Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - Davies (Ffrwd-fal) Family, Business and Estate Papers, (GB 0210 FFRWDFAL) 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 Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH https://archifau.llyfrgell.cymru/index.php/davies-ffrwd-fal-family-business-and- estate-papers-2 archives.library .wales/index.php/davies-ffrwd-fal-family-business-and-estate- papers-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 Davies (Ffrwd-fal) Family, Business and Estate 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 ............................................................................................................ 5 vtls005067516 ISYSARCHB4, Deeds and documents,, 1720-1818. .......................................................... 5 vtls005067562 ISYSARCHB4, Deeds and documents,, 1820-1828. .......................................................... 8 vtls005067609 ISYSARCHB4, Deeds and documents,, 1829-1844. ........................................................ 12 vtls005067655 ISYSARCHB4, Deeds and documents,, 1846-1864. ........................................................ 15 vtls005067705 ISYSARCHB4, Deeds and documents,, 1865-1921. ........................................................ 18 vtls005067753 ISYSARCHB4, Deeds and documents, 1923-n.d., ........................................................... 21 - Tudalen | Page 2 - GB 0210 FFRWDFAL Davies (Ffrwd-fal) Family, Business and Estate Papers, Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Davies (Ffrwd-fal) Family, Business and Estate Papers, ID: GB 0210 FFRWDFAL Virtua system control vtls003844920 number [alternative]: Project identifier ANW [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: 1720-1938 / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.063 cubic metres (7 boxes) Physical description: Lleoliad ffisegol | ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Physical location: Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch Nodyn | Note There are two residences called Ffrwd-fal or Froodvale in the parish of Caeo, Carmarthenshire. Old Ffrwd-fal stands on the west bank of the river Cothi, and is referred to in several genealogies. It became part of the Glanranell estate, and in 1720 Thomas Price of Glanranell released the messuage called Ffrwd- fal to Howell Price of Penycoed, Talley. By 1795 Ffrwd-fal was in the possession of Benjamin Davies (fl. 1795-1824). His son David Davies (1793-1864) appears to have owned Ffrwd-fal by 1827. As was common practice among the minor gentry, David Davies acted as the agent for a number of surrounding estates. In 1856 David Davies's eldest son, Benjamin Davies of St James, Middlesex, MD, married Jane Eliza Evans, daughter of Pierce Evans of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, esq. In 1883 Benjamin Davies was a doctor in medicine at Newport, Monmouthshire. Ffrwd-fal passed to a younger son, John Morgan Davies (d. 1923), who in 1867-1868 built the new Ffrwd-fal on slightly higher ground half a mile to the north of Old Froodvale. In 1888 John Morgan Davies is described as a land agent. John's son, Oswyn St Leger Davies, was killed in action in 1918, and on his death in 1923 John was survived by at least two daughters, Helen Elizabeth Behrens (fl. 1892-1938), wife of George Benjamin Behrens of Fron Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 FFRWDFAL Davies (Ffrwd-fal) Family, Business and Estate Papers, Yw, Denbighshire, and Miss A. M. Davies of Ffrwd-fal. In 1924 the mansion was let to Herbert Tasman Davies, a company director from London, and most if not all of the estate was sold in 1925. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Many of the papers, including most of the earliest papers, consist of three small unrelated groups, relating to Tir y waun in the parish of Llansawel, 1738-1832, Cwmeinon in Caeo and Llansawel, 1793-1924, and Bryntelych in Caeo, 1782-1864. Benjamin Davies of Ffrwd-fal came into possession of Cwneinon in 1797, and his son David Davies appears to have managed Bryntelych and Cefntelych on behalf of J. Lewis of Aston Vicarage, Bristol, [1822x1835], before he came into possession of them himself in 1864, after the sale of the 'Cayo estate' in 1863. The relationship between Tir y waun and Ffrwd-fal is less clear. In 1832 David Davies was a party to a deed relating to Tir y waun, suggesting that he may have acted as agent to the Du Buisson family of Glan hir in Llandybïe, in which case the Tir y waun papers may have come into his possession as part of his agency. The archive also includes Davies of Ffrwd-fal genealogical and estate papers, 1817-1938, and letters and accounts relating to David Davies's agency of Carmarthenshire properties of David Runwa Paynter and Sophia Catherine Paynter (née Aylmer) of Dale Castle, Pembrokeshire, 1821-1859, and smaller groups of papers relating to other agency work, including rentals and other papers relating to the Rhosybedw estate, Carmarthenshire, 1839-1841, and papers relating to the executors of Mrs Margaret Jones of Gelli in the parish of Betws, Carmarthenshire, 1856-1857. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Donated by Mrs Helen E. Behrens of Denbigh in December 1937 and March 1938. Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged chronologically. 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. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 FFRWDFAL Davies (Ffrwd-fal) Family, Business and Estate Papers, Rhestrau cymorth | Finding aids A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales under its previous title, Behrens Deeds and Documents. Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material Other manuscript volumes, deeds and documents donated with this collection and relating to David Davies (1793-1864) and his management of various Carmarthenshire estates were removed from the archive at NLW and are now NLW MSS 11760-88. Similarly, manuscript maps and plans relating to much of the Ffrwd-fal and Rhosybedw property were removed from the archive and are now in NLW, Map Collections. A collection of leaflets, including nineteen Carmarthenshire bidding letters, 1852-1902, was also removed from the archive, and are now in NLW. 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 • Davies family, of Ffrwdfâl -- Archives. • Farm rents -- Wales -- Carmarthenshire. (pwnc) | (subject) • Deeds -- Wales -- Cynwyl Gaeo. (pwnc) | (subject) • Deeds -- Wales -- Llansawel (Carmarthenshire) (pwnc) | (subject) • Deeds -- Wales -- Talley. (pwnc) | (subject) • Caio (Wales) (pwnc) | (subject) • Talley (Wales) (pwnc) | (subject) • Llansawel (Wales) (pwnc) | (subject) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cyfres | Series vtls005067516 ISYSARCHB4: Deeds and documents, Dyddiad | Date: 1720-1818. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content: Deeds and documents, 1720-1818. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 FFRWDFAL Davies (Ffrwd-fal) Family, Business and Estate Papers, Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container 1. vtls005067517 File - Release of a messuage called Tyr 1720, June 2. 1. ISYSARCHB4 ffrood Vale in the parish of Conwillgaio, co. Carmarthen, 151. vtls005067518 File - Lease of possession of two thirds 1738, Aug. 8. 151. ISYSARCHB4 of the messuage tenement and lands called Tyr y Weyne in the parish of ..., 152. vtls005067519 File - Release of the property leased in 1738, Aug. 10. 152. ISYSARCHB4 No. 151 of 8 Aug. 1738 to the second party hereto in order