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Gwysaney manuscripts

  • GB 0210 MSGWYSAN
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  • [c. 1120]-[1942x1959], 2007

Manuscripts, [c. 1120]-[1942x1959], formerly part of the library of the Davies-Cooke family at Gwysaney, Mold, consisting mainly of family papers and manuscripts in Welsh or of Welsh interest.
The manuscripts include the Liber Landavensis (Book of Llandaff), [c. 1120]-[c. 1133]; volumes of Welsh pedigrees, [16 cent.], and Welsh poetry, [16 cent.]; Richard Davies's translation into Welsh of St Paul's Pastoral Epistles, [1546x1563]-[1567x1581]; a manuscript of the Brut in English, [1460x1479]; sermons, [17 cent.]-1811; inventories, catalogues and schedules relating to books, deeds and other property at Oulton, Owston, Llannerch and Gwysaney, 1750/1-1801; a travel journal of Bryan Cooke, 1790-1797, and journals of continental tours by Phillip Davies Cooke, 1815-1824; records of dues for the parish of Mold, 1581-1590; rentals and accounts of the Llannerch and Gwysaney estates, 1730-1843; surveys of the Llannerch and Gwysaney estates, [18 cent.]-[early 19 cent.]; valuations of part of the Gwysaney estate in Flintshire, 1809; pedigree rolls, 1604-1771, of the Davies, Puleston and Meredith (of Allington) families; and several groups of letters, including transcripts and memoranda, and other papers, relating to the Puleston, Davies, Cooke, Davies-Cooke and other families, [1487x1503]-1901.

Davies-Cooke family, of Gwysaney and Owston

Grant of land by Queen Mary and Philip of Spain

Letters patent, dated at Westminster, 11 February, 1 & 2 Philip and Mary [1554/5], issued by Mary I, Queen of England and Ireland, and Philip II of Spain, as King of England and Ireland, granting lands in Broughton [?Bychton], Marton [Mertyn] and Tredesmowen [?Trefednywain], [all in the parish of Whitford], in the commote of Coleshill, Flintshire, to John Davye [Davies, of Gwysaney].
The document is decorated with a fine initial double-portrait of the monarchs enthroned, in ink and wash within the initial letter 'P' of interlacing strapwork, and bears the secretarial signatures of both. Large strapwork initial letters appear in the first line, and the margins are illuminated with heraldic emblems in gold and colours. The great seal of Mary I is appended, attached by the original green and white plaited laces.

