Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1806-1919 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.125 cubic metres (5 boxes, 1 roll)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Thomas Jones-Parry of Llwyn Onn, Denbighshire, married Margaret, daughter and co-heiress of Love Parry owner of the Wern Fawr, Penarth and Madryn estates in Caernarfonshire. Their eldest son, Lt.-Gen. Sir Love Parry Jones-Parry (1781-1853) inherited the Madryn estate. The estate then passed to his eldest son, Sir Thomas Love Duncombe Jones-Parry (1832-1891) who died without issue. The Madryn estate passed to William Corbet Yale-Jones-Parry (1825-1909), who had also inherited the Plas-yn-Ial estate in Denbighshire. The Madryn estate was subsequently sold to Caernarfonshire County Council.
According to the return of owners of land, Thomas Love Duncombe Jones-Parry, of Madryn, Caernarfonshire, owned an estimated 7,222 acres in Wales (in Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire) with an estimated rental of £5,178.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Mrs E. Yale, The Cottage, Llanbedrog, in May 1934.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers relating to the Madryn estate, Caernarfonshire, mainly comprising accounts, 1834-1904, title deeds, 1806-1890; family correspondence, 1833-1868; and papers of Roger Edwards, Mold (1811-1886), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author, whose grand-daughter, Eleanor, married George Frederick Cunningham Yale, a descendant of the Jones-Parry family.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records deposited at NLW have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into manuscripts and deeds and documents.
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
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Hard copies of the catalogue are available at NLW and HMC under the former title, Yale Collection.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of the fonds; the former title from the name of the depositor.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Madryn Estate (Wales) -- Records and correspondence. (Subject)
- Madryn Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Edwards, Roger, 1811-1886 -- Archives. (Subject)
- Edwards, Roger, 1811-1886 (Subject)
- Yale-Jones-Parry family, of Plas-yn-Ial and Madryn -- Archives. (Subject)
- Jones-Parry family, of Madryn -- Archives. (Subject)
- Yale-Jones-Parry family, of Plas-yn-Ial and Madryn (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
June 2002.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Mair James.
Archivist's note
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Griffith, John Edwards, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families (Wrexham, 1998 reprint); Nicholas, Thomas, Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales,(London, 2 vols, 1872), vol. I; James, Brian, 'The Great Landowners of Wales in 1873', National Library of Wales Journal, XIV (1965-66);