Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1394-[19 cent.] (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
1.16 cubic metres (40 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Puleston family came originally from the vill or manor of Pilston or Puleston, near Newport, Shropshire, where they settled in the reign of Henry III. Sir Roger de Puleston (d. 1294) is the first of the family to establish himself at Emral in Maelor Saesneg now in Flintshire.
The Pulestons inherited the New Hall estate near Chirk following the marriage in 1684 of Roger Puleston and Catherine Edwards, only surviving daughter and heiress of Captain William Edwards of New Hall. Roger's son, Thomas (1694-1735) inherited through his first wife, Mary Thellwall, the Nant Clwyd estate, and through his second wife, Ann Oldfield, a large share of Bowyers' estate. Thomas sold New Hall, along with lands in Chirk and Llangollen to Robert Myddelton of Chirk Castle in June 1721 for £11,195.
The male line of the Emral branch of Pulestons ended in 1735 with the death of Thomas Puleston (1694-1735), who left the estate by will to John Puleston of Pickhill, Flintshire, a descendant of a younger son of Roger Puleston, living in the reign Henry VI. John's son died without male heir, and Emral came to his daughter's husband, Richard Parry Price of Bryn-y-pys (1765-1840), who adopted the surname Puleston and was created a baronet in 1813. The baronetcy became extinct on the death of Sir Theophilus Puleston in 1890, whilst Emral Hall was demolished in 1936.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Mr Crawshay Wellington Puleston in 1921; and purchased in 1991.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Estate and family records of the Puleston family of Emral, Flintshire, [14 cent.]-[19 cent.], comprising deeds relating to the Puleston estates mainly in Flintshire and Denbighshire, 1394-1849; judicial proceedings, 1546-1791; rentals and surveys, 1485-1786; estate accounts, bills and other financial papers, 1568-1847; manorial records, mainly for the manor of Shocklack, Cheshire, 1461-1788; business correspondence, 1551-1816, mainly 1770s-1790s; and deeds, legal papers and correspondence relating to the Irish estates of the Parry family of Dublin and the Price family of Bryn y Pys, Denbighshire, relating mainly to premises in Dublin, 1485-1795, including papers of John Parry, bishop of Ossory.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
All records purchased by NLW have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW as follows: title deeds, legal papers deriving from judicial proceedings, manorial records, maps and plans, rentals and surveys, accounts, business correspondence, county administration records, ecclesiastical papers, genealogical papers, inquisitions and Irish papers. The manuscripts which were removed from the archive by NLW are now NLW MSS 3561-3588.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
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
The deeds are catalogued in the Schedule of Puleston Deeds which is available at NLW and HMC (now part of The National Archives); the manuscripts are described in NLW, Handlist of Manuscripts, vol. I, pp. 296-9.
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 fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Emral Estate (Wales) -- Archives. (Subject)
- Shocklach (England : Manor) (Subject)
- Emral Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Parry family, Dublin -- Archives (Subject)
- Price family, Bryn-y-Pys, Flintshire -- Archives. (Subject)
- Parry, John d. 1677 (Subject)
- Parry family, Dublin (Subject)
- Puleston family, of Emral -- Archives (Subject)
- Parry family, Bryn-y-Pys, Flintshire (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
May 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 1940, (London, 1959); Harrison, Sunter, The Four Baronets of Emral and Emral Hall, (Whitchurch, 1974); Harrison, Sunter, The Early Pulestons, (Wrexham, 1975).
Archivist's note
Compiled by Mair James.