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Title
Date(s)
- 1669, [18 cent., first ΒΌ] / (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
122 ff. (ff. 93-94 verso, 99-120 verso blank) ; 185 x 150 mm.
Bound in vellum over boards.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
'Written by Thomas Rowlands, Clr, 1669' (f. 84 verso); 'Maurice Wynne of Llwyn in Llanrhaiadr his Booke Anno Domini 1718' (f. 1); 'O Wynne', [early 18 cent.] (f. 122).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Miles K. Wynn Cato; London; Purchase; 1994
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A volume containing a copy, 1669, in the hand of Thomas Rowlands, clerk, of 'History of the Gwydir Family' by Sir John Wynn (1553-1627), Gwydir, Caernarvonshire (ff. 2-84 verso). It is the earliest known dated copy of a recension of the work represented by thirteen other copies (see below). It is probably the manuscript belonging in 1674 to Morris Parry, rector of Llaneilian-yn-Rhos, Denbighshire, from which the copy in NLW MS 3075D was made, and the manuscript described by Angharad Llwyd as 'a quarto volume of Syr John Wynn's History of Gwydyr, Ancient, and in good preservation' which in 1828 was in the possession of Richard Lloyd Williams of Hafodwryd, Penmachno, Caernarvonshire, then residing at Llwyn, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Denbighshire (see Transactions of the Cymmrodorion or Metropolitan Cambrian Institution, 2 (London, 1828), 44). Bound together are pedigrees and memoranda in several early-eighteenth century hands, including notes copied 'out of Penbedw MS' (NLW MS 3075D, p. 90), being transcripts of marginalia from 'Dr Humphreys's Copy' (Brogyntyn I.13, ff. 62 verso-3, 76) (ff. 85-6); a note on Meredith Wynn ap Evan ap Robert and his descendants (see also NLW MSS 27B, pp. 111-114, 16969B, pp. 128-132 and 21253D, ff. 27 verso-28 verso, where 'H. Bangor 1700' is given as the source) (ff. 89-91); pedigrees of the Wynn family of Gwydir and its collateral branches (ff. 86 verso-91, 95-98 verso); and 'Arfau pump brenhinllwyth Cymru' (f. 121 verso, inverted text).
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
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Eleven leaves excised after f. 93.
Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4388634 (April 2016).
Digital version available https://www.library.wales/discover-learn/digital-exhibitions/manuscripts/early-modern-period/history-of-the-gwydir-family
Related units of description
Publication note
The History of the Gwydir Family..., ed, by John Ballinger (Cardiff, 1927)
Publication note
The History of the Gwydir Family and Memoirs, ed. by J. Gwynfor Jones (Llandysul, 1990)
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23289B [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Gwydir Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Gwydir Estate (Wales) -- Genealogy. (Subject)
- Meredith Wynn ap Evan ap Robert. (Subject)
- Wynn family, of Gwydir. (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
March 2009 & August 2011.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifan for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifan;
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