Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1476-[1792]. (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
9 bundles, 2 folders, 2 envelopes. Large proportion of documents damaged by damp or fire, repaired at NLW.
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Abertanat belonged to the Godolphins, Penrhos to the Derwas and Lyster families; and those, together with Cemais in Montgomeryshire, came under the ownership of John Owen of Penrhos in 1792.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Title deeds of properties belonging to the Abertanat estate of the Tanat and Godolphin families, lying in the township and manor of Broniarth in Guilsfield, 1476-[1792], also in the parishes of Llandysilio, 1552-1736, Llanfechain and Meifod, 1640, 1722, Llangedwyn and Llansanffraid in Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire, 1690, 1749, Llanyblodwel and Llanymynech, 1535-1746, St Martin 's and Whittington in Shropshire, 1527-1765. The documents relating to Broniarth show clearly how land was acquired and transferred under the manorial system. Some of the late sixteenth century Montgomeryshire deeds illustrate the acquisition by the Tanats and others of strips of land within larger named fields previously in multiple ownership under the mediaeval agricultural system. A large file of Shropshire deeds relates to the Moreton Hall (renamed Margaret Hall) estate in Weston Rhyn, Ifton and Daywell, purchased by Margaret Godolphin between 1760 and 1763.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by parish and chronologically within each file. Some of the parishes have been divided into more than one file each in order to accomodate the large numbers of documents present.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Mainly English, some Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title of series supplied from content.
Note
Last date judged from context.
Note
Preferred citation: ETK1.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Broniarth Manor (Wales) (Subject)
- Tanat family, of Abertanat. (Subject)
- Godolphin family. (Subject)