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An assessment, taken 15 October 1660, of the inhabitants of the townships of Aston, Crickheath, Cynhinion, Hisland, Llanforda, Maesbury, Middleton, Morton, Pentre-gaer, Swinau, Sychdyn, Trefarclawdd, Treflach, Trefonnen and Wootton, in the parish of Oswestry, Shropshire.
Endorsed is a list of the names of the assessors, namely Arthur Hanmer, Richard Lloyd, Thomas Powell, John Key, John Jones, Jeffrey Griffiths and John Thomas, and of Edward Owen and John Davies, churchwardens (f. 9 verso).

A few items kept separate from the remainder of Brogyntyn MS II.38 on account of their format. They comprise a copy of J[ohn] R[alph] O[rmsby] G[ore], The Knights of St. John of Jerusalem... (London, 1838) (the autograph draft of which is in MS II.38i, ff. 22-42); two leaves from a reprinted copy of The Times, 3 October 1798 (see MS II.38i, ff. 20-21, for photocopies); and a wallet containing a few blank leaves.

A volume containing a late-eighteenth century copy of 'A Short Account of the Rebellion in North & South Wales in Oliver Cromwell's Time copy'd from a Manuscript', recording events in Wales during the English Civil War from its commencement in 1642 to the execution of Charles I in 1649 and through the Commonwealth Period until 1656 (ff. 1-13 verso, 22-30; ff. 12 verso-13 verso and f. 28 are in Welsh).
The author gives a non-partisan account of the conflict, although sometimes referring to the excesses of the Parliamentary forces; his statement on f. 1 verso that he was a resident of Llanfachreth and Dolgellau, Merionethshire, suggests an identification with Robert Vaughan (1592?-1666) of Hengwrt. The volume also includes a short chronology of events in England, Scotland, Ireland, and abroad, 1600-1653 (ff. 14-19); the names of the principal officers and the numbers from other ranks taken and killed at the Battle of Nantwich, 25 January 1643 (f. 19 verso); 'The Humble Petition of many Thousands in ye Counties of Northwales', concerning the ejection of ministers from their churches and the sequestering of tithes by the Act made 22 February 1649 for propagating the gospel in Wales (f. 20); memoranda and copies of documents relating to the parliamentary elections for Merionethshire, 1654 and 1658, including a letter, 30 September 1654, from Simon Thelwall, Plas-y-Ward, and Humphrey Jones, Plas-yn-ddôl, to the friends of John Vaughan, Cefnbodig, Penllyn, one of the candidates, and a letter, 23 December 1658, from Howel Vaughan, Glan-y-llyn, and others to Lewis Owen, Peniarth, expressing their opinion that the latter would be a fit person to serve as member for the county at the next Parliament (ff. 20 verso-21 verso); and an account of an apparition of a battle seen in 1656 by eight eyewitnesses at Tre'r-go between Newborough and Aberffraw, Anglesey (ff. 29 verso-30).

Printed items, 1635-1684, including two prospectuses, in the form of conjoint pairs of leaves, announcing disputations, for the degrees of doctor of medicine and doctor of theology respectively, at the University of Franeker, Holland, the one: ΣΥΝΦΕΩ dispvtatio medica inavgvralis, de suppressione mensium ... ex authoritate ... Henrici Rhala, J. U. Doct. & in illustri academia, quӕ est Franekerӕ, historiarum & eloquentiӕ professoris, ac p.t. rectoris magnifici, ... tueri conabitur Johannes Sadler, Anglus ... (Franekerӕ: Uldericus Balck, 1635) (ff. 1-2 verso), and the other: Ideӕ theologiӕ disputatio xxxl de redemtorum vocatione per sacramentorum exhibitionem in genere ... sub prӕsidio ... Johannis Clutonis, S.S. theologiӕ doctoris, defendendam suscipiet Hansonius Huss, Leov. Fris. (Franekerӕ: Vldericus Balck, 1635) (ff. 5-6 verso), each containing a Latin poem to the respective candidates, John Sadler and Hans Huss, by Lambrock Thomas (Cambro-Britanni, d. 1672), later dean of Chichester.
Also included are a small portion cut from the title page of another copy of the first prospectus together with another copy of the Latin poem to Sadler (ff. 3-4 verso); and a leaf containing a poem to a rhinoceros beginning 'This noble She Rhinoceros' headed by an engraving of the animal with the caption 'The prodigious & wonderfull Rhinoceros sold for 2320£ Sterling 1684' (f. 7).

