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GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000206
TitleFuneral Sermons for Mary and John Lloyd
ShelfmarkMS 28.8
Creation Dateca. 1677 - 1679
Contents NoteThis is small volume bound in leather containing, in a contemporary hand, funeral sermons for two members of the Lloyd family of Rhiwaedog in the parish of Llanfor (Llanbawr), Merionethshire.
Material FeaturesThe handwriting is large and scrawled, in dark ink. In lighter ink, but still in a contemporary hand, is written "Dorothy Thelwall." In light ink but in a different hand is written "Daughter of Eubule Thelwall of Nantelwyd, Esquire ---- aged 16." It appears that this volume was the property of Dorothy Thelwall.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Thelwall, Dorothy
Provenance
Acquisition
Source of DataJeanne Shami
Other NoteODNB reports that Sir Eubule Thelwall did not marry and had no children. If the information in this manuscript is correct, Dorothy is his daughter.
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdApril 12, 2016
GEMMS record last editedFebruary 26, 2021