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Catalogue description Dryden of Canons Ashby
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| Title: | Dryden of Canons Ashby |
| Description: |
Baronets with estates at Canons Ashby, Little Preston, Moreton Pinkney, Woodford and Hinton, Blakesley, Chesterton and Haddon (Huntingdonshire), Hodnell, Radbourne and Itchington (Warwickshire) and Freiston (Lincolnshire). Fine estate and household accounts 1654-1655 (Hunts. estate), 1668-1688, 1703-1727, rentals 1737-1788 and early 18thC. bills. Correspondence of 2nd Baronet 1640-1658. 18thC./early 19thC. family correspondence including letters from Warren Hastings 1788-1837. Correspondence of Lady Dryden 1797-1824, personal and estate (Freiston). Inventories 1717/18, 1756, 1770, 1791, 1819. Sir John Dryden's Oxford accounts 1718-1723. Archaeological papers and architectural drawings of Sir Henry Dryden, correspondence 1824-1851. Early 20thC. correspondence. Correspondence and estate papers of the Wight family of Blakesley 1704-1795. Muster roll 1546, Culworth open field orders. A builder's and carrier's day books 1758-1767. |
| Date: | 13th Century -1945 |
| Arrangement: |
Dryden Family and estate papers 1545-1945 Documents dating down to the time of Sir John (Turner) Dryden who died in 1797. Account books, 1654-1795 Receipted bills &c. stuck into books, 1656-1741 Loose receipts, bills and other papers, 1630-1795 Volume of Correspondence of Wight family, 1704-1795 Correspondence and papers of Lady Dryden widow of Sir John Dryden (d.1797), 1797-1824 Correspondence and papers of Revd. Sir Henry Dryden (died 1837), and of his wife Elizabeth Hutchinson, 1812-1837 Papers of Sir Henry Dryden (succeeded 1837 & died 1899). Miscellaneous legal documents and papers, 1838-1883 Documents concerning public offices 1840-1846 Correspondence, 1824-1859 Accounts, valuations, estate bills and notices, 1838-1896 Measured drawings, plans, sections, moulding and photographs Canons Ashby Church, 1837-94 Canons Ashby House, 1836-99 Gardens and outbuildings 1844-97 Farms and farm buildings 1861-98 Miscellaneous interests of Sir Henry Dryden Papers of Sir Alfred and Sir Arthur Dryden Family Bible, with inscription dated 1718 Settlements and wills, 1623-1937. Deeds of lands purchased by the Drydens. Woodford Rectory, 1567-1850 & 1710 Chesterton 1600-1654 Canons Ashby 1550-1665 Tunningham Farm in Little Preston 1702-1766 Little Preston 1641-1772 Property in Little Freston bought by Sir H. Dryden 1825 List of deeds Leases. Leases by Drydens Canons Ashby 1709-1797 Blakesley 1714-1762 Woodford 1721 & 1736 Freiston & Butterwick (Lincs.) 1763 Leases to Sir H. Dryden Eydon, 1862 Adstone, 1862 and 1879 Papers relating to estates in Blakesley The Dryden estate Sale of the estate in 1804 The Wight Estate Miscellaneous deeds and accounts, 1541-1809 Relating to the Inclosure, 1760-1761 Relating to the case, Wight v. Dryden, 1823-27 Miscellaneous Canons Ashby and Preston, 1816-1920 Sir Robert Dryden's shrievalty, 1667 John Dryden the woollen draper, 1682 & 1687 Miscellaneous deeds, 13th cent. - 1826 Letters, 1862 and 1904-1939 Notebooks and folders Curwen items, 1822-38 Miscellaneous notes Inventories 1717 - 1828 Letter Book I 1640 - 1658 Letter Book II 1799 - 1800 Letter Book III 1709 - 1717 Letter Book IV 1731 - 1770 Letter Book 1723 - 1774 Letter Book VI 1770 - 1796 Letter Book VII 1760 - 1830 Letter Book VIII 1680 - 1830 |
| Related material: |
(Alice Marcon's papers and photographs are in a separate collection.) (Further papers of Sir Henry Dryden in Northampton Central Library.) |
| Held by: | Northamptonshire Archives Service, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical description: | 1119 Files |
| Access conditions: |
Accessions 1960/100, 1960/104, 1964/40, 1964/113, 1965/28, 1999/404 |
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| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Drydens came from Cumberland following John Dryden's marriage to Elizabeth the daughter of Sir John Cope of Canons Ashby in 1551. His second son Erasmus, a strong Puritan and London grocer, purchased a baronetcy in 1619. He was High Sheriff in 1620 and M.P. for Banbury His son Sir John (d.1658) was also a strong Puritan and Parliamentarian. He was M.P. for Northamptonshire 1640-1653 and 1654-1655. Following the death of the 3rd baronet the estate went to Edward Dryden (d.1717) another rich London grocer. The celebrated poet John Dryden was an uncle. Edward's son John became the 7th and last baronet in 1718. Sir John was a friend of the novelist Samuel Richardson. On Lady Dryden's death in 1791 the estates passed to a neice Elizabeth who married Sir John Turner, 4th Baronet of Ambrosden, Oxfordshire. The Dryden baronetcy was recreated for him in 1795. Sir Henry Dryden the 4th baronet (d.1899) was a notable historian and archaeologist. His only daughter Alice, Mrs Marcon (d.1956) was a physiographer. The last baronet Sir Arthur died in 1938 and Canons Canons Ashby passed to a nephew who took the name Dryden. The house was to the National Trust in 1981. |
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