| Description | These items relate to the period immediately prior to the purchase of the estate by the Meynell-Ingram family from the Earl of Shrewsbury in 1794. It is not known whether they originate from among the papers of the Earls of Shrewsbury or were left at the Hoar Cross estate after the sale, but they are very similar to the documents found in D861/E/7/4-5.
(1) The London Chronicle 12-14 July 1757; (2) The Star, 5 October 1793
(3) note containing valuation of land at Rowton, 1773
(4-9) receipts for payments made during the illness of Mrs Norris, 1787
(10) note relating to Mr Hill's salary, c.1789, and taxes, re Albrighton, Longford and Alton
(11) survey of tenancies and rents, including notes re repairs, 1785
(12) account of timber for Roe's repairs, 1786
(13) account re Astley, 1720 (re tenancy)
(14) particulars of timber at various locations, to be sold at auction, 1785
(15) note re vouchers, 1785 (attached: comment on watermark, 1928)
(16) note of payments, Richard Hill for letters
(17-18) two notes re rent from Mrs Roe, 1786-1787
(19) valuation of Mrs Roe's farm at Chessall, 1785 (includes field names and crops)
(20) account for sawn timber, 1781 (Hon James Dormer to Thomas Parsons)
(21) account for Lady Day Court, 1783
(22) rent roll for a years Chief Rent, Manor of Ford, for 1780
(23) note re rents and Bewlex promissory note, c.1781
(24) printed particulars of the Manor or Lordship of Horecross, itemising tenancies with field names and acreages [annotations for land "In Hand"]
(25) printed sale notice for Horecross, to be sold by private contract before 1788, or if not sold, then by public auction in lots
(26) printed copy of the Burton Improvement Act, 1779
(27) articles of agreement for the sale of oak trees in Chantry Coppice and Gullets Coppice, Charles Talbot to Edward, Stephen and William Willcock, timber merchants, 2 April 1782
(28) conditions for the sale of oak trees, 1781
(29) conditions for sale of oak trees, 1786
(30) appointment by Charles Talbot of Thomas Bamford of the Gullets as gamekeeper, 1785
(31) copy letter to Mr Jervis relating to flooding on Lord Shrewsbury's land, 1784
(32) Joseph Butter's stated account re rents (Newport), 1785
(33) Joseph Butter's stated account to the Earl of Shrewsbury, 1781
(34) account for Messrs Willcocks, re timber, 1787
(35) valuation of timber belonging to Charles Talbot, to be sold in lots, arranged by tenants, 1782
(36) Mr Manning's account (linen etc for the use of Earl Shrewsbury, bought of Wm Meek, Newport 1783
(37) note re case of debt, Newcastle, 1787
(38) agreement by George Barber to quit land in Church Aston, 1782
(39-40) receipts for felling trees, with notes, 1781
(41) valuation of timber on the Horecross estate, 1788
(42) survey and valuation of timber, with name of tenant and field name, n.d.
(43) memorandum re agreement to purchase manure and winter pasture, 1794
(44) memorandum re calculation of taxes and other outgoings, n.d.
(45) detailed survey of timber, arranged by farm and type of tree (mainly oak and ash), with summary valuation, c.1785
(46) expenses account for attendance at the Michaelmas Court, 1783
(47) list of cottagers in Cheswardine, Chipnall and Sowdly
(48) receipt for forty pounds paid by the Earl of Shrewsbury, 1792
(49) receipt for fifteen shillings paid by the Lord's bailiff to the under bailiff, n.d.
(50) estimate for building materials and labour for Mr Oldfields premises, 1791
The items were formerly stored loose in an album, as though with the intention of being pasted in, but most items were in groups rather than individually placed between the pages of the album, most of which was left unfilled. The items have now been removed and wrapped, and the catalogue represents the sequence in which they were found. |