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Genealogies of Welsh families, in several hands, with additional notes by William Maurice [d. 1680], Cefnybraich, Llansilin; a transcript of a Chirk charter, 1324; a Welsh vocabulary; two pen-and-ink sketches, one depicting Christ healing a cripple and the other depicting two men drinking.

Genealogical material compiled for Lord Howard de Walden during the early years of his tenancy of Chirk Castle, comprising transcripts of manuscripts containing Welsh genealogies compiled under the supervision of Arthur Owen Vaughan ('Owen Rhoscomyl'); letters, 1906-1921, mainly addressed to Arthur Owen Vaughan, relating to antiquarian and genealogical matters, academic research, etc.; genealogical notes, pedigrees, transcripts of wills, etc.; and an account book, 1870-1872, of the Chirk Castle Estate.

A large volume containing pedigrees, copies of memorial inscriptions, extracts from wills, etc., mainly in the autograph of Jonathan Jones, son of Joseph Jones (1787?-1856), of Caernarfon, and indexed by J. E. Griffith. The pedigrees have been compiled from various printed and other sources, and there are also some items of correspondence including letters to Jonathan Jones from W. D. Stanley, Penrhos, Holyhead, 1869-1883 (13), St Geo. Armstrong Williams, Cefn, Chwilog, 1881, (?)W. T. Price, Twthill, 1881, W. Williams, Bryncroes, 1860, Joseph Jones, Caernarfon, 1855, and Shadrach Owen, Fron-ddu, Cemlyn, 1854, with copies of letters to Joseph Jones from Hugh Hughes [Kinmel] 1855, and the Rev. David Williams, Llandwrog Rectory, 1855, and from Jonathan Jones to Thos Ellis, Solicitor, Pwllheli, 1857, Archdeacon [ ] Evans, 1884, and W. O. Stanley.

A collection of Welsh pedigrees, written early in the seventeenth century.

A volume of extracts by Alcwyn C. Evans, largely relating to Welsh families, from Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies. Inset is a transcript, with notes, in another hand, of arms on a chimney-piece in the old part of Werrington House, Devon.

A volume of pedigrees of Welsh families extracted from The Book of Baglan. Inset is a photograph of a page of the original manuscript.

A two-volume collection of pedigrees, mainly of South Wales families, compiled during the 1830s (23967iE watermark 1828; 23967iiE watermark 1831), with some later additions, by David Jones Lewis, Gilfach, Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire.
A duplicate set of these volumes, also written by David Jones Lewis, are the 8 volumes of Gilfach MSS in the College of Arms, London (see Francis Jones, A Catalogue of Welsh Manuscripts in the College of Arms (London, 1988), pp. 69-71), which are dated by colophon to 1830. This duplication is mentioned in a note, dated 8 July 1895, in 23967iE, p. 1, by Lewis's grandson, David Jones Lewis of Llwyncelyn, Llanwrda, who has also overwritten parts of the earlier text, as well as adding pedigrees relating to the Lewis family, [1895] (pp. 1438-50), and a copy of 'an account of the Lewis family in the handwriting of my late grandfather', 1896 (pp. 1494-6). There are minor additions relating to the Lewis family, to at least 1978, in several different hands (pp. 1438-41, 1448-50). A copy of an unpublished account, [1990s], of the Lewis family of Gilfach and Llwyncelyn, including references to the Pedigree Books, is now NLW ex 2511. An index to these two volumes is now NLW MS 23968i-iiE.

A transcript made in 1828 by John Jenkins of 'The Manafon Manuscript of [Welsh] Pedigrees ... belonging to ... Walter Davies ...'.

Pedigrees of Welsh families, with additions in the hands of John Davies, Rhiwlas, Llansilin, and Walter Davies; memoranda relating to members of the family of Foulkes, Penygraig, Llansilin; englynion and other poems by Elin Foulkes, Richard Foulkes, Huw Morus, Elis Cadwaladr, Sion Morus, Mathew Owen, Morys Dafydd, Sion Cadwaladr Owen, Richard Parry (Athraw ysgol yn Roe Newbrough yn Sir Fon), Huw Llwyd Cynfal, Ellis Roberts (Elis y Cowper), Hari Howel, and Robert Humphreys (Robin Rhagad); and Pymtheg Llwyth Gwynedd.

Pedigrees and genealogical notes relating to Welsh families, collected by Walter Davies.

Pedigree roll drawn by Water Hopkins, and finished at Brecon, 10 Dec. 1633, showing Sir William Morgan of Tredegar's lines of descent from various great personages, including from Edward I, king of England; Alfonsus, king of Castille; Philip, king of France; Peter, king of Spain; William, earl of Henalt [Edward III's father-in-law]; Edmund of Woodstock, earl of Kent; Richard, earl of Arundel; Roger Quincy, earl of Winchester; William, earl of Ferrers; John, lord Wake; James, lord Audley; Walter Devereaux, lord Ferrers of Chartley; Ralph, lord Boteller; Robert, lord Whittney; and Thomas, lord Roch. -- The descents are padded to some extent, with some lines of descent effectively duplicating others, including those showing Sir William Morgan's descent from Edward II, Edward III and Edmund of Langley, duke of York, son, grandson and great grandson of Edward I; and from Thomas Holland and Edmund Holland, earls of Kent, the grandson and great grandson of Edmund of Woodstock, earl of Kent. -- The roll encloses three pages of notes by Octavius Morgan, including "this pedigree is a good illustration of the practice of ostentatious pedigree making which prevailed in the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I & Charles I. It probably took its use from the researches which were made in the time of Henry VII to ascertain the Tewdwr descent, and was revived again in the time of Edward VI when a great stir was made to draw out the Herbert pedigree on the creation of the second Earl of Pembroke ..."

