Catalogue description Conington Collection

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Details of CON
Reference: CON
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
Arrangement:

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
Creator:

Heathcote family of Conington, Huntingdonshire

Physical description: 8 Series; 56 Sub-Series
Subjects:
  • Cotton family of Conington, Huntingdonshire
  • Moyer family of Essex
  • Mower family of Essex
Unpublished finding aids:

Index is available.

 

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