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Anonymous ... Rawl. B 506 (f. 16ar)

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 506 ff. 1-16a [s. xiv (+ xvii)]

Anonymous ... scribe of Armagh, Robinson Library, MS A

Armagh, Robinson Library, MS A [1660]

Arthur (Thomas) (1593–1675)

Limerick physician educated at Bordeaux and a Catholic with an interest in devotional literature. One of his better known patients was bishop James Ussher, who at one time appears to have lent him a manuscript of the so-called Kilkenny recension of Latin lives of Irish saints. A manuscript of transcripts by Thomas is still extant.

Maynooth, Russell Library, MS RB 201 [1627]

Beaton (John) ... of Kilninian (fl. second half of the 17th century)

Rev. John Beaton, episcopalian minister of Kilninian, Mull; second son of John Beaton (1594-1657); physician and head of medical family

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1363 16 (pp. 213-244) (H 4. 22, 1363) [c. 1700]

Brownlow (Arthur) (1645–1712)

Anglo-Irish landowner at Lurgan (Co. Armagh) whose collection of Irish manuscripts attracted the attention of Edward Lhuyd in 1699.

Later, secondary hand: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 33 (1076) = Leabhar Chlainne Aodha Buidhe [c. 1680 and ff.]

Carte (Thomas) (1686–1754)

English clergyman (C of E) and historian.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Carte 267 [s. xviii]

Casserly (Hugo)

London, British Library, MS Harley 5280 ff. 3-9 [s. xvii]

Cherry (Francis) ... English non-juror (1665–23 September 1713)

English non-juror (i.e. clergyman who did not acknowledge William III and Mary II); philanthropist, and patron of Thomas Hearne.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Cherry 14 [1695 x 1697]

Colgan (John) (d. 1658)

Irish Franciscan at St Anthony’s College, Louvain; scholar, theologian, editor and hagiographer.

Cotton (Robert) (1570/71–1631)

Sir Robert Bruce, 1st baronet, of Connington Hall, was an English politician, antiquary and collector of manuscripts, who established the Cotton library.

London, British Library, MS Harley 6018 = Catalogus librorum manuscriptorum in bibliotheca Roberti Cottoni [1621]

Davies (John) ... of Mallwyd (d. 1644)

John Davies of Mallwyd, Welsh scholar, author of a Welsh grammar and dictionary

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 4973B [s. xvii¹] • Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 98B [1601 x 1644] • London, British Library, MS Additional 14869 [1617]

Doyne (Terence)

Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 30 8 = Gionnallach Í Duinn sunna [s. xvii]

Edwards (Jonathan) ... d. 1712 (1629–1712)

Welsh cleric and theologian; principal of Jesus College (1686-1712).

Oxford, Jesus College, MS 112 [1690s]

Evans (Thomas) ... of Hendreforfydd (fl. 1596–1633)

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Llanstephan MS 34 [s. xvi^ex] • Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 1553A [s. xvi–xvii]

Goolde (John) ... friar and scribe (fl. c.17th century, first half)

Friar, guardian of the Franciscan friary in Cashel, and scribe who was responsible for a copy of the Vitae sanctorum Hiberniae and had worked together with the Four Masters.

Killiney, Franciscan Library, MS F 1 [1627]

Griffith (William)

London, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 806 vol. 2 [s. xvii/xviiiⁱⁿ]

Gwavas (William) (1676–1741/2)

British barrister, Cornish-language scholar and collector.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Cornish e. 1

Huw Machno (fl. 1585–1637)

Welsh poet.

Cardiff, Central Library, MS 4.101 = The Booke of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir [c.1594–1615]

Jones (John) ... of Gellilyfdy (1570s–1658?)

Welsh calligrapher and transcriber of Welsh manuscripts

Jordan (William) ... of Helston (fl. 1611)

Cornishman responsible for an incomplete transcript of the Cornish biblical play known as The creacion of the world or Gwreans an bys.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 219 [1611]

Le Pelletier (Louis) (1663–1733)

Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 1007 [1716]

Lewis (John) ... of Llynwene (d. 1615/1616)

Welsh barrister and historian. He was author of a History of Great-Britain, which did not appear in print until 1729.

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 252 [s. xvi–xvii]

Lhuyd (Edward) (d. 1709)

Later, secondary hand: Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1316 (H 2. 15a, 1316) [s. xiv]

Llywelyn Siôn (c.1540–c.1615(?))

