Original letters, documents, &c.,

Scope and Content

Miscellaneous letters and documents, including transcripts, including a letter, 24 August 1622, from Lewis Davids to the petty constables of Swansea relating to the upkeep of Cardiff Bridge; a letter, 24 May 1624, from Owen Wynn to his father, Sir John Wynn, knight and baronet, of Gwydir; a quittance for chief rents, 1640; a copy of a survey of Iscoed, 1650; a letter, 1690, from Richard Lougher to Thomas Rees; a list of Glamorganshire gentlemen to the west of the Ogmore river; a survey of the number and value of acres, houses and lands in Gower; papers relating to Swansea and to the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) and their stewards; a pedigree of the St John family of Bletso, Bedfordshire; a work entitled Modern division of Glamorgan in the hand of Edward Williams ('Iolo Morganwg').

Note

Formerly known as Traherne-Mansel Franklen 60.

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 6570E.

Other Finding Aids

The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951).

Related Material

For the reference to Owen Wynn and Sir John Wynn, refer to p. 197 of Calendar of Wynn (of Gwydir) Papers ... published by the National Library of Wales in 1926.

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