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Carmarthenshire Archives Service
Cwmgwili Letters and Papers
Reference code(s): GB 0211 CWMGWILI
Held at: Carmarthenshie Archives Service
Title: Cwmgwili Letters and Papers
Short title: Cwmgwili letters and papers
Dates of creation: 1659-1946
Level of description: Fonds
Extent and medium: 0.96 cubic metres (5 boxes, 2 rolls)
Name of creator(s): Philipps family of Cwmgwili
CONTEXT
Administrative and biographical history: About 1589, Charles Vaughan of Penybanc Issa, son of Walter Vaughan of Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, esq., married Catherine Jones, the heiress of Cwmgwili. His descendant, another Charles Vaughan, died without issue in 1678, leaving Cwmgwili to his wife Anne, the daughter of John Vaughan of Llanelli, in fee simple. Anne Vaughan died in 1706, leaving the estate to her second husband, Griffith Lloyd of Llanarthne. Griffith Lloyd died in 1713, leaving Cwmgwili and most of the estate to his great-nephew, Grismond Philipps, eldest son of John Philipps of Ty Gwyn near Llandeilo, whose descendants still live there
CONTENT
Scope and content: Letters of the Philipps family of Cwmgwili,1675, 1714-1946, many relating to the municipal life of Carmarthen, British politics, Carmarthenshire politics and elections, and to service in the army and navy; journals of Grismond Phillips, 1832-1849, and Cwmgwili estate rentals, 1725-1732, 1764-1772.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/script: English
System of arrangement: Arranged into the following sections: letters and papers, 1659-1853; undated letters; fragments; miscellaneous papers, 1709-1946; and journals, 1832-1849.
Conditions governing access: No restrictions
Conditions governing reproduction: Usual copyright regulations apply.
Finding aids: Hard copies of the catalogue are available at the Carmarthen Archive Service, National Library of Wales and the National Register of Archives.
Detailed catalogue
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records deposited at Carmarthenshire Archive Service have been retained
Accruals: Accruals are not expected
Immediate source of acquisition: Deposited by Sir Grismond Picton Philipps of Cwmgwili.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related units of description: Further papers relating to the Cwmgwili estate are National Library of Wales, Cwmgwili Estate Records, and Griffith E. Owen Papers; the latter remains uncatalogued.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Publication note: Jones, Francis, 'Cwmgwili and its families', Carmarthenshire Historian, xiii (1976), pp. 23-66, xiv (1977), pp. 20-49.
Note: Title supplied from contents of fonds
Archivist's note: Compiled by Stephen Benham for the HMC/NLW Family and Estates project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Jones, Francis, 'Cwmgwili and its families', Carmarthenshire Historian, xiii (1976)
Rules or conventions: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2 and LCSH
Date(s) of description: July 2001
INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Carmarthenshire (Wales) | Politics and government
Estate administration | Wales | Carmarthenshire
Philipps family, | of Cwmgwili | Correspondence
Rentals | Wales | Carmarthenshire