Armorial pedigree roll of the Morgan family of Crindai, showing the descent of William Morgan of Crindai (b. c.1617, fl. 1663) from the generation of Miles fitz Walter (c.1097-1143), earl of Hereford. The roll appears to be contemporanous with the Morgan pedigree rolls of 1633 (P 1/6-7).

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of pedigrees of Welsh families and of letters of Robert Vaughan (1592?-1666), Hengwrt, as well as various extracts. The manuscript also contains poems by Richard Newcome (1701-1769), Reginald Heber (1783-1826) and J. Slaney.
A letter, 17 October 1634, from [Sir] Marmaduke Lloyde to 'Lieutenant Colonell Davys' [Thomas Davies] is loose in the volume.

A manuscript containing letters from various correspondents to Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866); miscellaneous English and Welsh poems and poetry written for meetings of the Royal British Bowmen, 1819-1820; a copy of Hester Lynch Piozzi's (1741-1821) last letter to 'Mr. Roberts Vicar of Dymeirchion'; an essay on Welsh genealogies; extracts by Angharad Llwyd from Sir John Wynn's history of the Gwydir family, etc.; Flintshire and Cheshire historical notes; etc.

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of Welsh chronicles, pedigrees, etc.; a fragment of a 16th cent. Welsh manuscript containing a chronicle of the reign, 1422-1461, of Henry VI (1421-1471) and a list of Welsh poets and crythorion; an elegy by Katherine Philips (The Matchless Orinda) (1631-1666) on the death of Mary Lloyd, Bodidris, Denbighshire, 1656; a copy by W. W. E. Wynne (1801-1880) of a cywydd by Owen Gruffydd (c. 1643-1730); a letter to Angharad Llwyd; etc.

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of pedigrees of Welsh and English families, of Denbighshire parish registers, and of various memoranda, manuscripts, etc.; material relating to Salusbury property, 1712; the original manuscript of an elegiac cywydd to Evan Lloyd Vaughan (d. 1791), Cors y Gedol, by John Richard of Llanfair near Harlech; a poem by Jonathan Hughes (1721-1805); a poem in Latin written to a member of the Mostyn family; a letter, 1620, from Sir Roger Mostyn (1673-1734) to Sir Peter Mutton, Llewenni and to Robert Davies, 1665; letters to Angharad Llwyd; etc.

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of genealogical notes, parish registers, pedigrees and arms of Welsh and English families, etc.

Manuscript collections containing original and transcribed poetry and prose, 1543-[20th century]; religious works, 1611-1914; biographies, chronicles, archaeological and historical notes, works on travel, folklore, recipes, grammars, vocabularies and philological notes, 1673-1900; rent-rolls, parish registers, tithe account books, bidding books, minute books and registers of various societies, 1608-1863; pedigrees and genealogical notes, [17th century]-1871, commonplace books, [18th century]-1904, volumes of press-cuttings; manuscripts in the hand of J. H. Davies, including transcripts of and indexes to Welsh poetry, bibliographical notes, literary and legal extracts, pedigrees, biographical data and notes on place-names, 1891-1923; autograph letters from prominent Welsh literary figures, 1674-1921; autograph manuscripts of John Jones, Gellilyfdy, Dafydd Ellis of Criccieth, Eben Fardd (including diaries, 1836-1859), Peter Williams, D. Silvan Evans, Thomas Richards and Myrddin Fardd.

Miscellaneous notes broadly relating to Welsh and Glamorgan history, Welsh literature and related subjects. They comprise: bundles of loose papers (T3/1-2) and notebooks (T3/3-14) containing notes and memoranda on a variety of historical subjects, including Bonedd y Saint; notebooks and loose notes on Welsh poetry and poets (T3/15-18); miscellaneous notes on sayings, idioms, etc. (T3/19); a few recipes for ink and toothache (T3/20); miscellaneous fragments, together with three maps drawn on tissue paper (T3/21); a bundle of annotated wrappers used by Taliesin to sort some of his and his father's papers (T3/22 – see also T13/7); six booklets, 1838-1839, containing extracts from manuscripts relating to Wales at the British Museum and Bodleian Library (T3/23); a bundle of foolscap sheets containing mostly genealogical texts relating to Welsh saints and legendary figures (T3/24); and a transcript of a lecture on Oriental languages 'Delivered by Professor [Duncan] Forbes at K[ing's] C[ollege] London', November 1837 (T3/25).

A volume containing a copy of Cardiff MS 59 made by Egerton Grenville Bagot Phillimore (1856-1937), antiquary, at various dates between 1886 and 1891. The copy ends on p. 75 of the original manuscript and the rest of the original manuscript was copied into another volume, now NLW MS 142B. Though the original manuscript is usually attributed to Thomas Jones (Twm Sion Cati) he was in fact dead in 1611, when the manuscript was written; proof of this is to be seen in an Exchequer Deposition 8 Jas I, Easter 13, where Jones's widow is described as 'Dame Johan Devereux nowe wife of Sir George Devereux, knt., late wife of Thomas Jones, gent.', the date of this entry being April 12 1610. Voluminous notes by Phillimore have been added to the copied manuscript. With NLW MS 142B.