Catalogue description SANDWICH BOROUGH

General Introduction

In the generally fine records of the Cinque Port and Borough of Sandwich three classes stand out for cataloguer as well as student - the Custumals, Year Books and Treasurers' accounts. Although the original custumal does not survive, extant versions do present a picture of the town and town life in the late 13th and the 14th centuries at the important time of its initial independence. The loss of virtually all the town records for the 14th and early 15th centuries can probably be attributed to the sack of the town by the French in 1457; it is significant that in the middle of the 16th century there was no earlier Year Book surviving than the present first volume. This begins in 1431 and probably owes its survival to the fact that it was in current use at the time of the attack. From 1431, however, the series is unbroken and together with the Treasurers' records which virtually begin after the attack, but which unfortunately are incomplete, forms the basis both of the Sandwich records and for any historical study of the borough. Most of the other series of Administrative, Financial and Judicial records either derive from these twin sources or may be supplemented by a reference back to them

One striking omission, which can only partially be accounted for, is the lack of loose administrative papers and correspondence. The only surviving papers have been bound at some date into three portfolios [Sa/ZB/1-3] following an arrangement which dates back at least into the 18th century as each has an index by Boys in the order in which they are bound

Sa/ZB/1 is miscellaneous both in character and chronological arrangement; it contains a number of letters of process of withernam but only 1/49-69, letters and reports of proceedings in Parliament sent back by her Barons in Parliament, 1679, form an original series

Sa/ZB/2 has a definitely sounder chronological arrangement and unity of subject in that the majority concern correspondence with the Lord Warden and his officers and the transmission of orders by them [from 1559]

Sa/ZB/3 is again very miscellaneous in character and lacks even chronological arrangement, but it does contain a lengthy register of some 100 pages of letters and writs received from the Lord Warden or his Lieutenant, 1555-9 [ZB/3/59-62]

Most sections of the catalogue contain separate introductory notes on the background of the particular function and the scope of its records as well as reference to associated records in other sections

Finally a reference must be made to the section of this catalogue, Sa/ZT, which contains the transcript material of William Boys, Alderman Jacobs and of the research workers from 1932. The value of Boys both to the cataloguer and historian cannot be overestimated and transcripts of many of the surviving medieval documents may be found in his Collections and due acknowledgment has been made to it as a source for the history of the parishes, hospitals and other institutions in the towns. The value of the '1932' collection lies in its accumulation of source material both within and without Sandwich

In addition to the purely Borough records, this catalogue also contains some turnpike records [T 11] and the Borough Quarter Sessions records [Sa/JQ transferred by an order under the Justices of the Peace Act, 1949

Immediately after this introductory note is an index giving the K.A.O. references and the references, by shelves, presses, etc., assigned by Miss Scroggs on her card index. These references have been used if nowhere else, by Dorothy Gardiner, Historic Haven, the story of Sandwich, 1954

