EGERTON OF TATTON

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EGERTON OF TATTON

1228-1961

Documents relating mainly to the Cheshire estates of the last Baron Egerton of Tatton have been deposited at Cheshire Record Office since his death in 1958. Some family and estate records, principally of the eighteenth century, and which supplement those held here, remain at the John Rylands Library, University of Manchester. The National Trust retains at Tatton Park records relating to the art collection, family and household memorabilia, and plans relevant to the maintenance of the fabric.

The collection consists of records of Hundred and Manor courts, 1580-1877, in Bucklow, Buglawton, Heaton Norris, Nether Knutsford, Rostherne and Tatton, and Withington; title deeds to properties in Ashley, Ashton upon Mersey, Bollington, Bowdon, Buglawton, Eccleston, Hale, High Legh, Hockenhull and Tarvin, Knutsford, Lostock Gralam, Marple, Marthall, Mere, Millington, Minshull Vernon, Mobberley, Ollerton, Ringway, Rostherne, Tabley, Tarvin, Tatton, Thelwall and Timperley, c1228-1952; legal case papers, 1739-1851; estate surveys and valuations, 1750-1806; leases and rentals, c1700-1961; estate accounts and correspondence, 1766-1912; maps and plans, 1726-1936; housekeeping records, including accounts, 1808-1916, inventories, 1852-1908, recipe book, c1685-18 cent; log books of schools in Rostherne, 1863-1915, and papers relating to Ollerton School, 1837-1898; and family and personal papers, 1571-1955, including journals of travels in Europe, Far East and India, 1852-1854, and records relating to the last Lord Egerton's business interests and activities in East Africa, and his flight logbook, 1909-1914.

HUNDREDAL AND MANORIAL RECORDS

TITLE DEEDS AND RELATED PAPERS

LEGAL CASE PAPERS

ESTATE MANAGEMENT RECORDS

HOUSEHOLD RECORDS

CHARITABLE INTERESTS

PERSONAL PAPERS

<span class="wrapper"><p>Additional sources</p> <p>[References in square brackets denote items held at the Cheshire Record Office]</p> <p>Family</p> <p>The Egertons in Italy and the Netherlands 1729-1734, by W H Chaloner Repr Bulletin of John Rylands Library Vol 32 No 2, March 1950</p> <p>[Pamphlet collection]</p> <p>Obituary of Rt Hon William Tatton Egerton, The Guardian, 23 Feb 1883 [SF/920EGE/01]</p> <p>Hon Alan de Tatton Egerton in Africa: interview, Cheshire Notes and Queries Vol 1 Jun 1896</p> <p>[Periodicals]</p> <p>Memories of Tatton, by Walter Keppel, Earl of Albemarle, Cheshire Life Vol 24</p> <p>No 10, Oct 1958</p> <p>[Periodicals]</p> <p>Tatton House and Park</p> <p>Tatton Park: Guidebook, published National Trust, 1962</p> <p>[P/TATT]</p> <p>Tatton Park, Cheshire, by Arthur Oswald: Series of articles reprinted from Country Life, nd</p> <p>Publications of Cheshire County Council, Countryside and Recreation:</p> <p>Tatton Park Impressions (1976)</p> <p>Wartime Tatton, 1939-1945, published Cheshire County Council (nd)</p> <p>Tatton Park Mansion: Teachers Pack (1978)</p> <p>See also:</p> <p>Ormerod's History of Cheshire, vol 1 p 445; vol III p 892</p></span>

English

7 Sub-fonds

Acc 302,303,1141,1424,1892,1928,1963,2389,3229,3244,3432,3443,3573,3591,3713,3787,3808,4674

The Egerton family acquired the manor of Tatton in 1598 on the death of Richard Brereton, when all his estates were settled on his brother-in-law, Sir Thomas Egerton (1540-1617). The estate passed through the male line until 1780 when Samuel Egerton bequeathed Tatton to his sister Hester, wife of William Tatton of Wythenshawe, who reverted to her maiden name, and was succeeded by her son, William Egerton (1749-1806). The National Trust acquired Tatton after the death of Maurice, 4th and last Baron Egerton, in 1958.