Beynon family of Trewern MSS

Scope and Content

Papers, 1803-[1899], relating to the Beynon family of Trewern, parish of Llanddewi Felffre, Pembrokeshire, comprising a diary and sporting journal of John Thomas Beynon, Trewern; the marriage settlement, 1803, of David Heron Pugh and Elizabeth Beynon; and Trewern and Dolwilym estate maps and a Trewern rental.

Administrative / Biographical History

The estates of Trewern and Dolwilym were united through the marriage of Edward Schaw Protheroe of Dolwilym (d. 1906) and Ellen Augusta Cecilia Beynon, daughter of John Thomas Beynon of Trewern. Ellen's great-grandfather, Thomas Beynon of Cethin, had inherited Trewern in right of his wife, Mary Thomas, heiress of the estate. Godfrey Evan Protheroe, the son of Edward and Ellen, assumed the additional surname of Beynon in 1899.

Arrangement

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 21981-21986.

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Acquisition Information

Dylans Bookstore; Swansea; Purchase; 1983.

Note

The estates of Trewern and Dolwilym were united through the marriage of Edward Schaw Protheroe of Dolwilym (d. 1906) and Ellen Augusta Cecilia Beynon, daughter of John Thomas Beynon of Trewern. Ellen's great-grandfather, Thomas Beynon of Cethin, had inherited Trewern in right of his wife, Mary Thomas, heiress of the estate. Godfrey Evan Protheroe, the son of Edward and Ellen, assumed the additional surname of Beynon in 1899.

The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999) and Archives Wales on-line site, viewed 3 August 2009.

Title based on contents.

Other Finding Aids

The descriptions are also available, together with a detailed list of contents, in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999).

Archivist's Note

February 2004 and August 2009.

Description compiled by Siân Medi Davies for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans.

Related Material

See the NLW typescript list Trewern Deeds (1948) and NLW Annual Report 1954-1955, p. 56, 1958-1959, p. 38 and 1959-1960, p. 35.

Additional Information

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