Crewe Muniments

CM 1-2396

Crewe Muniments

1311-1939

The deeds deposited here relate to the Milnes estates, inherited from Lord Houghton. Records including:

Parish records, etc:

Hatfield enclosure: Minutes, letter, measurement of land, 1800 (3 items).

Hunslet: Township assessment (copy), 1770.

Penistone: Free Grammar School. Survey and rental of lands (copy), 1630.

Thurlstone: Assessment, 1673 (1 paper).

Manorial records:

Austerfield court books 1724-1939.

Great Hucklow: Interrogatories concerning the manor and Hucklow burrows, n.d. (mid 17th century).

Water Fryston: Jury lists and presentments (59 papers), call books (6) 1764-1796.

Title deeds relating to:

Bawtry deeds of the Lister family (including manor, wharf, tolls, etc) mainly 17th century; Bawtry, Austerfield, and Harworth, Plumtree and Scrooby, Nottinghamshire 1720-1850 (about 500).

Derbyshire: Great Hucklow, Tideswell and Monyash (Bagshaw), 1423-1807 (94); Wirksworth (Wingfield), 1526-1795 (5); Eyam and Brimington (Richard Milnes), 1684-1795 (10).

Lincolnshire: Timberland and West Fen (Lucas), 1739-1837 (12).

Yorkshire: Horbury, Chickenley and Almondbury (Wadsworth and Busk), 1527-1804 (93); Hunslet and Holbeck (Busk), 1625-1863 (140); Leeds-1/9 part of manor (Dixon), 1654-1758 (8); Great and Little Houghton (Rodes), 1382-1900 (157); Penistone and Thurlstone (Wordsworth and Rich), 1311-1869 (313); Long Drax, 1704-1794 (5); Sykehouse and Fishlake (Poole, Payne, Blanshard), 1612-1875 (260); Ferryfryston, Ferrybridge and Pontefract (Crowle), 1652-1844 (113); Bawtry and Austerfield (Dyon), 1713-1904 (158).

Estate records:

Bullhouse (Thurlstone) estate: Surveys, 1777 and 1802 (2 vols); particulars of sale in lots, 1858.

Darfield tithes: Accounts for the moiety of Darfield rectory, 1732-1762 (15 papers); letters concerning renewal of lease, 1759-1788 (6).

Drax estate: Letters relating to purchase, 1794 (3).

Fryston estate: Surveys and valuations, 1728-1828 (10 notebooks, 8 papers); rentals, 1828-1885 (1 vol., 10 papers); particulars of sale, and sale papers, 1813-1844 (51); canals and railways, 1825-1847 (60 papers); general estate correspondence, 1847-1908 (125 letters); plan of burgage tenures in Pontefract, 1767.

Great Houghton: Particulars of the manor and rental, early 17th century (double folio).

Hunslet estate: Rental, 1811-1829 (1 vol.).

Timberland estate: Rentals, valuations and survey, 1783-1836 (7 papers, 1 notebook); correspondence and accounts concerning embankment and drainage, 1784-1792 (35); plan and book of reference, 1876-1877 (2 items).

Yorkshire rentals and papers, 19th century. Rentals of lands of the Trinity guild, Bawtry 1593 and 1630-1640.

Public office and personal papers:

Papers of Edward Rodes: Appointments as Colonel of Horse, Guardian of the County of York, etc., 1648-1656 (4); Freedom of Borough of Musselburgh (Scotland) and return as M.P. for Perthshire, 1656; quietus roll as Sheriff of Yorkshire, 1650-1651.

Papers of William Rich: Claims for payment and schedules of expenses for his army service, 1644 (4 papers); appointment of John Woodhouse as quartermaster of his troop of horse, 1644.

Richard Slater Milnes: Appointment as Deputy-Lieutenant of the West Riding, 1779.

John Bagshaw: Quietus roll, Derbyshire, 1695-1696.

Richard Rodes Milnes: Bond and quietus as Receiver General of Pontefract, 1833.

Papers of Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton: Correspondence concerning manuscripts, books and works of art, and on his elevation to the peerage, 1837-1885 (45); photostat copies of letters to Bishop Thirlwall, 1838-1839 (3); appointment as Captain in West Riding of Yorkshire militia, 1840.

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