Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1588-1859 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.129 cubic metres (3 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The foundation of the Pencerrig estate in Radnorshire was laid by David Jones (d. 1704) who built up a large estate with wealth acquired during the Civil War. He acquired Trefonnen and some neighbouring tenements and, between 1678 and 1704, built up a considerable estate around them, mainly in the parishes of Cefnllys, Llandrindod and Diserth.
He was succeeded by his eldest son, John (1670-1746) who added Bach y Graig Issa and Cwm y Gof to the estate. The Cwm y Gof portion of land included a chalybeate spring, the waters by which Llandrindod became famous. John's eldest son, Thomas Jones (1711-1782), married his cousin Hannah, daughter of Thomas Jones of Tetbury, Gloucestershire. Thomas Jones inherited the Trefonnen estate in 1746. Pencerrig estate came to the Jones family in 1761 when Jones Hope died without issue and his estates were divided between his three sisters. Pencerrig passed to his eldest sister's daughter, Hannah Jones. Their eldest son and heir, John Jones (1739-1787) died without issue. He was succeeded by his brother, Thomas Jones (1742-1803), the Welsh artist. Thomas's eldest daughter, Anna (1780-1807), inherited the Pencerrig estate and on her death it passed to her husband, Thomas Thomas of Llanbradach, Glamorgan, and then by a daughter of his second marriage to the Thomases of Llwynmadoc, Breconshire.
The Trefonnen estate passed to Thomas's youngest daughter, Elizabetha (1781-1806) and on her death to her husband, Capt. J. Dale of London, who lost it following a legitimacy lawsuit in 1813 to Middelton Jones (1754-1826), a younger son of Thomas and Hannah, who in turn devised the estate to his nephew, the son of his sister Elizabeth.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Mrs Jane Evan-Thomas in 1952 and 1953, and converted into a donation by Mr J. C. Passmore, Solicitor, Tunbridge Wells, on behalf of the executors of the late Mrs Jane Evan-Thomas, August 2000; A2000/51.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Deeds and documents, 1588-1859, relating to the Pencerrig and Trefonnen estates, Radnorshire, together with three notebooks belonging to the artist, Thomas Jones, 1786-1788, 1800.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records donated to NLW have retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into deeds and documents which are arranged chronologically, and correspondence which has been arranged alphbetically by sender.
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
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
- Pencerrig Estate (Radnorshire, Wales) -- Archives. (Subject)
- Trefonnen Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Pencerrig Estate (Radnorshire, Wales) (Subject)
- Jones family, of Trefonnen and Pencerrig -- 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) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
November 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: NLW, Schedule of Pencerrig Deeds and Documents; Oliver, R.C.B., The Family History of Thomas Jones, the Artist of Pencerrig, Radnorshire (Llandrindod Wells, 1987 reprint);