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Estate of the Medley and Shuckburgh-Evelyn families of Buxtes Place

Catalogue reference: AMS3163-3216

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This record is about the Estate of the Medley and Shuckburgh-Evelyn families of Buxtes Place dating from 1603-1879.

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Reference
AMS3163-3216
Title
Estate of the Medley and Shuckburgh-Evelyn families of Buxtes Place
Date
1603-1879
Description

Documents relating to the estate of the Medley and Shuckburgh-Evelyn families of Buxted Place and other documents

Held by
East Sussex Record Office
Language
English
Creator(s)
  • <famname>Medley family of Buxted, Sussex</famname>
  • <famname>Evelyn, Shuckburgh- family of Buxted, East Sussex</famname>
  • <famname>Shuckburgh-Evelyn family of Buxted, East Sussex</famname>
Physical description
54 items
Immediate source of acquisition

On 18 June 1947 53 documents were received from Hackney Borough Library via the British Records Association (BRA 984). No provenance was indicated, but it is clear from comparison with other groups, particularly SAS/PN and AMS6270, that many of them related to properties formerly owned by the Buxted Park Estate.

There is no indication of the means by which these documents came to be in Hackney Library

Custodial history

Evidence for at least two separate systems of arrangement appear on the documents originating from Buxted. The earlier consists of a simple number, written in ink, at the top-left-hand corner of the document, with occasional references to boxes identified by letter. The second system consists of a letter followed by a number in brackets, all written in violet ink

The antiquary William Burrell visited Buxted Place in the course of his studies (see SAS/ME 22, Burrell to Charles Gilbert, 27 June 1794), and some of the documents are endorsed with his initials

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Estate of the Medley and Shuckburgh-Evelyn families of Buxtes Place