| Description | This group consists of nearly 900 documents ranging in date from 1705 to c.1967. Some, such as those items relating to the Child and Hook-Child families fell naturally into groups, but the overall classification scheme within this group has been devised by the Record Office to bring order to an otherwise undifferentiated mass of papers. The classification is as follows:
Deeds and documents of the Child and Hook Child family 1745 - 1967 1-153
This collection relates principally to those parts of the Child family estate in St Issells, including the Bonvilles Court estate and colliery and other properties, althougth there are also deeds and papers relating to properties in Begelly, Ludchurch and Tenby. James Mark Child (died 10/12/1870), who was the son of James and Sarah Child, devised all his freehold estate to trustees for Albert Theodore Hook alias Child, son of Mary Hook of Begelly Lodge. Albert Hook then adopted the additional surname of Child and the family were afterwards called Hook Child, either or without a hyphen. It appears that part of the estate, including Begelly House, passed to James Mark Child's legitimate son, James Mark Philipps Child, who died without children on 13/05/1877
The collection is arranged as follows
Title deeds and related papers 1745 - 1863 1-42
Begelly 1-13
Estates in Begelly tranferred by Lord Milford to Sarah Child 2 - 12
St Issells 14 - 34
Bonvilles Court 14 - 20
Stone Cross and Killawen 21 - 32
Newton and part of Kilvelgy 33 - 34
Tenby 35 - 42
Milford House 35 - 41
Miscellaneous 42
Wills, settlements 1793 - 1939 43 - 66
James Mark Philipps Child 44 - 49
Mortgages etc. by the Hook Child family 1881 - 1941 67 - 106
Leases 1797 - 1938 107 - 136
Carmarthenshire 107
Begelly 108 - 111
St Isells 112 - 133
Tenby 134 - 136
Miscellaneous 1835 - 1967 137 - 153
Note there are files relating to the Hook Child estate in the series of numbered files (PEH/1)
Papers relating to Charles Hugh Allen of Robeston Hall 1884 - 1895 154 - 159
Papers relating to John Davies, of Jordanston and John Llewellyn of Hazel Hill
1857 - 1945 160 - 182
Papers relating to Essex Harries of Scolton 1857 - 1896 183 -190
Papers relating to John Madocks of Haverfordwest 1819 - 1887 191 - 233
191 - 225 Deeds of premises in Prendergast and Haverfordwest
216 - 221 Title Deeds and related papers regarding Langhook Fach in Little Newcastle and Castlebythe
222 - 223 John Madocks - Miscellaneous
Papers relating to C H J Talmage and the Johnston Brick and Tile Company 234 - 269
1918 - 1967
Miscellaneous title deeds, arranged alphabetically by parish c.1708 - 1937 270 - 476
Ambleston 270 - 296
Stradland 270 - 294
Begelly 297
Camrose 298 - 306
Corners 298 - 306
Fishguard 307 - 308
Freystrop 309 - 310
Haroldston West 311 - 339
Rosehill 311 - 339
Haverfordwest 340 - 397
Hubberston 398 - 400
Lambston 401 - 402
Letterston 403 - 408
Llandilo 409 - 410
Llanfairnantygof 411
Llanfyrnach 412 - 414
Llangwm 415 - 418
Llawhaden 419
Marloes 420
Marthry 421 - 422
Milford 423 - 426
Neyland 427 - 455
Nolton 446
Prendergast 447 - 451
Rudbaxton 452
St Brides 453 - 454
St Davids 455
St Ishmaels 456 - 457
St Issells 458
Walton West 459 - 463
Whitchurch 464 - 471
Wiston 472
Carmarthenshire 473 - 475
Glamorganshire 476
Deeds and papers relating to settlements and trusts, arranged 477 - 593
chronologically 1705 - 1943
Vaillant Family 506 - 525
Unexecuted 568 - 593
Papers relating to business partnerships, arranged in chronological 594 - 659
order (Note this class includes several deeds and drafts relating to the
partnerships of Sir William Davies) 1815 - 1966
Goldfinger Cafe, 18 Hill Street, Haverfordwest 654 - 659
Papers relating to various financial transactions, principally loans and 660 - 756
debts arranged chronologically 1781 - 1903
Miscellaneous papers: this class includes a large number of writs relating 757 - 872
to William Rees' practice 1823 - 1975
757 - 804 Writs and related papers
Among the records received was a large bundle of documents which consisted mainly of writs but included a number of related papers such as records of particular cases, which give detail, of the progress of the case up to the time of delivery of the writ, and certificates of service of writs. From 1823 to about 1848 the writs appear to relate almost exclusively to the activities of William Rees as attorney either for the plaintiff or defendant; from 1850 onwards they related mainly to Messrs Rees and Davies, but also include a number relating to William John of Haverfordwest |