George Gwynne, Llwyn Hywel and Llanelwedd, pedigree

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23751G.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004032699
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000032699
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1664x1673]
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English English.
  • Physical Description
    • 1 roll (4 membranes) : parchment ; c. 2785 x 525 mm. and less.
      Original tubular container in blind-stamped leather of 17 cent. retained in archival box with manuscript. Formerly stitched together in a single roll, Chancery style, now four separate membranes.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Pedigree (ff. 1-4) and achievement (f. 4), [1664x1673], of George Gwynne of Llwyn Hywel, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, and Llanelwedd, Radnorshire, with one hundred and nineteen other coats of arms, all emblazoned and painted, probably compiled by David Edwardes, Rhyd-y-gors, Carmarthenshire.
The pedigree is traced, sometimes spuriously, from Gwyriad (fl. c. 800), father of Merfyn Frych (f. 1), Coronac, King of Dublin (4 cent.), Caradog Freichfras, earl of Hereford (?6 cent.), Drew de Ballon, 'baron of Abergavenny' (11 cent.), Drym[benog] ap Maenyrch (fl. c. 1100), and Gwrydr Hir (?10 cent.), of Dryslwyn (all f. 2).

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Acquisition Information

Sotheby's; London; Purchased at auction, lot 10; 17 December 1998; B1999/5.

Note

Title based on contents.

No. 429 in Michael Powell Siddons, 'Welsh Pedigree Rolls - Additions and Corrections', National Library of Wales Journal, 32 (2001-2), 433-442 (p. 436).

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23751G.

Archivist's Note

July 2010.

Description revised by Rhys Morgan Jones.

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