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A return of privy seals for the county of Chester, 3 September, 1604 (total sum, £2615); a statement of the Provost-Marshal's accounts, 1613/14-1615/16 (references to commissions to Sir William Selby, Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Sir Jo. Fenwick, and Sir William Hutton, and to expenses in respect of horsemen, etc.); and an acquittance, 10 April, 1619, from John Sturt, gent., to Adam Newton, esq. [aft. Sir Adam Newton], Treasurer or Receiver-General to the Prince [aft. King Charles I] for the payment of one quarter's pension of £10.

A holograph letter from [Walter Davies, 'Gwallter Mechain'] to [ ], undated (the alliance of the Lloyds of Hendre'r Mur to the Anwyls) (mutilated); a holograph letter from T. Price to Mr. Pryse, undated (the political systems of Europe); an obituary notice of Evan Lloyd, vicar of Llanfair [Dyffryn Clwyd], 1776, directed to the printer of the London Evening Post; an incomplete and mutilated text of Evan Lloyd: The Methodist (London, 1766); three poems, in the same hand, entitled 'An Apology for Capn. S . . .y' (1780), 'A Riddle for Mrs. Grose', and 'A New Song'; etc.

Miscellanea, including incomplete adjudications by Owen Jones on essays on the antiquities of the vale of Conway ('Henafiaethau Dyffryn Conway'), the foundation of Maenan Abbey ('Sefydliad Mynachlog Maenan'), etc.; the Elementary Certificate of the Tonic Sol-fa College awarded to William Rowland Williams, 1889 (the signatures include that of David Jenkins, examiner); a typescript copy of a poem in Welsh on the secession of Edward Stephen ('Tanymarian') to the Tory Party in 1874, with an accompanying note by R. D. Roberts, Bethesda, Caernarvonshire, to the effect that the verses were printed on the back of a postcard addressed to W. J. Parry, Bethesda, in 1877; mounted cuttings from The North Wales Chronicle, 19 October, 1934, of a report by R. D. Roberts on 'Two Gold Half Nobles of Richard II ... found in Caernarvonshire' [the one at Llanfairfechan and the other at Gerlan, Bethesda], together with manuscript notes by the author; and a typescript copy of verses by A. S. Hamilton, Union Bay, British Columbia, entitled 'Little Dyvie' [i.e. David Lloyd George, O.M., M.P.], printed in a Canadian newspaper during the Great War (1914-1918).

A notebook containing recipes; an account of a storm on 23 January 1796; 'composition to prevent the scab in sheep'; 'Church Curiosities' - notes of tombs and epitaphs in Dalkeith, Kendal, Kirby Stephen, Isel, Port Royal (Jamaica), Lymington, and Battersey; extracts from curious wills; and accounts, 1796.

A holograph letter, 1865, from J. H. Preece, for the Great Western Railway New Swindon Mechanics Institution, to Mr. Hanty (thanks to Mr. [Harry H.] Davies for the gift of a drawing); 'half-yearly report of conduct; or, lady's school register' of Miss F[lorence] M[ary] Davies, 1870; the return of the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Rumney, Monmouthshire, 1901; a short pedigree of the family of Edmunds of Rumney, and of the family of Davies of Rompney Castle, with whom they intermarried; and two school arithmetic books, one of which belonged to Miss Hannah Edmunds and contains in addition some copies of her accounts, etc., 1879-1886 and undated.

(Formerly Llanmaes MS 129.) English. Between boards. Purchased from E. P. W. Nicholl, Llanmaes House, Glamorganshire, 1939-1940.

Miscellanea relating to Ruthin, Denbighshire, by R. J. Edwards, mainly in the form of press cuttings.

Miscellanea relating to Neath and the Vale of Neath, in the hands of D. Rhys Phillips and others. English, Welsh. (Formerly D Rhys Phillips MS 9.) In boards. Purchased from D. Rhys Phillips, Swansea, April 1942.

Miscellanea relating to Ireland, formerly belonging to Henry Blackwell, New York. They include 'A Generall Abstract of the Accounts of His Maties Revenue in Ireland For One Year Ended at Xmas 1697', 'A Rent Roll of the Lordship of St. Mary's Abby & Grange of Clonliff', 1730-1, rentals of an estate in Kilkenny, 1795-6, a map of Ireland showing the sites of 'Round Towers', letters to Luke Gardiner and others, etc.

Miscellaneous papers of Thomas Darlington, one of his Majesty's Inspectors of Schools in Wales, including essays and articles, drafts of speeches and addresses, letters from Ellis Edwards, Tom Ellis, Beriah Gwynfe Evans, D. Silvan Evans, David Howell (Llawdden), J. Puleston Jones, Sir John Rhys, A. Neobard Palmer, and Hugh Williams, and press cuttings.

Miscellaneous documents, including an account, [18]64, of fees due from the Reverend J[ohn] Owens, Gwndwn [Calvinistic Methodist minister, Capel Ffynnon, Cardiganshire], to Thomas Watts in respect of one quarter's tuition for A. Owens and Jno. Owens at Capel y Gwndwn School; a printed list (with manuscript entries) of subjects of examination for the ordination to be held in the diocese of St. Davids, 1883; a receipt, 1883, to John Caleb Owen for the payment of ordination fees; a holograph letter from J. T. Evans, The Rectory, Stow-on-the-Wold, to [J. C.] Owen [vicar of Llanafan-fawr, Brecknockshire], 1911 (requesting information relating to one Hannah Griffiths, and also copies of the inscriptions on the five bells at Llanafan-fawr) (copies of inscriptions enclosed); a list of patrons and incumbents of Llanafan-fawr, 1486-1910; a press cutting containing a list of ruined houses ('Hen Dai Adfeiliedig') in Llanafan Fawr; etc.

