- NLW MS 750B.
- Ffeil
- [late 18 cent.]
A manuscript containing a cywydd, an awdl dychan and an englyn by Rhys Jones, Y Blaenau, Llanfachreth, near Dolgellau.
Jones, Rhys, 1713-1801
80 canlyniad gyda gwrthrychau digidol Dangos canlyniadau gyda gwrthrychau digidol
A manuscript containing a cywydd, an awdl dychan and an englyn by Rhys Jones, Y Blaenau, Llanfachreth, near Dolgellau.
Jones, Rhys, 1713-1801
A volume containing a fair copy, [?1799] (watermarks 1794, 1796, 1798), of a journal of a tour through parts of England and Wales, August-September 1797, describing in particular country houses and other sites visited, road conditions and scenery.
Departing from London on 17 August, the itinerary included Oxford (ff. 8 verso-28 verso), Cheltenham, Gloucester and Worcester (ff. 37-51), Coalbrookdale (ff. 56 verso-58 verso), Shrewsbury (ff. 60-65), Welshpool (ff. 65 verso-69), Llangollen (ff. 73 verso-80), Corwen, Bala, Dolgellau and Barmouth (ff. 80 verso-89 verso), Aberystwyth and the vicinity (ff. 90-95 verso), Kington (f. 98 verso), Herefordshire (ff. 99-103), the lower Wye Valley from Hereford to Chepstow (ff. 103-113), and various houses in Wiltshire (ff. 114-134 verso). Included in the journal are descriptions of William Herschel's telescope at Slough (ff. 6-7 verso), various Oxford Colleges (ff. 9-27 verso), Chirk Castle (ff. 70 verso-72), Valle Crucis Abbey (ff. 78-79 verso) and the Hafod Estate, Cardiganshire (ff. 92-94 verso). The descriptions of Blenheim Palace (ff. 30-35 verso), Attingham House, Shropshire (ff. 63-64 verso), Stourhead (ff. 114 verso-120 verso), Fonthill (ff. 120 verso-124), Wardour Castle (ff. 124-127 verso) and Longford Castle (ff. 128-131), all Wiltshire, include lists of the paintings housed there. A note and partial list of contents, April 1872, by Ev[elyn] Ph[ilip] Shirley is on f. i.
Copi o Jonathan Hughes, Bardd, a Byrddau Amryw, Seigiau; neu, Gasgliad o Gynghanedd sef Carolau a Cherddi a Chywyddau (Amwythig: Stafford Prys, 1778; ESTC T140501, Libri Walliae 2526), gyda cherddi wedi eu hychwanegu mewn llawysgrif tu mewn i'r clawr blaen ac ar y dail rhwymo (tt. i-vi, 376-382), yn bennaf yn llaw William Samuel, [18 gan., hwyr]. = A copy of Jonathan Hughes, Bardd, a Byrddau Amryw, Seigiau; neu, Gasgliad o Gynghanedd sef Carolau a Cherddi a Chywyddau (Shrewsbury: Stafford Prys, 1778; ESTC T140501, Libri Walliae 2526), with Welsh poetry added in manuscript inside the front cover and on the fly-leaves (pp. i-vi, 376-382), mostly in the hand of William Samuel, [late 18 cent.].
Ymysg y tair cerdd ar ddeg a ychwanegwyd, mae dwy bennill gan William Samuel (tt. v, vi), ['Cerdd y Pren Almon'] gan Owen Griffith, [Llanystumdwy] (tt. 376-381), englyn gan Rhys Jones o'r Blaenau (t. 381) a phennill cyntaf cerdd [gan Dafydd Williams] (t. 382). Ceir mân gywiriadau ac arnodiadau ar tt. 5, 27, 111, 150, 182, 184, 202, 286, 358, 360, 367 a 369. Mae toriad papur newydd, 17 Ebrill 1928, ynglŷn â Jonathan Hughes wedi ei phastio i mewn ar. t. viii. = Amongst the thirteen additional poems are two verses by William Samuel (pp. v. vi), ['Cerdd y Pren Almon'] by Owen Griffith, [Llanystumdwy] (pp. 376-381), an englyn by Rhys Jones, Blaenau (t. 381) and the first verso only of a poem [by Dafydd Williams] (t. 382). There are minor corrections and annotations on pp. 5, 27, 111, 150, 182, 184, 202, 286, 358, 360, 367 and 369. A newspaper cutting, 17 April 1928, relating to Jonathan Hughes is pasted in on p. viii.
