Catalogue description FELLOWES OF SHOTESHAM COLLECTION
This record is held by Norfolk Record Office
Reference: | FEL |
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Title: | FELLOWES OF SHOTESHAM COLLECTION |
Description: |
Mid 18th-century papers relating to the Colony of Georgia are included). TITLE DEEDS, NORFOLK FEL 1 - 252 TITLE DEEDS, NON NORFOLK FEL 253 - 267 MANORIAL RECORDS FEL 268 - 322 FAMILY SETTLEMENTS FEL 323 - 337 LEGAL AND SUIT PAPERS FEL 338 - 381 ESTATE PAPERS FEL 382 - 546 CORRESPONDENCE FEL 547 - 616 HOUSEHOLD, BUSINESS AND PERSONAL: Fellowes family FEL 617 - 880 Non-Fellowes FEL 881 - 999 Eyre family, Wiltshire FEL 1000 - 1066 MAPS AND PLANS FEL 1067 - 1116 FRAGILE DOCUMENTS FEL 1117 - 1126 APPENDIX I FEL 1127 - 1168 APPENDIX II FEL 1169 |
Date: | 1066-1949 |
Held by: | Norfolk Record Office, not available at The National Archives |
Language: | English |
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Physical description: | 1169 files |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
Records received by the Norfolk Record Office on 29 May 1957 [MS 21897] (FEL 1-1126), 30 April 1976 [MS 21899] (FEL 1127-1168) and 21 July 1982 [MS 21991] (FEL 1169) |
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Administrative / biographical background: |
The Fellowes family originated in Worcestershire and rose to prominence under William Fellowes (1660-1724) a successful barrister who purchased the Eggerford estate in Devon in 1718. His second son William Fellowes (1705-1775) acquired Shotesham Park in 1731 and established the Norfolk branch of the family. Known for his philanthropic interests, particularly the founding of the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, he made Robert Fellowes (1742-1829), his second son, his heir. Robert employed Sir John Soane to relocate the house at Shotesham in 1784 and was succeeded by his equally long-lived son Robert (1779-1869) and grandson Robert (1817-1915). Families whose papers were acquired by the purchase of their estates or by marriage include the Doyleys of Shotesham, the Mingays of Arminghall, the Berneys of Braconash (by the marriage of Robert Fellowes I), and the Eyres of Wiltshire (following the marriage of Mary daughter of William Fellowes of Eggesford to Robert Eyre of New House, Wiltshire |
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