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Genealogical notes compiled by Professor J. D. R. Thomas relating to his family, including his forefather Morgan Williams (1752-1831), Blaenllynant, Gwynfe, Carmarthenshire, grandfather of Sir John Williams, founder president of the National Library of Wales. Also included is a photocopy of a short history of Capel y Maen Church by Joseph Llywelyn Evans.

Material collected by Thomas Edward Ellis, M.P. and Principal John Humphreys Davies in preparation for the publication, by the Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales, of Gweithiau Morgan Llwyd o Wynedd, including notes, facsimiles of the autograph of Morgan Llwyd, transcripts from printed and manuscript sources, part of the first volume (which was edited by T. E. Ellis) and letters containing bibliographical and other information, most of them written to T. E. Ellis by Sir John Ballinger, J. Glyn Davies, John Humphreys Davies, Daniel Silvan Evans, Edward Griffith (Springfield, Dolgellau), Messrs Jarvis and Foster (Bangor), Sir John Edward Lloyd, Alfred Neobard Palmer, Sir John Williams, bart, etc.

Sermon notes by James Richards, Newbridge, 1843-1844; and a House of Commons admission ticket for Sir John Williams, J. H. Davies, and T. F. Roberts.

An album containing book-plates and book labels, 18th-20th centuries, mainly of members of various prominent Welsh and English families, including those of George Rice, 2nd baron Dynevor, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd marquis of Bute, Herbert Vaughan, Llangoedmore, Sir Thomas Bonsall, Fronfraith, and Sir John Williams, Plas Llanstephan.

Some thirty-eight letters, 1906-1930, in English and Welsh, addressed to Thomas Huws Davies, relating to the work of the Welsh Church Commission (of which he was secretary, 1914-1940) and to other religious bodies in Wales and the Welsh Church Acts.
Among the correspondents are J. H. Davies, 1913 (ff. 5-10), A. G. Edwards, Archbishop of Wales, 1909-1923 (ff. 13-15, 17), E. T. John, 1930 (ff. 21-24), Frank Morgan, 1920 (f. 27), Sir H[enry] W. Primrose, 1918-1919 (ff. 28-41), Alfred Thomas, Baron Pontypridd, 1913 (ff. 48-49), R[ichard] M[acaulay] Thomas, 1909-1911 (ff. 50-57), Sir John Williams, 1909 (f. 58), and W. Llewelyn Williams, 1910-1917 (ff. 61-70). Also included are one letter each from Davies, 1919 (ff. 42-45), and A. G. Edwards, 1920 (f. 16), to Sir H. W. Primrose; a letter from C[harles] P[restwich] Scott to J. Arthur Price, 1912 (f. 47); and two drafts of a letter by Davies, on behalf of the Home Secretary, published in The Times, 17 June 1912, p. 4 (ff. 71-77).

Twenty-nine letters, April-May 1896, discussing the proposed establishment of a Welsh (or Cymric) Institute as a meeting place for the Welsh in London. The letters are addressed to T. J. Evans as editor of the London Kelt (Celt Llundain), in which some were subsequently published.
The correspondents (listed on f. 59) include A. C. Humphreys-Owen (ff. 26-27), J. E. Morris (ff. 32-33), Sir Lewis Morris (ff. 34-35), Isambard Owen (ff. 36-37), J. Bryn Roberts (ff. 48-49), J. Herbert Roberts (f. 50), Sir John Williams (f. 55), W. Llewelyn Williams (ff. 56-58) and other prominent London Welshmen and Welsh MPs.

