GASCHERIE, GASHRY AND HANROTT FAMILIES

The records of this collection fall into two related groups: the records of three Huguenot families who came to England between 1685 and 1690 (ACC/2079/A-C); and the records of several successive firms of solicitors in which one of the descendants of those Huguenot families (P A Hanrott) worked (ACC/2079/D-F). The largest part of the solicitors' records refers to the administration of the Archbishop of York's estates (ACC/F). While the legal connection in the records of the solicitors' firm is clear, there is also a legal reason behind the collection of family records, particularly those of the Gascherie family (Acc/2079/A1) as they were gathered together during a law suit of 1763 contesting the inheritance, by more distant relations, of lands held by the Gascherie family in La Rochelle. There are several items in the collection which do not appear to have any connection with the families or the solicitors' firms (Acc/2079/G). P A Hanrott collected a large library, and it is possible that these records were also collected by him.

The collection is of interest for the study of Huguenot families, and contains a good deal of genealogical information. The records of the Archbishop of York's estates are interesting for a study of the development of the Battersea and Wandsworth areas.

The collection contains documents in Latin, French, German, Dutch and Portuguese. It was originally arranged in bundles which cut across groups of related records. These bundles have been broken up to allow related records to be catalogued together, but a note of the original bundle arrangement has been made in each entry so that the old arrangement can be reconstituted if necessary.

<p>In the History Library, the publications of the Huguenot Society are on open shelves, and include printed registers of various churches and letters of denization which include references to members of the families mentioned in these documents.</p>

• <famname>Gasherie family of London</famname>
• <famname>Gashry family</famname>
• <famname>Hanrott family</famname>