Catalogue description Conington Collection
This record is held by Huntingdonshire Archives
Reference: | CON |
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Title: | Conington Collection |
Description: |
This is a large collection of deeds, manorial records, family and estate papers centered on the records of the Heathcote family of Conington Castle from 1752. The 19th century Heathcotes spent all their lives on their estate, "bestowing on it all the personal care and outlay which a love of country life and a sense of duty would prompt. Without yielding to fads and whims, all that modern science and practice in agriculture sanctioned has been respected and made use of here" (Reminiscences of Albert Pell, 1908). The collection also including records of the Cotton family estates 1490-1760, the Mower/Moyer estates in Essex 1400-1651, and the manorial records of Conington, Leighton Bromswold, Upton, Great Stukeley and Little Stukeley manors. The records have been listed in great detail with CON reference numbers |
Date: | c1354-1953 |
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Conington Collection: Arrangement The Collection is split into the following sections: I Manorial Con 1/1-10 - Manor of Conington Con 1/11 - Manor of Leighton Bromswold Con 1/12 - Manor of Upton Con 1/13 - Manor of Gt. Stukeley Con 1/14 - Manor of Lt. Stukeley Con 1/15 - Bucks. Manors Con 1/16-17 - Manor of Hawkesberry (Essex) II - Family Wills and Settlements Con 2/1 - Wills: Cotton Family Con 2/2 - Wills: Heathcote Family Con 2/3 - Wills: Miscellaneous Con 2/4 - Settlements: Cotton Family Con 2/4/1-5 - Cotton Family Settlements Con 2/4/6-15 - Deeds re. debts of John Cotton of Steeple Gidding, and Settlement thereof Con 2/5 - Settlements: Heathcote Family Con 2/5/1-3 - Heathcote Family Settlements Con 2/5/4 - Deeds re. Settlement of Robert Boothby's Estate Con 2/6 - Miscellaneous Family Settlements III Deeds Con 3/1 Conington Con 3/1/1-3 - Manor and lands at Conington Con 3/1/4 - Sale of Conington Estate by Cotton to Heathcote Con 3/1/5 - Deeds re. Adventurers land in Conington Fen Con 3/1/6 - Grant of Constables' Close, Conington for the poor of Holme Con 3/1/7-8 - Deeds of Conington Rectory Con 3/2 - Steeple Gidding Con 3/2/1-7 - Deeds re manor and lands at Steeple Gidding Con 3/2/8 - Deeds re. Sale of Steeple Gidding Estate from Cotton to Heathcote Con 3/2/9-10 - Steeple Gidding Rectory Con 3/3 - Deeds re lands in Gt. and Lt Stukeley Con 3/3/1-3 - Camoys Manor in Gt Stukeley etc. Con 3/3/4-5 - Sale of Gt Stukeley lands from Berke to Heathcote Con 3/3/6 - Deeds re. Gt Stukeley Rectory Con 3/3/7-8 - Deeds re. Little Stukeley Con 3/4 - Deeds re. Manor and lands at Upton Con 3/4/1 - Deeds re. Hull's Farm and Land at Upton Con 3/4/2 - Descent of the Upton Estate to the Cotton Family Con 3/4/3-4 - Sale from Cotton to Heathcote Family Con 3/4/5 - Oddments re. Upton Con 3/5 - Deeds re properties in Essex Con 3/5/1 - Deeds re. Manor and lands at Pitsca Con 3/5/2 - Deeds re. Pitsea Hall Con 3/5/3-4 - Manor of Pitsea Con 3/5/5 - Deeds re. Manor of Chingford Con 3/5/6 - Deeds re. Messuage called Burwills and lands in Chingford Con 3/5/7 - Deeds re. lands in Tobbing.