Catalogue description CHOLMONDELEY OF CHOLMONDELEY

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Details of DCH
Reference: DCH
Title: CHOLMONDELEY OF CHOLMONDELEY
Description:

The Cholmondeley Mss form a large collection of papers consisting of several deposits (about 290 boxes and numerous volumes) mostly deposited in 1952 and 1953. The majority of volumes and more recent papers were transferred in 1970. The main groups now deposited comprise:

 

Title deeds and leases, Cheshire and elsewhere, 12c - c1900;

 

Rentals, surveys and accounts;

 

Estate and household correspondence and vouchers;

 

Manorial papers (Nantwich and elsewhere), 14c - 19c
Date: 1208 - 1949
Arrangement:

SUMMARY

 

DCH/A/1-488 Cholmondeley 13th cent - 1805

 

DCH/A/489-682 Chorley c1305-1850

 

DCH/A/683-697b Ridley 1603-1796

 

DCH/A/698-709 Egerton 1346-1720

 

DCH/B/1-375 Bickley 1329-1820

 

DCH/B/376-638 Norbury 13th cent - 1833

 

DCH/B/639-661 Wrenbury 1346-1676

 

DCH/B/662-705 Miscellaneous 1465-c1790

 

DCH/C/1-9 Bradley 1369-1731

 

DCH/C/10 Coddington 1630/1631

 

DCH/C/11-83 Edge c1170-1728

 

DCH/C/84-115 Hampton 1367-1829

 

DCH/C/116-249 Larkton c1303-1884

 

DCH/C/250-835 Malpas c1230-1873

 

DCH/C/836-845 Overton near Malpas 1316-1778

 

DCH/C/846-925 Tushingham 1288-1799

 

DCH/C/926-967 Wigland c1312-1700

 

DCH/D/1-223 Bickerton and Bulkeley c1200-1861

 

DCH/D/224-415 Edleston and Sound c1165-1822

 

DCH/E/1-92 Runcorn 1592-1895

 

DCH/E/92a-233 Halton c1295-1862

 

DCH/E/234-245 Widnes 1729-1860

 

DCH/E/246-407 Rocksavage and Clifton c1185-1855

 

DCH/E/407a-430 Maps, plans, rentals, surveys 1635-1855

 

DCH/F/1-574 Frodsham c1208-1851

 

DCH/F/575-720 Overton 1343-1842

 

DCH/F/721-798 Netherton 1356-1835

 

DCH/F/799-862 Bradley 1275-1788

 

DCH/F/863-918 Woodhouses 1444-1790

 

DCH/F/919-934B Kingsley c1277-1685

 

DCH/F/935-939 Alvanley 1657-1733

 

DCH/F*/1-205 Helsby 1307-1794

 

DCH/F*/206-218 Norley 1270-1682

 

DCH/F/1-522 Barrow 1220-1822

 

DCH/H/1-517 Settlements etc 12th cent - 1846

 

DCH/I/1-230 Rentals 16th cent - 1805

 

DCH/J/1-198 Various townships c1180-1783

 

DCH/K/1 Accounts 1629-1821

 

DCH/K/2 Vouchers to account 1673-1734

 

DCH/K/3 Estate correspondence 1678-1713

 

DCH/K/4 Rentals 1686-1717

 

DCH/K/5,6 Surveys and inventories 1609-1687

 

DCH/K/7 Cholmondeley township 1715-1792

 

DCH/K/8,9 Miscellaneous and printed items 1701-1819

 

DCH/L/1-24 Estate accounts 1612-1788

 

DCH/L/25-35 Estate correspondence 1681-1746

 

DCH/L/36 Miscellaneous 1681-1825

 

DCH/L/37-51 Estate correspondence 1594-c1800

 

DCH/M/1-23 Accounts 1611-1737

 

DCH/M/24-30 Estate correspondence 1681-1747

 

DCH/M/31 Correspondence on divorce of Col James and Lady Penelope Cholmondeley c1736

 

DCH/M/32 Miscellaneous 16-18th cent

 

DCH/M/33 Printed material 1583-1809

 

DCH/M/34-37 Rocksavage and Cholmondeley: Financial and Miscellanea 17-18th cent

 

DCH/N Various townships Not found 27 Feb 1963

 

DCH/O Various counties, not including Cheshire, and manorial 1295-1776

 

DCH/P Various counties, not including Cheshire, and manorial c1320-1845

 

DCH/Q/1-12 Old and New Pale Farms c1630-1876

 

DCH/Q/13-14 Delamere Forest c1529-1649

 

DCH/R/1-14 Various townships 13th cent - 1792

 

DCH/R/15-30 Macclesfield and miscellaneous 1398-1809

 

DCH/S/1-29 Estate correspondence 1807-1852

 

DCH/T Capenhurst 1339-1790

 

DCH/U Bonds, etc 1233-1797

 

DCH/V Henhull 1376-1751

 

DCH/W Flint and Wales 1282-1789

 

DCH/X/1-6 Estate account books, vouchers, correspondence 1603-19th cent

 

DCH/X/7-11 Private correspondence 16-19th cent

 

DCH/X/12-25 Miscellaneous c1200-20th cent

 

DCH/Y/1-6 Nantwich Manor and Hundred Court 1547-1840

 

DCH/Y/7-9 Manorial 1684-1844

 

DCH/Y/10-38 Nantwich and miscellaneous 13th cent - 1873

 

DCH/Z Nantwich 1278-1841

 

DCH/AA/1-8 Private papers and correspondence 1732-1749

 

DCH/AA/9-22 Estate correspondence 1697-1809

 

DCH/BB Letters patent and appointments to offices 1703-1766

 

DCH/CC Cholmondeley Cattle Club 1850-1882

 

DCH/DD City of Chester 1310-1781

 

DCH/EE Miscellaneous personal and estate 1584-1918

 

DCH/FF Frodsham Lordship and estate 1721-1946

 

DCH/GG Schools and fire brigades 1873-1945

 

DCH/HH Runcorn and Frodsham 1773-1892

 

DCH/II W Cheshire and N Wales estates 1777-1963

 

DCH/JJ Helsby, Frodsham, Halton and Rocksavage 1763-1903

 

DCH/KK Tenancies in West and South Cheshire 1719-1860

 

DCH/LL Properties in London, Kent and Suffolk 1741-1816

 

DCH/MM Land Valuation Returns, W & S Cheshire 1911-1915

 

DCH/NN Specifications and plans, Cheshire, Wales, Somerset, Sussex 1876-1915

 

DCH/OO Family settlements 1723-1799

 

DCH/PP Surveys, valuations and plans [1596-]1854

 

DCH/QQ Rentals, Cheshire and Wales 1733-1910

 

DCH/RR Estate accounts 1659-1945

 

DCH/SS Household and estate 1795-1951

 

DCH/TT Letterbooks 1885-1938

 

DCH/UU Books of reference 1818-1913

 

DCH/VV Minutes, with some accounts 1824-1946

 

DCH/WW Miscellaneous estate and personal 1713-1931

 

DCH/XX Acts of Parliament 1777-1787

 

DCH/YY Tarporley - Whitchurch Turnpike accounts 1829-1852

 

DCH/ZZ Titles and arms 1547-1822
Held by: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Cholmondeley family, Marquesses of Cholmondeley
Physical description: 29 Series
Immediate source of acquisition:

The main collection of early deeds and papers was deposited in 1952 and 1953. They are referred to by the letters on the box in which they were stored. The second deposit from the estate office at Cholmondeley, in September 1970, included the bulk of records in volume form, along with more modern papers withheld from the first deposit.
Custodial history:

Acc 115,119,143,1692,2438,4605
Subjects:
  • Cholmondeley, Cheshire
Administrative / biographical background:

The family can be traced back to the eleventh century. Cholmondeley township formed part of the ancient barony of Malpas. By the fourteenth century, manorial rights were claimed by Richard de Cholmondeley in Cholmondeley and Christleton. In Edward IV's time, the family held several manors and lands in the Malpas area, Nantwich, Chester, in some other Cheshire townships and near Prees in Shropshire. In the 1720s the manor of Frodsham was added to the family's titles.

 

Other branches eventually stemmed from the Cholmondeleys of Cholmondeley - at Vale Royal (Cheshire), briefly at Nantwich, Buerton and Chorley (Cheshire), Whitby (Yorkshire), Coppenhall (Staffordshire) and Easton (Lincolnshire).

 

The youngest surviving son of Dame Mary Cholmondeley, Thomas Cholmondeley of Vale Royal (1595-1653) founded that branch which in 1821 acquired the title of baron Delamere. [For records, see DBC).

 

The branch at Cholmondeley gradually acquired several titles:

 

1611 baronetcy

 

1628 viscountcy of Kells (Ireland)

 

1646 barony of Wich Malbank

 

1647 earldom of Leinster

 

1706 viscountcy of Malpas, earldom of Cholmondeley

 

1715 barony of Newborough (Ireland)

 

1716 barony of Newburgh [Anglesey]

 

1815 marquisate of Cholmondeley

 

1815 earldom of Rocksavage

 

Descent of Cholmondeley of Cholmondeley, 16c-20c

 

Sir Hugh jun (1552-1601) m Mary Holford (1563-1625);

 

Son Robert (1584-1659), baronet 1611, viscount Kells 1628, baron Wich Malbank 1646, earl of Leinster 1647, died without legal issue;

 

Brother Hugh (1591-1655);

 

Son Robert (d 1681), viscount Kells 1661;

 

Son Hugh (d 1725), Lord Cholmondeley of Nantwich 1689;

 

Viscount Malpas, 1st earl of Cholmondeley 1706;

 

Brother George (d 1733), 2nd earl 1725, baron Newborough (Ireland) 1715, baron Newburgh, 1716;

 

Son George (1703-1770), 3rd earl 1733;

 

Son George (1724-1764), died before his father;

 

Son George James (1749-1827), 4th earl 1770, 1st marquis 1816;

 

Son George Horatio (1792-1870), 2nd marquis 1827;

 

Brother William Henry Hugh (1800-1892), 3rd marquis 1870;

 

Son Charles George (1829-1869), earl Rocksavage;

 

Son George Henry Hugh (1858-1923), 4th marquis 1884;

 

Son George Horatio Charles (1883-1968), 5th marquis 1923;

 

Son George Hugh (d 1990), 6th marquis, 1968;

 

Son David George Philip (1960-), 7th marquis, 1990

 

The Rocksavage Estate

 

In the late eighteenth century, the Cholmondeley family acquired the estates of the Savage family of Rocksavage (Clifton). The Savages obtained Clifton by marriage in the late fourteenth century. They built a new house at Clifton in 1565 which from 1575 became known as Rocksavage. The old hall at Clifton was used as outbuildings. This new hall became derelict by the early nineteenth century.

 

Sir Thomas Savage of Rocksavage, baronet was created Viscount Savage in 1626. His successor, Sir John, Lord Savage was created Earl Rivers in 1639 in right of his mother. Richard Savage, second Earl Rivers had several children: Thomas, viscount Colchester; Richard, who succeeded but died without legitimate issue whereupon his title passed to his cousin John Savage, a Catholic priest, who refused the title; Elizabeth, who married James, fourth earl of Barrymore, the son of George, second earl of Cholmondeley.

 

A settlement of 1711 and an act of Parliament of 7 Geo I gave John Savage a life interest. On the death of the last Savage, Earl Rivers in 1712, without a male heir, the estates passed to Elizabeth. On her death in 1720, they passed to her daughter Penelope Barry, a minor, who in 1726 married the Hon James (later General) Cholmondeley. On his death in 1775 and Penelope's in 1786 without heirs, the Clifton estates passed to James' great nephew, the fourth earl (and later first marquis) of Cholmondeley, George James. The title of earl of Rocksavage was conferred via the marquisate and later became the customary title of the marquis' heir.

 

The Rocksavage estate records form part of this collection but are to be found mainly in sections /E, F, M, FF, GG, II, JJ, QQ, RR.

 

The estate of the Savages of Rocksavage continued to be administered separately until late in the nineteenth century. According to a survey of 1811, the Cholmondeley family estate lay in the townships of Bickerton, Bickley, Bulkeley, Cholmondeley, Chorley, Edleston, Halton, Hampton, Larton, Nantwich, Norbury, Ridley and Tushingham. According to the same survey the Rocksavage estate lay in Barrow, Bradley, Frodsham, Halton, Helsby, Huxley, Nantwich, Netherton, Overton, Rocksavage, Runcorn and Woodhouses.

 

A portion of the Rocksavage estate was separately accounted for to Lord Henry Cholmondeley for the period 1829 to 1870. It comprised Hatton, Bradley, Barrow, Huxley, Newton and Netherton.
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