Le Strange of Hunstanton

This collection consists mainly of estate and manorial records relating to the Le Strange family properties in Hunstanton, Sedgeford, Snettisham, Great and Little Ringstead and Holme next the Sea. Also includes household accounts 1328-1781; family correspondence 1480-1725 and mid 19th century; and personal journals and diaries 1788-1856.

Appendices

1 Entries in Harrod marked 'Missing' or 'Not Deposited'

2 Harrod sections AM, AN, AO, AP and AQ

Main deposit

Family settlements:

Le Strange

Styleman

Family wills:

Le Strange

Styleman

Manorial:

Hunstanton with Holme:

title deeds

court rolls

court books

court papers

bailiff's accounts

bailiff's accounts in books

field books

rentals, terriers etc.

Lovels in Hunstanton:

title deeds

court rolls

Mustrells in Hunstanton:

title deeds

court rolls

bailiff's accounts

rentals, terriers etc.

Snetterton's in Hunstanton:

title deeds

court rolls

terriers, rentals etc.

Baret or Little Ringstead:

title deeds

court rolls

bailiff's accounts

terriers etc.

Hundred of Smithdon manors of Snettisham Lancaster, Rusteyns, Hakins and Dame Cecily's:

title deeds

court rolls

court books

field books

terriers, rentals etc.

bailiff's accounts

Heacham with Members and Caleys:

title deeds

court rolls

court books

court papers

bailiff's and collector's accounts

surveys and field books inc. Soke of Heacham

rentals, terriers etc.

Ringstead with Holme and Northalls:

title deeds Ramsey Abbey

Maiden's Fee

North Hall

court rolls

court books

court papers

bailiff's accounts

field books

rentals, terriers etc.

Bardolfs in Ringstead:

title deeds

court rolls

court papers

terriers

Hoods and Holkham and Berry's:

title deeds

court rolls

terriers

Estate:

Hunstanton:

title deeds

rectory and tithes

school

roads

lands late of Gibson's Charity

Snettisham:

title deeds

inclosure award

marshes, foldcourses and warren

lodge

rectory and tithes

grant of Freedom of Toll

farm leases

church books

shore rights

Heacham:

title deeds

church and tithes

marshes

harbour

inclosure

Ringstead:

title deeds

advowson and tithes

inclosure

Holme:

title deeds

advowson and tithes

foldcourse and marshes

inclosure

Sedgeford:

title deeds

church and tithes

Estates parted with but deeds retained:

Sedgeford manor deeds, accounts and rolls

Gnattingdon manor bailiff's account

Gressenhall manor title deeds, accounts and rolls

Tottington title deeds

East Barsham title deeds

Massingham and Grimstone title deeds

Fring and Docking title deeds

Estates in diverse counties

Irish Estates

Yorkshire Estate

Other

Snettisham Hall Estate

Trust estates

Farm and other accounts

Suits

Pedigree evidences

Offices and Dignities

Household accounts

Family letters

Family journals, diaries, notes etc.

Maps

Miscellaneous documents

Supplementary section

Additional deposits:

7/12/1973

12/6/1976

20/11/1976

16/10/1985

16/6/1992

5/1/1994

Appendix 1

Entries in Harrod marked 'Missing' or 'Not Deposited'

LEST/AC 19 Paper copies of LEST/AC 16 19-20 Jan 1720

LEST/AD 9 Marriage Settlement of Henry Styleman and Mary Gregg 3-4 Jan 1785

LEST/AI 61 No description in Repertory 1616-1617 14 James I

LEST/AO 38 No description in Repertory

LEST/BB 4A Paper roll ?1377-1378 [? 1 Richard II]

LEST/BO 12 Snettisham Warren Enclosure, printed copy of Mr Bidwell's Award 1857

LEST/BP 20 Bundle of Papers and Documents concerning the negotiations with the Company No. 1 nd

LEST/BP 21 Bundle of Papers and Documents concerning the negotiations with the Company No. 2 nd

LEST/CB 7 Court extracts 1619-1620

LEST/CH 1 A Reference Book to a map of Snettisham. Missing, but see also LEST Suppl 25/ii (xv) c1700-1799

LEST/CI 16 Rental in book form 1704-1719

LEST/DF 10 Court extracts 1653

LEST/DF 11 Court extracts 1654

LEST/DF 12 Court extracts 1655

LEST/DF 13 Court extracts 1687

LEST/DF 14 Court extracts 1691

LEST/DF 15 Court extracts 1702-1723

LEST/DF 16 Court extracts Caleys 1619-1620

LEST/DF 19 Notes by Sir Nicholas Le Strange from admissions nd

LEST/E 1 Copy Charter to Abbot of Ramsey 1415-1416 3 Henry V

LEST/E 3 A copy charter 1422-1461 Henry VI

LEST/E 19 Assignment of Dower to Isabel Widow of Matthew de Snoring 11 Edward II 1317-1318

LEST/EM 39 Missing (May 1869) Undated.