Llywelyn of Llangewydd, Welsh poet and farmer

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 13075B [s. xvi^4/4]

Mac Conmhail (Eoghan Carrach)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1372 (H 4. 31, 1372) [s. xvii]

Mac Cruitín (Aindrias) (c.1650–1738)

Irish poet

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 3 A 11 (837) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 10 (952) [s. xviii¹] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 G 9 (784) [1708] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 O 10 (143) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS E iv 3 (11) = Leabhar Uí Lochlainn (Book of Ó Lochlainn or the O’Loughlins) [1727] • Mount Melleray Abbey, MS 1 [s. xviii]

Mac Fhir Bhisigh (Dubhaltach) (d. 1671)

Dubhaltach (Óg) Mac Fhir Bhisigh, Irish historian and scribe, member of the learned Mac Fhir Bhisigh family in Connacht

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1292 (H 1. 18, 1292) [s. xvii] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1317 pp. 77-104 (H 2. 15b, 1317) [s. xvii]

Later, secondary hand: Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1316 (H 2. 15a, 1316) [s. xiv]

Mac Mathghamhna (Muircheartach) ... scribe, fl. 17th c.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 F 20 (676) [1679–80]

Mac Muircheartaigh (Cormac Óg)

Later, secondary hand: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 505 ff. 1-210 = Codex Insulensis (MS R2 or I) [s. xiv^ex] • Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 505 ff. 211-220 [s. xv]

Mac Muireadhaigh (Cathal) (fl. first half of the 17th century)

Gaelic poet and scribe.

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 22a (pp. 694-699) (H 3. 18, 1337) [1636]

Mac Oghannan (Pádruic) (s. xvii²)

Pátruic Mac Oghannan/Oghannain, Irish scribe

Cambridge, University Library, MS Additional 3083 (8) [1685/6] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 L 36 (131) [1685] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 4 (92) [s. xvii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 5 (93) = Reeves manuscript of the Agallamh na seanórach [s. xvii]

Mac Phartholáin (Cormac)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1375 (H 5. 3, 1375) [1696–98]

Mac Searraidh (Catha)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1355 (H 4. 14, 1355) [s. xvii²]

Mag Niallghus (Brianus)

Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 19 [s. xviiⁱⁿ]

Maurice (William) (d. 1680)

Welsh antiquary, collector of manuscripts

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS Wynnstay 37 = William Maurice’s Deddfgrawn, volume 1 [c. 1660–63] • Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS Wynnstay 38 = William Maurice’s Deddfgrawn, volume 2 [c. 1660–63]

Metzler (Jodoc)

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 1346 [1611?]

Mhág Uidhir (Feidhlime)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1381 pp. 1-4 (H 5. 9, 1381) [1698]

Mhágaodh (Conchubhar) (s. xvii)

Irish scribe.

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 1304 = formerly Sir Con O'Neill's manuscript [s. xvii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 17 part 2 (1070) [s. xvii]

Morris (Roger) ... of Coed y Talwrn (fl. 1590)

Humanist scholar and collector and copier of manuscripts.

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Llanstephan MS 34 [s. xvi^ex] • Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 1553A [s. xvi–xvii]

Murchadh ... scribe of RIA MS 23 D 14

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 D 14 (1) [s. xvii]

Ó Bruadair (Dáibhí) (fl. 1625–c.1698(?))

Prolific Irish poet.

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1292 ff. 4-14 (H 1. 18, 1292) [s. xvii]

Ó Caoimh (Eoghan) (1656–1726)

Munster poet and scribe.

Ó Cianáin (Tadhg)

Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 21 [1609] • Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.46 = Emanuel MS [s. xv]

Ó Ciarbhalláin (Philip)

Maynooth, Russell Library, MS B 7 [s. xvii]

Ó Cléirigh (Conaire) (s. xvii)

A brother of Mícheál Ó Cléirigh and one of the occasional assistants of the Four Masters.

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1301 (H 2. 11, 1301) [s. xvii]

Ó Cléirigh (Cú Choigcríche) (d. in or after 1664)

Irish scholar, poet, historian and scribe; one of the so-named ‘Four Masters’.

