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Title
Date(s)
- [1601x1625] / (Creation)
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Extent and medium
Repaired and bound at NLW.
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
In 1906 the Thomas Salusbury letter was in the possession of Mrs Alan Gough (née Mary G. Lloyd Edwards) of Gelliwig and Nanhoron in Lleyn, co. Caernarvon, and was at that time kept in a copy of William Middelton's Psalmae . . . (1603). It seems likely that the two letters and NLW MS 13215E were in her possession until her death, c. 1952.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchase; 1970
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two holograph letters, early seventeenth century, the one [?1610] from Tho: Salusburye [bookseller, etc., in London, 1593-1604], at his house 'in cloth fayer in London', to Sir John Wynne, kt., 'att his house in Gwyder', the other, undated and imperfect, from Wylliam Holland, St. John's Coll: Cambridge, to his brother, Mr. [ ] Holland at P[ennant?] in Eglwyse vaghe. Sir John Wynn was anxious to know whether the Psalms had been translated into Welsh and Thomas Salusbury had sent him 'a coppy of them yt are printed' [i.e. the small volume of Edward Kyffin's Psalms (1603)]. He [Edward Kyffin], according to Thomas Salusbury, had finished about fifty before his death seven years previously in the time of the great sickness [?1603]. The letter also contains mention of Archdeacon [Edmund] Price and of an edition of Camden's Britannia. The William Holland letter relates to family matters and is an attempt to show that he is not unnatural but well-disposed towards his kindred.
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Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
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Publication note
The Thomas Salusbury letter [Calendar of Wynn (of Gwydir) Papers (1926), No. 538] has been discussed by (Sir) John Ballinger in The Bible in Wales (1906), pp. 23-4 (see also facsimiles between p. [8] and p. [9]).
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Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 13214C.
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Access points
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Place access points
Name access points
- Kyffin, Edward, ca. 1558-1603 (Subject)
- Prys, Edmund, 1544-1623 (Subject)
- Camden, William, 1551-1623 (Subject)
- Holland, William, fl. 1610 -- Family (Subject)
- Salusbury, Thomas, bookseller (Subject)
- Holland, William, fl. 1610 (Subject)
- Wynn, John, Sir, 1553-1627 (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971); June 2010.