Ardal dynodi
Cod cyfeirnod
Teitl
Dyddiad(au)
- [16 cent.]-1930 (Creation)
Lefel y disgrifiad
Fonds
Maint a chyfrwng
123 volumes.
Ardal cyd-destun
Enw'r crëwr
Hanes bywgraffyddol
John Montgomery Traherne, probably the most notable Glamorgan antiquary of his day, was born at Coedriglan, near Cardiff, the son of Llewellyn Traherne, who had inherited the Coedriglan estate. John Montgomery Traherne's early interest in scientific matters is evidenced by his later election to the Linnaean Society (1813), the Geological Society (1817) and the Royal Society (1823). In 1830 he married Charlotte Louisa, daughter of Thomas Mansel Talbot of Margam. Having been for some time deeply immersed in the history of Glamorgan, he was elected to the Society of Antiquaries in 1838. From 1844 to 1851 he served as chancellor of the diocese of Llandaff. Traherne corresponded extensively with leading figures in both the scientific and literary worlds.
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Hanes bywgraffyddol
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Hanes bywgraffyddol
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Hanes bywgraffyddol
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Hanes bywgraffyddol
The ancestors of the Mansel family originated in Normandy and appear to have arrived in Britain with William the Conqueror. The Gower branch of the family lived in comparative obscurity during the Middle Ages, but through judicious marriages with local families they acquired the manors of Penrice, Oxwich and Port Eynon in 1410, which formed the basis of the family's Gower estates. Later purchases included the manors of Landimore (including Rhossili), Weobley and Reynoldston, and later still, portions of the Popkins and Lucas estates in Gower. During the 15th and 16th centuries the Mansels lived mostly at Oxwich Castle, but at the Dissolution of the Monasteries Sir Rice Mansel first leased and later bought the lands and buildings of the Abbey of Margam.
Margam Abbey had been founded in 1147, endowed by Robert earl of Gloucester with a large tract of land between the Afan and Kenfig rivers. During successive centuries, the abbey grew in importance, and its possessions increased, to such an extent that at the time of the Dissolution its holdings amounted to some 50,000 acres. Rice Mansel, now the owner of lands stretching from one end of Glamorgan almost to the other, set about converting the old monastic buildings into a mansion, which became the principal home of his descendants for the next 200 years. The Mansel family line came to an end in 1750 with Bussy, the fourth Baron Mansel, and the estates, but not the title, passed to the family of his sister Mary who had married John Ivory Talbot of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire. In the 1770s Thomas Mansel Talbot built a new house at Penrice, as an alternative residence to the rambling old house at Margam. The house at Margam was in its turn pulled down in the early 19th century and a new mansion was built there between 1827 and 1830 near the ruins of the old abbey.
According to the 1873 return of owners of land, Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot, of Margam owned an estimated 34,033 acres in Wales (all in Glamorgan), with an estimated rental of £44,175.
Enw'r crëwr
Hanes bywgraffyddol
Sir Rice Mansel (d. 1559) of Penrice and Oxwich purchased Margam Abbey from the Crown. The family's connection with the Talbots of Wiltshire was established when John Talbot of Lacock Abbey married Mary Mansel, daughter of Thomas Mansel (d. 1723), the first baron Mansel. The manor of St Hilary in Cowbridge, Glamorgan originates from the sixteenth century. It became part of the Traherne estate during the nineteenth century and was also the residence of Sir Thomas Mansel Franklen (d. 1928), antiquary and clerk of the peace for Glamorgan.
Hanes archifol
Some parts of the the Rev. John Montgomery Traherne's collection were originally housed at Margam Abbey, Glamorgan.
Ffynhonnell
NLW MSS 6511-6615: Lady Mansel Franklen; St Hilary, Glamorgan; Donation; 1928 and 1929.
NLW MS 11964F: Lady Mansel Franklen; St Hilary, Glamorgan; Donation; 1938.
NLW MSS 11965-11967: Executors of Lady Mansel Franklen; Donation; 1938.
NLW MSS 11968-11981: Executors of Lady Mansel Franklen; Purchase; 1938.
Ardal cynnwys a strwythur
Natur a chynnwys
Manuscripts, [16 cent.]-1930, consisting to a large extent of the collections of the Rev. John Montgomery Traherne of Coedriglan, Glamorgan and of members of his family and that of the Mansel Franklen family of St Hilary, Glamorgan. A minor group included in the collection (MSS 6606-6615) represents the papers of William Davies, Cringell, near Neath, Glamorgan. The material includes correspondence of John Montgomery Traherne and correspondence and other material of or relating to John Walters, rector of Llandough; nineteenth-century music manuscript books, some of which belonged to members of the Talbot family of Penrice and Margam; a manuscript in the hand of Thomas Richards of Coychurch; a notebook of Jean Poingdestre; historical and other material of Glamorgan interest, including material relating to the Stradling family of St Donat's Castle, the Mansel and Talbot families of Margam and Penrice, and Sir Matthew Cradock; a sixteenth-seventeenth-century manuscript of poetry; together with political material, antiquities, pedigrees, transcripts and translations, newspaper cuttings, etc.
Gwerthuso, dinistrio ac amserlennu
Croniadau
System o drefniant
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 6511-6615, 11964-11981.
Ardal amodau mynediad a defnydd
Amodau rheoli mynediad
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their readers' tickets.
Amodau rheoli atgynhyrchu
Usual copyright laws apply.
Iaith y deunydd
- Tsiec
- Saesneg
- Ffrangeg
- Almaeneg
- Groeg
- Eidaleg
- Lladin
- Portiwgaleg
- Sbaeneg
- Cymraeg
Sgript o ddeunydd
Nodiadau iaith a sgript
English, Welsh, Latin, French.
Cyflwr ac anghenion technegol
Cymhorthion chwilio
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951) and Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
Cymorth chwilio a gynhyrchir
Ardal deunyddiau perthynol
Bodolaeth a lleoliad y gwreiddiol
Bodolaeth a lleoliad copïau
Unedau o ddisgrifiad cysylltiedig
Ardal nodiadau
Nodiadau
Title based on contents.
Nodiadau
Formerly known as Traherne-Mansel Franklen 1-123.
Dynodwr(dynodwyr) eraill
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Pwyntiau mynediad
Pwyntiau mynediad pwnc
Pwyntiau mynediad lleoedd
Pwyntiau mynediad Enw
Pwyntiau mynediad Genre
Ardal rheolaeth disgrifiad
Dynodwr disgrifiad
Dynodwr sefydliad
Rheolau a/neu confensiynau a ddefnyddiwyd
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Statws
Lefel manylder disgrifiad
Dyddiadau creadigaeth adolygiad dilead
November 2009 and March 2010.
Iaith(ieithoedd)
- Saesneg
Sgript(iau)
Ffynonellau
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951) and Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971); Archifau Cymru=Archives Wales WWW site, viewed 4 Nov. 2009; Vale of Glamorgan County Treasures on-line site, viewed 4 Nov. 2009; Y Bywgraffiadur Ar-lein, viewed via WWW 4 Nov. 2009; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography WWW site, viewed 11 Nov. 2009; Wikipedia WWW site, viewed 12 Nov. 2009; The Peerage WWW site, viewed 10 March 2010.
Nodyn yr archifydd
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans.