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Vyner family of Newby

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Date: 1100-2000
History:

The Vyner family was settled in Gloucestershire in the early 16th century. Sir Robert Vyner (1631-88), third son of William Vyner of Eathorpe (Warwickshire) and an eminent London goldsmith, was created a baronet in 1666 and was Lord Mayor in 1675. He bought estates in Lincolnshire, Cheshire, Leicestershire and London, which descended to his nephew Thomas. The Leicestershire and London estates were later sold, but the Gautby (Lincolnshire) and Bidston (Cheshire) estates were retained until the 20th century.

Henry Vyner (1805-61), younger brother of Robert Vyner of Gautby (1789-1872), married in 1832 Mary, daughter of Thomas Robinson, 3rd Baron Grantham and 2nd Earl De Grey (see Robinson, Marquesses of Ripon). On the death of Lord De Grey in 1859 Lady Mary Vyner inherited the Robinson property of Askrigg (Yorkshire, North Riding), together with a half-interest in the Clifton estate near York (North Riding). She also inherited Yorkshire properties that had come to the Robinsons from the Weddell family of Newby Hall, principally the Newby (West Riding) estate but including Huntington (North Riding), Leppington and Barthorpe (East Riding), and a small part of the Craven (Wigglesworth, etc) estate in the West Riding. (For the major portion of the Craven estate and the other half-share in the Clifton estate see Cowper, Earls Cowper.)

In 1872 Henry Frederick Clare Vyner (1836-83), son of Henry and Lady Mary Vyner, inherited the Vyner estates from his uncle Robert. Gautby was demolished, and Newby Hall became the principal Vyner seat. H.F.C. Vyner was succeeded by his brother Robert Charles de Grey Vyner (1842-1915), and he in turn by his daughter Mary Evelyn, who in 1886 had married Lord Alwyne Compton, third son of the 4th Marquess of Northampton (see Compton, Marquesses of Northampton). The Lincolnshire and Clifton estates were sold in 1918-20.

Lord Alwyne Compton, later Compton-Vyner, had inherited the Torloisk (Mull, Argyllshire) and Kirkness (Kinross-shire) estates from his father in 1897. In the 20th century they appear to have passed to his eldest grandson Alwyne Compton, who in 1945 took the name of Farquharson on succeeding to his mother's Invercauld (Aberdeenshire) estate, whilst his younger brother Robert Compton succeeded to Newby.

Estates in 1883: HFC Vyner: Lincs 14,443 acres, Yorks WR and NR 9,039 acres, Cheshire 3,223 acres, total 26,705 acres worth £37,693 a year; Cowper and Vyner: Yorks NR 496 acres (the Clifton estate) worth £2,198 a year; Marquess of Northampton: Argyllshire 8,000 acres, Kinross-shire 864 acres, total 8,864 acres worth £2,465 a year.

Places:
  • Acklam with Barthorpe, Yorkshire
  • Askrigg, Yorkshire
  • Baldersby, Yorkshire
  • Bardney, Lincolnshire
  • Bidston, Cheshire
  • Birkenhead, Cheshire
  • Cannes, France
  • Carslogie, Fife
  • Clifton, Yorkshire
  • Coombe Hurst, Surrey
  • Dishforth, Yorkshire
  • Fairfield, Yorkshire
  • Gautby, Lincolnshire
  • Huntington, Yorkshire
  • Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey
  • Kirkness, Kinross-shire
  • Leppington, Yorkshire
  • London
  • Moreton, Cheshire
  • Newby Hall, Yorkshire
  • Newby with Mulwith, Yorkshire
  • Newby Park, Yorkshire
  • Rainton cum Newby, Yorkshire
  • Northleach, Gloucestershire
  • Rawcliffe, Yorkshire
  • Sotby, Lincolnshire
  • Stanton, Gloucestershire
  • Strubby, Lincolnshire
  • Swakeleys, Middlesex
  • Swanland, Yorkshire
  • Swinefleet, Yorkshire
  • Torloisk, Argyllshire
  • Upton, Cheshire
  • Wallasey, Cheshire
  • Worton, Yorkshire
  • Wrest Park, Bedfordshire
Sources of authority: Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Guide to Principal Estate and Family Collections L-W, 1999.
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/F82618 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/F10776 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
12th cent-20th cent: Yorks (Askrigg, Clifton, Huntington, Newby Hall in Newby Mulwith, Newby Park in Newby with Rainton, etc), Cheshire (Bidston, Birkenhead, etc) and Lincs (Gautby, etc) deeds, legal papers, manorial records, rentals, accounts, estate, household and Vyner and Weddell family corresp and papers 12th-20th cent, with deeds and papers rel to property and houses in Gloucs (Northleach and Stanton), London, Middlesex (Swakeleys, etc), Surrey (Coombe Hurst in Kingston-upon-Thames) and elsewhere 14th-20th cent, incl Swakeleys household inventory 1741 and Cannes household papers late 19th-early 20th cent
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds
NRA 5836 Vyner