Gwysaney letters and papers: Vol. III

A volume containing some seventy-eight letters, 1796-1901, mostly relating to the Davies-Cooke family of Gwysaney and Owston, with a few apparently collected as examples of autographs, together with miscellaneous other papers, 1790-[late 19 cent.], and engravings and photographic reproductions of paintings, 1832-[late 19 cent.].
The correspondents include G[iovanni] B[attist]a Niccolini, 1841 (f. 1), Thomas V[owler Short, Bishop of] St Asaph, 1849, 1852 (f. 2), [Stapleton Cotton, 1st Baron] Combermere, Dublin, 1825 (f. 3), [Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl] Beauchamp, 1875 (f. 4), [George Osborne, 6th Duke of] Leeds, Milan, 1821 (f. 6), [Sir] G[eorge] O[nesiphorus] Paul, 1800 (ff. 7, 11), Thomas Pennant, 1796 (f. 8), W[illiam] D[avies] Shipley, 1800 (f. 9), [Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount] Melville, Admiralty, 1814 (ff. 11, 33), [James Hewitt, 4th Viscount] Lifford, 1874 (f. 13), R. R. Reinagle, 1828 (ff. 13, 14, 15), C[harles] Duncombe, 1819 (f. 14), P. F. Robinson, [?1833] (f. 15), [Charles William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl] Fitzwilliam, 1843, 1852 (ff. 16, 18), [John Mitford, 1st Baron] Redesdale, 22 August 1817 (f. 16), C. L. Ebor [Charles Longley, Archbishop of York], 1860 (f. 17), [George Nugent, 1st Marquis of] Westmeath, Chester, 1852 (f. 18), W. Ebor [Archbishop William Thomson], York, 1864 (f. 20), Tho[ma]s Worsley, Cambridge, 1867 (f. 21), [Thomas Littleton Powys, 4th Baron] Lilford, 1862 (f. 24), George Müller, Bristol, 1852 (f. 25), S[usan, Duchess of] Marlborough, [n.d.] (ff. 26, 29), [Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquis of] Westminster, 1837 (f. 26), [Charles Wood, 1st Viscount] Halifax, 1880 (f. 27), [Frederick Temple Blackwood, 1st Marquess of] Dufferin [and Ava], [n.d.] (f. 27), Richard Owen, 1858 (f. 29), [Charles John Shore, 2nd Baron] Teignmouth, 1838 (f. 30), [George Venables-Vernon, 5th Baron] Vernon, Geneva, 1842 (f. 30), W[illiam] Gregory, Dublin Castle, 1821 (f. 33), E. Maunde Thompson, 1881 (f. 34; concerning Barnabe Fitzpatrick), [George, 2nd Baron] Kenyon, 1804-1814 (ff. 37-38, 46), [Charles Grant, 1st Baron] Glenelg, Colonial Office, 1836 (f. 40), T[homas] Gaisford, Ch[rist] Ch[urch], 1849 (f. 42), [Robert Stewart, Viscount] Castlereagh, Dublin Castle, 1800 (f. 43), and [Edward King, Viscount] Kingsborough, 1811 (f. 44). The main recipients are Bryan Cooke, 1800-1821 (ff. 6-40 passim), Philip Davies Cooke, 1828-1853 (ff. 2-42 passim), and Philip's brother W. B. Cooke, 1827-1842 (f. 1, 21, 25, 30), father-in-law George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston, 1800-1826 (ff. 3, 11, 12, 33, 43), and son Philip Bryan Davies-Cooke, 1860-1901 (ff. 4, 17, 20, 23, 24, 27, 29, 31, 34). Other items in the volume include Bryan Cooke's passport, 1818 (f. 19), miscellaneous notes, copy letters and documents, etc., 1797-[?late 19 cent.] (ff. 24, 32, 34-36, 61) and printed items, 1790-1889 (ff. 31, 39, 59-60).

Niccolini, G. B. (Giovanni Battista), 1782-1861

Pedigree of John Meredith of Allington

Pedigree roll of John Meredith of Allington [Trefalun], Denbighshire, compiled in 1604 by his brother-in-law Edward Puleston of Allington and executed by Randle Holme I, containing thirty-six fully painted coats of arms, many impaled or quartered.
In addition to the descent of Meredith from a number of ancestors, the roll also shows that of his wife Ermyn Puleston from Sir Richard Puleston of Emral and Agnes Waren, and that of Ermyn's mother Margaret Almer from Gwaeddfawr. The pedigree is arranged so that the combined arms of John Meredith and Ermyn Puleston, those of Ermyn's parents Edward Puleston and Margaret Almer and those of her paternal grandparents Sir Edward Puleston of Emral and Ermyn Hanmer are prominently displayed side by side at the foot of the pedigree, and below them the personal coat of arms of John Meredith, with its six quarterings. The authorship of the roll was attributed to Edward Puleston by Siôn Cain (see Peniarth MS 269i, p. 43, and M. P. Siddons, Welsh Pedigree Rolls (Aberystwyth, 1996), p. 23). The roll is an example of Siddons' style 3.

Puleston, Edward, 1547-1606

Puleston pedigree

Pedigree roll, dated 10 March 1664, with additions to 1672, recording the genealogy of the family of Puleston (or Pyvelesdon) of Puleston, Shropshire, and their descendants the Pulestons of Emral, Flintshire, and of Havod-y-Wern, Allington and Bersham, all in Denbighshire. It was transcribed by John Salusbury of Erbistock from the books of Robert Davies of Gwysaney, Edward Puleston of Allington, and Owen Salusbury of Rhug.
The pedigree is traced from 'Sr Richard Pyvelesdon de Pyvelesdon' (fl. 12-13 cents) and contains no heraldry.

