Printed forms and questionnaires, relating mainly to ecclesiastical affairs, sent to John Jenkins in his capacity as incumbent of Kerry and rural dean of Maelienydd Ultra Ithon.
A copy, which belonged to John Jenkins, of John Rippon : A Selection of Psalm and Hymn-Tunes ... adapted principally to Dr. Watt's Hymns and Psalms, and to Dr. Rippon's Selection of Hymns ... 4th ed. (London, [1800?]).
Press cuttings, including copies of 'Englynion ar farwolaeth ... John Jenkins ...' by Daniel Evans (Daniel Ddu o Geredigion) and 'Galarnad Dafydd am ei fab Absalom' by Walter Davies.
A letter, May 17, 1822, to Thomas Burgess, bishop of St. Davids, intimating the intention of King George IV to subscribe one thousand pounds in aid of the new St. David's College, Lampeter, and a copy (printed) of Prayers used at the laying of the first stone of St. David's College near Lampeter on the 12th day of August, 1822.
A series of nineteen notebooks containing notes compiled by Walter Davies for Chapters I-X, XII-XVI and XIX of his General View of the Agriculture and Domestic Economy of South Wales, collected during journeys undertaken on behalf of the Board of Agriculture.
'Per-seiniau Cymru', a collection by John Jenkins, [1824]-[1825] (watermarks 1814, 1820), of Welsh tunes 'cyfaddas i Destunau difrifol' ('suitable for serious subjects') (f. 1). The volume contains 101 tunes, 52 of which are copied from Melus-seiniau Cymru (NLW MS 1940iA). Nos 1-47 (ff. 3-48) and No. 56 (ff. 56 verso-57) have the Welsh lyrics added. A list of contents is on ff. 1 verso-2 verso.
Transcripts of letters dealing with Welsh orthography, the correspondents including Walter Davies, John Jones, ('Tegid'), Rowland Williams, William Carey (bishop of St. Asaph), Thomas Charles, David Hughes, and Joseph Tarn, with a copy of a letter to Walter Davies from Peter Bayley Willliams.
'Helps towards a more copious Cambrian Biography' containing 'A List [the surnames alphabetically arranged] of Welshmen who attained the Episcopal Dignity, from the year 1558 ... to 1714'. At the beginning is an extract from a letter, dated October 7, 1825, from John Jenkins ('Ifor Ceri', 1770-1829) to Thomas Beynon, archdeacon of Cardigan.
A commonplace book containing notes on sources of early British history and a few Welsh proverbs with translations, a commentary, and etymological notes in Latin.
Notes by Walter Davies on inscriptions, etc.; extracts by him from John Pinkerton: An Inquiry into the History of Scotland ... (London, 1789); a letter, 1864, from William Rowlands (Gwilym Lleyn); etc.
Pedigrees, mostly copied 1828, in the hand of John Jenkins, of the families of Herbert of Dolforgan, Kerry, Jones of Great Hemm, Forden, and Pryce of Gunley, and of Hugh Owen, archdeacon of Salop (ff. 7-17 verso); with coloured drawings of the arms of the founders of Welsh families, etc. (ff. 199-208, 215 verso-217, 221 verso).
Transcripts by Walter Davies of Lewis Morris's 'Bonedd y Saint', of pedigrees of some of the saints and some Welsh chieftain families, of a long letter from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick to Angharad Llwyd dealing with hereditary insignia, and of pedigrees from 'Llyfr Cae Cyriog' (now MS. 7008).
An interleaved copy of Dictionarium Poeticum, Historicum, & Geographicum, Nomina Propria exhibens, with additional notes and memoranda by Walter Davies and extracts by him from John Pinkerton: An Inquiry into the History of Scotland ... (London, 1789).
