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Penney Collection
Catalogue reference: ADD MSS/47,099-47352
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This record is about the Penney Collection dating from 1580 - 1987.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADD MSS/47,099-47352
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Title (The name of the record)
- Penney Collection
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1580 - 1987
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Description (What the record is about)
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Papers of the Penney family of Poole, Dorset, and Southwick, Hurstpierpoint and Brighton, shipowners
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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47,099-47,177 R.H. Penney & Sons, 1819 - 1987
47,099 - 47,100 Lidbetter & Lucas and Edward Lucas, 1824 - 1857
47,101 - 47,122 Southwick Wharf & Office deeds, 1819 - 1903
47,123 - 47,177 Robert Horne Penney (later R.H. Penney & Sons), 1852-1987
47,178-47,223 Lucas Family, 1824 - 1908
47,178 - 47,185 Household & personal papers, 1824 - 1856
47,186 - 47,193 Deeds & will probates, 1844 - 1905
47,194 - 47,203 John Edward Lucas' loan from Edward Lucas 1863 - 1877
47,204 - 47,206 Edward Lucas' executors, 1873 - 1894
47,207 - 47,220 Glaisyer marriage settlement trustees, 1869 - 1905
47,221 - 47,223 Misc. (John Edward Lucas), c.1895 - 1908
47,224-47,267 Penney family of Poole, 1751 - 1917
47,224 - 47,243 Deeds, 1788 - 1850
47,244 - 47,248 Property, 1840 - 1889
47,249 - 47,256 Will probates, 1853 - 1917
47,257 - 47,261 Shipping, 1756 - 1830
47,262 - 47,265 Quaker, 1751 - 1888
47,266 - 47,267 Personal, 1848 - 1849
47,268-47,314 Penney family of Southwick, 1891 - 1975
47,268 - 47,272 Robert Alfred and Sidney Rickman Penney, 1891 - 1958.
47,273 - 47,308 Arthur George Wallis Penney, 1910 - 1951
47,309 - 47,314 Genealogical and miscellaneous papers, (1852-1975)
47,315-47,328 Shoreham Harbour Trustees, 1929 - 1984
47,329-47,332A Related families, 1881 - 1886
47,333-47,352 Miscellaneous Deeds, etc., 1580 - 1889
47,333 - 47,347 Sussex, 1588 - 1817
47,348 - 47,352 Other counties, 1580 - 1889
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>Other collections relating to the family are to be found in Add. MS. 16,635 (Logbook of the Arundel, 1774-1775) and Add. MSS. 32,943 - 32,946 (papers of Robert Horne Penney of Southwick, shipowner, 1858-1859). Papers relating to the Penney relatives, the Horne family who were fellow Quakers and shipowners, are to be found in Add. MSS. 39,984 - 39,995.</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- West Sussex Record Office
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- <famname>Penney family of Southwick, Sussex</famname>
- <famname>Penney family of Poole, Dorset</famname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 22 series
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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[Acc. 8399]
Presented by Mrs. Anthea Constance Porter, daughter of A. G. W. Penney, in August 1990.
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Accumulated by Arthur George Wallis Penney of Southwick (1900 - 1990), son of Sidney Rickman Penney and grandson of Robert Horne Penney.
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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 family were merchants and shipowners in Poole until 1852, when Robert Horne Penney (1822 - 1902) took over the shipping business of his cousin, and subsequently father-in-law, Edward Lucas (1803 - 1874), in Southwick. Robert Horne Penney's brother George Penney remained in Poole.
The family were almost all Quakers, both in Poole and in Sussex - where they attended the Lewes and Chichester Monthly Meeting. Several members held office.
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Record URL
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