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [112a]
2
1697-1844: Yorks (Askrigg, Clifton, Huntington, Leppington, etc) estate accounts 1829-44, Baldersby (Yorks) estate papers 1789-1844, terriers and rentals of the Duke of Kent's estates 1697-1716 and executorship accounts of the 2nd Earl of Hardwicke 1790-97
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds
NRA 5836 Vyner

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [112b]
3
17th cent-18th cent: Yorks (Worton, etc) deeds, legal papers and estate accounts and papers (former Robinson family property)
West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds
NRA 41227 Vyner

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [112c]
4
16th cent-1850: Yorks (Huntington, Swinefleet, etc) deeds and manorial papers
North Yorkshire County Record Office
NRA 38114 Birch Cullimore

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [112d]
5
16th cent-18th cent: Yorks (Clifton, Newby Park in Newby with Rainton, Rawcliffe, etc) deeds, legal and estate papers (former Robinson family property)
Explore York Libraries & Archives
NRA 11988
6
18th cent-19th cent: Newby Hall in Newby with Mulwith (Yorks) architectural drawings (house, garden and estate), with some for Wrest Park (Beds) and Gautby (Lincs)
Collection held privately: enquiries to West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds
See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [112f]
7
late 18th cent: Newby Hall in Newby with Mulwith (Yorks) household papers
Bedfordshire Archives
NRA 6283 Wrest Park

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [28a]
8
17th cent-20th cent: Cheshire (Bidston, Upton, Wallasey, etc)deeds, legal, manorial and estate papers 17th-20th cent, Lincs (Gautby, etc) estate papers 19th cent-1920 and Yorks (Huntington, Leppington, Newby Hall in Newby with Mulwith, etc) deeds and papers 18th-20th cent, incl papers rel to Newby household contents 1915-23, with misc deeds and papers for London and Surrey (Coombe Hurst in Kingston-upon-Thames, etc) 19th-20th cent
Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
NRA 38114 Birch Cullimore

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [112g]
9
c1885-1926: Cheshire (Bidston, Moreton, Wallasey, etc) estate particulars
Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
NRA 40342 Denton

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [112h]
10
late 19th cent-early 20th cent: Cheshire (Bidston, etc) estate maps and plans
Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
NRA 40342 Denton

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [112h]
11
1665: Bidston (Cheshire) estate survey (copy)
Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [112h]
12
17th cent-20th cent: Lincs (Gautby, Strubby, etc) deeds, legal and estate papers 17th-20th cent and Yorks (Leppington, Newby Hall in Newby with Mulwith, etc) survey 1846 and estate papers late 19th cent
Lincolnshire Archives
See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [112i]
13
1448-1925: Swakeleys estate papers
London Metropolitan Archives: City of London
14
15th cent-19th cent: Torloisk (Argyllshire) and Carslogie (Fife) deeds, legal and estate papers
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 34746 Maclean-Clephane

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [112j]
15
1871-1890: Torloisk (Argyllshire) estate papers
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 12629 Strathern

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [112k]
16
1815-1864: Torloisk (Argyllshire) and Kirkness (Kinross-shire) estate papers
Castle Ashby
NRA 21088 Compton

See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [24a]
17
1667-1826: Kirkness (Kinross-shire) legal papers
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [112l]
18
1677-1690: misc papers of Sir Robert Vyner as Goldsmith to the King (3 items)
Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library
NRA 13466 V & A Museum

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [112m]