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Bills, 1921-3, of Mrs Edward Davies, Plas Dinam, Llandinam, Montgomeryshire

The scrapbooks contain press cuttings relating to a variety of subjects such as church, political and literary matters, together with obituaries, mainly of eminent church figures, and book reviews.

Press cuttings relating to the visit to North America in 1925-1926 of the Mountain Ash (Glamorgan) Male Voice Choir, conducted by T. Glyndwr Richards.

Manuscripts, [late 12 cent.]-[early 20 cent.], formerly part of the library of the Mostyn family of Mostyn Hall, Flintshire, comprising transcripts and extracts from Giraldus Cambrensis, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Dares Phrygius, Nennius, Gildas, David Jenkins (Judge Jenkins), Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, Lydgate's 'Life of Our Lady', Leland's Itinerary, 'Chroniques de France', historical manuscripts such as Brut y Tywysiogion and Brut y Brenhinoedd, Welsh romances and the Mabinogion; collections of mainly Welsh poetry, among them the seventeenth-century volumes Llyfr Coch Nannau and Llyfr Gwyn Corsygedol, containing poems by Dafydd ap Gwilym, Guto'r Glyn, Tudur Aled, Siôn Cent and others; genealogies, pedigrees and histories; official papers relating to Caernarvonshire; catalogues of the Mostyn and Gloddaeth libraries, 1692-1842; etc.

A staff research source created at NLW in 2014, relating to the 20th century dispersal of the library of printed books and manuscripts at Mostyn Hall, Flintshire.

Poetry, correspondence and other miscellaneous family papers, 1776-1880, [?1927], relating to the Mostyn and Lloyd-Mostyn family of Mostyn, Flintshire, and the Lloyds of Pengwern, Flintshire.
The papers include: (i) poetry, 1776-[1838x1843] (ff. 1-5), comprising verses to Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th bart, by Richard Williams of Fron, 1776 (f. 1), a song in honour of Sir Edward Pryce Lloyd, 2nd Bart (later 1st Baron Mostyn) by Mrs Piozzi, 1806 (f. 2), verses 'To the Lady Harriett Mostyn on the birth of her ninth child' by Angharad Llwyd, 1838 (f. 3), and 'Lines on Sir R[obert] W[ilia]mes Vaughan, Bart' by R. Owen, [1834x1843] (f. 5), all apparently unpublished; (ii) some sixteen letters, 1801-[1864] (ff. 6-23), including juvenile letters from Edward Mostyn Lloyd[-Mostyn] (later 2nd Baron Mostyn) to 'Granny' [possibly his great-aunt Frances Mostyn], 1803-1806 (ff. 7-11), an incomplete transcript of 'Savage Mostyn's Indian Letter', dated 10 July 1858 (ff. 17-18), and a letter, [?21 February 1864], from Essex Mostyn to her sister Bessy [Elizabeth Weekes], concerning the disastrous fire at Pengwern, home of their Uncle and Aunt, on 19 February (f. 19); (iii) genealogical and heraldic notes, 1810-1880, [?1927] (ff. 24-40), including an outline of the history of the Lloyds of Pengwern, 1810 (ff. 24-25), notes for a proposed coat of arms for the Mostyn family, [?1831] (ff. 30-33), and notes by F. de Witt, [1860s] (ff. 36-37); (iv) papers, 1823-1838, relating to the lease of a property in Lower Seymour Street, London (ff. 41-44); (v) various lists of visitors and guests at Mostyn, 1832-1877 and undated (ff. 45-57); and (vi) miscellaneous other items including an essay by F. Mostyn, 1781 (f. 58), extracts from the will of Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th bart, [mid 1830s] (ff. 60-61), and a memorandum of Elizabeth Mostyn's last wishes, [?1842] (f. 62).

An imperfect Moslem prayer book in a West African hand.

Notes on cynghanedd in the hand of Moses Williams (1686-1742), Defynnog.

An account book, 1856-1866, kept by Moses Williams, Calvinistic Methodist minister, New Milford, Pembrokeshire, containing personal and chapel accounts and texts and dates of sermons preached at various places in South Wales, 1864-1866.

Papers, [1885x1915], from the collection of Moses Walters of Blackwood, Monmouthshire mainly comprising material relating to the New Jerusalem Church and its founder, Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), and including translations into Welsh of Swedenborgian tracts, pamphlets and sermons; together with letters, 1895, 1901, to Moses Walters and press cuttings, 1894-1905, relating to him.

1. Hugh Maxwell of Gresford, co. Denb., and Ann, his wife. 2. Rice Pryce of Manafon, co. Mont., gent. 3. David Jones of Gyfylche in p. Llanerfyl, co. Mont., gent., and Dorothy, his wife. 4. Evan Jones of Gyfylche aforesaid, gent. 5. John Williams of Pool, co. Mont., gent. 6. Charles Jones of Machynlleth, co. Mont., gent. 7. David Owen of Cefncyfrifol in p. Penegoes, co. Mont., gent. 8. Mary Jones of Tynycastell in p. Llanbadarnfawr, co. Card., widow, and Lewis Pugh of Aberystwyth, co. Card., shopkeeper. 9. Humphrey Rowlands Jones of Lower Vaynor, co. Mont., esq. 10. James Morice of Carog in p. Llanddinol, co. Card., gent. 11. William Davies of Tanyrallt-llwyd in p. Llanrhystyd, co. Card., gent. Mortgage of Gyfylche and other premises in p. Llanerfil, co. Mont. for securing £1,800 (J.L.M. Sinnett 29).

1. William Bynner of Tyddyn, late of Abermarchnad, co. Mont., gent., and Mary Brynner, only child of the said William. 2. John Humffreys of Llanvyllin, co. Mont., gent. Mortgage lease for 99 years of Bryn Kenevill in p. Llanervil, co. Mont. (J.L.M. Sinnett 3).

1. Griffith Evan of Llanervill and Elizabeth, his wife. 2. Edward Williams of Poole, co. Mont., gent. Mortgage for £660 of Tythyn y Gyfylche, and Ty yn y fron in p. Llanervill, co. Mont., and Tyddyn Ddolwen, Tyddyn Cae y Gweoddion, Llyast y Bellan, and Tyddin Bach in p. Llangadvan, co. Mont. (J.L.M. Sinnett 9).

1. David Jones of Gyfylche in p. Llanerfil, co. Mont., gent. 2. Rice Pryce of Manafon, co. Mont., gent. 3. Humphrey Jones of Machynlleth, co. Mont., gent. Mortgage for £270 of certain lands in Kenewill in p. Llanerfil, co. Mont. (J.L.M. Sinnett 17).