File Peniarth MS 440i & ii [RESTRICTED ACCESS]. - An account of the Vaughans of Corsygedol,

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Peniarth MS 440i & ii [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

Title

An account of the Vaughans of Corsygedol,

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  • [17 cent.]-[19 cent.] (Creation)

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Peniarth MS 440i: 65 ff. (foliated iii ff. + 59 ff. (previous numberings are crossed out) + iii ff.) ; 100 x 160 to 305 x 182 mm.
Peniarth MS 440ii: 4 ff. ; 321 x 202 mm.

Peniarth MS 440i re-bound at NLW.
Peniarth MS 440ii sewn together but unbound.

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(1780-1866)

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Archival history

'Peniarth MS No. 63' and 'Given to me by Mrs Ormsby Gore' in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne occur in Peniarth MS 440ii, f. 1.

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Scope and content

The manuscript is in two parts. The first contains an English poem entitled 'Faction Display'd', temp. Queen Anne; an account of the Vaughan family of Corsygedol mainly transcribed by Angharad Llwyd, with an original rental of the Corsygedol estate, 1637; a transcript by W. W. E. Wynne of Powell of Ednope's 'Pentarchia' from a manuscript at Brogyntyn, with a letter by the Rev. Robert Williams, Rhydycroesau. The second part comprises a booklet of extracts from a manuscript at Porkington (now Brogyntyn MS 14) in the hand of Lewis Anwyl relating to the families of Anwyl of Park and Owen of Porkington and Clenennau. Peniarth MS 440ii was published by W. W. E. Wynne in Montgomeryshire Collections Vol. IX (1876), pp. 357-64.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Item: 1.1 Loose Manuscript Documents (Peniarth MS 440ii). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 4444109. Date: 20040226. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Loose Manuscript Documents (Peniarth MS 440ii) : Tears along folds. Institution: WlAbNL.

Item: 1.2 Loose Manuscript Documents (Peniarth MS 440ii). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 4444109. Date: 20041105. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: G. Edwards. Status: Loose Manuscript Documents (Peniarth MS 440ii) : Repaired tears. Institution: WlAbNL.

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Conditions governing access

Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.

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Usual copyright laws apply.

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English, Latin.

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Finding aids

The description is also available in Graham C. G. Thomas, Peniarth MSS: Additional (Aberystwyth, 1990), 1.

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Available on microfilm at the Library.

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See also The National Library of Wales Journal Supplement Series II, No. 1 (Aberystwyth, 1940), 15.

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Note

Peniarth MS 440i formerly numbered 59a, 71 & 80.

Note

Peniarth MS 440ii formerly Ancient Peniarth MS 63.

Note

Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 440i & ii [RESTRICTED ACCESS].

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vtls004444109

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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  • Text: Peniarth MS 440i & ii [RESTRICTED ACCESS]; $z - Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies..
  • Microform: $h - MEICRO PENIARTH MS 440i & ii.