Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1499-1807, (Watermark 1811). (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-sub-sub-fonds
Extent and medium
14 bundles.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The estates of Glyn, Sylfaen and Ystumcegid were acquired by Sir Robert Owen of Brogyntyn and Clenennau when he married Margaret Wynn, elder daughter and heiress of Owen Wynn, in 1683. The earliest deeds in the group show that Glyn came into the possession of Ieuan ap Rees ap Ieuan ap Einion in 1499-1500. His son, John, married Gwenhwyfar, daughter of Gruffith ap Ednyfed of the Sylfaen estate. John's son, Robert Wynn, heir to both properties, married Catherine, a daughter of Eliza ap Moris of Clenennau, in 1544. The Glyn and Sylfaen estates appear to have remained as separate entities throughout the sixteenth century, since Glyn was inherited by Robert Wynn's eldest son, Moris, and Sylfaen by his second son, Ellis. After Ellis died, probably around 1620, both estates descended to Moris Wynn's son, William. The latter's eldest son, another Robert Wynn, married Catherine, daughter of Robert Owen of Ystumcegid, in 1625. The heir to all three estates was their eldest son, Owen Wynn, who married Elizabeth Mostyn of Nant in 1663. The title deeds show the acccumulation of land prior to 1682 by the successive owners of Glyn and Sylfaen in Merionethshire and in south Caernarfonshire near Dolbenmaen. In common with other landowners, the family took advantage of leases from private individuals and from the corporation of Harlech, of land which had been originally granted by the Crown. A small number of documents post-date the acquisition of Glyn by the Owen family of Brogyntyn. Very few of the Ystumcegid deeds are present, since most of the Eifionydd properties were sold and dispersed in 1911.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Title deeds of lands acquired through purchase, 'tir prid' conveyances and leasehold by the successive owners of the Glyn estate, mainly in Llanaber, Lanbedr, Llandanwg, Llandecwyn, Llanenddwyn Llanfair[-juxta-Harlech] and Llanfihangel-y-traethau in Merionethshire, 1499-1807; the Sylfaen estate, mainly in Llanaber, Merionethshire, and to a lesser extent, Dolbenmaen, Caernarfonshire, 1509-1698, [1811]; and for lands belonging to the Owen family of Ystumcegid and later to the Wynns of Glyn, in the locality of Dolbenmaen, Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Llanystumdwy and Criccieth in Caernarfonshire, 1597-1672. Several of the deeds refer to former crown lands in Merionethshire.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged in three series: Glyn title deeds, Sylfaen title deeds and Ystumcegid title deeds.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English and Latin.
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Finding aids
Generated finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title of sub-sub-sub-fonds supplied from content.
Note
The provenance of all the Glyn and Sylfaen deeds is not completely certain, and it is probable that, despite reasonable attempts to classify them, some have become interchanged.
Note
Preferred citation: ETE.