Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1631, 1705-1898 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.086 cubic metres (2 boxes, 1 roll)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
In 1801 the Rev. Benjamin Millingchamp (d. 1829), a native of Cardigan, bought Plas Llangoedmor from David Lloyd, whose family had owned the place since at least 1550. Benjamin Millingchamp was the son of Joseph Millingchamp, a Customs officer at Cardigan, and Anne Gambold. He was succeeded by Sarah, his daughter and heiress, and wife of Colonel Herbert Vaughan of Brynog, a descendant of the Vaughan family, baronets of Trawsgoed. They had three sons and a daughter. The eldest son, Herbert, died of wounds in the Crimea in 1855, and another son, Edward Percival, died of cholera in Bombay in 1864. Llangoedmor was inherited by the third son, John Vaughan (1830-1881), who had five sons. He was succeeed by his eldest son, Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan (1870-1948) who sold much of the contents of Plas Llangoedmor in 1924 and settled in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, having sold Plas Llanhoedmor mansion to David Berrington Griffiths Davies of Castle Green, Cardigan.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Received from Herbert Millingchamp Vaughan of Plas Llangoedmor in 1923.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Deeds and legal papers relating to the Crosswood estate, Cardiganshire, 1631, 1705-1820, and to the Plas Llangoedmor estate, 1808-1898, mainly in Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
All records deposited at NLW have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically into two sections: deeds and documents and legal papers.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Hard copies of the catalogue are available at NLW and HMC.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of part of the fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Plas Llangoedmor Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Millingchamp family, of Plas Llangoedmor (Subject)
- Vaughan family, Earls of Lisburne (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
January 2002
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
The following sources were used in the compilation of this record: H. M. Vaughan, 'The Millingchamps of Cardigan', West Wales Historical Records, 5 (1915), 105-112; Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 (London, 1959); NLW, Schedule of Plas Llangoedmor Deeds and Documents, and Schedule of Morgan Richardson (Cardigan) Deeds and Documents; Francis Jones, Historic Cardiganshire Homes and Their Families (Newport, 2000).
Archivist's note
Compiled by Stephen Benham.