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Llyfr John Lewis, Llanfynydd,

  • NLW MS 9365B.
  • File
  • 1816-1840 /

The commonplace book of John Lewis, Troed-y-rhiw, Llanfynydd, 1816-1840, containing copies of indentures and other documents relating to Llanfynydd; extracts from newspapers; a copy of the will of David Jones of the parish of St George in Queen Square, London, 1739, referring to a charity school at Llanfynydd; a record of John Lewis's weight at different times; a copy of a survey of Llanfynydd, 1796; medical recipes; accounts; autobiographical data; poetry, including 'Cerdd Newydd am dderchafiad Balchder a'i gwymp o achos arfer newydd a ddaeth yn ddiweddar i blith y Cymry' by Gwilim ab Ifan; poems in praise of Pant-tawel, improved by John Lewis, 1816; new year greetings in verse to John Lewis by W. E. Harry, Benjamin Davies 'preacher', Henry Powell, Griffith Jonathan, and Isaac Davies; 'Cerdd a gyfansoddwyd pan gydynwyd i ffyrfiaw Cymdeithas y Gomeraegyddion yn Llanfynydd gan y Bardd [Isaac Davies, 1823] ar yr erddygan a elwir Duw gadwo'r Brenin yn y ffordd Gymraeg' and a song by Isaac Davies to be sung at the reception of new members.

Lewis, John, Troed-y-rhiw, Llanfynydd

Papurau barddonol

Mae'r gyfres yn cynnwys llyfrau nodiadau o gerddi, emynau a nodiadau, 1862 - [1937], a nifer ohonynt yn cynnwys amgaeëdigion, un yn dyddio i 1964. Mae'r gyfres hefyd yn cynnwys amlen o gerddi yn cynnwys rhai cyfieithiadau o gerddi Robert Herrick, John Donne ac Andrew Marvell, heb eu dyddio, a saith pryddest eisteddfodol, [c. 1889] - [c. 1891].

Ben Jones (P. A. Môn),

Miscellanea of Ben Jones ('P.A. Môn'), including 'Ellis Jones Coach Account for December 24, 1821 To August 3, 1822', 'Sandeman a Morgan Ratler ym Môn o 1790 i 1825', 'Cerdd i'r Gwr y torrwyd ei law, ac y diengodd y lleidr oddiarno - neu'r Gwr a dorrodd ei ffenestr i ffuantu lladroniaeth arno er duo ei gymmodogion ... Mawrth 8, 1825', 'Darluniad o Dy Cyfarfod y Trefnyddion Calfinaidd a elwir Moria, yn nhref Caerynarfon ...', 'Gwrthdystiad merched Cymru' (see Seren Gomer, 1829), etc.

Jones, Benjamin, 1788-1841

Daniel Jones

A 'pryddest' entitled 'Ar ddefnyddioldeb yr Ysgol Sabbothol, Testyn Eisteddfod Llysymaen, Hydref 22, 1855', an 'awdl' entitled 'Cymru' sent to 'Eisteddfod Aberafon ... Mehefin 23, 1853', and 'Pryddest i, neu ar Ddyffryn Clwyd, i Sylw Beirniaid Eisteddfod Dimbych, 1860' - all by Daniel Jones.

Jones, Daniel, 1788-1862

Daniel Jones

Poems and drafts of poems by Daniel Jones.

Jones, Daniel, 1788-1862

David Saunders

Two volumes of sermons, hymns, poems, and memoranda, written in 1827-1828 and 1835-1836 by David Saunders, Baptist minister, poet, and hymn-writer, with transcripts by him of a few poems by other writers.

Saunders, David, 1769-1840

Cân Trigolion Twynyrodyn

A copy of Butler's Improved Cellar Book which belonged in 1862 to William Walters. It contains manuscript notes on the history of England. Pasted in at the end is a press-cutting of 'Ychydig hanes, ar fesur Can, am y braw a'r trallod fu ar drigolion Twynyrodyn, o achos dau ddyn dyeithr ddaethant i lettya i arwydd y "Goron", yn mhentref Merthyr Tydfil, yn Sir Forganwg. Rhai gwragedd synwyrol a ddychymygent mai dau o'r Press gang oeddynt; eraill a honnent mai dau o'r Ffrench oeddynt. Hyn a barodd i'r trigolion ffoi; rhai wrth y naill hosan, eraill wrth y naill esgid, &c. &c.'