(Essex) Con 3/5/8 - Deeds re. Manor and lands of Hawksbury Con 3/5/9 - Manor of Hawkesbury: Admissions and Surrenders Con 3/5/10 - Deeds re. lands in the Manor of Leigh Con 3/5/11 - Deeds re. lands in the Manor of Prittlewelle Con 3/5/12 - Deeds re. lands in the Manor of Mylton Hall Con 3/5/13 - Manor of Earles Hall, Admissions and Surrenders Con 3/5/14 - Deeds re. various properties in Essex Con 3/6 - Deeds re. properties in London Con 3/7 - Deeds re. lands at Alconbury Con 3/8 - Deeds re. lands at Somersham Con 3/9 - Deeds re. Hunts. Closes in Molesworth Con 3/10 - Deeds re. lands at Sawtry Con 3/11 - Deeds re. Manor of Hartford Con 3/12 - Deeds re. lands in Derbyshire and Statfordshire Con 3/13 - Deeds re. lands in Buckinghamshire Con 3/14 - Deeds re. lands in Agden, Cheshire Con 3/15 - Miscellaneous Deeds IV Estate Administration Con 4/1 - Conington Castle Estates Con 4/1/1 - Rentals Con 4/1/2 - Account Books Con 4/1/3 - Miscellaneous Con 4/2 - Conington and other Estates Con 4/2/1 - Small Books and Documents Con 4/2/2 - Rentals Lands in Huntingdonshire Con 4/2/3 - Rent Audit Sheets. Conington Estates Con 4/2/4 - Rentals miscellaneous Con 4/2/5 - Estate Surveys Steeple Gidding Con 4/2/6 - Estate Surreys, Stukeley and Upton Con 4/2/6/7 Estate Surrey. Miscellaneous Con 4/2/6/8 Accounts: Hunts. estates in general Con 4/2/6/9 Accounts: Conington Estates Con 4/2/6/10 Accounts: Conington, Upton and Stukeley Con 4/2/6/11 Accounts: Steeple Gidding Con 4/2/6/12 Accounts: Essex and London Con 4/2/6/13 Accounts: Private: Cotton Family Con 4/2/6/14 Accounts: Private: Heathcote Family Con 4/2/6/15 Accounts: Private: Miscellaneous Con 4/2/6/16 Taxes Con 4/2/6/17 Estimates for repairs, expenses etc. Con 4/2/6/18 Data re purchase of estates Con 4/2/6/19 Sales Catalogues Con 4/2/6/20 Documents re. Inclosure Con 4/2/6/21 Maps and Plans Con 4/2/6/22 Game Books Con 4/2/6/23 Estate Administration: Miscellaneous. V Legal Cases CON 5/1 Rights CON 5/2 Papers in cases CON 5/3 Chancery Bills and Complaints CON 5/4 Montagne v. Heathcote: re. Ownership of Upton Manor CON 5/5 Morton v. Douglas CON 5/6 Case re. Will of John White (d.1769) CON 5/7 Re the will of Sir Gilbert Gilbert CON 5/8 Re the Estates of Sir Robert and Lady Anne Hamilton CON 5/9 Re the Will of Miss Catherine Moyer CON 5/10 Smith v. Bull, Upton v. Buckworth CON 5/11 Lord Gwydir's land at Alconbury CON 5/12 Legal cases: Miscellaneous VI Trusteeships CON 6/1 Various Trusts CON 6/2 The Skinner Trusts CON 6/3 Trusts of Marriage Settlement of Viscount and Viscountess Downe VII Letters CON 7/1 Sir Robert Wilmot's Estate at Weston CON 7/2 Purchase of Conington and Steeple Gidding Estates CON 7/3 Conington Tithes CON 7/4 Lands at Alconbury CON 7/5 Purchase of Stukeley Estate CON 7/6 Tithes on Duke of Manchester's Land at Great Stukeley CON 7/7 London Properties CON 7/8 Miss Moyer's Land at Corringham, Essex CON 7/9 Constable's Close, at Holme CON 7/10 Miscellaneous VIII Miscellaneous Family Papers CON 8/1-5 Miscellaneous |
Held by: | Huntingdonshire Archives, not available at The National Archives |
Language: | English |
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Physical description: | 8 Series; 56 Sub-Series |
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Index is available. For more details please consult the Conington Collection catalogue, available in the searchroom |
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