Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [late 12 cent.]-1698 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
5 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
NLW MSS 14699-700 were lots 1244 and 1243 respectively in the final portion of the Clumber Library Sale at Sotheby's, 15 February 1938; after the sale they were acquired for Cardiff Central Library from Bernard Halliday and accessioned, but the library committee having refused to sanction the purchase, they were subsequently acquired by NLW.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
NLW MS 11610-1: Sotheby's; London; Purchased at auction, lots 1112, 1201; 14-15 February 1938.
NLW MS 11700E: Messrs Maggs Bros Ltd; London; Purchase; March 1938.
NLW MSS 14699-700: Cardiff Central Library; Cardiff; Purchase; 1940?
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Five manuscripts formerly in the Duke of Newcastle's library at Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire, comprising genealogies of North Wales families; texts from the Alexander cycle and the Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth; a transcript of Rice Merrick's 'Morganiae Archaiographia'; and volumes in the hands of John Prise of Brecon and Hereford, grandson of Sir John Prise (1502?-1555), and of Thomas Prise, Wistaston, Herefordshire, probably grandson of the former.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 11610-1, 11700E, 14699-700.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
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Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on domicile of former owners.
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
November 2023.
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Sources
The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Sotheby & Co., The Clumber Library: Catalogue of the Magnificent Library the Property of the late seventh Duke of Newcastle ... The Fourth and Final Portion (1938).
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Jones.