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- 1821-1844 / (Creation)
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A notebook containing 'Family and Personal Miscellanea' in the hand of Charles Bowen (1809-82), rector of St. Mary-on-the-Hill with Upton, Cheshire. It was begun in 1838 and contains pedigrees showing the descent of Charles Bowen from the family of Bowen of Gurrey, Carmarthenshire, and a few personal press-cuttings, 1821-[44] (e.g. a report of a sermon preached by him at the opening of the new church of Llanvihangel-Rhydithon, Radnorshire, 1838).
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English
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A nineteenth century parchment pedigree roll accompanying the notebook has been shelved separately at NLW (see 544, below).
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 11118A
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- Gurrey Estate (Wales) -- Genealogy (Subject)
- St. Michael (Church : Llanfihangel Rhydithon, Wales) (Subject)
- Bowen, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Family (Subject)
- Bowen family, of Gurrey Manor, Llandeilo (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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January 2009.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961); Genuki WWW site; West Wales Genealogy WWW site;