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 2542-2543 [1642] • Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 131 [s. xvii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 D 17 (790) = Ó Cléirigh book of genealogies [s. xvii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 K 32 (617) [s. xvii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 70 [s. xvii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 28 (137) [s. xvii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C iii 3 (1220) [s. xvii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C ii 1 (1084) [s. xvii]

Ó Cléirigh (Mícheál) (d. 1643)

Irish scholar, historian and scribe.

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 4190-4200 (3409) [s. xvii¹] • Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 4639 (505) [s. xvii] • Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5057-5059 [s. xvii¹] • Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5095-5096 (506) [1630] • Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5100-5104 (507) [1630] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 70 [s. xvii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 33 (1076) = Leabhar Chlainne Aodha Buidhe [c. 1680 and ff.] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iv 2 (1080) [1627-1628] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C iii 3 (1220) [s. xvii] • Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 484 ff. 86-89 [s. xvii] • Saltair Óg = An tSaltair Óg [1627 (?)]

Later, secondary hand: Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 2324-2340 (3410) [1629] • Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 1 = Psalter of St Caimín [s. xi^ex-xiiⁱⁿ]

Ó Cléirigh (Muiris) ... scribe of RIA MS D ii 2

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]

Ó Colla (Pól)

Manuscript of 1644 by Pól Ó Colla = Manuscript of 1644 by Pól Ó Colla [1644]

Ó Conchubhair (Risteard) (1561–1625)

Irish scribe and physician from a medical family in Ossory.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 3 C 19 (439) [s. xvi + s. xviii]

Ó Dálaigh (Tadhg)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 673 (F 3. 19, 673) [1685]

Ó Dochartaigh (Aodh) (fl. 17th century, first half)

Irish soldier and scribe. His patron was Capt. Somhairle Mac Domhnaill for whom he compiled two volumes of Irish verse, namely volume b of UCD Franciscan MS A 20 (Duanaire Finn) and the Book of the O'Conor Don.

Castlerea, Clonalis House, Book of O'Conor Don = Book of O’Conor Don (Leabhar Uí Chonchubhair Dhoinn) [s. xvii] • Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 20 (b) = Duanaire Finn [s. xvii¹]

Ó Dubhda (Conas)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1431 (D 4. 35, 1431) [s. xvii]

Ó Duibhgeannáin (Cú Choigcríche) (fl. 17th century)

Irish scribe, known as one of the Four Masters

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 70 [s. xvii]

Ó Duibhgeannáin (Dáibhí) (fl. 1651–1696)

Irish professional scribe, member of the Ó Duibhgeannáin family.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 9 (739) [1651] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iv 1a (236a) = Book of the Ó Duibhgeannáin [s.xvii (?)] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C iv 3 (1192) [s. xvii]

Ó Duibhgeannáin (Fear Feasa) (fl. 17th century)

Irish scribe

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1394 (H 5. 22, 1394) [s. xvii²]

Ó Gadhra (Feargal Dubh)

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 F 16 (2) = O'Gara manuscript [1655-1659]

Ó Gnímh (Fear Flatha) (fl. early 17th century)

Irish poet

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 f. 870i (H 3. 18, 1337) [s. xviiⁱⁿ?]

Ó hEoghusa (Eochaidh)

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iii 3 (777) [s. xvii]

Ó hUiginn (Ruaidhrí mac Cairbre)

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 33 (1076) = Leabhar Chlainne Aodha Buidhe [c. 1680 and ff.]

Ó Longáin (Mícheál mac Peadair) (c.1693–c.1770)

scribe from Limerick

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 12 (488) [c.1763] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 13 (249) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1281 2 (H 1. 7, 1281) [1762]

Ó Luinín (Giolla Pátraic)

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 70 [s. xvii]

Ó Maoil Chonaire (Fear Feasa) (fl. 17th century)

Irish scribe; one of the scholars known as the Four Masters

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 M 70 [s. xvii]

Ó Maoil Chonaire (Iollann mac Tornae)

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 O 19 (142) [s. xvii]

Ó Maoil Chonaire (Muiris mac Torna) (d. 1645)

Irish scholar, poet and scribe of the Ó Maoil Chonaire family. He is known to have made a small contribution to the Annals of the Four Masters.

