Militia drum
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
1679
Materials
Paint, Wood
Measurements
435 mm (H); 430 mm (Dia)
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Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 1171095
Summary
Muscial instrument. Drum. Late 17th century Denbighshire militia side-drum, painted with Myddelton arms. Entry in accounts 'payd Richard Porter of Chester, by Hugh Matthewe, drummer of Wrexham, for two drums had of him in Sept last 1679, £3.0.0'
Provenance
entry in acc., 3 April 1680; 'payd Richard Porter of Chester, by Hugh Matthewe, drummer of Wrexham, for 2 drums had of him in Sept last 1679, £3.0.0'. Previously amongst the chattels that, in 1978, were acquired along with Chirk Castle from Lt-Col Ririd Myddelton (1902–1988) by the National Land Fund and handed, on loan for 99 years, to the Secretary of State for Wales. In 1981 Chirk was transferred into the ownership of the National Trust. Acceptance in lieu, 1999.