Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1554-1915 (predominantly 1700-1900) / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
c. 700 items.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The earliest papers in the archive relates to the Maescadog estate, Cynwyl Gaeo, Carmarthenshire. In 1655, this estate was mortgaged to Thomas John Thomas, and again in 1678. John Thomas [John] bequeathed Maescadog to his second son Richard Jones, whose post-nuptial settlement with Mary, only child of David Hugh of Cil-y-cwm, Carmarthenshire, is dated 1682. It is at this point that Maescadog and Neuadd-fawr were joined. By 1694, Richard Jones was living at Neuadd-fawr, but he continued to farm Maescadog. His will was proved in 1713.
He was succeeded by his eldest son, Richard Jones, who married Joan Jones in 1721. Their daughter, Joan, married in 1770, but died without issue. The Neuadd-fawr estate therefore passed to her auntie Joan Jones, daughter of Richard Jones (d. 1713), who had married William David of Maes-Moy, who subsequently appears to have changed his surname to Davys.
The Neuadd-fawr family gained possession of the Dôl-coed estate in Breconshire through the marriage of William Davys and Elizabeth Jones of Dôl-coed in 1765. After her death, William returned to Cencoed in Caeo, and in 1774 married Ann King of Llangathen. Captain Richard Davys of Neuadd-fawr, son of William Davys and Ann King, died without issue. Neuadd-fawr passed to his half-sister, Mary Davys, the daughter of William Davys and Elizabeth Jones. Mary married the Rev. David Harries, rector of Meline, Pembrokeshire. Their son, William Davys Harries Campbell-Davys (b. 1812) on his marriage to Elizabeth Jane Campbell, daughter of Peter Campbell, of Askomel, Kintyre, in 1847, altered his surname to Campbell-Davys. Ivor Elystan Campbell-Davys was living in Neuadd-fawr in 1941.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Mr I.E. Campbell-Davys of Neuadd-fawr, per Mr G.C. Porter in September 1941, followed by a deposit of a pedigree by Miss G. E. Campbell-Davys, Abermarlais Park, in May 1976, now known as NLW Misc. Records 331.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Deeds, 1554-1915, relating to the Neuadd-fawr estates in Breconshire, Carmarthenshire, Cardiganshire and Radnorshire; together with some papers relating to the development of Llanwrtyd Wells, Breconshire, as a spa in the nineteenth century.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records deposited at NLW have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Deeds and documents are 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 laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Latin
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 NLW.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Neuadd-fawr Estate (Carmarthenshire, Wales) -- Archives (Subject)
- Dôl-coed Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Neuadd-fawr Estate (Carmarthenshire, Wales) (Subject)
- Davys family, of Neuadd-fawr -- Archives (Subject)
- Jones family, of Neuadd-fawr -- Archives (Subject)
- Davys family, of Neuadd-fawr (Subject)
- Jones family, of Neuadd-fawr (Subject)
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
May 2001.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Mair James.
Archivist's note
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Nicholas, Thomas, Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales, (London, 2 vols, 1872), vol. 1; Jones, Francis, Historic Carmarthenshire Homes and their families, (Newport, 1997);