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- 1784-1833 (Creation)
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14 folders
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The series comprises letters to John Wynne Griffith of Garn, 1784-1833, many of them from creditors, lawyers and the family of Robert Watkin Wynne concerning legal and financial problems of the Plasnewydd estate trust, 1805-1822. Other, numerous correspondents include: [Sir] John Bayley, 1830, Robert and Charlotte Myddelton Biddulph, 1802-1811, 1820, William Cleaver, Bishop of Bangor, 1806, John Heaton, 1809-1822, Dr David Hughes of Jesus College, Oxford, 1806-1815, Lord Kirkwall, 1805-1813, John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1791, Robert Myddleton, 1815, Lord Orkney, 1810, on the following recurrent topics: business of the Denbigh burgesses; commons and enclosures; the Western Denbighshire Local Militia, especially the court martial of Captain John Davies in 1813, and non-payment of the Denbigh Foresters Yeoman Cavalry; presentation of an inscribed silver vase to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, 1815-1816; military career of Thomas Griffith in India and the East Indies, and recovery of Java prize money after his death; careers of J.W.G.'s other sons; Denbigh borough and parliamentary elections; estate business and land conveyances; the contemporary political and social scene. Further correspondents are: Charlotte and Beriah Botfield, 1819-1822, on natural history, high society gossip and schooldays at Harrow; Lord Dinorben, 1832-1833, arranging a civic dinner and ceremony to enter the Duke of Sussex's name in the Denbigh Corporation books; John Lloyd of Glyn Nannau, 1808-1815, regarding the Garthmeilio estate; William Davies Shipley, Dean of St Asaph, 1803-1820, concerning application of the Poor Law in St Asaph and Rhuddlan, rights of common and enclosures on Rhuddlan Marsh, death of Conway Shipley; S. Thompson, 1822, reporting on Mrs Botfield's health; John Wilkin, 1822-1828, on crown rents; John Copner Williams, regarding elections and alterations to the jurisdiction of the Court of Great Sessions, 1806-1829; Sir Watkin and Charles Williams Wynn, 1815-1833, mainly on property tax and shooting rights. -- The series also contains several letters of significant botanical and horticultural importance from [Heneage Finch], Earl of Aylesford, 1799, [Sir] Joseph Banks, 1794, William Bingley, 1798, Hugh Davies, 1801, James Dickson, 1796, John Fenton, 1830, Edward Hasell, 1794, James Hunter, 1797-1820, Jonathan Stokes, 1788, Robert Teesdale, 1798, Dawson Turner, 1802-c. 1824, James Watt, 1807, and William Withering, senior and junior, 1796-1821.
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- Court of Great Sessions -- Administration (Subject)
- Denbigh Corporation. (Subject)
- Garthmeilio Estate (Merionethshire, Wales) (Subject)
- Botfield, Charlotte, c. 1779-1825 (Subject)
- Griffith, John Wynne, 1763-1834 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Williams-Wynn, Watkin, 1772-1840 (Subject)
- Griffith, Thomas, Lieut., 1788-1813 (Subject)
- Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 (Subject)
- Bingley, William, 1774-1823 (Subject)
- Botfield, Beriah, 1807-1863 (Subject)
- Botfield, Charlotte, c. 1779-1825 (Subject)
- Davies, Hugh, 1739?-1821 (Subject)
- Dickson, James, ca. 1737-1822 (Subject)
- Hughes, David, 1785-1850 (Subject)
- Hunter, James Augustus, fl. 1780's-1820's (Subject)
- Kirkwall, John Hamilton Fitzmaurice, Viscount, 1778-1820 (Subject)
- Shipley, William Davies, 1745-1826 (Subject)
- Stokes, Jonathan, 1755-1831 (Subject)
- Teesdale, Robert, c. 1740-1804 (Subject)
- Turner, Dawson, 1775-1858 (Subject)
- Watt, James, 1736-1819 (Subject)
- Withering, William, 1741-1799 (Subject)
- Withering, William, 1775-1832 (Subject)
- Williams-Wynn, Watkin, 1772-1840 (Subject)