Nottage Court MSS,

Papers, [1600x1857], of or in the possession of Henry Hey Knight, including correspondence, 1769-1880, mostly to Knight and miscellaneous notes, transcripts, etc. by him; a solicitor's account book, 1765-1794; early eighteenth century medical treatises; lectures on physiology, 1807; and notes on Classical themes.

Henry Hey Knight (1795-1857), cleric and antiquary, was born in Tewkesbury. He succeeded to the (possibly familial) living of Newton Nottage, Glamorgan in December 1854 and from that time dwelt permanently at Nottage Court. Knight was one of the first members of the Cambrian Archaeological Association and was the author of several antiquarian papers, the most important being 'An Account of Newton Nottage', published in Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1853.

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 2201-2220.

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George E. Blundell; Nottage Court, Glamorgan; Donation; 1920

Henry Hey Knight (1795-1857), cleric and antiquary, was born in Tewkesbury. He succeeded to the (possibly familial) living of Newton Nottage, Glamorgan in December 1854 and from that time dwelt permanently at Nottage Court. Knight was one of the first members of the Cambrian Archaeological Association and was the author of several antiquarian papers, the most important being 'An Account of Newton Nottage', published in Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1853.

Title based on contents.

Previously known as Nottage Court 1-20.

The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).

October 2005 and August 2009.

This description was compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943); Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 (London, 1959);

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