Volume 1

A catalogue of the manuscripts relating to Wales in the British museum / Compiled and edited by Edward Owen.

  • British Museum. Department of Manuscripts
Date:
1900-1922
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: A catalogue of the manuscripts relating to Wales in the British museum / Compiled and edited by Edward Owen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the sheriff of Anglysey that he would march with such horse as will accompany him as speedyly as he can. I shall not fade to acquaint your Grace with what further intelligence I shall receive, and in the meanetime remaine, your Grace’s most humble servant, Rich. Byron. Ridland [Rhuddlan] Octob. the 24th, 6 o’clocke at night. Since the writinge of this letter a servant of Mr. Billett’s came from Wrexham who doth assure me that parte of S’r Will. Vaughan’s horse quarter this night within 2 miles of the towne. [162] 95. f. 25. Copy of letter from queen Mary to a foreign potentate (not named): begs his countenance may be given to the bishop of St. Asaph whom she has appointed as her legate at the Papal court; 31 October 1558. Latin. See also Lansd. 116, f. 3. [163] 97. f. 9. A list of the monastic houses suppressed under the Act 27 Hen. VIII, c. 28; 16 cent. The list contains the suppressed houses in the dioceses of St. David’s, Llandaff and Bangor, but not St. Asaph. It may be as well to state that the preceding article in the volume is also a list of the suppressed houses, and the exact dates of their suppression, but none of the Welsh houses are included. [164J 98. f. 171. A list of 41 English, Welsh and Irish words in parallel columns, “whearby it may be thoughte that Walshe and Yrishe weare one languaige at the firste because of the neareness and affinite of ye speache ”; end of 16th cent. The following is a specimen :— English. Walshe. Irishe. God Dyw Dye The devill Dyaul Dyaul Churche Egloys Agloys Howse Ty Ty Barne Scybor Scybor At the end of the list is: “Note that I doo not certeynely knowe whether I have true the orthographic of the Walshe and Irishe, but I suppose yt ys spoken accordinge the above writinge.”