Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1642-1882 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.058 cubic metres (2 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
A Gwyn family had owned the Mynachty since the sixteenth century. Failing in the male line the estate passed to Elizabeth who married Morgan Gwynn ap Lewis Gwyn ap Gruffydd of Cil-fforch in the parish of Henfynyw, Cardiganshire. The earliest deed relating to a member of the Gwynne family appears to be a lease of 1704 to Lewis Gwynn of Mynachty, esquire, grandson of Morgan and Elizabeth. Cil-fforch appears to have been subsumed into the Mynachty estate, being mentioned in a marriage settlement of 1706, and rented out in 1785.
The house of Mynachty, built in the middle of the 17th century, was pulled down in the middle of the 18th century, and Lewis Gwynne built a new house on the site. He died in 1805, a bachelor and without issue, and left Mynachty (and £150,000 in gold and stocks) to his cousin, the Rev. Alban Thomas Jones (1751-1819) of Tyglyn and Susannah Maria (nee Jones) his second wife, for their lives. Lewis Gwynne's mother was sister to Alban's mother, and to Susannah's grandfather.
Alban Thomas, having added his wife's surname to his own on marrying, now added Gwynne, to become Alban Thomas Jones Gwynne, founding the third Gwynne family of Mynachty. This family held possession of the Mynachdy estate until it was sold by Alban Lewis Gwynne (b. 1880) to a Captain Briggs.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Title deeds, 1641-1882, and a small number of rentals, 1836, 1864-1882, relating to the Mynachty estate, Cardiganshire, together with some records relating to the Cil-fforch estate, Cardiganshire.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records deposited at NLW have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
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
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available at NLW.
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 fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Mynachty Estate (Wales) -- Records and correspondence (Subject)
- Cil-fforch Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Mynachty Estate (Wales) (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
July 2001.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Stephen Benham.
Archivist's note
The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Jones, Francis, Historic Cardiganshire Homes and their families (Newport,2000);