Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1562-1739 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.029 cubic metres (2 rolls)The 1562 charter has one membrane missing.
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Borough of New Radnor, Radnorshire, which was created as a planned town adjoining an earlier castle, was initially granted charters by several Earls of the March in the 14th century. These charters had been destroyed, however, and in 1562 a new charter of incorporation was granted by the Crown to the Borough of New Radnor and Manor of Radnor Foreign; the town had become the county town for the new county of Radnorshire in the Act of Union (1536). By 1739, the Common Council, originally 25 capital burgesses, had been reduced to such an extent that the main offices of the borough could not be filled, and the remaining seven capital burgesses were granted a new charter of re-incorporation. The Borough was dissolved in 1886, and the town subsequently became part of Radnor Rural District.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by New Radnor Town Trust, 1931.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Charter of incorporation of the borough of New Radnor, Radnorshire, 1562, and charter of re-incorporation, 1739.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: 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
Latin, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the calendar is available at the National Library of Wales. The calendar is available online.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Text
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Radnor Foreign Manor (Wales). (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
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
November 2003
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used to compile this description: National Library of Wales, Calendar of Two Charters Belonging to the New Radnor Town Trust; Howse, W. H., Radnor Old and New (Kington, 1989).