Extracts relating to Kidwelly only from papers of and concerning Thomas Parker (1761-c. 1818) and Louisa, his wife ( dec. c1833), of Kidwelly. The original documents are held at the National Library of Wales.

PARKER

Deposited by Messrs Nevill, Druce and Co., Llanelly, 1936
Papers of and concerning Thomas Parker (1761-c1818) and Louisa, his wife ( dec. c1833), of Kidwelly, relating mainly to property in Kidwelly and to the Allihies copper mine, Co. Cork, Ireland, 1698-1844.

CONTENTS

PAPERS RELATING TO THOMAS PARKER AND HIS ESTATE.
THE PAPERS OF LOUISA PARKER (NÉE EDWARDS).
LETTERS FROM VARIOUS CORRESPONDENTS TO MRS PARKER.
DRAFT LETTERS AND PAPERS BY MRS PARKER.
DIARIES, ACCOUNT BOOKS, ETC.
PAPERS RELATING TO THE ALLIHIES MINE.
PAPERS RELATING TO THE LONDON ESTATE OF MRS PARKER.
DEEDS AND DOCUMENTS.
PAPERS RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ESTATES OF MR and MRS PARKER.
INVENTORIES, CATALOGUES, ETC.
LETTERS.
MISCELLANEA.
PAPERS RELATING TO THOMAS PARKER AND HIS ESTATE

2
1806, July 5
Will of Thomas Parker of Essex Street in the Strand, Middlesex.

4
1814, Aug. 1
(1) Owen Griffiths;
(2) Thomas Parker of Kidwelly, esq.
Draft Lease of The Greyhound Public House in Lady Street, Kidwelly.

5
1814, Oct. 1
(1) Jane Thomas (late Jane Bowen, spinster) of Kidwelly, widow;
(2) Thomas Parker of Kidwelly, gent.
Lease of the Hill field in Kidwelly.

6
1816, Sept. 17
Letter. John Norcross, of Kidwelly, to Thomas Parker, concerning a certain subscription.

7 1818, Feb. 28
Probate of the will of Thomas Parker, granted to Isaac Espinasse, esq.

8
No Date
Copy of the will of Thomas Parker.

10
1818, June 8
(1) The Mayor, Alderman, Bailiffs and Burgesses of the Borough of Kidwelly, co. Carm.;
(2) Isaac Espinasse of Chancery Lane, esq., executor of the will of Thomas Parker.
Bond for the payment of £163.

11
1818, July 15
Balance Sheet of the account of Thomas Parker with R. J. Nevill. With notes of accounts in the autograph of Mrs Parker to July 1812.

THE PAPERS OF LOUISA PARKER, (née EDWARDS)

LETTERS FROM VARIOUS CORRESPONDENTS TO MRS PARKER

37
Beecraft, Mr, Kidwelly, 1820, Aug. 12 - Land to let.

39
Brogden, Jas, Trimsaran, 1819, Sept. 29 - Smith's map of Kidwelly Harbour.

42
Brogden, Jas, [London], - Feb. 12 - He hopes to ship much coal.

68
ones, A. [? Kidwelly] Undated - Concerning ironical thanks.

77 To an unnamed person concerning property in Kidwelly. Undated.

79 To a person unnamed [estate agent] concerning tenants. Undated.

81
To the mayor and alderman of Kidwelly informing them that the highways, turnpike roads, and footpaths in Kidwelly would be indicated in the King's Court of Exchequer next to Michaelmas term. Oct. 21 1831.

82
To Mr Anthony, mayor of Kidwelly, requesting him to order the overseers to pay three shillings instead of one to Ray Joyce Collins. Nov. 7 1832.

93
To Mr Rees Williams, concerning certain books. Undated. With other drafts on the back of the sheet, including a letter recommending Mr John Gower to be mayor of Kidwelly for the year 1831.

94
To Messrs Young and Vallings, concerning cholera patients, Feb. 17 1832.

95
To [Messrs Young and Vallings] concerning property. Undated.

DIARIES, ACCOUNT BOOKS, etc.

98
Notes on a journey from London to Norfolk, and particulars, in stages, of mileage from Kidwelly to Kirby Lonsdale.

99
Notebook containing entries of household and personal expenditure, 1808-12.

100
Notebook containing accounts of journeys from Kidwelly to London in 1818 and 1822, with particulars of expenses and turnpike tolls. Much affected by damp.

101
1820.
Account of payments made in the respect of housekeeping by Mrs Parker, January to April.

103
1825.
Particulars of distances, expenses, and turnpike tolls from Kidwelly to Cheltenham.

109
Account Book of household payments. Undated.

DEEDS AND DOCUMENTS

237-56. - A PARCEL OF DEEDS AND DOCUMENTS RELATING TO PROPERTY IN KIDWELLY, 1698-1824.

