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A photostat facsimile of the probate of the will of George William Gruffyth [Griffith] of Pen y Benglog, parish of Meliney [Melinau], Pembrokeshire, esquire, 29 August, 1655. The will is dated 12 May, 1651.

Typescript copies of the petitions of the parishioners and inhabitants of the parishes of Llanwnda and Llanfaglan, Caernarvonshire, to John [Moore], bishop of Bangor, 1776, conaining the charges preferred against their minister, Lloyd Foxwist, clerk, and the latter's answers to the charges; together with 'notes and comments', 1936, by the transcriber, W. Gilbert Williams, Rhostryfan.

A volume of manuscript maps and accompanying references, being a survey made by Richard Owen in 1805 of the Plasbrith estate, the property of Edward Anwyl, comprising Maes y Branar and Braych Bedw, parish of Llanfachreth, Penydre, parish of Gwyddelwern, and Llety Ryse, Werngoch, Perthillwydion, Llwyn y Talcian, and Hafod y Goeswen, parish of Dolgelley, Merioneth.

Literary compositions submitted for competition at the Crown Eisteddfod held at Llanarth, Cardiganshire, on 29 July, 1875, viz. 'Can o Glod i R. L. Lloyd, Nantgwyllt, fel Tirfeddianwr', translations into English of a portion of the 'awdl' 'Molawd Ynys Prydain' by David Owen ('Dewi Wyn o Eifion'), and prose translations into Welsh of a portion of Act III, Scene 2, of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark; together with adjudications by William Thomas ('Gwilym Marles'), Llandysul.

An essay entitled 'Henafiaethau Llanarth a'r Cymydogaethau' (the antiquities of the Llanarth district of Cardiganshire) written by 'Ceredig ab Cunedda', 24 June, 1875, and submitted for competition at a Crown Eisteddfod held at Llanarth on 29 July, 1875. Inset is an elegy ('Galareb') on the death of Benjamin Evans, Aberaeron, by 'Omega'.

A volume of music containing two services and three chants in the hand of the composer, Joseph Pring, who was organist of Bangor Cathedral from 1793 until his death. The two chants were written in 1791 and 1793. The title-page and index suggest that the last folio, containing eight chants, is wanting. A note by Dr A. H. Mann (see 561, below) on Pring and on the volume appears on the fly-leaf.

Two notebooks containing draft minutes or 'reports' by Rowland Rees of the Cambro-Briton Society, London, from 6 November, 1885, to 12 March, 1886.

A note in the autograph of Thomas Telford, engineer, at London, of 'Improvements necessary to be Undertaken' to the Holyhead Road, together with an estimate of the cost, 26 March, 1822 (references to portions of the road west of Bettws y Coed, between Cerig y druidion and Glyndyffws, between Glyn Dyffws and the Druid, between Corwen and Owen Glyndwrs Hill, and between Rhysgog and Llangollen); and a holograph letter from James Watt, engineer, London, to Robt. Muirheid, Glasgow, 1814 (advice in connection with a voyage along the Welsh coast, from Amlwch to the Bristol Channel).

A genealogical chart of John Roberts, Llangwm, compiled by, and in the hand of, Evan D. Jones, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1936, with a typescript copy of a covering letter.

Two incomplete rate books of the parish of Llanwnda, Caernarvonshire, the first for 27 April, 20 July, 12 October, and 21 December, 1844, and the second for 6 October, 1866. Among the properties recorded in both volumes is the Nantlle Railway.

A volume, 1900-[1940s], detailing the history of the Lloyd family of Cwm Bychan, near Harlech, Merioneth, containing numerous painted coats of arms, illuminated initials and other illustrations. It was begun in 1900 by Llewelyn Lloyd and added to probably by his son Guy Ynyr Llewelyn Lloyd and other descendants.
The main body of the text (pp. 9-67) chronicles the descent of the family from the 10th century figure, Gwaethvoed Vawr (p. 9), via the lords of Nannau, Merioneth (pp. 17-39), to the Llwyds of Cwm Bychan (pp. 41-49), and then to their descendants in Flintshire, including the Rev. John Lloyd of Caerwys (pp. 52-57) and Angharad Llwyd (pp.58-59), Llewelyn Lloyd (pp. 64-65) and Guy Ynyr Llewelyn Lloyd (pp. 66-67). Successive generations, each with painted coats of arms, are recorded on a recto and additional information inserted on the verso opposite. Prefatory material (pp. v-vi, 1-8) includes heraldic devices and quotations. Items pasted into the volume include bookplates, 1747-[late 19 cent] (inside front cover, p. i), photographs of gravestones and memorials, 1899-[?1920s] (pp. 27-28, 53, 64-65), a note concerning John Lloyd, [1793x1798], possibly in the hand of Thomas Pennant (p. 56e), and pedigrees drawn up by Philip H. Lawson of Chester, 1919 (pp. 46a-d, 56a-d). Another pedigree by Lawson, 1919, found loose in the volume, is in an archival envelope. An inscription by the donors, 2006, is on p. iii.

Photographs of specimen pages, 1885-1891, from the first minute book of the Gaiman Council in Patagonia.

A volume containing a rental of the corporation of Caernarvon, 1832-1838, a rental of crown quit rents in the borough of Caernarvon, 1834-1846, an account of quarterly payments of gas tenants, 1833, and mortgage accounts, 1830-1835.

A rental of crown quit rents within the borough of Caernarvon, 1847-1856.

Arithmetic exercise book used by Benjamin Jenkins, Pant-y-caws, at Rhydwilym and Login schools, 1857-1858.

School arithmetic exercise book of Anne Davies, Pantyrodyn, later wife of Benjamin Jenkins of Porth-y-rhyd, Pant-y-caws, parish of Cilymaenllwyd, Carmarthenshire. The volume was begun on 3 August, 1860.

A diary of John Owen, Board School, Llanfair Pwll Gwyngyll, Anglesey, containing entries of preaching engagements at the local Calvinistic Methodist Church, 1894-1900, together with postcards and a letter to John Owen and others from J. J. Roberts ('Iolo Caernarfon'), Portmadoc, R[obert] Williams, M.A., Llanllechid, T. J. Wheldon, Bangor, F[rancis] Jones, Abergele, W. R. Jones ('Goleufryn'), Holyhead, and Robert T. Williams [of Llanrug] from Leipzig, 1892-1893.

A typescript copy of the history of Ebenezer Baptist Church, Aberafan (Port Talbot), compiled largely by David Evans, 'Mynyddfab', secretary of the church, and completed in March, 1936.

A volume of printed pedigrees of the family of Lloyd of Clochfaen, Llangurig, together with manuscript additions by Jacob Youde William Lloyd of Clochfaen and others.

An illuminated address presented by the Welsh Presbyterian Church at Heywood Street, Manchester, to Isaac Powell, 6 May, 1890.