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ACCE ssioNs, 1960-62

THE following list comprises parochial records received, August, 1961- July, 1962 and the principal accessions in other classes omitted from last year's report, August, 1960-July, 1962.

ECCLESIASTICAL RECORDS Diocese of Rochester [Cat. Mk. DR]. Deposited by the Principal Probate Registry. Caveat books, 1678-1797.

PAROCHIAL RECORDS (a) Diocese of Canterbury Bearsted [Cat. Mk. P18]. Registers, 1654-1929, transcript, 1563- 1690 ; preachers' books, 1884-1898 ; Churchwardens, 1801-1917 ; vestry, 1834-53. Frittenclen [Cat. Mk. P152]. Registers, 1678-1879 ; tithe, 1737- 1840, including tithe map, 1840, Churchwardens, 1705-1885 ; vestry, 1737-1891 ; miscellaneous papers, 1707-1848. Milton Regis [Cat. Mk. P253 addnl.] Registers, 1806-95 ; tithe, 1751-1915; Churchwardens, 1694-1930 ; vestry, 1716-1921 ; overseers, 1753-1848 ; surveyors, 1760-1835 ; charities, 1800-1902. Sandwich, St. Mary [Cat. Mk. P324]. Overseers, 1836-53. Ulcombe [Cat. la. P376 addn1.]. Surveyors, 1844-47.

(b) Diocese of Rochester Bexley [Cat. Mk. P23 addn1.]. Register of services, 1929-38; tithe, 1870-1936 ; Churchwardens, 1790-1942; overseers, 1790-1895; miscellaneous correspondence, etc., 1830-1933. North Cray [Cat. Mk. P102]. Register of burials in woollen, 1678- 1724; Churchwardens, 1678-1846; vestry, 1712-1933; overseers, 1782-1836; surveyors, 1793-1838; charities, 1833-1922. Ditton [Cat. Mk. P118]. Registers, 1663-1812; overseers, 1801-48. _ Erith [Cat. Mk. P137]. Registers, 1625-1901 ; vestry, 1766-1857 ; school, 1850-98. Sidcup [Cat. Mk. P10113]. Registers, 1844-1954; Churchwardens, 1882-1916 ; charities, 1907-52; plan of parishes of Footscray and Sidcup, 1862. 185 KENT ARCHIVES OFFICE Wateringbury [Cat. Mk. P385]. Parish Council minutes, 1894- 1920; burial board records, 1879-1903. Yalding [Cat. Mk. P408]. Vestry, 1741-1880 ; overseers, 1658- 1901 ; charities, 1538-1903 ; parish road map, c. 1850.

CHARITY RECORDS Cranbrook School [Cat. Mk. Ch. 5 addn1.]. Legal documents, 1807- 17 ; building plans, 1813-83; miscellaneous deeds and papers, 1398, 1605-1899. Faversham Group and Canterbury District Team of Toe H [Cat. Mk. Ch. 23]. Minutes, 1933-46.

EDUCATION RECORDS Schools in Chislehurst, Orpington and Sidcup [Cat. Mk. 0/ES]. Minute books, 1934-39. Dover Borough [Cat. Mk. C/E]. Register of teachers, 1905-06.

