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Title
Date(s)
- 1758-1797 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
iv, 104 ff. (blank from 94 verso) ; 400 x 160 mm.
Vellum covers with double blind fillets.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs Jane Evan-Thomas, per Thomas Snell & Passmore, Solicitors; Tunbridge Wells; Bequest (with NLW MS 23812D); July 2000; A2000/47.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Day book, 1788-1797, of the artist Thomas Jones, Pencerrig, relating to the Pencerrig estate in the parish of Llanelwedd, Radnorshire, recording details of payments received for rents, tithes and farm produce, and of payments made to servants and craftsmen, together with particulars of land tax payments and poor rates (ff. 17 verso-94).
Also included, in a different hand, are a barrister's accounts, 1758-1761, detailing the charges made for services rendered to individuals in London and Wales (ff. 1-17). Memoranda relating to tree planting are on ff. 63 verso, 65 verso and 84 verso; details of payments made to the artist Guiseppe Marchi are on f. 24. Extracts from the volume were published in R. C. B. Oliver, The Family History of Thomas Jones the Artist, of Pencerrig, Radnorshire (2nd ed., Llandrindod Wells, 1987).
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Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies;
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4777733 (January 2018)
Digital version available https://www.library.wales/discover-learn/digital-exhibitions/manuscripts/early-modern-period/thomas-jones-pencerrig
Available as a facsimile at the Library (NLW Facs 122).
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Publication note
R. C. B. Oliver, The Family History of Thomas Jones the Artist, of Pencerrig, Radnorshire (2nd ed., Llandrindod Wells, 1987).
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 23811E [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Subject access points
- Horticulture -- Wales -- Radnorshire.
- Lawyers -- Accounting -- Great Britain.
- Tithes -- Wales -- Radnorshire.
- Household employees -- Wales -- Radnorshire -- Salaries, etc.
- Agricultural laborers -- Wales -- Radnorshire -- Salaries, etc.
- Artisans -- Wales -- Radnorshire -- Salaries, etc.
- Land value taxation -- Wales -- Radnorshire.
- Poor -- Wales -- Radnorshire.
- Public welfare -- Wales -- Radnorshire.
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
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Dates of creation revision deletion
March 2012.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;
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