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Barker, Thomas William, 1861-1912
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Correspondence

Letters addressed mainly to John Davies. The correspondents include Joseph K. Aston, Bounty Office, 1897; T[homas] W[illiam] Barker, Carmarthen, 1911; David D[aniel] Evans, Llandysul, 1911; T[homas] A[llen] Glenn, Prestatyn; Annie James, Rhiwgoy, near Rhoshill (concerning William Mathias, with two of his ballads entitled Can Newydd yn gosod allan Dwyll, Hoceth, ac Annghariad and Profiad Ffarmwr ar ol Gadael Ffarmwriaeth); G. Griffiths, Chepstow; A. G. C. Rice, Swansea, 1926; Mrs J. Morris, Aberystwyth, 1915; Lucy E[llen] Lloyd Theakston, LlanrhĂ´s, 1918; Herbert M[illingchamp] Vaughan [1920]; Richard Williams, Newtown, 1898; and G[eorge] E[dgar] P[ropert] Williams, Haverfordwest, 1923.

Letters to the Reverend D. E. Jenkins,

Twenty-four letters, etc., from J[ohn] Mortimer Angus (registrar of the University of Wales, previously professor of Latin, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth), University Registry, Cardiff, 1915 (enclosing a testimonial in support of recipient's application for a teaching post), D[avid] Brynmor Anthony (registrar of the University of Wales), University Registry, Cardiff, 1930-1931 (2) (the University's decision to award recipient the honorary degree of M.A.), J. Atkinson, Liverpool, [19]06 (enquiries made on behalf of recipient concerning Robert Roberts [? of Holyhead, 1777-1836], enclosing a photograph of a bust ? of Roberts), T[homas] W[illiam] Barker (diocesan registrar of the diocese of St. Davids), Carmarthen, 1905-1907 (5) (information from the St. David's diocesan records), E. C. Beharrell, British Museum [London], [19]09 (a reference to an article on charity schools in Wales in The Gospel Magazine, March 1798, enclosing a copy of the title-page of the Rev[erend] T[homas] Charles: An Evangelical Catechism (London, 1797)), W. W. Benham (joint manager), The Provident Association of London, Limited, London, 1915 (enclosing a certificate of appointment of recipient as an agent for the company), [the Reverend] T[homas] Bird, St. Fagan's Rectory, Cardiff, [19]07 (2) (enclosing a copy of the memorial inscription on the tomb of the Rev[erend] Daniel Jones, curate of Radir (ob. 1821), and of his wife Joan (ob. 1840), at St. Fagan's, and an extract from the parish register recording their marriage, 1792), [Professor] A[lexander] Bruce Boswell (dean of the Faculty of Arts), University of Liverpool, 1932 (2) (recipient's candidature for the degree of D. Litt.), [the Reverend] Stafford F[aulkner] Bourdillon, East Tytherley Vicarage, Salisbury, 1906 (information concerning the Reverend Edward Phillips (ob. 1851), a previous incumbent of the parish, a copy of the inscription on Phillips's tombstone), [the Reverend] Arthur J[ames] Bowen, Kington Magna Rectory, Dorset, 1905 (a promise to look at old letters [for references to Thomas Charles], mention of W[illia]m Williams ['Williams Pantycelyn', 1717-1791], and of the writing by him of [the hymn commencing with the line] 'O'er those gloomy hills of darkness', in Berry Hill Wood [near Llwyn-gwair, parish of Nevern, co. Pembroke], looking across to Carn Ingli), George B[evan] Bowen, Llwyngwair, Pembrokeshire, 1906 (a reply to a query re James Bowen of Llwyngwair (ob. 1816), and documents re Madam Bevan's Charity), Charles E. Breese, Portmadoc, 1904 (a query relating to John Williams, agent to Mr. [William Alexander] Madocks [of Tremadoc], with whom the Rev[eren]d Tho[ma]s Charles was friendly, Charles's stay with Mr. Madocks on the occasion of the opening of the new [Calvinistic Methodist] chapel in Tremadoc), Capt[ain] James Buckley, Castell Gorfod, St. Clears, 1910 (recipient's 'Life of Tho[mas] Charles', the writer's 'very large Welsh Library of M.S.S.', information required concerning David Bowen), Edward J. Burrow and Co. Ltd . (publishers), Cheltenham, 1928-1932 (3) (the publication of another edition of the Denbigh Official Guide), and F. M. Burton, Filey, [19]06 (extracts from the records of the Congregational church and from the register of the parish church, Gainsborough, relating to the Rev[erend] Daniel Rowland (ob. 1804), pastor of the former).

Material relating to Lampeter,

Material relating to the history of Lampeter, Cardiganshire acquired by George Eyre Evans largely during 1904.
They include extracts from the parish register, 1765-1805, the vestry book, 1777-1803, and accounts of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor, 1705-1742; extracts from the presentment books of the manor of Lampeter, among the Falcondale muniments, 1741-1883; extracts from the manuscripts of William Floyd in the National Library of Wales and of Sir Richard Colt Hoare in the Public Library, Cardiff, a transcript of 'The Case of the Lordship and Manor of Lampeter, drawn by Mr. James Price of Killgwin, with the Advice and Opinion of Richard Aston, Esq.', 1755, relating to the election of portreeves; a list of portreeves, 1615-1883; a list of vicars, 1662-1903; extracts from letters from W. J. Rees, Cascob to John Jenkins, Kerry, 1826-1828, from NLW MS 1737, letters from Rice Rees, Lampeter to his uncle W. J. Rees, Cascob, 1820-1830, from the Tonn Manuscripts in the Public Library, Cardiff and letters from D. R. Rees, Stamp Office, Llandovery to his brother, W. J. Rees, Cascob, 1818-1828; seventeen autograph letters and postcards, 1904-1910 and undated, to George Eyre Evans from T. W. Barker, Diocesan Registry, Carmarthen, Ll. J. M. Bebb, St David's College, Lampeter, D. H. Davies, Verwig, Herbert Davies-Evans, Highmead, Walter J. Evans, Carmarthen, John C. Harford, Falcondale, J[ohn] Lloyd, bishop suffragan of Swansea and vicar of Lampeter, Benjamin [Morris], Lampeter and John H. Swann, Manchester; nineteenth century monumental inscriptions; extracts from private sources; and press cuttings.