Ó Maoil Chonaire (Seán mac Torna)

Dublin, King's Inns, MS 2 [s. xvii] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1397 (H 5. 26, 1397) [s. xvii] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1403 (H 5. 32, 1403) [s. xvii] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1439 (F 3. 21, 1439) [s. xvii²]

Ó Maoil Chonaire (Tuileagna)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1431 (D 4. 35, 1431) [s. xvii]

Ó Mealláin (Toirdhealbhach) (fl.1641–1647)

Franciscan friar of Brantry (Co. Tyrone), who has been identified as the author of a journal describing the first years (1641-1647) of the Irish Confederate Wars.

Cork, University College, MS 3 = Cín lae Uí Mhealláin [s. xvii]

Ó Neachtain (Tadhg) (c.1670–c. 1752)

Irish scribe and scholar, son of Seán Ó Neachtain.

Dublin, King's Inns, MS 20 [c. 1720] • Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 24 [s. xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 G 8 (785) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 41 (1404) [s. xviii¹] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1289 (H 1. 15, 1289) = The Psalter of Tara [1745] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1290 (H 1. 16, 1290) [c. 1740] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1361 (H 4. 20, 1361) [1725-1729]

Ó Neill (Cormac mac Airt Óig)

Later, secondary hand: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 33 (1076) = Leabhar Chlainne Aodha Buidhe [c. 1680 and ff.]

Ó Néill (Felim) ... uncertain

Later, secondary hand: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 33 (1076) = Leabhar Chlainne Aodha Buidhe [c. 1680 and ff.]

Ó Raghallaigh (Toirdhealbhach Bán mac Cathaoir)

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1381 (H 5. 9, 1381) [1684]

Ó Rodaighe (Tadhg) (c. 1645–1706)

Irish antiquarian

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 9 (H 2. 16, 1318) = Letter in the Yellow Book of Lecan [1700]

Later, secondary hand: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 33 (1076) = Leabhar Chlainne Aodha Buidhe [c. 1680 and ff.]

Ó Siadhail (Pádruic Gruamdha) (fl. 1657–58)

Irish scribe.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 K 42 (447) = Book of the O’Shiels (Leabhar Uí Shiadhail) [s. xvii^m]

Ó Súilleabháin (Domhnall mac Thomáis) ... of Tralee

London, British Library, MS Additional 4817 = Pococke collection vol. 7 [1661]

O'Connor (Maurice) ... fl. c. 1700

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1332 (H 3. 13, 1332) [c. 1700]

O'Conor (Anthony) ... friar at the Irish College of Prague

Göttingen, Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, MS Hist. 773 [1659]

O'Conor (Brendan)

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5301-5320 pp. 97-162 [s. xvii]

O'Conor (Charles) ... of Ballinagare (1710–1791)

Charles O'Conor, of Belanagare (Co. Roscommon), Irish scholar

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C i 1 (935) [s. xviii]

Later, secondary hand: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 33 (1076) = Leabhar Chlainne Aodha Buidhe [c. 1680 and ff.]

O'Flaherty (Roderic) (1627/30–1716/18)

Roderic(k) O'Flaherty / Ruaidhrí (Óg) Ó Flaithbheartaigh, Irish nobleman, historian and collector of manuscripts; author of Ogygia seu rerum Hibernicarum chronologia (1685).

Armagh, Robinson Library, MS A [1660] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1392 8 (1392, H 5. 20) [1704]

O'Molloy (Paulus) ... unidentified

Later, secondary hand: Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 30 8 = Gionnallach Í Duinn sunna [s. xvii]

O'Sullivan Beare (Philip) (d. 1634 or after)

Irish historian and author, of the O'Sullivans of Beare and Bantry, who lived as an exile in Spain and Portugal, following the Nine Years’ War and the Irish defeat at Kinsale. He wrote a number of Latin treatises on subjects of Irish interest.

Uppsala, Universitetsbibliotek, MS H. 248 = Philippi OSulleuani Bearri ... Vindiciae Hibernicae [c.1625/6]

Papebroch (Daniel)

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 3196-3203 (3439) [s. xvii]

Parry (David) ... d. 1714 (1682?–1714)

Welsh scholar from Cardigan, who assisted Edward Lhuyd on his travels in Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Brittany, and became keeper of the Ashmolean in Oxford.

