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- [1957]. (Creation)
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279 pp. ; 342 x 225 mm. Bound at NLW.
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Lent for reproduction by Lt.-Col. J. Williams Wynn, November 1957.
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Facsimile of letters, 1601-1738, mainly of the Owen family of Peniarth and the Nanney family of Merionethshire. The correspondents include Lewis Owen (1625-1691); Richard Owen (d. 1714); Lewis Owen (d. 1729), son of Richard Owen; Elizabeth Owen, mother of the latter Lewis Owen; Margaret Owen, wife of the latter Lewis Owen and daughter of Sir William Williams, second bart, of Llanforda; Jane Bulkeley (d. 1765), daugher of Lewis and Margaret Owen; Hugh Nanney; and Richard Nanney. Other correspondents include Robert Vaughan, Hengwrt, and there are letters from Margaret Owen to her father, Sir William Williams.
There is an introductory note by William W[atkin] E[dward] Wynne at the beginning of the volume, which states that "all the letters addressed to Sir William Williams, Bart., were found in the muniment room at Wynnstay, and were given to me ... in October 1833 by the Rt Honble C. W. Williams Wynn". There is a reference in the note to Dr Samuel Johnson in relation to the education of girls and women.
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Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Formerly Ancient Peniarth MS 59.
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Not included in the sale to Sir John Williams.
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Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 426.
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- Wynnstay Estate (Wales) -- Library. (Subject)
- Owen, Lewis, 1625-1691 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Owen, Lewis, d. 1729 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Owen, Richard, d. 1714 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Owen, Elizabeth, Peniarth -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Owen, Margaret, Peniarth -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Bulkeley, Jane, d. 1765 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Williams, William, ca. 1665-1740 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Nanney, Hugh, Nannau -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Nanney, Richard -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Vaughan, Robert, 1592-1667 -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Wynn, Charles Watkin Williams, 1775-1850 (Subject)
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 (Subject)
- Owen, Lewis, 1625-1691 (Subject)
- Owen, Lewis, d. 1729 (Subject)
- Owen, Richard, d. 1714 (Subject)
- Owen, Elizabeth, Peniarth (Subject)
- Owen, Margaret, Peniarth (Subject)
- Bulkeley, Jane, d. 1765 (Subject)
- Williams, William, ca. 1665-1740 (Subject)
- Nanney, Hugh, Nannau (Subject)
- Nanney, Richard (Subject)
- Vaughan, Robert, 1592-1667 (Subject)
- Owen family, of Peniarth -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Nanney family, of Nannau -- Correspondence (Subject)
- Owen family, of Peniarth (Subject)
- Nanney family, of Nannau (Subject)
- Wynne, William Watkin Edward, 1801-1880 (Subject)