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Deeds and documents, 1689-1883, relating to the Llanerchfrochwel estate mainly in Buttington, Guilsfield, Llandysilio, and Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, including deeds relating to a school charity in St. Julian, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, endowed by the will of Thomas Bowdler.

Family and estate records of Griffith of Porthamal, Anglesey, and Llanfair, Caernarfonshire, Griffith of Brynodol, Caernarfonshire, and the associated families of Rowlands of Nant, Caernarfonshire, and Wynn of Taltreuddyn, Merionethshire. The estate records include rentals of the Llanfair estate, 1516-1669, the Brynodol estate, 1581-1751, the Cefnamwlch estate, 1630-1717, the Nant estate, 1702-1719, the Taltreuddyn estate, 1744-1848, the Llanfair and Brynodol estate, 1761-1832, and rentals from various other estates, 1615-1816; and deeds of the Porthamal and Llanfair estate, 1435-1673, the Brynodol (and later Llanfair and Brynodol) estate, 1564-1864, and the Taltreuddyn estate, 1664-1751. -- The archive also includes rentals of Crown rents in Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Merionethshire, 1558-1798, and ministers' accounts, 1365-1825; Caernarfon borough records, 1545-1783, including rentals of corporation property, lists of burgesses, and notes on the constitution of the borough and the appointment of officers; and a number of literary and historical manuscripts.

This collection consists of two groups of the Llanfyllin manuscripts. Group I comprises commonplace books and a diary of William Baxter, Wesleyan Methodist minister; financial accounts relating to the Llansilin (Denbighshire) Wesleyan chapel and to the Bagillt Nonconformist Cemetery Company; miscellanea of T. Nicholls Roberts, Wesleyan minister; sermons, poetry, anecdotes, etc. Group II comprises minute books of Llanfyllin committees; material relating to the Powys Provincial Eisteddfod at Llanfyllin, 1892-1922; miscellanea of Evan Davies, Wesleyan minister; journals of Edward Jones, constable of Llanfyllin; correspondence, etc. relating to Llanfyllin antiquities; editions of the Magazine of the Myllin Literary and Debating Society, 1898-1901; material relating to the Cambrian Railway at Oswestry, to the Vale of Clwyd Railway and to the Wrexham and Ellesmere Railway; sermons; etc.

Records of the Llangeitho Benefit Society, 1827-1938.

Llangibby Castle estate records, including court rolls of manors in Monmouthshire, 1262-1911, Glamorgan, 1675-1739, Gloucestershire, 1427-1595, and Somerset, 1609-1691; title deeds, mainly Monmouthshire, 1217-1930, and correspondence, mainly 18-19 cent.; important letters and papers relating to the civil war in Monmouthshire; and manuscripts aquired by the family, including drafts and copies of Modus Tenendi Parliamentarum and Observata Parliamentaria by Henry Elsynge, junior (1598-1654), clerk to the House of Commons, together with minutes of the House of Commons, 1624-1626, calendar of the Journal of the House of Lords, 1647-1768, copies of the Journals of the House of Commons, 1547-1701, index to parliamentary proceedings, temp. Edward III-Edward IV, and, 1724-1743, civil war tracts, the journal of the missionary Dr Joseph Wolff, 1832, 'Prif Achae holh Gymru Benbaladr' in the autograph of Sir Thomas Wiliams, Trefriw, 1578-1609, a seventeenth-century collection of Welsh poetry by the principal 'cywyddwyr'; a memoir of Richard Robert Jones ('Dic Aberdaron', 1780-1843) in his own autograph; English sermons and miscellaneous notes by Rev. Edmund Jones, Pontypool, a sermon notebook of Rev. Philip Henry (1631-1696), the eminent Nonconformist divine, a survey of the lands of Henry, earl of Pembroke, in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, 1570, and a survey of lands in the lordship of Usk, 1619; pedigree rolls of Sir Roger Williams of Penrhos, Monmouthshire, compiled by Thomas Jones ('Twm Siôn Catti'), 1591, and of the Williams family of Llangibby Castle, probably compiled by Sylvanus Morgan.

