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Date(s)
- 1600-[?1937] (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.45 cubic metres (17 boxes)
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Name of creator
Administrative history
The family derives from a mixed origin, combining the Joneses of Penrallt, Cardiganshire, the Scottish family of Schaw, the Protheroes of Dolwilym, Carmarthenshire, and the Beynons of Trewern, Pembrokeshire. The Protheroe family resided at Dolwilym from around the turn of the 17th century when Rhydderch ap John, living in 1600, bought Dolwilym. The estate descended in the male line until Evan Protheroe (1715-1795), who had married Elizabeth, daughter of David Jones of Penyrallt, died without issue. He bequeathed the estate to his brother-in-law, Dr Evan Jones, stipulating that he should take the surname Protheroe. Evan Jones succeeded to the estate on the death of his sister, Elizabeth in 1813. He married Emma, widow of David Garrick, and when he died in 1841 the estate passed to his only daughter Emma Hart Protheroe. She married William Garrick Bridges Schaw (d. 1856), who took on the additional surname of Protheroe after their marriage in 1819. Their son, Edward Schaw Protheroe (d. 1906) married Ellen Augusta Cecilia Beynon, daughter of John Thomas Beynon, of Trewern. Ellen's great-grandfather was Thomas Beynon of Cethin, who had inherited Trewern in right of his wife, Mary Thomas, heiress of Trewern and daughter of John Thomas (d. 1730). The estate had passed down the male line until Ellen Augusta Cecilia Beynon. Edward and Ellen's heir was Major Godfrey Evan Protheroe of Dolwilym and Trewern, who took the additional surname of Beynon in 1899.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The first group was donated by Major W.E. Protheroe-Beynon, Trewern, Whitland, in 1947. The second group was deposited by Major G.E.S. Protheroe-Beynon, Trewen in December 1954. The third group donated by Major W.E.P. Protheroe-Beynon, Trewern, Whitland, in March 1959. The fourth group was donated by Major W.E.P. Protheroe-Beynon, Swansea, in 1960. A small number of volumes of personal and estate records were purchased in 1984
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Deeds and documents,1600-1919, relating to the Trewern estate, mainly in Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, and Pembrokeshire, routine estate and financial correspondence, mainly 19th century, sale catalogues, valuations, etc., 1859-1919, rentals of the Trewern estate, 1860-1896, the Manoravon estate, 1875-1896, and the Clynmarch and Coedmor estates, 1875; and deeds and documents, 1892-1908, relating to the Dolwilym and Glyn-taf estates in Carmarthenshire, and Pembrokeshire.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Accruals are not expected
System of arrangement
The first group is arranged chronologically.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
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.
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Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available at NLW of the first group of records. The remaining groups remain uncatalogued apart from the manuscript volumes (NLW MSS 21981-21986) which are described in NLW, Handlist of Manuscripts, vol.VIII.
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Lloyd, J.E., A History of Carmarthenshire (London, 2 vols. 1935-39), vol. II.
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Compiled by Mair James. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: