Ll. ap Ifan Davies Collection,

Manuscripts of works by Wmffre Dafydd ab Ifan, Llanbrynmair, [1620x1660], and others; accounts, rentals and chapel records relating to Llanuwchllyn, Llandderfel and Llandrillo-yn-Edeirnion, and the Glanllyn estate, Merionethshire, 1785-1878; commonplace books, 1717-1824; letters, mainly to Ivan T. Davies, from O. M. Edwards, T. E. Ellis, Professor Kuno Meyer and others, 1869-1929; and other items relating to the Rev. Ivan T. Davies, 1872-1969.

The Rev. Ivan Thomas Davies ([c. 1852]-1931) was born in Llanuwchllyn, Merionethshire. He attended Spring Hill College in Birmingham, returning to Llanuwchllyn to set up a business selling coal and lime. He assisted Kuno Meyer (1858-1919) with the glossary of his edition of Peredur ab Efrawc (Leipzig, 1887), and corresponded with other academics, and prominent individuals from the Llanuwchllyn area. He acquired manuscripts of Wmffre Dafydd ab Ifan and Gwilym Hiraethog and local records. In 1893 he was ordained as minister of Llandderfel and Llandrillo Congregational churches, in Merionethshire, where he stayed until he retired in 1929. He died on 6 February 1931, aged 79.

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 19660-74, 21192-3, 23935D.

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Deposited by Dr Llewelyn ap Ifan Davies (son of Ivan T. Davies), Cemmaes Road, Machynlleth, 1945-1963, and converted into donations in 1966. Further donations 1966, 1974.
NLW MS 23935D; Dr Llewelyn ap Ivan Davies; Cemmaes Road; Donation; 1966; 0200500249.

The Rev. Ivan Thomas Davies ([c. 1852]-1931) was born in Llanuwchllyn, Merionethshire. He attended Spring Hill College in Birmingham, returning to Llanuwchllyn to set up a business selling coal and lime. He assisted Kuno Meyer (1858-1919) with the glossary of his edition of Peredur ab Efrawc (Leipzig, 1887), and corresponded with other academics, and prominent individuals from the Llanuwchllyn area. He acquired manuscripts of Wmffre Dafydd ab Ifan and Gwilym Hiraethog and local records. In 1893 he was ordained as minister of Llandderfel and Llandrillo Congregational churches, in Merionethshire, where he stayed until he retired in 1929. He died on 6 February 1931, aged 79.

The following sources were used to compile this description: NLW, Schedule of Ll. ap Ifan Davies Collection; Pugh, John, 'Y Diweddar Barch. Ifan T. Davies, Llandrillo', Y Dysgedydd, CXVII (1937), 235-238.

Title based on name of donor. NLW MSS 19660-72 were previously NLW Minor Deposits 591-605.

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November 2003.

Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project.

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See also NLW Roll 239.

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