Papers of the donor's grandfather, Reginald Kirkby, Estate Manager, including a map and printed history of the Llangibby Hunt [1949/50], a volume of accounts, 1932-44, and plans of Vine Tree Cottage, 1950-51; February 2024.

Deeds and documents, 1631-1861, relating to the Llanllyr estate in Cardiganshire, Carmarthen, and Llangynog and Merthyr in Carmarthenshire, together with a toll book, 1796-1833, of Talsarn fairs.

The collection consists of four groups, namely: a collection of manuscripts, [late 16 cent.]-[18 cent.], containing transcripts of Welsh poems and prose items being largely volumes of Glamorgan origin acquired by Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) and forming part of his library (NLW MSS 13061-86); miscellaneous notebooks, papers, etc., of Iolo Morganwg, bound into eighty volumes (NLW MSS 13087-162); miscellaneous papers and correspondence of Cymdeithas Cymreigyddion y Fenni ('The Abergavenny Cymreigyddion Society'), 1836-1848 (NLW MSS 13182-5E); and miscellaneous other manuscripts (NLW MSS 13163-81). The second group (NLW MSS 13087-162) contains a mass of notes on matters of Welsh literary, historical, and antiquarian interest, transcripts of historical documents, transcripts of Welsh poems, series of triads, and prose compositions, and copies of original poems, essays, and reports by Iolo himself, etc. Amongst the historical and antiquarian material are items which Welsh scholars do not accept as authentic but which they regard as being spurious and the fruit of Iolo Morganwg's inventive mind. The literary material too has its quota of items regarded as forgeries, including Welsh poems written by Iolo Morganwg in imitation of the style of earlier poets and attributed by him to such poets. The accounts given of the contents of the manuscripts which belong to this second group are intended to be descriptive and not analytical and, except in the case of major 'forgeries' such as the chronicle 'Brut Aberpergwm' and the poems attributed to Dafydd ap Gwilym, and a few other items such as letters attributed to the Rev. Edward Gamage, no attempt is made to include comments on the authenticity or spuriousness of the items noted. Many of the Welsh items contained in the volumes belonging to the second group were published with English translations and notes in Iolo Manuscripts: A Selection of Ancient Welsh Manuscripts in Prose and Verse from the Collection made by the late Edward Williams, ed. by Taliesin Williams (Llandovery, 1848) and Barddas; or, a Collection of Original Documents illustrative of the Theology, Wisdom, and Usages of the Bardo-Druidic System of the Isle of Britain, ed. by John Williams (Ab Ithel), 2 vols (Llandovery and London, 1862-1874).

Manuscripts once held in the library of Plas Llanstephan, Carmarthenshire. The collection comprises mainly transcripts from medieval Welsh manuscripts such as the Red Book of Hergest, the Black Book of Carmarthen and the Red Book of Talgarth which include poetry, triads, pedigrees, arms, lives of saints, Brut y Brenhinedd, Brut y Tywysogion, the Laws of Hywel Dda, etc.; grammars and vocabularies; translations, mainly from Latin and English sources; proverbs; theological tracts; medical recipes; etc. The earliest of the manuscripts date from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries. Most of the manuscripts are in the hands of Moses and Samuel Williams, with other scribes including Dr John Davies, Mallwyd, Dr John David Rhys, William Maurice, 'Iaco ab Dewi', Edward Lhuyd and William Owen-Pughe.

Records of Llanwrtyd Independent Chapel, 1834-[1897], comprising account books, 1834-1885; collection books, 1848, 1860-[1879]; minutes, 1879-1888; papers relating to burials and baptisms, 1836-1890; and administrative papers, [1864], [1874]-[1897].

Manuscripts of Robert Arthur Griffith (Elphin), including plays, poetry, translations of poetry and prose into Welsh and notebooks containing press cuttings, drafts of literary works, etc.; together with manuscripts of his father John Owen Griffith (Ioan Arfon), including correspondence, poetry, eisteddfod adjudications and miscellaneous press cuttings.

A collection which includes poetry by Edward Evans (Iolo Gwyddelwern), Hugh Morris (1830-1908) and David Roberts (Dewi Havhesp), together with a fragment of a sermon by David Owen (Dewi Wyn o Eifion).

