Albert Tilley Deeds and Papers,

Deeds, 1815-1931, relating to the manor of Llanfihangel Talyllyn and other properties in Brecknockshire, together with a court book, 1859-1908, of the manor of Llanfihangel Talyllyn; notebooks and exercise books, containing notes on historical, genealogical, and heraldic material mainly about the town and county of Brecon, taken from various printed and manuscript sources; notes and sketches relating to the armorial bearings of Brecknockshire families, and extensive transcripts of parish registers and of monumental inscriptions; a file of typescript notes concerning the Breconshire Agricultural Society; some notes in the hand of John Lloyd compiled in pursuance of his historical researches; a file of notes, transcripts, and correspondence relating to the parish of Llanfeugan; a manuscript volume, compiled c. 1880, of transcripts of inscriptions, sometimes with additional notes and sketches, of tablets and monuments in Brecknockshire churches and a few Nonconformist chapels, drawings of archaeological remains, etc.; a further file of transcripts of monumental inscriptions in several Breconshire churches and churchyards; a scrap- book of newspaper cuttings relating to the Turco-Greek war of 1897; and a group of eleven deeds, mainly of Brecknockshire interest, 17th-19th cent.

Albert Tilley (1896-1957), mace-bearer of Brecon cathedral, was born in Widnes, Lancashire. After being wounded on the Somme in 1916, he was sent to Brecon to recuperate, and remained there for the rest of his life, becoming the first mace-bearer of the new cathedral there in 1923. He steeped himself in the history of the cathedral, town and county of Brecon, and collected many historical records in the course of his research.

Arranged as deeds and documents presented by Albert Tilley, catalogued in chronological order (NLW schedule 1956); and Albert Tilley papers (uncatalogued).

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Donated by Albert Tilley, Brecon, 1956

Albert Tilley (1896-1957), mace-bearer of Brecon cathedral, was born in Widnes, Lancashire. After being wounded on the Somme in 1916, he was sent to Brecon to recuperate, and remained there for the rest of his life, becoming the first mace-bearer of the new cathedral there in 1923. He steeped himself in the history of the cathedral, town and county of Brecon, and collected many historical records in the course of his research.

Title supplied from contents of fonds. Previously entitled Deeds and Documents presented by Albert Tilley, and Albert Tilley Papers. Some of the deeds and notes of other researchers acquired by Tilley pre-date his lifetime.

A hard copy of the catalogue of Deeds and Documents (1956)is available at the National Library of Wales; the uncatalogued Albert Tilley papers contain integral alphabetical and card indexes, together with notes of sources.

April 2003

Compiled by David Moore for the ANW project. The following sources were consulted in the compilation of this description: NLW, Schedule of Tilley Deeds; NLW Annual Reports, 1955-1956, 1959-1960, 1963-1964, 1964-1965; Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 1941-1970 (London, 2001)

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Tilley acquired the deeds from an unknown source, apparently in the course of his private research. Notes by John Lloyd, the Breconshire antiquary, also came into his hands.

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A schedule of Breconshire deeds compiled by Albert Tilley is in NLW, the Maybery Collection.

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