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- [c. 1698]-1764. (Creation)
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6 folders.
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Letters to Margaret ('Peggy') Godolphin, [c. 1698]-1764, mainly of a personal nature, from Godolphin family members, 1703-1764, other relatives and friends, and official correspondence from solicitors and agents. General topics not previously mentioned in detail include the practical problems of administering the Abertanat estate with inefficient agents, financial shortages, poaching activities and litigation with neighbouring landowners; Margaret Godolphin 's purchases of Maesgwyn, 1756, and Moreton Hall, 1760-1764; the inheritance of Broniarth manor and the rest of the Abertanat estate; a church preferment in Shropshire, 1760; and problems incurred by the turnpikes near Oswestry, 1756. Of particular interest are the family letters from Ellen and Francis Godolphin on the upbringing of the Owen children, fashion, high society gossip and the Hanoverian court, including the accession of George II, 1727.
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Arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically under each correspondent.
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Title of series supplied from content.
Note
First date estimated from other contemporary letters; see file level description.
Note
Preferred citation: PED2.
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Name access points
- Broniarth Manor (Wales) (Subject)
- Moreton Hall Estate (Weston Rhyn, England) (Subject)
- Hanover, House of. (Subject)
- George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760 -- Coronation. (Subject)