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Valerie Wynne-Williams correspondence
A file of correspondence, 30 March-7 May 2017, between Valerie Wynne-Williams and her solicitors Kuits on the one hand and Thomas Dilworth and his publishers Penguin Random House UK on the other, relating to the contents of Dilworth's biography David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet (London, 2017). The correspondence resulted in a number of amendments being made to subsequent editions of the book.
Wynne-Williams, Valerie
Valuation of Mather Parkes & Co. leadworks, Bagillt
Manuscript valuation, dated 8 January 1828, of the Mather Parkes & Co. leadworks in Bagillt, Flintshire (ff. 1-6, rectos only). It was compiled by one Robert Daglish (see f. 6), who is possibly the engineer Robert Daglish (1779-1865) or his son Robert (1809-1883).
The valuation lists 116 items, including two steam engines, rolls and tables in the rolling mills, weighing machinery, three large smelting furnaces and new buildings, together with many smaller items of equipment and piping. The firm of Messrs Mather Parkes & Co., which was based in Liverpool, had been dissolved in July 1827; it is unclear which of the several leadworks in Bagillt was operated by the company.
Daglish, Robert, 1779?-1865
Vernon Watkins letters to Francis Dufau-Labeyrie
One hundred and seven letters, 1937-1940 and 1944-1967, from Vernon Watkins, mainly at Pennard and Swansea, to his friend and occasional translator, Francis Dufau-Labeyrie, containing personal and family news, and discussing his poetry and other literary output, his and Francis's poetry translations and other poets and their work, notably their mutual friend Dylan Thomas and W. B. Yeats (ff. 1-9, 13-40, 43-121, 125-133, 137-148, 151-158, 161-164, 166-196, 199-211).
Also included are typescript transcripts, [?1970s], of eight of the letters (ff. 10-12, 41-42, 122-124, 134-136, 149-150, 159-160, 165, 197-198, inserted after the originals). The letters occasionally contain poetry by Watkins, including parts of 'After Sunset' (f. 15), an attempt at a poem about Francis (f. 32 verso, in French), the first two verses of 'the Wine Ballad' ['Ballad of the Two Tapsters'] (f. 38), a limerick [?by VW] (f. 40), a verse (f. 46), a verse from 'the Broken Net ballad' ['Ballad of Dundrum Bay'] (f. 50 verso), the end of 'Portrait of a Friend' (f. 75 verso) and the sonnet 'The Conception' (f. 147); there are also transcripts of poems by Yeats (ff. 68, 88 verso, 109 verso) and other miscellaneous poems in English (ff. 46, 76 verso, 119 verso, 190) and French (ff. 17, 82 verso, 86, 128). A few rough ink sketches are on ff. 2, 19, 46, 103, 109 verso, 117 verso. The letters contain annotations and markings in the hand of Francis Dufau-Labeyrie, including attempts at dating and ordering. The letters were mostly sent to Francis while he was living in Bristol, 1937-1938, Beckenham, 1938-1939, Paris, 1939-1947, and thereafter Montreal, Quebec, the later correspondence being mostly by air letter. For extracts from sixteen of the letters, 1937-1946, see 'Vernon Watkins: Selected quotations from his letters to Francis Dufau-Labeyrie', Temenos, 8 (1987), 146-155.
Watkins, Vernon Phillips, 1906-1967
Wales-Yemen exhibition visitors' book,
A visitors' book, 1990-1995, of the exhibition 'New Traditions: contemporary Welsh craft / Traddodiadau Newydd: crefftau Cymreig cyfoes' by Charles and Patricia Aithie, which accompanied the Welsh-Yemeni Festival held in Sana, Yemen. Most entries are in Arabic; a typescript containing an English translation is included in the front of the volume. The visitors' book was transferred to NLW among the Charles and Patricia Aithie photographic collection.
Aithie, Charles James
Welsh Mountain Sheep Breeders' Flock Book
Secretary's copy of the Welsh Mountain Sheep Breeders' Flock Book, vol. 7 (1912-13), inscribed 'Official copy' on the front cover, including manuscript amendments and minutes of the 19th General Meeting held at Porthmadog in August 1913, signed by the President of the Welsh Mountain Sheep Flock Book Society, C. Bryner Jones, 22 July 1914. The blank pages at the end of the volume contain handwritten minutes of a Special Meeting at the Royal Show Ground Shrewsbury, 1 July 1914, following the resignation of R. N. Jones as Secretary and arrangements for the appointment of his successor at the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show, Newport, on the 22nd July.
