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Rider's British Merlin, with MS notes by the Reverend William Pugh. (Formerly Bontddu MS.) Welsh, English. Leather. Donated by Mrs Anne Pugh, Bontddu, March 1940.

Rider's British Merlin, with MS notes by the Reverend William Pugh. (Formerly Bontddu MS.) Welsh, English. Leather. Donated by Mrs Anne Pugh, Bontddu, March 1940.

Rider's British Merlin, 1751, with MS notes by the Reverend John Jones, curate of Henllan and rector of Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, Denbighshire. Leather. Donated by the late Mrs E. G. Williams, Glan Conwy, November 1965.

Rider's British Merlin, 1748, with MS notes by the Reverend John Jones, curate of Henllan and rector of Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, Denbighshire. Leather. Donated by the late Mrs E. G. Williams, Glan Conwy, November 1965.

Manuscripts containing an attorney's accounts, 1693-1700; a catalogue, in the hand of Richard Wynne, attorney, of law and other books in his library; a catalogue, in a later hand, 'of my Books now in my Studdy att Garthewin, April 20, 1722'; an index, by Richard Wynne, to legal works by Edmund Wingate and Joseph Washington.

An account book kept by Richard Wynne, Garthewin, attorney, and secretary on the Brecknock circuit of the Court of Great Sessions, together with a letter from Sir Watkin Williams Wynn dated December 1740.

A holograph letter, 8 July 1751, from the painter Richard Wilson, Venice, to [Admiral] Thomas Smith, London, touching on Wilson's studies of Titian, Francesco Zuccarelli, his portrait of the German ambassador, and various acquaintances in Venice (ff. 3-4). Also included is a letter, 7 November 1750, from the painter's sister E[lizabeth] Wilson, Bristol, to Smith, apparently on behalf of her brother, concerning a dispute with a Mr Harris arising from 'the pictures of the two Miss Jenkins' (ff. 1-2).
Both letters were first published in Maud M. Wyndham, Chronicles of the Eighteenth Century: Founded on the Correspondence of Sir Thomas Lyttelton and his Family, 2 vols (London, 1924), II, 66-69; they have subsequently seen print in Adrian Bury, Richard Wilson, R.A.: The Grand Classic (Leigh-on-Sea, 1947), pp. 17-18, W. G. Constable, Richard Wilson (London, 1953), pp. 19-22, and elsewhere. This is one of only three holograph Richard Wilson letters known to exist (see Constable, pp. 1, 13).

Deeds and documents, 1514-1813, collected by Richard Williams of Celynog, relating mostly to properties in Montgomeryshire as well as Flintshire, Merionethshire and Shropshire, including the township of Rhandregynwen, Llandysilio, Montgomeryshire, 1581-1605, the township of Bodaioch, Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, 1562-1630, and Treuddyn, Flintshire, 1621-1639; and depositions of witnesses, 1580, taken at the Court of the Council of Wales and the Marches, concerning a case of trespass.
There appears to be no single family unifying these deeds, however some individuals and families appear several times: Ieuan ap Richard of Domgay, Ieuan ap Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Sais and his son Gruffith ap Ieuan, Llandysilio, Montgomeryshire (Rhandregynwen deeds), the Pope family of Shropshire (Trefeglwys deeds) and Rees ap John William and Lewis ap John Merton of Treuddyn, Flintshire (Treuddyn deeds).

A volume containing material collected by the editor, Richard Williams, Celynog, Newtown, for the second edition (1887) of Philip Yorke: The Royal Tribes of Wales ... (Wrexham, 1799), with a few notes in the hand of Isaac Foulkes (Llyfrbryf), the publisher of the second edition.

A copy of an essay 'Towards a fifth and sixth century chronology of Southern Britain' by Richard White, Essex, submitted for the Legonna Celtic Research Prize, 1998.

Typescript draft by Ernest Lewis Thomas ('Richard Vaughan', 1904-1983) of his first novel, Moulded in Earth (London, 1951), with corrections by the author, being the final draft submitted to the publishers, incorporating a number of changes to the earlier manuscript draft (now NLW MS 14799C).

Ten letters, 1972-1975, from the novelist Richard Vaughan (Ernest Lewis Thomas) to the donor Robert King, written from Talley.

A typescript thesis 'Richard Vaughan as a regionalist writer' submitted for a higher degree at the Sorbonne, Paris, in 1965 by Marie-Hélène Estève.

A copy of an essay by Richard Suggett entitled 'Dendrochronology: Progress and Prospects in Wales', submitted for the Legonna Celtic Research Prize, 2003.

Two lyrics, 'Mari Lee' and 'I fyny fo'r nod' by R[ichard] S[amuel] Hughes (1855-1893), musician.

A collection, [1842x1922], consisting mainly of correspondence, miscellaneous papers, etc., relating to the religious and civic activities of Richard Rees (Maldwyn).

A volume containing poetry, [c. 1863], in Welsh, by Richard R. Williams, Llangollen.

An essay on the history and antiquities of the commote of Creuddyn, Caernarvonshire, with illustrations, by Richard Parry (Gwalchmai), which was awarded the prize at the National Eisteddfod at Llandudno, 1864, with notes and remarks by Robert John Pryse (Gweirydd ap Rhys), one of the adjudicators.