Catalogue description ARCHIVE OF THE BURRA FAMILY OF RYE
This record is held by East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)
Reference: | Burra |
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Title: | ARCHIVE OF THE BURRA FAMILY OF RYE |
Description: |
The papers listed below all relate to the Sussex branch of the Burra family, and to the Curteis family of Windmill Hill Place in Wartling. The papers were in the possession of Lady Anne Ritchie but on her death passed to the depositor Henry Burra acquired Springfield in 1867, and in 1880 he became Mayor of Rye. He was also a JP from 1873, a partner in Rye Old Bank and an alderman of Rye Borough Council AMS6128/1 Henry Burra of Springfield Lodge, Rye AMS6128/1/1-3 Marriage settlement of Henry Burra and Frances Curteis 1864 AMS6128/1/4-29 Deeds of Springfield Lodge and other properties in Rye [1712]-1867 AMS6128/1/30-34 Deeds of the Long Field, Rye 1833-1880 AMS6128/1/35 Security for £1500 borrowed by the Commissioners of the Levels 1876 AMS6128/1/36-39 Deeds of cottages and gardens, Ewhurst [1868]-1877 AMS6128/2 Anne Mary Curteis of The Hooks, Playden AMS6128/2/1-9 Deeds of cottages and land, East Guldeford 1838-1920 AMS6128/2/10 Miscellaneous 1913 AMS6128/3 Edward Barrett Curteis of Leasam House, Rye AMS6128/3/1-70 Genealogical notes, papers and correspondence 1855-1879 AMS6128/4 Trustees and executors of Anne Mary Curteis 1916-1920 AMS6128/5 Trustees of the Revd Thomas Curteis 1874 AMS6128/6 Executors of Mrs Frances Curteis 1887; 1923 AMS6128/7 Richard Pomfret Burra of The Hooks, Playden 1895-1929 AMS6128/8 Trustees and executors of Henry Curteis Burra 1901-1960 AMS6128/9 Henry Pomfret Burra 1906 AMS6128/10 Henry Curteis Burra of Chapel House, Rye 1915-1957 AMS6128/11 Trustees of Captain Edward Barrett Hodges 1923, 1931 AMS6128/12 Trustees of Mrs Cecilia Helen Robertson-Luxford 1927 AMS6128/13 Miscellaneous 1812-1942 |
Date: | 1812-1960 |
Related material: |
After the Second World War the Burra estates were gradually sold off. They had been managed by Vidler and Company Estate Agents of Rye, and for accounts and correspondence, see VID 5/1-5 For a ground floor plan of 'Springfield House, the property of H[enry] C[urteis] Burra by Austin Blomfield' c1890, see A5415/4 For a map of 'Lands in Playden and Iden the property of the heirs of John Reeves 10 May 1822', see AMS4820 For the Curteis archive, see AMS5751, 5995, 6027-6028; SAS/DE, JC; FRE 5704-6759, 7571-7638; DAP |
Held by: | East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO), not available at The National Archives |
Language: | English |
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Access conditions: |
Records are open for consultation unless otherwise indicated |
Immediate source of acquisition: |
Documents deposited 27 Feb 1990 (A5437) |
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