Dangos 15048 canlyniad

A volume compiled, c. 1846-1874, by Robert Chambre Vaughan, Burlton Hall, co. Salop [see DWB under Wynn (aft. Nanney, etc.) family of Maesyneuadd, Llandecwyn], containing pedigrees of families from whom he claimed descent, mostly Welsh or co. Salop, in particular those of Chambre of Burlton and Petton, and Vaughan of Burlton. Pasted or tipped into the volume are additional biographical, genealogical and heraldic documents and memoranda, mid-seventeenth cent.-1874, drawn from diverse manuscript and printed soruces, including certificates of baptism, marriage and burial and copies of monumental inscriptions, over a hundred emblazoned coats of arms, and letters, 1846-52, to Robert Chambre Vaughan, together with a list of sources and an index to the pedigrees (ff. 63-4).

A collection of printed Votes of the House of Commons, 21 October 1680-10 January 1681 (ff. 26-100), and 21-28 March 1681 (ff. 130-136), together with other printed parliamentary acts, speeches, and proclamation, all kept and some annotated by William Williams, Speaker of the House of Commons, and MP for Chester.
Significant manuscript additions by Williams include notes on his election as Speaker on 21-22 October 1680 (ff. 21-23), on the sudden dissolution of the Oxford Parliament on 28 March 1681 (ff. 137), and on his later career, 1687-1694 (f. 138). Corrections on the printed papers in the Speaker's hand appear on ff. 48, 50, 56, 87, 93, 126-8, 131.

A manuscript music book, [?1820s], belonging to a Mrs Fletcher, containing arrangements of eight Welsh folk-tunes for harp or pianoforte.

Printed volume including data recording the names of fishermen and the number of fish caught in north Ceredigion lakes (Llyn Conach, New Pool, Llynpenrhaidr and Llyn Dwfn) owned by the Gogerddan estate, 1944-1960.

Deeds and plans, 1759-1879, relating to a farm called Penygeulan, Llangurig, Montgomery, comprising conveyances, mortgages and an abstract of title of Penygeulan, 1759-1879, with sale plans, 1921, of portions of the Clochfaen estate, Montgomery, including Penygeulan.

Papurau, 1972-1979, Cell Casnewydd o Gymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, yn cynnwys gohebiaeth yn ymwneud â statws yr iaith mewn addysg, busnes a bywyd cyhoeddus yng Ngwent. = Papers, 1972-1979, of Cell Casnewydd, Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, including correspondence relating to the status of the language in education, business and public life in Gwent.

Papers, 1849-1927, of the Simons family, including a diary of William Simons, 1849; a commonplace book, 1891, of Elsie Simons; letters, 1893, relating to the Dolgellau gold mines; probate copies of wills, 1908-1927; and an issue of The Merthyr Express, 29 April 1982, with an article on the family.

Copies of the National Libraries ADP Feasibility Study Report and various annexes and supporting papers produced for the study, 1971; and provisional draft of the MARC International Format, prepared by the IFLA Joint Working Group on Content Designators, 1975.

Papers relating to the British Library Advisory Council, 1976-1982, the Library Advisory Council (England), 1972-1981, and the Library Advisory Council for Wales, 1972-1982, comprising agenda and minutes of committee meetings, correspondence and newsletters, reports and memoranda; and copies of British Library News, 1979-1982.

Papers of Rev. Canon Henry Thomas, 1871-1946, including notes relating to Merioneth, with special reference to local history and antiquities and gentry families; notes on Welsh literature, the development of the eisteddfod, and theology; an address given on the centenary of the National School at Dolgellau, 1946; various printed material and a report on local charities, 1895.

Personal and family papers, 1881-1969, of John Meredith Lloyd Jones, Conwy, including entries for eisteddfodau, 1881-1910; scrapbooks relating to the Liverpool Scottish Regiment, 1914-1916; notes on mainly religious subjects, 1907-1969; army papers, 1942-1946; diaries, 1943-1946; correspondence and papers relating to India, especially to the Christian community there, 1943-47.

A set of several thousand index cards compiled while researching A History of the Hay (1972).

Letters from Jack Edwards in Cincinnati, Ohio, to his family, 1880-1887, relating family matters, his work and singing engagements and news of the Welsh community in Cincinnati; programme cards of various concerts and festivals, 1882-1885; music notebooks of Jack Edwards, Edward Edwards and others, [19th century]-[early 20th century]; account and memoranda books of Edward Edwards' bookselling and binding business, 1854-1895; correspondence of Edward and Jack Edwards, including some in Esperanto, mainly on musical and literary matters, 1881-1936; and other original manuscripts of Jack Edwards, [before 1942].

Records of Aberystwyth borough, including court leet records, 1693-1882; burgess rolls, 1782-1882, including records of the Improvement Commissioners, 1835-1873; entry books of notices, 1835-1882, draft minute books, 1873-1890, treasurer's books, 1874-1897, minute books, 1883-1917; harbour records, 1780-1906; Aberystwyth Burial Board records, 1857-1927; Aberystwyth public library account books, 1874-1913; statutory registers of licences for hackney carriages, 1887-1909, 1906-1926; licences of slaughterhouses, 1873-1879.

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Correspondence of Lady Julia Henry (and leather writing case).

A typescript address in Welsh by J. Keith Evans entitled 'Hanes yr Achos Bedyddiedig yn Llwyndafydd a’r Cylch'.

Volume recording monthly contributions, 1863-1871, to the Llandyssul Benefit Society (ff. 1-38 verso).