Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1779-1894 (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-sub-sub-fonds
Extent and medium
9 vols, 15 bundles, 2 envelopes
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of Thomas Morgan, Prothonotary on the Chester circuit during the Great Sessions of Denbighshire and Montgomeryshire, which probably came to Gogerddan through the agent, James Morice of Wallog or his wife (nee Anne Watkin) who was a beneficiary of Thomas Morgan’s will. The papers derive both from his professional career and hs private life, comprising bill books, prothonotary’s charges book, charges sheets, etc., 1785-1837, 1892-1894; prothonotary’s professional papers and a compensation claim, 1787-(Postmark 1847); private accounts (Watermark 1810)-1850; and miscellaneous personal papers, 1779-1853.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged as four series, comprising bill books, prothonotary’s charges books, charges sheets, etc,; prothonotary’s professional papers and compensation claim; private accounts, and personal papers. Bundles have been retained as found.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Dates of creation exceed the life span of Thomas Morgan, due to the enclosure of later papers.
Note
Many documents are endorsed with notes of content and dates
Note
This group incorporates Goegrddan Vols 239-245, 396, boxed and numbered by NLW prior to this catalogue.