Bracebridge family of Atherstone Hall

MR. J.E.C. BRACEBRIDGE

Manorial records of Erdington, including court rolls, 1332-1734, survey, 1316, rent rolls, 1462-1735, suit rolls, c1574-1710, rent collectors' accounts, 1406-24, bailiffs' accounts, 1438-1564, list of tenants, 1655; inventories of Thomas Holte of Aston, 1546, Sir Thomas Holte of Aston, 1654, and Lady Holte, 1794; rental of lands and possessions of Nuneaton Priory Warks, 1537; heraldic roll recording the arms of the Holte and allied families, n.d. c1600; deeds of Aston and Erdington, c1185-1763, Corley Warks, n.d. 13th cent-1435, and Sutton Coldfield, Curdworth and Wishaw, c1237-1774; grant of baronetcy to Sir Thomas Holte, and related receipt for £1,095, 1611-13; grants of general pardons to Sir Robert Holte of Aston, 1626, 1661; agreement respecting duties of the Under-Sheriff of Warwickshire, 1767; rentals of an estate at Sutton Coldfield, 1598-1601; plan of the estates of William Jesson in Sutton Coldfield, Curdworth, Wishaw, Berkswell Warks etc. by John Snape, 1776; grant of right to carry grist and corn from Birmingham to the mills of Aston and Duddeston, 1543; letters patent of official appointments of the Holte family, 1660-79; map and book of reference to the parish of Aston, 1832-34

Deed of Aston, 1599; money deed of Sir C. Holte, 1773

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The Bracebridge family were related to the Holte family of Aston Hall, Birmingham, through the marriage of Mary Elizabeth Holte 1757-1819, daughter of Sir Charles Holte, the last baronet 1721-82, to Abraham Bracebridge 1747/8-1832 of Atherstone Hall. Mr Bracebridge's financial difficulties led to the sale of the property in 1817, Mrs Bracebridge being the heir at law at that time.

The records in this collection are believed to be Holte estate papers. The Holte archive was probably split up when the property was sold, and some of it found its way into the hands of antiquarians and collectors. These papers, however, remained with the Bracebridge family.