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Title
Date(s)
- 1322-1754. (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-sub-sub-fonds
Extent and medium
28 bundles, 9 envelopes, 1 loose item.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Plas y Ward formed the core of this estate and it was acquired, burdened with mortgage debts, upon the marriage of Sir William Williams, 2nd Bart, to Jane Thelwall in 1684. Some of the properties may have remained in Thelwall hands and may never have belonged to Wynnstay; the chief rents due from Edward Thelwall’s lands were paid to the Countess of Warwick (see non Wynnstay rental RA32, Wynnstay schedule 1980, p. 153). Evidence from the early 19th century rentals suggests that several further properties in the Vale of Clwyd were added to Wynnstay’s own holdings.
Archival history
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Title deeds for properties of the Plas y Ward and Wynnstay estates in the Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire. The files are entitled: Clocaenog, Denbigh, Derwen and Y Gyfylliog, 1443, 1513-1740; Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd and the lordship of Dyffryn Clwyd, 1394, 1496-1740; Llandyrnog, 1552-1626; Llanelidan and Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, 1492-1604, 1706, 1740; Llanfwrog, Llangwm, Llangwyfan, and Llangynhafal and Llanhychan, 1488, 1548-1659, 1716-1740; Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch, 1461, 1521, 1571-1746; Llanynys, Ruthin and other parishes, 1322-1779; and Vale of Clwyd/Plas y Ward, misc., 1543-1672, 1754.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Alphabetical order by name of parish or lordship; some parishes have been combined where the numbers of deeds are insufficient to create a series of practicable size.
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Language and script notes
English, Latin.
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Note
Preferred citation: DD.