Schedule of title deeds and papers belonging to the Gwysaney family
- NLW MS 17154B.
- Ffeil
- 1779-1801
Rhan oGwysaney manuscripts
Schedule of title deeds and papers belonging to the Gwysaney family
Rhan oGwysaney manuscripts
Grant of land by Queen Mary and Philip of Spain
Rhan oGwysaney manuscripts
Letters patent, dated at Westminster, 11 February, 1 & 2 Philip and Mary [1554/5], issued by Mary I, Queen of England and Ireland, and Philip II of Spain, as King of England and Ireland, granting lands in Broughton [?Bychton], Marton [Mertyn] and Tredesmowen [?Trefednywain], [all in the parish of Whitford], in the commote of Coleshill, Flintshire, to John Davye [Davies, of Gwysaney].
The document is decorated with a fine initial double-portrait of the monarchs enthroned, in ink and wash within the initial letter 'P' of interlacing strapwork, and bears the secretarial signatures of both. Large strapwork initial letters appear in the first line, and the margins are illuminated with heraldic emblems in gold and colours. The great seal of Mary I is appended, attached by the original green and white plaited laces.