Catalogue description Popham Family Papers

Popham Family Papers

Documents illustrating title to properties included eventually in the Popham estates

1 Various Somerset manors 1567-1662

Documents concerning the Popham estates generally

2 Various counties (main deeds, etc., found arranged) 1668-1807

3 Various counties (main deeds, etc., found loose) 1743-1883

Documents concerning subsidiary estates or later acquisitions of property

4 Various Somerset parishes 1541-1910

5 Berks., Hants., Herts., and Wilts. parishes (Bigg family) 1689-1792

6 Wilts. parishes 1606-1895

7 Berks. and Wilts. parishes 1652-1861

8 Surrey parishes [circa 1650]-1838

Documents concerning properties originally copyhold

9 Various Somerset manors, chiefly leases for lives 1604-1793

10 Various Devon manors, leases for lives and some miscellaneous documents 1620-1811

Glamorgan (Manor of Cadoxton East Barry), leases for lives 1670-1714

Documents concerning mineral rights

12 Somerset manors and parishes, leases for small terms 1649-1771

Documents concerning disputes and litigation

13 Various matters (Kingsmoor common of pasture, Wellington advowson, Will of Francis Popham, Publow manorial lease) 1556-1809

Documents relating to Popham charities

14 Chippenham (co.Wilts.) 1635, 1655

Miscellaneous documents affecting real and personal estate

15 Various subjects, including Navigation and Enclosure Acts [circa 1590]-1847

HUNDREDAL AND MANORIAL PROCEDURE

Hundred and Manor Court Proceedings

16 Court papers of the Hundred of Chew 1713, 1721

17 Court papers of the Manor of East and West Chelworth 1672-1791

18 Court papers of the Manor of Compton Dando 1725-1796

19 Court paper of the Manor of Farmborough 1734

20, 21 Court papers of the Manor of Marksbury and Houndstreet 1657-1795

22 Court papers of the Manor of Pensford, Publow and Woollard 1671-1841

23 Court roll of the Manors of Farmborough Grevill and Farmborough Rosewell 1627-1654

24 Court roll of the Manor of East Sheen and West Hall (co.Surrey) 1617-1619

ESTATE AND GENERAL (FINANCIAL) ADMINISTRATION

Littlecote Estate (co. Wilts. and co.Berks.)

Estate Accounts (general)

25 Stewards' accounts and vouchers (papers) 1720-1738

26, 27 Stewards' accounts (volumes) 1761-1792

28 Ledger accounts (volume) 1831-1838

Estate Accounts (subsidiary)

29 Game and woods accounts (volume) 1733

30 Farm, etc., accounts (volume) 1781-1783

31 Livestock returns and cash statements (papers) 1810

Houndstreet and Nyland Estates (co.Somerset)

Estate Accounts (general)

32 Houndstreet and Nyland stewards' accounts and vouchers (papers) (Including also a bundle of estate correspondence, 1845-56, found wrapped in the account for 1764.) 1649-1817

33, 34 Houndstreet stewards' accounts (volumes) 1806-1833

Estate Accounts (subsidiary)

35 Houndstreet accounts and rentals (volumes) 1813-1819

36 Houndstreet and Nyland accounts and rentals (volumes) 1822-1826

Estate Accounts (receipts)

37-39 Houndstreet rentals (volumes) 1805-1835

40 Houndstreet land tax accounts (volumes) 1809-1843

41 Houndstreet park book 1820-1836

Estate Accounts (payments)

42 Accounts and vouchers for carpenters', smiths', etc., work (papers) 1782-1796

43 Labour and wages books 1883-1884

Nyland Estate (co.Somerset)

Estate Accounts (general)

44-46 Stewards' accounts (papers and volumes) 1787-1816

47 Stewards' accounts, rentals, and vouchers (papers) 1815-1818

48, 49 Stewards' accounts and rentals (volumes) 1820-1846

Wellington Estate (co.Somerset and co.Devon)

Estate Accounts (general)

50 Stewards' accounts and vouchers (papers) 1725, 1735

Deancourt Hall (co.Lincs.)

Estate Accounts (general)

51 Stewards' accounts and vouchers (papers) 1775, 1780

Estates generally and Household, etc.