Sa/A ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS 1431-1973

Sa/AC/1-11 Year books 1431-1824

Sa/ACd/1-65 Draft year books 1718-1830

Sa/ACm/1-5 Draft council minutes 1835-1874

Sa/ACm/6 Council minutes 1903-1955

Sa/ACc/1-11 Committee Minutes 1836-1949

Sa/ACc/1 Watch Committee 1836-1839

Sa/ACc/2 Various committees 1868-1872

Sa/ACc/3 General Purposes Committee 1910-1949

Sa/ACc/4 Coronation Festivities Committee 1911

Sa/ACc/5 Gas Committee 1923-1949

Sa/ACc/6 Water Supply Committee 1928-1949

Sa/ACc/7 Sanitary Committee 1930-1949

Sa/ACc/8 Miscellaneous committees 1930-1949

Sa/ACc/9 Finance Committee 1941-1949

Sa/ACc/10 Air Raid Precaution and Fire Brigade Committee 1941

Sa/ACc/11 Housing and Estates Committee 1947-1949

Sa/ACr/1-4 Reports 1809-1973

Sa/ACr/1 Reports of committees 1809, 1827

Sa/ACr/2 Reports of the Medical Officer of Health 1912-1973

Sa/ACr/3 Sewerage reports 1925

Sa/ACr/4 Harbour Master's and Borough Surveyor's reports 1925-1928

Sa/ACs/1-4 Seal books 1674-1907

Sa/AB/1-3 Sandwich Bridge 1755-1874

Sa/AEp/1-2 Elections 1826-1831

Sa/AH/1-10 Haven and river 1548-1832

Sa/AGo/1-3 Companies and guilds 1464-1698

Sa/AI/1-3 Transcripts/translations of charters 1810-1816

Sa/ALl/1-2 Lieutenancy Lists 1681-1759

Sa/ALr/1-5 Lieutenancy Returns 1803

Sa/ALz/1-2 Lieutenancy: Miscellaneous 1696

Sa/AP/1-9 Petitions 1641-1692

Sa/Ar/1-8 Registers 1805-1972

Sa/Ar/1 Ale licences 1805-1825

Sa/Ar/2 Inspected workshops 1906-1948

Sa/Ar/3 Licensed hackney carriages 1914-1931

Sa/Ar/4 Hackney carriage drivers 1915-1931

Sa/Ar/5 Council houses 1923-1929

Sa/Ar/6 Civil defence and war personnel 1938-1944

Sa/Ar/7 Rate contributions 1947-1957

Sa/Ar/8 Cinema licensing 1962-1972

Sa/AS/1 Sanitary Inspectors' records 1933-1951

Sa/AUf/1-5 Undertakings: Fire Brigade 1830-1888

Sa/AUp/1-5 Undertakings: Pavement Commissioners 1787-1865

Sa/AZ/1-21 Miscellaneous 1759-1948

Sa/C CORRESPONDENCE 1634-1957

Sa/C/1-11 General correspondence 1634-1938

Sa/C/12 Clerk's correspondence, applications, testimonials and other papers relating to vacant posts 1909-1954

Sa/C/13 Clerk's correspondence and papers relating to Corporation properties 1781-1955

Sa/C/14 Clerk's correspondence and papers relating to bye-laws 1933-1937

Sa/C/15 Clerk's correspondence and papers relating to Acts and Orders 1923-1936

Sa/C/16 Clerk's correspondence and papers relating to gas water and sewerage undertakings 1775-1956

Sa/C/17 Clerk's correspondence and papers relating to miscellaneous subjects 1932-1957

