Sub-sub-sub-fonds MAA - Papers concerning the purchase of the Peterwell estate

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Papers concerning the purchase of the Peterwell estate

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  • 1607, [post-1660], 1748-1811 (Creation)

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6 bundles, 2 folders, 1 envelope

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The contents of this section reflect the complex negotiations between Edward Loveden Loveden of Buscot Park and John Adams, executor of Sir Herbert Lloyd, for the purchase of part of the Peterwell estate near Lampeter, Cardiganshire. The intermediary was Loveden’s agent, John Lewes of Carmarthen. The deeds, 1607, 1748-1780, record successive crown leases on Keven y maes in Iscoed Gwynionydd and the profits of courts, tolls, fairs and various manorial courts in Iscoed Gwynionydd and elsewhere in Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire, followed by a mortgage and the final assignment to Edward Loveden Loveden. This section also contains accounts, rentals and inventories, 1771-1811, and letters, 1779-1784, which evoke the final days of the Peterwell estate. They show the physical deterioration of Peterwell mansion, the extent of John Adams’ debts and the determined pursuit by his creditors. Letters and documents record that the Lampeter Corporation books and some of the Peterwell silver had been pledged as security for the repayment of a sum due by bond to Edward Loveden Loveden. Some of the letters refer to the unauthorised removal by John Adams and his wife of the household goods. The inventories and auctioneer’s accounts reveal the depleted household contents of Peterwell at the final sale in 1781. There is also part of a legal case [post-1660].

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