Welsh Mountain Sheep Breeders' Association and Flock Book Society
A late-seventeenth century volume, compiled 1683/4-1686, 1693/4, at the office of the Master of Rolls in Philadelphia, recording sales to Welsh Quakers of lands in the area called the Welsh Tract, in Pennsylvania, along with some other transactions. The original indentures were dated between September 1681 and March 1685/6.
The indentures were recorded, in at least three clerical hands, between February 1683/4 and August 1686, with some sections in non-chronological order (pp. 1-57, 185-196). Of the eighty-one transactions recorded, some fifty-six indentures detail sales by six of the Welsh Original Purchasers (who bought land directly from William Penn) to fifty-six Under Purchasers in six Welsh counties (pp. 29-159, 166-261, 264-276, 288-310), the majority being lands sold by John ap Thomas of Llaithgwm and Edward Jones of Bala, both in Merioneth (pp. 166-196, 212-239) and Richard Davies of Welshpool, Montgomeryshire (pp. 59-159, 165, 239-261, 264-270, 294-301, 305-311). Rowland Ellis, Brynmawr, is the grantee of a deed of 30-31 July 1682 (pp. 294-301). Three other miscellaneous documents are also transcribed (pp. 165-166, 261-262, 367), including a previously omitted assignment added to the end of the volume in January 1693/4 (p. 367). The remaining twenty-two transactions involve non-Welsh purchasers from Wiltshire, Herefordshire and elsewhere in England and a few in Pennsylvania (pp. 5-18, 159-164, 262-264, 276-288, 311-367). A single record refers to an original sale of 250 acres by William Penn in September 1681 (pp. 333-337). The majority of the transactions were deeds of lease and release with receipt, although the lease portion (occasionally) and the receipt (often) may be absent. There are miscellaneous underlinings and marginal annotations in pencil, [?1921] (see arithmetical calculation on p. 159), throughout the volume. The Rolls Office in Philadelphia was established in January 1683/4, with title holders then required to have their deeds registered there; the Master of Rolls during this period was Thomas Lloyd, formerly of Dolobran, Montgomeryshire.
Philadelphia County (Pa.). Master of Rolls
William Williams' book of manuscript music
A manuscript music book of popular songs originally belonging to William Williams, cabinet maker, including ballads and operatic pieces such as The Highland Laddie and Robin Hood. The volume then passed on into the possession of Thomas Llewelyn, Newbridge.
Williams, William
Wreck of the 'Rothsay Castle' steam packet
Notes by T. Ivor Davies and T. Charles Jones, from contemporary sources including the Coroner's Court records, a public meeting at Beaumaris and service at Bangor Cathedral, relating to the sinking of the 'Rothsay Castle' steam packet on 17th August 1831, on its journey from Liverpool to Beaumaris, during which over a hundred and forty lives were lost.
Davies, T. Ivor
Dyddiadur Evan Isaac Thomas, Llandysul
Dyddiadur Evan Isaac Thomas, Llandysul, sir Aberteifi, ar gyfer 1 Ionawr 1876-31 Rhagfyr 1885, yn cynnwys cofnodion byr (dwy dudalen y mis) yn bennaf ynglŷn â'i waith fel saer dodrefn, trefnydd angladdau a ffermwr, ei ddyletswyddau fel ysgrifennydd a thrysorydd y Llandyssul Benefit Society a'i aelodaeth o Gapel y Bedyddwyr Penybont, [Pont Tyweli]. = Diary of Evan Isaac Thomas, Llandysul, Cardiganshire, for 1 January 1876-31 December 1885, containing brief entries (two pages per month) mainly relating to his work as cabinet maker, undertaker and farmer, his duties as secretary and treasurer of the Llandyssul Benefit Society and his membership of Penybont Baptist Chapel, [Pont Tyweli].
Thomas, Evan Isaac, 1823-1908
Pregethau y Parch. William Morris, Tyddewi
Nodiadau, 1842, gan awdur anhysbys, ar ddwy bregeth gan y Parch. William Morris, Tyddewi, yn Jewin Crescent, Llundain, 21 Awst 1842 (ff. 2-4 verso), a phregeth gan y Parch. Baptist Noel yn St John's, Bedford Row, Llundain, 30 Tachwedd 1842 (f. 4 verso). = Notes, 1842, in an unknown hand, of two sermons by the Rev. William Morris, St Davids, at Jewin Crescent, London, 21 August 1842 (ff. 2-4 verso), and one by the Rev. Baptist Noel at St John's, Bedford Row, London, 30 November 1842 (f. 4 verso).
