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A miscellaneous collection of records mainly relating to Wales compiled towards the middle of the seventeenth century. -- The manuscript begins on page 53 with extracts from 'Llyfr Coch Asaph', with the additions from the hand of William Bullocke, as in Peniarth MS 231 - a manuscript written by Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt, and most probably the immediate source of the Nefydd version; the 'summa' of 'Llyfr Coch Asaph' compiled in 1602, which is also contained in Peniarth MS 231, as well as the list of contents of another St. Asaph record - the 'liber pergamenus' which is now deposited with the Church in Wales records at the National Library; a transcript of a record of proceedings on a writ of quare impedit brought by the Prince of Wales against Howel Gymen and a hundred and seventeen others, touching the advowson of a prebend in the collegiate church of Holyhead ('prebenda de Castro Keby') supplied by 'Mr. Ellice the Councellor'; a collection of historical records relating to Wales taken directly from the hand of Robert Vaughan in Peniarth MS 236; a transcript of the 'Historia Britonum' of Nennius, copied out of a book given to John Selden by William Camden, compared with a version in 'Oxford Library' under the name of 'Gilda Minor', and ending with an extract from a Cottonian manuscript (pp. 245-88); a copy of the statutes of Chester Cathedral, temp. Henry VIII (pp. 289-310); 'Ymrafaelion henwau Ynys Brydain', etc. - seventeen chapters of pseudo-history and description of the Isle of Britain (cf. slightly different versions in Peniarth MSS 163 and 215), with a supplement containing accounts of place-names not included in the main text, a reference to the earthquake of 1574/5, the wonders of Scotland and Ireland, the conversion of the various British nations to Christianity, and 'y naw helwriaeth', 'mesurau cerdd dant', and 'trioedd mab y krinwas' (pp. 312-49). -- At the end of the volume are a number of documents relating to Cheshire and Flintshire - a note of entail of Flintshire lordships, Flintshire rents of assize, the customs of Dee mills and other records taken from a book of Edward Whitby, recorder of Chester, and a transcript of Robert Vaughan's copy of the fealty roll of the Prince of Wales, 29 Edward I .

A portion, covering the years 1643-1665, of a volume containing records of the Court Leet and Court Baron of the manor of Glyndoverdwy. A feature of the records is the description of the earmarks of stray sheep.

A miscellany containing a metrical dissertation on Psalm 8, verses 3 and 4, followed by a poem dealing with the seven planets; 'Darlleniad diwiol'; 'Carol i Fair', beginning 'Yngwledydd Judea yr oedd Zackaria'; a part of a carol by Mathe[w] Owen; a 'cywydd', a 'dyri', and a carol by Huw Morus; a 'dyri' by Edwart Rolant ('o'r bala'); 'Erapater dros byth a gaed o lyfr Thomas Jones ... 1701'; farm notes for 1702; etc. -- Much of the volume is in the hand of Richard Roberts, whose name, with the date 'Mai 21, 1699', appears on one folio. At the end of the manuscript is the note: - 'Llyfr y coch o Hergist yn y glasgoed y mae ef'.

A copy of the ballad 'Ymddiddan rhwng hen wr dall a'r Angau', followed by a religious poem beginning 'O pwy fel fi syn yn y byd yn amme ac yn credu o hyd ...'. The volume belonged to Edmund Lewis in 1763.

A part of a notebook containing a number of hymns, all of which were published in 1767 in Golwg ar Ddull y Byd hwn yn myned heibio.

'Can yn adgofio Tymor ieuenctyd, &c.' written by 'Gwerinwr' for an eisteddfod at Cardiff in 1858.

Miscellaneous poems, some of them written for Monmouthshire eisteddfodau, including a copy of an 'awdl' by Peter Jones ('Pedr Fardd'), elegies on Daniel Jones (Tongwynlais), and Christmas Evans; poems by John Palmer, Shrewsbury; etc.

Eleven printed diaries (Poor Robin, Merlinus Liberatus, Merlinus Anglicus junior, The Coelestial Atlas, Tymhorol ac Wybrenawl Newyddion) for the years 1729, 1731, 1732, 1739, 1768, 1770, 1773 (2), 1778, 1780, and 1789 kept by Edmund Jones (1702-1793), of The Tranch, Pontypool, Independent minister; the entries include texts of sermons, names of places at which sermons were preached, lists of persons received into communion, sums given to charity, 'benevolences' received, horoscopic diagrams, details of books bought or lent, 'sayings and doings of erroneous men', accounts relating to the printing of the diarist's A Relation of Apparitions of Spirits in the Principality of Wales, published in 1780, references to Miles Harry, Howell Harris, and William Williams, Pantycelyn, and to the followers of Daniel Rowland, Llangeitho, etc.

