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Williams was Solicitor General 1687 -88 and the papers in this collection refer to the great state trials held in the 1670s and 80s: the Rye House Conspiracy, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Algernon Sidney and the Seven Bishops.

80 printed volumes of Davies poetry together with a bound volume of autograph fair copies of 15 poems some of them apparently unpublished, submitted to James Guthrie for publication by the Pear Tree Press.

350 letters from John, mainly to his second wife Dorelia, many of them with rapid pen and ink sketches.

Most of the letters date from before Lloyd George became Prime Minister, and contain comments on both personal and political matters, sometimes written in haste between cabinet meetings and giving his immediate thoughts on the political problems which confronted him.

670 letters to Gwen John from around 50 different correspondents and 400 draft letters from her. The most extensive correspondence is with her brother Augustus John and his first and second wives, though there are also 80 letters from the sculptor Auguste Rodin and her draft replies to him

530 autograph sheets and 260 typescript sheets of drafts of poems for The Anathemata; 1000 autograph sheets of poetry for The Roman Quarry; over 6,500 autograph sheets of drafts for prose works and letters; also some 1500 letters addressed to him.

24 leaves written in Carolingian script with titles of sections written in rustic capitals in the style of Tours. Bound in 18th century mottled sheepskin

Welsh manuscr ipt of 234 pages written on vellum containing a text of the Welsh Laws. Rubricated with one miniature and several decorative capital letters in red or blue. Illustrated as plate II of AR

Contains 72 fine drawings of North Wales with views of cathedrals, churches and castles, bound in contemporary russia, gilt

Slightly imperfect vellum manuscript of 144 folios with initials in blue, containing a Latin text of the Gesta Romanorum. Bound in contemporary oak boards