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A small volume containing three printed works by Arise Evans (fl. 1607-60), viz. (a) A voice from Heaven to the Common-wealth of England. With additions ([London]: Printed in the Year, 1653); (b) An eccho to the Voice from Heaven, Or A narration of the Life, and manner of the special calling, and visions of Arise Evans ..... ([London]: Printed for the authour, 1652); and (c) To His Excellencie the Lord General Cromwell, and his Honourable Councel of the Army at White-Hall. The petition of Arise Evans ..... [London], 20 May 1653. On the title page of (a) is written 'Spes mea Christus. Ho C ex dono Patris maii 1679' and between (a) and (b) are manuscript extracts from [John] Jortin, Remarks on ecclesiastical history, Vol. I, referring to the visions of Rice [sic] Evans.

A small volume containing imperfect copies of two printed works, viz. (a) Gemmeu Doethineb .....gan Rys Prydderch ... (Argraphwyd yn y Mwythig gan Tho. Durston tros D. Lewys a Christ. Samuels ... 1714) and (b) Flores Poetarum Britannicorum ... o gasgliad J. D. SS. T. D. fal yr ydys yn tybygu (Printiedig yn y Mwythig, gan T. Jones dros D. Lewys, 1710). The title-page of (a) is damaged and several pages are wanting in the text; on the title-page are the words 'by Wm Wms. of Pabo'. In (b) the title-page and 'Llythyr at y darllenydd' (both items transcribed twice, by two different hands), together with pp. 1-4, have been supplied in manuscript, whilst other pages wanting (19-22 incl.) have been supplied in a modern printed facsimile; between pp. 58 and 59, before 'Llyfr Barddoniaeth o waith y Capten William Midleton ...,' is a piece of paper (?) originally addressed to J. Jones, esq., Dinorben Farm, near St Asaph, N.W.' (printed).

A copy with annotations by J. H. Davies of the sale Catalogue of the library of the late Edward Breese, Esq., FSA of Morva Lodge, Portmadoc, a library which was sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 31 May 1888. The names of the purchasers and the prices paid have been inserted in the margins and there is a reference to [Edwin] Poole's Old Welsh Chips, 1888, p. 231 et seq. Following the catalogue is a list by J. H. Davies of the manuscript items; there is also a similar list in pencil, with (?) cross references to another catalogue (see Cwrtmawr MS 811). The last-mentioned list has now been tipped in, as has a press cutting relating to the sale.

A copy of Councils and ecclesiastical documents relating to Great Britain and Ireland, ed ... by Arthur West Haddan and William Stubbs, Vol. II, Part II (Oxford, 1878). At the end of the volume are manuscript notes probably by E. J. Newell [?the Reverend Ebenezer Josiah Newell (1853-1916) on the lives of various saints (based on W. J. Rees, Lives of the Cambro British saints. The Welsh MSS Society (Llandovery, 1853), with references also to Rice Rees, An Essay on the Welsh saints (London, 1836) etc.). There is also a cutting from The Weekly Mail, 18 August 1900, containing an article by Beriah Gwynfe Evans in reply to the Reverend John Morgan Jones headed 'Rival historians in Wales'.

A prescription book of John Harri[e]s (d. 1839), astrologer, medicine-man, and 'conjurer' ('dyn hysbys'), of Pant-coy, Cwrtycadno, Carmarthenshire. The contents are based partly, if not wholly, on what the writer describes as 'Edinborg Gulen' [sic] [i.e. an Edinburgh edition of the works of Claudius Galen].

Corrected page-proofs of [J. H. Davies (ed.), The Letters of Goronwy Owen (Cardiff, 1924), pp. i-vi, 1-207. The date 'Oct. 1923' is stamped on the first page of the Introduction (which is shorter than that in the book as printed) and Appendix XI and the indices are wanting in the proofs.

An imperfect copy of an unidentified edition of Ellis Pugh's Annerch ir Cymru [?c. 1750] wanting all before p. v and after p. 94 (although it would appear that only one page [95] is wanting at the end). Also included are three letters to J. H. Davies from John Ballinger, Cardiff, 1900, E. Cartwright, Dowlais, 1896, and S. N. Rhoads, Franklin Bookshop, Philadelphia, 1913, all on the subject of Annerch ir Cymru, and an offprint of an article by Frederick J. Gibbins entitled 'An early American Welsh book' from The Friends' Quarterly Examiner [1902] and given to [J. H. Davies] by the author 'With thanks for kind help'.

A notebook containing sermons relating to the nature of the church and the ministry, preached by the Reverend Hugh Pugh, Llandrillo and Mostyn at ordination and recognition services, 18[30]-43.

A volume inscribed 'Evan Rowlands's Book July 9 1827' containing holograph sermons, 1827-30, in Welsh and English by the Reverend Evan Rowlands (1792-1861), minister of Capel Helyg and Rhos-lan Independent churches, Caernarfonshire, 1824-29, and of Ebenezer Independent Church, Pontnewynydd, near Pontypool, Monmouthshire, 1829-61. One of the sermons is dated 'at Braech [sic] y saint', another 'Tabor', and two 'Loyds Chapel'. Loose inside are a letter in Welsh, 1855, from E. Rowlands, Ebenezer to John Davies, (?) Cantwr, Silo, Abersychan (concerning the readiness of the Reverend Edward Williams, Dinas Mowddy [sic] to preach at Silo) and a sermon in English in the autograph of the Reverend Ebenezer Jones, Ebenezer, Pontypool, presented to [? John Myrddin Thomas] by Mrs Susanah Morgan, Newport, Monmouthshire, daughter of the Reverend Ebenezer Jones. [The Reverend Ebenezer Jones was the predecessor of the Reverend Evan Rowlands at Ebenezer.].

Notebooks and loose papers containing notes of sermons by, and in the hand of, the Reverend Hugh Pugh of Llandrillo and Mostyn. Cwrtmawr MSS 985 and 986 appear to have been written during the period 1829-31, when the writer was at Llandrillo, while Cwrtmawr MS 987 was written some time later. There are notes with many of the sermons which indicate that they were later preached a number of times during the period 1837-1868.

A small notebook containing notes by J. H. Davies mainly relating to Welsh bibliography but with a few historical and literary notes, some extracted from manuscripts.

A notebook of the Reverend Hugh Pugh, Llandrillo and Mostyn containing accounts, 1823-37, and notes of funeral sermons, some preached a number of times, dated 1837-68.

A volume of papers of David Jones ('Dewi Fardd'; 1708?-85), Trefriw, of which many are in his own hand. They comprise 'Gofuned Llythyr Dewi Fardd at ei Etholedig Gyfeillion'; a letter from David Jones to his friends ('Frodur a Chwiorydd yn ol y Cnawd'), 1751/2 (the writer's association with Methodism) (published in Cymru, 1907, pp. 185-6) (together with verses [?on 'Breuddwyd Gwion']; poetry by Rhys Goch o Ryri, Richiart Parry, T[homas] E[dwards] ('Twm o'r Nant') Humphrey William, Lloyd Ragad, Dafydd Jones (Dafydd Sion Dafydd), Morys Dwyfech, Edmund Price 'Arch diagon', and Ellis Robert, and anonymous 'carolau' and 'cerddi'; an extract from a treatise on herbs; letters to David Jones from Tho[ma]s Edwards ['Twm o'r Nant'], Pen isa'r dre [Denbigh], 1766 (a parcel for the recipient and the enclosed writing), William Sion 'o fyrun sauth ymlwy maun twrog' [Maentwrog] undated (the delivery of books to Owen Dafydd 'o faun twrog'), Dafydd Ellis, Ty du, 1766 (the sale of books on behalf of the recipient), Owen Roberts, 1778 (the publication of an interlude), Roger Thomley, Flint, 1746 (enclosing 'englynion', a desire to visit the recipient), Hugh Evans, Caernarfon, 1768 (the receipt of a book of 'cywyddau', subscriptions towards the printing of Blodeugerdd [Cymry] and Drych y Cymro), and Richd. Edwards, 'Y Tayliwr', 1744/5 (a request for a 'cywydd' by Ed[war]d Maurice, proposed publications by the recipient); holograph letters from Dafydd Jones to his wife Gwen ych Richard from Shrewsbury (Mwythig), 1758 (errors by the compositor [of Blodeugerdd [Cymry]), and to David Jones, painter, Holborn, London, 1771 (the recovery of monies due for Blodeugerdd [Cymry] and the publication of the second part); press cuttings of 'englynion' published in Yr Herald Cymraeg, 1756; an interpretation by [John] Lloyd of Hafodunos [Llangernyw] of the law regarding errant sheep (printed by Dafydd Jones at Trefriw, 1778); and Cynhygiadau i Brintio amryw o Lyfrau, drwy gymorthiad fy 'ngyd Wladwyr Mwyneiddwych (Harfie, Caerlleon, n.d.), with verses entitled 'Breuddwyd Gwion' (published in Cymru, 1907, pp. 186-8). Much of the contents of the manuscript was transcribed by David Evans, Llanrwst in Cwrtmawr MS 117.

A notebook containing notes of sermons preached during the period 1837-68 by and in the hand of the Reverend Hugh Pugh, Mostyn.

A volume put together by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') containing material by, or relating to, Owen Williams ('Owain Gwyrfai'; (?)1790-1874), including Caniad Solomon, ... at yr hyn y 'chwanegwyd dwy o garolau newyddion; ynghyd ag awdl marwnad ... Sior y trydydd. gan Owen Williams (Caernarfon, 1820), cuttings from newspapers and periodicals of items by Owen Williams in prose and verse, obituary notices and articles concerning him, and a few items in the hand of 'Myrddin Fardd' e.g. 'Achau Owen Williams Waunfawr [O'i lawysgrif ef ei hun].'

Proof-sheets (galley) of parts of J. H. Davies, A Bibliography of Welsh Ballads (1911) viz. 'The Introduction', which differs slightly from the published version, and pp. 161-88, which have been corrected and revised and to which a number of ballads have been added in the published version.

Duplicated sheets containing material similar to that contained in the Journal of the Welsh Folk Song Society, Vol. 1, 1909, Part 1.

A small notebook containing cuttings of correspondence published in the Aberystwyth Observer, January-June 1889, relating to the desirability of having a 'working man candidate' for the county council election, student behaviour, etc.

A composite volume made up of copies of Yr Odydd Cymreig, Cyf. 1 (1842), Rhif 2, 3, 4, and articles on 'Llyfrgelloedd ' (Y Traethodydd, 1858-9), 'Y Bardd o'r Nant a'i Waith' (Y Traethodydd, 1875), 'Y Bardd o'r Nant a'r Cerddi Bedydd' (Y Traethodydd, 1876), and 'Sallwyr Cymraeg', a review of Twr Dafydd: sef Salmau Dafydd wedi eu cyfaddasu ar Gân ... gan y Parchedig William Rees, Liverpool (Dinbych: Thomas Gee, 1875), followed by some miscellaneous press-cuttings.