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- 1804-1806 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
49 ff. ; 325 x 205 mm. and less.
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr H. de S. Shortt, curator, Salisbury, South Wiltshire & Blackmore Museum; Salisbury; Donation; December 1950
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Scope and content
Nineteen letters, 1804-1806, to Sir Richard Colt Hoare, mostly concerning antiquities in Brecknockshire and elsewhere in Wales, as well as Shropshire and Cheshire, and mostly relating to Hoare's research for his Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales, A.D. 1188, by Giraldus de Barri …, 2 vols (London, 1806) (ff. 1-34).
The correspondents include Walter Davies (Gwallter Mechain), 1 November 1804 (ff. 1-2), R[ichard] Fenton, 1805 (ff. 3-11), Theophilus Jones, [?1805] (ff. 16-17), William Owen [Pughe], 1805-1806 (ff. 18-23), and [the Rev.] Henry [Thomas] Payne, 1804-1805 (ff. 24-34). The letters also include a sketch map of possible Roman remains near Llanymynech, Montgomeryshire (f. 2); a transcript of a Latin document of 1295/6 relating to Shrawardine Castle (f. 15); and translations into English by William Owen [Pughe] of part of an ode and englynion by Cynddelw (f. 19 verso, 20-21). Also included are further notes by William Owen [Pughe] on Bardic lore and Cynddelw (ff. 35-47) and by Henry Thomas Payne on Giraldus Cambrensis (ff. 48-49).
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Arranged alphabetically by correspondent at NLW.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Latin
- Welsh
Script of material
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English, Latin, Welsh.
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Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 15257D.
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Name access points
- Shrawardine Castle (England) (Subject)
- Hoare, Richard Colt, Sir, 1758-1838 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Pughe, W. Owen (William Owen), 1759-1835 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Payne, Henry Thomas, 1759 or 60-1832 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Giraldus, Cambrensis, 1146?-1223? (Subject)
- Hoare, Richard Colt, Sir, 1758-1838. (Subject)
- Davies, Walter, 1761-1849. (Subject)
- Jones, Theophilus, 1759-1812. (Subject)
- Payne, Henry Thomas, 1759 or 60-1832. (Subject)
- Fenton, Mr. (Richard), 1746-1821 (Subject)
- Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr (Subject)
- Pughe, W. Owen (William Owen), 1759-1835 (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
December 2007 and May 2014.
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifan, and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones