Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1855-1858 (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-series
Extent and medium
3 bundles, 1 envelope
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Bundles of bills and vouchers or receipts in original wrappers, 1855-1858, addressed to Pryse Loveden’s trustees and described on the wrappers as ‘Vouchers delivered up by Capt. Pryse on passing accounts of estates in Wales’. They cover the Gogerddan and Abernantbychan estates. Typically they record payments of Mrs Loveden’s jointure and family allowances, interest, tradesmens’ bills, estate labour and wages, especially of the keepers and gardeners, property maintenance and repairs, poor rate, highway rate and church rate, income tax, land tax, crown rents, chief rents, groceries for rent day dinners, rent collection and agent’s expenses. Some of the vouchers have original numbers, noted at file level.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged in chronological order
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The vouchers are still in the original wrappers and are cumbersome to re-wrap once opened.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
File titles are derived from descriptions on the original wrappers.