LEST/EN 5 Paper relating to the Surcharge of Caly's Foldcourse 21 Charles I 1645-1646

LEST/FO 1 Deeds of a messuage and 0a. 1r. 19p. late Leonard Goodwin's. Sold to Jeremiah Buckland 1874. nd

LEST/FP 1 Deeds of a messuage and 1a. 0r. 6p. late Barmston's. Sold to M. Nelson 1872 and deeds given up to him accordingly. nd

LEST/FP 3 Deeds of an estate in Holme and Ringstead late Burgess nd

LEST/FQ 4 Aslack Lany to William Taylor 1614

LEST/FQ 5 Robert Stone and Henry Beke to William Taylor 1617

LEST/FQ 6 Miller to Taylor 1636

LEST/FQ 7 Notes on Taylor's Title 18 Charles I 1642-1643

LEST/FQ 8 Sir Hamon's Declaration in Suit vs Holly 1651

LEST/FQ 9 Taylor to Currance and Hare 1692

LEST/FQ 11 Rogers to Holley 1712

LEST/FQ 12 Copies of Inquisition on Van Hàesdonck's claim to reclaimed lands 9 Charles I 1633-1634

LEST/FQ 13 Papers relating to Van Hàesdonck's claim nd

LEST/I 30 Fine. Lawes etc. 31 Charles II 1679-1680

LEST/I 42 Copy Admission Henry L.S. Styleman

Taken by Mr James to London for the purposes of the sale 28 March 1871 1819

LEST/KA 21 Parcel of Private Accounts 1780-1821

LEST/KA 23 Yearly rentals of estates 1762-1799

LEST/NB 10 Deed 21 James I 1623-1624

LEST/NC 4 Pedigrees and Notes Le Strange Family A small book covered with needlework Missing 1951 nd

LEST/NC 9a Pedigree of Irish Branch nd

LEST/NC 15 Parcel containing notes and collections for a Pedigree 1720

LEST/ND 1 Paper copy of LEST/P 16 nd

LEST/NF 5 Account book of Hamon Le Strange at Oxford etc. Missing, but see note inserted in LEST/NF 2. 1706-1713

LEST/NG 45 Austin Le Strange. Letter of Orders as Deacon. 28 May 1899

LEST/NG 46 Austin Le Strange. Letter of Orders as Priest. 10 Jun 1900

LEST/NK 16 Land in Carleton nd

LEST/NK 52 Messuage etc. at Lynn 13 Henry VII

LEST/NK 79 Manor of Fakenham

Noted in box as 'Missing', but possibly re-numbered as LEST/NL 6. 1647

LEST/NL 11a Drowreath Rectory 21 Elizabeth I

LEST/OE 1 Le Strange Fishery. Map of Western boundary of Southern Area, as defined by Board of Trade Order of 22 February 1883 nd [? 1883]

Missing, but see additional accession 1 July 1976 Maps and Plans.

LEST/R 24 Note in box 'Not in index nor has it been found' in the same hand as has annotated the Repertory.

Rolls described in Harrod but now part of the Gressenhall collection

LEST/BA 4 21 rolls see ING 227, 246x3 1-10 Edward II

LEST/BA 5 35 rolls see ING 228, 246x3 10 Edward II-1 Edward III

LEST/BA 6 48 rolls see ING 229, 246x3 1-11 Edward III

LEST/BA 7 30 rolls see ING 230, 246x4 11-15 Edward III

LEST/BB 1 24 rolls see ING 231, 246x4 15-19 Edward III

LEST/BB 2 5 long rolls of 25 membranes see ING 233, 246x4 19-23 Edward III

LEST/BB 6 22 rolls see ING 236, 246x5 1-14 Henry IV

LEST/BC 3 11 rolls see ING 237, 246x5 1-17 Henry VII

Appendix 2

Harrod sections AM, AN, AO, AP and AQ

These documents in these sections were once in bundles but the bundles have since been broken up and the items individually described. Many of them show signs of water damage.

Hunstanton Estate

Title Deeds

LEST/AM 1 Makemead and Wife to Sir Nicholas 1713

LEST/AM 2 Fine thereupon 12 Anne 1713-1714

LEST/AM 3 Moor to Sir Nicholas 1718

Two copies

LEST/AM 4 Thompson to Sir Nicholas 1718

Three copies

LEST/AM 5 Exchange Harrison and Sir Nicholas 1719

Three copies

LEST/AM 6 Bastard and others to Sir Nicholas 1721

Three copies

LEST/AM 7 Fine on a purchase from Makesmead 1722

LEST/AM 8 Sir Thomas Le Strange to Mauser 1725

LEST/AM 9 Bond and others to Brettingham 1734

Three copies

LEST/AM 10 Chapple and others to Sir Thomas 1736

LEST/AM 11 Fox to Armine Styleman Widow 1762

LEST/AM 12 Shellbrake and others to Styleman and Astley 1762

LEST/AM 13 Rev. Styleman to Henry Styleman Esq. 1778

LEST/AM 14 Henry Styleman to Nicholas Styleman 1796

LEST/AM 15 Deeds of messuage and 1r. 20p. in Upstreet late Cook's with Abstract of Title etc.