Walters, William, fl. 1862

Welsh literature and philology,

Drafts of articles relating to Welsh literature and history and to Celtic institutions; lists of Welsh words derived from English and of words common to both branches of the Celtic family; and a poem entitled 'Rhiangerdd Gwenfalwy o Gastell Caerphili' by 'Idwal Trefor', 1874.

Sir Edward Anwyl.

Cyfarfodydd cystadleuol Llanuwchllyn,

  • NLW MS 21996E.
  • File
  • 1854-1910.

Poems and essays, most of them entered for competition at literary meetings in Llanuwchllyn, [c. 1861]-1874; and other miscellaneous items relating to Llanuwchllyn.

Capel Brynteg, Bethesda,

  • NLW MS 21874A.
  • File
  • 1864-1867 /

A notebook containing summaries by Robert Williams, Pen-y-bryn, Bethesda, co. Caernarfon, of sermons preached at Brynteg, Bethesda, Calvinistic Methodist church from its opening, 28 August 1864, until 27 August 1865, together with a pulpit supply list, 1865-1867 (inverted text ff. 86-8); two scriptural essays, 'Traethawd ar y Pwysigrwydd o Iawn-dreulio Boreu'r Oes' and 'Bywyd Iesu Grist yn Fywyd o Esiampl' (inverted text ff. 83-5 verso and 80-1 verso); and verses, 'Englynion Cyfarchiadol I'r Ieuengctyd' (inverted text ff. 81 verso-2).

Williams, Robert, ca. 1840-1894

Cerddi,

  • NLW MS 22040A.
  • File
  • 1887-1903 /

Verses and hymns, 1887-1903, by the Reverend James Tegryn Phillips ('Iago Tegryn'), Hebron, co. Pembroke, together with a few biographical details concerning him.

Phillips, James Tegryn

Casgliad o farddoniaeth, &c.

  • NLW MS 6729B
  • File
  • 18-19 cents

A collection of 'carolau', 'cerddi', 'englynion', and other verse in various metres. The poets include John Rhees, 1776-8, Hugh Jones 'o Faes y glase' (1749-1825), Robert Evan 'o Feifod' (fl. c. 1750), Edward Morus 'o'r Plas yn y Pentre', 1785, Ellis Rowland (c. 1650-c. 1730), George Humphreys (senior) (1747?-1813), 1803-7, George Humphreys (junior), Ellis Roberts (d. 1789), Jonathan Hughes (1721-1805), Evan Williams, Rhys Lloyd, Harri 'o Graig y Gath' [Harri Parri (1709?-1800)], Hugh Morris (1622-1709), John Thomas (Pentrefoelas), Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant) (1739-1810) and John Cain alias 'Ceiriog' (c. 1575-c. 1650). Also included is a shoemaker's accounts and a charm against tooothache.

Tune book,

Two nineteenth-century tune books now joined together as one volume, the first bearing the dates 1816 and 1866 (inside covers) in the hand of Mair Richards of Darowen, and the second 1850 (inside front cover); the first part contains popular and traditional Welsh song and dance tunes, the second, English waltzes, marches and quicksteps with a few traditional Welsh tunes and hymn-tunes. Also included are an englyn attributed to M[air] R[ichards], but signed below in red by David Richards ('Dewi Silin'; 1783-1826), who may have been the first owner (part one, f. 1).

Mair Richards and others.

Tune book,

A miscellaneous collection of hymn-tunes, anthems and a few traditional and popular tunes from Wales and elsewhere, perhaps compiled in the mid-nineteenth century and comprising various quires, bifolia and single sheets in a number of hands of the first half of the century, and bearing watermarks between 1817 (ff. 10, 24) and 1845 (f. 93). It includes works attributed to John Williams (f. 13), David Harries, Carno (ff. 14-16, 25 recto-verso, 28 verso-30, 55 verso-8, 62-6 verso) and David Richards ('Dewi Silin') (ff. 17-19 verso, inverted text). Accompanying words, where present, are mainly in Welsh. Also included are memoranda and verse in Welsh (ff. 26 verso-8) and a few annotations by Mair Richards, Darowen (f. 16a).

'Y Fronfraith ...'

'Y Fronfraith, sef caniadau ar wahanol destynau gan John Lewis (Ioan ap L.) Llanrhystyd' - a collection of lyrics and other poems by John Lewis, 1857-1860.

Caniadau

A selection of popular lyrics and recitation pieces taken from the works of Thomas Edwards ('Twm o'r Nant'), Robert Davies, Nantglyn, and John Jones ('Talhaiarn'), with original poems, elegies and 'englynion' by the compiler, John Lewis, 1858-1866.

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