Fonds
CROMWELL [FORMERLY COPLEY] OF SPROTBROUGH
Catalogue reference: DD/CROM
What’s it about?
This record is about the CROMWELL [FORMERLY COPLEY] OF SPROTBROUGH dating from 16th century-1966.
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Doncaster Archives.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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DD/CROM
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Title (The name of the record)
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CROMWELL [FORMERLY COPLEY] OF SPROTBROUGH
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Date (When the record was created)
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16th century-1966
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Description (What the record is about)
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DD/CROM/1 SETTLEMENTS
DD/CROM/2 DEEDS AND LEGAL PAPERS
DD/CROM/3 MANORIAL
DD/CROM/4/1-90 MINERAL RIGHTS AND ROYALTIES 1923-1948
DD/CROM/5/1-6 PROPERTY AT MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, USA 1926-1940
DD/CROM/6/1-33 ESTATE ADMINISTRATION 1653-19 cent
DD/CROM/7/1-3 TITLES OF HONOUR 1601-1919
DD/CROM/8/1-11 BARONY OF CROMWELL PEERAGE CLAIM 1906-1923
DD/CROM/9/1-14 GENEALOGY AND HISTORY 16 cent-1966
DD/CROM/10 PERSONAL PAPERS
DD/CROM/11/1-109 PUBLIC AFFAIRS: NATIONAL 1594-1756
DD/CROM/12/1-12 PUBLIC AFFAIRS: LOCAL 1655-1702
DD/CROM/13/1-11 SALE OF THE ESTATE 1925
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Doncaster Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- <famname>Cromwell family of Sprotbrough, Yorkshire</famname>
- <famname>Copley family, baronets, of Sprotbrough, Yorkshire</famname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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13 subfonds
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Acc. 802
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- <span class="wrapper"><p>These records are in the process of being fully catalogued. Those parts of the archives that have been fully catalogued to date are listed here.</p> <p>Note: only sections DD/CROM/1, DD/CROM/2, DD/CROM/3 and DD/CROM/10 have been fully catalogued.</p></span>
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Copley family inherited the estates of the Fitzwilliam family of Sprotbrough. The Copley family was severely fined for its 'delinquency' in support of the Crown in civil wars of the 1640s (a process well-documented in the archive) and gained a baronetcy on the restoration of king Charles II. There are also the papers of Sir Godfrey Copley in the investigation of the 'Yorkshire Plot' of the mid-1660s. There are very few records relating to estate administration. The family, like a number of other landed families in the district, benefitted from income from royalty payments from colliery companies in the early decades of the twentieth century. Mrs Bewicke-Copley successfully laid claim to the dormant barony of Cromwell in 1923 and the archives includes the papers generated by the peerage proceedings. The estate was sold at auction in 1925, the Hall demolished and the park developed as a housing estate.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/13c0c2b0-8b77-47b2-917a-2286f8096b3f/
Catalogue hierarchy
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CROMWELL [FORMERLY COPLEY] OF SPROTBROUGH