There are documents numbered up to LEST/AM 26 (possibly an extension of LEST/AM 15)

LEST/AN 1 Deeds of Two messuages and 5.1.26 of land late Chambers

LEST/AN 2 Deeds of land late Bells

LEST/AN 3 Deeds of messuage and 2 Acres of land late Wright's and Dollmans

LEST/AN 4 Deeds of a Cottage late Jeremiah Burgess No. 1

LEST/AN 5 Deeds of messuage etc. late Burgess No. 2

LEST/AO 1 Deeds of Estate late Shelldrake's

LEST/AO 2 Deeds of Estate late Rolfe's

LEST/AO 3 Deeds of Estate late Overtons

LEST/AO 5 Deeds of Estate 9 May 1723

Wrapped

Unfit for production

LEST/AP 1 Deeds of Estate Birkbecks No. 1

LEST/AP 2 Deeds of Estate Birkbecks No. 2

LEST/AP 3 Deeds of messuage and garden late "Tilneys"

LEST/AP 4 Deeds of messuage and 0.1.30 of land late Southgates

LEST/AQ 1 Deeds of Estate late Dawsons

LEST/AQ 2 Deeds of messuage and garden late Matthews

LEST/AQ 3 Deeds of Cottage late Wales

LEST/AQ 4 Release by Mrs Emilia Styleman of Estates purchased during Mr Stylemans Minority 1836

LEST/AQ 5 Leases and Agreements for Farms 1697-1829

Hunstanton Common

LEST/AN 6 Bye Laws made at a Court Baron for regulating the Stocking and depasturing Common 1620

Regulating charges for the pounder and apprehended animals

Hunstanton Coast Guard Station

LEST/AQ 6 Papers and Letters relating to the Building of the Station No documents could be identified with this description during the stocktake of 2000. 1818

The numbers continue to LEST/AQ 15

Sedgeford

LEST/IA 1 Deeds of an estate in Sedgeford, Heacham and Snettisham late Raby

Bundles IA 1-6 are not numbered.

LEST/IA 2 Deeds of an estate in Sedgeford late Roopes

Bundles IA 1-6 are not numbered.

LEST/IA 3 Deeds of an estate in Sedgeford and Heacham late Raby and Roope's

Bundles IA 1-6 are not numbered.

LEST/IA 4 Deeds of a messuage etc. in Sedgeford late Walker's

Bundles IA 1-6 are not numbered.

Sedgeford Inclosure

LEST/IA 5 Copy of Act and Extract from the Commissioners Award and other papers 1795

Bundles IA 1-6 are not numbered.

LEST/IA 6 Farm Leases Sedgeford

Bundles IA 1-6 are not numbered.

This catalogue is a partial revision of Henry Harrod's Repertory of the Muniments in the Evidence House at Hunstanton 1869 (hereafter Harrod) and is arranged in four sections:

1 Main section

To order from this section, please cite the reference in the left margin, e.g. LEST/AB 13.

The reference numbers reflect the storage arrangements at Hunstanton where the documents were sorted and stored in 'trays'; they do not show the place of the document in the hierarchical or archival arrangement of the collection. Additional material, after 1869, was added to the trays but not recorded in Harrod. This partially revised list includes some of this material.

Harrod was also annotated to denote items missing at Hunstanton and items transferred to the NRO; these entries have been extracted from the main section of the catalogue and are included in Appendix 1 for reference.

Some trays and bundles have clearly been split. Some documents exhibit signs of water damage sustained at Hunstanton and were dis-ordered perhaps when drying-out: see Appendix 2.

Some items appear to be numbered twice in Harrod. Both entries are included with a cross-reference to the entry corresponding to the number on the document.

2 Supplementary section

This section describes material which came in with the main deposit but was not included in Harrod.

To order from this section, please cite the reference in the left margin and a description of the items required, e.g. LEST suppl. 13.

3 Additional accessions

To order material from this section, please cite the reference in the left margin and a description of the items required, e.g. LEST 7/12/1973 Letter book of Roland Le Strange 1897-1904.

4 Appendices

1. During stocking in 2000-2001, a number of items were not found. Those thought to have been part of the main accession are included in the catalogue and marked 'Missing (2000)' or 'Missing (2001)'.

2. Parts of the collection have been re-arranged but the catalogue not updated: see for example LEST/AM, AN, AO, AP and AQ. This version of the catalogue includes revised descriptions.

<p>For other additional material see NRS 23515 and the Gressenhall collection (see appendix 1).</p>

• <famname>Le Strange family of Hunstanton, Norfolk</famname>
• <famname>Strange, Le, family of Hunstanton, Norfolk</famname>

The main accession was received probably between 1950 and 1955. Additional records were received on 7 December 1973, 4 January 1974, 12 June 1976, 20 November 1976, 10 and 23 March 1977, 16 October 1985, 16 June 1992, 1 April 1993 and 5 January 1994.

Further records were received temporarily for microfilming: 1 April 1993 on microfilm MF/RO 490/8 and June 2000 (ACC 2000/96) on microfilm MF/RO 597/5.