| Description | RTP Williams, office papers, include daily accounting sheets, 1873-1950; client files of Eaton Evans and Williams of Milford Haven, relating to Milford fishing industry, conveyancing, wills and estate settlement, 1922-1950; wills, related files and papers, 1866-1962; clients accounts, debt collecting, accidents and injuries files, 1863-1970; clients papers, 1879-1954, including Gibbon family of Golden Grove and Silver Stream, Hubberston, 1879-1935; Milford Haven Fish Trades Protection Association Ltd, 1912-1917; Major A. V. W. Stokes of St Botolphs, 1904-1954; Saunders Davies family of Williamston, 1922-1927; deeds of Milford Haven property, 1856-1961; deeds of property in other parishes outside Milford Haven, 1740-1967; lettered bundles of drafted deeds, 1919-1952; miscellaneous leases and related papers, 1867-1961; personal agreements, apprenticeship indentures and partnership agreement, 1866-1952; shipping papers, [1840s]-1958 including notorial register books, 1881-1958; sale particulars and related papers, 1863-1966; maps and plans including parliamentary plans of the proposed Milford Junction Railway and Admiralty charts of Milford Haven, 1850-1962; and general and miscellaneous papers comprising of Acts of Parliament and associated papers, such as Acts for the Improvement Act District of Milford Haven and public utility acts, insurance papers, prospectuses of Neyland New Town Building Association and the Milford Railway and Estate Co. Ltd. and newspapers cuttings, 1741-1969; papers of the Greenish family of Priory Sawmills, 1856-1913; Harcourt Powell family of Hook, 1857-1920; James Vaughan of Milford, 1876-1907; Milford Docks Company, 1863-1919; Milford Haven Estate, 1790-1967; Picton Castle Estate, 1930s-1966; Roberts family of Hakin, 1712-1937; the Rev. John Bowen Rowlands of Hubberston, 1844-1928; and Starbuck family of Milford Brewery, 1803-1923.
Arranged into the following: office papers; clients' files; wills and related files and papers; clients' accounts, debt collecting, files; small groups of papers; deeds of Milford property; deeds of property in other parishes; lettered bundles; miscellaneous leases and related papers; personal agreements; shipping; sale particulars and related papers; maps and plans; general and miscellaneous; Greenish family; Harcourt Powell family; James Vaughan; Milford Docks Company; Milford Haven Estate; Picton Castle; Roberts family; Rev. John Bowen Rowlands of Hubberston; and Starbuck family.
Table of Contents
D/RTM/X/1-137 Office papers
D/RTM/1/1-853 Clients' files 1922 - 1950
D/RTM/2/1-125 Wills and related files and papers
D/RTM/3/1-99 Clients' accounts, debt collecting activities, files re
accidents and injuries, and general clients papers
D/RTM/4/1-14O Small groups of papers re particular people or families
D/RTM/5/1-27O Deeds of Milford property
D/RTM/6/1-212 Deeds of property in other parishes
D/RTM/7/1-111 Lettered bundles
D/RTM/8/1-8 Misc. leases and related papers
D/RTM/9/1-35 Personal agreements
D/RTM/1O/1-1O5 Shipping, including notarial
D/RTM/11/1-38 Sale particulars and related papers
D/RTM/12/1-94 Maps and plans
D/RTM/13/1-64 General and miscellaneous
----------------------------------------- See D/RTM. (lettered) 2
D/RTM/GRE/1-49 Greenish family papers
D/RTM/HPO/1-3O1 Harcourt Powell family papers
D/RTM/JAV/1-84 James Vaughan papers
D/RTM/MDC/1-1O3 Milford Docks Company papers
D/RTM/MHE/1-879 Milford Haven Estate papers
D/RTM/Pic/1-88 Picton Castle Estate papers
D/RTM/ROB/1-168 Roberts family papers
D/RTM/ROW/1-59 Reverend John Bowen Rowlands of Hubberston papers
D/RTM/STA/1-74 Starbuck family papers
Introduction
It has not been possible to discover precisely when this office was established in Milford. What is certain is that it was not founded under the name of R. T. P. Williams and Sons but as part of the firm which is today Eaton Evans and Morris. The earliest office papers, 1873, are in the name of Mr. Evans while in 1874 there are letters addressed to the firm of Mathias-Evans and Evans. Sometime between December 188O and July 1881 Richard Thomas Propert Williams joined James and Edward Eaton Evans in the firm which was known as Eaton Evans and Williams until 31st August 1937 when the partnership was dissolved. Two separate firms appeared in its place, Eaton Evans and Son, and R. T. P. Williams and Sons. The Milford office became part of the latter firm. The dissolution of the firm of Eaton Evans and Williams had severe repercussions on the records which seem to have been arbitrarily split between the two new firms. This means that sometimes records relating to the same person or property can be found both in the Eaton Evans collection (D/EE) and the R. T. P. Williams collection (D/RTP). A further complication is that in 1975 a large consignment of material was deposited by the firm of Eaton Evans and Morris in the National Library of Wales (see schedule on searchroom shelves). The records of the Milford and Haverfordwest offices of R.T.P. Williams are being listed separately under the references D/RTM and D/RTP respectively and this can also mean that records of a single person or place are split between two collections. The records of Sir Hugh J. P. Thomas are probably the best example of this. The Milford office dealt specifically with the Milford Haven Estate, purchased by Sir Hugh in 192O while the Haverfordwest office dealt with the other concerns of Sir Hugh in Glamorgan, Fishguard, Landshipping and Haverfordwest. However, many Milford Haven Estate records survive in the records of the Haverfordwest office as it was impossible for the two offices to divide the work and the records so clearly between themselves.
