Hendrefelen Estate Records,

Deeds relating to the Hendrefelen estate, 1546-1885, in Cardiganshire, Brecon and Manchester, including a faculty from the bishop of St Davids enabling Edward Richard to set up a library at Ystrad Meurig.

William Hughes of Tyglyn acquired the Hendrefelen estate, Cardiganshire, from Charles Lloyd of Maesyfelin 1691. The estate remained in the possession of the Hughes family until the marriage of Elizabeth Hughes (d. 1856) with Captain Francis Thomas Gibb (d. 1881) of Bath. Their son, Francis Griffith Gibb, lived at Greenford Lodge, near Southall, Middlesex.

Arranged chronologically.

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Donated by Mr A. P. Hughes-Gibb of Penshurst, Kent, in 1949.

William Hughes of Tyglyn acquired the Hendrefelen estate, Cardiganshire, from Charles Lloyd of Maesyfelin 1691. The estate remained in the possession of the Hughes family until the marriage of Elizabeth Hughes (d. 1856) with Captain Francis Thomas Gibb (d. 1881) of Bath. Their son, Francis Griffith Gibb, lived at Greenford Lodge, near Southall, Middlesex.

Title supplied from contents of fonds.

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June 2001.

Compiled by Mair James.

The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Jones, Francis, Historic Cardiganshire Homes and their families, (Newport, 2000);

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