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A copy of a poem entitled 'Silvan at Marged', 1875, by, and in the hand of [the Reverend Daniel] Silvan [Evans, lexicographer].

Two ? holograph poems, the first, by Ellis Parry, Pont Saint, entitled 'Penillion A gyfansoddwyd ar fyddygoliaeth R. D. Williams, Esqr., Cyfreithiwr dros bysgodwyr Menai, yn erbyn J. Russel', and the second described as 'Gwaith Ellis ap Hywel yn rhoddi darlyniad ohono ei hun'.

The original manuscript of Ychydig o Benillion a gyfansoddwyd oddi wrth achlysuron y dydd y daeth Arthur Lloyd Davies, Yswain [Blaendyffryn], yn 21 oed sef y 6 o Ionawr 1848 yn ofyniadau ag Attebion Rhwng Hywel Oferwr, ag Ainon Dirwestwr by Evan Thomas (Bardd Horeb), printed in Telyn Ifan: Sef Gweithiau Barddonol ... Evan Thomas (Bardd Horeb) ... (Llanbedr, 1895).

Transcripts by Thomas Thomas, Cefnpennar, Aberdare, of poetry in free metre by himself and by Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg'), Thomas Taylor, David Edwards (Gurnos), Robert Leyshon, Edward Evans (Toncoch), William Evans ('Cawr Cynon'), Howell Rees, 'William Tomos Shôn o Gilsanws Vaenor Yr hen Galchwr', and Roger Edwards; English poems; prose extracts; etc.

An incomplete miscellany, in the form of three unbound volumes, of free- and strict-metre poetry (including illustrative extracts), compiled by David Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri') under the title of 'Golwg a'r Parnassus, a Helicon, Sef, Casgliad neulltuol, neu Bigion Dewisol Allan o Waith Prif feirdd neu Brydyddion yr oesoedd, sef y Rhannau hyny o'u Gwaith na ymddangosodd yn argraphedig Hyd yn hyn ond mewn hen Sgrifeniadau, yn Englynion A chywyddau. yn Ddwy Rann; un yn Ddigrifol ar llall yn ddifrifol. O Gascliad, Dewi, ab Thomas, Waunfawr. A Sgrifenwyd yn y flwyddyn 1781'. The preface ('Rhagymadrodd at y Darllenydd') indicates both the period and partly the source of the volume: 'Y Darnau canlynol o Brydyddiaeth a Sgrifennwyd Gennyf yn fy Ieuenctyd, Pan ddechreuais Gyntaf Gael blas, ar farddoniaeth Reolaidd Ac yn ol fy nhŷb i, y Pryd hwnnw, maent yn Brif orchestwaith, Pigion, neu oreuon, Gwaith yr hen Feirdd ... Yr a adsgrifennais wrth ymdeithi[o] yn ddamweiniol, heibio'r lleoedd yr oeddynt iw gweled fel y Gwelwch yn Enwau'r Eglwysydd'. The poets represented include Rhichard Phylip; Maredudd ap Rhys; David Thomas ('Dafydd Ddu Eryri'); Hugh Hughes ('Y Bardd Coch o Fôn') (1766); Huw Morys; Siôn Cent; William Phylip; Elis Roberts; Dafydd ap Gwilym; Siôn Phylip; Bedo Brwynllys; Tudur Aled; Gruffudd Hiraethog; Siôn Brwynog; Siôn Tudur; Edward Morys; Owen Gruffydd; and Siôn Mawddwy. The titles include 'Englynion i Sir feirionydd'; 'Englynion Iw gosod ar fedd Huw Jones o Langwm ...'; and 'Englyn i Hugh Lloyd Cynfel'. Additions in other hands include some music scores of carol tunes and calligraphic exercises.

A volume of transcripts of poetry, mainly 'cywyddau' and 'englynion', by Iowerth Fynglwyd, William Llŷn, Huw Cae Llwyd, Gwilym ap Sefnyn, Dafydd Nanmor, Thomas Prys, Syr Dafydd Trefor, Aneurin Gwawdrudd ('Anearan Gwowdrudd'), Rhys Pennardd, Iolo Goch, Gutun Ceiriog, Siôn Mawddwy, Dio ap Ifan Du, Rhys Goch Glyndyfrdwy, Dafydd ap Edmwnd, Dafydd Ddu o Hiraddug, Philip John Philip, Siôn Philip, Owain Gwynedd, Ieuan Brydydd Hir, Siôn Cent, David Jones, Rhys Wynn, Siôn Tudur, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Meredydd ap Rees, Llywelyn ap Gutun, Syr Owain ap Gwilym, Griffith Philip, Rowland Vaughan, Richard Philip, Edmwnd Prys, Robin Ragett, Tudur Aled, John Prichard Prys, Robert Klidro, Ellis Rowland 'o Harlech', Hugh Llwyd 'o Gynfal', Huw Morris, Lewis Morris, Mr. David Roberts, Rice Lloyd, Moris ap Robert, Bala, and Thomas Jones, Orsedd Las. The greater part of the volume was written in the early eighteenth century. Among slightly later hands at the end of the volume is that of William Jones of Orsedd Las. At the end of the volume is a letter from a Welsh emigrant, written from Delaware, 21 September, 1828.

Poems, including several 'englynion', by Daniel Jones and others, many of them submitted for competition at various eisteddfodau in Monmouthshire and Glamorgan.

