Dangos 15040 canlyniad

Letters and signatures.

The fourth of five volumes of account books, 1891-1952, of James Jones and his son-in-law David Aeron Rees, Gwarllyn, Llannarth, co. Cardigan, blacksmiths, relating to Llifwanog or Llwyfanog Forge, Llannarth.

A copy of a thesis 'A Folk-song Romance: Ruth Herbert Lewis (1871-1946)' presented by David Richard Jones for the degree of M.A. (Bangor, 2002), and submitted for the Legonna Celtic Research Prize, 2003.

Copi o waith gan T. Robin Chapman yn dwyn y teitl 'Islwyn Ffowc Elis: Rhywfaint o Anfarwoldeb', a gyflwynwyd am Wobr Ymchwil Celtaidd Legonna, 2003.

The fourth of six volumes of day-books of the Richards family of the Post Office, Pontfathew, Bryn-crug, co. Merioneth, containing accounts, 1894-1921, relating to their drapery and grocery store. Also includes the accounts, 1863-1879, in Welsh and English, of Hugh Pugh, wheelwright (ff. 1v-103v, 126v-175v, 198, 279v-281v, 305v-309v, 345v-346v).

A typescript copy of an 'Historical record of Building No. 6, Former Manor House at Neath General Hospital, Neath, West Glamorgan' for Neath Port Talbot Borough Council, prepared by Redrow Homes (South Wales) Ltd, June 2003.

Essays and poems in Welsh by Ellen Williams (nee Jones; Meirionwen, 1871-1949), Llanfrothen, co. Merioneth, entered for competition at Siloam Calvinistic Methodist chapel, Llanfrothen, and other Literary Festivals, 1887-1919 and n.d. (ff. 1-81v); a radio script Arwyddion Tywydd Llanfrothen, broadcast 27 October 1938, in which Meirionwen participated along with her brother John Jones (Ioan Brothen, 1868-1940), Bob Owen, Croesor, and Lizzie Laura Williams (ff. 82-91); and memorial verse to Cadwaladr Williams (c. 1853-1891), Rhyd, Llanfrothen, Meirionwen's brother-in-law.

A volume containing a record of the preaching and lecturing engagements, 1907-1946, of the Reverend David John Lewis (1879-1947), minister of Bethesda Congregational church, Tumble, co. Carmarthen, 1907-1947, together with details of baptisms, marriages and burials at which he officiated.

A notebook containing Chwarelau Dyffryn Nantlle a chymdogaeth Moeltryfan, the prize-winning essay at Cylchwyl Lenyddol Rhostryfan, 1889, by John Griffith, Bodgadfan, Rhostryfan, bearing additional notes in the hand of W. J. Griffith, the author's son, who edited the essay for publication in 1934, and J. J. Thomas, Kendal, the publisher.

Papers of, or relating to, the Manley family of Manley Hall, parish of Erbistock, co. Denbigh, 1698-1904, mainly comprising genealogical extracts, accounts, and correspondence, including an extract from a letter, c. 1810, of Sir Christopher Cole, recounting his part in the capture of the Banda Islands from the Dutch. Also included are letters from Sir Arthur H. D. Acland (2) 1887-91, Sir Henry Hatton, 13th earl of Winchilsea (1) 1902, and George Fitz-Roy Henry Somerset, 3rd baron Raglan (1, to Sir Henry Vincent) 1904.

Journal, 1859-1865, of Thomas Harry (d. 1868) of Llan-faes, co. Glamorgan, containing entries relating mainly to his work as National schoolmaster and as assistant overseer of the poor, to the weather, and to the purchase of food and drink, books and newspapers, etc. Cuttings and copies of articles, 1910-c. 1937, relating to local history, found loose inside the volume, have been filed separately (MS 22831iiE).

A transcript and an English translation of records of two Welsh churches in New York, namely Bethel Church (Congregational), Steuben, 1839, and Capel Cerrig (CM), Remsen, 1830, together with a brief history of French Road Church (CM), Remsen, compiled by members of the Remsen-Steuben Historical Society.

Correspondence and papers, 1939-1959, relating to the compilation of the second edition of the Handbook of British Chronology, ed. Sir Maurice Powicke and E. B. Fryde (London: Royal Historical Society, 1961), including letters from prominent British historians.

A copy of a script for a play by Charles Way, entitled The Tinderbox, based on the story by Hans Christian Anderson, which was first performed by the Gwent Theatre Company in October 2002.

An English translation of a letter by 'Candidus' (the Reverend Thomas Walters, Kilvey, Swansea) on the abuse of Church patronage by the bishop of Llandaf, published in Y Cymro, 27 September 1854, and a copy of a statement from the Bishop's Court, December 1854, replying to the accusations.(Found loose inside NLW MS 22707iiA.

Correspondence relating to, and claims for, rewards offered for information leading to the conviction of Rebecca rioters (see David Williams, The Rebecca Riots (Cardiff, 1955), pp. 285-6). The majority of the letters are from George Rice Trevor, 4th baron Dynevor, to William Chambers, jnr, Llanelli. For other letters from Trevor to Chambers relating to the riots, see Transactions of the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society and Field Club, 23 (1932), 60-77. Also included are copies of the calendar of prisoners to be tried at the Carmarthenshire Spring Assizes, 1844, and of proclamations relating to the riots.

Correspondence and papers, 1964-1993, accumulated by J. E. Caerwyn Williams, mainly as editor of Y Traethodydd and Ysgrifau Beirniadol. Correspondents include John Gwilym Jones (2) 1976-1978, Saunders Lewis (7) 1967-1979, Thomas Parry (3) 1976-1978, and Kate Roberts (15) 1964-1978. Also included are manuscript and typescript drafts of contributions published in Y Traethodydd, including a short story, Pryder Morwyn, by Kate Roberts (ff. 47-54).

Speculum Juratoris (ff. 1-129), a theological treatise in six parts on swearing, by Thomas de Wygenhale, canon of the Praemonstratensian abbey of West Dereham and vicar of Holy Trinity, Cambridge, fl. 1384-1406. The first quire is wanting. The treatise is also known from BL Harleian MS 148. On ff. 129-130v is a treatise on blasphemy, also attributed to Thomas de Wygenhale, which does not occur in the Harleian MS. All copied by one hand.

The second part of a photostat facsimile, bound for convenience in two volumes (see also NLW MS 6495C), of Christ Church (Oxford) MS 184, a manuscript written in various hands of the 16th and 17th centuries. The original portion was written by Wiliam Cynwal (d. 1587/8), herald bard, who also inserted a note explaining how the manuscript came to be written. The major part of the volumes, written in Welsh, consist of cywyddau, awdlau and englynion, many of them in the autograph of the authors, and most of them written to various members of the Salusbury family of Lleweni and to Katherine of Berain (1534/5-1591). The English portion of the manuscripts includes autograph poems by Sir John Salusbury (1567-1612) and Robert Chester (fl. c. 1586-1604), and others. Also included in the manuscripts are the coats of arms of Katherine of Berain, resulting from her four marriages; a few Latin items, including elegies and epitaphs to Katherine of Berain; a rough index to the contents of the volumes compiled by John Jones (Tegid) (1792-1852), Christ Church (Oxford), in the 19th century.