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Title
Date(s)
- [mid-17 cent.] (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
102 ff. (old pagination 1-2, 5-134; ff. 1-7 verso, 88 verso-102 verso blank) ; 190 x 140 mm.
Rebound, [early 19 cent.], in blind-tooled pigskin, on five raised bands; 'HIST. OF GWYDER FAMILY. MS BY SIR JOHN WYNNE' and 'PORKINGTO[N] MANUSCRIPT No 14' (gold on spine). Inlaid into each cover is a blind-stamped panel, c. 170 x c. 120 mm., incorporating a diaper roll of quatrefoils in lozenges similar to J. B. Oldham, English Blind-stamped Bindings (Cambridge, 1952) 604 but narrower, and a 'G.G.' animal roll, Oldham, no. 561, namely Garrett Godfrey, university stationer at Cambridge, [1510x1540]; cf. no. 7 in Howard M. Nixon, Five Centuries of English Bookbinding (London, 1978), pp. 26-27. Watermark in end-papers dated 1808.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
'Lewis Anwill', [mid-17 cent.] (f. 73), and 'Ellis Humphreys', [mid-17 cent.] (f. 73 verso); 'Porkington Library Shelf 1 Case 4 No 3' (label inside front cover).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A volume containing a copy in a mid-seventeenth century hand of 'History of the Gwydir Family' by Sir John Wynn of Gwydir, Caernarvonshire (ff. 8-73 verso). It is an early copy of a recension of the work represented by thirteen other copies (see below).
The text is here followed by pedigrees of and memoranda relating to the Wynn family of Gwydir and its collateral branches in several late seventeenth- or early eighteenth-century hands including that of Humphrey Humphreys, bishop of Bangor, afterwards of Hereford (ff. 75 verso-6, 79 verso-80); he has also added a marginal note on f. 63. Inserted later are a receipt, 1551, and a letter, 1599/1600, in the hand of Sir John Wynn (ff. 83a, 84a-b); and two notes, 1878 and [n.d.], relating to the volume, in the hand of W. W. E. Wynne, Peniarth (ff. 86a, 87a).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn MS I.13). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 6024957. Date: 20030523. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn MS I.13) : Acidic ink has faded and appears orange in colour on verso of page, some pages have small surface breaks on edges of leaves. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn MS I.13). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 6024957. Date: 20030711. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Jenkins. Status: Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn MS I.13) : Repaired folded document, guarded and attached to volume. Institution: WlAbNL.
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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
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Leaf wanting between ff. 8 and 9.
Finding aids
A detailed list of the contents is available at https://archives.library.wales/external_documents/brogi13.pdf
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library.
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Formerly Porkington MS 14.
Note
Original title.
Note
Preferred citation: Brogyntyn MS I.13 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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Access points
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Place access points
Name access points
- Wynne, William Watkin Edward, 1801-1880 (Subject)
- Wynn family, of Gwydir. (Subject)