Identity area
Reference code
Title
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
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from name of depositors and contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Glanyrafon Estate (Trefeglwys, Wales) (Subject)
- Dolgoed Estate (Wales) (Subject)
- Bennett family, of Glanyrafon -- Archives (Subject)
- Owen family, of Tal-y-llyn (Gwynedd) -- Archives (Subject)
- Bennett family, of Glanyrafon (Subject)
- Owen family, of Tal-y-llyn, Gwynedd (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
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).