Manchester Union of Welsh Literary Societies minutes by Thomas Thomas. English, Welsh. 1/4 leather. Purchased from Mrs T. Thomas, Aberystwyth, June 1940.
A delivery book, 1864-1872, of William Morgan and Sons, maltsters, Welshpool, recording deliveries of grain, malt, hops, etc., to customers mainly in co. Montgomery. Each entry includes the type and quantity of the goods delivered and the names of the customer, deliverer and receiver. Later accounts, 1917, relating to the sale of livestock have been added at the end of the volume (ff. 363v-7v).
An account book of David Jameson, maltster, of Bailey Street, Oswestry, 1800-1825, to which have been added a single entry for 1844 and accounts of goods (tea, coffee, sugar, etc.) received in 1871. The volume was subsequently used as an album for cuttings from Bye-Gones.
Letters and papers, 1754-1854, of various members of the Mallum family, cider makers, Speen, Berkshire, and the Ingle family, joiners, undertakers, etc., connected with Southwark, Newington, etc. Some of the letters are written from Newtown, Montgomeryshire.
Additional pedigrees of the Maliphant family of Kidwelly and St Ishmael's, Carmarthenshire, compiled by Ian Meredith.
Additional papers, 2013-2014, comprising three articles by the donor on the Malefant family of Upton and the Maliphant family of Kidwelly entitled: 'Maliphant gatherings - a history spanning 760 years', 'The Malefaunt wardships of 1441, 1450 and 1488' and 'The Malefants and the Fleming inheritants in 1382 and 1546'.
An enlarged and revised version of Gordon Maliphant's notes and charts on Maliphant Families entitled 'Maliphant Families c 1520-1996' (Fourth Edition), November 1996.
A typescript draft of Part 1 (with index, NLW MS 21717iiD) of Arthur V. Mellefont, Malenfant Families (Killarney Vale, NSW, 1983), a study in three parts dealing with the Welsh, Irish and Australian branches of the family. Part 1 deals with the Welsh branch of the Maliphant/Malenfant family.
A microfilm copy of Royal College of Music MS 2091 comprising a volume of Welsh, Irish and Scottish tunes collected by John Malchair (1730-1812), including a tune sung by a man at Harlech Castle.
An album compiled, ca. 1973-1988, by Margaret Joan Mills (formerly Baylis, d. 1992), containing pedigrees, photographs, copies of civil registration certificates and wills, and other genealogical memoranda, 1729-1988, concerning various branches of the Makeig family, originally from the parish of Llandygwydd, co. Cardigan; together with press cuttings and notes relating to her research.
Papers, 2011, relating to the donor's research into the Cilgwyn Estate Records for his series of articles 'Letters from the War' on the First World War experiences of Major John Kenrick Lloyd Fitzwilliams, Cilgwyn, Newcastle Emlyn, youngest of eight sons. They comprise draft copies and photocopies of the articles published in Carmarthenshire Life, 2007-2009, which focus on letters written by the Major from France, Russia and Romania to his wife Margery. Also included are excerpts from letters home by his two brothers Colonel Duncan Fitzwilliams and Major Gerard Fitzwilliams and military details about all eight brothers.
Two manuscript books : 'The Book of Ra: Hoor: Khuit' and 'The Group Records' - parts one and two of the magical record by the donor Peter R. Chatfield.
A volume, dated 1888, from the library of James Morris, blacksmith and magician, of Cwmbelan, Montgomeryshire, containing transcripts from ['Raphael' (pseud.):] The Art of Talismanic Magic: being selections from the Works of Rabbi Solomon, C. Agrippa, F. Barrett, etc. ... 1879 (London, 1880).
One of two account books of the Mansel family of Maesteilo, parish of Llandeilo, co. Carmarthen, recording payments in connection with the Maesteilo estate, rent charges and tax assessments, and household and personal expenditure, 1876-1934. Also contains an inventory of the contents of the drawing-room at Maesteilo (ff. 25-7).
One of two account books of the Mansel family of Maesteilo, parish of Llandeilo, co. Carmarthen, recording payments in connection with the Maesteilo estate, rent charges and tax assessments, and household and personal expenditure, 1876-1934.
