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Richard Bennett manuscripts

  • GB 0210 MSBENNETT
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  • 1707-[1937]

Manuscripts, 1707-[1937], from the library of Richard Bennett of Llanbrynmair and Caersws, Montgomeryshire, much of which is in the hand of Richard Bennett himself. The collection comprises material largely of Montgomeryshire interest and includes parochial records, transcripts from parish registers, extracts from probate records (some of Merionethshire interest) and genealogical records, and extracts from printed works relating to Montgomeryshire.

Bennett, Richard, 1860-1937

Llanbryn-mair bonds,

Bonds (of indemnity in respect of parochial settlement and bastardy, and for the performance of covenants) given to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Llanbrynmair, 1748-1804.

Llanbryn-mair assessments, &c.,

A group of parochial records of Llanbrynmair, including assessments on Rhiwsaeson and part of Tyrymynech towards the church, 1728-1740; a fragment of an assessment, 1742; vestry minutes, 1741-1745; and receipts to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor, 1720-1825.

Transcripts from Llanbryn-mair parish registers, &c.,

Transcripts of marriages, 1780-1808, and of burials, 1813-1844, from the parish registers of Llanbrynmair, taken from copies made by R[ichard] Williams ['Celynog'], F.R.H[ist.]S. [of Newtown]; extracts from the register of Old Chapel Congregational Church, Llanbrynmair, being an account of children baptised during the ministry of the Reverend Rich[ar]d Tibbott, 1762-1796; lists and abstracts of Montgomeryshire wills (partly from the papers of D. C. Ll[oyd-] Owen [of Birmingham]); transcripts of marriages from the parish register of Llanbrynmair, 1809-1812; transcripts from the parish register of Machynlleth, 1782-1812; and notes on the ancestors of Mr. J[ohn] H[umphreys] Davies [Principal of University College of Wales, Aberystwyth] ('From his writings. D.C.D.', i.e., David Charles Davies, Director of The Field Natural History Museum, Chicago).

Montgomeryshire pedigrees, &c.,

Draft pedigrees and miscellaneous genealogical extracts and notes from parish registers and other manuscript sources and from printed publications relating largely to individual Montgomeryshire families, e.g., Jervis of Llanbryn-mair, Burton of Darowen, Bennett of Trefeglwys, etc., Bowen of Trefeglwys and Llanwnnog, Swancott of Trefeglwys and Llanwnnog, Kinsey of Llandinam, Savage of Trefeglwys and Llanwnnog, Goodwyn of Trefeglwys, Worthington of Trefeglwys, Mills of Trefeglwys, Jerman of Trefeglwys, Ashton of Trefeglwys, Pughe of Darowen and Penegoes, Pugh of Aberffrydlan [in Llanwrin] and Abergwydol [in Darowen], etc. Among other items included in the extracts are some nineteenth century statistics of Calvinistic Methodist churches and Sunday Schools in the Llanidloes area; material relating to Llanbryn-mair from parochial records, 1663-1821, and from records of the Court of Great Sessions, 1662-85/6; abstracts of probate records of Quakers in Trefeglwys, 1708-76; and a pedigree chart of Principal J. H. Davies, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Extracts from Montgomeryshire records, &c.,

Abstracts of title deeds and documents of the families of Owen and Evans of Eskeirieth [in Trefeglwys], 1660/1-1833, Bennett of Derwllwydion [in Trefeglwys], 1765-1817, Jones and Owen of Ddolgoed in Talyllyn and of Tyddyn Llawr in Penegoes, 1738-1849, Lloyd of Cefnbarrach in Trefeglwys, 1691/2-1808, etc.; notes on the family of Jones of Ddolgoed; extracts from memorial inscriptions in the churchyards of Llanbrynmair, 1781-1862, Trefeglwys, 1792-1915, Llandinam, 1814-1896, Bettws [Cedewain], 1769-1914, and Capel Bangor, co. Cardigan (with references to the family of Edwards of Pwllcenawon), 1829-1901; a list of overseers of the poor and churchwardens of the upper and lower divisions of the parish of Llanbrynmair, 1706-1743; abstracts of deeds (in the 'C.M. Safe, Llanidloes'), 1795-1811, relating to properties in Carno and Llandinam, including the site of Gleiniant Calvinistic Methodist chapel; abstracts of deeds in the Peniarth, Celynog, and other collections in the National Library of Wales; a list of probate records of Montgomeryshire and Merioneth interest, 1660-1698; miscellaneous extracts from the parish registers of Llandinam, Bettws [Cedewain], Kerry, Llanidloes, Trefeglwys, Llangurig, Penstrowed, Llanwnog, Carno, Talyllyn, Pennal, Llanbrynmair, Penegoes, Cemmes, Machynlleth, Darowen, Mallwyd, Llanwryn, etc., and from the register of Penllwyn [Calvinistic Methodist Church, co. Cardigan] (with references to the family of Edwards of Pwllcenawon); extracts from Trevecka Manuscripts; and miscellaneous extracts from manuscript and printed sources. The volume was compiled in 1925.

