Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1635-1869 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.029 cubic metres (1 box)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Dixton Newton was part of an estate in Dixton, Monmouthshire, and in Ganerew, Goodrich and Whitchurch, Herefordshire, bought by Thomas Griffin (c. 1698-1771) of Hadnock, Monmouthshire, Admiral of the White. He was formerly of Whitehaven in Cumberland, but had property in the parishes of Carisbrook, Mottiston, Portsea and Warblington on the Isle of Wight from as early as 1748.
It is not apparent from these papers when Thomas Griffin came to Monmouthshire, but the Isle of Wight property appears to have been retained until at least 1826. Thomas Griffin was succeeded in turn by his sons Thomas (c. 1739-1788), a Lincolns Inn barrister, and Philip (d. 1802), rector of Warnford in Hampshire, who both died childless, and George (c. 1745-1802). Newton Court was built at the end of the eighteenth century by George Griffin.
George Griffin was succeeded by his two married daughters, Elizabeth Ann (1798-1830), the wife of James Endel Tyler (d. c. 1851), rector of St Giles-in-the-Fields, London, and Catharine, the wife of Major Charles Marriot of Sellers Brook, Herefordshire. Elizabeth Ann inherited the Newton estate, whilst Catharine inherited the castle and manor of Goodrich. A third daughter, Mary (b. c. 1803), died unmarried in 1876. James Endel Tyler brought to his marriage properties in the parishes of Llangarren, Welsh Newton and Whitchurch in Herefordshire, and Newland in Gloucestershire.
Elizabeth Ann's son, George Griffin Tyler, assumed the surname Griffin in lieu of Tyler on inheriting the Newton estate.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Charles Griffin in 1949.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Family papers and estate records of the Griffin family of Newton House, Dixton, Monmouthshire, comprising deeds and documents, 1635-1869, relating mainly to properties in the parish of Dixton, and correspondence, 1818-1863, mainly relating to a dispute between Mary Griffin of Newton House and the vicar and churchwarden of St Peter church, Dixton, in 1862.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records deposited at NLW have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into three sections: deeds and documents, correspondence, and printed matter.
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
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Hard copies of a catalogue under the former title, Deeds, Documents, and Papers deposited by Charles Griffin are available at NLW and HMC.
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)
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GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- St Peter Church (Dixton, Wales) (Subject)
- Griffin, Mary (Subject)
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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
June 2001.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Stephen Benham.
Archivist's note
The following source was used in the compilation of this record: Bradney, Sir Joseph, A History of Monmouthshire (London, 1991 facsimile ed.), vol. I., part 1;