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A letter from Thomas Rud (1668-1733), rector of Washington and prebendary of Ripon Collegiate Church, 22 September 1732, to one Reverend Burroughs, giving information about the church of Ripon and its history, together with a list of the deans, sub-deans and prebendaries from 1604 to 1732 (among the listed prebendaries was William Lloyd (1627-1717), bishop, successively, of St Asaph, Coventry and Worcester).

The first of six volumes of pocket diaries of the Reverend Thomas Roberts ('Scorpion', 1816-87) for 1845, 1869, 1881-1883 and 1885-1886 (using the printed Almanac a Dyddiadur (Llanrwst) for 1845, Y Dyddiadur or Dyddiadur Yr Annibynwyr for the other years). Brief daily entries in English, except for 1869 which was used only for accounts in 1869-71 and as a diary for January 1886. The 1845 diary records a year as a student at Brecon College; it includes reference to the execution of Thomas Thomas 'murderer of the butter merchant' on 10 April. The other volumes reflect life as a busy Independent minister in Llanrwst who was also post-master; there are references to building a new chapel ('New Tabernacl') in 1881-2, to frequent floods, to skating on the Conwy in the hard winter of 1881, to denominational and literary friends, notably Dr William Rees ('Gwilym Hiraethog') and W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'). The diaries also include accounts, with some details of the sale of Scorpion's publications, and sermon notes in Welsh. On the flyleaf of MS 22358 is a priced list of books including 'MSS Copy of Brut y Brenhinoedd' valued at £10.5s.

The fourth of six volumes of pocket diaries of the Reverend Thomas Roberts ('Scorpion', 1816-87) for 1845, 1869, 1881-1883 and 1885-1886 (using the printed Almanac a Dyddiadur (Llanrwst) for 1845, Y Dyddiadur or Dyddiadur Yr Annibynwyr for the other years). Brief daily entries in English, except for 1869 which was used only for accounts in 1869-71 and as a diary for January 1886. The 1845 diary records a year as a student at Brecon College; it includes reference to the execution of Thomas Thomas 'murderer of the butter merchant' on 10 April. The other volumes reflect life as a busy Independent minister in Llanrwst who was also post-master; there are references to building a new chapel ('New Tabernacl') in 1881-2, to frequent floods, to skating on the Conwy in the hard winter of 1881, to denominational and literary friends, notably Dr William Rees ('Gwilym Hiraethog') and W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'). The diaries also include accounts, with some details of the sale of Scorpion's publications, and sermon notes in Welsh. On the flyleaf of MS 22358 is a priced list of books including 'MSS Copy of Brut y Brenhinoedd' valued at £10.5s.

The second of six volumes of pocket diaries of the Reverend Thomas Roberts ('Scorpion', 1816-87) for 1845, 1869, 1881-1883 and 1885-1886 (using the printed Almanac a Dyddiadur (Llanrwst) for 1845, Y Dyddiadur or Dyddiadur Yr Annibynwyr for the other years). Brief daily entries in English, except for 1869 which was used only for accounts in 1869-71 and as a diary for January 1886. The 1845 diary records a year as a student at Brecon College; it includes reference to the execution of Thomas Thomas 'murderer of the butter merchant' on 10 April. The other volumes reflect life as a busy Independent minister in Llanrwst who was also post-master; there are references to building a new chapel ('New Tabernacl') in 1881-2, to frequent floods, to skating on the Conwy in the hard winter of 1881, to denominational and literary friends, notably Dr William Rees ('Gwilym Hiraethog') and W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'). The diaries also include accounts, with some details of the sale of Scorpion's publications, and sermon notes in Welsh. On the flyleaf of MS 22358 is a priced list of books including 'MSS Copy of Brut y Brenhinoedd' valued at £10.5s.

The last of six volumes of pocket diaries of the Reverend Thomas Roberts ('Scorpion', 1816-87) for 1845, 1869, 1881-1883 and 1885-1886 (using the printed Almanac a Dyddiadur (Llanrwst) for 1845, Y Dyddiadur or Dyddiadur Yr Annibynwyr for the other years). Brief daily entries in English, except for 1869 which was used only for accounts in 1869-71 and as a diary for January 1886. The 1845 diary records a year as a student at Brecon College; it includes reference to the execution of Thomas Thomas 'murderer of the butter merchant' on 10 April. The other volumes reflect life as a busy Independent minister in Llanrwst who was also post-master; there are references to building a new chapel ('New Tabernacl') in 1881-2, to frequent floods, to skating on the Conwy in the hard winter of 1881, to denominational and literary friends, notably Dr William Rees ('Gwilym Hiraethog') and W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'). The diaries also include accounts, with some details of the sale of Scorpion's publications, and sermon notes in Welsh. On the flyleaf of MS 22358 is a priced list of books including 'MSS Copy of Brut y Brenhinoedd' valued at £10.5s.

The fifth of six volumes of pocket diaries of the Reverend Thomas Roberts ('Scorpion', 1816-87) for 1845, 1869, 1881-1883 and 1885-1886 (using the printed Almanac a Dyddiadur (Llanrwst) for 1845, Y Dyddiadur or Dyddiadur Yr Annibynwyr for the other years). Brief daily entries in English, except for 1869 which was used only for accounts in 1869-71 and as a diary for January 1886. The 1845 diary records a year as a student at Brecon College; it includes reference to the execution of Thomas Thomas 'murderer of the butter merchant' on 10 April. The other volumes reflect life as a busy Independent minister in Llanrwst who was also post-master; there are references to building a new chapel ('New Tabernacl') in 1881-2, to frequent floods, to skating on the Conwy in the hard winter of 1881, to denominational and literary friends, notably Dr William Rees ('Gwilym Hiraethog') and W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'). The diaries also include accounts, with some details of the sale of Scorpion's publications, and sermon notes in Welsh. On the flyleaf of MS 22358 is a priced list of books including 'MSS Copy of Brut y Brenhinoedd' valued at £10.5s.

