands including that of Gruffudd Hiraethog, with notes of the sources from which the information was taken.

The manuscript consists of two parts: The first part comprises a collection of pedigrees in the hand of Gruffudd Hiraethog, with some later additions, c. 1545, in the same hand. The second part of the manuscript comprises pedigrees; a list of receipts in the hand of Rhys Cain; etc.
One of the other hands is that of Siôn Cain.

The manuscript consists of two parts: The first part, written 1538-1539, comprises pedigrees and recipes in the hand of Huw Bangor; etc. The second part, written c. 1587, comprises Rhannau Arbennig yr Ynys; XIII Tlws; XXIV Marchog; prophecies; etc.
The old vellum cover for the first part has bicolumnar text in Latin.

A version of Brut y Tywysogion by a single scribe dating from the mid-14th century.

Descriptions, in two 17th century hands, of the arms of British kings, Welsh princes and the gentry of North Wales.

Pedigrees and poetry in three different hands of the mid-16th century.
Copious repetition occurs within the manuscript.

A manuscript in the hand of Sir Hugh Pennant, c. 1514, comprising Afallenau; pedigrees; vocabularies; Bonedd y Saint; Bucheddau Mihangel ac Wrsula; Llyfr Theophrastes o'r Neithorau; etc.

Pedigrees; Rhyfeddodau Ynys Prydain; De Carolo Magno; Bonedd y Saint; Storia yr Olew Bendigedig; and Disgrifiad Arfau.

Poetry of Siôn Tudur, Iolo Goch, Dafydd ap Gwilym and others, compiled after 1606; texts written during the second half of the 16th century, namely medical recipes, Aristotle's letter to Alexander, etc.; and a short Latin-Irish dictionary of the first half of the 17th century.

Historical triads compiled from several sources in the hand of Robert Vaughan; extracts from the Doomsday Book; and portions of a log book which was kept by a Welshman sailing in 1627 with a fleet past the Canary Islands, the Cape of Good Hope and as far as Mozambique.

A calendar in the hand of Gutun Owain, giving additions or variations to the calendar in Mostyn MS 88.
The manuscript is in good condition.