Additional Manuscripts, Catalogue AA

AMSAA

Additional Manuscripts, Catalogue AA

1629-1997

Since it opened, East Sussex Record Office has maintained a collection of 'Additional Manuscripts' for accessions which are not assigned, or are not accrued to existing collections which have, a distinctive alphabetic reference based on the collection's title. The Additional Manuscripts collection is now known as AMS

Some of these accessions added to AMS have been returned to A2A as free-standing catalogues. The residue are being returned as a series of catalogues, each covering a range of AMS numbers. The summary list below covers all the accessions within that range, with notes against those which are the subject of separate catalogues or which have been transferred to other collections or other repositories. The main body of the catalogue notes only the reference and the fact of the separate catalogue or the transfer

Summary of contents

AMS6451 Photographs of Frank Kenward (1876-1962), lecturer in apiculture at Plumpton Agricultural College

AMS6452 Counterpart enfranchisements, manor of Mayfield: messuage, barn and 22a of the yard of Walsted in Mayfield called Homelands and More Mead (Nevill-James), 1590; messuage, barn and 4½a and a cottage and 2a called Vanys, both at Cousley Street, Wadhurst (Nevill-Saunder), 1590; fragment of enfranchisement of Aylwins [otherwise Lower House], Mayfield (Nevill-Aynscombe), c1590

AMS6453 Copy rental of manors and land owned by Henry Sidney, formerly belonging to Robertsbridge Abbey, c1570, annotated to 1604

AMS6454 Murton, Clarke and Murton-Neale of Cranbrook and Hawkhurst, solicitors, clients' records

Catalogued separately for A2A

AMS6455 Corners Garden in Brede (Squire-Baker), 1501; house in the High Street, Lewes St Michael, copyhold of Lewes Burgus, late occupied by Thomas Lancaster (Doppe-Awcock), 1537

AMS6456 Admiralty sentence concerning the Discovery, a French privateer taken by HMS Experiment (John Hemington captain) and brought into Hastings, 1712; the Lodge estate in Burwash, Etchingham and Ticehurst, including the advowson of Etchingham, Lodge Farm, Forgelands, Church Farm and the Eagle Inn, Spilbers Brook in Etchingham (Clulow-Child), [1821]-1860

AMS6457 Ewhurst bastardy bond (Winchester/Christmas), 1776

AMS6458 Letter from Dr Benjamin White of Lewes to Dr Hugh Chamberlen, Old Bailey, London, concerning a pill and mentioning the death of Juliana Gage of Bentley in Framfield, 1674

AMS6459 Scrapbook of Rev Robert Ingham Salmon, incumbent of St Martin's church, Brighton, late vicar of Barcombe, Sep 1872 - Oct 1888

AMS6460 Diary of R D W D Macleod, ARP organiser for Hurst Green during the Second World War, Sep 1939 - Aug 1945

AMS6461 Benge family of Cousley Wood in Wadhurst: exemplification of chancery procedings on the will of William Henry Benge of Lewes with depositions by John Blackman of Southover, gent (57), John Burnet, esq, surgeon to the 16th regiment of light dragoons (28) and Josias Smith of Lewes, gent (50), 1790-1791; deeds of The Old Vine at Cousley Wood, leasehold granted by Robert Smith as 'petty lord of the manor of Mayfield' (Nevill; Smith-Swift-Rutley-Nash-Pilbeam-Noakes-Martin-Jeffery-Wickendedn-Driver-Masters-Hayward-Masters-Dobell-Pitt-), [1589]-1820; four cottages (formerly a barn) on the N side of Cousley Wood Street, Wadhurst (Rich-Sharpe-Monk; Read-Pettit-Barham-Tompsett-Bone-Luck-Luck Bros Ltd-Benge); includes pedigree of Read and Barham families; 1736-1915

AMS6462 Copy postcard showing prison warders at Huggetts Cottage at the Spital, Lewes St Ann, 1915

AMS6463 Dolphin House (formerly The Dolphin), 51 St Nicholas Lane, Lewes (Stapley-Baker+Rose-Sergison-Debnam-Scrase-Verrall), [1624]-1796)

AMS6464 Printed sale-particular plan of the Sutton Hurst estate in Barcombe, Isfield and Newick, 1869

AMS6465 Map of the executors of John Lamb's Beauport Park estate in Battle, Hollington, Westfield and Pett by John Newton of 97 Chancery Lane, 1804

AMS6466 5 and 6 Grange Road, Lewes, including (early title) the Southover Grange estate

AMS6467 Iona (formerly Primrose Cottage, before Underwood) inkpen Lane, Highgate, Forest Row, copyhold of Duddleswell (Swadling-Absalom-Luxford-Underwood-Cook-Brand-Frost-Waters-Michell-Christie-Wright-Crosthwaite-Walton-Slegg-Wood-Millar), [1857]-1978

AMS6468 Legacy receipt (Mott of Hailsham, oatmeal-man-Cogger's executor Creasey), 1709; Colliers in Framfield (Hook), [1768]-1772; petition of Edward Heard, bankrupt candle-manufacturer formerly of Church Hill Brighton, [1819]-1837

AMS6469 Plan showing proposed widening of Cliffe High Street by the Cliffe Improvement Commissioners, 1827

AMS6470 J R Thornton, auctioneers and land agents, Lewes: auction and sales particulars, mostly for live and dead stock, 1902-1980s

AMS6471 Little Bunces, Warbleton (Copney-Swain-Freeland), 1770

AMS6472 Particulars for Little Surries, Forest Row 1955, Spaniards Farm, Ewhurst 1956