The third of six volumes of pocket diaries of the Reverend Thomas Roberts ('Scorpion', 1816-87) for 1845, 1869, 1881-1883 and 1885-1886 (using the printed Almanac a Dyddiadur (Llanrwst) for 1845, Y Dyddiadur or Dyddiadur Yr Annibynwyr for the other years). Brief daily entries in English, except for 1869 which was used only for accounts in 1869-71 and as a diary for January 1886. The 1845 diary records a year as a student at Brecon College; it includes reference to the execution of Thomas Thomas 'murderer of the butter merchant' on 10 April. The other volumes reflect life as a busy Independent minister in Llanrwst who was also post-master; there are references to building a new chapel ('New Tabernacl') in 1881-2, to frequent floods, to skating on the Conwy in the hard winter of 1881, to denominational and literary friends, notably Dr William Rees ('Gwilym Hiraethog') and W. J. Roberts ('Gwilym Cowlyd'). The diaries also include accounts, with some details of the sale of Scorpion's publications, and sermon notes in Welsh. On the flyleaf of MS 22358 is a priced list of books including 'MSS Copy of Brut y Brenhinoedd' valued at £10.5s.

A letter, 4 March 1926, to Thomas Bassett of Hughes & Son, Wrexham from Thomas Rees (1869-1926), principal of the Bala-Bangor Theological College, Bangor, with a portrait of the writer, beneath which is a facsimile of one paragraph from the letter.

A manuscript entitled Y Bibl a'i Hanes. Pwnc i ysgol sabbothol y Bedyddwyr yn Nhosparth y Forge [Aberdâr], by Thomas Price (1820-1888), Baptist minister, Aberdare, being the original manuscript of his work which was published at Carmarthen, c. 1890.

Hanes y Tywysogion Cymreig by Ugnach ap Mudno, i.e. Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc; 1778-1848), being a prize essay at the Liverpool eisteddfod, June 1840.

English family Bible of the naturalist and traveller, Thomas Pennant of Downing, Flintshire, containing entries of births, marriages and deaths for himself, his parents, wives, children and grandchildren, [1738]-[1840s], in several hands including his own (ff. i verso-iii).
The volume comprises The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues... (Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, printer to the University, 1738, not in ESTC) (ff. [53]-[564]), bound with The Book of Common Prayer... (Oxford: printed by John Baskett, printer to the University, 1735, not in ESTC) (ff. [1]-[52]), and Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, et al, The Whole book of Psalms Collected into English Metre... (London: Printed by J. Humfreys, for the Company of Stationers, 1736, ESTC T195059) (ff. [565]-[606]). Folios ii-iii are additional leaves tipped in at the end of the volume.

A copy of F. Willughby and J. Ray, The Ornithology of Francis Willughby ... (London, 1678), once owned by Thomas Pennant (1726-98), naturalist and traveller (see The Literary Life of Thomas Pennant by himself (1793), p. 1), to which has been added a list of bird names in Latin and English in Pennant's hand (ff. ii-iv). Items found loose in the volume have been filed separately (NLW MS 22731iiE). A letter, 1966, tipped in on f. i, relates to previous ownership.

Items, 1760s - c. 1808, relating chiefly to ornithology in the hands of Thomas and David Pennant, William Morris ('o Fôn') and others. Included are notes on different species; lists of English and Welsh bird names; letters, 1763-93, to Thomas Pennant; printed prospectus, 1788 (2 ff.) for Robert Ferryman's A Complete History of British Birds and Quadrupeds (not published); and printed Catalogue of British Birds(4 ff.) by Thomas Pennant (see also NLW MS 2549B).

Nearly one hundred and fifty letters, 1773-1798, from Thomas Pennant (1726-1798) of Downing, Flintshire to Richard Bull at Stratton Road, Piccadilly, London, and elsewhere, with numerous references to Pennant's publications and to prints and drawings by Moses Griffith (1747-1819) and John Ingleby (1749-1808), the artists employed by him, etc.

A typescript version of Thomas Parry, Llywelyn Fawr (Lerpwl, 1954) used for the first performance of the play by students of UCNW, Bangor, 2-3 February 1951, and differing somewhat from the published text. Bearing notes in the hand of Enid P. Roberts, with one revision (f. 64) in the author's hand.

Thomas Nicholas: The History of Glamorganshire with MS notes by D. Jones, Wallington. English. (From the Llanmaes Collection.) (Transferred from the Department of Printed Books.) Red cloth. Purchased December 1941.

Transcript, 1753, of a funeral sermon preached at Marlborough in 1720 by Thomas Morgan (d. 1743, DNB), writer on medicine and philosophy.

A list of names of parishes, hamlets, towns, villages, farms, homesteads, fields, mountains, hills, rivers and brooks in Monmouthshire, compiled, with some notes, by Thomas Morgan (1850-1939), Baptist minister at Skewen.

A glossary of the Welsh of Glamorgan compiled by Thomas Morgan (1850-1939), Baptist minister at Skewen.

The original manuscript of The Union Jack, a patriotic poem written by Thomas Michaeliones (1880-1960), Rhyd-y-parc, Caersws, Montgomeryshire, 1925, together with press cuttings.