Two photostat copies (one positive and one negative) of Brogyntyn MS I.7, made in New York in 1926 while the manuscript was on loan to Acton Griscom, then preparing his edition of The Historia Regum Britanniӕ of Geoffrey of Monmouth (London, 1929) (each copy 92 ff., unfoliated); together with an off-print of Acton Griscom, 'The Date of Composition of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia: New Manuscript Evidence', Speculum, I (1926), 129-156, signed by the author and sent to Lord Harlech (ff. 93-111); and twelve letters, 1925-1927, mainly from Acton Griscom, New York, to Lord Harlech, August 1925-July 1927, with one letter from J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr., New York, to Harlech, 10 December 1925, and one from Harlech to Griscom, 5 August 1927, concerning arrangements for Brogyntyn MS I.7 to be deposited temporarily in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, for Griscom's use (ff. 112-32).

A fragment of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Brut in English, containing most of the life of Arthur, including the prophecies of Merlin, written in anglicana by one hand of the late fifteenth century. Two-line blue initials for chapters; headings, paragraph marks and underlinings in red.
For the text of the manuscript see Brogyntyn Manuscript No. 8, trans. and transcribed by Rosalynn Voaden, introduction by Felicity Riddy (Moreton-in-Marsh: Porkington Press, 1991). For a full text of the Brut, see The Brut; or, The Chronicles of England, ed. by Friedrich W. D. Brie, 2 vols, Early English Texts Society, o.s., 131 and 136 (London, 1906, 1908). Our manuscript begins at the end of Brie's chapter 73 and continues to his chapter 101; his chapter 101 is in ours, followed on f. 18 verso by the beginning of a chapter on Cadwallader which is not in Brie (on the Cadwallader chapter see C. W. Marx, pp. 377-380, and Riddy, p. [vi]).

A volume containing the first part of a transcript (continued in Brogyntyn I.10) by John Edwards, Plas Newydd, Chirk, of part of Thesaurus Linguæ Latinæ et Cambrobritannicæ... by 'Syr' Thomas Wiliems, Trefriw (now NLW Peniarth MS 228).
The volume contains the title page, dated 1608, the list of authorities cited, 'Prif Gaerae Ynys Brydain gynt', 'Tri dyfal gyfangan', and the dictionary from A to D. The contents correspond to Peniarth MS 228, vol. i, except that Thomas Wiliems's preface is wanting, probably as a result of six leaves being excised at the beginning of the volume between ff. iv and v. The text is written in a neat italic hand, two columns on each page; the Latin words are written in red ink, the Welsh definitions in black, quotations from Welsh literature in green, and the names of authors and titles of the works quoted in purple. According to a note on f. iv John Edwards paid nine shillings for paper for his transcript in 1607; he probably commenced transcribing soon afterwards in 1608, which is the date written on Thomas Wiliems's title-page, although Wiliems completed his dictionary on 2 October 1607. The monograms 'IHS' and 'MRA' on ff. v and 1 and 'Emanuell IHS' on f. iv indicate that John Edwards, like Thomas Wiliems, was a Roman Catholic. Because of his refusal to take the Oath of Allegiance in 1613 two-thirds of Edwards's estate was confiscated, which resulted in his being involved in litigation until the end of his life, a situation which probably explains why he abandoned transcribing the dictionary.

A volume containing the second part of a transcript (begun in Brogyntyn MS I.9) by John Edwards, Plas Newydd, Chirk, of part of Thesaurus Linguæ Latinæ et Cambrobritannicæ... by 'Syr' Thomas Wiliems, Trefriw (now NLW Peniarth MS 228).
The contents continue the dictionary from E to Indeclinabilis and corresponds to Peniarth MS 228, vol. ii, ff. 2-113. The text is written in a neat italic hand, two columns on each page; the Latin words are written in red ink, the Welsh definitions in black, quotations from Welsh literature in green, and the names of authors and titles of the works quoted in purple. Spaces are sometimes left for the later addition of the Welsh quotations.