Thirty-two holograph letters, 1872-1898 and undated, some addressed to, and all, by inference, written to, the Rev[erend] Elias Owen. The writers include B[railsford] H[arty] Beedham, Bangor, Conway, and Kimbolton, 1872-1877 and undated (10) ( personal, the writer's visits to North Wales, and to sites of archaeological interest there, including Pen Gaer Helen, the cromlech at Bryn Celli du, the cromlechs at Presaddfed, and the chambered example at Trefigneth, hopes of ascending 'the Rivals, to that early British village' (1876), recipient's paper on the Llanllechid huts [see Elias Owen: 'Arvona Antiqua', Archaeologia Cambrensis, 3rd series, vol. XII, pp. 215-28, vol. XIII, pp. 102-08, 4th series, vol. III, pp. 239-48], sketches required by the writer in connection with a 'further work on Abp. Williams' [the British Museum Catalogue lists two items by Beedham relating to Archbishop John Williams (1582-1650), viz. The Unpublished Correspondence between Archbishop Williams and the Marquis of Ormond (London, 1869), and Notices of Archbishop Williams (London, 1869). Neither of these is illustrated], letters of the said archbishop amongst the London Corporation muniments, references to Sir John Lubbock: Prehistoric Times . . . (2nd edition [1869 ])), Tho[ma]s Darlington, Aberystwyth and West Dulwich, 1897 (2) (thanks for 'the Folklore' [recipient's work Welsh Folk-Lore, a collection of the folk-tales and legends of North Wales (Oswestry and Wrexham, ? 1896)], forms in connection with Porthywaen and Llanyblodwel [schools], a promise to write to John [aft. Sir John] Rhys [ principal of Jesus College, Oxford], and Sir John Williams, the latter's influence with the Prince [of Wales] and the Royal Family, lack of opportunity to write to Sir John owing to the writer's illness and Sir John's attendance upon the Duchess of York during her accouchement, a recommendation that Llanyblodwel [school] be given a higher grant), T. W. Davies, North and South Wales Bank Limited, Welshpool, 1893-1894 (3) (information relating to [the Reverend Griffith] Edwards ('Gutyn Padarn') [ poet and antiquary], the medals Edwards had won at eisteddfodau, forwarding recipient a photograph of Edwards and a volume of his poems, etc. [Gwaith Prydyddawl . . ., hefyd traethawd ar ansawdd a dibenion barddoniaeth (Bala, 1846)], the writer's correspondence with a co-executor concerning 'Mr. Edwards works' [subsequently edited by recipient, and published as The Works of the Rev. Griffith Edwards, 'Gutyn Padarn' . . . ( London, 1895)]), William H[enry] Goss, Stoke on Trent, 1897-1898 (4) (personal, pleasure owing to the fact that 'the Jewitt and Review volumes' had pleased recipient [the first possibly W. H. Goss: The Life and Death of Llewellynn Jewitt . . . (London, 1889)], enquiring whether recipient had received a copy of the writer's 'Hebrew Captives of the Kings of Assyria', the writer's work on his proposed book on 'Primitive Man and his work', proverbs sent by recipient), Robert Isaac Jones ('Alltud Eifion'), Madoc Printing Office, Tremadoc, 1896 (apologies for the fact that the Brython was out of print, except for a few copies of the 1860 volume and odd numbers for 1861-1862, drawing recipient's attention to 'the 2nd Edition of the Brython quarto in one Royal Octavo size, which we have in the press', forwarding prospectuses and a pamphlet, drawing attention to 'our list of School Books such as Rhodd Mam Eglwysig, Anerchiadau i Athrawon [? Robert Isaac Jones: Anerchiadau Caredig at Athrawon ac Athrawesau yr Ysgol Sabbothol yng Nghymru (Tremadog)], and Yr Eglwys yn gartre y Cristion [Y Parch E[dward] L[ewis] Lloyd: Yr Eglwys yn Gartref y Cristion (Tremadog)]', and to the writer's own volume on the antiquities of the neighbourhood of Tremadoc [Y Gestiana, sef Hanes Tre'r Gest . . . (Tremadog, ? 