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Papers of Lady Charlotte Guest (née Bertie), 1827-1851, [?1873], comprising manuscripts of parts of her English translation of the Mabinogion and their accompanying notes, 1838-[1843]; other manuscripts directly related to her work on the Mabinogion, [?late 1830s]-1851; early notes compiled by Charlotte Bertie (later Guest), on a variety of subjects, 1827-[1830s]; and other miscellaneous items including a deed box.

Bronze imp surrounded by bull-rushes.

Engraved plates for Lady Charlotte Guest's 'at Home' cards, addressed '39 Upper Grosvenor St.', [1835] (D2), and for cards of Sir John and Lady Charlotte Guest to decline invitations, addressed '13 Grosvenor Square', [1838x1839] (D3).

Black tin deed box, with 'Lady Charlotte Guest' painted on front, previously used to house the archive.

Miscellaneous items, [?1830s], relating to Charlotte Guest, comprising her deed box, two engraved plates for cards and a bronze imp.

A pen-and-ink tracing, [1830s], of part of the first page of the ballad Lord Willoughby; or, A true Relation of a Famous and Bloody Battel fought in Flanders, by the Noble and Valiant Lord Willoughby… ([London]: Printed for F. Coles, in Vine-Street, near Hatton-Garden, [c. 1680?], Wing L3059), including the first verse only.

Extracts in the hand of Charlotte Bertie, [early 1830s] (watermarks 1829), from various printed books, relating to the history of the Bertie family.
The works quoted are: a) Anthony à Wood, Athenae Oxoniensis… [and] the Fasti…, New edition by Philip Bliss (London, 1813-1820) (ff. 1-49, 82); b) An Historical and Descriptive Account of Lincolnshire (London, 1828) (ff. 51-54); c) William Camden, Annales: The True and Royall History of the Famous Empresse Elizabeth, Queene of England, France and Ireland, &c, translated by Abraham Darcie (London, 1625) (ff. 55-62); d) Richard Perrinchiefe, The Royal Martyr; or, The Life and Death of King Charles I (London, 1662) (f. 63); e) Imitations of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein in the Collection of his Majesty, for the Portraits of Illustrious Persons of the Court of Henry VIII, ed. by John Chamberlaine (London, 1792-[1800]) (ff. 65-74); f) Nicholas Harris Nicolas, The Siege of Carlaverock, in the XXVIII of Edward I… (London, 1828) (ff. 75-78); g) Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, 2 vols (London, 1811) (ff. 79-81, 83-91); h) Nicholas Harris Nicolas, A Synopsis of the Peerage of England, 2 vols (London, 1825) (ff. 93-98); j) David Erskine Baker, Biographia Dramatica; or, A Companion to the Playhouse, 2 vols (London, 1782) (f. 99); k) Lucy Hutchinson, Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, ed. by the Rev. Julius Hutchinson (London, 1806) (ff. 101-102); l) part of 'A poem on the Civil War, begun in the year 1641' by Abraham Cowley, from Examen Poeticum, ed. by John Dryden, 2nd edn. (London, 1706) (f. 103); and m) part of 'An elegie upon the Right Honourable The Earle of Lindsey' from Sir Francis Wortley, Characters and Elegies ([London], 1646, Wing W3634) (ff. 105-106).

Miscellaneous extracts and notes, copied 1827-1833 by C[harlotte] E. Bertie, relating to Persian, Turkish and other Oriental history, poetry and language; Spanish and European history; and other subjects.

Notes, 1827-1833, of Charlotte Bertie, comprising transcripts and notes relating to Middle Eastern and Oriental history and culture, and Spanish and European history; and extracts from printed books relating to Bertie family history. A pen-and-ink tracing, [1830s], of part of a printed ballad is also included.

A notebook, [?late 1830s], containing brief extracts from the first volume of the Cambrian Quarterly (1829) relating to the Mabinogion (f. 1); and a list of eighty books of Welsh interest (ff. 8-14, rectos only).

A notebook, 1838-[1842], containing references to and extracts from various printed works, in English, Welsh and French, collected by Charlotte Guest during her research for the notes to 'Peredur ab Efrawc', 'Geraint ab Erbin' and 'Breuddwyd Rhonabwy'.
The works quoted include Joseph Strutt, Glig Gamena Angel Deod; or, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, 2nd edn (London, 1810) (ff. 1-7), Rice Merrick, A Book of Glamorganshire Antiquities (Middle Hill, 1825) (ff. 18-20 verso) and The Works of Michael Drayton, Esq., 4 vols (London, 1753) (ff. 25-28).

A notebook used by Charlotte Guest, [?1839]-[?1845], mostly to compile lists of titles of notes for each of the Mabinogion tales (except for 'The Lady of the Fountain'). The most substantial list, for 'Kilhwch and Olwen', contains 379 potential notes (ff. 21-34), while a revised list of sixty-three closely corresponds to the titles for the published notes (ff. 46, 47, 48). Drafts of actual notes occur on ff. 14 verso-15 verso, 17, 18, 35-40, 42, 42 and 45. The contents of The Mabinogion... Parts II (1839) and III (1840) are listed on ff. 11 and 14 respectively.

