Fonds GB 0210 MSBRAWDY - Brawdy manuscripts

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0210 MSBRAWDY

Title

Brawdy manuscripts

Date(s)

  • [1300]-1936 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

35 volumes.

Context area

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

NLW MSS 11790-11813, 12166-12174: Mrs Ethel Jones; Aberystwyth; Purchase; May and October 1938.
NLW MSS 12918-12919: Mrs Ethel Jones; Aberystwyth; Purchase; May 1939.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers, [1300]-1936, from the library of Mrs Ethel Jones of Aberystwyth comprising material of Pembrokeshire interest, including estate rentals, farm accounts, correspondence relating to land tenure, rules of Milford Friendly Society and turnpike gate receipts at Haverfordwest; papers of or relating to the Goldwyer family of Marlborough and [?Bristol] which include a tour journal of 1799 and correspondence; together with miscellaneous accounts, legal precedents, correspondence and a volume of coats of arms, much of which material also relates to Pembrokeshire.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged according to NLW reference numbers: NLW MSS 11790-11813, 12166-12174, 12918-12919.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their readers' tickets.

Conditions governing reproduction

Usual copyright laws apply.

Language of material

  • English
  • French
  • Latin
  • Welsh

Script of material

Language and script notes

English, Latin, French, Welsh.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

The descriptions are also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).

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Existence and location of originals

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Notes area

Note

Title based on contents of fonds.

Note

Formerly known as Brawdy 1-35.

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004913057

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

Rules and/or conventions used

Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

September 2009.

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

Archivist's note

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971);

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Physical storage

  • Text: NLW MSS 11790-11813, 12166-12174, 12918-12919.