Rhes-y-cae MSS,

Manuscripts of Owen Owens comprising for the most part notes of sermons preached by himself and others, 1816-1860, including those delivered at Rhes-y-cae chapel near Nannerch, Flintshire, and Salem, Cilcain. The collection also includes diaries, 1822-1835, of Owens; correspondence, 1828-1858, addressed to Owens; an almanac, 1833, with entries by Owens, largely comprising of preaching engagements; and miscellaneous papers, including a statement by Owens of his proposal to publish 'a Treatise or a Sermon on the Duties of Xtn. Congregational Churches, towards the children baptized by their Ministers ...'.

Owen Owens (1792-1862), Independent minister and schoolmaster, was born in Dolgellau. He served as schoolmaster for a period of time in Dolgellau and later in Dinas Mawddwy, where he also began to preach. In 1821 he was ordained minister of Salem chapel, Cilcain and Rhes-y-cae chapel near Nannerch, Flintshire, where he also kept a school. He laboured long and hard to extricate Welsh chapels from debt and was recognised as an exemplary rural minister of his time. Owens contributed numerous articles to the Independent periodical Y Dysgedydd and published Holwyddoreg yr Ymneillduwyr Protestanaidd ... (Y Bala, 1851).

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 6085-6089, 11083-11084.

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Mr H. Owen Davies; Manchester; Presentation; 1914 and 1936

Owen Owens (1792-1862), Independent minister and schoolmaster, was born in Dolgellau. He served as schoolmaster for a period of time in Dolgellau and later in Dinas Mawddwy, where he also began to preach. In 1821 he was ordained minister of Salem chapel, Cilcain and Rhes-y-cae chapel near Nannerch, Flintshire, where he also kept a school. He laboured long and hard to extricate Welsh chapels from debt and was recognised as an exemplary rural minister of his time. Owens contributed numerous articles to the Independent periodical Y Dysgedydd and published Holwyddoreg yr Ymneillduwyr Protestanaidd ... (Y Bala, 1851).

Previously known as Rhes-y-cae 1-5, 7-8.

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MSS 6085-6089, 11085-11086.

January 2009.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961); Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 (Llundain, 1953); Cronfa Capeli WWW site;

See also NLW MS 9323A, which contains an almanac, 1838, with diary entries by Owen Owens.

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