Catalogue description Crewe Muniments

CM/1-2396

Crewe-Milnes of Fryston Hall and Crewe Hall (Crewe Muniments)

The deeds here relate to the Milnes estates, inherited from Lord Houghton.

Parish etc. records

Hatfield enclosure: minutes, measurement of land, 1800

Hunslet: (copy) township assessment, 1770

Penistone Free Grammar School: survey and (copy) rental of lands, 1630

Thurlstone: assessment, 1673

Manorial records

Great Hucklow: interrogatories concerning the manor and Hucklow burrows, [mid 17th century]

Water Fryston: jury lists and presentments, call books, 1764-1796

Title deeds

Derbyshire: Great Hucklow, Tideswell and Monyash (Bagshaw), 1423-1807; Wirksworth (Wingfield), 1526-1795; Eyam and Brimington (Richard Milnes), 1684-1795

Lincolnshire: Timberland and West Fen (Lucas), 1739-1837

Yorkshire: Horbury, Chickenley and Almondbury (Wadsworth and Busk), 1527-1804; Hunslet and Holbeck (Busk), 1625-1863; Leeds - 1/9 part of manor (Dixon), 1654-1758; Great and Little Houghton (Rodes), 1382-1900; Penistone and Thurlstone (Wordsworth and Rich), 1311-1869; Long Drax, 1704-1794; Sykehouse and Fishlake (Poole, Payne, Blanshard), 1612-1875; Ferryfryston, Ferrybridge and Pontefract (Crowle), 1652-1844; Bawtry and Austerfield (Dyon), 1539-1904

Estate records

Bullhouse (Thurlstone) estate: surveys, 1777 and 1802; particulars of sale in lots, 1858

Darfield tithes: accounts for the moiety of Darfield rectory, 1732-1762; letters concerning renewal of lease, 1759-1788

Drax estate: letters relating to purchase, 1794

Fryston estate: surveys and valuations, 1728-1828; rentals, 1828-1885; particulars of sale, and sale papers, 1813-1844; canals and railways, 1825-1847; general estate correspondence, 1847-1908; plan of burgage tenures in Pontefract, 1767

Great Houghton: particulars of the manor and rental, early 17th century

Hunslet estate: rental 1811-1829

Timberland estate: rentals, valuations and survey, 1783-1836; correspondence and accounts concerning embankment and drainage, 1784-1792; plan and book of reference, 1876-1877

Public office and personal papers

Papers of Edward Rodes: appointments as Colonel of Horse, Guardian of the County of York, etc, 1648-1656; Freedom of the Borough of Musselburgh (Scotland) and return as M.P. for Perthshire, 1656; quietus roll as Sheriff of Yorkshire, 1650-1651

Papers of William Rich: claims for payment and schedules of expenses for his army service, 1644; appointment of John Woodhouse as quartermaster of his troop of horse, 1644

Richard Slater Milnes: appointment as Deputy-Lieutenant of the West Riding, 1779

John Bagshaw: quietus roll, Derbyshire, 1695-1696

Richard Rodes Milnes: bond and quietus as Receiver General of Pontefract, 1833

Papers of Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton: correspondence concerning manuscripts, books and works of art, and on his elevation to the peerage, 1837-1885; photostat copies of letters to Bishop Thirlwall, 1838-1839; appointment as Captain in West Riding militia, 1840

The deeds relating to the Crewe estates are in the estate office at Crewe. The important series of 19th century letters is at Argyll House, London.

Milnes family of Fryston Hall, Yorkshire

Crewe-Milnes family, Barons Houghton

A written application form to use the collection must be completed. This includes an undertaking concerning the use of the documents in any published work.

CM/1-1674 deposited 1951

CM/1675-1678 deposited 1965

CM/1679-2395 deposited 1971 and 1972

CM/2396 acquisition 1991/12

• Rich family of Bullhouse, Thurlstone, Yorkshire
• Rodes family of Great Houghton, Darfield, West Riding of Yorkshire
• Busk family of Hunslet, West Riding of Yorkshire
• Ferry Fryston, West Riding of Yorkshire
• Derbyshire

Dates in this catalogue are given in New Style. A pedigree of Martha Rodes is available.

The Milnes family lived at Fryston Hall. Richard Monckton Milnes was created Lord Houghton in 1863 and his son and heir became Earl of Crewe in 1895.

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