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Catalogue description COLLECTIONS OF THE REV. THOMAS PROCTOR WADLEY
This record is held by Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
| Reference: | DR 58 |
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| Title: | COLLECTIONS OF THE REV. THOMAS PROCTOR WADLEY |
| Description: |
Deeds and papers relating to the manor court at Bidford, Warwickshire, 1642-1849, together with a collection of numerous notes and transcripts, mainly on the history and records of Bidford |
| Date: | 1509-1928 |
| Arrangement: |
The main divisions of the collection are /1-155 Bidford manorial papers /156-366 Corresondence and notes sub-divided as below /156-212 Correspondence /213 -222 Original documents /223-232 Prints /233-241 Transcriptso fo wills /242-258 Notes on the history of various families /259-276 Miscellaneous historical notes /277-280 Heraldic notes /281-286 Poetry /287-297 Miscellaneous notes /298-352 Printed material /253-366 Volumes |
| Related material: |
P. Vernon Wadley, Synoptical History of Bidford (Evesham, 1903) |
| Held by: | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, not available at The National Archives |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
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| Physical description: | 366 items |
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| Administrative / biographical background: |
These papers were collected and compiled by the Rev. Thomas Proctor Wadley (died 1895) who although ordained, lived at Bidford, Warwickshire, without a cure, from 1846-1873 before beocming rector of Naunton Beauchamp, Worcestershire from 1875 until his death. He was an able antiquary, particularly interested in Worcestershire and Gloucestershire documents, about which he often wrote under the name 'Vestigans'. His brother, Proctor Vernon Wadley, continued his researches until his own death in 1913 |
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