Samuel, William, 1749 or 1750-
Dwy gerdd gan Rhys Jones o'r Blaenau, [18 gan., hwyr], wedi eu hysgrifennu mewn dwy law debyg iawn o ddiwedd y ddeunawfed ganrif, ar dwy ddalen rydd. = Two poems by Rhys Jones, Blaenau, [late 18 cent.], written in very similar late eighteenth-century hands on two separate leaves.
Cyhoeddwyd y cerddi, 'Cywydd a wnaeth Rees Jones yn y Werddon' (f. 1) ac 'Englynion y Gisd Goch…1766' (f. 2), yn W. Leslie Richards, 'Dwy gerdd o'r ddeunawfed ganrif', Llên Cymru, 15 (1984-8), 355-359; ceir y ddwy, yn llaw y bardd ei hun, yn NLW MS 3059D (Mostyn MS 163), tt. 189 a 202. = Both poems, 'Cywydd a wnaeth Rees Jones yn y Werddon' (f. 1) and 'Englynion y Gisd Goch…1766' (f. 2), were published in W. Leslie Richards, 'Dwy gerdd o'r ddeunawfed ganrif', Llên Cymru, 15 (1984-8), 355-359; both may be found, in the poet's own hand, in NLW MS 3059D (Mostyn MS 163), pp. 189 and 202.
Jones, Rhys, 1713-1801
The Literary Life of Thomas Pennant, &c.
An illustrated copy of The Litterary Life of Thomas Pennant, Esqr. Copy of the Original MS ... signed by Pennant, 1 March 1790, being possibly the actual copy offered by Pennant to Richard Bull in a letter dated 29 May 1790 (see NLW MS 5500C). It is followed by printed copies of some of the appendices to The Literary Life of the late [sic] Thomas Pennant, Esq. ... (published 1793), including A Letter from a Welch Freeholder to his Representative (Chester, 1784), Of the Patagonians (Darlington, 1788), Flintshire Petition (1779) and A Letter to a Member of Parliament on Mail Coaches (London, 1792); a copy of American Annals; or Hints and Queries, for Parliament Men, 1775-8; broadsheets, 1792, 1798, etc.
Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798
A manuscript containing lectures on anatomy, surgery, 'physicke', etc., taken down by Charles George Ireland, together with a letter, 24 May 1798, from William Morgan, Actuary, Equitable Assurance Office, London.
Ireland, Charles George Transcripts of lectures (late 18 cent.), NLW MS 2149D
Cywyddau, englynion, etc., gan Rhys [Rice] Jones o'r Blaenau. (Gynt A. E. Jones, Y Goppa MS)
Cywyddau, englynion, etc., gan Rhys [Rice] Jones o'r Blaenau. (Gynt A. E. Jones, Y Goppa MS) Rhwng byrddau. Rhoddwyd gan Mrs A. E. Jones, Trawsfynydd, 1959-1961.
Jones, Rhys, 1713-1801
Lord Lyttleton's Journey through Part of Wales
A booklet containing transcripts, [18 cent, last ¼], of two letters, dated 6 July 1755 [sic] at Bryn Kyr [Brynkir], Caernarvonshire (ff. 1-10), and 14 July 1755 [sic] at Shrewsury (ff. 10 verso-16), from George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, ostensibly to his brother [Charles], describing a tour through parts of Shropshire and North Wales.
The text, with some differences, was published in The Works of George Lord Lyttelton…, pub. by George Edward Ayscough, Esq. (London: printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1774, ESTC T79264), pp. 736-751; in print, however, the letters are addressed to 'Mr [Archibald] Bower' and are dated 1756.
Lyttelton, Charles, 1714-1768
A commonplace book containing prognostications, weather lore, chronology, calendars, a table of Easter dates for 1600-1701 compiled by Rice Jones in 1598, an account of the English alphabet, historical 'englynion', and miscellaneous verse. The volume belonged in the eighteenth century to David Jones, Trefriw, who copied into it extracts from William Salesbury: A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe ... and from the almanacks of Thomas Jones, and some genealogical memoranda.
Jones, Rice, fl. 1598
Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir): Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards ..., &c.
A copy of Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir), Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards translated into English ... (London, 1764, ESTC T145881), bound with Rhys Jones, Gorchestion Beirdd Cymru ... (Shrewsbury, 1773, ESTC T116041). On blank leaves added to the volume and on the margins of printed pages David Samwell (1751-1798) has transcribed poems by himself and by other writers and there are also obituary notices of Welsh poets and others by Samwell, as well as press cuttings and a printed copy of Ode for the First of March, 1791, St. David's Day. Inscribed to the Gwyneddigion Society of London, by Dafydd Ddu Feddyg ([?London], 1791, ESTC T231564). Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) (1747-1826) has added some notes on Glamorgan bards.
