Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1200-1916 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
1.189 cubic metres (38 boxes, 4 volumes, 2 frames)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Pye family were reputed to be descended from Viking mercenaries who came with William the Conqueror in 1066 and were rewarded with lands on the Welsh borders in Herefordshire around Kilpeck. The Mynde near Much Dewchurch in Herefordshire was the family seat in Tudor times.
Richard Symons of London purchased the Mynde estate, Herefordshire, in around 1740. His brother John owned the Clowerwall estate in Gloucestershire. Richard Symons's only surviving child was Anna-Sophia Symons, whose son, Richard Peers inherited the Mynde estate and assumed the surname of Symons. Richard was created a baronet in 1774, but died unmarried in 1796, when the title became extinct. The property devolved on his death upon Thomas Raymond, who on succeeding to the estate assumed the surname and arms of Symons. The estate then devolved in direct male line until Thomas-George Symons (b. 1818). On his death the estate was inherited by Henry Ambrose Clive, younger son of General Edward Henry Clive of Perrystone Court, Herefordshire.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Mr H.A Clive, The Mynde Park, Much Dewchurch, per Mr Geoffrey W. Bright in May 1959, Brigadier A.F.L. Clive, Perrystone, per the Herefordshire Record Office in 1969, and Mr W.A. Twiston Davies, The Mynde, Much Dewchurch, per Messrs Hunters, Lincoln's Inn, in December 1977 and May 1984.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Estate and family records of Pye of Mynde, Herefordshire, and Symons of Clowerwall, Gloucestershire, later of Mynde, comprising mainly title deeds relating to lands primarily in Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, 1200-1916, and including some papers relating to the Clive family of Mynde; rentals, 1863-1909; estate accounts, 1842-1907; and manorial records for manors in Herefordshire, including Kilpeck, Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, 1295-1299, 1442-1778. The earliest manorial record is a court roll of the manor of Mansell Gamage, 1295-1299.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records donated to NLW have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged by date of deposit and then 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
- 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
Alternative identifier(s)
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GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
- Manors -- England -- Herefordshire
- Manorial courts -- England -- Herefordshire
- Manors -- England -- Gloucestershire
- Manorial courts -- England -- Gloucestershire
- Manors -- Wales -- Monmouthshire
- Manorial courts -- Wales -- Monmouthshire
- Administration of estates -- England -- Hertfordshire
- Administration of estates -- England -- Gloucestershire.
- Administration of estates -- Wales -- Monmouthshire
Place access points
Name access points
- Mynde Estate (England) -- Archives. (Subject)
- Mynde Estate (England) (Subject)
- Symons family, of Mynde Park -- Archives. (Subject)
- Pye family, of the Mynd -- Archives. (Subject)
- Clive family, of Mynde Park -- Archives. (Subject)
- Symons family, of Mynde Park (Subject)
- Pye family, of the Mynd (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
May 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: Pye family history, http://www.roger.j.pye.btinternet.co.uk/pye.htm, May 2002; Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, (London, 1952); Burke's Landed Gentry ,(London, 3 vols, 1846), vol. II;