Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1555-1765. (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-sub-sub-fonds
Extent and medium
1 bundle, 1 folder, 1 envelope.
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Lea Hall estate in Preston Gubbals, Shropshire, belonged to Richard Clayton. He married Mary, widow of Robert Jeffreys, daughter of Robert Griffith of Brymbo, Wrexham. Mary was widowed by the death of Richard Clayton in 1724, but she married again to Arthur Owen of Brogyntyn in 1727. However, Arthur died in 1739 followed by his brother and administrator, Lewis, in 1746, so the task of administration fell to his other brother, William Owen. Protracted legal disputes ensued between the families over the administration of the estates of Richard Clayton and Arthur Owen. Part of the Lea Hall estate was disposed of c. 1724 and William Owen appears to have sold a portion of the Wrexham property in 1765.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Title deeds of properties belonging to the Brymbo estate near Wrexham, originally owned by the Griffith family and later administered by William Owen of Brogyntyn, 1555-1765; deeds of properties belonging to the Clayton family of Lea Hall in Preston Gubbals, Shropshire, 1682-1719; and a small number of deeds referring to premises in Bangor-is-coed, Wrexham and Gresford, 1574-1725, placed here on evidence connected with Mary Clayton and her first husband, Robert Jeffreys of Acton.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged as a single series.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, small proportion of Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Generated finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Titile of sub-sub-sub-fonds supplied from content.
Note
Preferred citation: ETJ.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Brymbo Estate (Denbighshire, Wales) (Subject)
- Clayton family, of Lea Hall. (Subject)
- Griffith family, of Brymbo. (Subject)