ESTATE AND FAMILY RECORDS Winch MSS. [Cat. Mk. 13807]. Deposited by M. B. Winch, Esq. Manorial records of Boughton Monchelsea, 1687-1862; 160 deeds of Boughton, 1681-1886; 5 maps of Boughton, etc., 1791-nineteenth century. Campion MSS. [Cat. Mk. 11814]. Deposited by W. S. Campion, Esq. 15 maps of Goudhurst, Cranbrook and Hawkhurst, 1621-1834. Constant MSS. [Cat. Mk. 13830]. Deposited by Miss J. Constant. Manorial records of Ighthara, 1556-1938, Wrotham, 1568-1936, and Stansted, 1618, 1907-35. Wards MSS. [Cat. Mk. 13678 addn1.]. Deposited by Major J. R. O'B. Warde. Manorial records of Westerham, 1428-1941 ; Squerryes, 1703-1941. Pratt MSS. [Cat. Mk. 11840]. Deposited by the Marquess Camden. Accounts, correspondence, inventories, etc. for estates in Kent, Middle- sex, London, Suffolk and Wales, 1770-1946, 250 deeds, 1357.1928; family and personal papers including pedigrees, 1708-1846; correspondence of Sir Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden and of John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquess Camden, 1745-1829 including letters relating to the quarrel between Castlereagh and Canning, 1809-10; official papers and correspondence illustrative of the career of Marquess Camden as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1795-98, and in various govern- ment offices, 1804.12; maps for Pembury, Capel, Lamberhurst, Frant, Seal, 1734-nineteenth century. Warwick County Council [Cat. Mk. 11850]. Deeds of Hengrove, Leybourne, Margate, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 186 IctNT ARCIIIVES OFFICt Messrs. Warners Ltd., Tonbridge [Cat. Mk. 1J681 athIn1.]. Maps and deeds for Tonbridge and district, 1620-c. 1900. Isle of Wight County Council [Cat. Mk. 11854]. Pedigrees of Swinburne and Hardres families, deeds of Eastry, Goodnestone, Staple, Worth, Woodnesborough, 1645-1927. Harris MSS. [Cat. Mk. 11624 addn1.]. Deposited by Lord Harris. Manorial records and deeds of Belmont Park, manors of Horsham, Northcourt, Huntingfield, Norwood, Chastness, Divan, c. 1650-1920. Howells MSS. [Cat. Mk. 11860]. Deposited by Rev. G. E. Howells. 5 deeds of Swanley, 1614-1722. Mailing R.D.C. [Cat. Mk. 11863]. Manorial rentals, East Peckam, 1725-89; Burham court book, 1654-1728. Messrs. A. F. and R. W. Tweedie, London [Cat. Mk. 1J876]. 245 deeds of Wingham and district. Messrs. Caldwell and Robinson, Londonderry [Cat. Mk. U879j. 7 Style family will probates, 1637-1804. Preston Hall Hospital [Cat. Mk. U886]. Manorial records, deeds and maps of Preston Hall in Aylesford and Ditton, 1631-1868. Stapleton MSS. [Cat. Mk. 11282 addn1.]. Deposited by Sir Miles T. Stapleton. 90 deeds of Capel, Ebony, East Farleigh, Hadlow, etc. 1393-1854. Frid MSS. [Cat. Mk. 1J901]. Deposited by Col. C. W. Frid. 24 deeds of Rochester, 1657-1865. Bishop MSS. [Cat. Mk. 11905]. Deposited by W. M. Bishop, Esq. Deeds of Tankerton estate and copperas works, 1690-1890. Streatfielcl MSS. [Cat. Mk. 11908]. Deposited by Mrs. J. Streatfield. Court rolls and rentals for Chiddingstone Burgherst, c. 1490-1637; large collection of deeds for Chiddingstone, Brasted, Bromley, Broom- field, etc. and for properties outside Kent, 1250-1866; estate papers, sixteenth-nineteenth centuries; legal papers, sixteenth-nineteenth centuries; c. 120 maps for Chiddingstone, Edenbridge, Brasted, Pens- hurst, etc. 1632-1850. London County Council [Cat. Mk. 11527 addn1.]. Share certificates for Thames and Medway Canal, 1809. Messrs. Witcombe and Sons, Maidstone [Cat. Mk. 11915]. Ledger, journal and catalogue of monuments, 1895-1919. Marchant MSS. [Cat. Mk. 11918]. Deposited by Miss M. M. Marchant. Deeds and map of Tickners Farm, Hawkhurst, 1627-1792. Dale MSS. [Cat. Mk. 11920]. Deposited by Miss L. M. Dale. Taxa- tion papers, 1758-1819 ; enclosure papers for Sellindge Lees, 1809-11 ; calendar of prisoners at sessions for East Kent division and other printed Quarter Sessions papers, 1805-16 ; 6 deeds of Sellindge, Stow- ting, etc., 1612-1729. 187 XENT ARCHIVES OFFICE Hall MSS. [Cat. Mk. U923]. Deposited by Mrs. I. R. Sherrard, Diaries of Ellen and Emily Hall of Ravenswood, West Wickham (45 vols.), 1838-1901 ; diaries of their married sister, Louisa Sherrard (19 small vols.), 1858-97. Bacheler-Russell MSS. [Cat. Mk. U935]. Deposited by E. D. B. Russell, Esq. Deeds of New Romney, Hope and Ivychurch, seventeenth-nineteenth centuries; maps of land at New Romney and neigh- bouring parishes, seventeenth-nineteenth centuries; sections of Rom- ney Marsh, c. 1800. Messrs. Ellison and Co., Cambridge [Cat. Mk. 17939]. 8 deeds of Sandwich, 1881-82. Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society [Cat. Mk. 11940]. Sale particulars of Denhill, Canterbury, 1777. Northbourne MSS. [Cat. Mk. 17941]. Deposited by Rt. Hon. Lord Northbourne. 3 maps for Woodnesborough, Hardres and Wingham, 1635-1723. Ward MSS. [Cat. Mk. 17442 addn1.]. Presented by Dr. Gordon Ward. Map of Panthurst Park, Sevenoaks, 1630. McLean MSS. [Cat. Mk. U943]. Deposited by J. A. McLean, Esq. Deeds for cottage at Lenham, 1647-1795. Messrs. Wheeler, Brill and John, Westerham [Cat. Mk. 17950]. Deeds for Westerham and district, c. 1692-nineteenth century ; rub- bings of brasses in Westerham church, 1894 ; map of Westerham sewerage scheme, 1897.

