Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1707-[1937], [?late 20 cent.] (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
67 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Richard Bennett (1860-1937), Methodist historian, antiquary and copyist, was born at Hendre, Cwm Pennant, Llanbrynmair, Montgomeryshire, a farmer's son who received only a basic education. He manifested an early interest in local history, copying out parish registers and researching their information. Later, he would contribute historical articles to periodicals. From 1905 Bennett regularly visited Trefeca College to read and research manuscripts and it was he who copied out the Trefeca letters for publication in the supplements of the C.M. Historical Journal. Bennett also published several of his own works relating to the history of Calvinistic Methodism in Montgomeryshire.
His deafness caused him to retire in 1914, leaving Hendre to live with his sister in Bangor; they later moved to Caersws, where he died on 13 August 1937.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
NLW MSS 11817-11881: Mrs R. W. Hughes (Richard Bennett's sister); Caersws; Donation; January 1938.
NLW MS 11894E: Rev. Morris Thomas; Dolwyddelan; Donation; May 1938.
NLW MS 24216E: Gwenno Watkin; Aberystwyth; Donation; June 2024; 995149408702419.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscripts, 1707-[1937], [?late 20 cent.], of Richard Bennett of Llanbrynmair and Caersws, Montgomeryshire, much of which (NLW MSS 11826-11880) is in the hand of Bennett himself. The collection comprises material largely of Montgomeryshire interest and includes parochial records, transcripts from parish registers, extracts from probate records (some of Merionethshire interest) and genealogical records, and extracts from printed works relating to Montgomeryshire.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 11817-11881, 11894E, 24216E.
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 set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Latin
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh, Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of fonds.
Note
NLW MSS 11817-11881 formerly known as Richard Bennett 1-65.
Note
A typescript copy of an address by Bennett (in NLW MS 24216E) postdates his death.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Bennett, Richard, 1860-1937 -- Archives (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
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
October 2009, April 2026.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971); Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 (London, 1953); NLW Cronfa Capeli on-line site, viewed 28 October 2009.
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Rhys Jones