Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1501-1856 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.123 cubic metres (5 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Gethin family, early owners of the Cernioge estate in Denbighshire, descended from Rhys ap Maredudd ap Tudur, of Plas Iolyn and Lowry, daughter and heiress of Howel ap Gruffydd Goch. Their third son, Maurice Gethin, steward of the abbey of Aberconway in 1501, married Ann, daughter of David Myddelton Hen, Gwaynynog. Their son was Robert Wynn Gethin of Cernioge. His eldest son, Robert Gethin died without issue and the estate passed to his brother, Morris Gethin, a merchant in London, who served as sheriff for Denbighshire in 1667.
The Cernioge estate passed from the hands of the Gethin family with the marriage of Morris Gethin's daughter Rebecca to Richard Kenrick of Nantclwyd. The Kenrick family also acquired the Woore estate, mainly in Woore and Gravenhonger, Shropshire, following the marriage of Richard Kenrick's son, also named Richard, with Dorothy, sister and co-heiress with Sir Richard Barker, of Woore Manor. Their heir was Andrew Kenrick, who married Martha, daughter and heiress of Eubele Thelwall of Nantclwyd, so that Nantclwyd also passed to the Kenrick family. Andrew and Martha Kenrick were succeeded by Colonel Richard Hughes Kenrick and his eldest son was Richard Kyffin Kenrick who sold the Cernioge estate (but not Woore or Nantclwyd) to James Blair of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, solicitor, in a number of complicated transactions (after heavily mortgaging the estate) between 1817 and 1828.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased from or donated by Mr W.A. Evans, Oaklands, Ruthin Road, Denbigh between 1955 and 1965.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Estate records of the Cernioge estate, Denbighshire, and records of the Kenrick family of Cernioge and Nantclwyd, 1502-1856, comprising deeds, 1502-1832, of the Cernioge estate; rentals, 1664-1771, 1806-1813; transcripts of documents relating to the abbey of Conway; and correspondence, 1806-1827.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records deposited at NLW have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically into two sections: deeds acquired between 1955 and 1958, and attested copies acquired in 1955 and 1957.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Latin
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available at NLW. The final deposit, that made in 1965, which includes most of the correspondence, remains uncatalogued.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Nantclwyd Estate (Wales) -- Archives. (Subject)
- Aberconwy Abbey (Conwy, Wales) (Subject)
- Cernioge Estate (Wales) -- Archives. (Subject)
- Nantclwyd Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Cernioge Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Kenrick family, of Woore, Shropshire, Cerniogau and Nantclwyd, Denbighshire -- Archives. (Subject)
- Gethin family, of Cernioge -- Archives. (Subject)
- Gethin family, of Cernioge (Subject)
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
June 2001.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Mair James.
Archivist's note
The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Griffith, John Edwards, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, (Wrexham, 1998 reprint);