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Commonplace book, 1829- , of Thomas Lloyd Jones (‘Gwenffrwd’).

A commonplace book entitled 'Thomas Salubury's Book of Scraps and Diversities', compiled by Thomas Salusbury of Denbigh (b. 1761), third son of Robert Salusbury of Cotton Hall. It contains medical and culinary recipes, many of them attributed to North Wales Physicians; notes on contemporary events during the Napoleonic Wars; press cuttings; anecdotes of George II and Lord Chatham; notes on sermons preached by the Rev. Mr. Edwards at Wrexham, 1787, Bishop Horsley, 1805, the Rev. Mr. Mason at Denbigh, 1807, and the Rev. Mr. Philips at Denbigh, 1818; notes on notable members of the Salusbury family; genealogical extracts from the family Bible at Cotton Hall; and particulars of the birthdays of the compiler's relatives, friends, and acquaintances.

A commonplace book begun by William Thomas of Brecon and London and continued by other members of his family, containing receipts, genealogical memoranda, poetry, horoscopes; and miscellaneous entries relating to the Thomas family from 1673 to 1755.

A commonplace book of John Jones, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire containing aphorisms and transcripts of poetry by John Davies ('Ossian Gwent').

A volume issued, 1828, to the antiqury Angharad Llwyd, Tyn-y-rhyl, Flintshire, for the collection of subscriptions towards St David's Welsh Church, Liverpool, but utilised by her as a commonplace and autograph book. Verse and prose entries, 1830-1853, mostly of a religious nature, include autograph poetry by John Jones (Tegid), Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), and Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall), and entries by Sir John Bernard Bosanquet, Lady Charlotte Guest, Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover, Henry Hart Milman, David Pennant, William Owen[-Pughe], Thomas Raffles, Henry Raikes, John Bird Sumner, and Frances Wrangham. Also included is a letter of address, 1828, to Angharad Llwyd from the Rev. Robert Davies, perpetual curate of St David's Church (f. iii).

A commonplace book, 1810-1859, of Mary Evans [? Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire] containing scriptural arguments supporting Unitarian doctrines and refuting various aspects of orthodox Christianity; with sermons, hymns, and religious and other verse. Also included is an account of the death of Thomas Evans, Pen-y-garn, Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire, 9 December 1833 (ff. 63-5 verso).

A manuscript volume, 1832-44, belonging to Catherine Wood, containing transcripts in various hands of verse and prose extracts.

A commonplace book of David George of Nant Einion, parish of Llanthoysant (Llanddeusant), begun in 1828, and containing rules of English grammar ('Murray's Exercises Corrected at Neuaddlwyd-academy'); farming accounts and settled accounts with the smith, cobbler, mason, weaver, shoemaker, labourers, etc., 1831-1838; a list of Welsh books; scriptural notes, and lists of scriptural readings at prayer meetings, Sunday Schools, etc.

Commonplace book, 1818-[c. 1828], mainly in English with portions in French, Latin, German, Italian and Dutch. The volume contains facetious 'Resolutions for the Preservation of regularity at Shanes Castle during the meeting for the Performance of Cymbeline' by Frederick, Lord North, 1786 (pp. 1-2) (cf. NLW MS 11167B); miscellaneous poems including an apparently unpublished poem by Byron, 'On a Lock of Hair', commencing 'Swear not at all, but if thou must' (p. 13), another two of his poems (pp. 13, 24), poems by R. B. Sheridan (pp. 5, 7, 14) and a number of rhymes by 'Mr. Cowper' [?William Cowper] (pp. 3-4); a famous sermon on malt attributed to Dr John Dod (pp. 8-9); and humorous letters, epigrams, epitaphs, anagrams and charades including two composed by Charles James Fox (pp. 25, 28) and four composed by Professor [Richard] Porson (pp. 28-9, 31, 69). The answers to the anagrams and charades are in Greek orthography written in reverse.

Notebook, dated 1823 (watermark 1819), written for Miss Hester Anne Taylor 'by one of her "Neices"' (p. 88).
The volume includes a transcript of a letter from Lady Ann[e] Erskine to an unidentified recipient (pp. 2-30), a sermon (pp. 31-52) and a short narrative on Welsh preaching, including an example of a sermon by Christmas Evans (pp. 53-61), together with hymns and devotional poems (pp. 62-87) by the Rev. John Marriott (pp. 63-71), Hannah More (pp. 72-73), Bishop [George] Horne (pp. 74-75), T[homas] Moore (p. 82), [Joseph] Grigg (pp. 84-85), Mrs [Anne] Steele (p. 86) and [Thomas] Gibbons (p. 87) amongst others. The manuscript is probably associated with the Taylor family of Carmarthen, prominent local Methodists during the first quarter of the nineteenth century (see also NLW MS 13625A).

Two composite commonplace books of Edward Jones, Cyrchynan-uchaf, Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, 1824-1831, containing lists of preachers' texts, farming accounts and memoranda, overseers' accounts, sheep ear-marks, a ' carol plygain' (1830) by R. Williams and other verses in free metres, equivalent Welsh and English words and expressions, etc.

A Commonwealth warrant, dated 4 May 1655, issued to Gualter Frost and signed by Henry Lawrence (Lord President of the Council of State), Philip Jones (member of the Council and governor of Cardiff), Francis Rous (Speaker of the little parliament) and others, to pay the sum of 'threescore and eighteene pounds' to Robert Roberts, 'being for Satisfaccon to ye Souldyers who recovered ye horses of ye Lord Cheife Justice Rolls and Mr. Baron Nicholas Seized upon by the Rebells at Salisbury', endorsed with the receipt and signature of Robert Roberts.

Minutes, agenda and discussion papers, December 1997-July 1998, of the Communications Task Group, set up to raise awareness and enthusiasm for the National Assembly for Wales, and which was chaired by Peter Hain MP.

Tystysgrif cyfranddaliadau yng nghwmni cydweithredol dyfrhau Y Gaiman, Chubut, Patagonia, Yr Ariannin, yn enw Aaron Jenkins, 5 Medi 1934, wedi ei harwyddo gan John ap Hughes, Robert Evans a Myrddin Griffith.

Company of Cordwainers and Glovers of Cardiff minute book and account book. (Formerly E. I. Williams MS 1.) English. Calf. Donated by Dr & Mrs T. J. M. Gregg, Swansea, per Mr A. Gray Jones, Aberystwyth, 1958.

Holograph copy of compositions by Edward Rubbra et al.