Ceir hefyd nodiadau ar bregeth (cychwyn yn eisiau), o bosib gan William Morris (ff. 1-2). = Also included are notes of a sermon (start lacking), possibly by William Morris (ff. 1-2).
Copi ffotostat, 1958, o lawysgrif yng nghasgliad teulu Cotton, Combermere (ZCR 74/190), yn archifdy swydd Caer, yn cynnwys cywyddau a ysgrifennwyd mewn sawl llaw ar ddiwedd yr unfed ganrif-ar-bymtheg. = A photostat facsimile, 1958, of a manuscript held among the Cotton family of Combermere manuscripts (ZCR 74/190) at the Cheshire County Record Office, containing cywyddau written in several hands at the end of the sixteenth century.
Cyfansoddwyd y cywyddau, [1320x?1580], gan Siôn Phylip (f. 1), Simwnt Fychan (f. 21), Wiliam Cynwal (ff. 6, 28), Rhys Cain (ff. 10, 20), Siôn Tudur (ff. 12, 16, 33, 34, 42), Wiliam Llŷn (f. 25), Lewis ab Edward ('Lewis Meirchion', f. 36), Siôn Cent (ff. 32, 40), Iolo Goch (f. 46), Gruffudd Hiraethog (f. 48), a rhai beirdd anhysbys. = The cywyddau were composed, [1320x?1580], by Siôn Phylip (f. 1), Simwnt Fychan (f. 21), Wiliam Cynwal (ff. 6, 28), Rhys Cain (ff. 10, 20), Siôn Tudur (ff. 12, 16, 33, 34, 42), Wiliam Llŷn (f. 25), Lewis ab Edward ('Lewis Meirchion', f. 36), Siôn Cent (ff. 32, 40), Iolo Goch (f. 46), Gruffudd Hiraethog (f. 48), and a few unidentified poets.
Cardiau post Cylch yr Orsedd, Eisteddfod Y Rhyl, 1904, ac arysgrif yn ymwneud â'r arwisgiad, 1911,
Ceir hefyd tri cherdyn post yn dangos lluniau fel a ganlyn - (1) grŵp, yn cynnwys Olwen Silvester ar achlysur dathlu hanner canmlwyddiant Cymdeithas Cymmrodorion y Rhyl, 1959, (2) y Parchedig Rowland Williams ('Hwfa Mon; 1823-1905), a (3) golygfa yn ninas Caeredin, 1905 (gyda darn o farddoniaeth Gymraeg wedi ei ysgrifennu ar y cefn). Rhaglen gwasanaeth a gynhaliwyd yng Nghapel Clwyd Street, Rhyl, 22 Mehefin 1911, ar achlysur coroniad Sior V. Llythyr, 1931, oddi wrth Ifan ab Owen Edwards at y rhodddwr ynglŷn â phenillion a gynigiodd i'w cyhoeddi yn Cymru'r Plant.
Articles by Rev. Brynmor Davies,
Cuttings, 1979-1980, from the South Wales Guardian of articles by Rev. Brynmor Davies. = Toriadau, 1979-1980, o'r South Wales Guardian o ysgrifau gan y Parch. Brynmor Davies.
Copies of four letters, from M. E. Evans's ancestors in America to relatives in Wales,
Cwestiynau gan Dewi Z. Phillipps,
Cwestiynau a luniwyd yn Saesneg gan yr Athro Dewi Z. Phillipps, Coleg Prifysgol Cymru, Abertawe, mewn ateb i ddarlith ar y testun 'Beth yw pwrpas llenydda?' a draddodwyd gan y Dr. R. M. Jones, Coleg Prifysgol Cymru, Aberystwyth, yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yng Nghaerfyrddin, Awst 1974. Am fersiwn Gymraeg o'r cwestiynau gan yr Athro Bedwyr Lewis Jones gweler Y Traethodydd, Ionawr 1975, tt. 10-44.
Cerddi, traethawd, a beirniadaethau H. Griffiths ('Hywel Myrddin'), Caerfyrddin,
Copïau o gerddi ac o draethawd gan H. Griffiths ('Hywel Myrddin'), Caerfyrddin, ynghyd â llyfr nodiadau yn cynnwys ei feirniadaethau ar gyfansoddiadau llenyddol yn Eisteddfod Beulah, a llythyr ato oddi wrth J. Iorwerth Roberts, Llangollen. = Copies of poems and an essay by H. Griffiths ('Hywel Myrddin'), Carmarthen; a note-book containing his adjudications on literary compositions at Beulah Eisteddfod; and a letter to him from. J. Iorwerth Roberts, Llangollen.
