The Tanybwlch Manuscript,

Transcripts, [late 17th cent.]-[18th cent., third ¼], of Welsh poetry by numerous poets, mostly of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, including David Nanmor, Dafydd ap Gwilym, Gruffydd Hiraethog, Wiliam Cynwal, Iolo Goch, Gutto'r Glyn, Huw Pennant, Davydd Llwyd ysgolhaig, Lewis Morganwg, Gwerfyl Fechain, Edwart Prys. Clerc, Gruffydd Gryg, D'd ap Edmwnt, Iorwerth Fynglwyd, Sion Kent, Tudur Penllyn, Ifan brydydd hir and Lewis Glyn Cothi and Sion Cain.
Material relating to Tanybwlch itself includes the elegies on the death of Evan Evans, Tanybwlch, 1680, by Sion Davydd alias Penllyn [Sion Dafydd Las] and [Huw Morys], 'Cywydd Priodas Mr Evan Gruffydd a Mrs Sioned Meirig [Berth-lwyd]', 1716/1717, by Evan Williams, Egwy-lain, 'Cywydd yn dangos llwyddiant a happusrwydd Teulu Tan y Bwlch yn y flwyddyn 1717' by John Prichd Prys. Other poems written about the family are 'Cywydd Marwnad Mrs Jonet Meyrick cywelu Evan Griffith o Tanybwlch, Esqr.' by Ellis Rowland, 'Cywydd ir Plastanybwlch', also by Ellis Rowland, 1722, and englynion of unknown authorship entitled 'Cwyn Colled am ... Robt. Gryffydh Esqr. 1750'. Other items include the cywyddau in the bardic disputation between Edmwnd Prys and Wiliam Cynwal, 'Cywydd Marwnad Mr Ellis Wynn o Lâsynys ...' by John Rhydderch o'r Amwythig, 1734, 'Marwnad i'r haelaf elusengar ac anhepgor Wrda, Mr John Owen o Geidio yn Llyn' by Gronwy Owen, 1754, 'Cywydd y Farn' by W. Wynne, 1755, and elegies on two members of the Corsygedol and Nannau families, 1767-1768, by Rees Jones. The last-mentioned elegies and a few other pages here and there are in the autograph of Margaret Davies, Coetgae-du.

The Griffith family of Plas Tanybwlch, Merionethshire, appear to have had this volume of Welsh poetry transcribed for them in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The manuscript is associated with Plas Tanybwlch not only in that it bears the name of 'Robert Gryffydh, 1742, 1750' and the legend 'Robert Gryffydd his Book 1753' but also by virtue of the considerable number of cywyddau and other verses, 1680-1750, to members of the family.

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Deposited temporarily by Miss Hilda M. Inge, Plas Tanybwlch, Merionethshire, and Thorpe, Tamworth, Staffordshire, in 1931

The Griffith family of Plas Tanybwlch, Merionethshire, appear to have had this volume of Welsh poetry transcribed for them in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. The manuscript is associated with Plas Tanybwlch not only in that it bears the name of 'Robert Gryffydh, 1742, 1750' and the legend 'Robert Gryffydd his Book 1753' but also by virtue of the considerable number of cywyddau and other verses, 1680-1750, to members of the family.

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: Minor Deposit 1206B.

A hard copy of a detailed list, NLW, Schedule of the Contents of a Manuscript Volume of Welsh Poetry known as the Tanybwlch Manuscript (1932), is available at the National Library of Wales.

March 2003.

Description compiled by David Moore for the ANW project;

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The manuscript appears to have remained at Plas Tanybwlch until it was removed to the National Library of Wales in 1931.

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