Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1458-1819. (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-sub-sub-fonds
Extent and medium
40 bundles, 2 folders, 25 envelopes, 28 loose items.
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two series of documents deriving from the processes of the law in England and Wales. The first comprises papers accumulated during the proceedings of miscellaneous lawsuits, mainly equity cases in the courts of the Council in the Marches of Wales, Chancery, the Great Sessions and the Exchequer, 1509-1819, and involving some of the prominent families associated with Wynnstay, such as Purcell of Nantcriba, Wynn of Gwydir, and Kyffin of Glascoed, as well as Pugh of Mathafarn. The second series consists entirely of pardons for various misdemeanours, granted by the Crown or by peers who had the power of legal jurisdiction in particular lordships, 1458-1690.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged as two series, papers from miscellaneous legal cases, and pardons.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
If courts and place names are omitted, it is because they are not specified in the documents.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Latin, English.
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
Majority of items endorsed with notes of contents.
Note
Preferred citation: PC.