Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1285-1981 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
4.098 cubic metres (138 boxes, 8 rolls, 42 volumes, 1 file)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Picton Castle estate, Pembrokeshire, was acquired by the Phillips family when Sir Thomas ap Philip of Cilsant married Jane, daughter and heiress of Sir Henry Dwnn, of Picton sometime before 1491. The Philipps also acquired Gelliswick and Kilgetty when Elizabeth Canon married into the Philipps family in the late 17th century.
The estate remained in the hands of the Phillips family until the death without issue of Sir Richard Philipps, 7th Bart, Lord Milford, in 1823. The estate was inherited by Sir Richard Bulkeley Grant who assumed the surname and arms of Philipp. His grandmother had been the reputed daughter of Bulkeley Philipps, youngest son of Sir John Philipps, 4th Bart. Sir Richard Bulkeley's heir was his half-brother, the Rev. James Henry Alexander Philipps (formerly Gwyther), who assumed by royal licence the surname and arms of Philipps. On his death the estate passed to his son-in-law, Charles Edward Gregg Philipps. On the death without issue of Sir John Erasmus Gwynne Alexander Philipps in 1948, the estate passed to Sir Richard Foley Foley-Philipps, 4th Bart, cousin of Sir John Erasmus, and grandson of Charles Edward Gregg Philipps, 1st Bart. The Tregyb estate became part of the Picton Castle estate in 1974.
According to the 1873 return of owners of land, Rev. John Henry Alexander Philipps, of Picton Castle owned an estimated 21,455 acres in Wales (in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire), with an estimated rental of £23,696.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Mrs Sheila Plunkett, afterwards Baroness Dunsany, in January 1949, and by Lady Dunsany, per Mrs T.E. Blois-Brooke in December 1985.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Deeds relating to the Picton Castle estate, mainly in Pembrokeshire, 1285-1981; manorial records of the manors of Manorbier, Penally, etc., 1601-1851; rentals of the Picton Castle estate, 1710-1981; of the Slebech estate, 1919-1930, and of the Tregyb estate, 1965-1974; Picton Castle estate accounts, cash books, ledgers,etc., 1717-1971; records relating to coal mining in Pembrokeshire, 1632, 1684-1857; and estate and family papers,1656 -1928, mainly correspondence.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records deposited at NLW have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
The first group has been arranged chronologically. The second group has been arranged chronologically by record type.
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
- English
- Latin
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Latin
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Further details relating to manorial records within the archive can be accessed on-line from the Manorial Documents Register maintained by The National Archives.
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
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GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
- Coal mines and mining -- Wales -- Pembrokeshire
- Manors -- Wales -- Pembrokeshire.
- Manorial courts -- Wales -- Pembrokeshire
- Agriculture -- Accounting -- Wales -- Pembrokeshire
- Administration of estates -- Wales -- Pembrokeshire
- Tre-gib Estate (Ffairfach, Wales) -- Records and correspondence.
- Slebech Estate (Wales) -- Records and correspondence
- Picton Castle Estate (Wales) -- Archives
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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
April 2002.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: The Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1950 (London, 1959); James, Brian 'The Great Landowners of Wales in 1873', National Library of Wales Journal, XIV (1965-66); Jones, Francis, Historic Houses of Pembrokeshire and their families (Newport,1996).
Archivist's note
Compiled by Mair James.