Drafftiau llawysgrif a theipysgrif, 1968-[1984], o nofelau Jane Edwards, Bara Seguryd (Llandysul, 1969), Epil Cam (Llandysul, 1972), Dros Fryniau Bro Afallon (Llandysul, 1976), Miriam (Llandysul, 1977) a Cadno Rhos-y-Ffin (Llandysul, 1984). = Manuscript and typescript drafts, 1968-[1984], of Jane Edwards's novels Bara Seguryd (Llandysul, 1969), Epil Cam (Llandysul, 1972), Dros Fryniau Bro Afallon (Llandysul, 1976), Miriam (Llandysul, 1977) and Cadno Rhos-y-Ffin (Llandysul, 1984).

Llawysgrifau William H. Griffiths (Llinos Wyre), [1894]-1931, yn cynnwys tair cyfrol o dorion o'r wasg (NLW MSS 8298D, 8300-1B) ac un casgliad llawysgrif (NLW MS 8299E) o'i gerddi ac alawon. = Manuscripts of William H. Griffiths (Llinos Wyre), [1894]-1931, consisting of three volumes of press cuttings (NLW MSS 8298D, 8300-1B) and a volume of manuscript transcripts (NLW MS 8299E) of his poems and melodies.

Manuscripts and papers of Philip Thomas, [c. 1804]-[c. 1938], including poetry; correspondence; addresses and miscellaneous notes; collections of hymn-tunes and Welsh folk-songs; manuscripts of 'Ynys y Trysor', a translation of Treasure Island, 1920; essays and biographical accounts; minute books and accounts relating to various eisteddfodau, in particular the 1918 Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales in Neath, 1907-1934; and papers relating to Calvinistic Methodism in Neath, 1885-1924.

Papers of, or accumulated by, [1700x1915], D. Lleufer Thomas, comprising material relating to the Welsh Land Commission, miscellaneous prose and verse, correspondence and other papers.

Papers from the collection of Edward Williams ('Llew Meirion'), including material relating to the Loyal Idris Lodge of Oddfellows; minutes relating to 'Eisteddfod Meirion'; an address by 'Llew Meirion'; a poem by John Williams ('Ioan Rhagfyr'); miscellaneous poetry; correspondence; an arrangement of the air 'Breuddwyd Dafydd Rhys'; collections of hymn-tunes and anthems and of folk-tunes; miscellaneous papers and transcripts.

Deeds and documents, 1237-1898 (predominantly 14-16 century), collected by A. R. Llewellin-Taylour, mostly relating to England.

Records of the Lleweni estate, Denbighshire, and papers of the Salusbury family of Llewenni, consisting mainly of letters, deeds and other legal documents. The letters are mainly to or from members of the Salusbury family, 1546-1645, the greater number belonging to the last fifteen years of that period, and relating to Sir Thomas Salusbury, the second baronet. The letters are mainly family correspondence and business letters from estate agents, lawyers, and servants of the household. A few are in the nature of news-letters, particularly those written by James Lloyd, [c. 1640], when relations between Charles I and his Parliament were becoming strained. The deeds and legal documents, 1357-1800, relate to the Llewenni estate in Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Denbighshire and Flintshire.

Personal and estate papers of the family of Parry of Llidiardau, Llanilar, Cardiganshire, and of the associated families of Hughes of Glanrheidol, Llanbadarn Fawr, and Hughes of Alltlwyd, Llansantffraid, both also of Cardiganshire, mainly 18 cent.-20 cent., mainly comprising deeds, 1545-1901; rentals of the Llwyniorwerth estate, 1736-1740, 1776, the estates of George Parry, Havefordwest, 1786-1836, the Pantsheriff estate, 1806-1822, Wervilbrook, 1824-1831, and of Llidiardau, 1885-1926; correspondence, 1725, 1782-1936; probate records, 1610-1866; legal papers from the office of Charles Parry, solicitor, Aberystwyth 1824-1870; papers relating to Charles Parry's clerkship of the Cardiganshire Roads Board; and documents acquired by G.W. Parry as justice of the peace and chairman of the Cardiganshire Quarter Sessions, 1848-1870.