Phillipp R. Schofield - Seals and Society: Medieval Wales, the Welsh Marches and their English Border Region

SEALS AND SOCIETY MEDIEVAL WALES, THE WELSH MARCHES AND THEIR ENGLISH BORDER REGION Edited by P. R. Schofield and E. A. New with S. M.

Johns and J. A. McEwan

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Cover image: +SIGILLVM:ROGERI:STVRMI (Seal 97); NLW Penrice and Margam Estate Records, 1980.

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Schofield Elizabeth A. New, John A. McEwan and Phillipp R. Schofield

T HIS VOLUME arises from a project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/G010994/1), Seals in Medieval Wales . The project team is extremely grateful for the support and advice of the advisory board to the project, Dr Susan Davies, Professor Paul Harvey, Professor Mark Ormrod and Mr Glyn Parry. The Revd Dr David Williams has also, from the outset, been most generous with his time, support and access to his own catalogues and materials.

The team also acknowledges with gratitude the invaluable support provided by staff at the following archives and repositories: Bangor University Archives, The British Library, Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, Gwent Record Office, Gwynedd Archives, Hereford Cathedral Archive, Herefordshire Record Office, the National Archives, the National Library of Wales, the National Museum of Wales, and Shropshire Archives. Images presented in this volume are reproduced with the kind permission of Bangor University Archives (figures ). The publishing team at the University of Wales Press, including Sin Chapman, Production and Editorial Manager, Dr Dafydd Jones, Editor of the Press, and Sarah Lewis, Head of Commissioning, have been unfailingly helpful and supportive throughout the process. The publication of the volume was also supported by a grant from Aberystwyth University. The editors 27 April 2016

Acts	H. de Gray Birch, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum , 6 vols (London, 18871900)
BUAS MOST	Bangor University Archives, Mostyn Manuscripts
BUAS PENR	Bangor University Archives, Penrhyn Castle
BL Harl. de Gray Birch, Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum , 6 vols (London, 18871900)
BUAS MOST	Bangor University Archives, Mostyn Manuscripts
BUAS PENR	Bangor University Archives, Penrhyn Castle
BL Harl. Ch.	British Library, Harley Charters
BL Add. Ch.	British Library, Additional Charters
CALS DWN	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, Wilbraham of Nantwich Collection
CALS DLL	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, Leigh of West Hall, High Legh
CALS D3785/1	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, Professor G. Barraclough: Deeds and Research Papers (Bulkley and Bickerton Deeds)
CMCS	Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies
GA D8/1	Gwent Record Office, John Capel Hanbury (D8/1)
GA D2, GA D583	Gwent Record Office, Llanarth Court MSS
GACRO XD2	Gwynedd Archives: Caernarfon Record Office, Newborough Archives
GACRO Vaynol/Glan	Gwynedd Archives: Caernarfon Record Office, Vaynol Papers
Good Impressions	N. Adams, J. Cherry and J. D. A. A. Harvey and A. McGuiness, A Guide to British Medieval Seals (London, 1996)
HAS A95	Herefordshire Record Office, Pateshall Family of Allensmore
HAS D52	Herefordshire Record Office, Wellington Inheritance Brobury (Garnons)
HAS AA26/II	Herefordshire Record Office, Records of the Barton Colwall Estate
HAS CF54	Herefordshire Record Office, Pilley Collection: Manuscripts
HAS F8/II	Herefordshire Record Office, Hill Court
HCA	Hereford Cathedral Archives
Margam	W. de Grey Birch, A History of Margam Abbey (London, 1897)
NLW BACBYD	Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales, Bachymbyd Estate Deeds and Documents
NLW BRONWYDD	Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales, Bronwydd Estate Records
NLW CHIRK	Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales, Chirk Castle Estate Records
NLW MYNDE	Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales, Mynde Park Deeds and Documents
NLW PITORD	Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales, Ottley (Pitchford Hall) Estate 1
NLW PENRICE: GLAM	Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales, Penrice and Margam Estate Records
NLW WIGFAIR	Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales, Wigfair Deeds and Documents
NLW Strata Marchella	Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales, Wynnstay Estate Records 1945 Deposit (Ystrad Marchell)
NLWJ	National Library of Wales Journal
NMW	National Museum of Wales
PAS	Portable Antiquities Scheme
Scriptorium	R. B. Patterson, The Scriptorium of Margam Abbey and the Scribes of Early Angevin Glamorgan: Secretarial Administration in a Welsh Marcher Barony (Woodbridge, 2002)
Seal 12497	Reference to seal as listed in the main appendix to this volume
Seals and Sealing Practices	E. A. New, Seals and Sealing Practices , British Records Association Archives and the User 11 (London, 2010)
Seliau	J. McEwan and E. A. New (eds), Seliau yn eu Cyd-destun: Cymru or Mers yn yr Oesoedd Canol / Seals in Context: Medieval Wales and the Welsh Marches (Aberystwyth, 2012)
SHA 322/2	Shropshire Archives, Acton Reynald (Corbet Family)
SHA 5981/B	Shropshire Archives, Powis Estate Records
SHA 20	Shropshire Archives, Oakley Park Collection
SHA 972	Shropshire Archives, Lilleshall Collection