Michael Wilson Collection of South Wales Deeds,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

Reference
- GB 210 MICSON
Alternative Id.
Dates of Creation
- [15th century]-1880 (accumulated [c. 1972]) /
Name of Creator
- Wilson, Michael, of Pencader.
Language of Material
- English, Latin.
Physical Description
- 0.029 cubic metres (1 box)
Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Deeds, 1542-1797, relating to properties in Glamorgan, Brecknockshire and Carmarthenshire; memorandum book of ?Samuel Owsley and William Owsley of Brecon, with notes on rents, taxes and local events and history, 1679-1768; fragment of an antiphonal, [15th century]; a copy of The Reports of Sir Henry Hobart, Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas, 1650; and a copy of The Larvae of the British Lepidoptera and their food plants, 1880.

Administrative / Biographical History

Michael Wilson (fl. 1972) of Pencader, Carmarthenshire, collected deeds and other papers realting to properties in Brecknockshire, Carmarthenshire, Glamorgan and Monmouthshire. His grandparents, Owen S. Wilson and Eleanora Wilson, had compiled The Larvae of the British Lepidoptera and their food plants (London, 1880), written by Owen S. Wilson, with figures drawn and coloured from nature by Eleanora Wilson.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Access Information

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.

Acquisition Information

Deposited by Mr Michael Wilson, Pencader, 1972.

Note

Title supplied from name of collector. The archive comprised earlier material collected by Michael Wilson.

Other Finding Aids

A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales.

Archivist's Note

April 2003.

Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW Project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: NLW Schedule, Michael Wilson Collection;