Iolo Morganwg, 1747-1826
Transcripts of poetry and correspondence, &c.
Transcripts by David Samwell (1751-1798) of poetry and of letters from Goronwy Owen (1723-1769) to Lewis Morris (1701-1765) and William Elias (1708-1787), Plas y Glyn, Anglesey; also included in the volume is a stipple-engraved portrait of Robert Hughes (Robin Ddu o Fôn) (fl. 1793).
Samwell, David, 1751-1798
A notebook, containing geographical memoranda, bearing the names of Abigail Powell, 1726, and Eliza Maria Lewis, 1755.
Powell, Abigail, fl. 1726
A volume containing an account of a tour in North Wales in the form of transcripts, [18 cent., last ¼], of four letters, dated 20-28 September 1776, sent from Caernarfon (pp. 1-25), Tan-y-Bwlch, Merioneth (pp. 27-49), Denbigh (pp. 50-74) and 'Rhyd Dyn' [Rhyddyn], Flintshire (pp. 75-95), commenting mainly on Welsh history and castles.
The transcripts have been heavily corrected and emended in a different hand. The author, who appears to have resided at Rhyddyn, is not named but may be the Rev. William Warrington. His correspondents are identified as a Mr Eyton (p. 1) and a Dr Jeffries (p. 49). Also included are a preface (ff. v-vii) and several versions of a passage, in the same hand as the emendations, relating an encounter with some Irishmen (f. i verso).
Warrington, William
A volume, 1800-1801, in the hand of Hugh Maurice (1775-1825) containing the laws of Hywel Dda in the Demetian Code, copied from Cardiff MS 2.7 (a copy of BL Cotton MS Titus D ix), together with an extract relating to Hywel Dda from the Myvyrian Archaiology text of Brut y Tywysogion (pp. 242-3).
Maurice, Hugh, 1775-1825
Memoirs of Thomas Jones, Pencerrig
Memoirs and journal, compiled 1798, of the artist Thomas Jones, Pencerrig, recounting in detail his life in London, France and especially Italy during the second half of the eighteenth century.
The volume briefly recounts Jones's ancestry and early years, becoming more detailed from the 1760s, with the last detailed entry being for December 1783 (f. 218 verso); the bulk of these later entries are extracts from Jones's own journals. The final entry was signed by the artist at Pencerrig, November 1798 (f. 220 verso). The main text, including some later deletions, is written on the versos only; notes and emendations, [1798x1803], have been added by Jones on the rectos and the volume has been signed and dated 1803 by him inside the front cover. Family memoranda, in a different hand, have been added after Jones's death (ff. 225 verso). Friends and acquaintances referred to include the artists William Pars (ff. 15 verso-177 passim), Richard Wilson (ff. 17 verso-20 verso, 35 verso, 56 verso, 85, 90 verso-91, 219 verso), John Hamilton Mortimer (21 verso, 27 verso-48 verso passim, 59 verso, 64 verso, 136 verso, 217 verso), Guiseppe Marchi (ff. 27 verso, 36 verso), Thomas Hardwick (ff. 66 verso-70 verso, 90 verso-100 verso, 115 verso, 130 verso) and Anton Raphael Mengs (ff. 101 verso, 130 verso, 148 verso, 161 verso), the composer Stephen Storace (ff. 117 verso-121, 146 verso), and the art collector Sir William Hamilton (ff. 127 verso-188 verso passim, 215 verso, 219 verso). A sketch of Mount Vesuvius is on f. 118; a plan of his lodgings in Naples is on f. 142. For a complete transcript (with index) see 'Memoirs of Thomas Jones, Penkerrig, Radnorshire', The Walpole Society, 32 (1951), 1-162; this transcript is also available on the Library's website.
Jones, Thomas, 1742-1803.
An outline of Mr Southey's poem entitled Madoc
A volume, [1805] (watermark 1800), in the hand of 'J.W.L.' [probably Sir James Winter Lake, bart], containing an outline of Robert Southey's poem 'Madoc'.
The outline consists of a prose summary of the contents of parts one (ff. 7-111) and two (ff. 113-218) of the poem, as first published in Robert Southey, Madoc, 2 vols (London, 1805), with numerous quotations from the text throughout. A list of characters (ff. 4-5) and closing notes (ff. 218-219) are based on Southey's Preface. Also included are some of Southey's notes on Bards from the appendix to Vol. 1 (ff. 66-68); a description of the beaver from Thomas Pennant, History of Quadrupeds, 2 vols (London: B. White, Fleet Street, 1781, ESTC T113535), pp. 383-387 (ff. 71-76); several ink and watercolour drawings (ff. 2 verso, 5, 6, 7, 70 verso, 75 verso, 112, 113, 219), some based on plates in the printed work; and four prints which have been pasted into the volume (ff. 3 recto-verso, 6 verso, 85 verso). The volume was written to commemorate 'the departure of an affectionate son to Prince of Wales's Island [now Penang, Malaysia] in the East Indies on Sat[urda]y April 20 1805' (see f. 3); the new chaplain assigned to Penang in 1805 was the Rev. Atwill Lake, son of Sir James Winter Lake, Edmonton, Middlesex.
