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Title
Date(s)
- 1586-1611, [1729x1760]. (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
633 pp. (foliated and paginated x ff. (folios iv-x previously paginated i-xiii pp.) + 617 pp. + 3 blank ff.) : paper ; 298 x 183 to 310 x 202 mm. Rebound at NLW.
Context area
Archival history
The signatures of those who have attested their own pedigrees occur in the manuscript. Other signatures which appear are those of Thomas Prichard of 'Rhiwe' (pp. 3 and 617) and 'Owain Gwynedd, prydydd' (p. 154). There are entries in the hands of Peter Ellis of Wrexham (p. 80) and Robert Vaughan of Hengwrt (p. 254). The manuscript was borrowed in 1685 from Hengwrt by John Davis of Rhiwlas in order to make a copy for T. Mostyn. In 1734 it was in the possesion of Lewis Jones of Rugog (pp. 63, 295, 391) and later in the possesion of the Reverend William Wynn. It had come to Peniarth from the Penbedw branch of the familly by 1846.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
A collection of Gwynedd pedigrees (constituting Anglesey, Carnarvonshire and Meirionethshire) in the hand of Lewis Dwnn, 1586-1611.
There is also part of an index (A - M) of place names within the manuscript on pp. i-iv, and some poetry in the hand of the Reverend William Wynne on pp. ix-xii. A fragment of the manuscript is part of a manuscript from Nanhoron.
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Conditions of access and use area
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
Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A detailed list of the manuscript's contents may be found in J. Gwenogvryn Evans, Report on Manuscripts in the Welsh Language, vol. I (London, 1898-1905), 1081-1090.
Generated finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library (NLW Film 114).
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Notes area
Note
Formerly numbered '33'.
Note
Preferred citation: Peniarth MS 268 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].