Catalogue description Dugdale of Merevale

This record is held by Warwickshire County Record Office

Details of L 2
Reference: L 2
Title: Dugdale of Merevale
Date: 16th-19th Centuries
Arrangement:

This collection consists of 2 main series - the minute books and the court rolls, both in book form. In general, the minute books appear to be the first rough draft taken down in court from which the official record in the court roll was afterwards entered. Admissions and surrenders in the later minute books are signed by the tenants concerned, but there are no signatures in the court roll.

 

The minute books survive from 1589, the court rolls in this collection only from 1710, but there is in the Record Office an earlier collection of court rolls of this manor in roll form purchased from Mr. H.R. Moulton in 1934 [MR/13] 1334-1601. The first two minute books [L2/10 and 11] marry up with these earlier court rolls between 1589 and 1601, which at this time contain only surrenders and admissions relating to copyhold, entered to be of record.

 

A bundle of family papers presented by Mr. Compton-Bracebridge in 1933 [MR/9] contains a number of court papers relating to this manor, of which the most important are schedules of pains and penalties, in the nature of byelaws, laid down by the jury at the Leet in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Held by: Warwickshire County Record Office, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Dugdale family of Merevale, Warwickshire
Physical description: 8 series
Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited on loan for safekeeping in the County Record Office by Sir William Dugdale, Bt., on 3rd June, 1941.
Subjects:
  • Atherstone, Warwickshire
Administrative / biographical background:

COLLN: DUGDALE OF MEREVALE

 

Names of Lords and Stewards of the Manor

 

Lady Jane Devereux, widow, on or before 24 April 1589-11 June 1607

 

Sir Edward Lyttleton sen. kt., Richard Repington, Esq., 2 July 1607-?

 

Margaret Repington, widow. on or before 16 Oct. 1645-8 March 1649

 

Sir John Repington, kt. 29 March 1649-28 July 1661

 

Sebright Repington, Esq. 8 Aug. 1661-27 Oct. 1692

 

Edward Repington, Esq. 24 Jan. 1693-6 Nov. 1758

 

Charles Repington, Esq. 3 July 1759-18 Oct. 1764

 

Charles Edward Repington, Esq. 19 Dec. 1764-8 Nov. 1786

 

Stafford Squire Baxter, Esq. 4 Jan. 1787-2 July 1811

 

Dugdale Stratford Dugdale, Esq. 25 Oct. 1811 21 Oct. 1836

 

William Stratford Dugdale, Esq. 18 Nov. 1836-30 Oct. 1878

 

Turner, Esq., c. 1595-1600

 

John Savage, gent., on or before 16 Oct 1645-after 6 May 1685

 

Francis Wolferstan, gent. on or before 6 May 1685- ?

 

Samuel Walmisley, gent. before 26 Oct. 1693- 6 May 1697

 

William Milward, gent. 8 May 1697

 

Humphrey Hall, gent., 5 Dec. 1700-17 Aug 1701

 

Henry Rathbone, gent., 30 Oct. 1701-2 May 1728

 

Theophilus Levett, gent. 14 Oct. 1728-17 March 1746

 

Michael Baxter, gent. 28 April 1746-11 Dec 1771

 

Stafford Squire Baxter, gent. 27 Dec. 1771-2 April 1773

 

Dudley Baxter, gent. 3 May 1773-29 Dec. 1813

 

William Eborall, jun., gent. 30 April 1814-22 May 1816

 

William Francis Stratford Dugdale, Esq. 26 Oct. 1893-?

 

Henry Radford, gent. 25 Oct. 1816-Sept. 1877

 

Michael Glover Atkins, gent. Sept. 1877-after 26 Oct. 1893
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