Catalogue description HUNT FAMILY OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, SOLICITORS

Deeds and papers from the offices of Thomas Hunt (1768-1837) and William Oakes Hunt (1795-1873), solicitors and town clerks of Stratford-upon-Avon and Clerks of the Peace for Warwickshire.

The collection falls into the following sections:

DR 42/1-609: draft deeds and papers relating to Stratford-upon-Avon, c. 1800-c. 1865

DR 42/610-650: letters, 1810-1859

DR 42/651-659: original deeds relating to Harvington, Evesham, Foleshill, Lapworth, Priors Marston etc., 1686-1800

DR 42/660-694: original deeds relating to Stratford-upon-Avon, 1682-1800

DR 42/695-714: original deeds relating to Walsall, Staffs., 1581-1714

DR 42/715-719: personal papers relating to the Hunt family, 1753-1761

For a history of the Hunt practice, see Patricia McFarland, A Dynasty of Town Clerks: the Hunt family of Stratford-upon-Avon, Dugdale Society Occasional Paper 37, 1996.

DR 27

Hunt family of Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, Solicitors

Originally deposited, at a date unknown, in the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Library

• Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

The Hunt family practice in Stratford began with the appointment of the twenty-two year-old William Hunt as town clerk in 1753. He died in 1783. Two of his sons, Charles Henry Hunt (1763-1817) and Thomas Hunt (1768-1837) succeeded him in this post and also carried on the legal practice he had established. Thomas Hunt was succeeded by his son, William Oakes Hunt (1795-1874).

Most of this collection derives from business with the firm's clients during the period that Thomas Hunt and his son, William Oakes Hunt, managed the practice. On the latter's death, his son, another Thomas (1831-1906) carried on the firm, later bringing in a partner, Robert Lunn. The firm is still extant, under the name Robert Lunn and Lowth. Later papers form deposit DR 27.

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