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- [1579x1612]-[19 cent.] (Creation)
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Prof. Edward Arthur Lewis (1880-1942), historian, was born at Llangurig, Montgomeryshire, and educated at Oswestry, Llanidloes, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and the London School of Economics. He became assistant lecturer in Welsh History at UCW Aberystwyth in 1910, becoming Professor of Economics in 1912 and Professor of Welsh History in 1930. He married Elizabeth Thomas, vice-principal of Barry Training College, Glamorgan, in 1925, and they both died in 1942.
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Transcripts by E.A. Lewis of documents, mainly in the Public Record Office, illustrating the manorial, administrative, and judicial history of Haverfordwest (see Cymmrodorion Record Series, 7, Vol. I) and copies by E.A. Lewis and D. Lleufer Thomas of two deeds, 1579-1612, relating to Haverfordwest now at the Cardiff Public Library (see West Wales Historical Records, II, pp. 137-148).
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Latin, Norman-French, English.
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Formerly known as Henry Owen 80
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 1420C.