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Wakeman collection on Monmouthshire

Reference code
WAK
Title
Wakeman collection on Monmouthshire
Date
late 12th century-1886
Level of description
Fonds
Scope and content
Collection relating mainly to Monmouthshire, including transcripts from public and private records, historical notes, pedigrees, correspondence and some original charters and other documents, compiled by the Monmouthshire antiquary, Thomas Wakeman (c. 1788-1868), with some additions by Octavius Morgan, FSA (1803-88); late 12th century-1886. Latin, English and Welsh. See the obituary of Wakeman, JBAA, 25 (1869), 315. For further details of the collection see the typescript, by W. John Collett, Borough Librarian, Newport, and excerpt from the Proc. of the Monm. and Caerleon Ant. Assoc. (1893), 7-9, kept with the collection. Several volumes by Thomas Wakeman and Octavius Morgan, relating to the present collection, were published by the Association.
Creator
Wakeman, Thomas (1788-1868), Monmouthshire antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/790
Archival history
The collection passed to Octavius Morgan and was presented to SA by his nephew, Henry Salusbury Milman, Director SA, 16 Apr.1891. Proc., 2nd ser., 13 (1889-91), 300.
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