A volume containing rentals, 1727-1735, of the estate of William Owen, of Brogyntyn and Clenennau, in the parishes of Ffestiniog, Llanaber, Llandanwg, Llanddwywe, Llandecwyn, Llanfihangel-y-traethau, Llanfor and Llanfrothen, Merionethshire (ff. 1-60 verso), together with disbursements, 1728-1737 (ff. 62-80 inverted text).
A note of repairs to be done at Ystumcegid occurs on f. ii and a veterinary recipe for cattle on f. 8 verso. Tipped into the volume are two lawyers' bills, 1726 (f. 78), and two tradesmen's bills, 1813 (f. 22 verso).

A volume containing accounts, 1744-1758, relating to the administration of the estate of Roger Mostyn (c. 1678-1744), Aberhirieth [Aberhiriarth], Cemais, Montgomeryshire, deceased, comprising an inventory of his goods and chattels taken and appraised, 5 November 1744, by David Rees and Humphrey Pierce (pp. 1-4); rentals, 1744-1758, of his real estate in Llanwrin and Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, in the collections of David Vaughan, 1744-1748, Robert Richard, 1748-1754, and Robert Evans, clerk, 1754-1758, with accounts and payments received and disbursed (pp. 5-81); together with rentals, 1753-1756, of the real estate purchased in trust for William Pugh in Llanelidan, Denbighshire, and Llandrillo and Llandderfel, Merionethshire, in the collection of Robert Evans, clerk (pp. 82-87), with accounts and payments received and disbursed, 1754-1764 (pp. 89-103).

A volume containing accounts of payments, 1786-1792, to labourers working for Robert Godolphin Owen, Brogyntyn, naming individual workers, the number of days worked, their rates of pay and the nature of their employment.

A volume containing Churchwardens' accounts, 1712-1767, of the parish of Selatyn, Shropshire, comprising a series of lewns (or lists of church rates), 1712-1744, assessed upon the landholders towards the repair of the parish church and other parochial expenses, including, between 1727 and 1728, a house of correction (ff. 2-67); together with a list of the names of the Churchwardens, 1712-1747 (ff. 67 verso-68 verso inverted text).
Tipped into the volume are a memorandum relating to the poor lewn, assessed 21 December 1767 (f. 69a), and an account of land tax assessed on the inhabitants of the township of Llanforda in the parish of Oswestry, 1746 (f. 70a). Pasted in are two receipts, 1724 and 1762, of money paid by William Owen, esq. (f. i), a short account, [mid-18 cent.], of work done by Richard Griffith and his son at 'ye Eagle' (f. i), and a note of work done by Simon Hughs at Porkington, 1715 (f. 48 verso).

A printed catalogue, [mid-19 cent.], [compiled by Sir Thomas Phillipps], entitled 'Manuscripts at Porkington, the seat of William Ormsby Gore, Esq. near Oswestry, co. Salop', with pencil additions and alterations in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne, Peniarth. To the printed list of thirty-two manuscripts Wynne has added descriptions of a further seven.

A lawyer's cause book containing memoranda, mostly in Latin with some in English, of pleas, 1635-1641, relating mainly to Breconshire, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire and Somerset, heard at the assizes and in the Courts of the Arches, Chancery, Duchy of Lancaster, Exchequer, King's Bench, Star Chamber, Wards and Liveries, Westminster, and the Prerogative Court, London.

The Explanatio in Psalmos attributed to Haimo of Halberstadt (ff. 1-68 verso), here imperfect by the loss of a quire at the beginning: ']ipse semper est rex iudeorum ... et corpore spirituali et subtili'. The text, corresponding to Migne, Patrologia Latina cxvi, cols. 237-693, begins in the commentary on Psalm 15 and, unaccountably, breaks off at the foot of the first column of f. 68 verso, where the remaining column would have sufficed to complete the commentary on Psalm 150. Written in England, the manner of writing in omissions and the 'dragon initials', but not the script, are suggestive of Canterbury or Rochester.
Written by one good hand. Punctuation by point and punctus elevatus; hyphens. Ink brown. Omissions are regularly made good by writing in small in the margin with a signe-de-renvoi, sometimes by the scribe, sometimes by another hand, sometimes, otiosely, by both (cf. N. R. Ker, English Manuscripts in the Century after the Norman Conquest (Oxford, 1960), p. 50). Nota marks are by the scribe. Spaces for tituli, at least up to f. 45, were originally left blank, perhaps to be filled in in red; they were later filled in in ink, by the scribe, in capitals. Between ff. 21 verso and 45, tituli, written small, now partly cropped, appear in the outer margin.

