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Plas Tregayan Estate Records, (GB 0210 TREGAYAN) Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - Plas Tregayan Estate Records, (GB 0210 TREGAYAN) 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/plas-tregayan-estate-records archives.library .wales/index.php/plas-tregayan-estate-records 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 Plas Tregayan 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 ............................................................................................................ 5 - Tudalen | Page 2 - GB 0210 TREGAYAN Plas Tregayan Estate Records, Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Plas Tregayan Estate Records, ID: GB 0210 TREGAYAN Virtua system control vtls004273826 number [alternative]: GEAC system control (WlAbNL)0000273826 number [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: [late 13 cent.]-1926 / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.108 cubic metres (4 boxes) Physical description: Iaith | Language: English Iaith | Language: Latin Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note Previously called Roger Lloyd Collection. Current title supplied [generalNote]: from contents of fonds; previous title based on name of depositor. Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch Nodyn | Note Plas Tregayan estate, Anglesey, was owned by the Prytherch family; John Prytherch (alive 1575) appears to have been the first member of the family to have used the surname. The estate remained in the hands of the Prytherch family until the death of John Prytherch in 1724. He was succeeded by his daughter Ann who, in 1725, married John Edmunds, rector of Aber, Caernarfonshire, and son of John Edmunds, agent of the Penrhyn Castle estate. She was succeeded by her eldest son John who was drowned near Harlech in 1754, aged 28. The estate then passed to his sister Margaret (c. 1733-1784) who had married Robert Lloyd of Gwynus, Ll#n. Their eventual heir was their third son, John Lloyd of Cesailgyfarch, Caernarfonshire. He was succeeded by his only daughter Margaret Hooper Lloyd (1790-1858). Margaret Hooper Lloyd married Thomas Parry Jones-Parry (1784-1845)owner of the Llwyn Onn estate, Denbighshire, and the Aberdunant estate, Caernarfonshire, and brother of Sir Love Parry Jones-Parry, owner of the Madryn estate, Caernarfonshire. Thomas and Margaret's eldest surviving son, Robert Lloyd Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 TREGAYAN Plas Tregayan Estate Records, Jones-Parry (1816-1870), inherited the Aberdunant estate. He was succeeded by his son Robert Lloyd Jones-Parry (1816-1870). His son, Thomas Edward John Lloyd (b. 1856) also inherited the property of his great-grandfather, Vice Admiral Robert Lloyd of Tregayan, Anglesey, and assumed the name of Lloyd on succeeding to the estate. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Deeds, relating to the Plas Tregayan estate in Anglesey and Merioneth, 1810-1926, and associated estates, namely Llwyn Onn in Denbighshire, [late 13 cent.]-1879, Madryn estate in Caernarfonshire, 1638-1831, Aberdunant estate, Anglesey, Caernarfonshire and Merioneth, 1845-1902, and Cesailgyfarch estate, Caernarfonshire, 1638-1897. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Deposited by Roger Lloyd, Plas Tregayan, Anglesey in 1937, May 1945 and March 1956. Trefniant | Arrangement The 1945 deposit is arranged chronologically (listed in vol. I) and by property (listed in vol. II); with the 1937 and 1956 deposits arranged chronologically (listed in vol. II). 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 laws apply. Rhestrau cymorth | Finding aids A hard copy of the catalogues, under the previous title, Roger Lloyd Collection, are available at NLW. Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material Further Plas Tregayan estate records are Anglesey Record Office, W/DH (Lloyd Papers) and Denbighshire Record Office, DD/LO. The main Llwyn Onn estate archive is Denbighshire Record Office, DD/LO, which also includes papers relating to the Gesailgyfarch estate. Further papers relating Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 TREGAYAN Plas Tregayan Estate Records, to the Madryn estate are National Library of Wales, Madryn Estate Records and Broom Hall Estate Records. Ychwanegiadau | Accruals Accruals are not expected. Nodiadau eraill | Other notes • Statws cyhoeddiad | Publication status: Published Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points • Plas Tregayan estate (Anglesey, Wales) -- Archives. • Llwyn Onn Estate (Wales) -- Records and correspondence. • Cesailgyfarch Estate (Wales) -- Records and correspondence. • Aberdunant Estate (Wales) -- Records and correspondence. • Madryn Estate (Wales) -- Records and correspondence. • Llwyn Onn Estate (Wales) • Aberdunant Estate (Wales) • Cesailgyfarch Estate (Wales) • Madryn Estate (Wales) • Administration of estates -- Wales -- Anglesey (pwnc) | (subject) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container 1-41. vtls005472728 Otherlevel - Group I, [1276x1300]-1794. 1-41. ISYSARCHB64 1. vtls005472729 File - Release for homage and good [1276x1300]. 1. ISYSARCHB64 service, of part of the vill of Ruwe [Rhiwiau] in p. Defferncloit [Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd ..., 2. vtls005472730 File - Grant of the right to take wild cats, [1276x1300]. 2. ISYSARCHB64 foxes, and hares anywhere outside the parks of the lp and to ..., 3. vtls005472731 File - Inspeximus and confirmation of no. 1312, March 11. 3. ISYSARCHB64 1, 4. vtls005472732 File - Grant of the custody of the lands of 1321, Nov 7. 4. ISYSARCHB64 Gruffith de Verdoun, and the marriages of his daughters and widow, 5. vtls005472733 File - Refeoffment of burgages in Ruthyn 1531, May 2. 5. ISYSARCHB64 [Rhuthun, co. Denb.], 6. vtls005472734 File - Exemplification of a fine levied 1592, Oct. 21. 6. ISYSARCHB64 at Wrexham, [co. Denb.], 18 Oct. 1591, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 TREGAYAN Plas Tregayan Estate Records, between Edward Theloall, [Thelwall], esq., and John Theloall ..., 7. vtls005472735 File - Covenant to suffer a recovery in 1599, Sept. 5. 7. ISYSARCHB64 Ruthin [Rhuthun] court of parcels of land called y saith acre, copy Romston, and ..., 8. vtls005472736 File - Exemplification of a fine levied 1600, July 12. 8. ISYSARCHB64 at Rhuthun, 9 July 1599, between Richard Theloall [Thelwall], the younger, plaintiff, and Agnes verch ..., 9. vtls005472737 File - Grant of a m. and land called 1601, Feb. 7. 9. ISYSARCHB64 yr erowe heire vcha in Rewe vcha [Rhiw Uchaf], commote of Dogvillin [Dogfeiling ..., 10. vtls005472738 File - Conveyance of the m. in which 1601, March 10. 10. ISYSARCHB64 Alice verch Meredith, dec., lately dwelt, in Lloyneth [Llwynydd, p. Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd] and ..., 11. vtls005472739 File - Conveyance of y Key Sheat in 1605, Nov. 23. 11. ISYSARCHB64 Rhyw vcha [Rhiw Uchaf] and Rhyw Issa [Rhiw Isaf, p. Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd], co ..., 12. vtls005472740 File - Will of Richard Thelwall of 1626, Jan. 2. 12. ISYSARCHB64 Llanbedr Diffrincloyd [Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd], co. Denb., gent, 13. vtls005472741 File - Assurance made by Ambrose 1626, Jan. 20. 13. ISYSARCHB64 Thelwall of London upon the life of Symon Thelwall of Graies Inn underwritten by Richard Miller ..., 14. vtls005472742 File - Assurance made by Ambrose 1627, March 2. 14. ISYSARCHB64 Thelwall upon the life of Symon Thelwall, 15. vtls005472743 File - Conveyance of yr Erow, in 1630, April 7. 15. ISYSARCHB64 Rhiwucha [Rhiw Uchaf], Rhiw issa [Rhiw Isaf], and p. of Llanbedr [Dyffryn Clwyd], 16. vtls005472744 File - Bond for the performance of 1630, Sept. 13. 16. ISYSARCHB64 covenants, 17. vtls005472745 File - Lease of the parsonage of 1633, Feb. 18. 17. ISYSARCHB64 Whitford.
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