One leaf (which appears to have been used at one time in the binding of a volume) of a document which would seem to be a copy of a manifesto by a French king - possibly Louis XIII or Henri IV - at the conclusion of a military campaign - possibly one of the French religious wars - in which he stresses his lack of funds with which to pay his Swiss mercenaries, repair fortifications and maintain his household, with notes by Egerton B. Phillimore (1856-1937).
A work by H. Marshall, Dolgarrog entitled A Description and History of the Mid-Conway Vale, mainly relating to the parishes of Eglwys Fach, the Abbey, Dolgarrog, Caerhun and Llanbedr.
Over thirty autograph letters, 1884-1885, from Brinley Richards (1819-1885) to J. P. Davies, Baptist minister of ?Caerphilly, mainly relating to Welsh music.
Copies of Drych y Cristion: neu Gadwedigol Ffydd Wedi ei Datguddio ... (Dublin, 1766), Cydymaith Diddan ... (Chester, 1766) and Diddanwch Teuluaidd ... (London, 1763), bound together, with poems by Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llewelyn Fychan, Edmwnd Prys, Iolo Goch, etc., added in manuscript.
A copy of 'A Survey of the Manor of Mould with the Rights Membrs and Appurtenances thereof in the County of fflint late parcell of the possessions of James late Earle of Derby . . . 1652'; and of 'Assessmt of ye Parish of Mould to ye 3d Aid Anno 1698'.
An incomplete transcript of 'Chronica Principum Walliae' or 'Brut y Tywysogion', probably based on the text in 'Llyfr Coch Hergest' and bearing a close resemblance to the text found in Peniarth MS. 212, and a transcript of another chronicle from Cadwalydr Vendigeid to A.D. 1565.
A warrant of the Privy Council, March 14, 1601/2, authorising baron Buckhurst, Lord High Treasurer of England, to pay to Sir John Vaughan, or to his assign, Griffith Lloyd, the sum of three hundred and fifty pounds, being the charge of arming, 'apparelling', and transporting one hundred men from Carmarthenshire for military service in Ireland.
One of four volumes containing a full account of A Universal Alphabet devised by William Jones, Merthyr Tydfil, 1923, with letters relating thereto, illustrative examples, etc.
One of four volumes containing a full account of A Universal Alphabet devised by William Jones, Merthyr Tydfil, 1923, with letters relating thereto, illustrative examples, etc.
A copy of Hanes, Cyfansoddiad, Rheolau Dysgyblaethol, y'nghyd a Chyffes Ffydd y Corph o Fethodistiaid Calfinaidd yn Nghymru . . .(Aberystwyth, 1824) which belonged to William Rowlands, Cwrtycwm, Llanychaiarn, Cardiganshire (1778-?1866), who added transcripts of hymns, lists of Cardiganshire Calvinistic Methodist chapels and preachers with information concerning them, lists of delegates to the Sunday School bi-monthly meetings, and a list of preachers and of their texts, 1826-58.
Autograph letters, 1765-1782, of Elizabeth Montagu (1720-1800), authoress, and James Woodhouse (1735-1820), known as the poetical shoemaker, her house steward.
A volume containing copies of The Book of Common Prayer ... Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David ... (Oxford, 1786), The Holy Bible ... (Oxford, 1794), and The Whole Book of Psalms collected into English Metre ... (Oxford, 1787), with manuscript biographical entries relating to members of the Frere family, of which Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, first baronet (D.N.B. xx, 257), who was christened at Llanelly, Brecknockshire, was a member.
Llyfr yr hen Shon Ashton, Geseilfa - yr hwn oedd yn Fidler medrus, given by John Ashton (1830-1896) to Nicholas Bennett (1823-1899), being a printed collection of airs with instructions to the dancers.
A book of reference dated 1858 for the parish of Llanfihangel Rhydithon relating to the Central Wales Railway, containing names of owners or reputed owners, lessees and occupiers of lands which may have been required for the purposes of the Railway (etc.).
