Sub-sub-sub-fonds DC. - Maenan lordship and Conwy Valley estates, title deeds,

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DC.

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Maenan lordship and Conwy Valley estates, title deeds,

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  • 1359-1740, 1812-1815. (Creation)

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18 bundles, 4 envelopes, 2 loose items.

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Biographical history

Sources vary in their accounts of how the lordship and the site of Maenan Abbey were acquired. The monastery with its lands, was vested in the Crown after the dissolution. Samuel Lewis states that in 1563, the site of the abbey, together with the township of Maenan, was granted to Elizeus Wynne. According to Wynnstay Ms 60 [dated c.1574], John Gwyn, doctor-at-law, purchased the lordship of Maenan, on the site of the monastery of Conway, c. 1560. John Gwyn, by his will, devised the Lordship to one Gruffith Wynne (not his heir-at-law) without licence. The deeds below (ref DC6/1) imply that this is correct. In 1667, Gruffith Wynne’s descendant, Hugh Wynne of Bodysgallen and his mortgagee, Dame Marie Hatton, sold the manor and lordship of Maenan to Maurice Wynn of Crogen. The estate was the subject of a deed of partition in 1672, following Maurice Wynn’s death. The rest of the title deeds below show that further individual properties in and around the Conwy valley were purchased by Maurice Wynn of Crogen and Sir John Wynn of Watstay.

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Title deeds and associated documents relating to the manor of Maenan in Caernarfonshire, parishes in and around the Conwy valley, and the commotes of Rhos and Is Dulas in north-west Denbighshire. The files comprise Abergele, 1359-1600; Eglwys-bach, 1598-1708, 1812-1815; Llandrillo, Betws, Llaneilian-yn-Rhos and Llansanffraid Glan Conwy, 1626-1693; Llangernyw and Llanrwst, 1559-1696, 1740; Llysfaen, 1563-1670; and the manor and lordship of Maenan, 1658-1667.

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Arranged alphabetically by name of parish or lordship.

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Preferred citation: DC.

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vtls006711561

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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  • Text: DC.