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Crofts family estates
Catalogue reference: Add Mss 26,303 - 26,408
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This record is about the Crofts family estates dating from 1627-1957.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Add Mss 26,303 - 26,408
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Title (The name of the record)
- Crofts family estates
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1627-1957
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Crofts family estates at Sompting and Lancing
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- West Sussex Record Office
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Crofts family of Sompting and Lancing, West Sussex</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 105 pieces
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open to consultation, unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Deposited in the East Sussex Record Office in June 1970 by Messrs. Strutt and Parker, 201 High Street, Lewes, land agents and surveyors, and transferred to the West Sussex Record Office in June 1975.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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John Crofts, a London attorney, purchased the manor of Sompting Abbotts in 1748, and the estate was extended in 1836 when the Reverend P.G. Crofts purchased the manor of Sompting Peverel. The Crofts estates were retained intact into the present century, and passed, by marriage, into the Tristram family.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f5d9346c-8640-4f36-9d7e-58f3f692f6d3/
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This record is held at West Sussex Record Office
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Crofts family estates