AMS6473 lease of land in Bodiam (Webster-Sivyer, late Gladwish) 1742; 9 Ellen Street Portslade (Pike+Lidbetter-Bailey-Washington), 1880

AMS6474 Papers of William G Dunstall of Brighton (c1844-1916), former chief inspector at Brighton Railway Station LB& SCR, 1872, 1906; plan of Isfield by William Figg, 1820; particulars of Boathouse Farm Isfield, 1947, Isfield Place estate, 1953, Sheffield Park estate, 1953, survey of The Faulkners Isfield, 1960; press photograph of corner of Church Street and High Street, Uckfield, c1890

AMS6475 Day-book of William and Samuel Russell of 31 and 40 Marlborough Place, Brighton, builders, 1864-1866 with farming accounts for Coldharbour Farm Chiddingly, 1892-1894

AMS6476 Records of Lewes Volunteer Bureau: committee minutes, 1993-1997; minutes of Annual General Meetings, 1993-2000; copies of the constitution, 1984, 1994; annual accounts, 1992/93 - 1995/96

AMS6477 Partnership agreement to keep a boarding-house at Wilberforce House, Hastings (Robotham), 1899

AMS6478 Index to court-books of c1730 - c1790 for the manors of Chalvington, Framfield, Glynde, Heathfield, Heighton St Clere (in Firle and East Hoathly), Hosiers (in Firle), Isfield, Laughton, Maresfield, Mote (in Little Horsted), Ranscombe (in South Malling), Ringmer, Ripe otherwise Eckington; 1950s

AMS6479 List of stables and beds at Sussex inns, 1686 (copy of PRO WO 30/48)

AMS6480 Beech Hill estate in Warbleton and Herstmonceux, [1722]-1883

AMS6481 Lewes Toc H: minutes, 1926-1937; cash-book, 1932-1940; draft notes for The Rag (branch publication), c1935

AMS6482 Loyal address of the constables and burgesses of Lewes to Queen Caroline, [1820]

AMS6483 Printed narrative of the foundation of the Brighton Home for Female Penitents, Albion Hill, from The People's Magazine, 1869; describes the work of the Rev George Wagner with prostitutes, his meeting [Fanny Vicars] a Jewish convert

AMS6484 Lease of Home Farm Patcham (Curwen-Hampton), 1887

AMS6485 House at Witherenden Hill, Burwash, copyhold of Robertsbridge (Barham-Wells, Dray, Eaton), 1867-1895+

AMS6486 Maps of land of John Pocock at Halls Cross in Hooe by T Parris, 1811, 1821

AMS6487 29 Mount Street, Battle (with title to 27-30), copyhold of Battle manor; (28-30: Benden-Gurley-Brook-Coleman, 1776-1845; includes Battle leasehold cottage at Wattles Wish, 1837-1843); (27: Chubb-Breeds-Harvey-Coleman, <1846-1849); (27-30: Coleman-Overy-Foord-Davis-Lee-O'Brien), 1776-1977

AMS6488 Papers of W L H Smith (1915 - 1984), concerning the history of Lewes postal service

Catalogued separately for A2A

AMS6489 Plan and general prospect of the Sussex County Lunatic Asylum, Haywards Heath, in a leather scroll embossed George Campion Courthope esquire; Henry Edward Kendall (1805-1885), architect; nd, [1859]

AMS6490 Photographs of Harry Kingswell of Falmer with the Grenadier Guards and the 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment; group of six men at [the Swan, Falmer], rows of army huts at Abbey Wood [near Woolwich], 20 May 1915; 1912-1915

AMS6491 Letters from James Tubb of Newhaven, mariner on the schooner Lewes Castle, to his future wife Mary Hoadly of Newhaven, 1843; Cork, Ireland; Wesley; nonconformity

AMS6492 Certificate of the mayor and jurats of Hastings sending details of their muster (no longer attached) to the lord warden at Dover, 1496

AMS6493 Copy of PRO E112/127/230 and E134/18Jas/MICH12, proceedings in Edmund Bowker, gent v Thomas Michell, gent and Ann Alchorne, widow in the equity side of exchequer, concerning a boundary-dispute at Kingston and the de la Chamber family, 1620

AMS6494 Odd issues of the Peacehaven Post, Downland Post and Downland, 1921-1927

AMS6495 Photographs of the Robertsbridge area from the studio of George Soper (1870-1942) in Welwyn, possibly taken by William Cowland: garden at Hillden, Horeham Road; North Bridge Street; premises of E Beaney, wheelwright, Rose Bank; the Stage, Hurst Green; Robertsbridge Abbey; premises of J R Hook, farrier, 11-13 High Street; Junction Inn, Salehurst; Salehurst church; Church Farm; Robertsbridge Market; nd, c1930

AMS6496 Southern Philharmonic Association [Hastings, St Leonards and Bexhill]: rules, minutes, membership, accounts; 1948-1987

AMS6497 Map of Henry Compton's Great Lodge Farm, Chailey, by Edward Gier and Clement Stoakes, 1651; copy book of maps of the Saint Hill estate in East Grinstead and other parishes, 1776 to be continued

AMS6498 Somerset House, Alfriston (Brooker-Gwynne - West-Comfort - Baker- Wood-Ford-Summerfield-Denning); [1892]-1996

AMS6499 5 St James Street Southover (Hodgson-Collins-Towner-New-Morton-Pumphery-Richardson-Leonard-Simmons- Glover-Huggett-Bunn-Crabtree-Stopford-Bryson); also includes particulars for 7 Priory Street and 13-15 Mount Street, 1919; 1773-1993

AMS6500 Printed Anglican biographies: Fred Robertson, incumbent of Trinity Chapel, Brighton, 1847-1853; 1893

English

48 Sub-fonds

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