Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [15th century]-1880 (accumulated [c. 1972]) / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.029 cubic metres (1 box)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Michael Wilson (fl. 1972) of Pencader, Carmarthenshire, collected deeds and other papers realting to properties in Brecknockshire, Carmarthenshire, Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. His grandparents, Owen S. Wilson and Eleanora Wilson, had compiled The Larvae of the British Lepidoptera and their food plants (London, 1880), written by Owen S. Wilson, with figures drawn and coloured from nature by Eleanora Wilson.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Mr Michael Wilson, Pencader, 1972.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Deeds, 1542-1797, relating to properties in Glamorgan, Brecknockshire and Carmarthenshire; memorandum book of ?Samuel Owsley and William Owsley of Brecon, with notes on rents, taxes and local events and history, 1679-1768; fragment of an antiphonal, [15th century]; a copy of The Reports of Sir Henry Hobart, Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas, 1650; and a copy of The Larvae of the British Lepidoptera and their food plants, 1880.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
All records deposited at the National Library of Wales have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright regulations apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title supplied from name of collector. The archive comprised earlier material collected by Michael Wilson.
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
April 2003.
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW Project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: NLW Schedule, Michael Wilson Collection;