Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1728-1988 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.222 cubic metres (11 boxes, 2 volumes, 1 folder); 3 large boxes (March 2007); 22 large boxes (August 2014).
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Trewern Hall, at Buttington near Welshpool in the 15th-16th centuries was owned by the Lloyd family. Richard Lloyd, was killed in riots at Norwich in 1549 and his father, Humphrey, died in 1561. By 1584 Edward Lloyd had leased Trewern to Reginald Francis (d. 1608), who then acquired the freehold, together with further lands in Uppington, Betws and Tregynon. Reginald's son, Robert, undertook major renovations at the Hall in 1610, but it was his grandson, Roger, who succeeded to the estate. By that time it was heavily encumbered by debts, and in 1641 it passed into the hands of the mortgagees, the Whittaker family. John Whittaker sold Trewern Hall and the demesne lands to Thomas Williams in 1673 and his daughter, Elizabeth, sold the remaining properties in 1699. Legal disputes over the ownership of Trewern Hall during the 18th century ended in the property coming into possession of the Crown in 1755. In 1766 it was granted by the Crown to Thomas Lloyd of Trefnant Hall, Castell Caereinion. The Lloyd family heavily mortgaged Trewern and accumulated vast debts. Their trustees made several abortive attempts to sell the property between 1771 and 1814. Eventually the four daughters and co-heiresses of Edward Lloyd agreed to sell all the Trefnant estate. Trewern Hall was sold separately in 1829 to a Welshpool solicitor called Francis Allen. He died in 1852, leaving his properties to his daughter, Mary Grace, who married a Liverpool businessman called William Fisher in 1854. The couple were childess and after Mary's death in 1893 the estate was inherited by her nearest relatives, the Gregory family, who were living in Canada. In 1916 the Gregorys' legal representatives leased Trewern Hall to Evan Chapman of Hyssington Farm, who was married to Martha Turner of Trewern House. The Chapmans purchased Trewern Hall and the Plough and Harrow Inn in 1918. The Hall has been in the ownership of the same family ever since, and it underwent a historically sympathetic restoration in 1985.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited and donated by Mr Murray Ll. Chapman, Trewern Hall, Trewern, Welshpool, between August 1983 and September 1988. A further group was received from Mr Chapman, March 2007 and another larger group was donated August 2014.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Deeds and documents, 1728-1988, relating to the Trewern Hall estate, including the Plough and Harrow Inn. They include documents relating to proposed improvements to cottages, 1937-1938, and the restoration of Trewern Hall, 1983-1988; farm and household accounts, with miscellaneous financial papers and vouchers, 1952-1986; correspondence and papers concerning agricultural improvements and grant applications, 1977-1985; correspondence concerning the tenancy of Plas Newydd, Trewern, 1982-1984; personal and family papers, 1949-1984, relating to William Herbert Chapman (1955-1982) and to Murray Lloyd Chapman, including the latter's research notes and papers, on the history of Trewern and Montgomeryshire families and his work in civil engineering, 1973-1986. Plans of the estate and proposed improvements to the farm buildings accompanied some of the papers. Papers relating to Phase 2 Restoration of Trewern Hall, 1990-1993; were received, including a diary of events in two volumes; papers relating to Ivor William Lloyd Chapman and Margaret Eleanor Chapman; and Gregory-Allen papers. This group remains uncatalogued. A further collection was received August 2014 - this group also remains uncatalogued.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are possible.
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically by deposit; order within each deposit is by record type or subject.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
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Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright regulations apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in 'Minor Lists and Summaries 1984' at the National Library of Wales.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Chapman, M. Ll., 1988, 'Trewern Hall, its owners and occupiers', Montgomeryshire Collections 76.
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Alma system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Plough and Harrow Inn (Trewern, Powys, Wales) (Subject)
- Chapman family, of Trewern Hall -- Archives (Subject)
- Chapman, Murray, 1949- (Subject)
- Chapman, William Herbert, 1955-1982 (Subject)
- Chapman family, (of Trewern Hall) (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
April 2003.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Seri Crawley for the ANW Project The following sources were used for the preparation of the description: NLW Minor Lists and Summaries (1984); Chapman, M. Ll., 'Trewern Hall, its owners and occupiers', Montgomeryshire Collections, 76 (1988), pp. 31-106.