Cilwendeg Estate Deeds,

Deeds relating to the Cilwendeg estate, Pembrokeshire, 1625-1883, and to the Skerries lighthouse, Anglesey.

Jacob Morgan was living at Cilwendeg, Pembrokeshire, in 1710. He died in 1733 and Cilwendeg passed to his youngest daughter, Margaret Morgan, who married John Jones of Llanbadarn, Cardiganshire. Morgan Jones, possibly the last male descendant of the family to own Cilwendeg, was also the owner of the Skerries Lighthouse in Anglesey. In 1844, Margaretta Sutton Jones of Cilwendeg married Mark Anthony Saurin, who, in 1857, purchased the Orielton estate, Pembrokeshire.

Arranged chronologically.

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Donated by Major W.M. Saurin, Penally Abbey, Pembrokeshire, in 1942.

Jacob Morgan was living at Cilwendeg, Pembrokeshire, in 1710. He died in 1733 and Cilwendeg passed to his youngest daughter, Margaret Morgan, who married John Jones of Llanbadarn, Cardiganshire. Morgan Jones, possibly the last male descendant of the family to own Cilwendeg, was also the owner of the Skerries Lighthouse in Anglesey. In 1844, Margaretta Sutton Jones of Cilwendeg married Mark Anthony Saurin, who, in 1857, purchased the Orielton estate, Pembrokeshire.

Previously called Penalley Collection. Title based on contents; previous title based on residence of depositor.

A hard copy of the catalogue, under the former title Penally Collection, is available at NLW.

November 2002.

Compiled by Mair James.

The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Schedule of Penally Collection; Jones, Francis, Historic Pembrokeshire Homes and their families, (Newport, 1996);

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