Sa/C/18 Correspondence relating to freedom of the city 1942

Sa/CP CINQUE PORTS 1494-1959

Sa/CPb/1-14 Brotherhood and Guestling 1691-1959

Sa/CPc/1-4 Custumals etc. 1574-1689

Sa/CPm/1-2 Sandwich and her members 1494-1560

Sa/CPw/1-3 Grand Court of Shepway 1914-1935

Sa/CPy/1 Yarmouth 1623-1624

Sa/CPz/1-8 Miscellaneous 1516-1916

Sa/F FINANCIAL RECORDS 1375-1966

Sa/F/1 General accounts 1930-1938

Sa/F/2 Combined accounts 1816-1953

Sa/Fa/1 Allotment accounts 1923-1961

Sa/FAb/1 King's bailiffs' accounts 1524-1530

Sa/FAr/1 Air raid precautions account 1939-1944

Sa/FAt/1-42, 44-52 Treasurers' accounts 1375-1953

Sa/FAt/43 Land Treasurers' notebooks 1783-1796

Sa/FAv/1-5 Land Treasurers' vouchers 1806-1834

Sa/FBa/1-3 Sandwich Bridge accounts 1760-1889

Sa/FBt/1-7 Sandwich Bridge tolls 1758-1966

Sa/FBv/1-5 Sandwich Bridge vouchers 1774-1818

Sa/Fg/1-6 Gas accounts 1896-1949

Sa/FHa/1-4 Sandwich Haven accounts 1751-1860

Sa/FHo/1-4 Housing accounts 1924-1952

Sa/FHv/1-11 Sandwich Haven vouchers 1806-1818

Sa/FOa/1 Orphans 1589-1655

Sa/FP/1 Port of Sandwich 1719

Sa/Fr/1 Residuals accounts 1912-1935

Sa/FR/1-2 Rating accounts 1924-1938

Sa/FTa/1-2 Borough Fund: surplus tolls account 1808-1894

Sa/FTv/1-6 Borough Fund: public works 1808-1817

Sa/FUp/1 Pavement Commissioners' accounts 1823-1900

Sa/FW/1 Water accounts 1891-1905

Sa/FZ/1-2 Miscellaneous 1831-1966

Sa/H HEALTH RECORDS 1956-1973

Sa/H/1 Registers 1956-1973

Sa/J JUDICIAL RECORDS 1456-1836

Sa/JB/1-20 Borough Court of Record 1456-1836

Sa/JH/1-3 Hundred Court 1529-1681

Sa/L LEGAL RECORDS 1375-1942

Sa/LA/1-12 Acts, Orders etc. 1871-1934

Sa/LB/1-14 Cases involving the Corporation 1525-1942

Sa/LC/1-11, 13-14 Custumals 1375-1690

Sa/LC/12 Precedents 1760

Sa/LZ/1-3 Miscellaneous 1532-1669

Sa/Q RECORDS OF CHARITABLE BODIES 1714-1908

Sa/QA/1 Administration 1898-1899

Sa/QEb/1-2 Board School 1877-1893

Sa/QEc/1-5 Charity (National) schools 1714-1899

Sa/QZ/1-5 Miscellaneous 1859-1908

Sa/R/1-5 RATING AND VALUATION 1892-1972

Sa/R/1-3 Rating 1915-1972

Sa/R/4Valuation 1929-1956

Sa/R/5 Miscellaneous 1892

Sa/R REGISTRATION, ENROLMENT & DEPOSIT 1672-1914

Sa/REb/1-4 Burgesses 1843-1888

Sa/REp/1-68 Electors 1844-1912

Sa/RF/1-48 Freemen 1761-1830

Sa/ROa/1-7 Oaths of allegiance and abjuration 1702-1855

Sa/ROd/1-5 Declarations against substantiation 1701-1828

Sa/ROd/6-7 Declarations of property qualifications 1800-1835

Sa/ROf/1-5 Freemen's oaths 1745-1839

Sa/ROf/6-7 Freemen's oaths of allegiance 1845-1868

Sa/ROs/1-5 Sacrament certificates 1732-1785

Sa/ROz/1-7 Miscellaneous 1672-1914

Sa/RPp/1-10 Poll books (parliamentary) 1807-1866

Sa/RPb/1-3 Poll books (municipal) 1840-1866

Sa/RPz/1 Poll books (miscellaneous) 1831

Sa/RT TAXATION 1540-1835

Sa/RTh/1 House duty 1783

Sa/RTl/1-17 Land tax 1718-1793

Sa/RTm/1-3 Commissioners of Taxes: minutes 1741-1779

Sa/RTp/1 Poll tax 1690

Sa/RTs/1-2 Servants tax 1778-1780

Sa/RTw/1-14 Window tax 1722-1783

Sa/RTz/1-5 Miscellaneous 1540-1835

Sa/S SURVEYOR'S RECORDS 1906-1937

Sa/S/1-10 Surveyor's records 1906-1937

Sa/T TITLE DEEDS 1311-1955

Sa/TB/1-14 Corporation property 1311-1890

Sa/TL/1-14 Corporation leases 1515-1955

Sa/TZ/1-5 Miscellaneous 1635-1869

Sa/Z MISCELLANEOUS 1300-1983

Sa/ZB/1-18 Burghal 1300-1833

Sa/ZM/1-7 Manuscript items 1621-1826

Sa/ZO/1-8 Official 1580-1848

Sa/ZP/1-24 Printed items 1532-1952

Sa/ZT/1-16 Transcripts 1789-1983

Sa/P MAPS AND PLANS 1555-1952

Sa/P/1-21 Maps and plans 1555-1952

Sandwich Borough

Records are open for consultation unless otherwise indicated.

These were received as follows:

1953: Sandwich Quarter Sessions records, 1790-1951

Transferred by an order under the Justice of the Peace Act 1949, to the Clerk of the Peace for Kent

1953: Sandwich Custumal, c1375

Purchased from Messrs. Maggs Bros. Ltd.

September 1954: Sandwich Custumal, 17 century

Purchased from Messrs. Guntrip

February 1956: Sandwich Borough records, 1287-1952

Deposited by the Corporation

February 1961: Sandwich Borough records, 1672-1684

Deposited by the Corporation

November 1977: Sandwich Borough records, 1775-1972

Deposited by Sandwich Town Council (with the approval of Dover District Council)

February 1979: Photocopy of Land Tax assessment, 1721

Deposited by G. H. Fretten esq., Weybridge

October & November 1982: Sandwich Borough records, 1952-1973

Deposited by Dover District Council Environmental Health Department

July 1983: Sandwich Borough records, 1956-1973

Deposited by Dover District Council Environmental Health Department

INDEX OF NEW AND OLD REFERENCE NUMBERS (In the EKAC column, understand Sa/ in all cases before the reference given except those beginning Ch 10; the items marked 'not received' are in the main the Corporation's modern title deeds which have naturally not been deposited.)

Sandwich ref. EKAC ref

R/A I QBf 1

R/A II AUp 3

R/A III JQ1 3,5

R/A IV RF 39-43

R/A V RF 1-34

R/A VI LB2

R/B I AH3; TL 12,13

R/B II FBv 1-5

R/B III FHv 1-11

R/B IV FTv 1-6

R/B V FBv 1-5

R/B VI FAv 1-4

R/C I RF 44-48

R/C II ACr 1; AGo 2; AL1 1; AP8; LB 1; LZ 3; ZM 1

R/C III CPc 3; CPy 1; JQr 535; ZB 17

R/C IV FBt 1,4

R/C V JB 13,14

R/C VI ROs 2-5

R/C VII JH 1,2

R/C VIII ACd 1-4

R/C IX ROs 1

R/D I JB 16-19; RF 38

R/D II JB 20

R/D III AB 1

R/D IV LB 7, 8

R/D V AZ 13

R/D VI AUf 5; FBt 6; JQz 11,12

R/D VII ZP 22,23

C/A Ch10B F1-6

C/B Ch10B F1-6

C/C Ch10B F1-6

C/D Ch10B F1-6

C/E Ch 10B A7

C/F Ch 10B A3-5

C/G Ch 10B T2,6,9,11,14

C/H Ch 10B T2,9,11-13,15,16; Ch 10F T3

C/I Ch 10B Z4

C/J Ch 10J A1

C/K Ch 10J F1-3

C/L Ch 10J T4

C/M Ch 10J T5-7; Ch 10J Z1

C/N Ch 10B Z2,3

C/O Ch 10B A2, 6, 8, 9

C/P Ch 10M T2,3,5; Ch 10F F1

S/A I AI 2

S/A II ZP 6

S/B I FAt 1-13, 15

S/B II FAt 14,16-37

S/B III FAb 1

S/C I JQr 535; QJt 1; TB1-3; TL 1

S/C II QBt 1

S/C III QBt 2

S/C IV QJt 1

S/D I RTz 4

S/D II ZO 2

S/D III RTz 1,2

S/D IV ROd 6,7; ROz 1

S/E I CPc 1,2

S/E II ZO 1

S/E III RTD 1

S/E IV LC 10

S/E V AH 1

S/E VI AP 1-7,9

S/E VII LC 7

S/E VIII LB 5; LZ 1,2

S/E IX CPm 1,2

S/E X AL1 2; ALr 1

S/E XI JB 1-6

S/F 1 ROf 1,3,4; ROd 1,3,5

S/F II ROa 2; ROf 2,5-7; ROd 2,4

S/F III JQo 1-3; ROa 1,3-7; ROz 2-4

S/F IV JQo 4

S/F V ROz 6

S/G I ZB 6-12

S/G II-IX Not received

S/G X ZT 3

S/H I AZ 10

S/H II Not received

S/H III ZP 13

S/H IV ZO 3

