Fonds GB 0210 BODEWRYD - Bodewryd (Sotheby) manuscripts and papers

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0210 BODEWRYD

Title

Bodewryd (Sotheby) manuscripts and papers

Date(s)

  • [13 cent.]-1864 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

0.715 cubic metres (7 boxes, 150 volumes)

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Wynne family were established at Bodewryd by, at the latest, the fifteenth century. An early representative of the family, Gruffudd, married Angharad, daughter of Hwlkin ap Dafydd ap Ifan Wyddel of Bodowyr. The Boderwyd estate descended in the male ... »

Archival history

Alfred Sotheby (d. October 1949) was the grandson of Matilda Abigail Stanley, daughter of John Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley. He in turn was the son of Margaret Owen (d. 1816), heiress of Penrhos and Bodewryd.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Sotheby MSS, deeds and documents: Mr Alfred F. Sotheby; Deposit; 1931.
Bodewryd MSS 1-99 and deeds: Alfred F. Sotheby; London; Deposit; 1932.
Bodewryd MSS 100-105: Alfred F. Sotheby; Deposit; March 1933.
Bodewryd MS 106: Alfred F. Sotheby; Deposit; March 194... »

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Manuscripts, estate records and papers of the Wynne family of Bodewryd, Anglesey, including records of the Bodowyr estate (Bodedern), Anglesey, and Plas Einion estate, Denbighshire, and papers of the Owen family of Penrhos, Anglesey; important Welsh ... »

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

All records deposited at, or donated to, NLW have been retained.

Accruals

Accruals are not expected.

System of arrangement

Arranged at NLW as follows: Sotheby MSS; Sotheby deeds; Bodewryd MSS; Bodewryd deeds; Bodewryd letters; Bodewryd documents; additional papers.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing reproduction

Usual copyright laws apply.

Language of material

  • English
  • Latin
  • Welsh

Language and script notes

English, Latin, Welsh, unless otherwise specified.

Finding aids

Hard copies of the catalogues Schedule of Books, Manuscripts, Deeds, and other Documents deposited in the NLW by Alfred F. Sotheby (20 May 1931), A Schedule of Bodewryd Manuscripts and Documents deposited by Alfred F. Sotheby, Esq., London (1932) and A ... »

Notes area

Note

Title based on contents of fonds.

Note

The original 1931 deposit was known as the 'Sotheby Collection', later becoming the 'Wynne (Bodewryd) Papers' and then the 'Wynne (Bodewryd) Papers (formerly Sotheby Collection)'. The remaining portions became known collectively as the 'Bodewryd estate ... »

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004253754

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000253754

Access points

Description control area

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

Rules and/or conventions used

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

Dates of creation revision deletion

June 2002, May 2021.

Language(s)

  • English

Sources

The following source was used in the compilation of this description: John Edward Griffith, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families (Wrexham, 1998 reprint)

Archivist's note

Compiled by Mair James, and revised by Rhys Jones.