1892)]), [ the Honourable] Fanny [Mary Catherine] Bulkeley Owen, West Felton, Oswestry, [18]95 (thanking recipient for a book, thoughts of learning Welsh, forwarding an 'Ode to our Prince', the unanimity of all shades of opinion in 'joining in the Memorial', the writer's 'Mother's Union Litany', which had been translated [into Welsh], an offer to supply copies to Welsh speaking parishes), Alfred Neobard Palmer, Wrexham, 1892 (3) (the writer's change of address, a loan to recipient of two volumes of Antiquary, a reminder that 'similar traditions to those described by Mr. Gomme attach in Wales to the churches of Llangar, Corwen, and old St. David, Denbigh' [ See G. L. Gomme: 'Some Traditions and Superstitions connected with Buildings', The Antiquary, vol. III, pp. 8-113, and follow-up correspondence, ibid., vol. III, pp. 188-9, vol. IV, pp. 33-4, 85], the fear of the witch or dewines 'throughout this part of rural Wales', an example of this attitude amongst the writer's servants, the story of the fairies who removed the stones placed in position for building the church of St. David, Denbigh, the writer's wish to hear more of the game called ' chwareu twmpath', and of the mounds called 'twmpathau chwareu', a reference to nail parings as a love charm in [Ellis Wynne: Gweledigaetheu] y Bardd Cwsc), [the Reverend] H[enry] Parry [vicar of] Llanfairisgaer, [18]79 (2) (the location of ? Crug mound in the parish of Llanfairisgaer, mention of Crug house, the discovery of the 'shield of the Wynns of Crug', cut in stone in the wall of the parish church and plastered over, when the church was being restored five years previously, the geographical location of Isgwyrfae, mention of the remains of an old chapel in the area where Crug was situated, and of former arrangements concerning tithes in that portion of the parish), [Messrs] Elliot Stock, London, 1894 (matters relating to 'Mr. Edwards's papers' [? the recipient's edition of the works of the Reverend Griffith Edwards, published by Elliot Stock, London, 1895. See letters from T. W. Davies above]), Cha[rle]s Holland Warne, Brighton, 1888 (2) (notifying recipient that he was sending him a copy of [Charles Warne:] The Celtic Tumuli of Dorset . . . [(London, 1866)], acknowledging receipt of a copy of The Old Stone Crosses . . .), and Owen Williamson, Dwyran, Anglesey, 1895-1897 (3) (personal, the writer's ill health, some data re his schooling and teaching career, his book on New-borough [Hanes Niwbwrch (Lerpwl)], correspondence with recipient's brother, the Rev[erend] Elijah Owen, rector of Llangoed, a proposed 'historical novel on the modern progress of Newborough', the absence of literary men and archaeologists within reach of the writer, the lack of archaeological interest amongst the clergy of the rural deanery, profuse thanks to recipient for the gift of a book [? The Works of the Rev. Griffith Edwards ], mention of the writer's father R[obert] M[ona] Williamson ('Bardd Du Môn'), and two of his eisteddfodic compositions, viz., 'a marwnad to Sir Watkin [Williams-Wynn, 5th bart., of Wynnstay]', submitted for competition at an eisteddfod held at Liverpool, 1840, and 'Awdl y Greadigaeth', submitted at Aberffraw, 1848 [? recte 1849, and subsequently published under that title (Caernarfon, 1849)], an essay on 'Olion y Goresgyniad Gwyddelig yng Ngwynedd', which the writer had composed for an eisteddfod to be held at Llangefni, Easter 1897, his subsequent discovery that [William Basil Jones], late bishop of St. Davids, had written a book entitled Vestiges of the Gael in Gwynedd [(London, 1851)], his suspicion that someone, who had a copy of the bishop's work, had purposely made this topic the subject of the competition, enquiries whether recipient had a copy available, the publishing, in 1897, of a Welsh poem of over 3,000 lines on the wisdom of God, left in manuscript by the writer's father [Pryddest ar Ddoethineb Duw (Caernarfon [1897])]).