237
1698, July 23.
(1) William Williams of Kidwelly, co. Carm., mercer, and Joyce his wife;
(2) Owen Bonell of Kidwelly, gent.
Release of a m. in Monkford Street, Kidwelly.

238
1770, Sept. 26.
(1) The Rev. Jeremy Pemberton of Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, clerk and MA, and Anne his wife;
(2) Griffith Bowen of Kidwelly, gent., Jane his wife and Jane his daughter, aged 3.
Lease of a barn and garden at Penkit hill, and the fields called Park Ucha, Llaingam, Park isha, Gwainhallt, and Park y Coppa in Kidwelly.

239
1782, Dec. 7.
Probate of the will of Anne Davies of Kidwelly, widow. Will dated Jan. 19 1781. Much decayed.

240
1798, Dec. 31.
(1) Griffith Bowen of Kidwelly, gent.;
(2) Arthur Jones of Rhydalle in the parish of Lantharog, gent.
Surrender of lease of m. in Monksford Street, Kidwelly. Endorsed with an assignment of the lease by John Evans of Brecon, Dissenting Minister, and Ann his wife, to Louisa Parker, widow.

241
1808, Oct. 3.
(1) John William Hughes of Tregib, co. Carm., eldest son of James Hughes of Carmarthen, gent., dec.;
(2) Mary Rees of Kidwelly, widow.
(3) Thomas Parker of Kidwelly, esq.
Lease of m's in p. St Mary, Kidwelly.
Decayed.

242
1809, Feb. 23.
(1) William Morris of Kidwelly, gent.;
(2) Thomas Parker, gent.
Lease of pieces of land called the Cowparks in Kidwelly and barns near the way leading to Morva Main, and in Monksford Street, to be held for fourteen years in the said William Morris, Ann Thomas (once of his daughters, wife of John Thomas of Court, co. Carm., farmer) and Margaret Thomas (another of his daughters, wife of Richard Thomas of Kidwelly, victualler) or either of them shall so long live.

244-6
1816-21.
Receipts (3) by E. Williams to Thomas Parker for the rent of a house and garden in Kidwelly.

248
1819, Aug. 5.
(1) Mary Rees of Kidwelly, widow;
(2) Louisa Parker.
Bond for payment of £20.

249 1820, Sept. 22.
(1) Arthur Jones, late of Rhydalle, now of Kidwelly, gent.;
(2) Louisa Parker of Kidwelly, widow.
Lease of a m. in Monksford Street, Kidwelly.

252
1820, Sept. 23.
(1) Arthur Jones, gent.;
(2) Louisa Parker, widow.
Release of the property specified in No. 249.

254
1821
Account of Mrs Mary Rees with the mortgagees of premises in Kidwelly, 1802-21.

255
1824, Aug. 6.
Survey, made by J. D. Davies, of two fields on West Hill in Kidwelly.

257-69
A Parcel of deeds and documents relating to property in Kidwelly, 1761-1822.

257
1761, April 3.
(1) Richard Bonell of Kidwelly, alderman;
(2) Henry Mansell of Llandeveylog, gent., and Thomas Morris of the same, farmer. Grant (in trust) of a m. in Monksford Street, Kidwelly.
Much decayed.

258
1776, Dec. 10.
(1) Henry Mansell of Llandeveylog, gent., and Thomas Morris of the same, farmer;
(2) Hugh Davies of Kidwelly, maltster, and Anne his wife;
(3) David Jones of Kidwelly, gent.
Deed to lead the uses of a fine of a m. in Monkford Street, Kidwelly, co. Carm.

259
1777, March 17.
Final Concord in a fine levied between David Jones, gent., plaintiff, and Henry Mansell, gent., Thomas Morris, farmer, Hugh Davies, malster, and Anne his wife, deforceants, when the deforceants acknowledged two m's, etc ., in Kidwelly, to be the right of the plaintiff.

260
1782, Aug. 3.
(1) Ann Davies of Kidwelly, widow; (2) George Walters of Carmarthen, harper.
Mortgage of three m's in Monksford Street, Kidwelly, co. Carm.

261
1783, Dec. 1.
(1) George Walters of Carmarthen, harper;
(2) John Richards of Trecadwogan, co. Carm., gent.
Assignment of mortgage of a m. in Monksford Street, Kidwelly.

262
1785, Jan.11
(1) Mary Rees and John Davies mariner;
(2) James Hughes, gent.
Lease of possession of houses in Kidwelly. In a perishing condition.

