Gwernyfed Estate Records

Title deeds of the Gwernyfed estate, Breconshire, mostly in that county, including the Llangors estate, 1461-1924; documents and maps relating to the course of the River Wye, 1753-1884; accounts of the Wye Fisheries Association, 1905-1924; records, 1613-1923, of the Gwenddwr Charity; accounts of the overseers of the poor of the parish of Aberllynfi, Breconshire, 1773-1836; papers relating to the fishery, weir and drainage of Llangors lake, 1753-1884; and records of the manors of Pipton, Glasbury, Gwernyfed, etc., 1561 (19 cent. copy)-1885. There are also a group of papers relating to the estate of the Leheup family of Gunthorpe, Norfolk, 1676-1749, and papers relating to the Lloyd family and the Peterwell estate, Cardiganshire, 18th cent.

Sir David Williams (?1536-1613) bought the Gwernyfed estate in 1600 from John Gunter. Sir David's grandson, Sir Henry Williams (d. 1652) was created a baronet in 1644. Sir David's grand-daughter, Elizabeth Williams, carried by marriage the Gwernyfed estate to Sir Edward Williams (d. 1721) of Eltham, who was descended from the Williams family of Talyllyn. However the family title did not pass with the estate, but went to Sir Walter Williams. The estate descended in the male line until the death without a surviving son of Sir Edward Williams in 1804. He had married firstly, Mary, daughter of Isaac Leheup of Gunthorpe, Norfolk. Gwernyfed was inherited by his daughter, Mary Williams. She married Thomas Wood of Middlesex, and their son, Thomas Wood (1777-1860) was M.P. for Breconshire, 1806-1847. The estate remained in the hands of the Wood family until it was sold in 1922.

The original order of no's 1-86 has been preserved by NLW.

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Bundles 1-86 were donated by Mrs E. R. Hore-Ruthven, Old Gwernyfed, in August 1955. No's 87-88 were purchased by NLW from Mr G. C. Thursfield of Swadlincote in October 2017.

Sir David Williams (?1536-1613) bought the Gwernyfed estate in 1600 from John Gunter. Sir David's grandson, Sir Henry Williams (d. 1652) was created a baronet in 1644. Sir David's grand-daughter, Elizabeth Williams, carried by marriage the Gwernyfed estate to Sir Edward Williams (d. 1721) of Eltham, who was descended from the Williams family of Talyllyn. However the family title did not pass with the estate, but went to Sir Walter Williams. The estate descended in the male line until the death without a surviving son of Sir Edward Williams in 1804. He had married firstly, Mary, daughter of Isaac Leheup of Gunthorpe, Norfolk. Gwernyfed was inherited by his daughter, Mary Williams. She married Thomas Wood of Middlesex, and their son, Thomas Wood (1777-1860) was M.P. for Breconshire, 1806-1847. The estate remained in the hands of the Wood family until it was sold in 1922.

Title supplied from contents of fonds.

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April 2002.

Original catalogue (parcels 1-86) compiled by B. G. Charles (1955). Fonds-level description compiled by Mair James (2002). No's 87-88 added by Stephen Benham (2017).

The following sources were used in the compilation of the fonds-level description: Thomas Nicholas, Annals and antiquities of the counties and county families of Wales (London, 2 vols, 1872), vol. I; The dictionary of Welsh biography down to 1940 (London, 1959).

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All records acquired by NLW have been retained.

The original archive was arranged into 86 bundles prior to its receipt at NLW in 1955. No's 87-88 were added in 2017.

Accruals are not expected.

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