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A collection of secular and religious prose in two hands from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
The manuscript includes the romances of Peredur and Charlemagne; Ystoria Adda; Ystoria Pilatus; and Ystoria Judas Iscariot; and an account of the Crucifixion and the finding of the Cross.

The Elucidarium in English and Welsh; the Apostles' Creed; the Pater Noster, with commentary upon it translated into Welsh, and other religious texts; and a fragment of the White Book of Rhydderch containing triads, bonedd y saint, englynion and proverbs.

Versions of the Cysegrlan Fuchedd dating from the second half of the 16th century.

Brut y Brenhinedd; and theological and other tracts written in one hand of the late 13th to the early 14th centuries.
The manuscript is written in the same hand as the second part of Peniarth MS 7. The right-hand edges are often irregular.

Brut y Brenhinoedd (p. 1) and Brut y Saeson (p. 133) in the hand of Dafydd ap Meredith Glais and dating from 1444.

Poetry of Siôn Tudur, Siôn Phylip, Gruffudd Hiraethog and others.

A transcript of the Black Book of Carmarthen (see Peniarth MS 1) by Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt.

A mid-17th century manuscript comprising poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym, Iolo Goch and others.

'Cywyddau' of Tudur Aled and others, including Iolo Goch, Siôn Cent and Guto'r Glyn.
Pp. 19-24, 283-296 and a loose leaf are in later hands, as are the titles of poems and the marginalia. The hands of William Salesbury (pp. 73, 153, 154), Siôn Mawddwy (pp. 144-5, 146-7), and [Siôn] Tudur (p. 266) appear in the marginalia.

Poetry copied by John Jones of Gellilyfdy while he was detained in the Fleet Street prison (p. 63).
The contents are divided into three parts and are numbered accordingly.

Poetry in a single 17th century hand mostly addressed to Lewis Gwynn (d. 1552), constable of Tref Esgob.
Also included are the Gwehelyth of Brycheiniog, Arwystl and Morgannwg; the Lapidari; and Marwnadau Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal.

Poetry mainly of William Phyllip of Hendre Fechan, written mostly in a single hand.

Poetry of Siôn Cain in his own hand, 1623-1647, with dates given for most of the works. The titles are in the hand of Robert Vaughan.

Poetry of Siôn and Rhys Cain and others, mostly in the poets' respective hands.
Dates given to entries in the manuscript range from 1594 to 1648.

Transcripts from the Red Book of Hergest of Geoffrey's Historia, Bown of Haptwn and various poetry; glossaries for William Morgan's translations of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, William Salesbury's Mathew, Mark and Luke (1567), and for the Laws of Hywel Dda; a letter from William Mydleton to Dr John David Rhys (1582); and an account of the giants of Wales; also included are pedigrees, in several hands.
The main hands are those of Dr John David Rhys and William Middleton. Sections of the manuscript were written by clerks under the direction of Dr John David Rhys (see Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. I (London, 1898-1905), 718-726 for more details).

A manuscript written in several hands comprising poetry of Siôn Cent and others; the text of Meddygon Myddfai; a catalogue of the Hengwrt manuscripts; letters of Robert Joseph, monk of the Abbey at Evesham, in Latin; measures of land in Caernarvonshire; and other texts.
A list of Robert Joseph's correspondents can be found in Bensley's Catalogue (see below for details).

Poetry by Simwnt Fychan, Siôn Tudur and others; and fragments of prose texts in the hand of Richard ap John of Scorlegan, Denbighshire, and many others.
Also included are several passages in Latin, including dates of births and baptisms of the children of William Humphreys, and entries mainly dating from the early 18th century and relating to contemporary issues.