Picton Castle inventory,

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

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23747D.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004398455
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000398455
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1729.
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 7 ff. ;c. 305 x 105 mm.Bound at NLW.Damaged in places and affected by damp, repaired at NLW.Damaged in places and affected by damp, repaired at NLW
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

An inventory of the household goods at Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, made for Sir John Philipps, 4th bart, in October 1729.
It describes briefly the contents of rooms within the family's living-quarters and the kitchen and work area, providing a contemporary record of the interior arrangements of the castle. Fifty-seven maps and 'one picture in oyl' are listed but no books, silverware or jewellery. For a transcript see Major Francis Jones, 'Welsh Interiors: 1. Picton Castle, 1729', Archaeologia Cambrensis, 114 (1965), 48-59 (pp. 54-59).

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Acquisition Information

Hugh Charles-Jones (Brawdy Books); Dinas, Pembrokeshire; Purchase; October 1998; B1998/34.

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23747D.

Alternative Form Available

Text

Archivist's Note

April 2010.

Description revised by Rhys Morgan Jones;

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

Found by Hugh Charles-Jones among the papers of his father, the late Major Francis Jones.

Related Material

Other records are NLW, Picton Castle Estate Records.

Bibliography

See Major Francis Jones, 'Welsh Interiors: 1. Picton Castle, 1729', Archaeologia Cambrensis, 114 (1965), 48-59.

Additional Information

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