HOLTHOUSE (HELLIDON) COLLECTION

The collection consists of original documents relating to property in Hellidon, Little Peatling in Leicestershire and in the Seven Dials area of London. There are also letters to and from various members of the Holthouse family and their connections. Of particular interest are the letters written by Mrs Heaney to her sister Mrs Moses Scrafton. Mrs Heaney was governess in a French aristocratic family. The letters describe life during the French Revolution and were written between 1789 and 1815.

The papers of Charles Scrafton Holthouse, vicar of Hellidon, include letters from William Butterfield who assisted him in the restoration of Hellidon Church.

Two of Charles Scrafton Holthouse's brothers settled in Australia and their letters reveal something of the conditions of the early settlers.

The letters of the incumbents of Hellidon to Edwin Hermus Holthouse are of particular interest. They illustrate the financial situation of the country and those living during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The collection also includes papers amassed by Edwin Hermus Holthouse while pursuing genealogical research. There are transcripts of wills, copies of certificates, etc., relating principally to the Bradgate, Scrafton, Parkin and Holthouse families. There are also a number of other families with whom there were more tenuous connections. There are also notes on local history, particularly of Hellidon.

HELLIDON

Deeds an other documents re chapel, tithe, lands etc. and transfer of advowson

See also 634-637

Letters from, and re appointment of incumbents

Papers re Church services etc.

Deeds of lands in Hellidon 1595-1775

LITTLE PEATLING, etc. CO. LEICESTER

Deeds

LONDON

Deeds, etc.

PERSONAL

Commissions

Mrs. Heaney's letters, with notes

Parkin Letters

Letters of Harriott Holthouse

Letters of Thomas Scrafton

Papers of Carsten Holthouse (III) 1824-1901

Volume of letters to Henry Holthouse

Papers of Charles Scrafton Holthouse

Letters from Edward Holthouse

Letters from Thomas Le Gay Holthouse

Papers of Arthur Carsten Holthouse

Letters to Edwin Hermus Holthouse

GENEALOGICAL

General genealogy, whereabouts of the registers of St. John's Lutheran Church, etc.

Letters, notes, etc. on the BRADGATE family

Newspaper cuttings re members of the HOLTHOUSE family

Extracts from Weston by Welland and Sutton Bassett registers re IRELAND family

Letters, advertisements etc. re SCRAFTON and PARKIN families

Letters, notes, copies of certicates, etc. re KENT, CHESELDEN, and HENSON families

Letters, notes, copies of certicates, etc. re HOLTHOUSE, STAPLE, KENT, NICOL, WARD, JACKSON, ENGELKEDIRS, WOODYER, KOLLE families with notes of books on Buchen

Pedigree descent of Hesketh of Kenwick co. Salop from Hesketh of Rufford, co Lancaster

Notes and local history miscellanea mainly on Hellidon but also dealing with Catesby

Letters from Northamptonshire Record Society

Letters re Alumni Cantabrigiensis

"A Manual for Holy Communion" with letters re authorship

Miscellaneous printed items many relating to local history

Photographs and engravings

Miscellanea including analysis of water from Daventry, will of Thomas Lacy of Hellidon, admission card to Meetings of the Knightley Habitation, Primrose League

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS INCLUDING SCRAFTON ACCOUNTS, TRANSCRIPTS, PHOTOGRAPHS OF HELLIDON ETC

This collection was assembled by Edwin Hermus Holthouse (1856-1958), surgeon and eye specialist. He was patron of the living of Hellidon (1881-1948). He deposited some Hellidon deeds with the Northamptonshire Record Society in 1937. The remainder of his papers were deposited by his son.

The Holthouse family came originally from Germany. Carsten Holthouse (I) was born in Buchen in 1738; he came to London and became involved in the sugar refining business. He married Mary Dolge and their son Carsten (II) was apparently baptised at St. John's Lutheran Church, Ludgate Hill. The registers, however, do not survive. Carsten (II) was also a sugar refiner. He married Harriatt Parkin and acquired an interest in the Bradgate and Scrafton properties. Carsten Holthouse (II) had five sons:- Carsten (III) who became a surgeon; Henrey James, a lawyer; Charles Scrafton, vicar of Hellidon; and Edward and Thomas Le Gay who went to Australia. Edwin Hermus Holthouse was the second son of Carsten Holthouse (III) and he acquired the advowson of Hellidon under the will of his uncle Charles Scrafton Holthouse.