Parnell, Finn, Langsford and Busby, Launceston

I. FAMILY AND ESTATE

(Records of known provenance)

Arundell Trust

Braddon of St. Kew

Cowlard of Launceston

Kelly of Kelly (Devon)

Lifton Park Estate (Devon)

Manor of Maders

Manor of Polyphant

Martin Trust

Pearse of Launceston

Peter of Altarnun

Rogers of Falmouth

Simcoe

Trelawny of Trelawne

Trentham Trust

T. N. Wenn

II. ESTATE AND LEGAL

(Records of uncertain provenance)

Deeds and leases, Cornwall

Deeds and leases, Devon

Deeds and leases, elsewhere

Maps and plans

Marriage settlements

Probates

Wills

Other documents

III. CHARITIES AND SCHOOLS

Mrs. Ackland's Charity

Aftermath Charity, Launceston

Bewes' Charity

British and Foreign Bible Society

Grammar School, Launceston

Horwell's School, Launceston

Lethbridge Trust and Mary Palmer's Charity, Laneast

Municipal Charities, Launceston

North Petherwin National School

Speccott's Charity

St. Stephen by Launceston Church Lands

Charity: General

IV OFFICE RECORDS

Diocesan Registry

Graham-White & Co.

Phoenix Fire Office

Where possible the records have been sorted and listed according to their provenance; that is, by the name of the client (see sections I and III). A large proportion, however, were recovered from the floor of the office, loose or in unlabelled or incomplete parcels. These have been sorted and listed by type of document (see section II).

The records are mostly listed by bundle. There may, particularly in the case of correspondence, be a very large number of items in each bundle.

• <corpname>Parnell, Finn, Langsford and Busby, Launceston, solicitors</corpname>
• <corpname>Graham-White, Llewillin, Wilson and Parnell, Launceston, solicitors</corpname>
• <corpname>Graham-White, Llewellin and Wilson, Launceston, solicitors, 1919-1931</corpname>
• <corpname>Graham-White and Llewellin, Launceston, solicitors, 1897-1919</corpname>
• <corpname>White, Dingley and White, Launceston, solicitors, 1881-1897</corpname>
• <corpname>Pattison and White, Launceston, solicitors, 1850-1881</corpname>
• <corpname>Pearse, Lawrence and Pattison, Launceston, solicitors, 1837-1850</corpname>
• <corpname>Pearse and Lawrence, Launceston, solicitors, 1828-1837</corpname>
• <persname>Pearse, Thomas, fl 1799, solicitor of Launceston</persname>

Deposited by Parnell, Finn, Langsford and Busby, solicitors, 16 Westgate Street, Launceston

Accession no. 3670

These records consist principally of the deeds and papers of the clients of Graham-White & Co., solicitors. The predecessors of this firm had practised in Launceston from at least the beginning of the nineteenth century and had had their offices in Westgate Street from at least the 1880s.

History of Firm

1799 Thomas Pearse

1828 Pearse & Lawrence

1837 Pearse, Lawrence & Pattison

1850 Pattison & White

1881 White, Dingley & White

1897 Graham-White & Llewellin

1919 Graham-White, Llewellin & Wilson

1931 Graham-White, Llewellin, Wilson and Parnall (also known as Graham-White & Co.)

After 1957 the firm was known successively as Wilson, Parnall & Godwin; Parnall, Godwin & Chegwin; Parnall, Finn, Langsford & Busby; and now (1990) Parnall Langsford but no records of this period are held.

In 1929 the firm purchased the business of Cowlard and Cowlard, solicitors, following the death of the last partner therein.

Pre 1774 John Lethbridge

1780 Christopher Lethbridge

1828 Lethbridge, Son & Gurney

1861 Gurney, Cowlard & Kempson

1885 Cowlard, Grylls & Cowlard

1926 Cowlard & Cowlard

A large proportion of the records deposited are those of the clients of this firm, whose offices were originally at Madford House and then, from the mid nineteenth century, in Exeter Street.