263
1785, Jan. 12
(1) John Richards of Trecadogan, co. Carm., gent.;
(2) John Morgan of Carmarthen, esq.;
(3) James Hughes of Carmarthen, gent.;
(4) Mary Rees of Kidwelly, widow, (daughter of Ann Davies, her brother, only son of the said Ann Davies by Hugh David of Davies late of Kidwelly, dec.
Assignment of term of years in houses in the borough of Kidwelly
Much decayed.

264
1820, July 9.
(1) Mary Rees of Kidwelly, widow;
(2) Louisa Parker of the same, widow.
Grant of m's in Monksford Street, Kidwelly.

65

821, April 24.

1) George Thomas of Kidwelly, co. Carm., mariner;
(2) Louisa Parker, of the same, widow.
Lease of a m. in Lady Street, Kidwelly.

266
1821, Aug. 10.
(1) John Williams Hughes of Tregib, co. Carm., esq.
(2) Anne Brigstocke of Emlyn Cottage, Cardigan, widow;
(3) Louisa Parker of Kidwelly, widow.
Lease for a year of a m. in Monksford street, Kidwelly.

267
1821, Aug. 11.
(1) John Williams Hughes, eldest brother and heir at law of James Hughes of Carmarthen, gent., dec., who was the eldest son of James Hughes, the elder, late of the same;
(2) Ann Brigstocke, formerly of Blaenpant, widow, surviving executrix of the will of the said James Hughes the Elder;
(3) William Morgan of Carmarthen, esq., only acting executor of the will of John Morgan of Carmarthen;
(4) Louisa Parker of Kidwelly, widow;
(5) Walter Rice Howell of Carmarthen, gent.
Release of the property specified in No. 266.

269
n.d.
Abstract of title of Mrs Mary Rees, widow, and John Davies, to houses in Monkford Street in Kidwelly, 1698-1783

272
1821-32
Bundle of statements of accounts and receipts rendered to Mrs Parker by bookbinders, butchers, cabinet makers, carpenters, coachbuilders, decorators, drapers, dressmakers, farmers, grocers, ironmongers, maltsters, post-horse proprietors, saddlers, schoolmasters, ship-owners, smiths, solicitors, stationers, wine merchants, etc., mainly of Carmarthen, Cheltenham, London, and Kidwelly. Some interesting bill-heads are included.

PAPERS RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ESTATES OF MR AND MRS PARKER

273-5
1833, March 8.
Probate of the will of Louisa Parker, widow, dec.
Much decayed.
With two copies of the will, dated Aug. 1831.

288
1833, Nov. 28.
Bond by David Williams, the mayor, and the Alderman, Bailiffs and Burgesses of Kidwelly, to Richard Janion Nevill of Llanelly, for the payment of £140.15.0.
Copy.

289
1835, May 17.
Memorandum of agreement between R. J. Nevill of Llangennech Park and James Espinasse of Bedford Row, esq's, concerning an annuity payable to Ann Thomas under the will of Louisa Parker, and secured upon Kidwelly Turnpike Tallies, which were paid off under an award by the South Wales Turnpike Trust Commissioners.

INVENTORIES, CATALOGUES, etc.

290
1818, March 2.
Inventory of household furniture and effects selected by Louisa Parker pursuant to the will of her late husband, Thomas Parker, dec.

291
1818
Inventory of furniture, plate, linen, etc., in Abbey House, Kidwelly, the property of the late Thomas Parker, esq..

292
1833, Jan. 31.
Inventory of plate, jewels, etc., at the late Mrs Parker's, Kidwelly, taken in the presence of Mrs Nevill, Dr Bevan, and Mr Maliphant.

293
1833, Jan.
Schedule of property belonging to Mrs Parker.

294
1833, Feb. 22.
Valuation and Inventory of the household furniture and effects of the late Mrs Louisa Parker at the Abbey House, Kidwelly, by Henry Gye, Swansea. With a letter by H. Gye to R. J. Nevill, April 10 1833.

295 1833.
'Catalogue of the Household Furniture, Plate, Linen, China and Glass, Choice old wines, Horses, Carriages, and Harness, Cows, Hay [etc.] ... which will be sold by Auction by Mr H. Gye of Swansea ... at the Abbey House, Kidwelly ... March 20, 21 & 22 1833'.
Two copies.

296
1833.
Account book of the sale held at the Abbey House, Kidwelly, March 20-2 1833, with a letter from H. Gye, Auctioneer, to R. J. Nevill, June 12 1833.

MISCELLANEA

354
1819, Aug. 21
Letter. A. Jones to Mrs Browne at Kidwelly, concerning rent.

355
1823, Nov. 20
Letter. J. Evans of Carmarthen to Mr Bohmer at Kidwelly, informing him that his lottery ticket had drawn a prize.

356
1825, March 14
List of children at Bell's school [?Kidwelly].

357
No Date.
List of names of the Aldermen and members of the Common Council of Kidwelly.

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