Southey, Robert, 1774-1843
Sketch of a short tour into north Wales in July 1791
A volume containing a copy, [c. 1803] (watermark 1801), of a sketch of a tour of north Wales, as well as parts of England, undertaken on 7-30 July 1791, containing descriptions of places visited with particular emphasis on the state of the inns and the roads.
The sketch was written by an individual identified only as 'A.B.', travelling on horseback with his companion 'W.D.' (p. 1). Beginning in London, the journey to Wales took in Worcester, Bridgnorth, Coalbrookdale and Shrewsbury (pp. 2-24). In Wales their itinerary included Welshpool, Llangollen, Llanrwst, Conwy, Caernarfon, Beddgelert, Harlech, Barmouth, Dolgellau, Tywyn, Aberystwyth, Machynlleth, Newtown and Montgomery (pp. 24-76). They returned to London via Ludlow, Hereford and Gloucester (pp. 76-90). The volume includes accounts of the industrial works at Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge (pp. 13-18), the House of Industry [workhouse] at Shrewsbury (pp. 20-24), Castell Dinas Bran, Llangollen (pp. 30-31), Cernioge Mawr, Denbighshire (pp. 32-34), Aber[gwyngregyn], Caernarfonshire (pp. 39-45), the dilapidated state of Harlech and its castle (pp. 56-60), and Tal-y-llyn, Merioneth (pp. 67-69).
Correspondence relating to the Fourth Regiment of Dragoons
Final manuscript draft and printers' copy, [1801], for the [?first] edition of Correspondence Relative to the Stationing of a Troop of the Fourth Regiment of Dragoons in the County of Carnarvon (Chester: J. Fletcher, [March] 1801, Libri Walliae 2052), compiled by Edward Griffith of Caernarfon and Ymwlch, Justice of the Peace. The letters, here transcribed by an unidentified hand, relate to the controversy caused by a troop of the Fourth Dragoons being sent to Bangor and Caernarfon on 31 January 1801, in anticipation of further unrest following a disturbance in Caernarfon in November 1800.
Additions and corrections by Griffith, [1801x1806], post-date the publication of the first edition. This has not been seen but a cropped copy of the title-page is included in NLW MS 23626E; the present text corresponds to pp. 1-34 of the second edition (Chester: J. Fletcher, [April] 1801), with some variants. The correspondents represented include Griffith himself, the Duke of Portland, then Home Secretary (pp. 31, 49-50), Viscount Bulkeley (pp. 20-20b, 48, 51), and various county gentry and Dragoon officers.
Griffith, Edward, d. 1820
An order, signed by Charles Williams Wynn (1775-1850), to pay £13.3.6 to the Governor and Company of Chelsea Waterworks for supplying water to the Treasury and to other houses and stables belonging thereunto from 10 October 1805 to 5 January 1806.
Wynn, Charles Watkin Williams, 1775-1850
Letters to Sir Richard Colt Hoare
Nineteen letters, 1804-1806, to Sir Richard Colt Hoare, mostly concerning antiquities in Brecknockshire and elsewhere in Wales, as well as Shropshire and Cheshire, and mostly relating to Hoare's research for his Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales, A.D. 1188, by Giraldus de Barri …, 2 vols (London, 1806) (ff. 1-34).
The correspondents include Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), 1 November 1804 (ff. 1-2), R[ichard] Fenton, 1805 (ff. 3-11), Theophilus Jones, [?1805] (ff. 16-17), William Owen [Pughe], 1805-1806 (ff. 18-23), and [the Rev.] Henry [Thomas] Payne, 1804-1805 (ff. 24-34). The letters also include a sketch map of possible Roman remains near Llanymynech, Montgomeryshire (f. 2); a transcript of a Latin document of 1295/6 relating to Shrawardine Castle (f. 15); and translations into English by William Owen [Pughe] of part of an ode and englynion by Cynddelw (f. 19 verso, 20-21). Also included are further notes by William Owen [Pughe] on Bardic lore and Cynddelw (ff. 35-47) and by Henry Thomas Payne on Giraldus Cambrensis (ff. 48-49).