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A volume containing a late nineteenth or early twentieth century transcript of the Taicroesion Pedigrees, described on the title page as 'A most valuable copy transcribed by a Solicitor and examined and compared with the original, so it is the most reliable copy extant'. There are, however, some errors of transcription and some additions. There is a table of contents at the beginning and the pedigrees are followed by a list of the names of the high sheriffs for Caernarvonshire, 1540-1796, written in a different hand.

A volume written largely in the autograph of Ebenezer Thomas, ('Eben Fardd') and described on the title-page as 'Llyvyr y Llwythau Cymreig yn cynwys Taflenau Achol o'r Pum Llwyth Breninol a Phymtheg Llwyth Gwynedd ynghyd a Byrdraith hanesiol am Sylfaenwyr yr amrywiol Lwythau a Gwroniaid Cymreig eraill Eu Preswylfeydd, Tiriogaethau, Paisarfau a Disgynyddion. Casgledig gan Ebenezer Thomas, Clynnog, Hâf 1843.' At the beginning of the volume are 'A Map of North Wales' [Anglesey and West Caernarvonshire] and a list of the contents to p. 69. More than half of the volume is blank but the written pages after p. 69 contain, among other things, details of 'Villas [Vills] in Eifionydd' ('Abridged from a letter of the Rev. J. Jones Llanllyfni to Ellis Owen Esq. Cefny meusydd'), pedigrees of Rhwngyddwyryd (Dolbenmaen), Rhiw and Bodfel (Llŷn), and Cefn Coch in Anglesey, etc., 'Carol Nadolig, 1859 - ar "Diolch i Ti yr Hollalluog Dduw &c"' by E. Thos ('Eben Fardd'), a petition (draft), undated, from Jane Jones of Penarfynydd in the parish of Abererch, Caernarvonshire to the bishop of Bangor and the other trustees of the Llandwrog Almshouses, particulars of the ancestry of Tho[ma]s E. Roberts, Hendre, Abereirch sent by him to Eben Fardd, 24 July 1861, and a printed prospectus, undated, of 'The Works of the Bards of Llyn and Eifionydd, collected by Myrddin Fardd'. Loose between pp. 27 and 28 are notes by J. Jones, Llanllyfni, May 1844, headed 'A. D. 1352. Hanes ardrethol Cwmmwd Isgorfai', and pasted on to these or vice versa is a printed sheet concerning Gwydir Chapel, Llanrwst (J. Jones, Printer, Llanrwst). Facing the title-page of the volume is a label bearing the words 'Llyfr Achau ac Arfbeisiau y 5 Llwyth Breninol a 15 Llwyth Pendefigol Gwynedd ynghyd au Disgynyddion, &c.' and above it John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') has written 'Costiodd y Llyfr yma i mi ddwy bunt heblaw talu am ei rwymo wedi hyny.'

A nineteenth century manuscript containing pedigrees of North Wales families, mainly of Caernarvonshire and Anglesey, with letters and additional notes.

A transcript, made from British Museum Harleian MS 1974, of pedigrees of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire families; lists of justices of the peace in Anglesey and Caernarvonshire, 1620; names and arms of the justiciaries of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire, 1601; and lists of the high sheriffs of Anglesey, 1541-1601.

Three letters, 1887-1888, from John Morgan, Cadnant, Menai Bridge, to Edward Humphrey Owen, relating to Anglesey families.

Pedigrees of Anglesey and elsewhere in the hand of David Ellis of Criccieth and Amlwch.

Pedigrees (54 pp.) of various families in Caernarvonshire (Llŷn and Eifionydd), Montgomery, Merioneth, Denbigh and Anglesey, etc. transcribed by John Jones ('Myrddin Fardd') from an unnamed source or sources, possibly early eighteenth century. The first page is marked 'Copy No. 28'. A loose press cutting in the volume contains a carol ('Carol Newydd') by [Gruffydd Roberts] 'Gyttyn Lleyn'.

A transcript, [?1699] (p. 1), of the extent of Anglesey made before John de Delves, locumtenens of Richard Earl of Arundel, justiciar of North Wales, 26 Edward III (1352) (pp. 1-88); a list of freeholders of Anglesey, 1606 (pp. 1-30); an account of the gentry of Anglesey, arranged by commotes, and a list of sheriffs to 1676, both in the hand of William Williams, Beaumaris, but with earlier pedigrees incorporated (pp. 1-94); 'a note taken of the demeanes nowe heald and belonginge to the Heanllis' (pp. 95-96); and a note of a survey of the lands of Arthur Bagnall in Tyndaethwy and Menai (pp. 99-102).

