WARNEFORD HOSPITAL, OXFORD - DEEDS OF SUSSEX ESTATE

The documents listed here, which are held at the Warneford Hospital in Oxford, relate to the Broad Estate in Hellingly and adjoining parishes, with which the hospital was endowed by the rev Samuel Wilson Warneford in 1843.

Estate of Samuel Calverley of Southwark, inherited by Samuel Wilson Warneford in 1810

1- 3 Release by Francis Warneford, 1810

4-14 Exchange with George Henry Cavendish, 1812

15-17 The whole estate, 1820-1824

The Broad estate Hellingly, inherited by Samuel Wilson Warneford in 1842

18- 35 The Broad in Hellingly, purchased by Edmund Calverley in 1630

36- 37 Settlement on the marriage of Richard Calverley, 1641

38 The whole estate, 1661

39- 43 Settlement on the marriage of Edmund Calverley, 1672

44- 88 Estate inherited by Edmund Calverley from Joseph Westbourne in 1680

89- 95 Leasehold house on The Dicker in Hellingly, purchased by Edmund Calverley in 1684

96-102 Settlements by Edmund Calverley, 1692-1704

103-109 Will of Edmund Calverley and resettlement of the estate, 1704-1705

110-127 Mortgage and resettlement of the estate with executorship papers and leases of the jointure estate, 1711-1720

128, 129 Settlement on marriage of Edmund Calverley, 1723

130 Settlement on Elizabeth Calverley's marriage, 1740

131-133 Lease of The Broad, 1743

134-158 Fishers & Reeden in Hellingly, purchased by Joseph Calverley in 1743

159-200 Durties Marsh in Hailsham, purchased by Joseph Calverley in 1745

201 Settlement on marriage of Ann Calverley, 1746

202 Lease of highway waste in Hellingly, 1747

203 Lease of Coldharbour Farm in Hellingly, 1750

204-206 Settlement on marriage of Joseph Calverley, 1761

207-215 The manor of Warlington, Springham Farm, the rectory, tithes, parsonage lands and a house at Hellingly, purchased by Joseph Calverley in 1768

216-247 Greencroft in Hellingly, purchased by Joseph Calverley in 1783

248-259 Longlands in Hailsham, purchased by Joseph Calverley in 1786

260 Fee-farm rent from Hellingly rectory, purchased by Joseph Calverley in 1786

261-270 The Mount or Warren House on The Dicker in Hellingly, purchased by Joseph Calverley in 1790

271-292 Frettingham in Hellingly, purchased by Joseph Calverley in 1790

293 Will of Joseph Calverley, 1797

294-304 Sale of Gormans Farm Hellingly, 1799

305 Lease of Lobdens Farm Hellingly, 1815

306-311 Land tax redemption, 1815-1816

312 Inheritance by Thomas Calverley of Ewell, 1817

313 Small enclosure at Hellingly, purchased by Thomas Calverley in 1818

314-318 Inheritance of the estate by Samuel Wilson Warneford, 1842

319 Endowment of Hellingly School by Samuel Wilson Warneford, 1843

320-324 Endowment of The Radcliffe Asylum Oxford by Samuel Wilson Warneford 1843

325-342 The Broad estate in the hands of the Warneford Trustees, 1843-1907

Warneford inherited the Broad in 1842 on the death of his second cousin, Thomas Calverley of Ewell, whose great-great-great-grandfather Edmund Calverley had purchased the core of the estate in 1630.

Microfilm held at EAST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE

Documents from the archives of the Warneford Hospital, Oxford microfilmed by the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latterday Saints, film number 1067624, 9 March 1985 (A5076).

XA 37/1 Records of the Manor of Warlington in Hellingly and Hailsham, 1630 - 1936

1 Draft rental with court book references, 1835

pp 1 - 11 copyholds

pp 11 - 13 freeholds

W/D/198/1

2 Court book with index, 22 Oct 1630 - 30 Nov 1838.

The court book is one of those prepared in 1721 as a result of the settlement by Thomas Pelham-Holles, duke of Newcastle, of much of his Sussex estate on his brother Henry Pelham - see CHR 13/1, 2. Other court books with identical format are ASH 148, 149, 209 and 243, AMS 5806/1, 5816 and SAS/A661.

[For court rolls of Warlington, 1337 - 1338 and 1365 - 1367, see BL Add Ch 32738, 32739; for court rolls 1424 - 1425, 1428 - 1433 and 1454, see SAS/A 570 - 572]

W/D/198/1.

3 Court book with index, 30 Nov 1838 - 18 May 1892.

W/D/198/2

4 Court book with index, 23 Mar 1898 - 4 Apr 1934

W/D/198/3

5 Stewards' papers including draft minutes, admissions and surrenders, enfranchisement and compensation agreements with correspondence 1821 - 1936

W/D/135

Records of the administration of the Broad and Warneford Family Estates, 1843-1942

XA 37/2 Settlement of the Broad Estate on trustees for the benefit of the Radcliffe Lunatic Asylum, Oxford; Samuel Wilson Warneford of Bourton on the Hill DD to Vaughan Thomas of the University of Oxford clerk and others; recites grant of site (24½p near Hellingly Church) as a site for Hellingly School by deed of even date; schedule of the Broad Estate; 25 Mar 1843, enrolled in Chancery 29 Mar 1843

W/D/199/1

Settlement of the Warneford Family Estate in Jevington, Willingdon, Folkington and Pevensey (occupied by John Reed) and elsewhere in Kent, Surrey and London for the benefit of the Warneford Asylum, Oxford; Samuel Wilson Warneford to John Thomas [Mitford-Thomas], Lord Redesdale and others; 26 Sep 1851

Settlement as above of a copyhold estate held of the manor of Westerham, Kent; 26 Sep 1851

W/D/202

Minutes of the trustees of the Broad Estate, 1845-1898

Minutes of the trustees of the Warneford Family Settled Estate, 1853-1898

W/D/201

Broad Estate audit books including sums for rent, tithe and repairs

1843-1860 (W/D/200/1)

1861-1883 (W/D/200/2)

Warneford Family Settled Estate, receiver's audit and cash book, 1852-1865

Broad Estate, receiver's audit and cash book, 1843-1865

W/D/203/1

As above, 1866-1879

W/D/203/2

As above, 1880-1897

W/D/203/3

XA 37/3 Warneford Asylum Trust, receiver's audit and cash books

1898-1915 (W/D/204/1)

1916-1937 (W/D/204/2)

1938-1942 (W/D/204/3)