Darbyshire-Robert MSS,

Manuscripts, papers and some printed material, 1716-1913, from the library of the Rev. Canon William Prys James Darbyshire-Robert comprising eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth century material which includes interludes and poetry by Thomas Williams, Llandygai; a printed Welsh translation, 1716, by Edward Samuel of Hugo Grotius's De veritate religionis christianae (1669); records kept by Owen Thomas, Henllan and a nineteenth century transcript of one of his notebooks; eighteenth and nineteenth century sermons; a volume of autograph poetry by Catherine Jane Prichard ('Buddug'); two volumes, 1913, of fishing tales entitled 'Right Off The Reel!' by Colonel Massey Spencer; together with transcripts of an almanac and herbal, and of poetry, etc.

The Rev. Canon William Prys James Darbyshire-Robert (1912-1980) was vicar of Colwyn, Denbighshire, and a descendant of Robert John Pryse (Gweirydd ap Rhys) (1807-1889).

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 21941-21951.

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Mrs Swsan Heywood & Mr Gweirydd Darbyshire-Robert,; Telford & Welshpool; Purchase; 1983

The Rev. Canon William Prys James Darbyshire-Robert (1912-1980) was vicar of Colwyn, Denbighshire, and a descendant of Robert John Pryse (Gweirydd ap Rhys) (1807-1889).

Title based on contents.

The descriptions are also available, together with a detailed list of contents, in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999).

February 2004 and August 2009.

Description compiled by Siân Medi Davies for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999) and Archives Wales on-line site, viewed 3 August 2009;

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Family papers, mainly papers of the Rev. William Roberts (1830-1886), Abergele, grandfather of the Rev. Canon Darbyshire-Robert, acquired with the manuscripts are described in the NLW typescript volume Minor Lists and Summaries 1983.

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