File NLW MS 24074G - Neath Ultra and Cilybebyll rent roll

Identity area

Reference code

NLW MS 24074G

Title

Neath Ultra and Cilybebyll rent roll

Date(s)

  • 1666 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

1 exchequer-style file of 3 rotuli ; 605 x 170 mm. and less.

Context area

Name of creator

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

G. C. Thursfield; Swadlincote; Purchase; October 2015; 6928915.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Rent roll, 1666, of the manor of Neath Ultra and Cilybebyll, Glamorgan, arranged into free, customary and demense tenants. Also a memorandum of the heriot due on the death, alienation, 'incomb or releife' of a free tenant and the death of a customary tenant.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Usual copyright laws apply.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Language and script notes

English.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Faded and water-damaged in places, some of the lost text has been re-written in an 18 cent. hand. Flattened, cleaned and repaired at NLW, 2015.

Finding aids

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

The records relating to the manor of Neath Ultra and Cilybebyll have been thoroughly dispersed. For further rent rolls see NLW MS 24078G (1540), Cardiff, Glamorgan Archives DBLN/27 (c. 1580), NLW, Bute Estate Records M 26/33 (c. 1678) and NLW, Aberpergwm Estate Records 1419 (c. 1800). For other records relating to the manor see NLW, Bute Estate Records M 26 (records of the borough of Neath and lordships of Neath Citra and Neath Ultra [including Cilybebyll], 1485-1679); NLW, John Jenkins Collection of Neath and Cilybebyll Deeds (records of the manors of Neath Ultra and Cilybebyll, 1632-1831); Swansea, West Glamorgan Archive Service D/D MN (21 files of Neath Ultra and Cilybebyll manorial records, 1567-1936); Swansea, West Glamorgan Archive Service, Gnoll Estate Papers NAS Gn (19 files of Neath Ultra and Cilybebyll manorial records, almost all 18 cent.); and also Swansea, West Glamorgan Archive Service, Aberpergwm Estate Papers D/D Ab, and NLW, Aberpergwm Estate Records.

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Notes area

Note

Title based on contents.

Note

Endorsed 'Two rentals of the manor of Neath 1666', in a late 18 cent. hand.

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls006928915

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

Rules and/or conventions used

Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

June 2017

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

Archivist's note

Description compiled by Stephen Benham, and revised by Rhys M. Jones.

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