Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1600x1857] / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
20 vols.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Henry Hey Knight (1795-1857), cleric and antiquary, was born in Tewkesbury. He succeeded to the (possibly familial) living of Newton Nottage, Glamorgan in December 1854 and from that time dwelt permanently at Nottage Court. Knight was one of the first members of the Cambrian Archaeological Association and was the author of several antiquarian papers, the most important being 'An Account of Newton Nottage', published in Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1853.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
George E. Blundell; Nottage Court, Glamorgan; Donation; 1920
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, [1600x1857], of or in the possession of Henry Hey Knight, including correspondence, 1769-1880, mostly to Knight and miscellaneous notes, transcripts, etc. by him; a solicitor's account book, 1765-1794; early eighteenth century medical treatises; lectures on physiology, 1807; and notes on Classical themes.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 2201-2220.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Greek
- Latin
Script of material
Language and script notes
English xxx
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Previously known as Nottage Court 1-20.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Knight, Henry Hey, 1795-1857 -- Archives (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) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
October 2005 and August 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
This description was compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943); Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 (London, 1959);