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Title
Date(s)
- 1738. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
197 pp. (paginated vi pp. + 177 pp. + vii-xiv pp.) ; 241 x 192 mm. In boards.
Context area
Archival history
On p. 1 is the signature of 'Rob. Williams', brother of the first Sir W. Williams Wynn, Bart. An inscription by W. W. E. Wynne reads: 'It got into the Hengwrt Library through the marriage of Robert Williams with an aunt of the wife of Sir Robert Howel Vaughan, Bart'.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A transcript made in 1738 of the charter granted by Charles II to the borough of Oswestry, 1674.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Part I (Aberystwyth, 1940-3), 10; a brief description of the manuscript and its Latin text can also be found in Prof. Edward Bensley, Catalogue of Peniarth Manuscripts which are Wholly or Partly in Latin (NLW), 78.
Generated finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Formerly Hengwrt MS 491.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 402 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685 (Subject)