Adysgrif, 1863, yn bennaf yn llaw D[aniel] L[ewis] Moses, gynt o Lanbedr Pont Steffan, o'r gyfrol Barddoniaeth Dafydd ab Gwilym, gol. gan Owen Jones a William Owen (Llundain, 1789). = Transcript, 1863, mainly in the hand of D[aniel] L[ewis] Moses, formerly of Lampeter, of the volume Barddoniaeth Dafydd ab Gwilym, ed. by Owen Jones and William Owen (London, 1789).
Mae'r llawysgrif yn cynnwys y cyfan o gerddi Dafydd ap Gwilym yn y gyfrol, heblaw am ambell i fwlch, damweiniol mae'n debyg, ar tt. 67, 354 a 423 ac eraill o bosib (tt. 1-210, 249-492). Mae hefyd yn cynnwys cerddi ffug Iolo Morganwg o'r atodiad (tt. 211-243); crynodeb, yng Nghymraeg, o hanes Dafydd (yn Saesneg) gan Owen Jones (ff. vi-xii); y marwnadau i Dafydd (ff. xii verso-xv verso); a chychwyn (Abermaw-Gwdion ab Don) yr eirfa Saesneg o bobol a llefydd yn y cerddi (tt. 493-502). Heblaw am Moses, ysgrifennwyd y llawysgrif mewn dwy law ychwanegol (tt. 249-279 a 297-328 yn eu tro). = The manuscript contains all the Dafydd ap Gwilym poems, except for a few apparently unintentional lacunae on pp. 67, 354 and 423 and possibly elsewhere (pp. 1-210, 249-492). It also includes Iolo Morganwg’s forgeries from the appendix (pp. 211-243); a precis, in Welsh, of Owen Jones's (English) biography of Dafydd (ff. vi-xii); the elegies to Dafydd (ff. xii verso-xv verso); and the beginning (Abermaw-Gwdion ab Don) of the English glossary of people and places mentioned in the poems (pp. 493-502). Besides Moses, parts of the manuscript are written in two additional hands (pp. 249-279 and 297-328 respectively).
Moses, D. L. (Daniel Lewis), 1822-1893
Barddoniaeth John Jones, Glanygors
Llawysgrif yn cynnwys pump cerdd ar hugain, [1795]-[1811] (dyfrnod 1795), yn llaw John Jones (Jac Glan-y-Gors), gan gynnwys tair cerdd ar ddeg nad ydynt, fe ymddengys, wedi eu cyhoeddi (ff. 1-39 verso); dyddiwyd y cerddi 1790-1811. = A volume containing twenty-five autograph poems, [1795]-[1811] (watermark 1795), by John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors), thirteen of which are apparently unpublished (ff. 1-39 verso); the poems are dated 1790-1811.
Cyhoeddwyd naw o'r cerddi (ff. 6 verso-8, 16-18, 22-25, 31 verso-35 verso, 36 verso-39 verso) yn Cerddi Jac Glan-y-gors, gol. gan E. G. Millward (Llandybïe, 2003), tt. 26-30, 45-51, 57-58, 69-70, 76-81, 95-97, 137-138; cyhoeddwyd 'Litani Newydd...' (f. 15 recto-verso) ac 'Englynion er coffadwriaeth am Mr David Samwell...' (ff. 20 verso-21 verso) yn y Chester Chronicle, 5 Awst 1796 a 28 Rhagfyr 1798 yn eu tro (gw. Marion Löffler, 'Cerddi newydd gan John Jones, "Jac Glan-y-Gors"', Llên Cymru, 33 (2010), 143-150); cyhoeddwyd 'Cerdd o ymddiddan rhwng J. J. Glan y Gors a Daniel Davies o Gorwen y ngylch Tref Lundain' (ff. 10-12 verso) mewn pamffled, Dwy o Gerddi Newyddion ([Caer]: Thomas Huxley, [?1791]) (JHD 209bii; heb ei gofnodi yn ESTC). Nodwyd ar f. 8 bod 'Cerdd yn dangos meddyliau Morwyn Ieuangc ddydd ei phriodas' (ff. 8-10) wedi ei gyhoeddi yn Llundain ym 1797 ond ymddengys nad oes copi wedi ei gadw. Ceir cerdd arall [?mewn llaw wahanol] ar ff. 128 verso-129. Mae eitemau a ddarganfyddwyd yn rhydd ar gychwyn y gyfrol wedi eu tipio i mewn ar ff. i-iv; yn eu mysg mae rhestr o gynnwys y llawysgrif (f. i), marwnad brintiedig i