Records of Lloyd Kenyon, 1726-1772, including: Petty Sessions records, 1735-1772; assessments for window and land-tax, 1742-1748; records of the Overseers of the Poor, 1737-1754; and records of the Surveyors of the Highways, 1733-1757.
The papers remained in the Kenyon family until deposited.
Lloyd Kenyon, J. P., (1696-[1773]), of Gredington, Flintshire, was a magistrate in Maelor, Flintshire, during the 18th century. He was the son of Thomas Kenyon (1668-1731) of Peel, Lancashire, and Catherine Kenyon (b. 1660), daughter and heiress of Luke Lloyd (d.1695) of Bryn, Hanmer, Flintshire. In 1730, Lloyd Kenyon married Jane, daughter of Robert Eddowes of Eagle Hall, Cheshire, and Ann, daughter and heiress of the Rev. Richard Hilton (d. 1706) of Gredington. Following the death of the Rev. Hilton, the Kenyons moved to Gredington. His duties as Justice of the Peace included the administration of justice, maintenance of the highways and bridges in his area and provision of poor relief.
Arranged into the following: 1726-1747; and 1747-1772.
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Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Flintshire Record Office, Lloyd Kenyon MSS catalogue; Kenyon MSS; Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 (London, 1959).
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Flintshire Record Office.
Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Flintshire Record Office, Lloyd Kenyon MSS catalogue; Kenyon MSS; Dictionary of Welsh Biography down to 1940 (London, 1959).
Updated by Steven Davies, Flintshire Record Office.
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