Fonds GB 0210 MSKINM - Kinmel manuscripts

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0210 MSKINM

Title

Kinmel manuscripts

Date(s)

  • [14 cent.]-[?1910s] (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

131 volumes.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The manuscripts were brought together mainly, if not entirely, by Hugh Robert Hughes (1827-1911) of Kinmel Park, Abergele, who purchased the collections of John Williams (1833-1872) of Beaumaris and Miss Angharad Llwyd (1780-1866) of Caerwys, and later of Tyn-y-Rhyl. To these Mr Hughes added a number of manuscripts from various sources. Mr Hughes's special subjects were heraldry and genealogy but he took a keen interest in all that related to the history and topography of North Wales.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Trustees of the late Mr H. R. Hughes; Kinmel Park; Purchase; 1914.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

A collection of manuscripts containing pedigrees and genealogical material relating mainly to North Wales; extracts, etc. from Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Denbighshire and Flintshire deeds; accounts, [17 cent.]-[19 cent.], of the Ty Fry estate, Anglesey; transcripts by Angharad Llwyd; material relating to David Hughes, founder of the free grammar school, Beaumaris; extracts from Anglesey public records and other notes and transcripts relating to Anglesey; a calendar relating to the Courts of Great Sessions for Flintshire and Denbighshire, 1668-1696; correspondence collected by John Lloyd, Caerwys (1733-1793); Caerwys churchwardens' accounts, 1662-1669, 1680-1690, 1697-1698; material relating to Abergele; miscellaneous transcripts, extracts and translations; etc.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 1501-1631 (the Angharad Llwyd manuscripts are NLW MSS 1551-1616).

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Conditions governing reproduction

Usual copyright laws apply.

Language of material

  • Breton
  • English
  • French
  • Greek
  • Hebrew
  • Romance Language
  • Welsh

Script of material

Language and script notes

English, Welsh, Norman French, Cornish, Breton, Greek, Hebrew, French.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Detailed descriptions of some documents now incorporated in these manuscripts are available in the typescript schedule of Kinmel Deeds (1982), available in the Library's South Reading Room.

Generated finding aid

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Notes area

Note

Title based on contents of fonds.

Note

Creator ref. no.: Kinmel MSS 1-131.

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004298395

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000298395

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

Rules and/or conventions used

Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

Accession area