Showing 11 results

Letters exchanged between members of the Maurice and Owen families of Clenennau and Brogyntyn, and other correspondence from friends or associates in Wales and England, together with a number of important official documents deriving from county administration in Caernarfonshire during the Tudor and Stuart periods, 1485, 1573-1698. Many of the early letters and papers, 1580-1622, relate to the joint deputy lieutenancy in Caernarfonshire of Sir William Maurice and Sir John Wynn, showing their preoccupation with the raising and organisation of militia troops for the defence of Caernarfonshire and for despatch to Ireland. Other topics include Sir William Maurice's position as deputy vice-admiral of North Wales and the protracted civil lawsuits in which he was engaged. The collection also constitutes an important historical source for the conduct of the Civil War in North Wales. Items from that period primarily concern Sir John Owen and his brother, Col. William Owen, Royalist commanders at Conwy and Harlech respectively, and their subsequent treatment under the Commonwealth and Restoration, 1643-1666. Many of the letters from 1678 to 1698 reveal the life of Sir Robert Owen, his debts, estate business, cultural interests and attachment to the Jacobite cause, together with contemporary political news. Apart from individuals already mentioned, prominent correspondents include the Privy Council of Elizabeth I, mostly through Henry Herbert, President of the Council in the Marches of Wales, 1587-1600; Sir Henry Johnes of Abermarlais, 1605-1616; Ralph, Lord Eure, 1607-1617; members of the Brynker family, 1603-1681; the Wynn family of Glyn and Sylfaen, 1625-1697; the Anwyl family of Park, 1636-1693; Charles I, Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice, 1642-1647; Lord Byron, 1644-1648; John Williams, Archbishop of York, 1645-1646; George Twisleton, 1649-1660; the Godolphin family of Abertanat, 1658-1698; John Gadbury, 1679-1688; and Edward Lhuyd, 1696-1697.

An autograph letter, 9 June 1698, from Edward Lhuyd, Pembroke, to [Humphrey Humphreys], Bishop of Bangor, relating to Lhuyd's ongoing tour of South Wales, describing the difficulties faced in corresponding, his fossil collecting and his research into Welsh manuscripts (f. 1).
Also included is an engraved portrait of Lhuyd, 1796 (f. 2).

Transcripts by Walter Davies, from manuscripts in the Ashmolean Museum, of letters to Edward Lhuyd from William Nicolson, William Price, Nic. Roberts, W. Rowlands, Jo. Maddocks, Edward Thomas, T. Davies, Thomas Hamorne, Maurice Jones, William Gambold, Erasmus Saunders, J[ohn] Ll[oyd], Robert Humphreys, and Humphrey Foulkes.

A volume consisting mainly of letters, 17 & 18 cents, addressed to Edward Lhuyd (1660?-1709), together with miscellaneous items, including pedigrees, notes and extracts.

Autograph letters and copies of letters from Edward Lhuyd to the Reverend John Lloyd, Ruthin, David Lloyd, Blaenyddol, Richard Mostyn, Penbedw, and others, 1685-1708; a list of plants observed on Aran Benllyn and Snowdon, 1682; a short Irish-Latin-Welsh vocabulary, and a copy of Lhuyd's 'parochial queries'; miscellaneous letters, including autographs of Susannah Puleston, 1678, John Myddelton, 1713, Will: Gruffith of Llyne, 1660 (with Welsh sermon notes), B. Bulkeley, H. Egerton, M. Price, Margarett Coytmore, Thomas Pennant, John Anstis, etc.; the opinion of Sir Thomas Powys on the will of Owen Jones of Braichybib, 1687; and papers relating to the fishery of Dysynni, with an opinion by Sir William Williams, 'Speaker Williams'.

A manuscript containing transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of pedigrees, letters of Edward Lhuyd (1660-1709), entries in the Clocaenog parish registers, and an account of the Civil War in North Wales; deeds of lands in Denbighshire, 1541, 1546; songs written for Royal British Bowmen meetings, 1824; englynion to Angharad Llwyd; notes written by John Lloyd (1733-1793), Caerwys, W. W. E. Wynne (1801-1880) and Edward Protheroe; letters to Angharad Llwyd from J. Kynaston Edwards and W. W. E. Wynne; etc.

Miscellaneous papers consisting of drafts, sermons, copies of poems in English and Latin, Latin letters, college papers, orations, etc. The following may be specially noted: a copy of a certificate (1710) by Dr Edward Wynn that William Owen was the grandson of Sir John Owen of Clenneney (ff. 14-15); a letter from Wi[lliam] Baxter to 'Mr Edward Lhuyd, Keeper of the Museum att Oxford', 9 October 1708 (ff. 12-13); an epistle in Latin verse from Will Lloyd to Edward Wynne (ff. 10-11); two Latin letters from William Williams at St Donat's Castle to Mr Edward Wynn, A.M., Fellow of Jesus in Oxfordshire, 1706 (ff. 5-8); a copy of the beginning of the will of Dr Ralph Bathurst (f. 4), with a draft based upon it of the beginning of Dr Edward Wynne's will in Latin (f. 3); and a fragment of a personal account book, 1720-1723 (ff. 73-82).

A manuscript containing extracts made by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) from letters sent by Edward Lhuyd (1660-1709) to Humphrey Foulkes (1673-1747) 'for Richard Mostyn' and by William Foulkes (d. 1691) to Richard Mostyn, together with genealogical and other miscellanea in the hand of Richard Llwyd (Bard of Snowdon) (1752-1835).

A manuscript containing an original letter, 1699, from Edward Lhuyd (1660-1709); transcripts by Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of other letters by Lhuyd; transcripts of Salusbury of Llewenni letters and of correspondence between Philip Yorke (1743-1804), Erddig, and John Lloyd (1733-1793), Caerwys (father of Angharad Llwyd), of papers relating to the manor of Chirk, and of Edward Lhuyd's memoranda relating to North Wales, particularly Anglesey; copies of Newmarket and Dymeirchion church inscriptions; lists of and extracts from various manuscripts; other miscellanea.

Transcripts by Walter Davies, with notes and observations, of Edward Lhuyd's summary of answers to his 'Parochial Queries ...', and of Lhuyd's Itinerary throug [sic] Wales extracted out of Mr Lloyd of Caerwys's Copy of the Hallstone MS; and abstracts, also by Walter Davies, from some of Edward Lhuyd's correspondence.

Five booklets containing transcripts by Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd), including a commonplace book of Dr Thomas Williams; letters to Edward Lhuyd from Sir Richard Mostyn, John Tibbots and others; letters from Humphrey Humphreys to Lewis Anwyl; 'Trioedd Ynys Prydain' with notes by Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt [possibly related to NLW MS 2019C] (ff. 49-70); various texts written by Thomas Williams and Robert Vaughan; a Welsh-English vocabulary; pedigrees; etc.