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Llanstephan MS 137 [s. xvii^2/4] • Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Llanstephan MS 148 [s. xvii^ex] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1369 (H 4. 28, 1369) [c.1706]

Powell (Antoni)

Cardiff, Central Library, MS 2.632 [s. xvi^4/4]

Rhisiart Cynwal

Cardiff, Central Library, MS 4.101 = The Booke of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir [c.1594–1615]

Rhys (John David) (1534–1609?)

Welsh physician, scholar and grammarian

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Llanstephan MS 55 = Book of Dr. John David Rhys [c.1579] • Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 252 pp. 125-161 [s. xvi²/xviiⁱⁿ] • Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 270 pp. 239-309 [c.1550 x 1609]

Ríghis (Stiabhna) (s. xvii^ex–xviii¹)

Stiabhna Ríghis/Rís or Stephen Rice, a Munster scribe who became active in Dublin and befriended Tadhg Ó Neachtáin.

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 137 [c.1730] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1325 (H 3. 6, 1325) [1714] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1344 (H 3. 23, 1344) [1718] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1356 (H 4. 15, 1356) [1727-28] • Manchester, John Rylands University Library, MS Irish 123 [1717]

Rowlands (Thomas) ... clerk fl. 1669

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 23289B [1669]

Tenison (Thomas) (1636–1715)

English clergyman, archbishop of Canterbury (1694–1715).

London, Lambeth Palace Library, MS 806 vol. 2 [s. xvii/xviiiⁱⁿ]

Tipper (Richard) (d. 1730)

Irish scholar, scribe and antiquarian from Mitchelstown (Co. Dublin).

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 D 9 (148) [1714] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 26 (756) [s. xviiiⁱⁿ] • Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 33 (112) [s. xviii] • Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1295 (H 2. 4, 1295) [1728] • London, British Library, MS Egerton 106 [1715] • London, British Library, MS Egerton 190 [1709]

Ua Faoláin (Tomás)

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 Q 14 (42) [s. xvii²]

Vaughan (Griffith) ... of Dolmelynllyn (1628–1700)

fourth son of the antiquary Robert Vaughan.

London, British Library, MS Additional 12230 [c.1689]

Vaughan (Robert) (d. 1667)

Welsh antiquary; collector of manuscripts in the Hengwrt library

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 231 [1602] • Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 238 [c.1650] • Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Jones 57 [s. xvii]

Ward (Hugh) (c.1592–1635)

Irish Franciscan friar, historian and author

Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 31.10 [s. xvii¹]

Ware (James) (d. 1666)

(Sir) James Ware, Irish scholar, historian and antiquarian

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 664 (664) = Ware’s Collectanea de rebus Hibernicis [1650 x 1652] • London, British Library, MS Additional 4787 = Milles collection vol. 34 [s. xvii] • London, British Library, MS Additional 4788 = Milles collection vol. 35 [s. xvii] • London, British Library, MS Additional 4796 = Milles collection vol. 43 [s. xvii] • Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 484 f. 38 [s. xvii] • Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502 3 [s. xvii]

Later, secondary hand: Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 484 f. 27 [s. xvii¹] • Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 484 ff. 86-89 [s. xvii]

Wiliems (Thomas) (c.1545–1622?)

Welsh priest, physician, scribe and scholar.

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 225 [1594 x 1610] • Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 227 [1583 + s. xv] • Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 228 vol. i = Thomas Wiliems, Dictionarium Latino-Cambricum, vol. i: A–D [1604 x 1607] • Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 228 vol. ii = Thomas Wiliems, Dictionarium Latino-Cambricum, vol. ii: E–P [1604 x 1607] • Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 228 vol. iii = Thomas Wiliems, Dictionarium Latino-Cambricum, vol. iii: Q–Z [1604 x 1607] • London, British Library, MS Additional 31055 [s. xvi^ex–xviiⁱⁿ]

Later, secondary hand: Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 9 [1336]

Williams (Moses) (1685–1742)

Welsh scholar, antiquarian and clergyman.

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Llanstephan MS 104 [s. xviii]

Wynn (John) ... 1553-1627 (d. 1627)

Welsh politician and landowner, member of the Wynn family of Gwydir (Caernarfonshire) and author of a history of that family.

Cardiff, Central Library, MS 4.101 = The Booke of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir [c.1594–1615]

Later, secondary hand: Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 228 vol. i = Thomas Wiliems, Dictionarium Latino-Cambricum, vol. i: A–D [1604 x 1607]