Fonds GB 0210 VAUWEN - Vaughan Owen Deeds and Documents,

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0210 VAUWEN

Title

Vaughan Owen Deeds and Documents,

Date(s)

  • 1546-1946 / (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

0.029 cubic metres (1 box)

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Bennett family were living in the vicinity of Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, in the early seventeenth century. Nicholas Bennett lived in Glyntrefnant, Trefeglwys, in 1628. His great-grandson, Edward Bennett (1668-1712), married Jane Bowen in 1695, and was living in Glanyrafon, Trefeglwys, by 1701. The property eventually descended to Nicholas Bennett (1792-1873). He and his wife Sarah had three children, Nicholas (1823-1899), Mary (1826-1860) and Edward. Mary married John Owen (d c. 1890) of Llawrpenegoes, Penegoes, Montgomeryshire, and they had two sons. One of these, Nicholas Bennett Owen, was adopted by his uncle Nicholas Bennett after his mother's death. He inherited Glanyrafon, but by 1940 was living at Dewisbren, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire. The other son was Dr John Vaughan Owen (1859-1940) of Glasgoed, Llanidloes. His children included Bennett Vaughan Owen (d 1964) of Dolwen, Llanidloes, C. E. Vaughan Owen (1901-1981), of Glasgoed, and Mrs M. V. Wynne Jones. Evan Jones of Dolgoed, Talyllyn, Merionethshire, married Sydney Rowland of Dewisbren in c. 1738. Their son, John Owen (otherwise John Owen Jones, died 1796), married Mary Vaughan (died 1815), daughter and heir of Hugh Vaughan of Llawrpenegoes, in 1770. Their son, Evan Jones Owen (d c. 1849), lived at Llawrpenegoes, and he and his wife Mary had three sons, Evan, John and Hugh Owen. John Owen married Mary Bennett of Glanyrafon.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited by Bennett Vaughan Owen, Dolwen, Llanidloes, 1962, by his brother Cecil E. Vaughan Owen, Glasgoed, Llanidloes, 1965, and by their sister, Mrs M. V. Wynne-Jones, Rudgwick, Sussex, 1965, 1971.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Deeds and documents of the Bennett family of Glanyrafon, Montgomeryshire, and the Owen family of Dolgoed and Llawrpenegoes, 1546-1946, relating mainly to properties in the parishes of Llanidloes, Llanwrin, Penegoes, and Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, and Talyllyn, Merionethshire; and a map of properties in Trefeglwys, 1819.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Action: All records deposited at the National Library of Wales have been retained..

Accruals

Accruals are not expected.

System of arrangement

Arranged into groups by deposit, then chronologically.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.

Conditions governing reproduction

Usual copyright regulations apply.

Language of material

Script of material

Language and script notes

English, Latin.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Hard copies of the catalogues are available at the National Library of Wales.

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Further papers are NLW, Cecil Vaughan Owen Papers.

Related descriptions

Notes area

Note

Title supplied from name of depositors and contents of fonds.

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls003844292

Project identifier

ANW

Access points

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Genre access points

Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

Rules and/or conventions used

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

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

April 2003

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

Archivist's note

Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used to compile this description: NLW, Schedules of Vaughan Owen, vols I-III; genealogical note in Vaughan Owen II, No 48; Owen, C. E. Vaughan, 'Arwystli Notebook', Montgomeryshire Collections, vol. LV (1957).

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