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- [1601x1610]. (Creation)
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Two lists describing and evaluating articles of clothing and material for making up into clothes, etc., which, with sums of money, had been received by Ellin [?subsequently] wife of George gruff[ydd] ap d[avi]d ap m[ered]? edd, serving maid of Ieu[a]n ap Rees ap Dauid [of Wigfair, ob. ?circa 1610], as part of her wages whilst in the service of the said Ieuan. The first is in Welsh and is headed 'Taledigaethe i Ellin vawr oi chyflog gen Ieu[a]n ap Rees ap Dauid sydd yn Ca[n]lyn'. The second is an incomplete English version of the Welsh list and is described as 'A trwe and p[er]fe? ict note of such thinges as Ieu[a]n ap Rees ap Dauid, def[endan]t at the sute of George gruff[ydd] ap d[avi]d ap m[ered]?edd & Ellin his weif, paid to the said Ellin for her waiges at such tymes as she the said Ellin served the said def[endan]t as his servant mayed ? are following'.
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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English, Welsh.
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The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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Digital version available http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4398325 (June 2016).
Digital version available https://www.library.wales/discover-learn/digital-exhibitions/manuscripts/early-modern-period/payments-to-a-serving-maid
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For transcripts of these two lists with introductory notes see Megan Ellis: 'Dress and Dress Materials for a Serving Maid, circa 1600', The National Library of Wales Journal, vol. 1, pp. 76-82.
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Formerly Wigfair MS 50.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 12450E [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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- Elin wraig George Gruffydd ap David (Subject)
- George Gruffydd ap David (Subject)
- Ieuan ap Rees ap David, d. ?ca. 1610 (Subject)
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