Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1217-1930 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.677 cubic metres (24 boxes); 144 manuscript volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Williams family acquired the Llangibby Castle estate (anciently called Tregrug) following the purchase of the estate by Roger Williams (d. 1585) of Usk in 1544-1545. He was succeeded by his son, Rowland Williams, followed by his son Charles Williams, who became MP for Monmouthshire in 1621. He was succeeded by his son Sir Trevor Williams who played a prominent role in the civil war in Monmouthshire, siding first with the King, then with the Parliamentarians before rejoining the royalists in 1648.
The estate remained in the hands of the Williams family until the death of Sir John Williams without male issue in 1739. His daughter Ellen (1724-1781/2), who inherited the estate, married William Addams of Monmouth who assumed the additional surname of Williams.
Archival history
Deposited at NLW by the Trustees of the late Major Albert Addams-Williams, Llangibby Castle, per the Hon. Mrs Eleanor Addams-Williams, 1939.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Major Hopton Addams-Williams; Llangibby; Purchase; July 1945
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Llangibby Castle estate records, including court rolls of manors in Monmouthshire, 1262-1911, Glamorgan, 1675-1739, Gloucestershire, 1427-1595, and Somerset, 1609-1691; title deeds, mainly Monmouthshire, 1217-1930, and correspondence, mainly 18-19 cent.; important letters and papers relating to the civil war in Monmouthshire; and manuscripts aquired by the family, including drafts and copies of Modus Tenendi Parliamentarum and Observata Parliamentaria by Henry Elsynge, junior (1598-1654), clerk to the House of Commons, together with minutes of the House of Commons, 1624-1626, calendar of the Journal of the House of Lords, 1647-1768, copies of the Journals of the House of Commons, 1547-1701, index to parliamentary proceedings, temp. Edward III-Edward IV, and, 1724-1743, civil war tracts, the journal of the missionary Dr Joseph Wolff, 1832, 'Prif Achae holh Gymru Benbaladr' in the autograph of Sir Thomas Wiliams, Trefriw, 1578-1609, a seventeenth-century collection of Welsh poetry by the principal 'cywyddwyr'; a memoir of Richard Robert Jones ('Dic Aberdaron', 1780-1843) in his own autograph; English sermons and miscellaneous notes by Rev. Edmund Jones, Pontypool, a sermon notebook of Rev. Philip Henry (1631-1696), the eminent Nonconformist divine, a survey of the lands of Henry, earl of Pembroke, in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, 1570, and a survey of lands in the lordship of Usk, 1619; pedigree rolls of Sir Roger Williams of Penrhos, Monmouthshire, compiled by Thomas Jones ('Twm Siôn Catti'), 1591, and of the Williams family of Llangibby Castle, probably compiled by Sylvanus Morgan.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records purchased by NLW have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW as follows: manuscripts, autograph letters, manorial records, and title deeds. Original numbers are included in the catalogue; these originate from a catalogue of the library at Llangibby Castle, compiled by John Kyrle Fletcher and Ifan Kyrle Fletcher in 1933. The manuscript volumes and letters were removed from the archive and arranged in the NLW MSS series; they are now NLW MSS 16962-17109.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Latin
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Further details relating to manorial records within the archive can be accessed on-line from The National Archives Manorial Documents Register.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
- Administration of estates -- Wales -- Monmouthshire.
- Manors -- Wales -- Monmouthshire.
- Manors -- Wales -- Glamorgan.
- Manorial courts -- Wales -- Monmouthshire.
- Manorial courts -- Wales -- Glamorgan.
- Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649.
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1485-1603.
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1603-1714.
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 18th century.
- Welsh poetry -- Early modern, 1550-1700
Place access points
Name access points
- Llangibby Castle (Wales) -- Archives. (Subject)
- Llangibby Castle Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Williams, Roger, d. 1583. (Subject)
- Elsynge, Henry, 1598-1654. (Subject)
- Wolff, Joseph, 1795-1862. (Subject)
- Wiliems, Thomas, 1545 or 1546-1622? (Subject)
- Jones, Richard Robert, 1780-1843. (Subject)
- Henry, Philip, 1631-1696. (Subject)
- Jones, Edmund, 1702-1793. (Subject)
- Pembroke, Henry Herbert, Earl of, -1601 (Subject)
- Morgan, Sylvanus, 1620-1693. (Subject)
- Addams-Williams family, of Llangibby Castle -- Archives. (Subject)
- Williams family, of Llangibby Castle. (Subject)
- Powell family, of Llantilio. (Subject)
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (Subject)
- Jones, Thomas, approximately 1530-approximately 1620 (Subject)
- Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; ACCR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
April 2001.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Sir Joseph Bradney, A History of Monmouthshire (London, 1993, facsimile ed.), vol. 3, part 1.
Archivist's note
Compiled by Mair James.