Additional Manuscripts, Catalogue 49

Records of West Sussex Record Office Additional Manuscripts

INTRODUCTION

This is the forty ninth volume of Additional Manuscripts (Add Mss) to have been catalogued in the West Sussex Record office and it has been compiled, in general, along the lines indicated in the introduction to the first volume in November 1956

The class of Additional Manuscripts embraces all the smaller gifts and deposits of documents received by the West Sussex Record Office, as distinct from the large family and estate collections, such as Goodwood MSS.; or accumulations from solicitors' offices, such as Oglethorpe and Anderson Mss.; collections of official bodies, such as Quarter Sessions records; or collections from other bodies, such as the records of the Royal Sussex Regiment, each of which is referred to and quoted by name. The majority of Additional Manuscripts have been deeds of title, though increasingly a healthy balance of a vast range of other original material has been catalogued in these volumes. However the pressure of the sheer weight of material to be catalogued has meant that since volume 29 in March 1983, the catalogues of title deeds, instead of being the detailed calendars that had been prepared until that date, have mainly been summary lists, with the emphasis being placed on the property concerned in the transaction, rather than on the parties involved, or the technicalities of the type of legal conveyance being used. From the thirty sixth volume in November 1987, the accession number of each collection catalogued is given at the head of each separate catalogue

The documents listed in this catalogue range in date from a certificate concerning the tithes of Hurstpierpoint, 1607 (Add Mss 52,546) to a funeral tribute to the Rev. John H. Bishop by his son Michael Bishop, 2001 (Add Mss 52,384). As well as the usual deeds of title, there are manorial records, such as those for the manor of Cocking, 1823-1841 (Add Mss 52,553), and maps, including those for Ashfold Lodge in Lower Beeding and Slaugham (Add Mss 52,352) and South Mundham Farm in Pagham and North Mundham, 1637 (Add Mss 52,637). Records of organisations include those of Chichester Festival Theatre Society, 1997-1998 (Add Mss 52,266-52,268); Chichester Young Farmers Club, 1948 (Add Mss 52,283); West Chiltington Women's Institute, 1988-1994 (Add Mss 52,394-52,395), various other Women's Institutes, 1919-1997 (Add Mss 52,474-52,545); the Medical Women's Federation (Sussex section), 1967-1993 (Add Mss 52,620-52,630), and the Sussex Ornithological Society, 1945-1999 (Add Mss 52,699-53,499). Records of Sports Clubs include those of Chichester Priory Park Cricket Club, 1971-1997 (Add Mss 52,355-52,381 and 52,619) and South Bersted and Bognor Regis Cricket Club, 1936-1991 (Add Mss 52,559-52,580). There are a number of theses, including studies of General George Goring, 1608-1657 (Add Mss 52,275); clerical influence on a nineteenth-century estate in Sussex (Add Mss 52,382); the Parham Estate (Add Mss 52,465), and Sir William Burnett and the medical staffing of the Royal Navy, 1815-1856 (Add Mss 52,638). There is correspondence and literary miscellanea of Edward Heron-Allen (Add Mss 52,466-52,469, 52,633-52,636, and 52,642); William Hayley (Add Mss 52,473) and the Rev. P.H. Francis (Add Mss 52,319)

No index has been provided for this volume, as all the relevant details of this and all previous volumes have been included in the card indexes of persons, places, manors and subjects, which are to be found in the Search Room of the West Sussex Record Office

Searchers are again asked to exercise care in quoting references, and to use the form Add Mss (or MSS.) followed by the relevant number or numbers. In printed works the reference should be preceded by 'West Sussex Record Office' or ('W.S.R.O.' in subsequent references). Those wishing to have photocopies of items catalogued in these pages should seek permission from the Search Room Supervisor. When they have ascertained that the document may be copied they should complete the appropriate REP form and sign the copyright declaration before submitting the appropriate payment in advance. Those seeking permission to quote documents or reproduce them in published work, should ask permission in writing from the County Archivist

RICHARD CHILDS

January 2003

County Archivist

CONTENTS

Add Mss 52,251-52,258 Title deeds of property in Ashington, 1943-1965

Add Mss 52,259 52,260 A Survey of the dialect of Petworth, together with printed books on Sussex dialect