Extracts from Montgomeryshire records, &c.,

Extracts from memorial inscriptions in the churchyards of Penstrowed, 1796- 1902, Bettws [Cedewain], 1839-1898, Berriw, 1837-1888, and Carno, 1769-1912, and of Gleiniant Calvinistic Methodist Church, Trefeglwys, 1832-1914; extracts of baptisms, marriages, and burials from the parish registers of Newtown, 1661-1800, Talyllyn, 1691-1814, Pennal, 1721-1834, Towyn, 1671- 1831, Aberhafesb, 1734/5-1810 (family of Green), etc.; abstracts of deeds and documents, 1638-1808, in the Coleman (National Library of Wales), Argoed (Trefeglwys), Scafell (Ysgafell, Llanllwchaearn) and other collections; extracts of Calvinistic Methodist interest, 1794-1814, from the manuscripts of Edwd. Gwalchmay [of Llanwyddelan] and H[umphrey] Gwalchmai [of Llanidloes] (in the Bala College Group of C. M. Archives); a list of churchwardens of the parish of Trefeglwys, 1769-1804; abstracts of a few wills, 1745-1768, proved in the Consistory Court of the diocese of St. Asaph; and miscellaneous transcripts, abstracts, and extracts from manuscript and printed sources. The volume was compiled in 1924.

Transcripts from Montgomeryshire parish registers, &c.,

Transcripts of miscellaneous entries of baptisms, marriages, and burials from the parish registers of Llandinam, Darowen (including bishops' transcripts), Aberhavesb (with additional notes, including 'some details about Aberhavesb people according to information gleaned from various places', etc.), Mallwyd, Llanwrin, Churchstoke, Cemmes, Llanbrynmair, and Trefeglwys, from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century; abstracts of, and extracts from, terriers, 1702-1791, and other parochial records of Darowen; extracts from memorial inscriptions in the churchyards of Aberhavesb, 1725-1902, Cemmes, 1719-1876, and Montgomery, 1765-1884; lists of ratepayers in the several townships in the parish of Trefeglwys, 1831; a list of persons named in Cyfeiliog and Mowddwy wills, 1668-1831, among the St. Asaph ecclesiastical probate records; etc. Some of the transcripts were made in May, 1918.

Photographs of C. M. printed matter,

Photographs of the title pages of Rhestr Gywir o Enwau Gweinidogion, Pregethwyr, a Henuriaid y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd fel cynnrychiolwyr y Corph hwnw yn Sir y Fflint, Wedi eu hysgrifenu ganddynt eu Hunain yn eu Cyfarfodydd Misol . . . (Caerlleon, 1826) and A Correct List of the Names of Ministers, Preachers, and Elders of the Calvinistic Methodists as Representatives of that Connection in the county of Flint, Written by Themselves at their Monthly Meetings . . . (Chester, 1826), and of signatures of representatives at the monthly meeting at Mold, 5 February, 1827, etc.

Extracts from Montgomeryshire Collections, &c.,

Extracts from R. Williams: 'Montgomeryshire Nonconformity: Extracts from Gaol Files, with notes', Collections Historical & Archaeological relating to Montgomeryshire. . ., vols. XXIV-XXVIII, from W. V. Lloyd: 'Miscellanea Historica; or the Public Officers of Montgomeryshire, with brief genealogical notes', ibid., vols. VI-VII, and from E. Rowley Morris: 'Miscellanea Historica . . .', ibid., vol. XXVII; a list of 'Some jurors belonging to the Machynlleth Hundred not named in the preceding pages', copied from the manuscripts of E. Rowley Morris; and a list of references to 'Upper Montg[omeryshire], Persons, or C[alvinistic] Meth[odists]' from J. Foster: Alumni Oxonienses . . .1715-1886 (Oxford, 1887-1888).

