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Title
Date(s)
- [1660x1781] / (Creation)
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Extent and medium
185 ff. (original pagination 1-177 with errors on ff. 1-94 verso; blank from f. 163 verso) ; 165 x 110 mm. Full leather, blind double fillet and tooling.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Probably owned by William Charles and members of his family c. 1781 - c. 1842 (see note on f. 9 and elsewhere); owned in 1854 by the Reverend Thomas Lewis, Baptist minister at Llanddewi Rhydderch, 1848-56 (see note inside front cover and on f. 95). Stamp of ?Swansea Baptist College Library inside front cover.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
David Harbourne; Cardiff; Purchase; 1983
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A volume of twenty-three sermons, fourteen (ff. 1-94 verso) compiled during the 1660s by William Watkins (ordained priest 1665), vicar of Llanfihangel Crucornau, Monmouthshire, 1665 - c. 1672, the remainder, which includes a sermon in Welsh, belonging to the following century. Some of the sermons were preached, 1753-1756, at Llan-arth or Llanwenarth, Monmouthshire (ff. 101 verso, 148 verso) and the first sermon (ff. 3-9) at Llanddewi Rhydderch in 1781 by the vicar, William Charles.
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Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).
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Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 21882A.
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Name access points
- Watkins, William, Rev. (Subject)
- Charles, William, Rev. (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
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Language(s)
- English