Petre family, Barons Petre

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Date:	1540-2000
History:	Sir William Petre, principal Secretary of State 1543-66, and his son John (1549-1613), created Baron Petre in 1603, acquired extensive estates in Essex and Devon, including much former monastic property and Crown lands such as the former de Bohun manor of Writtle (Essex). The Essex estate, centred on Ingatestone Hall and Thorndon Hall (bought from the Mordaunt family in the 16th century), was retained, with property at Asheldham and Dengie being added in the 1830s, but the Devon, Somerset, and Gloucestershire properties, administered as the 'western estate', were sold c.1780-1826. Estates in Lancashire (Dunkenhalgh) and the East Riding of Yorkshire (Selby Abbey) were acquired through the marriage in 1712 of the 7th Baron and Catherine Walmesley (d. 1788), sister and eventual heir of Francis Walmesley of Dunkenhalgh. The Selby Abbey estate was disposed of in the mid-19th century, while the Dunkenhalgh estate passed to the descendants of George William Petre, brother of the 10th Baron (1763-1809). Estates in 1883: Essex 19,085 acres worth £22,595 a year.
Places:	Asheldham, Essex Axminster, Devon Bickley, Yorkshire Charlton Adam, Somerset Chertsey, Surrey Deepdale, Yorkshire Dunkenhalgh, Lancashire Hillam, Yorkshire Ingatestone, Essex Roxby, Yorkshire Selby Abbey, Yorkshire Shute, Devon South Brent, Devon Sutton-under-Brailes, Warwickshire Thorndon, Essex Tintinhull, Somerset Todenham, Gloucestershire Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire
Sources of authority:	Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Principal family and estate collections L-Z, 1999.
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/F89456 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/F10188 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	10th cent-20th cent: Essex (Ingatestone, etc) deeds, family and estate papers 12th-20th cent, with misc Devon (South Brent, etc) deeds and papers 962-19th cent, Whittlesey (Cambs) valuation c1725, Lancs (Dunkenhalgh) and Yorks (Selby Abbey) estate papers 1792-1800, Chertsey (Surrey) farm accounts 1802-19, and misc deeds for other counties	Essex Record Office	D/DP	NRA 23544 Petre See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [83a]
2	1597-1848: misc Essex (Ingatestone, etc) deeds and papers	Essex Record Office	D/DZf	NRA 3505 Essex RO misc See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [83b]
3	12th cent-early 19th cent: Devon (South Brent, etc) and misc Gloucs (Todenham, etc) and Somerset (Charlton Adam, etc) deeds, manorial records and estate papers 12th cent-early 19th cent, incl Shute (Devon) household inventories 16th cent	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	123M, 1437M	NRA 9466 Petre See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [83c]
4	13th cent-19th cent: Devon (Axminster, etc) deeds and estate papers	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	Acc 49/26, DD 6800-7928 and CR 716-881	NRA 1563 Petre
5	17th cent-18th cent: misc Devon (Axminster, Shute, etc) deeds and manorial records	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	517M	NRA 4613 Devon RO
6	1770-1785: Devon (Axminster, etc) manorial court book	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	1466M	NRA 4613 Devon RO
7	16th cent-18th cent: Devon (South Brent, etc) deeds and estate papers 16th-18th cent, with misc manorial court books for Devon, Somerset, etc, 16th cent	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	D3841	NRA 9546 Turner See Annual Report 1984-85 p12
8	1775-1778: Axminster (Devon) estate plans (2)	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	4377M/E1-2	NRA 4613 Devon RO
9	12th cent-18th cent: Gloucs (Todenham, etc) and Warwicks (Sutton-under-Brailes, etc) deeds, manorial records and estate papers	Gloucestershire Archives	D1099	NRA 7002 Petre See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [83d]
10	12th cent-19th cent: Lancs (Dunkenhalgh, etc) and Yorks (Selby Abbey, etc) deeds, family and estate papers	Lancashire Archives	DDPt	NRA 6100 RC Petre
11	1788: Lancs estate survey	Lancashire Archives	DDK	See Guide 1985 p266
12	1786-1810: Pudding Norton (Norfolk) estate survey 1786, with note of acreages of land broken up subsequently 1810	Norfolk Record Office	MC 2521
13	12th cent-19th cent: Yorks (Selby Abbey, etc) deeds and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 36579-82; Add Ch 45798-961	See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [83f]
14	12th cent-19th cent: Yorks (Selby Abbey, etc) deeds, manorial records and estate papers	Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)	DWE	NRA 35699 Selby Abbey See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [83g]
15	13th cent-19th cent: Yorks (Selby Abbey, etc) deeds, manorial records and estate papers	Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)	DDLO	NRA 7254 Denison
16	c1499-1825: Yorks (Deepdale, Roxby, etc) deeds and estate papers	North Yorkshire County Record Office	ZPK	NRA 14941
17	1639-1640: Petre family estate accounts	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Ee. III. 27	See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [83e]
18	1709-1732: Petre family rentals, accounts and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 28251
19	19th cent-20th cent: Petre family papers, mainly of MDM Petre (d1942)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 44927-31, 45361-62, 45744-45, 52367-82
20	1597-1610: account book of the 2nd Baron Petre	Folger Shakespeare Library		See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [83h]
21	1791-1800: accounts and papers of the 9th Baron Petre	The National Archives	E 192/19-20	See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [83i]
22	1872-1882: corresp and papers of the 13th Baron	Downside Abbey Archives and Library		NRA 19936 See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [83j]