Council of the Marches: Deeds and documents
- NLW MS 339F
- Ffeil
- [16 cent]-[17 cent.]
A letter-book containing copies of deeds and documents, [16 cent]-[17 cent.], relating to the Court of the Marches at Ludlow and also including an index.
Council of the Marches: Deeds and documents
A letter-book containing copies of deeds and documents, [16 cent]-[17 cent.], relating to the Court of the Marches at Ludlow and also including an index.
Personal papers and especially papers relating to the public offices of members of the Wynn family of Gwydir, Caernarfonshire. These include letters and orders from the Privy Council and from Thomas Gerard, Ralph Eure, William, earl of Northampton, etc., as Lords President of the Council of Wales and the Marches to Sir John Wynn, 1st baronet, relating to the government of Caernarfonshire and the mustering of soldiers for various wars. The papers from the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary chiefly relate to preparations for wars in Scotland and France, whilst the papers from the reign of Elizabeth I chiefly relate to preparations for wars in Ireland and against Spain. The archive also includes papers relating to the Civil war and to elections in Caernarfonshire. The archive is an important source for local administration in late sixteeenth and seventeenth century Wales and for the relationship between local and central government. Most of the papers relating to the Gwydir estate for this period have not survived.
Wynn family, of Gwydir