Studies in Wales
Whilst at Carmarthen, Wotton reformed his character and returned to his studies. He was also able to re-establish his friendship with Wake, who had become Archbishop of Canterbury in December 1715.
Wotton began to study Welsh, and produced an important bilingual parallel text edition of the Welsh and Latin texts of the medieval Welsh laws traditionally attributed to Hywel Dda at the request of his friend. Wotton lived to complete the translation but was working on an accompanying glossary when he died. This was completed by his assistant, the Welsh scholar Moses Williams and the whole work was published in 1730 by his son-in-law William Clarke in a large folio edition under the title Leges Wallicae.
Whilst at Carmarthen he also conducted surveys of the cathedrals of St David's and Llandaff which were published by his friend Browne Willis in 1717 and 1718. He published Miscellaneous Discourses relating to the Traditions and Usages of the Scribes and Pharisees which included a translation of part of the Jewish Mishnah in (1718).
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