Add Mss 52,261 Records of the Ilex Club, Goring, 1945-1992

Add Mss 52,262 Title deeds of 27 Bassett Road, Bognor Regis, 1920-1982

Add Mss 52,263-52,265 Miscellaneous documents, 1719-1722

Add Mss 52,266-52,268 Papers relating to Chichester Festival Theatre Society, 1997-1998

Add Mss 52,269 Chichester Festival Theatre programmes, 1998

Add Mss 52,270-52,271 Miscellaneous papers of the late Geoffrey Marwood, 1951-1986

Add Mss 52,272 Plan of the Conduit House, Cowdray in Easebourne, 1922

Add Mss 52,273 Chichester Festival Theatre programmes, 1999

Add Mss 52,274 Miscellaneous letters of the Fuller family

Add Mss 52,275 'George Goring, Caroline courtier and Royalist General, 1608-1657' by Florene S. Memegalos, 1999

Add Mss 52,276-52,281 Log Books of walks in Sussex and elsewhere by Douglas C. Lasseter, 1998-2000

Add Mss 52,282 Sketch Book of A.W.F. Fuller, 1902 and 1903

Add Mss 52,283 Chichester Young Farmers Club Crop Growing Survey Competition, 1948

Add Mss 52,284 Chichester halfpenny, 1794

Add Mss 52,285-52,300 Ledger Books of Messrs. Staffurth & Bray, Solicitors of Bognor Regis, 1882-1948

Add Mss 52,301 Address delivered at the Funeral of Geoffrey Marwood by Dr. Geoffrey Barnard, 1999

Add Mss 52,302 Additional letters of the Fuller family, 1916-1976

Add Mss 52,303 Letter from John Allin of Lindfield concerning the 1831 Election

Add Mss 52,304 Title deed of property in Bepton, 1819

Add Mss 52,305-52,315 Scrap Books, posters and miscellanea from the Guermonprez Collection formerly in Bognor Museum, 1878-1967

Add Mss 52,316 Volume of notes, cuttings and photographs of Sussex Churches compiled by Philip Mainwaring Johnston, c. 1919-1933

Add Mss 52,317-52,318 Title deeds of properties in Felpham and Worthing, 1936-1996

Add Mss 52,319 MS of 'The Infinite Universe' by the Rev. P.H. Francis, 1979

Add Mss 52,320-52,332 Henfield Medical Practice ledgers, 1886-1981

Add Mss 52,333-52,334 National Deposit Friendly Society books of Harold Hobbs of Cuckfield, 1919-1929

Add Mss 52,335 List of Subscribers to John Lush's Portrait of Daniel King at Goodwood, 1836

Add Mss 52,336-52,351 Part of a volume of Maps of Rudgwick and Warnham by James Whitcher, 1819 and title deeds of property in Slinfold and Rudgwick, 1697-1955

Add Mss 52,352 Map of Ashfold Lodge in Lower Beeding and Slaugham, nd., early 19th. century

Add Mss 52,353 Letter to James Elmes from James Douglas, 1811

Add Mss 52,354 Quaker birth certificate of Grace Pollard, 1786

Add Mss 52,355-52,381 Score Books and records of Chichester Priory Park Cricket Club, 1971-1997

Add Mss 52,382 'Parsons Power: A Study of Clerical Influence on a 19th. Century landed Estate in Sussex' by Victoria Leslie, 2000

Add Mss 52,383 'Beyond a Boundary: Cricket and its appropriation with reference to Georgian and Victorian Sussex', by Deborah Langham, 2000

Add Mss 52,384 Tribute to the Rev. John H. Bishop by Michael Bishop, 2001

Add Mss 52,385-52,386 Plan of Woolbeding House, 1791 and letter to G.F. Robinson from C.S. Dickins, jun., 1830

Add Mss 52,387-52,393 Letters from Percy Wyndham and others, 1741-1789

Add Mss 52,394-52,395 Minute Books of West Chiltington Women's Institute, 1988-1994

