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D. C. Lloyd-Owen Manuscripts, Merioneth (Wales) -- Genealogy
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Some forty-eight letters, some incomplete, 1920-1925, to D. C. Lloyd-Owen from Richard Bennett, Bangor and Caersws, concerning mostly Montgomeryshire genealogy (ff. 1-91), together with related genealogical papers (ff. 92-150).
The papers include a list of wills and administrations for 1703-1710 from the Deaneries of Estimaner [and Tal-y-bont], Merionethshire (ff. 92-94); typescript and manuscript extracts from, and notes on, Montgomeryshire wills, 1570-1730 (ff. 95-115, 118-125, 136-138), and Merionethshire wills, 1746-1756 (ff. 148-150); manuscript extracts from Chancery proceedings, (temp. Elizabeth I) (ff. 133-135); and a list of Montgomeryshire wills proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1680-1708 (ff. 139-142). The letters include references to notable Montgomeryshire families (ff. 1-6, 9-11, 23, 33, 43, 46, 55-58, 66-69, 129-131) and to the Peniarth (ff. 18, 25, 39, 81, 83, 127-128), Rhiwgriafol (f. 79) and Cwmcarnedd (f. 87) deeds.

Bennett, Richard, 1860-1937

Letters

Thirty-six letters, 1887-1914, addressed to D. C. Lloyd-Owen, mainly on genealogical matters, with related notes and transcripts.
The correspondents include Charles Ashton, January-September 1894 (ff. 1-8), Sir J. Bernard Burke, 12 October 1891 (f. 19), E. Rowley Morris, 1887-1893 (ff. 28-49), C. A. Owen, Dublin, 9 April 1914 (f. 50), Mary A. Ruck, 1891-1895 (ff. 51-56), Robert James Sisson, 24 September 1888 (f. 61), Mrs Vernona T. C. Smith, 1893-1896 (ff. 62-75), Laura Trevor, Machynlleth, 8 May 1894 (ff. 78-79), and John Woodward, 26 May 1893 (f. 80). There is one letter from Lloyd-Owen to Laura Trevor, 2 May 1894 (ff. 76-77). The notes and transcripts, 1895-[c. 1900] (ff. 82-106) include extracts in various hands from Gaol Files, subsidy rolls and wills, (39 Eliz. I)-1781, and relate mainly to Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire and to the recipient's Owen ancestors.