File NLW MSS 23301-2C, 23303B. - The Cycle of the White Rose

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NLW MSS 23301-2C, 23303B.

Title

The Cycle of the White Rose

Date(s)

  • 1935 (Creation)

Level of description

File

Extent and medium

NLW MS 23301C: ii, 127 ff. (with interleaves, ff. 1-3 verso and 118-27 verso blank) ; 250 x 195 mm.
NLW MS 23302C: ii, 94 ff. (with interleaves, ff. 1-3 verso and 85-94 verso blank) ; 250 x 195 mm.
NLW MS 23303B: iii, 110 ff. (ff. 25-35 and 104 verso to the end blank) ; 205 x 150 mm.

NLW MS 23301C: Full leather with gilt floral designs on spine.
NLW MS 23302C: Full leather with gilt floral designs and 'Vol. II' on brown leather insert on spine.
NLW MS 23303B: Cloth over boards with 'Wynnstay Cycle. Theatre &c.' in gilt on red leather insert on spine.

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Name of creator

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Booth Books; Hay-on-Wye; Purchase; 1995

Content and structure area

Scope and content

'A History of the Cycle 1710-1869' compiled in 1935 by Nest Lloyd and Susan Mainwaring, recounts the history of 'The Cycle of the White Rose', originally a Welsh Jacobite Club, which was established at Wrexham in 1710 to serve north-east Wales and part of Cheshire. The volumes consist mainly of extracts from the extant minute-books, now designated NLW MSS 14941-2C, supplemented by additional material from other sources. NLW MS 23301C includes a chapter on the Jacobite links of the Williams Wynn family of Wynnstay and an appendix containing details for Cycle meetings kept at Overton, co. Flint, during the period 1760-74 (see NLW MS 14943D); NLW MS 23302C consists of lists of, and notes on, members, illustrated with armorial bearings and engravings of 'Cycle' houses; and NLW MS 23303B includes notes on the Wynnstay Theatre, comprising lists of performances and casts, 1773-87.

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Conditions governing access

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.

Conditions governing reproduction

Usual copyright laws apply.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Language and script notes

English.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

The contents are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 9 (Aberystwyth, 2003).

Allied materials area

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Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

See also NLW MSS 14941-3; NLW ex 1329-30, which include cast lists for performances at the Wynnstay Theatre; and NLW MS 6621C, which includes a list of Cycle members, 1825-30.

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Note

Title based on contents.

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MSS 23301-2C, 23303B.

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vtls004641323

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Description identifier

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

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Dates of creation revision deletion

March 2009.

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

Archivist's note

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.

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