Salusbury, John, approximately 1630-1677

Pedigree of Robert Davies, Gwysaney

Pedigree, dated 31 January 1771, of the brothers Robert Davies [II] and Thomas Davies of Gwysaney in the hand of Ralph Bigland, Somerset Herald, extracted by him from a 1622 pedigree in College of Arms, MS Vincent 135, f. 296, probably compiled by Augustine Vincent (d. 1626).
The pedigree includes five fully painted coats of arms and is traced, in the male line only, from 'Madoc ap Mredith [Madog ap Maredudd] Princeps Powisiae', through his son 'Kenwricus Euell' [Cynric Efell].

Bigland, Ralph, 1711-1784

Gwysaney letters and papers: Vol. II

A volume containing some one hundred and two letters and other papers, [1487x1503]-1895, many relating to the Davies, Cooke and Davies-Cooke families of Gwysaney, Owston and Llanerch and relatives such as the Earl of Kingston, with other letters apparently collected as examples of autographs. Also included are items such as engravings, photographs and cuttings relating to some of the correspondents, 1788-1900; some items are accompanied by biographical notes, [19 cent., third ¼].
The papers include the Earl and Countess of Kingston's invitation to Queen Victoria's Coronation, 1838 (ff. 1-2), a sign manual of Henry VII, [1487x1503], thanking John Pillesdon [Puleston] (f. 5), two warrants of Henry VIII, 1538 (ff. 5 verso-6), an acquittance signed by Geo: Asapher: [George Griffith, Bishop of St Asaph], 1664 (f. 24) and two receipts relating to Théodore de Bèze and François Bonivard, 1554, 1575 (f. 53; French). Other correspondents include William, Duke of Clarence [later William IV], 1828 (f. 7), Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, 1805-1825 (ff. 9-11), Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, [1827x1857] (f. 13), Princess Elizabeth of Hesse Homberg, [1810x1827] (f. 15), Princess Sophia Matilda, [1810x1827] (f. 17), Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, 1808-1824 (ff. 18, 29), Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, 1809-1810 (ff. 20-21), J[ohn Egerton, 1st Earl of] Bridgewater, 1638 (f. 22), Cardinal Consalvi, Rome, 1818-1819 (ff. 25-27; letters and passports to Bryan Cooke, in Italian), George IV [two signatures only] (f. 28), Baron Atthalin, Aide de Camp to the Duc d’Orleans, 1820 (f. 30; French), F[rançois] d'Orléans, [prince de Joinville], 1843 (f. 32; French), General G. H. Dufour, Berne, 1851 (f. 33; French), E[dward] B[ulwer] L[ytton] (f. 34), [5th Duke of] Richmond, Goodwood, 1847 (f. 34), Pope Pius IX [signature only], [?1859] (f. 34), Spencer Perceval, Downing Street, 1810 (f. 35), Eleanor Butler and [Sarah] Ponsonby, [the Ladies of Llangollen], 1785, 1791 (ff. 35 verso-36), [René-Eustache, marquis d']Osmond, 1816-[1821] (ff. 37, 39 verso-40; French), [11th Duke of] Norfolk, [?1790s] (f. 38), W. E. Gladstone, 1852 (f. 38 verso), [Benjamin] Disraeli, Downing Street, 1868 (f. 39), [Viscount] Palmerston, 1810 (ff. 41 verso-42), [Viscount] Kingsborough, 1834 (f. 43), William Wilberforce, 1798, 1801 (ff. 43 verso-44), Warren Hastings, 1807 (f. 45), Thomas Telford, 1829 (f. 47), Sir John Sinclair, 1816 (f. 48), Francis Chantrey, 1820-1834 (ff. 48 verso-51), [Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of] Westminster, 1852 (f. 53 verso), Sir Robert Peel, [2nd bart], 1836 (f. 56 verso), George Canning [signature only], 1797 (f. 58 verso), M[artin] F[arquhar] Tupper, [1860] (f. 59 verso), W[illiam] Spence, 1850 (f. 60), [Professor] John Phillips, York, 1853 (f. 62), H[umphry] Repton, 1796 (f. 64), Jos[eph] Sabine, 1827, 1828 (f. 65), John Franks, Calcutta, 1832 (f. 66), R[amsay] R[ichard] Reinagle, 1828, 1829 (f. 67) and Gathorne Hardy, 1867 (f. 68). The main recipients include Captain Thomas Davies, 1638 (f. 22), Bryan Cooke, [?1790s]-1821 (ff. 25-27, 38, 40, 42, 43 verso-44, 46, 50 verso, 56 verso, 58, 64), Philip Davies Cooke, 1820-1852 (ff. 30, 34, 37, 38 verso, 48 verso-51, 53 verso, 55, 56 verso-57, 60 verso-62, 65, 67), and his father-in-law George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston, 1815-1838 (ff. 2, 7, 9-11, 18, 29, 35, 56, 57 verso, 63, 65).

Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509

Gwysaney letters and papers: Vol. I

A volume containing some one hundred and sixty-three letters and other papers, 1576-1810, mostly of the Davies family of Llanerch and Gwysaney or of the related families of Mutton, Whitehall and Dod (ff. 1, 3-92, 97 verso-98), together with a few later additions, 1813-[late 19 cent.] (ff. 2, 3a, 11a recto-verso, 18 verso, 40a).
The papers include commissions signed by Charles I, 19 July 1643 (f. 1), and Charles II, 15 August 1651 (f. 3), and an order signed by Oliver Cromwell, 30 June 1658 (f. 4); other correspondents include the 1st Earl of Bridgewater, 1620-1647 (ff. 5-9), the 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, 1650-1653 (ff. 10-11), Charles, Earl of Derby, 1652-1663 (ff. 14-16), Barnabe Fizpatrik [Barnaby Fitzpatrick] to [Edward VI], 4 March [1552] (f. 17), Sir Peter Mutton to his mother (in Welsh), 17 January 1604/5 (f. 19), Sir Marmaduke Lloyde, 1635-1637 (ff. 22-23), Robert Corbett, Stanwardine, 1636-1639 (f. 24), [Col.] Thomas Davies, [1624]-[?1625] (ff. 33-34), Mutton Davies, 1654-1657 (f. 41), Sir Roger Mostyn, 1st bart, 1655-1686 (f. 42), Thomas Price, Bishop of Kildare, 6 March 1660/1 (f. 43), Eubule Thelwall, 15 April 1661 (f. 48), Letitia Davies to her husband Robert Davies [IV], 1700-1708 (ff. 59-62), Sir Watkin Wm Wynne, 4th bart, 20 February 1777 (f. 76), Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th bart, 1784 (f. 77), Thomas Pennant, 1784-1796 (f. 78, 2 letters), [Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron] Kenyon, 1796 (f. 80, 2 letters) and Wm Oliver, Bath (f. 91). The main recipients are Robert Davies [II], 1620-1633 (ff. 5-6, 33-35, 37-39), his brother Col. Thomas Davies, 1635-1650 (ff. 7-10, 22-32), Robert Davies [III], 1652-1665 (ff. 14, 16, 38, 40, 41-46, 48), Robert Davies [IV], 1685-1708 (ff. 13, 36, 42, 46-50, 53, 56, 59-63), Peter Davies, [Tybroughton, brother of Robert Davies VI], 1777-1796 (ff. 73-80) and Thomas Pennant, 1784 (f. 77). A list of the contents, [19 cent., last ¼], is on ff. 93-97.

Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649

Llannerch accounts

Rent rolls of the Llannerch and Gwysaney estates for the years 1760-1766 and 1775; disbursements paid by Hugh Jones to the use of Robert Davies and John Davies in the years 1761-1767 and 1776.

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