Sermon notes and memoranda by John Thomas Williams, Berriew. English. (Formerly Oakford MS 48.) See also NLW MSS 14036-14060. Paper. Donated by Mr S. Jones, Oakford, Llanarth, January 1942.
Incomplete manuscript notes of various sermons in Welsh. The dates October 1843, September 1844, and October 1852 appear at the end of three of the sermons and the date October 1843 is coupled with the place-name Borth. Also a copy of the words and music of an anthem entitled 'Hark the Herald Angels sing' composed for the choir of the parish church of Aberystwyth and dedicated to the vicar, the Reverend C. Owen Phillips [vicar of the parish, [1861-1886], by Inglis Bervon, organist of the parish church.
Notebook, 1840-1865, of the Reverend Evan David containing sermon notes; a record of preaching engagements, 1840-1850; and miscellaneous accounts, including accounts relating to Tor-y-coed and other farms in the Llantrisant area (ff. 17 verso, 19 verso-23, 26, 32). A transcript of the baptismal record of Evan David appears on f. 24.
Notes of sermons in the autograph of Hugh Rogers, 'Beginninge 7 March, 1657', probably the 'itinerant' who served first in Monmouth and then became rector of Newtown, where some of the sermons were preached in 1658. He was 'ejected' from Newtown for 'Nonconformity' at the Restoration.
Rogers, Hugh, fl. 1657 - 1658 Notes of sermons by, NLW MS 4938A
A sermon on Hebrews xiii, 12, 13, written in 1824 by Micah Thomas (1778-1853), principal of the Baptist College at Abergavenny, with a letter, 20 September 1924, to Sir Joseph Alfred Bradney (1859-1933) from E. I. Williams, Pontypridd.
A manuscript containing a sermon preached, 1843-1860, at various places in Radnorshire, together with a note on a clerical meeting at Bangor Teifi Church, 1865.
A copy of the discourse or relation of the ancient and modern estate of the Principality of Wales, Duchy of Cornwall, and Earldom of Chester, penned and collected by Serjeant John Doddridge (1555-1628) from the records of the Tower of London and presented to James I (1566-1625) at Hampton Court in January 1603/4.
Doddridge, John, Sir, 1555-1628 Extracts from Tower of London records (1603/4), NLW MS 6658E
Photocopies of papers assembled by Neil Evans whilst researching the Senghennydd mining disaster, 1913, including transcripts of letters from Will Fisher, one of the rescue team, to his cousin; a diary ('the little black book') of the rescue work which inspired Luther Thomas to write his novel The Deep of the Earth (London,1956); together with book reviews and letters, 1966, from the author; and a photocopy of Rev Emlyn Stephens, History of Ebenezer English Baptist Church Senghenydd 1896-1946.
An autograph letter, 24 October 1790, from Selina, Countess of Huntingdon (1707-1791), to David Griffiths (1756-1834), vicar of Nevern, containing a reference to the death of Daniel Rowland (1713-1790), Llangeitho.
Four autograph letters, 1764-1784, from Selina, Countess of Huntingdon to Charles Wesley, Thomas Newton (Bishop of Bristol) and 'The Revd Mr. Green' (Norwich), the last being written from her college at Trevecka.
A translation, with several sketches and some decorative borders, by ten-year-old Selina Fitzroy Birch, of a work on the antiquities of Athens. It was dedicated, November 1779, by the translator to Mrs Thrale, afterwards Mrs Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741-1821), after their meeting in Tunbridge Wells, October 1779.
Birch, Selina Fitzroy Translation by (1779), NLW MS 5664C
