WHITE FAMILY ESTATE

MANOR OF BLEDLOW (LATE CORHAMS), COURT ROLLS AND DEEDS; DEEDS TO PROPERTY (INCLUDING PAPER MILLS) IN BLEDLOW, SAUNDERTON AND PRINCES RISBOROUGH

There are two parts of this accumulation: firstly the court records and documents of title to the manor of Bledlow (late Corhams), which was purchased in 1826 by Luke Leake, and secondly the documents relating to the estate which Henry Williams, papermaker, built up from the 1790s.

In the following list, the appellation Corhams manor is used for manor of Bledlow (late Corhams), in conformity with the practice of the Victoria County History and to avoid confusion with the main manor of Bledlow, known as Bledlow Manor (for which a few copies also survive in this accumulation). It is not clear whether all the Corhams manor copies relate to Mr. White's title: some of these may simply be steward's drafts and copies of documents relating to transactions within the manor, but to which the lord of the manor was not party.

The documents were received in disarray: the order imposed in this list is therefore artificial.

MANORIAL DOCUMENTS

D 1481/1 - 36: Court rolls and minute books including drafts

D 1481/2/1 - 11: Quit rentals and related memoranda

D 1481/3/1 - 11: Legal correspondence and documents relating to the management of the manor

TITLE DEEDS

Purchases by Lovell Badcock

D 1481/4/1 - 16: Corhams Manor

D 1481/5/1 - 3: Hill Close in Bledlow

Purchases by Henry Williams (1795-1807) and subsequent mortgages (1814-1821)

D 1481/6/1 - 23: Property in Bledlow, Princes Risborough and Saunderton

D 1481/7/1 - 6: Close of land in Saunderton

D 1481/8/1 - 3: Various properties in Bledlow, including John Bigg's cottage

D 1481/9/1 - 18: Property in Bledlow

D 1481/10/1 - 11: Property in Bledlow

D 1481/11/1 - 5: Two closes in Saunderton called Germanys and other property in Bledlow

D 1481/12/1 - 11: Property as in 6 to 11 (and also including copyhold land described in 14 to 17

D 1481/13/1 - 8: Sale of paper making business in Bledlow and Saunderton by Henry Williams in 1820.

Copyhold Property: Corhams manor

D 1481/14/1 - 3: Statement shewing copyhold lands of the manor and unidentified parcels.

D 1481/15/1 - 2: Close called Stonars

D 1481/16/1 - 4: Close called Pimms

D 1481/17/1 - 9: Copyhold allotment at Bledlow Ridge.

D 1481/18/1 - 3: Cottage at Pitch Green.

D 1481/19/1 - 8: Customary messuage and land.

D 1481/20/1: Messuage at Pitch Green.

D 1481/21/1 - 6: Close called Stonehouse or Steadfalls.

Copyhold Property: Bledlow manor

D 1481/22/1 - 5: Henry William's cottage.

A.R. 39/83

Williams' estate was split up within two decades of its creation: the papermaking business (which comprised two papermaking mills, one at Saunderton and the other at Bledlow) was sold to the wholesale stationers Magnay and Pickering in 1820, and the rest of this estate was mortgaged and then sold to William Morten in 1821. On Morten's death in 1829, his estate was administered by trustees. It is presumed that Robert White bought both the manor and the property once owned by Morten but no deeds survive here for these conveyances.