Pughe manuscripts

Student notebooks, 1696-1817, of members of the Pughe family, consisting of John Tibbots' lecture notes on theology, 1696-[early 18 cent.], Richard Pughe's lecture notes on anatomy, [c. 1754], and Robert Pughe's lecture notes on anatomy and surgery, 1816-1817.

The Rev. John Tibbots, B.A. (c. 1677-1735), son of Richard Tybbotte of Abergynolwyn, Merioneth, was Vicar of Darowen, Montgomeryshire, from 1704 to his death in 1735. His daughter Lowry married the Rev. Richard Pugh[e], son of Richard (d. 1728) and Mary Pughe (d. 1741) of Cwmllowi, Darowen. Their only child, Dr Richard Pughe (fl. 1751-1783), was apprenticed to a surgeon in Wem, Shropshire, for seven years from 1751 and then practiced as a surgeon and apothecary in Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire. He later retired to Llanegryn and then Abergynolwyn, Merioneth. He married Mary Tibbot of Aberhirddowen, Merioneth, and they had two sons, the eldest of which was the Rev. Richard Pughe (1762-1837), curate of Llanegryn and Rector of Llanfrothen. He and his wife, Elizabeth Davies of Llanegryn, had nine children. The second of their sons was Dr Robert Pughe (1794-1837) who was apprenticed to an apothecary in Dolgellau for seven years before becoming a medical student at St Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals, London, from where he qualified on 15 May 1817. In 1819 he became House Apothecary at Bangor Dispensary, where he remained until his death on 14 April 1837.

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 23069-70, 23956-7.

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NLW MSS 23069-70B; Dr Emyr Wyn Jones; Y Rhiw; November 1992; Donation; A1992/187.
NLW MSS 23956-7B; Madoc Books; Llandudno; March 2007; Purchase; 004460201, 004460214.

The Rev. John Tibbots, B.A. (c. 1677-1735), son of Richard Tybbotte of Abergynolwyn, Merioneth, was Vicar of Darowen, Montgomeryshire, from 1704 to his death in 1735. His daughter Lowry married the Rev. Richard Pugh[e], son of Richard (d. 1728) and Mary Pughe (d. 1741) of Cwmllowi, Darowen. Their only child, Dr Richard Pughe (fl. 1751-1783), was apprenticed to a surgeon in Wem, Shropshire, for seven years from 1751 and then practiced as a surgeon and apothecary in Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire. He later retired to Llanegryn and then Abergynolwyn, Merioneth. He married Mary Tibbot of Aberhirddowen, Merioneth, and they had two sons, the eldest of which was the Rev. Richard Pughe (1762-1837), curate of Llanegryn and Rector of Llanfrothen. He and his wife, Elizabeth Davies of Llanegryn, had nine children. The second of their sons was Dr Robert Pughe (1794-1837) who was apprenticed to an apothecary in Dolgellau for seven years before becoming a medical student at St Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals, London, from where he qualified on 15 May 1817. In 1819 he became House Apothecary at Bangor Dispensary, where he remained until his death on 14 April 1837.

The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Emyr Wyn Jones, 'Drs Richard and Robert Pughe: Two Georgian Students', National Library of Wales Journal, 30.1 (Summer 1997), 51-87; Rev. G. R. Gould-Pughe, 'Pughe of Cwmllowi', Montgomeryshire Collections, 24 (1890), 243-276.

Title based on contents.

September 2011.

Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones.

Usual copyright laws apply.

At some point following the death of Robert Pughe the manuscripts appear to have been deposited in the library at Ynysfor, Llanfrothen, home to Evan Jones (1793-1853), widow of Robert's sister Jane (1796-1836). NLW MSS 23069-70B were sold to Dafydd Hughes, Llandudno, bookseller, who sold them on to Emyr Wyn Jones in about 1992. At some point NLW MSS 23956-7B were also acquired from Ynysfor by Dafydd Hughes, whose handwriting appears in both volumes.

Another volume of Robert Pughe's lecture notes, 1815, is in NLW, Ynysfor Records (currently uncatalogued, see NLW Annual Report 1948-49, p. 61); for Pughe family pedigrees see NLW ex 1880; further family papers are Dolgellau, Gwynedd Archives, Meirionnydd Record Office, Ynysfor Collection.

Emyr Wyn Jones, 'Drs Richard and Robert Pughe: Two Georgian Students', National Library of Wales Journal, 30.1 (Summer 1997), 51-87 (see also NLW ex 1501).

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