Extracts from Montgomeryshire records,

Abstracts of deeds and documents, 1683-1837, relating to properties in Trefeglwys and Machynlleth; extracts from letters, 1886, from Mrs. Cath[erine] Gilbertson to D.C. Ll[oyd-] O[wen], relating to the family of Pritchard of Ceniarth, parish of Machynlleth, etc.; extracts of births and baptisms from the registers of Llandinam Calvinistic Methodist Church, 1811-1848, and from account books of the church, 1824-1845; extracts from the Calendar (1927) of Crosswood deeds and documents in the National Library of Wales; extracts of marriages from the parish registers of Carno, 1737- 1808, and of baptisms and burials from the parish register of Llanwnog, 1785-1808; an abstract of the tithe book of the vicar of Llanwnog, 1804-1810; lists of ratepayers of the parish of Llanwnog, 1743, 1749, 1775; and a list of tithepayers surnamed Reynolds [in the parish of Llanwnnog], 1743- 1805.

Extracts from Montgomeryshire records, &c.,

Abstracts of records largely of Montgomeryshire interest preserved in the Diocesan Registry, Bangor, including petitions for the registration of Dissenters' meeting-houses, ?1788-1811, marriage license bonds, 1763-1813, orders of penance, 1758, etc.; extracts of marriages from the parish register of Llanbrynmair, 1837-1849; extracts from memorial inscriptions in the churches and/or churchyards of Llanwnog, 1772-1841, and Llanbrynmair, 1872; abstracts of terriers of the parishes of Llanbrynmair, 1630-1775, Cemmes, 1685-1791, Darowen, 1663-1686 and undated, and Machynlleth, 1630- 1730; and miscellaneous genealogical extracts and notes, some relating to members of the Calvinistic Methodist churches of Graig, Staylittle, and of Rhydwen, Dylife. The volume was compiled in 1922.

Montgomeryshire genealogical extracts, &c.,

Extracts of burials from the parish registers of Llanwrin, 1737-1778, and Chirbury, 1636-1706; abstracts of a few probate records from Trefeglwys, Pennal, Dolgelley, Carno, Llandinam, Llanidloes, and Llanegryn, 1667-1788; and genealogical extracts from printed sources.

Montgomeryshire genealogical extracts, &c.,

Extracts from E. Griffith: Hanes Methodistiaeth Trefaldwyn Isaf (Caernarfon, 1914), J. Hughes: Methodistiaeth Cymru (Gwrecsam, 1861-1866), J. Morris: Hanes Methodistiaeth Sir Gaerfyrddin (Dolgellau, 1911), and H[owell] H[arris] diary, no. 53; and extracts (seventeenth-nineteenth century), largely from the parish registers of Kerry, Llandinam, [Llan]idloes, Llanwnog, and Carno, relating to individual families, e.g., Edwards of Kerry, Maurice Davies of Llandinam, Savage of Llanwnog, Wilson of Carno, etc.

Alumni Oxonienses,

Extracts, largely of Montgomeryshire interest, from J. Foster: Alumni Oxonienses . . . 1500-1714 (Oxford, 1891-1892).

Montgomeryshire genealogical extracts, &c.,

Extracts (seventeenth-nineteenth century), largely of baptisms, marriages, and burials from the parish registers of Tref[eglwys], Ll[anbryn-ma]ir, Darowen, Llandinam, Carno, Llanegryn, Towyn, and Llanfrothen, relating to individual families, e.g., Benbow of Trefeglwys, Ashton of Trefeglwys, Wilson of Llandinam, Trefeglwys, and Carno, Evans of Tref-eglwys, Brees of Trefeglwys, Jones of Llanbryn-mair, etc.

Transcripts from Darowen parish registers, &c.,

Extracts from parish and other registers and from memorial inscriptions, 1776-1872, relating to the pedigree of the family of Anwyl of Darowen; extracts of baptisms, marriages, and burials from the parish registers of Darowen, 1786-1863; miscellaneous extracts, 1678-1734, from the bishops' transcripts of the registers of numerous Merioneth parishes; and extracts from printed sources.

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