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- 1805-1851 (Creation)
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ii, 67 ff. (foliated 1-65, with insertions) ; 405 x 255 mm.
Quarter sprinkled calf and marbled sides with red straight-grained leather label letteredin gold 'The Petition of Wm. Hurst formerly of Gabalva and Dinas Powis Glamorgan. in MSS A.D. 1805' on front cover.
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Purchased from Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, bookdealer, London, 1940.
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A volume containing the petition of William Hurst, formerly of Gabalfa and Dinas Powys, to the Court of Exchequer concerning his claims in Dinas Powys, Rumney, Llandough, Highlight, Cibwr, St Andrews Major, Merthyr Dyfan, Cogan, Roath, St Brides-super-Ely, Llanedern, Llandaf, Ystradyfodwg, Peterston-super-Ely and Cardiff. Also included are: a sale bill, 1825, from the Roath estate; a promissory note, 1821, from Harford's ironworks, Machen; the probate record, 1845, of Noah Morgan, Cymer; and an election address, 1851, from General Sir George Tyler to the voters of Glamorgan, with manuscript notes on the contents by Ifan Kyrle Fletcher.
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- English
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English
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 13926E
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- Roath (Wales: Estate) (Subject)
- Harford's Ironworks (Machen, Wales) (Subject)
- Morgan, Noah, Cymer, Glamorgan (Subject)