Finding Aid - Ffynone Estate Records, (GB 0210 FFYNONE)
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - Ffynone Estate Records, (GB 0210 FFYNONE) Cynhyrchir gan Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Argraffwyd: Mai 05, 2017 Printed: May 05, 2017 Wrth lunio'r disgrifiad hwn dilynwyd canllawiau ANW a seiliwyd ar ISAD(G) Ail Argraffiad; rheolau AACR2; ac LCSH This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH https://archifau.llyfrgell.cymru/index.php/ffynone-estate-records-2 archives.library .wales/index.php/ffynone-estate-records-2 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Allt Penglais Aberystwyth Ceredigion United Kingdom SY23 3BU 01970 632 800 01970 615 709 [email protected] www.llgc.org.uk Ffynone Estate Records, 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 .......................................................................................................... 4 Trefniant | Arrangement .................................................................................................................................. 4 Nodiadau | Notes ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points ............................................................................................................... 5 Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions ............................................................................................................ 6 - Tudalen | Page 2 - GB 0210 FFYNONE Ffynone Estate Records, Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Ffynone Estate Records, ID: GB 0210 FFYNONE Virtua system control vtls004250314 number [alternative]: GEAC system control (WlAbNL)0000250314 number [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: 1282-1919 / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.383 cubic metres (13 boxes, 2 rolls) Physical description: Lleoliad ffisegol | ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Physical location: Iaith | Language: English Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note Formerly Spence-Colby manuscripts and documents and Deeds and [generalNote]: documents relating to the Owen and Colby estates, Pembrokeshire. Current title supplied from contents of fonds; former titles based on names of depositors. Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch Nodyn | Note The Colby family settled on their arrival in Pembrokeshire in Bletherston which they owned from 1597 to 1786. A younger branch of the Colby family, many of whom were solicitors, lived at Bangeston in Pembroke, which they purchased in 1722. The family acquired through the marriage of John Colby in around 1715 with Anne Jones the Rhosygilwen estate, Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire. Ffynone estate was purchased by the Colby family in 1752, and the Ffynone mansion was erected in 1795. The family also inherited Dyffryn Wdig near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, through the marriage of two of the daughters, and purchased properties in the parishes of Cenarth, Carmarthenshire, and Llanfihangel Penbedw, Pembrokeshire and were actively involved in working collieries in Pembrokeshire. The estate remained Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 FFYNONE Ffynone Estate Records, in Colby possession until 1919 when John Vaughan Colby died without male issue. Ffynone passed to his daughter Aline Margaret, who married C.J.H. Spence-Jones, who took the name of Colby by royal licence in 1920. Ffynone was sold in 1927 to a Glamorgan businessman. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Records of the Ffynone estate, Manordeifi, and Rhosygwilen estate, in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire, comprising deeds, probate records, settlements, etc., 1441-1915; estate and family letters, 1679-1915 (mainly 1733 onwards); rentals, 1837-1853, 1914-1915 (Ffynnone estate) and 1827-1837 (Rhosygwilen estate); and letters and accounts, 1787-1852, relating to various collieries in Pembrokeshire including Creswell, Jefferston Mountain, Hook, Amroth and Redlangoige. The archive also includes bank-books of the Tivyside Hunt, 1851-1855; muster rolls, letters, orders, orderly books, circulars, etc., of the Pembrokeshire militia, 1778-1876, but mainly 1778-1800 when Lt. Col. John Colby commanded it, including papers relating to the militia's tour of duty in Ireland, 1799-1800, which include papers relating to the trial and execution of Walter Baker, sentenced to death for conspiracy at Mallow, Ireland, 1799; papers relating to John Colby's court-martial, 1800; and deeds, accounts, and estate and family letters, 1786-1823, relating to the Orielton estate in Pembrokeshire and Anglesey, following the appointment of John Colby as receiver of that estate as a result of a legal dispute between members of the Owen family over the administration of the estate during the minority of Sir Hugh Owen. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Deposited by Mrs A Spence-Colby of Donington Hall, Ledbury, 1927, 1938 and 1949, and by Mrs L Davenport of Herefordshire, in 1966. Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged in two parts: (1) Spence-Colby Manuscripts and Documents (being the 1927 deposit) arranged into records of the Tivyside Hunt, Pembrokeshire militia, and deeds and documents, and (2) Additional Manuscripts and Deeds and Documents relating to the Owen and Colby estates (being the 1937-1966 deposits) arranged into correspondence, miscellaneous deeds and documents, and papers relating to the Pembrokeshire militia. 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. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 FFYNONE Ffynone Estate Records, Amodau rheoli defnydd | Conditions governing use Usual copyright laws apply. Rhestrau cymorth | Finding aids A hard copy of the catalogues under the former titles, Spence Colby and Owen and Colby, are available at NLW. Online catalogues under the current title, Ffynone Estate Records, can be accessed from <A HREF="http://www.llgc.org.uk:81/index.htm"> http://www.llgc.org.uk:81/index.htm</A> Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material A survey, 1759, of Rhosygilwen, co. Pemb., belonging to Thomas Colby, esq. (formerly Ffynone 2407), has been transferred to NLW Map Collection, and is now known as Roller Map B108. Further papers relating to the Ffynone estate are Carmarthenshire Archive Service, D/JF/1-659. Ychwanegiadau | Accruals Accruals are not expected Nodiadau eraill | Other notes • Statws cyhoeddiad | Publication status: Published Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points • Orielton Estate (Wales) -- Records and correspondence. • Ffynone Estate (Wales) -- Archives. • Rhosygilwen Estate (Wales) • Orielton Estate (Wales) • Tivyside Hunt (Wales) • Pembrokeshire militia • Ffynone Estate (Wales) • Baker, Walter d. ca. 1799 (pwnc) | (subject) • Owen, Hugh, Sir, 1782-1809 (pwnc) | (subject) • Colby, John, Colonel (pwnc) | (subject) • Colby family, of Ffynone -- Archives. • Owen family, of Orielton • Farm rents -- Wales -- Pembrokeshire (ffurfiau dogfennol) | (documentary form) • Coal mines and mining -- Wales -- Pembrokeshire (pwnc) | (subject) • Fox hunting -- Wales -- Cardiganshire (pwnc) | (subject) • Fox hunting -- Wales -- Carmarthenshire (pwnc) | (subject) • Administration of estates -- Wales -- Pembrokeshire (pwnc) | (subject) • Administration of estates -- Wales -- Carmarthenshire (pwnc) | (subject) • Administration of estates -- Wales -- Ceredigion (pwnc) | (subject) • Pembrokeshire (Wales) -- Militia (pwnc) | (subject) Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 FFYNONE Ffynone Estate Records, • Ffynone Estate (Wales) (pwnc) | (subject) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container Sub-fonds vtls005197732 ISYSARCHB10: Spence-Colby Manuscripts and Documents (1927 deposit), Dyddiad | Date: 1507-1855. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content: Arranged into records of the Tivyside Hunt, Pembrokeshire militia, and deeds and documents. Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cyfres | Series Box 1-80/MS 1. vtls005197733 ISYSARCHB10: Records of the Tivyside Hunt, Dyddiad | Date: 1851-1855. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: Box 1-80/MS 1. Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container Box 1-80/MS 1. File - Bank-book, 1851-1855. Box 1-80/MS vtls005197734 1. ISYSARCHB10 Cyfres | Series Box 1-80/2-15. vtls005197735 ISYSARCHB10: Pembrokeshire militia. Records and other papers of military interest. MSS 2-12 could not be found in Box 1-80, March 2009 ..., Dyddiad | Date: 1780-1800. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation)