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Tabl cynnwys | Table of contents

Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information ...... 3 Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch ...... 3 Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content ...... 3 Trefniant | Arrangement ...... 4 Nodiadau | Notes ...... 4 Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points ...... 5 Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions ...... 5 Boxes 308-11, bundles A-W. vtls005330869 ISYSARCHB72, Probate records,, 1904-54...... 5 Boxes 312-19, bundles A-W. vtls005330888 ISYSARCHB72, Probate records,, 1729-1939...... 7

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Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information

Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Longueville Collection, ID: GB 0210 LONG Virtua system control vtls003844264 number [alternative]: Project identifier ANW [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: [14th century-20th century] / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 6.120 cubic metres (213 boxes, 13 volumes, 1 parcel) (*clearly wrong; Physical description: hundreds of volumes) Lleoliad ffisegol | ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Physical location: Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note Title supplied from collector of the fonds. [generalNote]:

Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch

Nodyn | Note Messrs Longueville & Co. of , solicitors, was established in 1720. The firm acted on behalf of a number of notable families and large estates in north Wales and , including the Chirk Castle estate, the Hengwrt, Rug and Nannau estate, and the Wynnstay estate. In 1988 Longueville merged with local solicitors John C Gittins & Co. and Minshalls to form LG Solicitors.

Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content

Papers relating to families and estates in north Wales, including the West family, the Chirk Castle estate, the Hengwrt, Rug and Nannau estate, the Wynnstay estate, the Penbedw estate, the estate of Richard

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 LONG Longueville Collection, Willding of Llanrhaeadr Hall, Denbighshire, and the Whitehall-Davies family of Broughton Hall, Flintshire, and Llannerch, Denbighshire. Records and correspondence, including relating to abstracts of title, chapels, churches, conveyances, inclosures, industrial activity, law suits, mining, parliamentary elections, probate, railways, schools and tithe commutation. Office records, including cash journals, bill books and letter books, [19th century]-[20th century].

Nodiadau | Notes

Nodiadau teitl | Title notes

Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Deposited in several groups: the first two groups by Longueville & Co., per Mr J. Iorwerth Williams, c.1942 and c.1948

Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged within each deposited group by broad category, including major clients, minor clients, probate, law suits, parliamentary elections, miscellaneous conveyances, tithe commutation, correspondence, inclosures, industrial, and railways.

Cyfyngiadau ar fynediad | Restrictions on access Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the ‘Modern papers - data protection' form.

Amodau rheoli defnydd | Conditions governing use Usual copyright regulations apply.

Rhestrau cymorth | Finding aids Most of the Longueville Collection (a huge archive) remains uncatalogued. NLW, A preliminary schedule of deeds & documents deposited by Messrs Longueville & Co..., 1960, is a catalogue of part of the 1958 deposit. NLW, Longueville Gittins probates & administrations, 1993, is a list of the probate records from two tin chests in the 1988 deposit. HMC, Report on deeds & papers of the Williams Wynn family of Wynnstay, baronets, and Ormsby Gore family, barons Harlech..., 1998, is a box list to the papers of those two estates in the c.1954, c.1981 and 1988 deposits. Hard copies of these three catalogues are available at NLW and HMC. NLW, Longueville Gittins probates & administrations, 1993, is also available online. Card indexes to 'Miscellaneous probate records including death certificates' and 'Minor clients' are available at NLW.

Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material Powys County Archives Service: Longueville Gittins Maps & Plans is a small group. Further Longueville papers, concentrating on their English clients, are in Shropshire Archives: Longueville, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 LONG Longueville Collection, Gittins & Co. Further papers relating to several Longueville clients are at NLW, including Brogyntyn (Longueville) Papers, Chirk Castle Estate Records and Wynnstay Estate Records. The main collection of Wynnstay papers are in the Denbighshire Record Office: Wynnstay MSS.

Ychwanegiadau | Accruals Accruals are not expected.

Nodiadau eraill | Other notes • Statws cyhoeddiad | Publication status: Published • Dynodwr sefydliad | Institution identifier: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points

• Chirk Castle (Wales) -- Records and correspondence • Ormsby-Gore family, Barons Harlech -- Archives. • Williams Wynn family, of Wynnstay -- Archives (pwnc) | (subject) • Administration of estates -- Wales, North (pwnc) | (subject) • Deeds -- Wales -- Caernarvonshire. (pwnc) | (subject) • Deeds -- Wales -- Denbighshire. (pwnc) | (subject) • Deeds -- Wales -- Flintshire. (pwnc) | (subject) • Deeds -- Wales -- Merioneth. (pwnc) | (subject) • Lawyers -- -- Oswestry -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) • Deeds -- Wales -- Montgomeryshire. (pwnc) | (subject) • Oswestry (England) (pwnc) | (subject) • Denbighshire (Wales) (pwnc) | (subject) • Flintshire (Wales) (pwnc) | (subject) • Merioneth (Wales) (pwnc) | (subject) • Montgomeryshire (Wales) (pwnc) | (subject)

Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions

Cyfres | Series Boxes 308-11, bundles A-W. vtls005330869 ISYSARCHB72: Probate records, Dyddiad | Date: 1904-54. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: Boxes 308-11, bundles A-W.

