Identity area
Reference code
UC1.
Title
Much Wenlock estate administration papers,
Date(s)
- 1534-[1840x1860]. (Creation)
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Extent and medium
6 vols, 6 bundles, 2 envelopes, 1 loose item.
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Scope and content
Papers deriving from administration of the Much Wenlock estate, consisting of rentals, 1534-1647, [?1840s]; surveys and valuations, 1540-1848; papers relating to tithes, 1548-[post-1598], (Watermark 1843); timber sale deed, valuation etc., 1617, 1857; list of gifts to Lady Bertie, 1642; estate correspondence, 1646, 1854; leases of limestone quarries, 1780, 1804; land tax assessments, 1783-1784; abstracts of leases, [1785x1796], [1840x1860]; a sale catalogue, 1858, and a wrapper and label, [19th cent.].
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Chronological order by and within each file.
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Language and script notes
Mainly English, small proportion of Latin.
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Note
Preferred citation: UC1.
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vtls006734361
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales