Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - Penralley Papers (GB 0210 PENLEY) 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/penralley-papers archives.library .wales/index.php/penralley-papers 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 Penralley Papers 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 PENLEY Penralley Papers Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Penralley Papers ID: GB 0210 PENLEY Virtua system control vtls004250291 number [alternative]: GEAC system control (WlAbNL)0000250291 number [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: 1656-1991 (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.166 cubic metres(14 boxes) Physical description: 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 James Jones (d. 1774) left the Penralley property in Rhayader, Radnorshire, to his nephew, John James (1737-1790), a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. In 1780, John James married Jane Probert (1757-1844), daughter of Evan Probert of Kempsey, Worcestershire, and had eight children. John Jones James (1781-1837) was the eldest child. He was a mate in the East India service in 1812, and later a trader in India in his own right. He married had a daughter, Catherine Jane James (1828-1908, dsp), who was born at sea off Ceylon. He also had an illegitimate daughter, Cornelia Ludovica Immens of Antwerp. He died at sea and was buried at St Helena. Horatio James (1789-1850), John James's only other son to survive to adulthood, served in the Royal Navy, rising to the rank of commander. In 1833 he married Sarah Margaretta Symonds (1802-1889), and had two daughters. In 1857 Harriet Frances (1836-1868), the elder daughter, became the first wife of the Rev. Thomas Howel Evans (1832-1915), the son of Rev. Jonah Bowen Evans ('Cattwg', 1806-1876). In 1862 Maria (1843-1914), the younger daughter, married Stephen William Williams (1837-1899, dsp), the county surveyor for Radnorshire, 1862-1899. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 PENLEY Penralley Papers Horatio James Evans (1859-1932), the eldest son of the Rev. Thomas Howel Evans, served in the British Army in the Afghan, South African and First World Wars, ending his career as Brigadier-General, 38th Welsh Division. Walter Bowen Evans (1862-1923), brother of Horatio, was a noted explorer, mining engineer and chemist, and member of the Governing Body of the Church in Wales. Francis Howel Evans (1867-1931), another brother, wrote crime stories as Frank Howel Evans and he may have been the inspiration behind Agatha Christie's 'Poirot'. The family appear to have failed with Horatio's son, Horatio Peter Bowen Evans (1916-1988). Hanes Gwarchodol | Custodial history The papers were left over from a sale of the effects at Penralley in 1989. They were listed by the Rev. Dr David H. Williams at the Rhayader offices of Russell, Baldwin and Bright (now Brightwells), auctioneers and valuers. A number of documents were retained by the Rhayader Museum, and the remainder deposited at NLW. The NLW catalogue is largely based on Dr Williams's list, including his numbers and his descriptions of the documents retained by the museum. Consequently there are gaps in the NLW sequence of numbers. The museum has since renumbered its papers, with the result that for these papers the reference numbers given in the NLW catalogue no longer correspond to the museum's call numbers. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Correspondence, deeds and papers of various members of the James and Williams families of Penralley in the town of Rhayader, Radnorshire, including ships' log books, ships' orders and other naval records, 18-19 cent., and the papers of Lieutenant John James RN (1737-1790), Commander Horatio James RN (1789-1850), Brigadier-General Horatio James Evans (1859-1932), and Stephen William Williams (1837-1899), county surveyor for Radnorshire and antiquarian. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Deposited by the Rhayader Museum, per Rev. David H. Williams, in October 1991, and by Mr T. G. B. Lawrence, Rhaeadr, previously curator of Rhayader Museum, January 2004. A further accrual was deposited by the Rev. Dr David H. Williams in February 2005. Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged mainly by individual member of the James and Williams families and then chronologically. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 PENLEY Penralley Papers 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 Hard copies of the catalogue of the 1991 deposit are available at NLW and HMC. The entire archive including the 1991 deposit is currently being catalogued. Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material A letter book, 1843-1873, of the Rev. Jonah Bowen Evans is NLW MS 23056D. Further papers relating to Stephen William Williams are among the Birmingham Corporation Waterworks Records at NLW, and the records of the Elan Valley Waterworks Committee at Birmingham Public Reference Library, the Powys County Archives Office and the Rhayader Museum. 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 • Penralley Estate (Wales) -- Archives. • Great Britain. Royal Navy • Penralley Estate (Wales) • James, John, Lieutenant, ca. 1738-1790 (pwnc) | (subject) • James, Horatio, Commander, 1789-1850 (pwnc) | (subject) • Evans, Horatio James, 1859-1932 (pwnc) | (subject) • Williams, Stephen William, 1837-1899 (pwnc) | (subject) • Williams family, of Penralley -- Archives. • James family, of Penralley -- Archives. • Evans family, of Penralley -- Archives. • Williams family, of Penralley • Evans family, of Penralley • Ship's papers (pwnc) | (subject) Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 PENLEY Penralley Papers • Logbooks (pwnc) | (subject) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container 1-24. vtls005447918 Otherlevel - James Jones, RN, 1723-1827, 1-24. ISYSARCHB72 [early 1940s]. 1. vtls005447919 File - Letter from Aunt Gretta (8 [early 1940s]. 1. ISYSARCHB72 Oakfield Tce, Cheltenham) to HPBE: "... I am very glad that you have found your ..., 2. vtls005447920 File - Inscription on the Tomb of JJ, [late 19 x early 2. ISYSARCHB72 20 cent.]. 3. vtls005447921 File - Another copy of 2, [late 19 x early 3. ISYSARCHB72 20 cent.]. 4. vtls005447922 File - Manuscript entitled 'Directions sent 1723, June. 4. ISYSARCHB72 from Holland, to the Lord Berkley' for the treatment of gout. [Possibly copied from the Bath ..., 5. vtls005447923 File - Sale by Herbert Miles, gent. of 1726, April 1. 5. ISYSARCHB72 parish of Llanfihangel Helygen, co. Radnor, to John Miles, esq., late of Evenjobb, and ..., 6-18. vtls005447924 File - Deeds relating to the tenements 1759-1761. 6-18. ISYSARCHB72 and land of Bailey Bevan and Gwern vap Eynion, p. Llanfihangel Helygen, co. Rad. Sold ..., 19. vtls005447925 File - Bound volume of 'Old Letters and 1760-1827. 19. ISYSARCHB72 Papers Commencing 1760', and mostly relating to James Jones of Rhaeadr (ff. 1-37), Lt ..., 20-22. vtls005447926 File - JJ in account with T. W. Jolly, 1771-1774. 20-22. ISYSARCHB72 23. vtls005447927 File - List of 'Old Captain Jones' legacies, 1775. 23. ISYSARCHB72 which includes one to his