Commonplace book,

Scope and Content

A commonplace book containing transcripts of a 'Humn Taken out of a prayer Book at Ty Isa in Llans[an]tffraid [co. ]', 'A psalm concerning the Glory of Paradize Writen Chiefely by St. Agustin', '[An] Ode for his Majestys Birth Day, June 4th 1765', a lease, 2 November 1761, of a messuage called Llan, parish of Llans[an]tffraid (incomplete), ? a programme of 'A Grand Festal Symphony at ye Weding of King George the third', epitaphs, letters, verses from Scripture, etc.

Note

Title based on contents.

Formerly known as D. E. Jenkins 116.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 12846B.

Other Finding Aids

The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).

Custodial History

The names of Thomas Williams, Pen y Bryn, Denbighshire (1761), Thomas Roberts also of Pen y Bryn (176?7), Robert Roberts (at a London address, 1763), Thomas Roberts ( 1766), Thomas Roberts of Chancefield (1764), Owen Roberts, and William Owens, Plase ?Ucha, Denbigh Shire, appear on the covers or on various pages of the volume

Additional Information

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