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Collector's accounts,

Accounts of Silvanus Bevan, collector of rents of the co. Glam. estate in lp Gower, comprising man's Gower Anglica and Gower Wallica, Swansea, Lougher, Trewyddfa, [p. Swansea], Pennard, [p. Pennard], Lunnon, [p. Ilston], Kittle, [p's Pennard/ilston], and in p's. Bishopstown and Oystermouth, man. Kilvey, [p. Llansamlet]. All were removed from Badminton Group II. Previous reference numbers are given below. BGD1/1, 3 include details of the bailiff's 'charge', that is, what monies he should have received from the tenants including unpaid arrears and his 'discharge', that is, his disbursements on behalf of the estate, including repairs, taxes and allowances to tenants; BGD1/2, 5-6 are more detailed accounts of repairs, taxes and salaries allowed; BGD1/4 is an observation on discharges and allowances; and BGD 1/8 is an abstract of an account. Most of these accounts were removed from Badminton (Group 2); previous reference numbers are given below.

Copy letters sent,

Letters to most correspondents are arranged chronologically, 1866-[?1925] (L 10256-10301), besides letters to Norman MacColl, editor of the Athenaeum, 1872-1902 (L 10302-10418).

Correspondence of the Godolphin family,

Private letters exchanged between Margaret Godolphin, [c. 1698]-1764, and various members of the Godolphin family of Abertanat, Eton and Thames Ditton, 1698-1763, including her parents, Sydney and Susanna, her sisters, Ellen and Mary, her nephew, Francis, their Hoblyn and Pendarves relatives, and others; together with letters from friends, solicitors and other professionals. The contents reflect in great detail the personal, domestic and social circumstances of an eighteenth century upper class family, against the background of the Jacobite Wars. Recurrent topics include the management of the Abertanat estate, especially the exploitation of timber, the death of Master Henry Godolphin, 1722, physical ailments, financial investments, family settlements and inheritance. The correspondence of Ellen, Margaret and Mary Godolphin from 1728 to 1730 shows a preoccupation with the reluctance of Miss Mary Godolphin to marry William Owen of Porkington!

Godolphin, Ellen, d. 1754.

Correspondence,

Tredegar estate correspondence, arranged into copy letter books, 1869-1905 (AEC 1), two series of letters received, 1794-1939 (AEC 2-3), and a series of notices of assignments of leases, mortgages etc., 1900-1906 (AEC 4).

Correspondence,

Family and personal correspondence of the Wynn family of Gwydir, 1599-1695; Sir William Williams of Glascoed (Speaker Williams), 1671-1699; Sir William Williams of Llanforda, 1701-1737; the Williams Wynn family, 1719-1744, 1859; and the families of Thelwall, Kyffin, Vaughan and others, 1571-1913. The subjects are focussed mainly on family life, estate matters, private financial arrangements, local and national current affairs, the correspondents’ professional legal careers and their public posts in county administration.

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