A commonplace book kept by the Honourable John Scott, M.P. [? for Boroughbridge, 1802-5, son of the first earl of Eldon], in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. It contains poems, epigrams, epitaphs, parodies, metrical translations of the classics, etc., by J. Scott, W. 'Spencer, J. Fenton, and others, including ' Prologue to - Nothing, spoken at a Masquerade at Wynnstay, Septr. 1800, by a Character of a Strolling-Player' ; letters and copies of letters mainly to and from John Scott ; ' An account of the present State of England', by C. Heberden ; a copy of an address delivered at Oxford, June 25, 1800, by William Crow[e], entitled 'Oratio Crewiana'; miscellaneous quotations and extracts; etc.

A commonplace book containing extracts taken by S. Bourdillon from various printed sources, etc.

Extracts from printed works, journals, etc., 1817-1829.

A commonplace book containing extracts taken by F. Bourdillon from various printed sources, etc.

A commonplace book kept by W. M. Hennessy containing a dictionary of Irish proper names and words and a short glossary of obsolete Irish words. Among loose papers in the volume is a letter from Whitley Stokes, 1882.

A commonplace book containing poetry, Latin axioms, and extracts relating to religion, theologym philosophy, etc.

A commonplace book [?of John Jones, Ioan Triphlyg] containing Welsh poems, mainly in free metre, prose extracts, arithmetical and astronomical exercises, etc.

The commonplace book, 1699-1715, of John Copner, vicar of Abergwili.

A commonplace book of Robert Owen (1820-1902: DNB, Second Supp., Vol. III, p. 61) of Bron-y-Graig, Barmouth, theologian, clergyman, and author. It contains poems composed by himself and others, extracts from works read by him, and diary entries, 1834-1836, made when he was a pupil at Ruthin School, these entries having numerous references to Nannau and other North Wales country houses and to persons connected with them.

A commonplace book compiled by Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt, which was later in the possession of Griffith Roberts, surgeon, Dolgelley. It contains poems by Taliesin and others, pedigrees, copies of charters, extracts from historical records and annals, a list of the bishops of Bangor (compiled between 1598 and 1616), lists of owners of Welsh manuscripts and books, recipes, archaeological notes, and miscellaneous memoranda.

A commonplace book of Robert Edwards, Tai Draw, near Bala. It contains notes on astrology, witchcraft, legerdemain, geography, natural history, Biblical history, medicinal and household recipes, arithmetical and other tables, algebraical problems, poems, and a copy of a Welsh letter written in 1722-3, by a man born and bred in America to his kindred in the Bala district.

A commonplace book containing miscellaneous poems and prose extracts in the hand of David Roberts Pugh. Among the contents are 'Epigram addressed to the Inhabitants of Carnarvon', 'The Life of John Pugh of Lleyar Bach Nr. Clynnog Carnarvonshire', and 'Can Newydd yn erbyn y Papistiaid ... 1813' by E. Owen, Rhydwen.

A pocket-book containing memoranda and household and parish accounts kept possibly by a member of the Anwyl family of Llugwy.

A commonplace book containing prognostications, weather lore, chronology, calendars, a table of Easter dates for 1600-1701 compiled by Rice Jones in 1598, an account of the English alphabet, historical 'englynion', and miscellaneous verse. The volume belonged in the eighteenth century to David Jones, Trefriw, who copied into it extracts from William Salesbury: A Dictionary in Englyshe and Welshe ... and from the almanacks of Thomas Jones, and some genealogical memoranda.

Estate records of Clynfyw and associated estates in Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire. These records represent two groups that came together at the end of the nineteenth century: papers relating to the Lewis family of Llwyngrawys in the parish of Llangoedmor, and of Cardigan and Clynfyw; and the Bowen family of Pantyderi, Pembrokeshire, which in turn includes papers relating to the Williams family of Tre-fach, Pembrokeshire. -- The Clynfiew estate records includes deeds, 1749-1888, relating to lands mainly in the parish of Llangoedmor, Cardiganshire, and Maenordeifi, Clydau, Llanfihangel Penbedw, and Cilrhedyn, Pembrokeshire, and rentals, 1825-1837, 1886-1916. The Pantyderi and Tre-fach estates records include deeds, 1549-1700; rentals of the Tre-fach estate, 1818-1820; and a bundle of papers relating to Hafod Colliery, parish of Llanwonno, Glamorgan, 1879-1885 (J. W. Bowen was arbitrator in a dispute over the colliery). A substantial group of deeds relate to the estate of the Morgan family in Cardigan. -- Miscellaneous material includes a number of commonplace books, one of them containing substantial notes on Welsh history, [c. 1800]; two logs kept on board H.M.S. Royal Adelaide and other ships, 1837-1838; and two emblazoned pedigree rolls, one of David Morgan 'of Lhanbylan' and David Moris 'of Ffynnone Bychan', [c. 1700], continued down to the Williams family of Tre-fach, the other of the Bowens of Llwyngwair down to James Bowen, copied from the original in 1788.

Day-book of Hugh Owen, Tal-y-sarn, co. Caernarfon, cobbler, with entries in Welsh, 1894-1896.

A commonplace book containing poetry, prose extracts, culinary recipes, etc.

Commonplace book, 1866-1916, in Welsh, of Owen Roberts (1848-1917), Frondeg, Tre-garth, co. Caernarfon, containing transcripts of hymns and secular verse, and notes of local events, including notes concerning chapel activities and the Penrhyn slate quarry.

An album or commonplace book containing a romance, illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings, entitled The Cuckow and the Hedge-Sparrow or Mr. Jacques & Mr. Lockit ...; a poem entitled The Humble Petition of the Bryn morfydd Oak to John Price, Esq., Llanrhaiadr Hall, with a reference to the meeting of the Cambrian Archaeological Society at Ruthin, September 1854; Prologue to the Eunuch of Terence, 1854; the script of a charade; songs of the Royal British Bowmen; cartoons and other miscellaneous items, many of them illustrated with pen-and-ink sketches, of north-east Wales and Cheshire interest.

A commonplace book containing poetry, prose extracts, medical recipes, etc.