Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1659-1687 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
186 ff. (ff. 37 verso-156 blank; leaves excised after ff. 22, 37, 160 and 164) ; 185 x 140 mm.
Bound in full leather with fillets in blind on both covers and monogram 'I M' stamped in blind on front cover.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Previously purchased by John Titford at Bloomsbury Book Auctions (lot 152), 22 June 1995. 'Gulielmos Thomas', late seventeenth century, inside front cover; 'John Maddocks 1661' inside back cover; 'Jo: Foulkes', late seventeenth century, on front cover.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
John Titford; Higham, co. Derby; Purchase; 1995
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Cause book, 1659-87, of John Maddocks (1601-62), Bodfari, co. Flint, containing lists of the civil cases heard on the Chester and North Wales circuits of the Great Sessions in Wales, April 1659 - October 1661 and October 1659 - September 1661 respectively, in which he appeared as an advocate (ff. 2-36; 170-84 verso inverted text); two civil cases heard in the Great Sessions for co. Denbigh, August 1666, are listed in another hand on f. 37. The volume was later used by another scribe (the entry on f. 156 verso is in another hand who also added memoranda on f. 186 verso) to copy extracts from the court book of the bishop of Bangor's manors of Llan, Llech and Llanelidan, co. Denbigh, for sessions held May 1683 - November 1687 before John Maddocks, steward, probably the advocate's son (ff. 156 verso-68 verso inverted text). Other items comprise legal and financial memoranda, including a list, 1662, in the hand of Edward Wynne of bonds delivered by him (f. 185 recto-verso inverted text).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 22853-23691 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23387B.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Great Britain. Court of Great Sessions (Chester circuit) -- Records and correspondence (Subject)
- Great Britain. Court of Great Sessions (North Wales circuit) -- Records and correspondence (Subject)
- Great Britain. Court of Great Sessions (Denbigh) -- Records and correspondence (Subject)
- Wynne, Edward, fl. 1662 (Subject)
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Description identifier
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
April 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IX (Aberystwyth, 2003);