Precedent book,

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 21785B.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004237956
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000237956
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1793-1823 /
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 139 ff. (old pagination 1-387 with errors) ;200 x 165 mm.Bound in vellum, badly stained; 'Precedent Book 1793' on spine.Many leaves cut out; binding badly stained.Many leaves cut out; binding badly stained.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A precedent book, 1793-1823, probably compiled by Rees Davies of Swansea, under-sheriff of Glamorgan in 1793-1794, with additions by Wyndham Lewis, under-sheriff in 1809-1810, and others. The volume contains legal processes, 1766-1823, mainly of Glamorgan and co. Brecon interest, relating to bankruptcy, highway repairs, actions of trespass, trespass upon the case, debt, etc., and includes an application and licence to perform 'Tragedies, Comedies, Interludes, Operas, Plays & Farces' in Brecon for sixty days between November 1792 and February 1793 (ff. 47-48); a case concerning the appointment of a non-Welsh speaker to the vicarage of Aberysgir, co. Brecon, 1774 (ff. 70-2 verso); and costs of the under-sheriff of co. Radnor in executing a convicted horse-thief, 1785 (ff. 91 verso-92 verso). A copy of a treatise, written [c. 1750], on the practice of the court of Chancery in the Brecon circuit of the court of Great Sessions has, with the exception of the first page (f. 17 verso), been cut out leaving only stubs.

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Acquisition Information

David E. Hughes; Llandudno; Donation (with NLW MS 21786E); 1982

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 21785B.

Other Finding Aids

The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).

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Custodial History

'Jeremiah Homfray sheriff' [of co. Glamorgan, 1809-1810], 'David Hussey Cardiff' and 'Thomas Morgan' inside front cover and 'Wyndham Lewis' inside back cover.

Additional Information

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