Miscellanea from the collection of Hugh Jones ('Erfyl'), consisting of poems by him and in his own hand, among them being 'Emyn y Tymmorau' translated from James Thomson's The Seasons and awarded a prize at the Tegeingl Eisteddfod, 1829, and 'Englynion i Fab ac Etifedd Syr W. W. Wynn, 1820, composed in a field near Wrexham; transcripts by 'Erfyl', including the 'Substance of a Sermon preached at the Baptist Chapel in Oswestry, on Sunday, August 13th, 1815. By the Revd. J. Palmer of Shrewsb[ur]y', a translation (copied at Whittington, 1814) of a petition to Governor [Warren] Hastings by the wife of Almas-ali-can 'who was seized upon and put to death for political purposes in India', and extracts from printed sources relating to Bangor, Tegeingl, etc.; a draft in the hand of Richard Llwyd, 'Bard of Snowdon', relating to the slave trade; a short-title list of Welsh periodicals ('Rhwydd Restr o Gyhoeddiadau Cym[r]aeg a Chymreig Amseriadol') in the hand of Robert Davies, Llansannan; and holograph poetry by Robert Ellis ('Cynddelw'), John Jones ('Myllin'), Thomas Edwards ('Caerfallwch'), and John Owen, Liverpool (1835) (awarded the prize at the Holywell Eisteddfod, 1834), etc.

Miscellaneous papers comprising holograph notes of an address by D. R. Daniel on 'Yr Ysgol Sul ar Oes', delivered at Pwllheli, 13 May, [18]95; holograph notes by D. R. Daniel of a Caernarvon Boroughs election address; a pocket-book containing diary entries, accounts, etc., of P. Ll. Daniel, Fourcrosses, 1903; 'englynion' by William Henry Roberts ('Iseifion'), Fourcrosses, entitled 'Llinellau Byrfyfyr a wnaed ... ddiwrnod cyn pleidleisio am aelod i'r Cyngor Sir dros y plwyfi Llanarmon a Llanystumdwy &c. 1910' and 'Er Cof anwyl Am y ddiweddar Miss Blodwen Ellen Jones, Talafon, Chwilog'; and press cuttings.

Miscellanea in the hands of William Bro[o]me and Edward Lhuyd. English. (Formerly Belmont Abbey MS 4.) Parchment. Purchased from Belmont Abbey, April 1954.

Miscellanea in the hand of Rees Jenkin Jones. (Formerly Rees Jenkin Jones MS.) English, Welsh. In boards. Donated by Dr Goronwy Jones, Swansea.

Miscellaneous documents from the Clayton manuscripts, consisting of a statement relating to the estate of John Bodvell under a deed of 20 February 1639/40; a quotation from William Lane of the Inner Temple to [Judge] George Jefferies with authority to the latter to deliver his chamber in the Inner Temple to Thomas Sturmy, 8 July 1665; a letter from John Moorer to William Davies at Drusloyne [Dryslwyn] concerning iron at Carmarthen and elsewhere, 1669; a letter from H. Buller to Sir Robert Clayton concerning a loan on the security of Streetmarshall and other manors, 26 May 1673; a bond from Paul Cole and Judith Faustus to [Sir] John Jones of Fonmon, 14 December 1674, for the performance of covenants; a receipt by John Jones of Fonmon, 4 May 1676, for the marriage portion of his wife Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Bludworth; letters from Henry Morgan to Sir Robert Clayton, September-November 1676; an order in Council, 30 October 1678, signed Phi. Lloyd, to Sir George Jefferies, recorder of London, to attend to the prosecution of one Child; a bill from Jo. Henley, tailor, to Sir John Jones, June 1677; a receipt by Anna Morgan, 4 October 1679, for a tally on Excise revenue; a petition by John Williams to the Right Hon. George, Lord Jefferyes, Baron of Wemm, Lord High Chancellor, circa 1680; opinions in favour of the King's dispensing powers given by Sir Thomas Powys and Richard Hopton, Justice of North Wales, 1686; a letter from George Evans to the Lord Chancellor concerning a riot in Southwark, 15 April 1687; a docket to the Lord Chancellor of the offices of the Marquis of Powis in Wales, 4 April 1688; a letter from Sir Thomas Powys to the Lord Chancellor, 9 May 1688; a letter from Jo. Brecknocke to John Saville; a quit claim from James Jones of Abergavenny, hair bletcher, to John Sutherland, hair merchant, 24 November 1719; a letter, 1 November 1755, from John Rees, Penymas concerning lead ore under Maesgwenllian in Kidwelly and concerning the seizure of a ship and cargo of brandy; a certificate of the baptism of Robert Chiping at Bletchingley, 16 February 1701; and a warrant, 25 November 1806, signed by Charles Watkin Williams Wynn for the payment to Peter [Burrell], Lord Gwydir, of £85 for the attendance of attendants and marshalls at the trial of [Henry Dundas] Lord Melville.

A manuscript containing an assessment on the inhabitants of the north side of the parish of Old Radnor for the necessary repair of the church and casting of the bells, 1728; a doggerel poem relating to a Welshman; a copy of Eduard Lhuyd: Parochial Queries In Order to A Geographical Dictionary, A Natural History, &c. of Wales sent to a correspondent by William Brewster, Hereford.

A manuscript containing letters, papers and accounts relating to the establishment of national schools at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, 1858-1887, and at Castell Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, 1868-1887; translations by T. Rees Davies; a poem by John Harries; a poem on the execution of Sir Charles Baldwin; notes on scholarships for sons of clergy in Wales; an address by A. J. M. Green, rector of Halkyn.