An abstract, [1838x1839], in English, of Hartmann von Aue's German version of 'Sir Ywaine', together with notes on both his and Ulrich's versions of the poem. It was used by Charlotte Guest in preparing her notices on the German versions of 'Sir Ywaine' [see Mabinogion (1849), I, 227-229].
The abstract is arranged as 12 songs, following Carl Michaeler's edition of 1786.

A transcript, dated 18 August 1851 (watermarks 1833), in an unknown hand, of part of the Hengwrt manuscript 'Ystoryaeu Seint Greal' (now Peniarth MS 11). The transcript consists of the whole of the first part (ff. 1-233) and the beginning of the second part (ff. 233-254), corresponding to Y Seint Greal..., ed. by the Rev. Robert Williams, M.A. (London, 1876), pp. 1-188.

Transcript, [?early 1840s] (watermarks 1836), [in the hand of John Jones (Tegid)], of the original Welsh text of 'Chwedyl y Seithnyn doeth' from the Red Book of Hergest.

A notebook containing a transcript, dated 21 June 1843, in the hand of the Rev. T. Price (Carnhuanawc), of 'Proffwydoliaeth yr Eryr yng Nghaer Septon', from the Red Book of Hergest (ff. 1-9, rectos only).

A transcript, dated 3 April 1840, of the Welsh text of 'Sir Bevis of Hampton' [or 'Ystorya Bown o Hamtwn'], in the autograph of Ioan Tegid [i.e. John Jones (Tegid)] (B2/1); together with a booklet, entitled 'Bown of Hampton', containing a translation of the first few lines into English in the autograph of Lady Guest, [1842] (B2/2).

Nine letters, 1842-1843, addressed mostly to Charlotte Guest, comprising a letter, 3 December 1842, from the Rev. Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), Llanrhaiadr, to Wm Rees, printer, Llandovery, relating to explanatory notes on 'Breuddwyd Rhonabwy' (ff. 1-2); letters from the Rev. W. J. Rees, Cascob Rectory, Presteigne, to Lady Guest, 3 January 1843, informing her of the existence of a copy of the Greal at Hengwrt (ff. 3-4), and 8 April 1843, forwarding information concerning the Greal, which accompanies the letter (ff. 7-9); letters from the Rev. T. Price (Carnhuanawc), Y Persondy, to Lady Guest, 7 January 1843, concerning his 'Quest of Charlemagne', with 'Notes for the Opening Note to Taliesin' (f. 5), 13 March 1843, containing criticism of her treatment of the 'Tair Gormes' and references to translations and proof-reading (f. 6), 6 May 1843, enclosing the M. Hughes letter, now f. 11 (see below), and advising her concerning the copy of the Greal at Hengwrt (f. 11), and 12 May 1843, relating to 'Breuddwyd Maxen' and 'Taliesin', and criticising Dr Wm Owen Pughe (f. 12); a letter, 1 May 1843, from [the Rev.] M[organ] Hughes, Corwen, to [the Rev. T. Price (Carnhuanawc)], replying to a request, on behalf of Lady Guest, concerning the Greal MS at Hengwrt (f. 10); and a letter, 20 May 1843, from Aneurin Owen to [William] Rees, Llandovery, relating to the Greal (ff. 13-14). Also included is a brief note in the hand of Carnhuanawc, concerning the Greal, [n.d.] (f. 15).

Miscellaneous loose notes and other papers of Charlotte Guest, relating to the Mabinogion, comprising a transcript of the text 'Pann aeth llu y lychlyn' from the Red Book of Hergest, in the hand of John Jones (Tegid), dated 22 March 1842 (f. 1); notes on 'The Seven wise Men', 'Amys and Amelion' and 'Bevis' (ff. 2-4); two leaves of notes relating to the 'History of Taliesin' (ff. 5-6); a note, [early 1840s], by Carnhuanawc concerning the translation of the 'Mabinogi of Taliesin' printed in Cambrian Quarterly Magazine, 5 (1833) (f. 7); an abstract of the first two chapters of the French prose version of Perceval le Gallois, together with a transcript of the chapter titles for the 'Elucidacion de Hlystoire du Graal' [see Mabinogion… (1849), I, 395-6] (ff. 8-9); a note on Southey's introduction to the Morte d'Arthur (f. 10); various further notes (ff.11-22); part (pp. 401-408 only) of Aneurin Owen's 'Catalogue of Welsh Manuscripts, etc., in North Wales, No. II', from Transactions of the Cymmrodorion or Cambrian Metropolitan Institution, 2.4 (1843) (ff. 23-26); and an offprint of part (pp. 17-32) of an unidentified edition of 'Li Livres Du Saint Graal', in French but with footnotes and marginal annotations in English, [?1873] (ff. 27-34).

A draft, [1840]-[1841] (watermark 1839), of 'The Companionship of Amlyn and Amic...', in the autograph of Charlotte Guest, being her translation into English of 'Kedymdeithas Amlyn ac Amic' from the Red Book of Hergest.