File NLW MS 24101G. - Pedigree of Richard Herbert, Dolforgan

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Reference code

NLW MS 24101G.

Title

Pedigree of Richard Herbert, Dolforgan

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).

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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

Related units of description

For a copy of the pedigree (without heraldry) in the hand of the Rev. John Jenkins (Ifor Ceri), 1828, see NLW MS 1655B, ff. 7-8.

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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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Alma system control number

99708141802419

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Rules and/or conventions used

Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH

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Dates of creation revision deletion

December 2018.

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Archivist's note

Description compiled by Rhys M. Jones.

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