Catalogue description ARCHIVE OF THE HOPER FAMILY OF LONDON, STEYNING, LEWES, EAST GRINSTEAD AND PORTSLADE, AND THE CONSTABLE FAMILY OF COWFOLD AND RINGMER

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Title: ARCHIVE OF THE HOPER FAMILY OF LONDON, STEYNING, LEWES, EAST GRINSTEAD AND PORTSLADE, AND THE CONSTABLE FAMILY OF COWFOLD AND RINGMER
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Summary of contents

 

Hoper, Gorham and Constable families

 

HOP/1-6 Pedigrees; [1630]-1830

 

Richard Hoper of London (-1635)

 

HOP/7 Copies of letters from Richard Hoper to Lady Apsley; [1632]

 

HOP/8 Copy of the will (PCC) of Richard Hoper; [1635]

 

HOP/9 Coat of arms of Richard Hoper; [1635] 1798

 

Rev John Hoper of Steyning (1727-1790)

 

HOP/10-21 Papers concerning his marriage with Mary Griffith; 1757-1859

 

HOP/22 Settlement of the estates of his father, James Hoper of Whitechapel, Middlesex, gent, and his aunts, Miss Sarah Hoper and Miss Ann Hoper; 1763-1765

 

HOP/23 Papers concerning the estate of his mother, Elizabeth Hoper of Camberwell, Surrey, widow; 1765-1836

 

HOP/24 Letters to John Hoper from his sister Elizabeth, the wife of James Dance of Walworth, Surrey; 1767-1789

 

HOP/25 Papers concerning his political activities at Bramber; 1773-1776

 

HOP/26 Papers concerning his death and settlement of the estate; 1790

 

HOP/27 Marriage settlement of his sister Sarah Hoper and Joseph Fisher of Goodmans Fields, Middlesex, corn factor; 1757

 

John Hoper of Lewes (1759-1845)

 

HOP/28-29 Title deeds and papers concerning his property in Lewes; 1686-1835

 

HOP/30 Papers concerning the formation of a loyalist society in Lewes in reaction to the Jacobinism of the French Revolution; 1792

 

HOP/31-42 Personal and business correspondence and papers; 1774-1840

 

HOP/43 Papers concerning his first wife, Sarah Cossum, and her family of Hastings; [1745]-1835

 

HOP/44 Papers concerning his second wife, Grace Paine (née Kemp), and her son Captain John Paine; 1811-1815

 

HOP/45 Will of John Hoper; 1845

 

George Hoper of Lewes and East Grinstead (1784-1859)

 

HOP/46 Business and family correspondence and papers; 1787-1864

 

HOP/47 Papers concerning his activities in East Grinstead; 1812-1880

 

Rev Henry Hoper of Portslade (1788-1858)

 

HOP/48 Papers concerning his career in the church; 1811-1815

 

HOP/49 Papers concerning the deaths of Henry Hoper and wife Sarah; 1831-1872

 

HOP/50 Other papers; 1851-1854

 

Rev Richard Constable of Cowfold (1756-1839)

 

HOP/51 Papers concerning his career in the church; 1779-1807

 

HOP/52-54 Papers concerning family business; 1763-1837

 

HOP/55-66 Personal and family correspondence and papers; 1794-1843

 

HOP/67 Other papers; 1801-1911

 

Rev John Constable of Ringmer (1779-1863)

 

HOP/68-69 Title deeds and papers concerning his lands at Middleham and Delves in Ringmer; 1787-1814

 

HOP/70 Leases of Ticehurst rectory; 1817-1856

 

HOP/71-72 Papers concerning his parent's and wife's ancestors; 1710-1808

 

HOP/73 Papers concerning the death of John Constable; 1863-1879

 

HOP/74 Other papers; 1830-1888

 

Other papers

 

HOP/75-77 Other papers; 1562-1852

Date: 1562-1911
Held by: East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO), not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Hoper family of London, West Sussex and East Sussex

Constable family of Ringmer, Sussex

Physical description: 9 Subfonds
Access conditions:

Open to consultation, unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited 12 Jan 1961 (ACC 435), 24 Jan 1961 (ACC 439), 1 Feb 1961 (ACC 442)

Subjects:
  • London
  • East Sussex
  • West Sussex
  • Land tenure
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