A lawyer's cause book containing memoranda, in Latin and English, relating to pleas heard, 1626-1636, in various courts, most notably Chancery, Star Chamber and the Exchequer, mainly originating in Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, London, Glamorgan and Breconshire, with a few from Shropshire, Bristol, Gloucester and Carmarthen, most of the parties' names being Welsh.

A Latin version, by an unidentified translator, of a Greek treatise by Barlaamus, theologian and bishop of Gerace, Calabria, against papal primacy: 'Doctissimi Barlaami Tractatus de Primatu Papæ e Græco exemplari in Latinum conuersus, sic vt vtriusque libri singule pagine mutuo respondeant' (First line, 'Est hoc positum ab artium scientiarumque peritis, humanissime Francisco ...'; last line, '... vt tibi cum qva decet animi moderatione patienter auscultabo') (ff. 1-22 verso).
The translation is independent of that in the bilingual edition of John Lloyd, Του σοφωτατου Βαρλααμ λογοσ περι τησ του παπα αρχησ. Barlaami de Papæ principiatu libellus nunc primum græcé & latiné editus (Oxford, 1592, ESTC S112537).

A transcript, [1620s], in an unidentified hand, of the letter, [early 1620s], from Thomas Alured, Remembrancer of the Court of the Marches and later MP for Hedon, to George Villiers, fifth duke of Buckingham, opposing the proposed marriage of the Prince of Wales, later Charles I, to Donna Maria, Infanta of Spain (cf. Calendar of State Papers Domestic: James I, 1619-23, p. 150): 'To my Lord Marquess of Buckingham' (First line, 'Though to aduise may seem presumptuous, yet what is well intended ...'; last line, '... By him, that is not ambitious, because not worthy, nor affraied, because not ashamed to be known vnto your Lordshipp in this busines Thomas Alured') (ff. 1-10).
On Thomas Alured see William Wheatley, Edward Latymer and his Foundations (Beccles, 1953), pp. 97-104. Several other contemporary manuscript copies are preserved in the British Library and Bodleian Library; for the printed text see Thomas Alured, Coppie of a Letter Written to the Duke of Buckingham Concerning the Match with Spaine (London, 1642, Wing 2940) and The Humble Advice of Thomas Aldred [recte Alured] to the Marquesse of Buckingham Concerning the Marriage of our Sovereigne Lord King Charles (London, 1643, Wing 2940A), the present text being closer to the 1643 edition, but with some variants; see also John Rushworth, Historical Collections, 7 vols (London, 1659-1701), i, 91.

A Latin treatise on universal philosophy, [c. 1590], attributed to R. D. Arrowsmith (f. 1), whose identity has not been further established: 'Tractatus In vniuersam Philosophiam prolectore R. D. Arosmitheo Incipiunt Prolegomina in eadem die mensis Januar[ii] 29' ('1590' added by another hand). First line, 'Philosophiæ: nomine præstantissima rerum omnium cognomine ...'; last line, '... mensurari tempore eas tamen operationes anime separatæ mensurari pronunc temporis discreti' (ff. 1-357 verso).
Marginal glosses have been added by the scribe and another hand of similar date, including the following: 'men are false and so are you/neuer nature fram[']d a creature/to enjoy and then proue true', [17 cent., first ½] (f. 137).

An untitled and apparently unpublished English treatise on predestination by an anonymous author, discussing the views of various theologians of the late sixteenth and early seventeeth centuries: 'The principall End of the labour which brought this worke was by was by [sic] the helpe of God ... the spiryt of Ch[rist] to whom all these Euils do betide of despayre and securely go to bee spurned' (ff. 1-69).
Written by two hands, a main one (ff. 1-56 verso, 62-69 verso) and a second (ff. 56 verso-60, last line of f. 69 verso).