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Wakeman collection on Monmouthshire

Catalogue reference: WAK

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This record is about the Wakeman collection on Monmouthshire dating from late 12th century-1886.

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Reference: WAK
Title: Wakeman collection on Monmouthshire
Date: late 12th century-1886
Description: 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.
Held by: Society of Antiquaries of London
Former department reference: SAL/MS/790
Creator(s): Wakeman, Thomas (1788-1868), Monmouthshire antiquary
Immediate source of acquisition: 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.
Unpublished finding aids: Society of Antiquaries online catalogue: https://collections.sal.org.uk/wak
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/4168f403-3d02-4f38-a81a-60a22e71a492/