Hafodwen Grange accounts

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 SF 1
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1470s]
  • Language of Material
    • Welsh Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • 1 slate ; 365 x 120 mm.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A slate containing an account for Strata Florida's grange of Hafodwen, inscribed with the names of eighteen tenants, fifteen on one side and a further three on the reverse, apparently recording, in 'tr[uggs]', the dues (probably of oats or oatmeal) payable to the abbey; a trugg was a dry measure equivalent to two bushels. Also inscribed on the reverse is a drawing of a man wearing a comb or a crown, with his tongue protruding.
For a transcript see E. D. Jones, 'Ysgriflechi Cymraeg Ystrad Fflur', in Llên Cymru, 1 (1950), 1-6 (p. 2); this however omits the record for one of the tenants, namely 'dd. vyr viij tr.' (third line from the top).

Note

Title based on contents.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Central hole at the narrower end.

Bibliography

E. D. Jones, 'Ysgriflechi Cymraeg Ystrad Fflur', in Llên Cymru, 1 (1950), 1-6 (pp. 1-4).

Additional Information

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