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A manuscript in the hand of Moses Williams entitled 'Lexicon Historicum Brit:', being an index to the proper names occurring in the Triads, the Mabinogion, Englynion y Clywaid, De Situ Brecheniauc (MS Cott.), 'Gwehelyth Saint Ynys B.' (Harleian MS 95 A. XVI), Achau y Saint, Llyfr Gutun Owain, Historia Kulhwch ac Olwen, Breuddwyd Maxen, Breuddwyd Rhonabwy, Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys and Brut y Tywysogion.

A manuscript containing the Laws of Hywel Dda. The volume is inscribed 'Cod[ex] M. Williams 1724. Ex dono Ervditissimi Wottoni.'

A manuscript in the autograph of Moses Williams containing Welsh proverbs translated into Latin. Inside the front cover is inscribed: 'Transcribed out a MS. writ by Dr Davies. The Drs.' First and Second Translations are in the Harleian Library. There is another Copy with additions by Mr Vaughan of Hengwrt.' The transcript is mostly written on one side only of the folios, leaving the other side for the many additions made by the transcriber. After f. 97 there are five leaves of additions on paper of a smaller size, and ff. 129-138 contain 'additional Proverbs by Mr. W. Langford late Parson of Llan fawr communicated by the Rev. Mr. Ball Vicar of Northop'.
This collection of proverbs is fuller than the one printed by Dr John Davies at the end of his Dictionary.

A manuscript containing the Mabinogion (pp. 1-64); the Dream of Maxen Wledic (p. 65); the Adventure of Llvdd and Llevelys (p. 74); and the History of Kulhwch and Olwen (pp. 81-120).
The text was transcribed from the Red Book of Hergest and collated by Moses Williams.

A manuscript containing Welsh laws (pp. 1-96) and the 'Elucidations' (pp. 97-535), written in the hand of John Jones, Gellilyfdy prior to 25 September 1619 (see pp. 67, 535). Where the text is imperfect Moses Williams has written its contents in the margins.
The text of pp. 1-96 of this manuscript corresponds with that of Peniarth MS 29, pp. 1-51, while the remainder may be a copy of Peniarth MS 278. The original of pp. 97-535 was either imperfect or frequently illegible as dots indicating lacunae are frequent. Much of the matter of this second part is the same as the 'Elucidations' in Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales, Vol. ii, Book XIV. The text ends abruptly at the beginning of the sixth line on p. 535.

A manuscript in the hand of Moses Williams containing 'Consuedines Civitatis Hereford'; 'Consuetudines Arcenfield Ex Libro cui tit: Domesdei:' and extracts from the record of Caernarfon.

A manuscript containing a Welsh grammar. A note in the hand of Moses Williams reads: 'This copy is out of a MS. lent me by R. Mostyn of Penbedw Esqr., which MS. formerly belong'd to Thomas ap Ivan of Hendre Forfydd [i.e. Peniarth MS 157]. Twas compared with the said MS. 29 Julii 1717 ... Twas also collated with another copy that was once in the possession of Huw ab Owen alias Huw Machno.' There are notes by Moses Williams on the text throughout the volume.

A manuscript in the hand of Moses Williams containing 'Prawf fod Degymmeu yn ddyledus wrth Ordinhad Duw', being a translation into Welsh. A note by Moses Williams states: 'Gorphènwyd ei gyfieithu y 19 Chwefror 1720/1'.

A manuscript in the hand of Moses Williams containing 'A Chronological Account of the several Editions of the Scripture in Welsh', which included 'a thin Book in Qto, that contained among other things, the Lord's Prayer & the Decalogue', which 'I suppose was done by Sir John Pryse [London, 1567]'. Loose in the manuscript is a letter from 'Rich: Morris to W. Jones'.

A manuscript containing lives of saints, etc. An index is included on p. i.
Pp. i, 427-433 are in the hand of Moses Williams. A note - 'Pretium £1 . 4 . 6 An. 1715' - on the fly-leaf is in the same hand as most of the manuscript. At the end of the Life of St Margaret, which begins at p. 427, the scribe has written 'Felly y terfyna buchedd saint y Marged a esgrifenodd Tho: Evans 1628 fis Mawrth 5 dydd'.

A manuscript in the hand of Moses Williams containing 'Y Groclith' (ff. 1-22) and 'Rybud Gabriel at Veir' (ff. 23-26) (Luke i, 26-38), both of which are written in two columns, the one in mediæval, the other in modern orthography.

A manuscript in the hand of Samuel Williams (c. 1660 - c. 1722), vicar of Llandyfriog, Cardiganshire, containing forty-four sermons translated from or based on several authors e.g. [Simon] Patrick [successively bishop of Chichester and of Ely], [Nicholas] Brady [the elder], [Thomas] Adams, [Friedrich] Spanheim, [George] Smalridge [bishop of Bristol], [Theophilus] Dorrington, Cl[ement] Ellis, [Robert] Bragge [dissenting minister], etc. There is a list of contents at the beginning of the volume, and hymns ('Myfi yw'r Adgyfodiad mawr...', etc.) and metrical psalms by [Edmwnd Prys and] William Middleton have been written on the fly-leaves and in blank spaces at the end of some of the sermons. There are some additions, among them the Lord's Prayer, in the hand of the scribe's son, Moses Williams (1685-1742), vicar of Defynnog. Entries on the back of one of the original covers, also in the hand of Moses Williams, indicate that some of the sermons were preached at Dyvynog [Defynnog] and Cap[el] Ill[t]ud during the years 1728-30.

An alphabetical index by J. H. Davies of first lines of strict metre poetry by mediaeval Welsh bards, together with a similar index of abbreviations of bards' names. The index consists of a transcript of Moses Williams: Repertorium Poeticum (1726), with a large number of additions by J. H. Davies, including the additions in the interleaved copy of the Repertorium Poeticum in NLW MS 717. There are a few notes at the end of the volume, together with some insets, relating largely to the location of Welsh manuscripts. The volume is lettered 'Index. Welsh Poetry'.

Copies of letters to Evan Evans, Dr Percy, Lewis Morris and William Morris; two autograph letters to Principal Davies; [?letters from] William Morris, Evan Evans, Thomas Percy, S. Peggi, Moses Williams and T. Vaughan Roberts, [18 cent.]-1918; and miscellaneous papers.