A fragment of a commentary on the Gospel according to Saint Luke and Saint John.

Extracts from books and journals, including poems and 'The Address of the Ancient Britons to ... The Prince of Wales, March 1st, 1773'.

A small notebook kept by Christmas Evans (1766-1838), Baptist minister. Described on the inside of the front cover as 'Llyfr yn Cynhwys cyfrif o'r gasgl a ddygwyd ymlaen trwy y Deheudir gan C[hristmas] E[vans] a J[ohn] R[oberts] yn y flwyddyn 1815 [?]', the volume contains a copy of a resolution passed at a meeting in Llanerchymedd, November 14, 1815, relating to sums collected and expended by Christmas Evans in both North and South Wales, together with sermons and notes.

Seven volumes of sermons by Christmas Evans, with notes of addresses given by him at Bible Society meetings.

'Barn Christmas Evans am William Morgan a'r blaid Sandemonaidd ym Môn, Taxwedd 27, 1826'.

Miscellanea of Ben Jones ('P.A. Môn', i.e., 'Prif Arwyddfardd Môn'; 1788-1841), including a note on the Baptist cause at Aberffraw, 'Ideas to Xmas Evans', etc.

Miscellanea of Ben Jones ('P.A. Môn'), including 'Ellis Jones Coach Account for December 24, 1821 To August 3, 1822', 'Sandeman a Morgan Ratler ym Môn o 1790 i 1825', 'Cerdd i'r Gwr y torrwyd ei law, ac y diengodd y lleidr oddiarno - neu'r Gwr a dorrodd ei ffenestr i ffuantu lladroniaeth arno er duo ei gymmodogion ... Mawrth 8, 1825', 'Darluniad o Dy Cyfarfod y Trefnyddion Calfinaidd a elwir Moria, yn nhref Caerynarfon ...', 'Gwrthdystiad merched Cymru' (see Seren Gomer, 1829), etc.

'Cyngaws y Brenin Crws ac eraill v Wil y Gwyddel ac eraill ...', written for Seren Gomer.

An incomplete essay - 'Ychydig o Hanes rhai o Feirdd [a Llenorion] Gwent Morganwg un o Destunau Cymdeithas Cymreigyddion Blaenau Gwent, Medi 1854' - by 'Y Llercyn Llwyd', i.e., T. E. Watkins ('Eiddil Ifor'), with a letter, May 11, 1854, from Jonathan Reynolds ('Nathan Dyfed') to 'Eiddil Ifor'.

Eight volumes of notes of sermons preached between 1798 and 1817 at Pershore, Evesham, Tewkesbury, Birmingham, Pontypool, Abergavenny, etc., by John Rowlands, Baptist minister.

Miscellaneous papers of Daniel Jones (1788-1862), Baptist Minister at Liverpool, Cowbridge, Felinfoel, Tongwynlais, etc., father-in law of 'Nefydd'. They include 'Trwydded Farddonawl Daniel Jones Cwmsarnddu gerllaw Llanymddyfri; o Eisteddfod Mon, Awst 15, 1815 ...', 'Hanes C[hristmas] Evans yn Merthyr', 'Cadwraeth yr Iaith Gymraeg, trwy ddylanwad yr Ysgol Sabothol', 'Ffiniau neu Derfynau Plwyf y Blaenau neu Aberystrwyth', obituary notices of Robert Edwards (Dinas), Dafydd Bowen, etc., a note headed 'Cydunwyd fel y canlyn gan ychidig frodyr a gyfarfu yn Addoldy Heol Emwnt ar nos wener y 300 o fawrth 1821', sermon notes, etc.

A 'pryddest' entitled 'Ar ddefnyddioldeb yr Ysgol Sabbothol, Testyn Eisteddfod Llysymaen, Hydref 22, 1855', an 'awdl' entitled 'Cymru' sent to 'Eisteddfod Aberafon ... Mehefin 23, 1853', and 'Pryddest i, neu ar Ddyffryn Clwyd, i Sylw Beirniaid Eisteddfod Dimbych, 1860' - all by Daniel Jones.