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Date(s)
- [1664x1673] (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
1 roll (4 membranes) : parchment ; c. 2785 x 525 mm. and less.
Original tubular container in blind-stamped leather of 17 cent. retained in archival box with manuscript. Formerly stitched together in a single roll, Chancery style, now four separate membranes.
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Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Sotheby's; London; Purchased at auction, lot 10; 17 December 1998; B1999/5.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Pedigree (ff. 1-4) and achievement (f. 4), [1664x1673], of George Gwynne of Llwyn Hywel, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, and Llanelwedd, Radnorshire, with one hundred and nineteen other coats of arms, all emblazoned and painted, probably compiled by David Edwardes, Rhyd-y-gors, Carmarthenshire.
The pedigree is traced, sometimes spuriously, from Gwyriad (fl. c. 800), father of Merfyn Frych (f. 1), Coronac, King of Dublin (4 cent.), Caradog Freichfras, earl of Hereford (?6 cent.), Drew de Ballon, 'baron of Abergavenny' (11 cent.), Drym[benog] ap Maenyrch (fl. c. 1100), and Gwrydr Hir (?10 cent.), of Dryslwyn (all f. 2).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
No. 429 in Michael Powell Siddons, 'Welsh Pedigree Rolls - Additions and Corrections', National Library of Wales Journal, 32 (2001-2), 433-442 (p. 436).
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23751G.
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Name access points
- Gwynne, George, 1623?-1673. (Subject)
- Gwynne, George, 1623?-1673 -- Family. (Subject)
- Gwynne family, of Llwyn Hywel and Llanelwedd -- Genealogy. (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
July 2010.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description revised by Rhys Morgan Jones.