File 405E. - Llyfr Robyn Frych,

A commonplace book of Merioneth interest largely in the hand of Robert Prys Morris ('Robyn Frych'), Dolgellau. It contains 'awdlau' and 'cywyddau' by Tudur Penllyn, Risiart Phylip ('o Ardudwy'), Gutto'r Glyn, Huw Arwystl, Wiliam Llyn, Sion Mowddwy, Owain Gwynedd, Iolo Goch, Vaughan Jones ('Fychan y Gwyndill') (19c), Dafydd ab Ieuan ab Owain, Simwnt Fychan, Sion Dafydd Penllyn, Watkin ab Richard, Tudur Aled, D[afy]dd Ll[wyd] ab Lly[wely]n ab Gruffydd, Gruffydd Phylip ('o Ardudwy'], Ffoulk Prys ('mab Edmunt Prys Archdiagon Meirionydd'), Dafydd Ddu Hiraddug, Ll[ywely]n Goch ap Meurig Hen, Morris Dwyferch (recte Dwyfech) and Dafydd ap Gwilym, together with an incomplete index; records relating to the Quaker burial ground at Llwyn-du, parish of Llwyngwril, being (i) a document signed by Thomas Westcombe on behalf of the Western Quarterly Meeting of the Society of Friends, 1876, allowing (with reservations) the application of Robert Pugh, Llwyngwril, for the ground to be used for interment by the Wesleyan Congregation at Llwyngwril, (ii) a covering letter, 1876, from Thomas Westcombe, Worcester to Robert Pugh, and (iii) a note signed by W[illia]m Norris, Coalbrookdale, 1876, on the trusts of the ground, with specific reference to the conveyance of 1756 to Abraham Darby of Coalbrookdale of the Llwyndu and Tyddyn y Garreg burial grounds; an account by Robert Prys Morris, 1883, of the early schooling of his son John Prys at Dolgellau, and an entry by Robert Prys Morris in 1877 relating to the death of his mother Elinor Morris in 1875; Merioneth pedigrees (e.g. Owen of Dolgellau, Edwards of Talgarth, Owen of Cae'rberllan, Anwyl of Erylaran, etc., Vaughan of Hengwrt); annotated lists of place names in the separate townships of the hundreds of Talybont and Estimaner extracted from a rental, 1875, and of place names from two eighteenth century parish records of Towyn; particulars of foreign mission collections by children of Salem, Dolgellau and of Llyn y Penmaen churches, 1882, the secretary and treasurer being Robert Prys Morris; an adjudication by Robert Prys Morris, 1883, on 'Traethawd Hanesyddol - Abergynolwyn a'r gymdogaeth yn ystod yr haner can' mlynedd diweddaf'; an account by W. Wynne Ffoulkes of the tumulus known as Tomen Pentref near Dolgellau (from Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1874, pp. 313-19); etc. Other sources quoted by the scribe include a paper lent by Mr Owain Owain, Hendref, Abergynolwyn (p. 47) and manuscripts owned by Owain Williams, Waunfawr (pp. 42, 73 etc.).