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- [19 cent.]. (Creation)
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128 pp.
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A volume of transcripts and extracts relating to the murder, 8 January 1770, of William Powell of Glanareth, co. Carmarthen. The greater part of the volume (100 pp.) consists of a transcript of the account of the trial published under the title An Authentic Trial of William Spiggot . . ., John Spiggot . . ., William Morris, William Thomas . . ., David Morgan . . ., William Walter Evan, Charles David Morgan, William Charles, and David Llewellin, who were tried on Wednesday, the 28th of March, 1770, at Hereford. . . for the inhuman murder of William Powell . . . [(Hereford, 1770)]. Included also are a further account of the episode (? transcribed from a printed source), entitled 'A Narrative of the unexampled cases of William Spiggott, William Morris, David Morgan, William Walter Evan, Charles David Morgan, and David Llewellin, who were executed at Hereford . . . for murdering William Powell . . .'; a transcript of a broadsheet offering an award for the apprehension of two of the murderers, viz. William Williams and William Morris; and extracts from printed sources, including T[homas] Rees: The Beauties of [England and Wales . . .], South Wales, The Merthyr Guardian, 9 Sept. 1848, etc.
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English.
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The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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See Herbert J. Lloyd-Johnes, 'The Glanareth Murder' in Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1948 (London, 1949), pp. 271-8.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 12649C.
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- Powell, William, d. 1770 (Subject)
- Spiggot, William, 1770 (Subject)
- Powell, William, d. 1770 -- Death and burial (Subject)
- Spiggot, John (Subject)
- Morris, William, d. 1770 (Subject)
- Morgan, David, d. 1770 (Subject)
- Evan, William Walter, d. 1770 (Subject)
- Morgan, Charles David, d. 1770 (Subject)
- Llewellin, David, d. 1770 (Subject)
- Thomas, William, alleged murderer (Subject)
- Charles, William, alleged murderer (Subject)
- Williams, William, alleged murderer (Subject)
- Rees, Thomas, 1777-1864 (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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- English
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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).