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Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container Box 308, bundle File - Arthur, John, Penfigin, p. 1909-46. Box 308, A. vtls005330870 Llanfihangel [-yng-Ngwynfa], co. Mont. bundle A. ISYSARCHB72 1946. Administration, Box 308, bundle File - Bailey, Mary Ellen, Yew Tree 1937-54. Box 308, B. vtls005330871 House, The Ball, Maesbury, p. Oswestry, bundle B. ISYSARCHB72 Shropshire. 1939. Probate, Box 308, bundle File - Charles, Andrew, Oulton Farm, p. 1937-50. Box 308, C. vtls005330872 Norbury, Staffordshire. 1944. Probate, bundle C. ISYSARCHB72 Box 308, bundle File - Daulby, Thomas, 2 Mount Terrace, 1936-50. Box 308, D. vtls005330873 Ifton Heath, p. St Martin's, Shropshire. bundle D. ISYSARCHB72 1949. Probate, Box 308, bundle File - Edwards, Annie, 24 Marfitt 1926-49. Box 308, E. vtls005330874 Street, Leicester, Leicestershire. 1929. bundle E. ISYSARCHB72 Administration, Box 309, bundle File - Faulkner, Thomas Alfred, 1930-50. Box 309, F. vtls005330875 Rose Hill Nurseries, p. Whittington, bundle F. ISYSARCHB72 Shropshire. 1939. Administration, Box 309, bundle File - Gears, Thomas, Mount Cottage, 1924-50. Box 309, G. vtls005330876 Morda, p. Oswestry, Shropshire. 1943. bundle G. ISYSARCHB72 Probate, Box 309, bundle File - Halden, Florence Mary, 34 Church 1920-51. Box 309, H. vtls005330877 Street, p. Oswestry, Shropshire. 1950. bundle H. ISYSARCHB72 Probate, Box 309, bundle J- File - Jenkins, Alfred, 1 St Martins 1910-50. Box 309, K. vtls005330878 Road, p. Gobowen, Shropshire. 1946. bundle J-K. ISYSARCHB72 Administration, Box 310, bundle File - Lawrence, John Frank, Gledrid 1937-50. Box 310, L. vtls005330879 Farm, p. Chirk, Shropshire. 1939. bundle L. ISYSARCHB72 Probate, Box 309, bundle M- File - McCORMACK, John Francis, 1904-49. Box 309, N. vtls005330880 Sergeant Major, 76th Med. Regiment bundle M-N. ISYSARCHB72 Royal Artillery, p. Oswestry, Shropshire. 1941. Administration, Box 309, bundle File - Owen, E. M., The Cottage, 1926-47. Box 309, O. vtls005330881 Armoury Gardens, Shrewsbury, bundle O. ISYSARCHB72 Shropshire. 1940. Probate, Box 310, bundle File - Parker, Mary Ann, Sweeney 1921-51. Box 310, P. vtls005330882 Hall, p. Oswestry, Shropshire. 1950. bundle P. ISYSARCHB72 Administration, Bundle 310, bundle File - Reynolds, Harriet Ann, 70 Park 1934-51. Bundle 310, R. vtls005330883 Avenue, p. Oswestry, Shropshire. 1944. bundle R. ISYSARCHB72 Administration, Box 310, bundle File - Saunders, Elizabeth, Gladstone 1937-49. Box 310, S. vtls005330884 House, p. Hadley, Shropshire. 1943. bundle S. ISYSARCHB72 Probate, Box 311, bundle File - Thomas, David, Cwmonen, p. 1933-50. Box 311, T. vtls005330885 Llanuwchllyn, co. Mer. 1937. Probate, bundle T. ISYSARCHB72

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 6 GB 0210 LONG Longueville Collection, Box 311, bundle U- File - Union, Ada Emily, Glenhurst, 1943-50. Box 311, V. vtls005330886 Morda Road, p. Oswestry, Shropshire. bundle U-V. ISYSARCHB72 1943. Probate (copy), Box 311, bundle File - Walford, Mary Joan Henshaw, 1932-51. Box 311, W. vtls005330887 Casula, p. Whitchurch, Shropshire. 1942. bundle W. ISYSARCHB72 Probate, Cyfres | Series Boxes 312-19, bundles A-W. vtls005330888 ISYSARCHB72: Probate records, Dyddiad | Date: 1729-1939. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: Boxes 312-19, bundles A-W.

Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container Box 312, bundle File - Alldritt, Martha Ann, 43 Ferrers 1854-1928. Box 312, A. vtls005330889 Road, p. Oswestry, Shropshire. 1927. bundle A. ISYSARCHB72 Probate, Box 312, bundles File - Barlow, Samuel, Law Street, 1834-1927. Box 312, B (2 bundles). Bishopsfield, p. Hoole, Cheshire. 1880. bundles B (2 vtls005330890 Probate, bundles). ISYSARCHB72 Box 312, bundle File - Canlin, Maria, Kinton, p. Great 1869-1935. Box 312, C. vtls005330891 Ness, Shropshire. 1869. Probate, bundle C. ISYSARCHB72 Box 313, bundles D File - Davies, Andrew, Ruyton-of-the- 1829-1933. Box 313, (1 box = 2 bundles). eleven-towns, Shropshire. 1918. Probate, bundles D vtls005330892 (1 box = 2 ISYSARCHB72 bundles). Box 314, bundles File - Eaton, John, Willington Cross, 1849-1932. Box 314, E (2 bundles). Willington, p. Hanmer, co. Flint. 1885. bundles E (2 vtls005330893 Probate, bundles). ISYSARCHB72 Box 314, bundle File - Farmer, Richard, Cae Bare, 1864-1928. Box 314, F. vtls005330894 p. Guilsfield, co. Mont. 1868. bundle F. ISYSARCHB72 Administration, Box 315, bundle File - Gardiner, Alice Elizabeth, 77 St 1859-1909. Box 315, G. vtls005330895 Johns Road, Hoxton, Middlesex. 1892. bundle G. ISYSARCHB72 Administration, Box 315, bundles File - Hamer, John, Glanyrafon, p. 1729-1939. Box 315, H (2 bundles). Llanyblodwel, Shropshire. 1904. bundles H (2 vtls005330896 Administration, bundles). ISYSARCHB72 Box 316, bundle File - Ingram, David, 1 Whittington 1892-1925. Box 316, I. vtls005330897 View, New Road, p. Gobowen, bundle I. ISYSARCHB72 Shropshire. 1925. Administration,

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 7 GB 0210 LONG Longueville Collection, Box 316, bundles File - James, Jacob, Marytavy, Devon. 1842-1936. Box 316, J (2 bundles). 1880. Probate, bundles J (2 vtls005330898 bundles). ISYSARCHB72 Bundle 316, bundle File - Kempster, Edward, Trewyllan, p. 1868-1931. Bundle 316, K. vtls005330899 Llansanffraid [-ym-Mechain], co. Mont. bundle K. ISYSARCHB72 1931. Probate, Box 316, bundle File - Last, Elizabeth, Swan Hill Villa, 1830-1933. Box 316, L. vtls005330900 Llynclys, p. Oswestry, Shropshire. 1926. bundle L. ISYSARCHB72 Probate, Box 317, bundle File - Macoy, Parmela, p. St Martin's, 1862-1939. Box 317, M. vtls005330901 Shropshire. 1883. Probate, bundle M. ISYSARCHB72 Box 317, bundle File - Napier, The Hon. Charles, Rugby, 1839-97. Box 317, N. vtls005330902 Warwickshire. 1875. Probate, bundle N. ISYSARCHB72 Box 317, bundle File - Oswell, Thomas Stephen, 1850-1919. Box 317, O. vtls005330903 Ellesmere, Shropshire, esq. 1872. bundle O. ISYSARCHB72 Probate, Box 318, bundle File - Palmer, Margaret, 3 Kent Place, p. 1848-1928. Box 318, P. vtls005330904 Oswestry, Shropshire. 1894. Probate, bundle P. ISYSARCHB72 Box 318, bundle File - Randles, Thomas, The Laurels, p. 1845-1937. Box 318, R. vtls005330905 Whittington, Shropshire. 1900. Probate, bundle R. ISYSARCHB72 Box 319, bundle File - Saunders, James A., Smithfield 1866-1937. Box 319, S. vtls005330906 Road, p. Oswestry, Shropshire. 1890. bundle S. ISYSARCHB72 Probate, Box 319, bundle File - Tannatt, David, Rhysnant, p. 1860-1931. Box 319, T. vtls005330907 Llandysilio, co. Mont. 1860. Probate, bundle T. ISYSARCHB72 Box 319, bundle File - Union, Harriett Agnes, Hordley 1931. Box 319, U. vtls005330908 Grange, p. Ellesmere, Shropshire. 1931. bundle U. ISYSARCHB72 Probate, Box 319, bundle File - Vaughan, Eliza, Sunnyhurst, 1866-1930. Box 319, V. vtls005330909 Weston Avenue, p. Oswestry, bundle V. ISYSARCHB72 Shropshire. 1929. Probate, Box 319, bundle File - Wainwright, John, Whittington, 1836-1928. Box 319, W. vtls005330910 Shropshire. 1921. Administration, bundle W. ISYSARCHB72

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