A typescript tribute to Sir John Williams by Annie J. Hughes-Griffiths, [1940], to commemorate the centenary of his birth.

The file includes letters from Alfred T. Davies, D. Miall Edwards, H. J. Fleure (2), William George, J. Ceiriog Hughes ('Ceiriog'), E. T. John, Henry Haydn Jones, T. Gwynn Jones, J. Herbert Lewis, Thomas Powel, John Rowland, Alfred Thomas, Lord Pontypridd, David Thomas, Sir John Williams Bart, and John Owen Williams ('Pedrog').

The file includes letters from T. A. Archer, John Ballinger, Thomas E. Brigstocke, J. Glyn Davies (2), E. Vincent Evans, J. Spinther James, John Edward Lloyd (3), W. J. Parry, R. Silyn Roberts, Sir John Williams Bart, and Mallt Williams.

Eighty-eight holograph letters to Phoebe Lloyd at Soughton, near Northop, at Havodunos, near Mold, etc. The writers include Messrs. Barker & Porter, Chester, 1837 (3) (the purchase by the recipient of the Tyn y Caea estate in the parish of Cloecaenog) (together with a receipt for the payment of a deposit of £125), D[orothea] Clough, Buxton Hall, etc., 1778-1797 (2) ( personal, visitors to Buxton, Mr. [Thomas] Clough's choice of the living of Denbigh), Roger B. Clough, 1799 (the payment of interest, personal), A. M. Crew, Mold, [17]91 (personal, news of relatives and friends) (together with an addition by M. E. Potter), Thomas Evans, Mold, 1841-1842 (3) (a claim for money expended by the writer on the recipient's property), Holland Griffith, Carreglwyd, etc., 1815 and undated (2) (condolence, personal, anxiety about the safety of the Tremadoc Embankment), Richard Griffith, Beaumaris, 1810 (thanks for condolence, news of friends at Carreglwyd, a casual meeting with [Euseby Cleaver] archbishop of Dublin), S. Holland, 1804 (condolence to Mrs. Parry on the death of her husband), R. Howard, undated (personal, visits to Cerrigllwydion and Lluesog, news of friends), E. B. Howard and ?Jane Howard, Beaumares, undated (birthday greetings, cholera at Denbigh, personal) (children's letter), Edw. Jones, Wepre Hall, undated (2) (the recipient's promise to be godmother to the writer's daughter), Richd. Jones, Chester, undated (presents of ear-rings and necklaces), Catha[rine] Lloyd (nee Potter), Carreglwyd, etc., [17]83-1792 and undated (20) (a description of Carreglwyd, copious news of relatives and friends, electioneering in Anglesey (1794), accounts of visits to Dublin and Nantwich), E. Lloyd, Rhagatt, etc., 1810-1821 (3) (personal, offer of a calf, the tenancy of Ddolfechlas, the death of the writer's niece Margaret Price of Rhiwlas), M[argaret] Lloyd, Ruthin, [17]84 and undated (2) (personal), Margt. Lloyd, London, etc., [17]96-1803 and undated (14) (personal, family news, news of friends, an account of a visit to Scotland, business matters), M. Lloyd, Bodfach, etc., 1811-1817 and undated (6) (personal, visits to Rhiwlas and elsewhere, business matters, Ruthin Hunt), M. Lloyd, undated (personal, hops at the County Hall at Ruthin, news of friends), M. E. Lloyd, Carreglwyd, [17]83-1787 and undated (6 ) (personal, family news, a service at Halkin Church, an oratorio at Northop, an accident to the writer), S. Lloyd, [17]85-1787 and undated (3) (news of relatives and friends, money matters), F. B. Potter, Wygfair, undated (personal, the discovery of bank-notes in a clock at Wygfair, news of relatives and friends) (with an addition by M. E. Potter, touching the sale of plate, the living of Halkin, etc.), F[rances] Price, Rhiwlas, 1817 and undated (5) (personal, news of relatives and friends, the miseries of the poor, the children's schooling, the unfortunate business of the Denbigh Bank, the marriage of Sir Watkin [Williams-Wynn, 5th bart.], the contrast between the families of Wynnstay and Powis Castle, visits to Rhagatt, the apprehension at Trawsfynydd of a forger of notes and the presence of a large gang of forgers with a rendezvous at Holyhead), C. Roberts, Oakland, 1810 (condolence, personal), J. Smedley, Llanrhydd, 1794-1795 (2) (the illness of the writer's sister Maria, news of relatives and friends), Jane Taylor, Lymm Hall, [1824] (thanks for congratulations to Bessey), J. Trulock, Black heath, Coleraine, 1801 (personal, the purchase of a chaise, family news), E. Wynne, Garthewin, [17]99 (a proposed visit, Sir John Williams's accident, melancholy weather), [ ], undated (personal, news of relatives and friends) (with a draft or copy letter by Phoe. Ll[oyd] touching a nurse for her friend), etc.

One of four volumes containing a collection of nearly two hundred letters addressed to Thomas Powel. They relate to matters of Welsh education, bibliography, philology and Celtic subjects. The principal correspondents are Isaac Taylor, Settrington, 1878; Thomas [James] Thirlwall, Nantmel, 1896; John Thomas ('Pencerdd Gwalia'), 1882; James R[ichard] Thursfield, Dresden, 1873; J[ames] H[enthorn] Todd; T[homas] Fisher Unwin, 1911; C[harles] J[ohn] Vaughan, dean of Llandaff; Professor C[harles Edwyn] Vaughan, Cardiff, 1897; Gwyneth Vaughan [Annie Harriet Hughes], 1906; T. R. Wardale, 1890; Sir John Williams, 1894; T[homas] Marchant Williams, 1883-1884; E[dward] P[erceval] Wright, Dublin; and William W[atkin] E[dward] Wynne, Peniarth, 1860 (to Thomas Stephens).

