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NOTES 123 century date and are now being cleaned and listed in Museum. The site has since been under observation and much pottery and some small finds have been recovered. A feature of it is the large number of stone-lined pits some cut deep into the rock, no less than eleven of these having been so far recorded.

HUMBERSTONE 623060 The Tithe Barn, a brick and timber building with a slate roof of the early seventeenth-century, has long been in a poor state of repair. After representations by the Society and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, the Sheffield Regional Hospitals Board, to whom it belongs, have undertaken its repair. (Photographs in Museum.)

KIRKBY MALLORY 455018 "The Moats" has been panly levelled. Its plan is not given in V'. C.H or O.S. 6". (Sketch-plan and letter from Mr. D. '}. Bott in Museum.)

QUENIBOROUGH 648121 A coin hoard is said to have been discovered during work in the main street in 1951 or 1952 and dispersed by the workmen without trace. An associated object appears from its description to have been a Saxon escutcheon, and may yet be located. If the report is true (and we .have it from an eye-witness) it is a scandalous reflection upon public ignorance and apathy to the importance of such material for local history. (Correspondence in Museum.)

ROTHLEY 584127 Two cottages in North Street which stood to the west of the village green were demolished in 1953. The cottage on the north was of cruck construction, probably dating from c. 1500 or earlier. That on the south with the large stone chimney­ stack was of timber-framed construction on a stone foundation and might be dated to the second half of the sixteenth century. There were no striking fittings. (Photographs and corner-cupboard in Museum.)

STAUNTON HAROLD 380209 The restoration of the fabric of the church is now largely complete, . thanks to a generous grant from the Pilgrim Trust. The interior has been plastered and the exterior repointed and made weatherproof. A further sum is needed to re-hang the bells, repair the floor, and restore the banners and the original clear glass. The work has been supervised by Louis Osman, B.A. (Arch.), F.R.I.B.A. On 28 September the tercentenary of the foundation was observed, the sermon being preached by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The building has now been vested in the by Earl Ferrers. Much concern is however felt for the Hall, one of the few fine houses surviving in the county, and an essential part of the Staunton scene . . It is now fast becoming derelict. (Records and photographs in Museum.)

LEICESTERSHIRE RECORD OFFICE

During the year ending 31 March 1954 the County Record Office has received the following deposits : I. PARISH RECORDS (CIVIL) (a) Anstey · (i) Account Books-Anstey Town Book, 1763-1785; Overseers of the Poor, 1749-1837; Overseers of the Highways, 1790-1820; Heard's Charity, 1806-1850. (ii) Levy Books-Overseers of the Poor, 1777-1819; Churchwardens, 1784-1826. (iii) Settlement Papers-Certificates, 1710-1801; Examinations, 1766-1845; Bonds of Indemnity, 1663-1823. (iv) Removal Papers-Orders, 1710-1845. (v) Apprenticeship-a Register, 1843; Indentures, 1672-1843. (vi) 4nstey Town Lands-a bundle of deeds, 1701-1817. (vii) Miscellanea. 124 LEICESTERSHIRE ARCHl\'.OLOGICAL SOCIETY

