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George Owen's 'Description of Penbrokeshire',

  • NLW MS 13212D.
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  • [1602x1603]

An early seventeenth century manuscript containing the first book of the 'Description of Penbrokeshire' by George Owen of Henllys. The date at the beginning of the text, following the list of contents, is 'Lune 13 Decembr' 1602' and at the end is the inscription 'finis 18 Maij 1603' followed by 'Opus iij Mensu[m] Magna per Intervalla'. There are a number of directions to the copyist and Harleian MS 6250, the text edited by Henry Owen in the Cymmrodorion Record Series, No. I (1892), is probably a fair-copy of the present manuscript. There are also marks indicating that George Owen checked the copy in late July-August 1603. Comparison with the text edited by Henry Owen shows that a few sections (underlined or crossed out, etc.) in the present manuscript have been omitted in Harleian MS 6250, viz. the passage in chapter 1 which is quoted by Henry Owen on p. 239 of his edition, n. 1, a paragraph on ff. 23 verso-24 recto (anc. 13 verso- 14 recto) of the present manuscript beginning 'Giraldus Cambrensis writinge of the nature of the people of this Countrye hath these wordes', a list of fish on ff. 65 verso-66 verso (anc. 56 verso-57 verso), and a section in chapter 21, ff. 95 verso- 96 verso (anc. 87 verso-88 verso), beginning '& gave them his said deputies his absolute power to execute all thinges in his absens . . . by the kinges maties [sic] that nowe is kinge James kinge of England Scotland Fraunce & Ireland &c' (cf. Henry Owen, op. cit., p. 167, n. 2). Loose inside is a description of the manuscript by 'H.G .' [? Henry Gough], 19 Dec. 1871.

Owen, George, 1552-1613

Diary of Journey into Wales,

A 'Diary of Journey into Wales', 10 June - 20 July, 1789, comprising Woodstock, Enstone, Warwick, Coventry, Leasowes, Park of Hagley, Enville, Bridgnorth, Ironbridge, Shrewsbury, Church Stretton, Ludlow, Leominster, the Hay, Brecon, Trecastle, Landovery, Landillo, Carmarthen, New Castle [Emlyn], Cardigan, Cilgarran Castle, Llechryd bridge, Haverford West, Picton Castle, Narbe[r]th, Pembroke, Stackpole, Tenby, St. Clear, Carmarthen, Swansea, Neath, Briton ferry, Margam, Pyle, Cowbridge, Cardiff, Charphillee Castle, Newport, Chepstow, Tintern Abbey, Monmouth, Ross, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Oxford, and London, together with a table of daily expenses. Also included in the volume are tables of (a) daily expenses of a return tour from London to Oxford, Woodstock, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Cirencester, and Winchcombe, 7 July - 5 August, 1788, and (b) personal receipts and expenses (card winnings and losses, taxes, etc.), 4 February - 3 March.