William Owen Pughe gan John Jones (Tegid), 1836 (f. iii), a chyfres o englynion gan Siôn ap Morgan (f. iv). = Nine of the poems (ff. 6 verso-8, 16-18, 22-25, 31 verso-35 verso, 36 verso-39 verso) appear in Cerddi Jac Glan-y-gors, ed. by E. G. Millward (Llandybïe, 2003), pp. 26-30, 45-51, 57-58, 69-70, 76-81, 95-97, 137-138; 'Litani Newydd...' (f. 15 recto-verso) and 'Englynion er coffadwriaeth am Mr David Samwell...' (ff. 20 verso-21 verso) were published in The Chester Chronicle, 5 August 1796 and 28 December 1798 respectively (see Marion Löffler, 'Cerddi newydd gan John Jones, "Jac Glan-y-Gors"', Llên Cymru, 33 (2010), 143-150); 'Cerdd o ymddiddan rhwng J. J. Glan y Gors a Daniel Davies o Gorwen y ngylch Tref Lundain' (ff. 10-12 verso) was published in the pamphlet Dwy o Gerddi Newyddion ([Chester]: Thomas Huxley, [?1791]) (JHD 209bii; not recorded in ESTC). A note on f. 8 states that 'Cerdd yn dangos meddyliau Morwyn Ieuangc ddydd ei phriodas' (ff. 8-10) was published in London in 1797 but there are no known copies extant. A further poem [?in a different hand] is on ff. 128 verso-129. Items found loose at the beginning of the volume have been tipped in on ff. i-iv; these include a list of contents of the manuscript (f. i), a printed elegy for William Owen Pughe by John Jones (Tegid), 1836 (f. iii), and a series of englynion by Siôn ap Morgan (f. iv).
Jones, John, 1766-1821
Pregethau Griffith Jones, Llanddowror
Y gyfrol gyntaf mewn cyfres o chwech yn cynnwys adysgrifau o bregethau ar y Testament Newydd gan y Parch. Griffith Jones, Llanddowror, wedi eu copïo yn nhrefn y Beibl. Mae'r gyfrol hon yn cynnwys pregethau ar Efengyl Mathew ac fe'i cwblhawyd ar 5 Tachwedd 1760 (t. 1244). = The first volume in a series of six containing transcripts of sermons on the New Testament by the Rev. Griffith Jones of Llanddowror, transcribed in Bible order. This volume contains sermons on the Gospel of St Matthew and was completed on 5 November 1760 (p. 1244).
Mae'r gyfrol wedi ei ysgrifennu mewn dwy law: mae'r rhestr cynnwys anghyflawn (ff. ii-iii) a nifer o gywiriadau ac arnodiadau yn y testun yn llaw'r Parch. Thomas Evans, curad Llanddowror a rheithor Walton, sir Benfro; ni adnabuwyd copïwr y prif destun (tt. 35-1244) gan y catalogydd. O'r 93 pregeth a gopïwyd i'r gyfrol yn wreiddiol (gw. y nodyn y tu mewn i'r clawr blaen) erbyn hyn mae pump, gan gynnwys y cyntaf, yn anghyflawn, ac mae un ar goll yn gyfan gwbl (tt. 476-[486]). = The volume is in two hands: the incomplete table of contents (ff. ii-iii) and a number of corrections and annotations to the text are in the hand of the Rev. Thomas Evans, curate of Llanddowror and rector of Walton, Pembrokeshire; the scribe of the main body of the text (pp. 35-1244) has not been identified by the cataloguer. Of the 93 sermons originally transcribed in the volume (see note inside front cover) five are now incomplete, including the first, and one is missing in its entirety (pp. 476-[486]).
Jones, Griffith, 1683-1761
Casgliad o lythyrau, 1979-1988, a anfonwyd at Dr Dulais Rhys, Caerfyrddin gynt, yn trafod materion cerddorol Cymreig, gan gynnwys Joseph Parry, testun ei draethawd doethurol. Y gohebwyr yw Meredydd Evans (2), Y Fonesig Enid Parry, a Huw Williams, Bangor (3).
Rhys, Dulais