Additional Manuscripts, Catalogue 18

Records of West Sussex Record Office additional manuscripts

INTRODUCTION

This, the eighteenth volume of Additional Manuscripts Add Mss has, in general, been compiled along the lines indicated in the introduction to the first volume

This volume contains a number of business records, including the records of the Bognor Gas Light and Coke Company, 1865 - 1957 (Add Mss 13,018-13,109); the City of Chichester Gas Company, 1868 - 1943 (Add Mss 13,110-13,132); and Messrs. Merryweather and Sons, fire engine manufacturers, 1864 - 1870 (Add Mss 13,197-13,202). The maps include early surveys of the Manor of Woolbeding, 1652 - 1842 (Add Mss 13,418-13,425), and maps of Rogate, Harting and Trotton, 1805 - 1849 (Add Mss 13,246-13,249). Apart from deeds of title, the volume includes papers of the families of Palmer of Sullington, 1813 - 1926 (Add Mss 13,203-13, 245, 13,393-13, 407); Haines and Tompkins of Arundel, 1625 - 1965 (Add Mss 13,279-13,352); and Peckham, 1561 - 1908 (Add Mss 13,135-13,185). The documents range in date from the will of William Kaye of Flitcham in Norfolk, 1495 (Add Mss 13,250), to Plans of the Old Theatre in Chichester, 1966 (Add Mss 13,447)

No index has been provided for this volume, as all the relevant details of this, and all previous volumes, have been included in the card indexes of persons, places, subjects and manors, which are to be found in the Search Room of the County Record Office

Students are again asked to exercise care in quoting references, and to use the form indicated in the introduction to the first volume

PATRICIA GILL

County Archivist

July 1971

Add Mss 13,003-13,012 Deeds of 13, St. Martin's Street, Chichester, 1824-1899

Add Mss 13,013-13,016 Miscellaneous documents, 1672-1750

Add Mss 13,017 Bills and receipts from London tradesmen to Edward Cottrell of Chichester, plumber, 1835-1840

Add Mss 13,018-13,109 Records of the Bognor Gas Light and Coke Company, 1865-1957

Add Mss 13,110-13,132 Records of the City of Chichester Gas Company, 1868-1943

Add Mss 13,133, 13,134 Papers relating to Petworth Prison, 1875, 1876

Add Mss 13,186-13,193 Architectural drawings by Somers Clarke of the font canopy in Chichester Cathedral, 1912

Add Mss 13,194-13,196 Documents relating to the Haines family, 1689-1894

Add Mss 13,197-13,202 Documents relating to Messrs Merryweather and Sons, fire engine manufacturers and fire fighting, 1864-c.1870

Add Mss 13,246-13,249 Maps of Rogate, Harting and Trotton, 1805-1859

Add Mss 13,250-13,261 Miscellaneous deeds and correspondence, 1495-1840

Add Mss 13,262-13,268 Legal documents relating to the Synge and Hyde families, 1912-1933

Add Mss 13,269 Conveyance of land in Wisborough Green, 1564

Add Mss 13,270 Probate Will of Ann Laprimaudaye, 1855

Add Mss 13,271-13,278 Pedigrees and allied papers relating to the Duke, Olliver and Gratwycke families, 1702-1885

Add Mss 13,353 Report Book of the Portreeves of the Borough of Arundel, 1858-1882

Add Mss 13,354-13,362 Records of the West Sussex County Nursing Association, 1911-1951

Add Mss 13,363 Copies of original letters from eminent people mostly to John Murray and his family, 1577-1939

Add Mss 13,364-13,387 Records of the West Sussex County Nursing Association, 1915-1947

Add Mss 13,388 Conveyance of Hoes Farm in Shipley, 1811

Add Mss 13,389 Map of Huddlestone Farm in Steyning, 1707

Add Mss 13,390, 13,391 Chichester Poll Books, 1782 and 1784

Add Mss 13,392 Commonplace Book of William Challen of Henfield, 1831-1891

Add Mss 13,393-13,407 Papers of the Palmer family of Sullington, 1813-1890

Add Mss 13,408-13,411 Deeds relating to the Manor of Selsey, 1872, 1873

Add Mss 13,412 Bond of Indemnity, 1840

Add Mss 13,413 Insurance Policy of the Red Lion, Petworth, 1783

Add Mss 13,414, 13,415 Copies of letters from Barnabas H.D. Leigh, serving in South Africa to his family in Worthing, 1900

Add Mss 13,416 Typescript translation of the Court Rolls of the Manor of Stedham, 1518-1928

Add Mss 13,417 Photostat copy of West Tarring Tithe Map, 1838

Add Mss 13,418-13,425 Documents relating to the Manor of Woolbeding, and to Woolbeding House, 1652-1842

Add Mss 13,426 Shop Order Books, 1884-1894 for Lower Beeding Post Office

Add Mss 13,427-13,431 Documents concerning the Charity of St. James' Hospital, 1860-1891

Add Mss 13,432-13,444 Records of the Bognor Golf Club, 1922-1928

Add Mss 13,445, 13,446 Miscellaneous deeds, 1793, 1845

Add Mss 13,447 Plans of the Old Theatre, Chichester, 1966

Add Mss 13,448 Bignor Park estate account book, 1907-1922

Add Mss 13,449 Navy League Branch Minutes, 1910-1969

Add Mss 13,450-13,453 Papers of the Palmer family of Sullington, 1854-1890

Add Mss 13,454-13,803 Deeds and other documents of Selsey, 1609-1922

<span class="wrapper"><p>Add Mss 13,135-13,185 Documents relating to property owned by the Peckham family, 1561-1908</p> <p>These documents are listed in a separate catalogue on A2A as 'Peckham family', under the 'From Landlord to habourer' project</p> <p>Add Mss 13,203-13,245 Papers of the Palmer family of Sullington, 1845-1926</p> <p>These documents are listed in a separate catalogue on A2A as 'Palmer family of Sullington,' under the 'From Landlord to habourer' project</p> <p>Add Mss 13,279-13,352 Documents relating to the Haines and Tompkins families, 1625-1965</p> <p>These documents are listed in a separate catalogue on A2A as 'Haines and Tomkins families', under the 'From Landlord to harbourer' project</p></span>

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