Bronwylfa, Llandderfel Manuscripts

This collection comprises sermons, addresses and prayers; a transcribed collection of 'cywyddau' by Rhys Goch Eryri (fl. beginning 15 cent.), together with further poetry and transcripts; notes in Latin on natural science; a copy of an address by the London Welsh Society, 1811; correspondence of the Reverend Canon William Williams (d. 1882), rector of Llangeinwen, of Ifor Owen Wynn Williams, and of John and Jennet Davies, Vronheulog, Llandderfel; books of 19th century sheep ear-marks; papers of William Pamplin; miscellaneous notes, minutes, extracts, etc.; scrapbooks and press cuttings; etc.

Captain Ifor Owain (or Owen) Wynn Williams was the son of the Reverend William Wynn Williams, rector of Llangeinwen and Llangaffo (d. 1883) and the grandson of the Reverend Canon William Williams, rector of Llangeinwen (d. 1882).

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: 6881-6893.

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Acquired from Captain Ifor Owen Wynn Williams, Bronwylfa, Llandderfel, 1929.

Captain Ifor Owain (or Owen) Wynn Williams was the son of the Reverend William Wynn Williams, rector of Llangeinwen and Llangaffo (d. 1883) and the grandson of the Reverend Canon William Williams, rector of Llangeinwen (d. 1882).

The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951).

May 2005.

This description was compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.

For a typescript copy of material taken from manuscripts formerly in the possession of Captain Ifor Owain Wynn Williams, refer to NLW MS 6894.

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