Weaver and farmer's notebook,

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 11107A
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004616426
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1769-[19 cent., first ¼] /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Welsh English Welsh, English.
  • Physical Description
    • Contact NLW for more information.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A notebook containing memoranda and accounts of Evan John, farmer and weaver, of Gwernogau, Llanfihangel Rhos-y-corn, Carmarthenshire, and father of Thomas Evans ('Tomos Glyn Cothi'; 1764-1833), from 1769 to 1780, with later entries for 1788. The volume mainly contains weaving patterns, entries of hiring agreements by his children as farm-servants (e.g. Thomas Evans at Salach and Pantybetws, Llanfihangel Rhos-y-corn, etc., 1775-6), and particulars of the purchase of barley, oatmeal, peeled corn, and timber, and of the sale of butter, beeswax, honey, hides, and tallow. The volume also includes a stanza of a hymn in a later hand.

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Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 11107A

Archivist's Note

January 2009.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description; Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961); Wikipedia WWW site; Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940 (Llundain, 1953);

Custodial History

The manuscript bears several instances of the name of a subsequent owner, Daniel Evans, weaver, of Tir Ifan Ddu, Llanfynydd, son of Evan John and half-brother of 'Tomos Glyn Cothi'. The autograph of Thomas Evans, Tir Evan, in the volume probably refers to 'Tomos Glyn Cothi'.

Additional Information

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