James Conway Davies
James Conway Davies (1891–1971) was a
Royal Grammar School, Newcastle. For a period Davies worked in government administration, as Secretary of the Government Hospitality Fund and other departments, from 1918 to 1929. He was also an editor at the Public Record Office, before being appointed Consultant Archivist at the Monmouthshire County Council, where he established the Monmouthshire County Record Office. During World War II, from 1941 to 1945, he was an archivist at the National Library of Wales. After the war he taught palaeography and diplomatic at Cambridge. He also held honorary positions, such as honorary editor of the Historical Society of the Church in Wales, and honorary consulting archivist to the Church in Wales.[2]
Davies is today best known for his work on late
Thomas Frederick Tout
's The Place of the Reign of Edward II in English History (1914), which covered much of the same area. Davies also edited several works with medieval documents, much of this relating to Wales.
References
- ^ "About us". 28 February 2009.
- ^ Crawley, Seri (February 2003). "National Library of Wales J. Conway Davies Papers". National Library of Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
Publications
- Davies, James Conway (1918). The Baronial Opposition to Edward II: Its Character and Policy, a Study in Administrative History. London: Cass.
- Davies, James Conway (1940). The Welsh Assize Roll 1277-1284: Assize Roll no 1147. London: Public Record Office.
- Davies, James Conway (1946–1948). Episcopal acts and Cognate Documents Relating to Welsh Dioceses, 1066-1272. Cardiff: Historical Society of the Church in Wales.
- Davies, James Conway; Edward Arthur Lewis (1954). Records of the Court of Augmentations Relating to Wales and Monmouthshire. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
- Davies, James Conway, ed. (1957). Studies Presented to Sir Hilary Jenkinson. London, New York: Oxford University Press.
- Davies, James Conway, ed. (1960). The Cartae Antiquae Rolls 11-20. London: The Pipe Roll Society.
- Davies, James Conway, ed. (1972). Catalogue of manuscripts in the library of the honourable society of the Inner Temple. London: Oxford University Press.
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