VERNEY OF COMPTON VERNEY

Deeds relating to premises in Lighthorne, Bramshall, Staffs., Kincote, Leics., and elsewhere, with a survey of Kineton, 1774, the property of the Lords Willoughby de Broke.

Further details of the family and their estates can be found at DR 98.

<span class="wrapper"><p>DR 98: The main collection consisting primarily of the Warwickshire papers of the combined families of Verney of Compton Verney and Peyto of Chesterton, brought together in the late eighteenth century when Chesterton was inherited by John Verney, 14th Lord Willoughby de Broke, from his cousin Margaret Peyto. 12th - 19th centuries.</p> <p>DR 580: four documents concerning Georgiana Jane, Lady Willoughby de Broke, 1871-1874</p> <p>DR 622: c. 300 deeds concerning the Warwickshire estates, 1595-1905</p> <p>DR 951: Papers, including deeds, maps and surveys, relating to the estates of the Verney family, lords Willoughby de Broke of Compton Verney, mainly in Warwickshire, but also in the counties of Leicester, Lincoln, Stafford, Northampton and Surrey, 1793-1964; with leases of St Martin's Theatre, London, 1916, 1943; and papers of the Willoughby de Broke Estate Company, 1925-52.</p></span>