Derwydd Muniments

Family and estate papers of the Stepney-Gulston family of Derwydd and related families, including Vaughan and Gulston, comprising title deeds of the Derwydd estate in Carmarthenshire, 1543-1914, estate records including correspondence, 1655-1927, accounts, 1883-1935, vouchers, 1842-1959, rentals, 1748-1914, inventories and valuations, 1811-1883, and maps, 1642-1959; and family papers including family histories and genealogical papers, most notably, a number of Victorian and Edwardian scrapbooks and photograph albums, and nineteenth century genealogical and heraldic material relating to many of the county families of Wales and England. The archive also includes papers relating to Carmarthenshire Girl Guides, 1920-1945, and sale particulars 1875-1905, including particulars relating to Rhos Colliery 1905; and deeds and documents relating to mining activities [c. 1840]-1875.

Rhydderch ap Hywel ap Bedo is the earliest named owner of Derwydd, in 1550. His only child, Elizabeth, also had an only child, Sage, who married Sir Henry Vaughan of Golden Grove, who came to live at Derwydd. Following Sir Henry's death, the estate was inherited by his daughter Rachel who married John Vaughan of Derllys. He was succeeded by his son Richard Vaughan of Derwydd who died without issue. The estate passed to his daughter, Elizabeth Lloyd, who married Sir Thomas Stepney of Llanelli. After the deaths of his sons without issue, the estate passed to his daughter, Elizabeth Bridgetta. She married Joseph Gulston in 1767, and the estate remained with their descendants until at least the 1980s.

Arranged into five sections: family history, genealogy, heraldry and other historical material; maps, plans, prints, drawings, pictures and photographs; correspondence, accounts, vouchers, rentals, inventories, maps and family material; deeds and documents; and miscellaneous.

Ar Agor / Open

Dim cyfyngiadau / No Restrictions

Adnau preifat / Private deposit

Mae copiau clawr caled o`r catalogau ar gael yn Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin ac yn y Gofrestr Cenedlaethol Archifau. Polisi Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin yw catalogio yn iaith y ddogfen / Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Carmarthenshire Archives and the National Register of Archives. It is the policy of Carmarthenshire Archives to catalogue in the language of the document.

Cyflwr da / Good condition

Compiled by Stephen Benham for the HMC/NLW Family and Estates project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Burke's Landed Gentry (London, 18th ed, three vols,1965-72) vol. II ; Jones, Francis, Historic Carmarthenshire Homes and their Families (Newport, 1997); Beckley, Susan, 'The Carmarthenshire Record Office: a survey of holdings', The Carmarthenshire Antiquary, XV (1979).

Mae'r holl gofnodiadau sy'n cydymffurfio â pholisi casglu Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin wedi eu cadw / All records which meet the collection policy of the Carmarthenshire Archives have been retained

Deposited by Ralph Stepney-Gulston of Derwydd, 1966.

Ni ddisgwylir croniadau / Accruals are not expected

Further papers relating to the Stepney family of Llanelli, the Stepney-Gulston family, and the Vaughan family of Golden Grove are the Stepney Collection and the Cawdor Vaughan Muniments, both at Carmarthenshire Archive Service and National Library of Wales, Derwydd Estate Records.