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Highway rate assessment book of Mawr Lower Hamlet, parish of Llangyfelach. English. Between boards. Donated by J. R. E. Jenkins, Cardiff, May 1969.

Jerome's De viris illustribus in the semi-humanistic hand of Milo de Carraria, who was active as a scribe in Italy, Cologne, Bruges and London from 1437 to 1447 (see Duke Humfrey and English humanism in the Fifteenth century: Catalogue of an Exhibition held in the Bodleian Library Oxford (Oxford, 1970), p. 13).

Two letters of Mrs Hester Lynch Piozzi (formerly Thrale), one to William Parsons, 1786, and the other to Robert Dalgliesh, 1815.

Two letters, 1799, from Hester Lynch Piozzi to Joseph Cooper Walker, Irish historian and writer.

A letter, 1799, from Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741-1821) to [John Wynne] Griffiths [sic], Garn, near Denbigh, and two stanzas endorsed Mrs Piozzi's Brynbella's Marr. with Mr. Thrayle by Dr. [Samuel] Johnson [1709-1784].

Herodoti Historiaia: Cum Vita Homeri. Tom. II, with MS notes by T. F. Roberts. Latin, Greek, English. (Formerly Printed Books DC8053.) Blue cloth.

Herodoti Historiaia: Cum Vita Homeri. Tom. I, with MS notes by T. F. Roberts. Latin, Greek, English. (Formerly Printed Books DC8052.) Blue cloth.

Llyfr cofnodion, 1931-1969, yn ymwneud â chyfarfodydd Arolygwyr Addysg Cymru a gynhaliwyd ym Mhîl a Chynffig a mannau eraill i gystadlu am her-gwpan golff.

One of two manuscripts containing notes and abstracts of wills, Chancery proceedings and other documents relating to Herefordshire families, collected by George Sherwood, together with a few original documents.

One of two manuscripts containing notes and abstracts of wills, Chancery proceedings and other documents relating to Herefordshire families, collected by George Sherwood, together with a few original documents.

A manuscript, [1826x1845], entitled 'The Morris, and all other Officers attending upon it', relating to the meeting of veteran Morris dancers at Hereford races in 1609, an event reputedly arranged by John Hoskins. The manuscript is a transcript of part of a larger work which was published as a tract, Old Meg of Herefordshire for a Mayd Marian and Hereford Towne for a Morris Daunce ... (London, 1609). Also included are two letters, 1845, from William Cooke, vicar of Banbury, to an unnamed descendant of John Hoskins at Harewood, Herefordshire, concerning 'a celebrated Morris Dance exhibited before his Sovereign by yr [sic] memorable and learned Ancestor - Mr Sergeant Hoskyns'.

Welsh Black Cattle Society Private Herd book, 1913-1920, of Owen Griffith, Tan-y-llyn, Chwilog, and afterwards of Derlwyn, Pwllheli, co. Caernarfon. Related papers, 1921, found loose inside have been tipped in at the beginning of MS 22850. With NLW MS 22850A.

Welsh Black Cattle Society Private Herd book, 1913-1920, of Owen Griffith, Tan-y-llyn, Chwilog, and afterwards of Derlwyn, Pwllheli, co. Caernarfon. Related papers, 1921, found loose inside have been tipped in at the beginning of MS 22850. With NLW MS 22851A.

Letters, 2001-2010, from Herbert Williams, writer, freelance journalist and radio producer, to the donor, mainly discussing his literary work.

A manuscript armorial of English and Welsh families entitled The nomenclature or Heralds Alphabett of Surnames, L-Z (vol. II), with additional notes by Peter Le Neve (1661-1729), Norroy King at Arms. Painted coats-of-arms have been affixed to the manuscript at relevant points throughout the work.

A manuscript armorial of English and Welsh families entitled The nomenclature or Heralds Alphabett of Surnames, A-K (vol. I), with additional notes by Peter Le Neve (1661-1729), Norroy King at Arms. Painted coat-of-arms have been affixed to the manuscript at relevant points throughout the work.

A German heraldic manuscript, written mainly in 1598 with further additions written before 1611, containing painted coats of arms with banners. About half the paintings relate to families belonging to the Patriciate of Nuremberg, including the families of Imhoff, Oelhafen, Haller, Muffel and Kress.
The original folios have been cut out and mounted in an album of the 19 cent. The title page (f. 1) reads 'Hernach Volgende herrn und Junckhern haben den Andern Becher machen lassen. Anno Christi 1598'.

One of two manuscripts containing a copy of S. R. Meyrick, ed.: Heraldic Visitations of Wales and part of the Marches between the years 1586 and 1613 ... by Lewys Dwnn, deputy herald at arms ... 2 vols (Llandovery, 1846) presented to Meyrick (1783-1848) by the Committee of the Welsh Manuscripts Society, with letters from John Evans, secretary to the Society, Augusta Hall (1802-1896), Benjamin Hall (1802-1867), Joseph Morris and Thomas William King (Rouge Dragon).