Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1476-1828. (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-sub-sub-fonds
Extent and medium
24 bundles, 4 folders, 4 envelopes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The three estates of Abertanat, Cemais and Penrhos came to the Owen family separately through marriage and inheritance.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Title deeds of properties belonging to the estates of Abertanat in Montgomeryshire, Shropshire and Denbighshire, 1476-1765, Cemais, Montgomeryshire, 1545-1690, and Penrhos, Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, 1508-1828. Some of the sixteenth and seventeenth century Montgomeryshire deeds clearly illustrate the development of the modern rural landscape; they record the acquisition by single landowners of mediaeval field strips previously in multiple ownership.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged into three series of title deeds: Abertanat, Cemais and Penrhos.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English and Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A catalogue of charters, relating to parts of the Abertanat and Penrhos estates, 1508-1740, compiled by I.H. Jeayes in 1893, is in PQK1/8.
Generated finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
The provenance of all the deeds in this group cannot be stated with certainty. It is likely that despite reasonable attempts to classify them, some of them have become misplaced within the three series or have been confused with Shropshire deeds deriving from the main Brogyntyn estate.
Note
Title of sub-sub-sub-fonds supplied from content.
Note
Preferred citation: ETK.