Portland of Welbeck (6th Deposit): Deeds and Estate Papers

This is the 6th deposit of Portland archives in Nottinghamshire Archives, and is by far the greatest both in volume and in variety of material. As with the earlier deposits it includes title deeds, estate accounts, and other estate records relating to numerous English counties, chiefly Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire but with significant groups for Northumberland and London, etc., as well as overseas. There are sections relating to 19th century military affairs, coal mining and farming, as well as personal correspondence of the 6th Duke and Duchess of Portland.

Content Summary:

DD/P/6/1 Title Deeds and related documents c.1190 - 1932

[DD/P/6/2] [No Documents with these References]

DD/P/6/3 Estate Accounts (Cavendish / Newcastle, Harley / Oxford, Bentinck / Portland): Counties outside Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 1555-1846

DD/P/6/4 Estate Accounts (as above): Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 1638-1964

DD/P/6/5 Estate Accounts (Ogle Barony): Northumberland [1600?]-1918

DD/P/6/6 Estate Accounts: Middlesex: St. Marylebone 1752-[1852]

DD/P/6/7 Household and Farm Accounts: Welbeck 18th-19th Century

DD/P/6/8 Household Accounts: Other Properties, etc. 18th-19th Century

DD/P/6/9 Accounts: Harley, Newcastle and Bentinck Families 1657-1859

[DD/P/6/10] [No Documents with these References]

[DD/P/6/11] [No Documents with these References]

DD/P/6/12 Middlesex Volunteer Corps: Correspondence of Marquess of Titchfield, Lord Lieutenant 1798-1804

DD/P/6/13 Estate Correspondence and Papers: Welbeck 1854-1911

DD/P/6/14 Coal Mining: Correspondence with Hewitt & Bobart (formerly John T Woodhouse), mining engineers of Derby 1852-1882

DD/P/6/15 Correspondence and Personal Papers: Lady Harriett Bentinck 1825-1882

[DD/P/6/16] [No Documents with these References]

DD/P/6/17 Correspondence and Personal Papers: 6th Duke and Duchess of Portland 1825-1882

DD/P/6/18 Agricultural Societies 1888-1930

DD/P/6/19 Welbeck Art Collections 1890-1921

<span class="wrapper"><p>Related Collections also in Nottinghamshire Archives:</p> <p>Portland of Welbeck (DD/P)</p> <p>Portland of Welbeck (DD/2P)</p> <p>Portland of Welbeck (DD/3P)</p> <p>Portland of Welbeck (DD/4P)</p> <p>Portland of Welbeck (DD/5P)</p> <p>Portland of Welbeck (DD/7P)</p> <p>Portland of Welbeck (DD/P/CD)</p> <p>Related Collections elsewhere:</p> <p>Further records of the Dukes of Portland can be found in the University of Nottingham Library, the British Library, and other repositories listed in the National Register of Archives.</p></span>

• <famname>Cavendish family, Dukes of Newcastle upon Tyne</famname>
• <famname>Cavendish-Bentinck family, Dukes of Portland</famname>
• <famname>Bentinck, Cavendish-, family, Dukes of Portland</famname>
• <famname>Harley family, Eals of Oxford</famname>

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These documents relate to estates developed from the nucleus originally built up by Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury ('Bess of Hardwick') in the late 16th century, and subsequently passed down to Sir Charles Cavendish (her son by her third husband) and then to his son Sir William Cavendish, subsequently Earl and 1st Duke of Newcastle. The estates were further augmented by marriages into the Holles family (Earls of Clare) and the Harley family (Earls of Oxford), and eventually inherited by the Dukes of Portland. The records were held in the Estate Office at Welbeck Abbey and at Welbeck Woodhouse until their deposit in the Nottinghamshire Records Office (now Nottinghamshire Archives) in 1985 (Accessions 3229 and 3954).