(b) (i) Apprenticeship Indentures (54), 1687-1833. (ii) Settlement Papers (Certificates 42, Examinations 27, Miscellaneous 15), 1698-1824. (iii) Removal Orders (28), 1710-1842. (iv) Bastardy Papers (13) 1781-1823. (v) Hairpowder Certificate (1), no date. (vi) Robert Breedon's Charity-Deeds and Papers (II), 1434-1689. (vii) Miscellanea, including an Election Broadsheet for 1894 entitled "The Shepherd's Lament". (c) (i) Poor Law-Snarestone Poor Book, 1825-1874; Overseers' Appoint­ ments and Warrants, 1825-1836; Monthly Reports of the Ashby-de-la- House of Industry, 1829-1836; Poor Rate Assessments, 1820-1821. (ii) Apprentices-Indentures (4), 1779-1810. (iii) Settlement Papers-Examinations and Certificates, 1752-1819. (iv) Removal Orders (12), 1783-1833. (v) Bastardy Papers, 1776-1825. (vi) Constable's Papers-Account Book, 1782-1835; Appointment 1819, Summons and Orders (19), 1819-1823; High Constable's Precepts-Lists of Persons qualified to be Surveyors of the Highways (2), 1821-1822; Militia Papers (10), 1820-1825. (vii) Bills and Receipts-35 bundles, 1818-1853. (viii) Churchwarden's Bills and Receipts-9 bundles, 1844-1853. (ix) Miscellaneous Papers. (d) (i) Overseers of the Poor : (a) Account Books (3), 1780-1848; (b) Bills and Vouchers (9), 1798-1849. (ii) Rate Books: (a) Swepstone (7), 1836-1851; (b~ Church Rate (1), 1805-1832. (iii) Apprenticeship: (a) Register (1), 1805-1832; (b) Indentures (63), 1721-1845. (iv) Settlement Papers: (a) Certificates (40), · 1718-1786; (b) Examinations (32), 1750-1836. (v) Removal Orders (28), 1703- 1851. (vi) Bastardy Papers (20), 1685-1832. (vii) Census Returns (2), 1821- 1831-0riginal returns for Swepstone. (viii) Swepstone Clothing Club­ Account Book, 1854-1877. (ix) Charities: (a) Anne Clare's-Miscellaneous Papers and Account Book, 1786-1791. (b) Thomas Charnell's-Letter and Deed of Appointment of new Trustees, 14 February 1824. (x) Miscellanea. (e) Westrill & Starmore Overseers of the Poor Account Book, 1818-1836. (f) Woodhouse (i) Assessment Books (Woodhouse, Beaumanor and Maplewell), 1804-1836. (ii) Rate Books, 1893-1923. (iii) Valuations and Surveys-Surveys and Valu­ ations of Woodhouse, Beaumanor and Maplewell, 1816 and c. 1837; Valuation Lists 1874-1904. (iv) Overseers of the Poor-Account Books, 1805-1810; Receipt and Payment Books, 1848-1898; Half-Yearly Balance Sheets, 1903-1921; Poll Book-Assistant Overseer for Woodhouse, 1891. (v) Highways-Account Books, 1838-1846; 1895-1928 (letting of lanes); Receipts and Payments Book, 1877-1895. (vi) Settlement Certificates (2), 1707 and 1764. (vii) Election Papers-Declaration of Poll, Woodhouse Parish Council, 17 December 1894; Parish Councillors' Declarations of Acceptance of Office-Register, 1895-1903, and Certificates, 1904-1919; Declaration of Poll for Woodhouse-Barrow-uport­ Soar Rural District Election, 15 December 1894. (viii) Parish Council­ Receipts and Payments Books, 1895-1928; Financial Statements, 1895-1935; Registers of Owners of Property and Proxies, 1884-1890; Parish Reports, 1900- 1912; Bundles of Correspondence c. 1894-1937. (ix) Land Tax-Redemptions, 1799-1808; Collectors' Duplicates (Woodhouse, Maplewell, Beaumanor, Ulvers­ croft), 1863-1918; Collectors' Duplicates of First Assessment (United Parishes of , Woodhouse and ), 1899-1918. (x) Charities: (a) Rawlins' Charity-Apprenticeship Indentures, 1844-1900; -Statements of Accounts, 1869-1934; Schemes by Charity Commissioners-Miscellaneous Papers, 1837-1890; (b) Wood's Charity-Statement of Accounts, 1862-1934. (c) Report of Committee appointed to enquire into parish charities at Wood­ house (no date). (xi) Maps and Plans-Plan of the consolidated Chaoelry District of St. Paul, , 1844; Leicester Corporation Water, Plans and Book of Reference, 1898; Derwent Valley Water Board-Plans and Book of Reference, 1903. (xii) Miscellanea, including Leicestershire County National Relief Fund District Committee Minute Book, 1914-5. LEICESTERSHIRE NOTES 125

2. AWARDS (t1) , 1788. (b) Burbage (Agreement and Award), 1793. (c) Claybrooke Parva (Articles of Enclosure), 1681. (d) , 1777. (e) Great Glen, Nether/South End, 1760. (f) , 1765. (g) (Map and Award), 1779. (h) , 1779. (i) (Act and Award), 1790. (j) Pearling Parva- (Articles of Enclosure), 1665. (k) , 1765. (1) , 1765. (m) , 1799. 3. ENCLOSURE MINUTE BOOKS (a) Lutterworth, 1790-1. (b) Tugby, 1784. 4. ENCLOSURE MISCELLANEA Frisby-on-the-Wreake-Miscellaneous Papers, 1761.

5. POOR LAW Union. (a) Minute Books of (i) Workhouse Committee, 1907-1917, and (ii) Finance Committee, 1890-1930. (b) Overseers' Account Books for Belton, Charley, Cotes, , , and (all of the ea-rly twentieth century), (c) Vaccination Registers-(i) Loughborough District, 1883-1932, (ii) District, 1915-1930. (d) Miscellanea.

6. EDUCATION (a) : (i) Letters Patent, II May 1601. (ii) Minute Book, 1909-1933. (b) Keyham School Log Books (2), 1885-1939.

