Antiquarian notes on St Asaph clergy

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 24138E.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) 99993836102419
  • Dates of Creation
    • [c. 1790]-[c. 1853]
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Welsh English, some Welsh.
  • Physical Description
    • 273 ff. (including 2 ff. of insertions; original pagination 1-4, 7-302 continued to end; pp. 303-539 blank) ; 385 x 240 mm.
      Rough calf over boards, with triple blind fillets and tooling; 'This Book belonged to the late Revd Mr Edwards of Mount Sion' (pencil inside front cover); 'DEPOSIT 822B' (inside front and back covers).
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

A volume compiled, [c. 1790], by the Rev. Thomas Edwards of Mount Sion, Selattyn, Shropshire, rector of Llanfechain, Montgomeryshire, containing lists of incumbents for each parish in the Diocese of St Asaph, arranged mostly alphabetically by parish (pp. 1-4, 7-260), together with lists of the bishops, deans, archdeacons, prebendaries and chancellors of the diocese (pp. 261-289). The volume contains later additions by Edwards and, to about 1853, in the hand of the Rev. Richard Bonnor Maurice Bonnor.
The lists are written on rectos, often with notes inserted on the versos opposite. The volume also includes an index of parishes (pp. 540-543), notes on 'Antient Usages & Customs in North Wales' (pp. 293-295) and ecclesiastical wakes (pp. 299-302) and a poem (p. 297).

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Acquisition Information

Ms Judith Perry; Dorking; Donation; September 2019; 99993836102419.

Note

Title based on contents.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Repaired and re-backed at NLW, 2021; pp. 5-6 missing.

Archivist's Note

June 2021.

Description compiled by Rhys Jones.

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

The volume probably came to the donor's family through her great-great-grandfather, the Rev. Richard Bonnor Maurice Bonnor (1803-1889), Dean of St Asaph, who at the time of the 1841 Census lived at Thomas Edwards's former home, Mount Sion. The manuscript was at one time deposited at NLW (NLW Minor Deposit 822B) and returned to the Perry family in January 1974.

Additional Information

Published

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