Notes on individual sections D/RTM Office papers
The bulk of this section is made up of daily accounting sheets which show what work was done each day. They cover the period 1873 - 1950. There are also vouchers, and a few papers relating to royal visits to Pembrokeshire.
D/RTM/1 Clients' files
The files in this section formed a distinct series with its own original reference numbers consisting of a serial number and the year in which the file began. There are other similar clients' files in the collection but they have been listed separately as they did not have this reference number and were not therefore part of this series. The files in this section cover the period 1922-195O. The most common subjects here are matters relating to the Milford fishing industry, conveyancing, the making of wills and the settlement of estates after the deaths of clients.
D/RTM/2 Wills and related files and papers
This section includes draft, copy and probate copies of wills, also papers relating to the estates of clients after their death. They cover the period 1866 - 1962.
D/RTM/3 Clients' accounts, debt collecting, files re accidents and injuries and general files
This section shows the general work done by the firm for clients. The period covered is 1863 - 1970.
D/RTM/4 Small groups of papers about particular people or places This section includes papers of the following:-
Dr. Dundas, M.O.H., Neyland, 1913 - 1919
James Hart of the Victoria Hotel, Milford and Emma, his wife,1891 - 1926
Gibbon family of Golden Grove and Silver Stream, Hubberston, 1879 - 1935
Colonel F. D. Grey, of Milford, 1890 - 1910
Mr. Benjamin John of Marble Hall, 1898 - 1945
Mr. John Jones - Brooke Avenue property, 1903 - 1947
Mr. John Lloyd, 1887 - 19O8
Milford Haven Fish Trades Protection Association Ltd., 1912 - 1917
Major A. V. W. Stokes, deceased, of St. Botolphs, 19O4 - 1954
Saunders Davies family of Williamston, 1922 - 1927
Scard's Cinema Ltd., Milford, 192O
D/RTM/5 Deeds of Milford property
These are loose deeds, mainly drafts, often with correspondence attached relating to the transaction. They are arranged in alphabetical order of streets in Milford and cover the period 1856 - 1961.
D/RTM/6 Deeds of property in other parishes
These are similar to" the above deeds except that they relate to places outside Milford Haven. They are arranged in alphabetical order of parish and cover the period 174O - 1967.
D/RTM/7 Lettered bundles
These are bundles of mainly draft deeds identified by a letter of the alphabet which corresponds to the first letter of the surname of one of the parties to the deed. They relate to properties in and around Milford Haven and cover the period 1919 - 1952
D/RTM/8 Miscellaneous leases and related papers This section covers the period 1867 - 1961 D/RTM/9 Personal agreements
This section is made up of deeds relating to matters other than land and houses. It includes such things as apprenticeship indentures and partnership agreements. The period covered is 1866 - 1952.
D/RTM/10 Shipping, including notorial
A notary public is a duly appointed officer whose duty it is to draw, attest or certify deeds and other documents relating to real and personal property in Britain or abroad, to note or certify transactions relating to negotiable instruments such as bills of exchange and promissory notes, to prepare wills and other testamentary documents and to draw up protests or other formal papers relating to occurrences on the voyages of ships. The object of the protest is to exonerate the person making it from any charge of improper, illegal or negligent conduct when damage or injury has happened to a ship or her cargo during a voyage. The notarial registers and papers in this section are almost exclusively concerned with such notes of protest but there are a few references to promissory notes.
The Section also includes papers concerning collisions and salvage, accounts, especially a series for the S/T Thomas Deas in respect of supplies, repairs, fish sold etc., injuries to seamen, sales of vessels, agreements and insurance.
D/RTM/11 Sale particulars and related papers
These are arranged in chronological order and cover the period 1863 - 1966.
D/RTM/12 Maps and plans
These range from parliamentary plans of the proposed Milford Junction Railway to plans of building plots and houses. There are also several Admiralty charts of Milford Haven and other sea areas. The period covered is 185O - 1962.
D/RTM/13 General and Miscellaneous
In this section are Acts of Parliament and associated papers, including several acts for the Improvement Act District of Milford and later public utility acts for the area, insurance papers, including records of the agencies run by the firm, Articles of Association of various firms and miscellaneous items including prospectuses of the Neyland New Town Building Association and of the Milford Railway and Estate Co. Ltd., newspaper cuttings and an account of when Nelson's carriage was used during the 188O election.
D/RTM/GRE D/RTM/HPO
D/RTM/JAV
D/RTM/MDC
D/RTM/MHE see introductory notes at the beginning of each section
D/RTM/PIC D/RTM/ROB D/RIM/ROW D/RTM/STA |