Miscellaneous Accounts

52 Lawyers' bills of costs affecting Littlecote and Somerset estates 1766-1810

53 Day book of household expenditure (Houndstreet) 1806-1807

54 Bills concerning cleaning of pictures, etc. 1844-1859

MANORIAL AND ESTATE (GENERAL) ADMINISTRATION

Survey of properties included eventually in the Popham estates

55 Surveys and rentals of the Manors of Farmborough Grevill and Farmborough Rosewell 1631

56 Survey of the Manor of Compton Dando and Barrow Hill Farm [in Farmborough] 1656

Registration of tenancies of the Somerset estates

57 Abstracts of leases concerning the Houndstreet Estate circa 1740

58 Contract book concerning the Somerset estates 1763-1775

59-62 Registers of leases concerning the Houndstreet Estate circa 1775-circa 1840

Survey of the Somerset estates

63 Map of Nyland with Badcombe [1755]

64 Maps of farms in Marksbury and Compton Dando 1758

65 Survey and map of the Manor of Compton Dando 1758

66 Survey and map of the Manor of Farmborough 1759

67 Survey and map of the Manors of Houndstreet and Marksbury 1759

68 Survey and map, etc., of the Manor of Nyland with Badcombe 1773, circa 1790

69,70 Survey and maps of the Manors of West and East Chelworth circa 1776, 1776

71,72 Survey and maps of the Manors of Pensford, Publow and Woollard 1776

73 Survey, map, and valuation of the Houndstreet Estate, etc. 1806, 1807

74 Maps of farms in Publow circa 1810

75-78 Surveys of the Houndstreet Estate [circa 1810]-1815

79 Surveys and map of the Manor of Nyland with Badcombe 1813-circa 1817

80 Survey of the Houndstreet Estate 1820

81 Survey of the Houndstreet and Nyland Estates 1825

82 Maps of the Houndstreet and Nyland Estates [circa 1825-1828]

83 Surveys of the Houndstreet and Nyland Estates 1828-1839

84 Valuations of the Houndstreet and Nyland Estates 1836-1843

85 Valuation of the Nyland Estate 1844

86 Survey and map of the Houndstreet Estate 1846

87 Maps of the Houndstreet Estate 1866

88 Survey of the Houndstreet Estate 1871

89 Map of the Houndstreet Estate (on 6 in. O.S.) early 20th century

90 Map of the Nyland Estate (on 6 in. O.S.) early 20th century

91 Geological survey map and sections concerning the North Somerset Coalfields 1884

Survey of Wiltshire properties

92 Map of Knighton Farm [in Ramsbury] 1782

93 Map of lands between Littlecote Park and Knighton Meadow [in Ramsbury] circa 1790

94 Plan of the proposed Kennet and Avon Canal in Froxfield and Hungerford circa 1790

95 Map of Winterbourne Monkton 1809

96 Map of an estate in Chilton Foliat 1815

97 Map of a farm at Rudge in Froxfield 1832

98 Map of Winterbourne Monkton circa 1845

99 Map of the Littlecote Estate (on 6 in. O.S.) 1894

Survey of Surrey properties

100 Plan of common field lands in Mortlake circa 1830

Survey of Buckinghamshire properties

101 Map of Chalfont St. Peter 1906

Survey and Valuation of miscellaneous properties, etc.

102 Valuation of timber on the Houndstreet Estate circa 1775

103 Schedules of income, copy rentals, etc., concerning the Popham estates generally [circa 1794]-1807

104 Builder's report, etc., on the condition of Houndstreet House 1831

105 Copy of a survey and valuation (1803) of Compton Dando Parsonage circa 1833

Farm Management

106 Estimate for new farm buildings on the Nyland Estate 1818

107 Field books concerning the Houndstreet Estate 1824-1844

Game Preservation and General Estate Management

108 Bonds concerning poaching, etc., on the Popham estates generally 1730-1802

109 Letter books concerning the administration of the Somerset estates 1843-1852

FAMILY AND PERSONAL INTERESTS

Vocational and Academic Studies

110 Sermons, Greek and Latin writings, etc., of members of the Popham family 1769-1835

Pamphlets and Newspapers

111 Pamphlets on free thinking, politics, dissenters, Hanoverian Succession, etc., and various journals 1704-1810

Private Correspondence

112 Letters written to members of the Popham family 1705, 1805

Household Inventories

113 Inventories of plate and furniture at Littlecote and Hunstrete [formerly written Houndstreet] House, wines, etc. 1894-1901

Miscellaneous documents

114 Various documents concerning General Leyborne 1772-1777

115 Documents on various matters (parish, ecclesiastical, medical, and sporting) 1704-1788

See also DD/MER S/2281

Popham family of Somerset

C/21, C/54, C/62, C/68

• Somerset