A volume entitled 'Y Gôg Lawen. Neu Lyfr Carolau a Cherddi Cywyddau ac Awdlau. Duwiol a Diddanol', being an incomplete collection, in two parts, compiled in 1802, of holograph poetry in free and strict metres by Dafydd Jones otherwise Dafydd John James ('Dafydd Siôn Siams' or 'Dafydd ab Ioan') of Penrhyndeudraeth.

Dyddiadur yr Annibynwyr am 1870 ..., used entirely to record unsigned poems in strict and free metres.

'Cywyddau' by William Sion Evan, Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan, Evan Tudyr Owen, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Wiliam Llyn, Morys Dwyfech, Huw Lewis, Gruffudd Gryg, Sion Ceri, Ieuan Brydydd Hir, Thomas Prys, Sion Roger, Ieuan Dew Brydydd, Sion ap Wiliam Gruffudd, Guto'r Glyn, Gwerful Mechain, Richard Phylip, Edmwnd Prys, Sion Cent, Edwart ap Raff, William Prichard, Gruffudd ap Dafydd ap Hywel, Sion Tudur, Sion Phylip, Dafydd ab Edmwnd, Edward Morus, Syr Owain ap Gwilym, Edwart ap Rhys, Margaret Davies, Syr Roland Wiliam, Sion Brwynog, Dafydd Nanmor, Dafydd ab Ieuan ab Owain, Dafydd Manuel, Ellis Ellis ('gweinidog Llanrhos a Llandudno'), Rhys Morgan, Dafydd Brydydd Hir ('o Lanfair'), Wiliam Cynwal, Dafydd Epynt, Gruffudd Hiraethog, Rhys Jones, Tudur Penllyn, and William Evans.

A manuscript containing poetry, in Welsh, by several notable poets.

'Cywyddau' and 'englynion' by Ellis Rowland, Syr Dafydd Trefor, Thomas Prys, John Davies, Siôn Tudur, Edward Morus, Rowland Price, Wiliam Phylip, Gruffudd Prys, Owen Gruffydd, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Cadwaladr Cesel, John Roger, Huw Morus, Dafydd Manuel, Richard Abram, Mathew Owen, Edward Williams, William Wynn, Margaret Davies, Rhys Jones, Hugh Hughes, and E[dward] Wynne, [Gwyddelwern].

Poetry by, and in the autograph of, the Reverend H. R. Williams ('Llwydrudd'), Corris, and press cuttings of some of his works, including an essay on old Merioneth poets ('Hen Feirdd Meirion'). Among the poems is an elegy entitled 'Pryddest Goffa i'r diweddar Mr. Richard James, Painter, Talybont', submitted to an eisteddfod held at Tabernacle Baptist Chapel, Tal-y-bont, Cardiganshire, 1925.

Copies of 'Marwnad Mochyn Brith, yr hwn a fwrddiwyd ar fynydd Llanbedr ar foreu dydd Llun cyntaf o'r flwyddyn 1870, gerllaw y Cross Hands Hotel', 'Caniad y Gog i feirionydd' by 'L[ewis] Morris, Ysw' ('Llywelyn Ddu o Fôn'), and 'Can Alarys A Gyfansoddwyd Dros fachgenun ieuanc Er Ei ddanfon iw hen Gariad'.

A miscellany written during the period 1762-5 by Rowland Jones, Pandy [Llanuwchllyn]. It contains poetry in free metres and some 'englynion', prognostications of Erra Pater based on the incidence of New Year's Day, and particulars of the phases of the moon in the year 1765. The poets mentioned by name include Cadwaladr Dafydd, Morgan Thomas 'o Gynllwyd', Robert Thomas, and Rowland Jones, but most of the poems are either unsigned or incomplete as a result of mutilation of folios. Memoranda in a later hand, probably by one Rees Jones, refer to spare and wanting copies of Y Dysgedydd and Seren [Gomer] for 1820-4, and other later entries associate the volume with the Llangadfan and Llanerfyl districts.

A photostat facsimile, [?early 20 cent.], of a manuscript of the 1780s (now NLW MS 14402B), mostly in the autograph of Humphrey Jones ('o Gastell Caereinion'). It contains poems in free metre by John Thomas ('o bentre'r Fidog'), Sion Abel, Robert Evan ('o Feifod'), David Evans ('o'r Coed Bychan ymhlwy Llanfair ynghaereinion'), Morus ap Robert, and Huw Llwyd Cynfal; a transcript of 'Histori Nicodemus'; 'Ymddiddanion a fu Rhwng Adrian Ymerodor Rhufain ag Epig ddoeth'; a remedy for 'the King's Evil'; etc.

An 18th century manuscript containing carols and other poetry, mainly by Humphrey Owen, Robert Evans and John Morgan; a blacksmith's accounts, 1743; other accounts kept by John Morgan; recipes; charms.

An 18th century manuscript containing a transcript of cywyddau by Sion Ceri, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Sion Tudur and many others; englynion, including some relating to Bala and Llyn Tegid; a recipe; miscellaneous notes.

Miscellanea, including englynion, 1887, by W. J. Roberts (Gwilym Cowlyd) (1828-1904), poetry entitled Penillion coffadwriaethol ... J. H. Hughes, composed for an eisteddfod held at Ysbyty Ifan, 24 April 1925, and examples of autographs, including those of Robert Isaac Jones (Alltud Eifion) (1815-1905), David Jones (Dewi Grwst) (fl. 1850), etc.