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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales
Private letters exchanged between Margaret Godolphin, [c. 1698]-1764, and various members of the Godolphin family of Abertanat, Eton and Thames Ditton, 1698-1763, including her parents, Sydney and Susanna, her sisters, Ellen and Mary, her nephew, Francis, their Hoblyn and Pendarves relatives, and others; together with letters from friends, solicitors and other professionals. The contents reflect in great detail the personal, domestic and social circumstances of an eighteenth century upper class family, against the background of the Jacobite Wars. Recurrent topics include the management of the Abertanat estate, especially the exploitation of timber, the death of Master Henry Godolphin, 1722, physical ailments, financial investments, family settlements and inheritance. The correspondence of Ellen, Margaret and Mary Godolphin from 1728 to 1730 shows a preoccupation with the reluctance of Miss Mary Godolphin to marry William Owen of Porkington!
Arranged into two series, correspondence of various members of the Godolphin family and correspondence of Margaret Godolphin.
Further letters relating to the Abertanat estate are in EAE4 and L2/108.
Extracts from Godolphin correspondence in Dimont, Elisabeth, Godolphin family portraits (Salisbury : 1987)
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Letters exchanged between Susanna Godolphin, 1698-1722, Sydney Godolphin, 1699-1731, Ellen Godolphin, 1719-1746, Mary Godolphin, 1722-1739, Francis and Ann Godolphin, 1740-1763, and other family members such as the Hoblyns and Pendarves, together with a small quantity of outgoing correspondence and several miscellaneous or unidentified items.
Arranged chronologically by recipient and alphabetically by correspondent within each file, with miscellaneous letters at the end of the series.
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Preferred citation: PED1/1.
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Includes letters from Penelope Pendarves (previously Hoblyn) and her husband William, describing a Jacobite rising at St Columb and the Cornish elections, 1714.
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Preferred citation: PED1/2.
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Preferred citation: PED1/3.
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Preferred citation: PED1/4.
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Preferred citation: PED1/5.
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Includes instructions from Mary Godolphin for bequests of heirlooms, with a copy of her will, 1740, and concerns of Margaret Godolphin over the inheritance of her Montgomeryshire estate, 1763.
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Preferred citation: PED1/6.
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Contains a letter by Sydney Godolphin, Lord Treasurer, to his secretary on Anglo-Spanish relations in America, 1710; and other correspondence exchanged between unnamed family members, 1713-1763, some of which may be in the hand of Ellen Godolphin.
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First date estimated from other contemporary letters; see file level description.
Preferred citation: PED2.
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Letters to Margaret ('Peggy') Godolphin, [c. 1698]-1764, mainly of a personal nature, from Godolphin family members, 1703-1764, other relatives and friends, and official correspondence from solicitors and agents. General topics not previously mentioned in detail include the practical problems of administering the Abertanat estate with inefficient agents, financial shortages, poaching activities and litigation with neighbouring landowners; Margaret Godolphin 's purchases of Maesgwyn, 1756, and Moreton Hall, 1760-1764; the inheritance of Broniarth manor and the rest of the Abertanat estate; a church preferment in Shropshire, 1760; and problems incurred by the turnpikes near Oswestry, 1756. Of particular interest are the family letters from Ellen and Francis Godolphin on the upbringing of the Owen children, fashion, high society gossip and the Hanoverian court, including the accession of George II, 1727.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically under each correspondent.
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Preferred citation: PED2/1.
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Enclosures: accounts relating to execution of Sydney Godolphin 's will, 1737.
Preferred citation: PED2/2.
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Letters from her sister, Ellen Godolphin.
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Enclosures: accounts relating to the purchase of Maesgwyn, 1756.
Preferred citation: PED2/3.
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Letters from her nephew, Francis Godolphin.
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Preferred citation: PED2/4.
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Letters from her sister, Mary Godolphin, including discussion about the placement of an apprentice, [pre-1732].
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Preferred citation: PED2/5.
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Letters from her parents, Susanna and Sydney Godolphin.
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First date estimated contemporary with Clenennau Letters and Papers 949.
Preferred citation: PED2/6.
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Includes letters from Robert Hoblyn, 1738-1755, some of which concern execution of the will of Ellen Godolphin, 1754, Evan and Margaret Lloyd of Bodidris, [c. 1698]-1703, Susanna Lyster, 1761, and Henrietta, Duchess of Newcastle-under-Lyne, 1749.
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First date obtained from endorsement.
Preferred citation: PED2/7.
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Correspondents include the Owen family of Brogytnyn, 1728-1757; one of Mary Owen 's letters describes a 'wake' or night-time party at Hardwick Hall, 1757.