The personal scrapbook of Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas, [1879]-[1925]. It contains cuttings relating especially to his appointment and duties as assistant commissioner to the Royal Commission on Labour in 1892 including his letter of appointment. It also contains cuttings relating to his public life and interests. = Llyfr lloffion personol Syr Daniel Lleufer Thomas, [1879]-[1925]. Mae'n cynnwys torion yn ymwneud â’i waith yn arbennig ei benodiad yn gomisiynydd cynorthwyol i'r Comisiwn Brenhinol ar Lafur a'i ddyletswyddau, gan gynnwys y llythyr a dderbyniodd oddi wrth y Comisiwn yn ei benodi i’r swydd yn 1892. Ceir torion hefyd yn ymwneud â’i fywyd cyhoeddus a’i ddiddordebau.
A pedigree, drawn up by Sir Daniel Lleufer Thomas (1863-1940), showing the descent of William Henry Black (d. 1872), an Assistant Keeper of the Public Records, and of William Black Jones, medical practitioner, formerly of Llangammarch and Builth, Brecknockshire.
Thomas, D. Lleufer (Daniel Lleufer), 1863-1940 Pedigree by (20 cent.), NLW MS 3558C
Transcripts, [early 19th cent.] (watermark 1803), in an unknown hand, of odes, ballads, dialogues and satirical letters of English political interest, composed by Sir Charles Hanbury Williams in the period 1732-1745. With the exception of 'To Kitty Walker' (f. 62), all the works appear, with mostly minor variations, in The Works of the Right Honourable Sir Chas. Hanbury Williams..., 3 vols (London, 1822). The contents list (f. i recto-verso) includes titles of additional poems, after f. 119, which were subsequently cut from the volume.
Photocopies of the typescript reminiscences of David Davies's grandfather, Sir Alfred T. Davies (1861-1949), during his time as a student at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1877-1878.
Illustrations of and notes by Sir Alfred T. Davies (1861-1949) on Bont Cottage, Aberaeron, said to have connections with Thomas Jones (Twm Sion Cati) (c. 1530-1609).
A transcript, [18/19 cent.], of Simwnt Fychan's bardic grammar, 'Y Pum Llyfr Cerddwriaeth'. The colophon on f. 1 shows that it is a copy of a manuscript written by William Maurice of Cefn-y-braich in 1664, formerly at Wynnstay (see Transactions of the Cymmrodorion, 2 (1828), 51-2) and presumably destroyed in the fire there in 1858, and that it descends from Simwnt Fychan's manuscript (now Jesus College MS XV (9)), through manuscripts written by Rhisiart ap Siôn of Sgorlegan (now Peniarth MS 160) and John Jones, Gellilyfdy, in 1605 (now NLW MS 7007C).
Papers relating to the parish of Silian, Cardiganshire, including a militia certificate, 1817, entries relating to the dates of birth of members of the Owen family of Cilerwisg, and extracts from a terrier of the parish, etc.
Signatures of subscribers at Abergele to 'The history of Wales and reminiscences of .... Marc Luke Louis'. Between boards. Donated by William Armor, Hollingbourne, April 1971.
A manuscript containing memoranda mainly relating to Shropshire and comprising notices of marriages and births, obituaries, etc., 1796-1850, together with advice relating to a tour from Gloucester to Mid and North Wales.
A photostat facsimile of the fifteenth century Shrewsbury School MS XI, which contains Welsh versions of 'Officium Beatae Mariae', the Credo, the Spirit of Guido, the Gospel of Nicodemus, the Crucifixion, Elen's Finding of the Cross, the Vision of Paul, etc., and which is closely allied to Peniarth MS 191, the bulk of which is also of the fifteenth century.
The original manuscript of 'An Acco[un]t of the Poll for member of Parliament for the Borough of Shrewsbury taken June 29 & 30th. 1747, in which the Proceedings of the Mayor at that Election are fully vindicated', with a reprint of the text from the Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, bound with the following pamphlets: The Poll for the Borough of Shrewsbury, 1796; the same for 1807; A Short Account of the Mandamus Cause ... 1806; A Correct Alphabetical list of the Burgesses who voted ... at the Election for the Borough of Shrewsbury, 1812; A Correct Alphabetical List of the Freeholders who voted ... at the Election for the County of Salop, 1831; A Correct Alphabetical List of the Burgesses who voted ... at the Election for the Borough of Shrewsbury ..., 1830; A Correct Alphabetical List of the Electors who voted at the Election of Representatives for the Borough of Shrewsbury, 1832; the same for 1835, 1841 and 1847; The Alphabetical List of the Burgesses of the Town of Shrewsbury in the Castle Ward within, entitled to vote ... 1848-1849; Alphabetical List of the Electors who voted at the Election of Representatives for the Borough of Shrewsbury, 1852; A Correct Alphabetical List of the Electors who voted at the Election of Councillors for the Castle Ward within ... 1855; and mounted cuttings of lists of voters showing how they voted at borough elections, 1857 and 1862.
Short stories, poetry, etc by W. D. Davies (typescripts and press cuttings). (Formerly W. D. Davies MS 14.) Welsh, English. Between boards. Purchased from Mrs Whiting, Llandrindod Wells, October 1969.
