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A grammar of Welsh Poetry by David Thomas (Dafydd Ddu Eryri) entitled Cyfrinach y Beirdd wedi ei ddwyn i'r amlwg : neu Reolau Prydyddiaeth Gymraeg. Dafydd Ddu appears to have circulated copies of this work among the Welsh bards with the object of obtaining their criticism thereon before publication (p. 4). The manuscript also contains a Welsh grammar said to be written by William Jones of Llangadfan (1726-1795), and a religious song of anonymous provenance.

One of six volumes containing transcripts of sermons by the Rev. Griffith Jones of Llanddowror (1683-1761) on the New Testament. This volume, the fifth, contains sermons on the Epistles of Paul to the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians and Ephesians. The manuscript is said to have been 'copied by the Rev. Evan Evans, curate of Llanddowror and incumbent of Walton, Pembrokeshire' (nineteenth-century note, p. iii), however the curate of Llanddowror at the time was Thomas Evans, in whose hand are written the title page and contents (pp. v-xii). The (unidentified) copyist of the main text finished transcribing the sermons on 8 January 1763 (p. 773). A list of the places where the Rev. Griffith Jones preached appears on p. 781.

A volume containing extracts from various sources, in Latin, Welsh and English, by the Reverend John Williams, Llanrwst.

Commonplace book, late 18 cent., of the Reverend John Williams, Llanrwst, containing prose and poetry, including poetry in Latin and Greek (pp. 29-38). Eight loose pages in the Reverend Williams's hand have been inserted at the end of the manuscript.

A selection of Welsh poetry with English translations in the hands of Edward Jones ('Bardd y Brenin') (1752-1824) and William Jones, Llangadfan (1726-1795).

A manuscript, in Welsh, apparently transcribed by Richard Thomas from the Red Book of Hergest, or a transcript of it. Pp. 7-95 correspond to pp. 100-136 of Vol. I of the R. B. Texts, Oxford, 1887 and pp. 117-137 correspond to pp. 1-11 of Vol. I of the same.

A catalogue of the Reverend Thomas Price's (Carnhuanawc's) Library bought by Sir Thomas Phillipps. It consisted of 1,281 lots, besides the Gododin and other manuscripts.

Welsh and Breton grammars, mid 19 cent., in the hand of William Probert, in a volume divided into two sections. The Introduction is dated Walmsley, near Bolton, June 11, 1857. In the first section, Probert's own grammar is divided into five parts: 1) Letters 2) Parts of Speech 3) Derivation of Words 4) Syntax 5) Laws of Welsh Poetry. Probert has also added chapters on Pennillion and Pennillion Singing and on the Bardic Alphabet. The second section of the volume consists of a translation by Probert, completed September 2, 1865, of the Celto-Breton Grammar of Le Gonidec, first published in 1807.

A volume, probably written by Richard Thomas, Jesus College, containing British chronologies (pp. 1-59, 111-119), Welsh triads (pp. 71-111) and an account of Gruffydd ap Cynan (pp. 122-142).

A sermon, in Welsh, on Galatians 4, 22-24, probably written by Dr Peter Williams (1756-1837), and first preached at Llanfihangel-Aberbythich, April 23rd, 1815.

A commonplace book, written apparently at various times between 1781 and 1802, of the Reverend John Williams, A.B. (1760-1826), sometime scholar of Jesus College, Oxford, afterwards Master of the Llanrwst School. Pp. 84-164 are written from the back to the front of the volume. It contains extracts from Columella (pp. 1-45), a note on the Welsh prayer book of 1710 (pp. 61-70), an account of manuscripts in Wales written, apparently, by Lewis Morris c. 1745 (pp. 71-5), a copy of a letter from Goronwy Owen to William Elias, November 30 1751 (pp. 76-81), a poem on Isaac Newton, in English, by R. Glover, 1727 (written from reverse of book) (pp. 164-122) and a copy of James Thomson's poem Winter, 1726 (also written from reverse of book) (pp. 119-84).

A volume, ([1812] x [c. 1817]), mostly in the hand of the Reverend T. Jones, Moelfre, containing sermons (pp. 20-104), in Welsh and English, perhaps preached at Moelfre (p. 60) and notes of baptisms at Abergele and St. George in December 1817 (p. 111). The beginning of the volume (pp. 1-19) has been used, 1812, by W. Jones as a copying-book.

A volume containing an inaccurate copy, early 19 cent., in the hand of Edward Jones (Bardd y Brenin) (1752-1824), of the latter end of the statute of Gruffudd ap Cynan. A list of Welsh poets with dates is also included (p. 40). The writer notes that "this curious fragment of the Laws of the Bards was faithfully copied from an ancient parchment roll, which is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford".

A volume containing a copy of an Indenture, 17 November 1725 (pp. 1-3), made between divers parties as to the lands of Tyr-yr-allt or Tyr Llan y gorse in the parish of Llangunnock, Carmarthenshire, charged with the payment of the charity; a note (p. 4) as to the origins of the charity; and accounts (pp. 5-148) of the charity, 1726-1819.

A volume containing sermons (1712) preached at Tredington (pp. 1-148), notes by the Reverend W. L. Bowles (1762-1850), poet and antiquary (pp. 149-80, 213-308) and The Remembrance of Gwenlian [sic], a poem by Bowles (pp. 181-204).

A volume containing genealogies of families in Glamorgan, Monmouth and other parts of Wales, pp. 1-275 having been written in 1678 (see pp. 95, 103, etc.) and pp. 276-303 in various hands of the second half of 18 cent.

Transcript written by the Rev. David Ellis at various times. Originally consisted of four or five separate books. Book I, pp. 1-270 written in 1789 (p. 119); Book II, pp. 271-398 and 713-794 written in 1794 (pp. 271 and 380); Book III, pp. 399-556; Book IV, pp. 559-608; Book V, pp. 609-712. It appears that pp. 47-148 were copied from Pen[iarth MS] 124, pp. 233-266, or from a common original, and pp. 747-797 from Cwrtmawr MSS 3 and 4, which were used by David Ellis. The version of the Gododin (pp. 559-608) was used by Rev. J. Williams ab Ithel (see p. 559) in his edition of that poem.

The seventh of thirty-one volumes, 1807-1817, and two other associated volumes, 1819 & 1820, containing original notes, probably taken, 1807-1820, by Samuel Heywood (1753-1828), one of the Welsh judges at the Great Sessions of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Volume XIV is missing and Volume XVIII has been misplaced.

The eighth of thirty-one volumes, 1807-1817, and two other associated volumes, 1819 & 1820, containing original notes, probably taken, 1807-1820, by Samuel Heywood (1753-1828), one of the Welsh judges at the Great Sessions of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. Volume XIV is missing and Volume XVIII has been misplaced.