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A manuscript volume, 1750-1758, compiled by Henry Young, perhaps of Tregaron, Cardiganshire, containing commonplace entries including notes on astronomy, astrology, physiology, weather lore (ff. 1 verso-3 verso) and Biblical and historical material, amongst which are extracts from R. B., The History of the nine worthies of the world (London: printed for Nath. Crouch..., 1687, STC C7337). Also included are model letters, extracts from poems by John Gay (ff. 6 verso, 30) and Alexander Pope (ff. 33 verso-35), valentines and other verse, medical and cookery recipes and recipes for ink and gilding, together with many related drawings and decorations in ink and polychrome.

One of two commonplace books, 1843-1844, of a Monmouthshire doctor containing entries of Welsh and border county interest.

A pocket book containing miscellaneous verse, 1748-1787, and particulars of cocks sent to Dyffryn, Penmachno, Ffestiniog and Carmarthenshire, 1757.

Commonplace book containing scraps of music, poetry in English and Welsh, accounts, etc. English, Welsh. Paper. Purchased from Winifred Myers, London, October 1963.

A photostat facsimile of the commonplace book of John Penry, Puritan author, contained in Ellesmere MS. 2146 in the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California, U.S.A.

Commonplace book of Louisa H. Morgan and others. English. 1/4 leather. Purchased from Commander H. B. Stewart, c/o Messrs C. E. Williams & Co., Oswestry, 1968.

Commonplace book of Louisa Morgan and others. English. 1/4 leather. Purchased from Commander H. B. Stewart, c/o Messrs C. E. Williams & Co., Oswestry, 1968.

Commonplace book of Louisa Morgan and others. English. Parchment. Purchased from Commander H. B. Stewart, c/o Messrs C. E. Williams & Co., Oswestry, 1968.

Commonplace book of poetry in the hand of Ellen Tompson. English. (Formerly Carl Hanson MS 3.) Red morocco. Donated by the family of the late Carl Hanson, October 1961.

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').