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Title
Date(s)
- 1687, [18 cent., last ¼] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
One membrane : parchment ; c. 680 x 655 mm.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
According to Ifor Ceri (NLW MS 1655B, f. 8), the pedigree was still in the possession of 'the Family of Dolforgan' in 1828. The pedigree came to the vendor, with other unrelated documents, from an individual in the Dartford area, who was disposing of them on behalf of a third party.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Richard M. Ford; London; Purchase; October 2016; 99708141802419.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Pedigree, dated 1687, of Richard Herbert of Dolforgan, Kerry, Montgomeryshire, containing nineteen coats of arms, all painted, tracing Herbert's lineage, in the male line only, through fifteen generations, [?spuriously] from King Henry I and his son Herbert [?recte Henry] fitz Roy.
Husbands and wives are recorded in roundels beneath their impaled coats of arms; additional coats have been included to represent Herbert's wife's parents and maternal grandparents, and his daughter. Three generations have been added to the pedigree in a different hand (without heraldry), while further additions have been roughly sketched in pencil, [18 cent., last ¼]. Eight roundels have been left empty. The compilers of the pedigree are not named, however the Rev. John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri) ascribes it to Morris Evans of Llanfyllin, antiquary, and 'John Richardson, Herald Painter' (see NLW MS 1655B, f. 8; the repetition of this attribution alongside other pedigrees in the same volume (f. 13 verso) may cast doubt on its accuracy however). A dedication at the foot of the pedigree lists the authorities consulted (in NLW MS 1655B, f. 9 verso, Ifor Ceri appends the same list to a different pedigree altogether).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Significant loss of pigment in places, in particular blue pigment. Repaired and flattened at NLW, October 2017.
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Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
No. 490 in Michael Powell Siddons, 'Welsh Pedigree Rolls - Further Additions and Corrections (2)', NLWJ, 37.4 (2022), 154-157, where it is ascribed to Thomas Francis of Montgomery.
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Herbert family, of Dolforgan (Subject)
- Herbert, Richard, -1696 (Subject)
- Herbert, Richard, -1696 -- Family (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
December 2018.
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys M. Jones.