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Title
Date(s)
- 1782-1788. (Creation)
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Extent and medium
122 ff. (old pagination 1-58 continued to end; pp. 70-118 inverted text; pp. 59-69 blank) ;200 x 160 mm.Quarter leather and marbled paper covers.Some folios repaired at NLW with no loss of text.Some folios repaired at NLW with no loss of text
Context area
Archival history
'John Hughes, August 21st 1782' inside front cover. Discovered in an old cupboard in the St Asaph Diocesan Registry Office.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr D. J. Hooson; The Diocesan Registry, St Asaph; Donation; October 2002; 0200212150.
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Scope and content
A book of legal precedents, 1782-1788, containing notes of legal opinions and of cases heard before numerous courts, including those of King's Bench and the Montgomeryshire Great Sessions, together with transcripts of legal documents.
The volume was probably compiled by John Hughes of Llain-wen, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, notes and transcripts relating to whose articles of clerkship (with John Dickin of Welshpool, 1781, and with George Griffin of Lincoln's Inn, 1785) are found on pp. 95-114. A portion of the volume was 'Copied out of Mr Dickin's Manuscript Book' (p. 94); transcripts of an affidavit of service of John Hughes and of his admission as attorney at the Court of King's Bench, both 1787, have been tipped in at the end of the volume (pp. 119-122).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23892B). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 4272642. Date: 20030207. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23892B) : Damaged corners, both caps missing and board edges exposed, some pages have dirt, tears and some are loose. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23892B). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 4272642. Date: 20031217. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: G. Edwards. Status: Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23892B) : Reattached loose pages after repairs and guarding and a new lettered label adhered. Institution: WlAbNL.
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Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
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Language and script notes
English.
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Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23892B.
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Name access points
- Great Britain. Court of King's Bench. (Subject)
- England and Wales. Court of Great Sessions (Montgomeryshire) (Subject)
- Hughes, John, of Llain-wen, attorney. (Subject)
- Dickin, John, of Welshpool, attorney. (Subject)
- Griffin, George, of Lincoln's Inn, attorney. (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
March 2012.
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Maredudd ap Huw and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;