Ewloe Hall Deeds and Documents,

Title deeds and papers, 1734-1893, of the Mesham family of Ewloe Hall in the parish of Hawarden, Flintshire, and the associated family of Bennet of Glan y Wern in the parish of Llandyrnog, Denbighshire.

In 1761 Thomas Mesham the younger of Ewloe in the parish of Hawarden, Flintshire, married Ellen Bennett, the eldest daughter of Arthur Bennett of Glan-y-wern, Denbighshire. A Robert Mesham (d. pre-1872) was succeeded by his daughter, Margaret Elizabeth Mesham (alive 1872), her brother the Rev. Arthur Bennett Mesham (alive 1845-1856), rector of Wootton, Kent, and rural dean, being dead. Arthur's son Captain Mesham was the male representative of the family in 1872. By 1872 the family had moved from Ewloe Hall to the recently erected mansion of Pontruffydd in the parish of Bodfari, Denbighshire.

Arranged into Denbighshire , Flintshire, English counties and Miscellaneous.

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Purchased by NLW from Burgess Browning of London in July 1991.

In 1761 Thomas Mesham the younger of Ewloe in the parish of Hawarden, Flintshire, married Ellen Bennett, the eldest daughter of Arthur Bennett of Glan-y-wern, Denbighshire. A Robert Mesham (d. pre-1872) was succeeded by his daughter, Margaret Elizabeth Mesham (alive 1872), her brother the Rev. Arthur Bennett Mesham (alive 1845-1856), rector of Wootton, Kent, and rural dean, being dead. Arthur's son Captain Mesham was the male representative of the family in 1872. By 1872 the family had moved from Ewloe Hall to the recently erected mansion of Pontruffydd in the parish of Bodfari, Denbighshire.

Hard copies of the catalogue are available at NLW and HMC. The catalogue is in NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1992, pp. 32-3.

January 2002.

Compiled by Stephen Benham.

The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Ewloe Hall NLW, Schedule of Ewloe Hall Deeds and Documents ; Nicholas, Thomas, Annals and Antiquities if the Counties and County Families of Wales (London, 2 vols, 1872), vol I;

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A volume of survey maps of the Ewloe Hall estate and the Glan-y- wern estates, 1772, forming part of the purchase, is National Library of Wales, Map Collections, MS Map Vol. 85.

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