S/H V JQf 1

S/H VI QEm 1

S/I I ZP 10

S/I II Not received

S/I III ZP 9

S/I IV Not received

S/I V AGo 1

S/I VI ZT 10

S/I VII Not received

S/I VIII ZP 20; rem. not received

S/I IX QEb 1

S/J I JQc 1,2

S/J II FAt 38

S/J III ZT 2

S/K I-II Not received

S/K III AB 2; C 9; rem. not received

S/K IV AUp 4; AZ 7,8,12; CPz 1,2

S/K V-VI Not received

S/L 1 FOa 1

S/L II-VIII Not received

S/M 1-10 AC 1-10

S/M 11 ZT 1

S/M 12 AI 1

S/N 1 ZB 2

S/N 2 ZB 3

S/N 3 ZB 1

S/N 4 ZB 4

S/N 5 C 1

S/N 6 LC 9

S/N 7 LC 2

S/N 8 LC 3

S/N 9 LC 4

S/N 10 QBc 1

S/N 11 CPc 4

S/N 12 ZT 12

S/N 13 [Boys, History] ZP 24

S/N 14 ALZ 1; C 4,5,7; CPz 4,5; JQ1 6; QBz 1; ZB 16; ZM 7; ZO 5-7; ZP 6; ZT 5

S/N 15 FAt 39

S/N 16 FAt 40

S/N 17 FAt 41

S/N 18 FAt 42

S/O I AB 1; AH 2,4,6,9,10; LB 9; QTz 1; ZM 4,6; ZT 6; ZP 6,15,16

S/O II CPz 7; JB 8; QEm 2; ZT 4

S/O III ZP 3

S/O IV AC 11

P/A I TZ 5

P/A II TL 8

P/B I TL 2

P/B II TL 3

P/B III TL 4

P/B IV TL 6

P/B V TL 9

P/B VI JQg 1,2

P/B VII TB 4

P/B VIII TL 5

P/B IX TB 5-7; TL 10; TZ 1,3

P/C I JQb 145

P/C II RTz 5

P/C III LC 6,8

P/C IV ZT 8

P/C V RTz 3

P/C VI FAv 5; JQz 9

P/C VII LB 3

P/C VIII JQz 9

P/D I TL 11

P/D II FBa 1,2; FBt 2,3,5; FTa 1

P/D III AH 5; HA 3,4

P/D IV LC 12

P/D V AEp 2; ACr 1; AZ 1,3-6; CPb 6; LB 6; QEm 4

P/D VI CPz 6

P/E I ZP 17

P/E II QZ 1-5

P/E III REp 2-67

P/E IV REp 2-67

P/E V Not received

P/E VI P6,7

P/E VII P5

P/E VIII ZP 18

P/E IX ZP 1,2

P/F I JB 7,9

P/F II JB 11

P/F III JB 12

P/F IV QEc 4

P/F V JB 10

P/F VI JQs 1

P/F VII Not received

P/F VIII JP 4

P/F IX AH 7

P/F X JQs 4

P/F XI JQ1 1,2

P/F XII AZ 14

P/F XIII ZP 21

P/F XIV JQ1 4

P/G I AZ 2; CPb 4,5; FAt 43; RF 35-37; RPp 1-5; RPz 1

P/G II JH 3

P/G III AEp 1; RPp 5A-10; ZP 1,4

P/H I Not received

P/H II CPb 1-3

P/H III AH 8; AUp 5; AZ 9; CPz 3; JQz 10; P9; QEb 2; QEc 5; QTz 2; ZP 2,4-6,8

P/H IV ZP 14

P/H V AH 2,4

P/H VI ZM 3

P/H VII ZP 13

P/H VIII-X Not received

P/I I ZT 13

P/I II ZB 5

P/I III Not received

P/I IV LC 11

P/I V LC 5

P/I VI Not received

P/I VII ZP 18; ZT 9

P/I VIIA ZP 19

P/I VIII P3; ZP 18

P/I IX ZT 7

P/I X ZP 7, 18; ZT 11

P/K I RT1 1

P/K II RT1 2

P/K III RT1 3,5,6

P/K IV RT1 7

P/K V RT1 8-13

P/K VI RT1 14-17

P/K VII RTw 1-5

P/K VIII RTw 6-9

P/K IX RTw 10-14

P/K X RTs 1,2; RTh 1

P/K XI AZ 11; AH 2; QBt 3; QEc 3

P/K XII RTm 1-3

M I Ch 10B T1

M 2 ZB 13

M 3 ZB 14

M 4 ZO 8

M 5 C 3

SR I P 1

SR II-V Not received

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