Additional Manuscripts, catalogue 43

This is the forty third 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 the 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 twenty nine in March 1983, the catalogues of title deeds, instead of being the detailed calendars that had been prepared until that date, have mainly been catalogued in 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

This catalogue includes literary papers, such as the diaries, scrap books and press cuttings books of Lillian F. Ramsay, better known as 'Mrs. Paddick' (Add Mss 46195-46244); a loose page from the memoranda book of James Dallaway, 1811 (Add Mss 46485); additional papers and correspondence of Robert Gittings, 1913-1983 (Add Mss 46503-46515); and memorabilia relating to Hilaire Belloc, 1870-1953 (Add Mss 46810-46817). There are scrap books, press notices and play bills of Serge Levien and the Bognor Regis Repertory Company, 1939-1968 (Add Mss 46349-46351), and records of Harting Whit Monday Festivities, 1965-1975 (Add Mss 46609-46612). As well as the usual deeds of title, there are a number of collections of records of Womens Institutes in the county, such as Add Mss 46272-46348, 46445-46484, 46539-46573 and 46864-46944 and records of Chichester Summersdale Towns Womens Guild, 1942-1986 (Add Mss 46528-46538). There are two theses: Revd. C.J.C. Hewitt, 'Bishop G.K.A. Bell of Chichester: A Study of his work in relation to the Second World War', 1992 (Add Mss 46574), and J.M. Lee, Private Schools in Bognor Regis and District, 1830-1960', 1989 (Add Mss 46699). The documents range in date from a title deed of Trenchmers in Cowfold, 1535 (Add Mss 46079) to papers of Raymond Andrews, relating to his association with Cecil Jackson-Cole, 1993 (Add Mss 46617)

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 photocopy items catalogued in these pages should ask permission from the Search Room Supervisor and sign the appropriate copyright forms, and those seeking to quote documents in published work, should ask permission in writing from the County Archivist

RICHARD CHILDS

County Archivist

August 1993

Add Mss 46011-46078 Title Deeds of properties in various parishes, 1535-1859

Add Mss 46079-46116 Title Deeds of properties in Cowfold and West Grinstead, 1535-1838

Add Mss 46117-46194 Title Deeds of property in Broadwater, Lancing and Worthing, 1702-1836

Add Mss 46195-46244 Diaries, Scrap Books and Press Cuttings Books of Lillian F. Ramsey 'Mrs. Paddick', 1885-1974

Add Mss 46245-46271 Title Deeds of property in Southwick and Worthing, 1932-1991

Add Mss 46272-46348 Records of Crawley, Slindon, Arundel, Yapton, Colgate, Elstead, Eartham, Fernhurst, Plaistow and Apuldram Womens Institutes, 1921-1990

Add Mss 46349-46351 Scrap Books, press notices and playbills of Mr. Serge Levien, late of Felpham and the Bognor Regis Repertory Company, 1939-1968

Add Mss 46352 Appointment of a Commissary by the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1703

Add Mss 46353 Papers of the East Grinstead War Work Association Limited, 1916-1917

Add Mss 46354-46355 Papers of Raymond Andrews, relating to his association with Cecil Jackson-Cole, and to the early development of Oxfam, 1988-1992

Add Mss 46356 Alehouse Licence for the Carpenter's Arms in Billingshurst, 1782

Add Mss 46357 Probate Account of Henry Bishopp of Lancing, 1684

Add Mss 46358 Bank Note payable on the Sussex and Chichester Bank, 1805

Add Mss 46359-46378 Rentals of Cowdray Manors, 1743-1844

Add Mss 46379-46396 Title Deeds of 23 High Street, Arundel, 1762-1945

Add Mss 46397-46402 Records of Warden Court Girls' School, Cuckfield, 1876-1925

Add Mss 46403-46431 Title Deeds relating to the Littlehampton estate of George William Kendell, 1838-1925

Add Mss 46432 Wartime diary of William Burch of Chichester, 1939-1945

Add Mss 46433 Receipt from Thomas Smith of Binderton, Sheriff of Sussex, 1650

Add Mss 46434 Sewers Plan of the Town of Bognor, 1914

Add Mss 46435-46440 Title Deeds of 40 Maybush Drive, Chidham, 1961-1985

Add Mss 46441-46443 Papers of Raymond Andrews relating to his association with Cecil Jackson-Cole, 1978-1992

Add Mss 46444 Notebook relating to the Norton family of Kingston by Sea and Southwick, 1939

Add Mss 46445-46484 Records of West Chiltington, High Salvington, Southwater Weald and West Wittering Womens Institutes, 1922-1989

Add Mss 46485 Loose pages from the Memoranda Book of James Dallaway, 1811

Add Mss 46486-46502 Title Deeds of Abberton House, Hurstpierpoint and no. 77 Maltravers Street, Arundel, 1966-1974

Add Mss 46503-46515 Additional papers and correspondence of Robert Gittings, 1913-1983

Add Mss 46516-46527 Title Deeds of land in Trotton, Harting and South Bersted, 1565-1784

Add Mss 46528-46538 Minute books and account books of Chichester Summersdale Townswomen Guild, 1942-1986

Add Mss 46539-46573 Records of Warninglid, West Chiltington and Stedham Womens Institutes, 1918-1988

Add Mss 46574 Revd. C.J.C. Hewitt, 'Bishop G.K.A. Bell of Chichester: A Study of his work in relation to the second World War', 1992

Add Mss 46575 Farm account book for Champs Farm in Harting, 1892-1904

Add Mss 46576-46579 Records of Woolbeding Cricket Club, 1965-1988

Add Mss 46580-46608 Title Deeds of land in Bankview Close, Gordon Avenue East, Bognor Regis, 1904-1979

Add Mss 46609-46612 Records of Harting Whit Monday Festivities, 1965-1975

Add Mss 46613-46616 Records of Lt. Cdr. Edward Yelverton Combe Goring, RN., 1936-1991

Add Mss 46617 Papers of Raymond Andrews, relating to his association with Cecil Jackson-Cole, 1993

Add Mss 46618-46630 Title Deeds of property in Lewes and Henfield, 1750-1850

Add Mss 46631-46655 Title Deeds of property known as Lone Oak, Arnsheen and Broad Oak in Upper Station Road, Henfield, 1917-1986

Add Mss 46656-46666 Sale Particulars, estate brochures, WI scrap book and East Preston Preservation Society minutes, 1929-1988

Add Mss 46667-46668 Title Deeds of Eastergate Farm, 1795-1796

Add Mss 46669-46681 Title Deeds of Elm Cottage, Green Lane, Bosham, 1972-1989

Add Mss 46682-46697 Title Deeds of Fordwater Road, Summersdale, Chichester, 1907-1985

Add Mss 46698 Title Deed of Valewood Estate, Lurgashall and South Ambersham, 1856

Add Mss 46699 J.M. Lee, 'Private Schools in Bognor Regis and District 1830-1960', 1989

Add Mss 46700-46706 Title Deeds of Lorne House and Louise Villa, Ivy Arch Road, Broadwater, 1853-1862

Add Mss 46707-46714 Plans and copy conveyances of 3-4 Goose Green, Warnham, 1859-1985

Add Mss 46715-46730 Title Deeds of the White Horse Inn, Storrington, 1859-1912

Add Mss 46731-46743 Title Deeds of Laurel Cottage, Portsmouth Road, New Fishbourne, 1802-1878, and a Windmill at Apuldram, 1805

Add Mss 46744-46764 Papers of J.R.L. Wilson of East Dean, 1889-1967

Add Mss 46765 Colour Photograph of a map of East Preston and Kingston Manors, 1759

Add Mss 46766-46809 Title Deeds of property in West Wittering, 1799-1946

Add Mss 46810-46817 Memorabilia relating to Hilaire Belloc, 1870-1953

Add Mss 46818-46819 Miscellaneous documents, 1876-1889

Add Mss 46820-46860 Title Deeds of properties in West Pallant, Chichester, 1587-1896

Add Mss 46861 Cash Book and Diary of Robert Knight, carrier, 1761-1777

Add Mss 46862 Map of the Manor of West Ferring, 1621

Add Mss 46863 Minute Book of East Worthing Badminton Club, 1932-1951

Add Mss 46864-46944 Records of Lurgashall, Loxwood, Barnham and Elmer Sands Womens Institutes, 1919-1990

Add Mss 46945-46986 Papers concerning the bankruptcy of Henry Marshall Joys' shop in Pulborough, 1889-1895

Add Mss 46987-47003 Title Deeds of 21 The Steyne, Bognor Regis, 1842-1919

Records are open for consultation unless otherwise indicated