File NLW MS 24138E. - Antiquarian notes on St Asaph clergy

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NLW MS 24138E.

Title

Antiquarian notes on St Asaph clergy

Date(s)

  • [c. 1790]-[c. 1853] (Creation)

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Extent and medium

273 ff. (including 2 ff. of insertions; original pagination 1-4, 7-302 continued to end; pp. 303-539 blank) ; 385 x 240 mm.

Rough calf over boards, with triple blind fillets and tooling; 'This Book belonged to the late Revd Mr Edwards of Mount Sion' (pencil inside front cover); 'DEPOSIT 822B' (inside front and back covers).

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Name of creator

Archival history

The volume probably came to the donor's family through her great-great-grandfather, the Rev. Richard Bonnor Maurice Bonnor (1803-1889), Dean of St Asaph, who at the time of the 1841 Census lived at Thomas Edwards's former home, Mount Sion. The manuscript was at one time deposited at NLW (Minor Deposit 822B) but was withdrawn by Mrs. V. P. Perry, Budleigh, Devon, in January 1974.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Ms Judith Perry; Dorking; Donation; September 2019; 99993836102419.

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Scope and content

A volume compiled, [c. 1790], by the Rev. Thomas Edwards of Mount Sion, Selattyn, Shropshire, rector of Llanfechain, Montgomeryshire, containing lists of incumbents for each parish in the Diocese of St Asaph, arranged mostly alphabetically by parish (pp. 1-4, 7-260), together with lists of the bishops, deans, archdeacons, prebendaries and chancellors of the diocese (pp. 261-289). The volume contains later additions by Edwards and, to about 1853, in the hand of the Rev. Richard Bonnor Maurice Bonnor.
The lists are written on rectos, often with notes inserted on the versos opposite. The volume also includes an index of parishes (pp. 540-543), notes on 'Antient Usages & Customs in North Wales' (pp. 293-295) and ecclesiastical wakes (pp. 299-302) and a poem (p. 297).

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Conditions governing reproduction

Usual copyright laws apply.

Language of material

  • English
  • Welsh

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Language and script notes

English, some Welsh.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Repaired and re-backed at NLW, 2021; pp. 5-6 missing.

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Alma system control number

99993836102419

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH

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Dates of creation revision deletion

June 2021.

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Archivist's note

Description compiled by Rhys Jones.

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