Fonds GB 0210 WIGFAIR - Wigfair Estate Records,

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0210 WIGFAIR

Title

Wigfair Estate Records,

Date(s)

  • 1229-1230, 1273-1898 / (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

0.208 cubic metres (23 boxes)

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Lloyd family appear to have resided at Wigfair since at least the time of Robert ap Maredudd ap David Lloyd of Wigfair (fl. 1549-1562). Howel Lloyd (c. 1681-1729) of Wigfair married Phoebe Lloyd (d. 1760), heiress of the Lloyd family of Hafodunos.

The Lloyd family of Hafodunos was originally unrelated to the Lloyd family of Wigfair. Cynwrig ap Bleddyn (?fl. early 15 cent) appears to have been the first to have been described as of Hafodunos, and his grandson, David Lloyd (?fl. late 15th cent) appears to have been the first of his family to be called Lloyd. Hafodunos passed from father to son for a further eight generations, to Hedd Lloyd (d. c. 1739). He was suceeded by his daughter Phoebe (d. 1760), the widow of Howel Lloyd (c. 1681-1729) of Wigfair, a family that appear to have resided at Wigfair since at least the time of Robert ap Maredudd ap David Lloyd (fl. 1549-1562). The Lloyd family of Wigfair and Hafodunos lasted two generations before coming to an end with co-heiresses. One, Dorothea Lloyd, who appears to have inherited Hafodunos, married the Rev. Thomas Clough (1756-1814), rector of Denbigh, a descendant of the Clough family of Plas Clough. Their son, Rev. Thomas Hugh Clough, sold Hafodunos to Samuel Sandbach of Liverpool in 1830. The other heiress, Mary, who appears to have inherited Wigfair, married the Rev. J.C. Potter who assumed the surname Conway. Later members of the family styled themselves Lloyd Conway.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Purchased from Colonel H. C. Lloyd Howard in 1926 and 1927.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records, mainly title deeds, 1229-1907, of the Hafodunos estate, Denbighshire, and the Wigfair estate, Flintshire, together with manuscript volumes containing mainly family and estate correspondence, mainly 18-19 centuries, including correspondence of John Lloyd (1749-1815) 'The Philosopher', 1766-1814, letters to Robert Howard, Collector of Customs at Conwy, Caernarfonshire, 1735-1775, letters of the Rev. Richard Howard, 1807-1858, papers, [c.1740]-[c.1748], relating to Hugh Howard of Mahim, Bombay, formerly of St Andrews Holborn, London; and accounts, letters and other papers of the Llandudno New Mine Company, 1815-1821, a copper mining venture.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Action: All records purchased by NLW have been retained.

Accruals

Accruals are not expected

System of arrangement

Arranged into deeds and letters and then chronologically. The manuscript volumes were removed from the archive and arranged in the NLW MSS series; they are now NLW MSS 12401-12513.

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 laws apply.

Language of material

  • English
  • Latin
  • Welsh

Script of material

Language and script notes

English, Latin, Welsh.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Further details relating to manorial records within the archive can be accessed online from The National Archives Manorial Documents Register.

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Further estate papers are Flintshire Record Office, D/KK, and National Library of Wales, Rhiwlas Estate Records.

Related descriptions

Notes area

Note

Title supplied from contents of fonds.

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004250322

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000250322

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Rules and/or conventions used

This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

August 2001.

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

Archivist's note

Compiled by Stephen Benham.

Archivist's note

The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Lloyd, J. Y. W., History of Powys Fadog (London, 6 vols, 1881-1887), vols IV-V; Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 (London, 1959); Griffith, John Edwards, Pedigrees of Anglesey and Carnarvonshire Families (Wrexham, 1998 reprint);

Accession area