Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1449-1819. (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-sub-fonds
Extent and medium
1 roll, 3 boxes, 129 bundles, 3 folders, 48 envelopes, 28 loose items.
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Legal papers and arbitration awards, 1449-1819. The majority of the legal papers comprise disputes over title to land or inheritance which took place in the High Court of Chancery, the Court of the Exchequer, the Court of King’s Bench, and the Council in the Marches of Wales, or which were treated as equity cases in the Court of Great Sessions. The three main groups comprise court cases of the Vaughan family of Llwydiarth, 1600-1716, and the Williams Wynn family, 1674-1793, and [19th cent]; and miscellaneous legal papers and pardons, 1458-1819. There is also a single series of arbitration awards, resulting from disputes mainly over boundaries or title, which did not take place in court, 1449-1710.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged as three groups of legal papers, the first relating to the Vaughan family of Llwydiarth, the second to the Williams Wynn family, and the third comprising miscellaneous cases and pardons; they are followed by a single series of arbitration awards.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
The majority of the legal papers are endorsed with notes of content, dates and lawyers’ memoranda.
Note
Preferred citation: P.