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PEAKE (NEVILL OF HOLT) MSS
Catalogue reference: DE221
What’s it about?
This record is about the PEAKE (NEVILL OF HOLT) MSS dating from 12th century - 18th century.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- DE221
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Title (The name of the record)
- PEAKE (NEVILL OF HOLT) MSS
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Date (When the record was created)
- 12th century - 18th century
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Description (What the record is about)
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There are four deposits, which combine to form the Nevill Holt collection and contain inter-related documents. This deposit contains 2,300 documents dating from the twelfth to eighteenth centuries and includes title deeds and manorial papers for lands in Holt and Medbourne. Within this collection is a plan of Nevill Holt Hall, drawn in 1661.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>The other catalogued deposit - DE220 - contains title deeds and correspondence for both the Nevill and Peake families and there are two further unlisted deposits DE91 and DE1750.</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- <famname>Nevill family of Holt, Leicestershire</famname>
- <famname>Peake family of Burrough-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire</famname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 237 files.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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These documents are the residue of a collection of mss presented to the Historical Manuscripts Commission in 1879 by Frederick Peake, Esq. (See H.M.C. Reports 2nd, 3rd and 7th). Some items were distributed by the Commission soon after 1879 and the residue were deposited in the County Record Office, 30th August 1954.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- <p>More detailed information regarding the Nevills and the history of Nevill Holt is to be found in Nevill Holt: Studies of a Leicestershire Estate by the Leicestershire Estate Studies Group, ed. H.E. Broughton (1985), Leicestershire Museums Publication No. 64.</p>
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ae41504d-ccbe-4484-ad1c-7d240d2eafdb/
Catalogue hierarchy
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PEAKE (NEVILL OF HOLT) MSS