Add Mss 52,396-52,411 Title deeds of 66 East Street, Selsey, 1893-1969

Add Mss 52,412-52,417 Title deeds of property at Westgate, Chichester, 1818-1898

Add Mss 52,418-52,420 Nature diaries of Miss J.M. Corbitt of Worthing, 1939-1942

Add Mss 52,421 Map of Dangstein Estate in Woolavington and Terwick, 1850

Add Mss 52,422-52,462 Title deeds of properties in Walberton, 1904-1983

Add Mss 52,463 Title deed of the Tollhouse at Dell Quay, Apuldram, 1867

Add Mss 52,464 Marriage settlement, 1721

Add Mss 52,465 'The Picturesque Parham Estate: A Cultural Document' by Carol Arneborg

Add Mss 52,466-52,468 Copies of correspondence between Joseph Cushman and Edward Heron-Allen, 1918-1943

Add Mss 52,469-52,471 Log Books of walks in Sussex and elsewhere, compiled by Douglas C. Lasseter, 2000-2001

Add Mss 52,472 Pedigree of the Horrocks family of Sharples, c. Lancs

Add Mss 52,473 Catalogue of books belonging to William Hayley, 1772

Add Mss 52,474-52,545 Records of various Sussex Women's Institutes, 1919-1997

Add Mss 52,546-52,551 Title deeds of properties in Hurstpierpoint, West Grinstead, Clayton and Cowfold, 1607-1678

Add Mss 52,552 Assignment of Turnpike debentures, 1837

Add Mss 52,553 Minute Book of Cocking Manor, 1823-1841

Add Mss 52,554 Journal of Gratia Maria Prowett, 1830-1832

Add Mss 52,555-52,558 Copy wills, memorandum and letter concerning various parishes, 1695/6-1847

Add Mss 52,559-52,580 Records of South Bersted and Bognor Regis Cricket Clubs, 1936-1991

Add Mss 52,581 Title deed of property in Shipley, 1659

Add Mss 52,582 Title deed of property in East Street, Chichester, 1703/4

Add Mss 52,583-52,599 Title deeds of 112 Blackboy Lane, Fishbourne, 1938-1987

Add Mss 52,600-52,602 Title deeds of property at Hermitage, in Westbourne, 1829

Add Mss 52,603 Excavation Reports for Chichester, 1935-1950

Add Mss 52,604-52,605 Documents relating to Mr. W. Kimbell and Kimbell's Restaurant in Chichester, 1946-1952

Add Mss 52,606-52,618 Title deeds of property in Elsted and Woolbeding, 1764-1768

Add Mss 52,619 Score Book of Chichester Priory Park Cricket Club, 1996-1999

Add Mss 52,620-52,630 Documents concerning the Medical Women's Federation (Sussex Association), 1967-1993

Add Mss 52,631-52,632 Scrap Books of Sutton Bignor and Barlavington Women's Institute, 1949-1978

Add Mss 52,633 Copy of a letter to the Trustees of the Natural History Museum from Edward Heron-Allen, 1931

Add Mss 52,634 Copy of Sotheby's Prices and Buyers Names for the Sale of the Library of Edward Heron-Allen, 1944

Add Mss 52,635 Copies of letters to George Charles Williamson from Edward Heron-Allen, 1925 and 1926

Add Mss 52,636 Letters to Captain A.W.F. Fuller from Edward Heron-Allen, 1940

Add Mss 52,637 Map of South Mundham Farm in Pagham and North Mundham, 1637

Add Mss 52,638 'Sir William Burnett and the medical Staffing of the Royal Navy, 1815-1856' by Christopher Penn

Add Mss 52,639-52,640 Title deeds of property in Lurgashall and Rusper, 1702 and 1730

Add Mss 52,641 MS of E.G. Thomas's 'Georgian Chichester', 2001

Add Mss 52,642 MS Index to his original MS Journal of the Great War by Edward Heron-Allen

Add Mss 52,643 'Shulbrede: An obscure Sussex Monastery' by Peter W. Wickham

Add Mss 52,644 Title deed of property in Warnham, 1666

Add Mss 52,645 Will of Mary Newman of Lancing, 1824-1825

Add Mss 52,646-52,649 Title deeds of property in East Grinstead and West Hoathly, 1753-1810

Add Mss 52,650-52,698 Title deeds of property in East Street, Selsey, 1777-1960

Add Mss 52,699-53,499 Records of Sussex Ornithologicial Society, 1945-1999

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