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'Llyfr Silin yn cynnwys Achau amryw Deuluoedd yn Ngwynedd, Powys, &c.', being a transcript by John Jenkins of the pedigrees contained in MS. 1666.

'The Mabus Manuscript containing the Pedigrees of the Gentry of Carmarthenshire, Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire .... carefully transcribed from the Copy of David Rowlands Esqr. of Chatham by J[ohn] J[enkins] Kerry, 1829'. The transcript was completed in 1830 by D. Davies, junior.

Miscellaneous notes by Walter Davies.

An index, prepared by Walter Davies, of proper names, mainly Welsh personal and place-names; englynion and other poems; and miscellaneous notes.

Transcripts by Walter Davies of 'Y Gododdin' and other Welsh poems, and extracts from T. R. Malthus : An Essay on the Principle of Population.

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.

A book of legal precedents compiled by Philip Holland, Neath.

Transcripts by Walter Davies, with notes and observations, of Edward Lhuyd's summary of answers to his 'Parochial Queries ...', and of Lhuyd's Itinerary throug [sic] Wales extracted out of Mr Lloyd of Caerwys's Copy of the Hallstone MS; and abstracts, also by Walter Davies, from some of Edward Lhuyd's correspondence.

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.

'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.

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.

Two volumes of miscellaneous transcripts mainly in the hand of Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain, 1761-1849), relating to the antiquities, history, topography, language, and literature of Wales. They include catalogues of Welsh manuscripts; transcripts of manuscripts of Evan Evans (Ieuan Brydydd Hir), of letters of Edward Lhuyd, Lewis Morris, Goronwy Owen, etc., of Strata Marcella abbey charters, of monumental inscriptions, of Evan Evans's transcripts of Richard Farrington's archaeological notes, etc.; notes on Llanerfyl, Llangadfan, and Garthbeibio, written by William Jones, Llangadfan, and sent by him, with letters, to Walter Davies; a letter, 1792, from Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) to Walter Davies; an extract, by Lewis Morris, from his Celtic Remains; Marwnad Lewis Morys ... by Goronwy Owen, in the autograph of Evan Evans; etc. Both volumes are indexed.

Collectively called the Crosswood Manuscripts after their Montgomeryshire home, this collection consists of three groups of manuscripts known as the Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain) Manuscripts, the John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri) Manuscripts, and the Frances Althea Trevor Manuscripts.