Rough drafts of pedigrees on sheets of paper, including that of Bishop Lloyd, of Worcester, the Lloyds of Bodewryd, the Pulestons, the Trevors and other families; memoranda in Welsh relating to the Mostyn family; copies of grants of arms to Sir Thomas Holland, of Barrow, Anglesey, and Lewis Owen, of Crewthyn.

A bundle of papers containing drafts and fragments of pedigrees of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire families. Some of the papers are in the autographs of Dr Humphrey Humphreys and Dr Edward Wynne.
There are also letters from Peers Mauduit, 1693 (item 39), and Giles Campion, 1695 (item 38), to Bishop Humphreys; a copy by the Bishop of a curious Welsh inscription in memory of Tomas Palmer of Holt (item 31); and a short biography of Bishop Humphreys by Chancellor Wynne (item 1).

Manuscripts of, or collected by, John Edwards Griffith, [c. 1715]-1929, including pedigrees, memoranda and genealogical notes relating mainly to Anglesey and Caernarvonshire; a volume of pedigrees by John Ellis, Tai Croesion, 1723; manuscripts of William Williams, Llandygái; and some 350 letters, [c. 1892]-1929, to J. E. Griffith relating to botany and genealogy and to his publications.

A volume of genealogies of Anglesey families, mostly of the maternal descent. Also included are a cywydd by Ie[u]an Tew Brydydd, 'Kowydd i ofyn cyngor i'r llwynog' by Hugh Lloid (Cynfel) (pp. 156-157) and a poem in free metre, written in 1636.
Five fragments of parchment have been pasted in on pp. 171, 173, 175, 177 and 179.

A manuscript containing North Wales pedigrees, mainly of Anglesey and Caernarfonshire families; transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of other Welsh pedigrees and of legal and historical records; letters to Angharad Llwyd from Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783-1848), John Hughes, barrister, and W. W. E. Wynne (1801-1880); correspondence from Viscount Bulkeley (1736-1791), 1774, to John Lloyd (1733-1793), Caerwys, father of Angharad Llwyd.

Notes relating to Anglesey and pedigrees of some Anglesey families copied by John Williams (1833-1872) from manuscripts in the British Museum.

A general index by John Williams (1833-1872) to his own notes relating to estates and families in Anglesey and North Wales.

Abstracts and notes taken by John Williams (1833-1872) concerning local history and genealogies of Anglesey families, particularly of the Bulkeleys.

Notes by John Williams (1833-1872) on Local and Family History in the Isle of Anglesey and neighbouring counties.

Topographical, historical, and genealogical material relating mainly to the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, Denbigh, Merioneth, Montgomery, and Shropshire, accumulated by Thomas Pennant and including letters or other contributions from Paul Panton, Hugh Davies (botanist), E. R. Owen (Bangor), John Thomas (Llandegai and Beaumaris), John Lloyd (Caerwys), Sir John Cullum (Hardwick), Richard Thomas (Llanegryn), Thomas Bownall (London), Thomas Jones (Caernarvon), George Ashby (Cambridge), John Price (Oxford), Thomas Ford Hill (London), Foote Gower (Chelmsford), Francis Leighton (Shrewsbury), J. Plymley (junior), J. Worthington (Llanrhaiadr ym Mochnant), Thomas Addenbrooke (Buildwas), David Pennant, and Richard Gough (Enfield).

A volume, [late 18 cent.]-[1840s], containing pedigrees, in several hands, mostly of Anglesey and Caernarvonshire families. The earlier portions, [late 18 cent.] (pp. 37-140), were copied mostly from Llyfr Melyn Tyfrydog (now NLW MS 23969F); later additions, [?1820s] (pp. 5, 151-283), are derived from the Taicroesion Manuscript (now NLW MS 19058E and Bangor MS 13564) or from intermediate copies.
A note by Jonathan Jones of Caernarfon in NLW MS 825D (inside front cover), dated 1855, describes the present volume as having been copied 'about 60 years ago from Llyfr Melyn Tyfrydog' by Robert Jones, for John Price (d. 1804) of Mona Lodge, Amlwch, with the pedigrees being continued by Price's son, John Price of Cadnant. The volume also includes descriptions of the Five Royal Tribes of Wales and the Fifteen Tribes of Gwynedd, partly in Welsh (pp. 137-150), and various antiquarian notes and statistics [in the hand of John Price of Cadnant] (pp. 290-355), including lists of Anglesey Sheriffs to 1843 (pp. 309-323), and transcripts relating to Amlwch parish church (pp. 341-347). Items loose within the volume, including a pedigree of the Bulkely family in the hand of John Price (watermark 1825), and a newspaper cutting, [1881], listing Caernarvonshire landowners, have been placed in an archival envelope. The contents of the manuscript are listed on pp. i-iv, 1-2.