Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - Dynevor Estate Records, (GB 0210 DYNEVOR) 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/dynevor-estate-records archives.library .wales/index.php/dynevor-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 Dynevor 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 .................................................................................................................................. 5 Nodiadau | Notes ............................................................................................................................................. 5 Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points ............................................................................................................... 6 Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions ............................................................................................................ 6 - Tudalen | Page 2 - GB 0210 DYNEVOR Dynevor Estate Records, Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Dynevor Estate Records, ID: GB 0210 DYNEVOR Virtua system control vtls004250280 number [alternative]: GEAC system control (WlAbNL)0000250280 number [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: 1481-1875, 1933 / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.551 cubic metres (26 boxes, 1 roll, 24 volumes) Physical description: Iaith | Language: English Iaith | Language: Latin Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note Title supplied from contents of fonds. [generalNote]: Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch Nodyn | Note Dynevor was held by the Rice family since the 15th century. Rhys ap Griffith of Dynevor was beheaded in 1531, his possessions being forfeited to the Crown. His son Griffith ap Rice managed to regain parts of his father's Pembrokeshire lands before being convicted of the murder of Mathew Walshe in Durham. On the accession of Elizabeth I he was pardoned, and in 1560, the forfeited lands were again restored to him, together with other lands in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire, including the manor of Newton. (The name Dynevor Castle and occasionally Dynevor Park was a 19th century creation). Griffith's son and heir was Sir Walter Rice of Newton, who married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Mansel, of Margam, Glamorgan. The estate devolved in the male line for three generations, until Sir Edward Rice, who built the present mansion, died without issue. The estate then passed to his brother Walter Rice and then to Griffith Rice of Newton, M.P. for Carmarthenshire 1701-1710, who married Katherine, daughter and co-heiress of Philip Hobby of Neath Abbey. The Neath Abbey estate was Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 DYNEVOR Dynevor Estate Records, partitioned into three parts, with the Rice family receiving the residue of the properties with 7/8 rights to minerals, excluding that under Graig and Longford land. Griffith was succeeded by his grandson, George Rice, M.P for Carmarthenshire 1754-1779, who married Cecil, (Baroness Dynevor), only daughter and heiress of William Talbot, Earl Talbot of Hensol, Glamorgan, thus acquiring the Hensol estate. Cecil succeeded her father in the barony of Dynevor in 1782, and assumed by royal licence the surname de Cardonnell in 1787. Their heir was George Talbot Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor, who assumed the additional surname of de Cardonnell by royal licence in 1793, but resumed the name Rice by royal licence in 1817. He was succeeded by his only son, George Rice, 4th Baron Dynevor, who assumed the additional surname of Trevor as inheritor of the Bromham estate from the Trevors of Glynde, Sussex, through the will of John 3rd viscount Hampden who died in 1824. He died without male heir so that the Dynevor estate passed to his cousin, Francis William, 5th Baron Dynevor, vicar of Fairford, Gloucestershire. Francis' grandson was Walter Fitzuryan, 7th Baron Dynevor, who married Lady Margaret Child-Villiers, eldest daughter of the 7th Earl of Jersey. He re-assumed by royal licence the surname of Rhys in lieu of Rice. His heir, Charles Arthur Uryan Rhys, sold the Dynevor portion of the Neath Abbey estate in September 1946. This portion amounted to 2,620 acres, extending from Cilfrew to Crumlyn Brook at Jersey Marina, and included 13 farms and industrial sites. Richard Charles Uryan Rhys, 9th Baron Dynevor, inherited the remaining holding of the Llandeilo estate, comprising 23 farms and 2,000 acres, a ruined castle, a deer park with a herd of rare White Park cattle, and substantial unpaid death duties. Most of the estate has since been sold. According to the 1873 return of owners of land, The Rev. William 5th Lord Dynevor, owned 10,509 acres in Wales (in Carmarthenshire and Glamorgan), with an estimated annual rental of £18,552. Hanes Gwarchodol | Custodial history The 1936 deposit was arranged and catalogued by I. H. Jeayes of the British Museum for Lord Dynevor in 1889 and 1911. His numbering and arrangement have been retained. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Title deeds of the Dinefwr estate, 1514-20 cent., in Carmarthenshire, Glamorgan and Pembrokeshire; rentals and accounts, 1587-1777; court rolls of the manor of Iscennen, 1660-1710; a series of copies of royal grants, 1481-1517, to Sir Rhys ap Thomas; and documents relating to the attainder of Rice Griffith, 1531, and to efforts to reverse the attainder, 1547 to temp. James I; records of the Neath Abbey estate, including records of the manor of Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, from 1602; and coal-mining records, Glamorgan, 18 cent.-19 cent. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 DYNEVOR Dynevor Estate Records, Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Deposited by the 7th and 8th Lords Dynevor, Dynevor Castle, Llandeilo, in 1936, 1956 and 1959. Trefniant | Arrangement Part of the 1936 deposit is arranged into two groups: Group A and Group B and chronologically within each group. The 1956 and 1959 deposits are arranged by parcel. 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 Further details relating to manorial records within the archive can be accessed online from The National Archives Manorial Documents Register. Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material Further papers relating to the Dynevor estate in Carmarthenshire are held at the Carmarthenshire Archives Service. Further papers relating to the Hensol estate are National Library of Wales, Hensol Estate Records, and Glamorgan Record Office, DD Part 1. Further papers of the Neath Abbey Estate is West Glamorgan Archive Service, DD Part 2. Ychwanegiadau | Accruals Accruals are not expected. Nodiadau eraill | Other notes • Statws cyhoeddiad | Publication status: Published Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 DYNEVOR Dynevor Estate Records, Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points • Neath Abbey Estate (Wales) • Is Cennen (Wales : Manor) • Cadoxton-juxta-Neath (Wales : Manor) • Rhys ap Thomas, Sir, 1449-1525 (pwnc) | (subject) • Rhys ap Gruffydd, Sir, d. 1531 (pwnc) | (subject) • Rice family, Barons Dynevor -- Archives. • Farm rents -- Wales -- Carmarthenshire. (ffurfiau dogfennol) | (documentary form) • Manors -- Wales -- Glamorgan. (pwnc) | (subject) • Administration of estates -- Wales -- Carmarthenshire. (pwnc) | (subject) • Administration of estates -- Wales -- Glamorgan. (pwnc) | (subject) • Administration of estates -- Wales -- Pembrokeshire. (pwnc) | (subject) • Manors -- Wales -- Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. (pwnc) | (subject) • Manorial courts -- Wales -- Cadoxton-juxta-Neath. (pwnc) | (subject) • Manors -- Wales -- Is Cennen. (pwnc) | (subject) • Manorial courts -- Wales -- Is Cennen. (pwnc) | (subject) • Cadoxton-juxta-Neath (Wales : Manor) (pwnc) | (subject) • Is Cennen (Wales : manor) (pwnc) | (subject) • Dynevor Estate (Wales) -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container Sub-fonds vtls005185652 ISYSARCHB8: Dynevor A, Dyddiad | Date: 1514-1777. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File /