General correspondence, 1906-8, of David Lloyd George, including letters to him from Sir Edward Anwyl (1), Sydney Buxton (2), Sir John Edward Lloyd (1), Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd baron Tweedmouth (1), Daniel Lleufer Thomas (2), Sir William George Tyrrell (1), and Sir John Williams (1).

General correspondence, 1890s-1906, of David Lloyd George including letters from Charles W. Dilke MP (1) 1901, R. J. Campbell (1) 1905, R. L. Morant (1) [1960x1908], Gwynoro Davies (1) 1906, Sir Samuel Walker (1) 1906, Edward Thomas ('Cochfarf') (1) 1906, John Hugh Edwards MP (1) 1906, and Sir John Williams (1) 1906.

Letters, 1880-1916, to Daniel Lleufer Thomas from Sir Edward Anwyl, Alcwyn C[aryni] Evans, D. Griffiths, The Vicarage, Llanarthney, D. Caeronwy Harris ('Caeronwy'), E[van] Penllyn Jones, Aberystwyth, Gwenllian E[lizabeth] F[anny] Morgan, Sir Lewis Morris, Henry Oliver, Bristol, Sir John Rhys, Alan Stepney-Gulston, Sir John Williams, Bart. and Sir Thomas Marchant Williams.

Papers and notes by John Ballinger on the history of the Trevecka Press, with letters by J. H. Davies, Cwrtmawr, John Young Evans, D. G. Goodwin, Evan Davies Jones, M. H. Jones, Sir John Williams, and others.

Biographical notes, by John Ballinger, on Henry Owen (1844-1919) and Sir John Williams (1840-1926).

A copy of an article by George Eyre Evans on 'Llandyssul Grammar School', reprinted from The Alauda, the magazine of the Llandyssul County School, Christmas term, 1913; autograph letters to George Eyre Evans from C. E. Vowles, Llandyssul County School, 1913, J. D. Lewis, Gomerian Press, Llandyssul, 1913, D[ian] Marles Thomas, Antwerp, 1914, and Sir John Williams, bart., 1917; and notes in the autograph of George Eyre Evans relating to Llandyssul, including descriptions and illustrations of ancient monuments, a list of vicars, notes on the communion plate and the bells of the parish church, and extracts from manuscript and printed sources.

Includes letters from Thomas Powel (3), Edward Laws, William Jones (2), George Eyre Evans (4, one pasted on a report by Jacob Rees Gabriel and GEE, in the latter's hand, on the 'Kilmaenllwyd Stones'), Edward Anwyl (4), Norman Lockyer (3), William Meredith Morris, J. G. Frazer (2), H. J. Fleure, J. Mortimer Angus (2), Hubert von Herkomer (4), J. Glyn Davies, E. W. B. Nicholson (8), Marie Henri d’Arbois de Jubainville (3), Arthur Drews, James A. H. Murray, C. S. Burne (2), John L. Myres, A. Amy Brooke, Kuno Meyer (11), H. R. Reichel (2), Lewis Morris (2), Richard Ellis (4), A. H. Sayce (7), D. Lloyd George, Paul Vinogradoff, Edith F. Carey (2), Henry Bellingham, William R. Anson, T. Fisher Unwin (2), Edward Owen, D. Brynmor Jones, G. L. Barstow, I. Gollancz (5), T. Herbert Warren (2), Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, J. Estlin Carpenter, Reginald A. Smith, Jonathan Ceredig Davies, John Williams, Lewis Davies Jones ('Llew Tegid'), Alfred Neobard Palmer (3), W. Llewelyn Williams, P. S. Allen, Douglas Hyde (2), R. L. Poole, R. R. Marett (3), John Rowland, J. Lloyd-Jones, Isambard Owen, W. Lewis Jones, F. Haverfield, T. F. Tout (4), John Hamilton-Gordon (Earl of Aberdeen), A. O. Vaughan ('Owen Rhoscomyl') (2), J. H. Davies, and E. Vincent Evans.