Documents purchased from various sources (a) [Cat. Mk. 17812]. 90 deeds of Tenterden, 1652-1877. (b) [Cat. Mk. 11818]. Court book of Oare, 1740-1917. (c) [Cat. Mk. 17825]. 5 maps of Broomfield, Leeds, Langley, etc., 1719-1807. (d) Wykeham-Martin MSS [Cat. Mk. 11825 addn1.]. Muster roll, pay list, orderly book and other military papers of Philip Martin, 1771- 83 ; private accounts, 1808-18 ; maps including Leeds Castle, Broom- field, Hollingbourne and Leeds, 1649-1809. (e) [Cat. Mk. U846]. Map book of estates in Bearsted, Harrietsham, Hollingbourne, Iwade, Worxnshill, etc., 1781. (f) [Cat. Mk. 17711 addn1.]. 6 deeds of Kingsnorth, 1430-1635. (g) [Cat. Mk. 1J851]. Map of Bradbourne Place, Sevenoaks, 1833. (h) [Cat. Mk. 11874]. Correspondence of Messrs. Norwood, solici- tors, Charing, 1790-1844. Wykeham-Martin correspondence, 1808-22. (i) Garrett MSS. [Cat. Mk. 17888]. 200 deeds of St. Lawrence Thanet, Ash, 1638-1866; wills, 1558-1835; correspondence, 1810-65, including letters from Robert Garrett in the Peninsula, 1810-14 ; diary 188 KENT ARCHIVES OFFICE of a voyage to the Crimea, 1854; papers re Chinese expedition, 1860. (j) [Cat. Mk. U891]. Petty sessions minute book for Wingham, 1756-69. (k) [Cat. Mk. U898]. Maps of Bethersden, Denton and Brookland, 1746-1838. (1) [Cat. Mk. 1J948]. MSS. notes on the history of Wateringbury, 1781.

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