Fonds GB 0210 DOWNING - Downing Estate Deeds,

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Cod cyfeirnod

GB 0210 DOWNING

Teitl

Downing Estate Deeds,

Dyddiad(au)

  • 1352-1802 / (Creation)

Lefel y disgrifiad

Fonds

Maint a chyfrwng

149 items.

Ardal cyd-destun

Enw'r crëwr

Hanes bywgraffyddol

The Pennant family held estates in the Whitford and Holywell areas of Flintshire continuously from the 1450's until the middle of the 19 cent., when the direct line of the family lapsed.

The Pennant family are descended from David Pennant ap Tudur ap Ithel (living in 1440) who was the first to adopt the surname Pennant. He married firstly Jonet, daughter of David of Trefcastle in Tegeingl, and secondly Agnes, daughter of John Done of Utkinton, Cheshire. From his fist marriage are descended the Pennants of Bychton, and the Pennants of Downing, the former being descended from Thomas Pennant, great-grandson of David Pennant, and the latter from Thomas's brother, Nicholas. From his second marriage are descended, through his son, Thomas Pennant, abbot of Basingwerk, the Pennants of Bagillt and the Pennants of Hendre Vigillt.

John Pennant, son of Nicholas, married Jane, the daughter and heiress of John Lloyd ap Llewellyn ap Rhys of Downing and brought the Downing Estate to this branch of the Pennant family. This branch became extinct with the death of Thomas Pennant without issue in 1724. He bequeathed the Downing estate to his kinsman, David Pennant (1685-1763), of Bychton. His son was Thomas Pennant (1726-1798), the naturalist, antiquary and traveller. Thomas's son, David Pennant died in 1841.

Hanes archifol

Much of the Pennant archive, including many of the papers of Thomas Pennant (1726-1798), has been dispersed at auction.

Ffynhonnell

Presented by the Earl of Denbigh, per Mr Edward Owen, Secretary of Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments for Wales.

Ardal cynnwys a strwythur

Natur a chynnwys

Deeds relating to the estates in Denbighshire and Flintshire, of the Pennant families of Bychton and Downing, 1352-1802, and a small number of draft letters from, and letters to, Thomas Pennant, [c.1765]-1769, together with some of his notes and a notebook, [c.1764-1765] and undated.

Gwerthuso, dinistrio ac amserlennu

Action: All records deposited at NLW have been retained..

Croniadau

Accruals are not expected.

System o drefniant

A typescript schedule of deeds, numbered A1-34 was prepared by Edward Owen before their receipt at NLW. A typescript schedule of the other 115 documents was prepared by NLW when the collection was received. The whole collection has been re-calendared for the present schedule, but the numbers given to the documents in the two previous schedules have been kept. The two sequences of deeds and documents have, however, been brought together and arranged chronologically in a single sequence..

Ardal amodau mynediad a defnydd

Amodau rheoli mynediad

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.

Amodau rheoli atgynhyrchu

Usual copyright laws apply.

Iaith y deunydd

  • Saesneg
  • Lladin

Sgript o ddeunydd

Nodiadau iaith a sgript

English, Latin.

Cyflwr ac anghenion technegol

Cymhorthion chwilio

Hard copies of the catalogue are available at NLW and HMC.

Ardal deunyddiau perthynol

Bodolaeth a lleoliad y gwreiddiol

Bodolaeth a lleoliad copïau

Unedau o ddisgrifiad cysylltiedig

Three groups of Pennant papers are NLW MSS 2521-98, 12706-20 and 15421-36. Most of the estate archive is Warwickshire County Record Office, CR 2017 and Flintshire Record Office, D/NA, D/BC/1-517.

Disgrifiadau cysylltiedig

Ardal nodiadau

Nodiadau

Title supplied from contents of fonds.

Dynodwr(dynodwyr) eraill

Virtua system control number

vtls004250399

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000250399

Pwyntiau mynediad

Pwyntiau mynediad pwnc

Pwyntiau mynediad lleoedd

Ardal rheolaeth disgrifiad

Dynodwr disgrifiad

Dynodwr sefydliad

Rheolau a/neu confensiynau a ddefnyddiwyd

This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH.

Statws

Lefel manylder disgrifiad

Dyddiadau creadigaeth adolygiad dilead

April 2002.

Iaith(ieithoedd)

  • Saesneg

Sgript(iau)

Ffynonellau

Nodyn yr archifydd

Compiled by Mair James.

Nodyn yr archifydd

The following sources were used in the completion of this description: Burke's Landed Gentry, (London, 1952); Griffith, John Edwards, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families, (Wrexham, 1998 reprint); Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940, (London, 1959); NLW, Schedule of Downing Deeds, (1978);

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