7. MANORIAL Barrow-upon-Soar: (a) Court Rolls: 1539; 1542; 1544; 1560; 1564-5; 1568-9; 1571-2; 1576; 1581-2; 1586-7; 1589-90; 1675-1678; 1708; 1710; 1716-1719; 1723; 1725-6; 1728-1731; 1733-1738; 1749-1812; 1836-1841; 1843; 1847; 1861. (b) Suit Rolls: 7 rolls, of which 5 are undated and 2 relate to the years. 1813 and 1815 respectively. (c) Estreat Rolls: 1560, 1651-1655. (d) Account Roll: undated, prob:rbly late fifteenth century. (e) Ordinances of the Court: 1460; 1560; 1568; 1571; 1706; 1727. (f) Rentals : 1780; 1837; 1840; 1842-3; 1847. (g) Miscellaneous Papers. 8. MONASTIC CHARTERS -II charters of grants made to the Abbey, twelfth-fifteenth century. 9. FAMILY COLLECTIONS (a) Townley Papers (deposited by Lady Crawshaw). Miscellaneous papers of the Townleys, formerly of Long Whatton, which comprise three m:rin groups: (i) Solicitor's Papers belonging to John Townley who was admitted to the King's Bench in 1781 and to Chancery in 1787; (ii) Family Papers-household and farm account books of Lady Townley Johnson, 1780-1830; (iii) Long Whatton Parish Records-Poor Rate Levy Books, 1803-4; Overseers of the Poor Account Books, 1803-4 and 1826-1834; Tithe Book (draft). (b) Freer Deeds (deposited by Lt.-Col. C. E. J. Freer). Sever:rl bundles of muni­ ments of title and miscellaneous documents including (i) the Patent of Office of Thomas Freer as Receiver of , 14 July 1815; (ii) Patent of Office of Thomas Freer as Receiver of the Honor of Leicester, Feodary and Clerk of the Market, 10 December 1830; (iii) Patent of Office of Edward Major Freer as B:riliff of the Honor of Leicester, 16 August 1842; (iv) Royal Pardon 'under the Great Seal granted to Sir Henry Hastings of Braunstone for his activities in the Civil War, 16 November 1648. 126 LEICESTERSHIRE ARCH£0LOGICAL SOCIETY

(c) Fisher Deeds (deposited by Mr, H. R. Fisher). n8 deeds relating to properties belonging to the Stauntons and Shirleys of in Leicestershire, , , , Northamptonshire and Warwick­ froni the early thirteenth century to 1638. (d) Hawley Deeds: Deeds relating to property in Leicestershire and belonging to the Hawleys of , Rutland.

IO. MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS AND ESTATE PAPERS (1), 1688; Braunston, co. Rutland, (I bundle), 1882; Burbage (1), 1707; Burrough-on-the-Hill (6), 1647-1660; Burton-on-the-Wolds (1), 1746; Dise­ worth (1), 1725; (1), 1637; (1), 1415; Gt. Dalby (1), 1727; (1), 1716; Hoby (1), 1697; Husbands Bosworth (1 ), 1569; Orton-on-the­ Hill (3), 1671-1721; Quorn (1), 1701; (1), 1625; Welham (1), 1710; Magna (40), 1653-1723. Particulars of Sale (22) for various Leicestershire Estates, 19I1-1924. II. MAPS (a) Estate. -Vicarage Lands, 1825; -Stone Pit Farm -T. White, (no date); and Gt. Claybrook, 1858; Gaddesby (no date); Goadby-Estate of Mr. Godfrey (no date); -Estate of E. A. Burnaby, 1825; Kings Norton (no date); Sharnford and Frolesworth, 1864; Stanton and (no date); Swannington, part of and Hoo Ash Farm, Ravenstone, 1813; Thorpe Satchville, Estate of J. Paget, 1826, Thrus­ sington, 1865; Thurla:ston, Estate of G . E. Bruxner, July 1822; Thurla:ston, Estate of G. E. Bruxner purchased from J. Neale, July 1822; Thurlaston, Glebe land exchanged for land of G. E. Bruxner, November 1822. (b) Geruiral. Reproduction of C. Saxton's map of and Leicestershire, 1576. I2. MISCELLANEA r Volume of Correspondence (Copy)-Despa:tches of Sir Harford Jones, Ambassador to Persia, to Lord Minto, Governor General of India, 1808-9. Leicestershire Poll Book, 1741. Specification of Works for the Improvement of the Hauxton-Dunsbridge Turn­ pike Road at Greenlow Hill, near Melbourne, by J. McAdam, 1837. Letter and Reply to a Memorial presented to the Leicestershire Court of Quarter Sessions for the dissolution of the Market Bosworth Highway District, 1883. Leicestershire South Africa:n War Memorial Committee-Minute Book, 1903- 1909. The Railway (New Lines and Additional Powers) Act, 1863.

LEICESTER MUSEUMS: ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT The following records have been received dur_ing the year ended 31 March 1954:

BOROUGH RECORDS Minute Books of Quarter Sessions of the Justices of the -Borough: Visiting Justices for supervising the Gaol and the House of Correclii.on, 1838-1844, 1850-1875 (25 D 53). PARISH RECORDS Quorndon Vestry Book, 1819-1889 (2 D 54). CHARITIES RECORJ:?S The records of the Babington, Clarke and Beveridge charities, chiefly for Barrow Hospital, Barrow-upon-Soa:r, deposited by the Trustees (II D 53). They include : Minute Books of Trustees' meetings, 1721-1890. Account Books, all three charities, 1691-1896 (with some supporting vouchers, 1744-1850). Trust settlements, all three charities, 1708-1799. Correspondence, chiefly relating to the Hospital, 1779-1854. LEICESTERSHIRE NOTES 127

Leases of Hospital land by Trustees, 1755-1824. Wills and copies of wills, including those of the three founders, 1554-1717. Deeds and conveyances: , 1562; Barrow-upon-Soar (Barrow mills, Barrow rectory, Hall orchard and general), 1499-1761; Belgrave, 1730; Burton and , 1661-1701; Charley, 1554-1556; Cos­ sington, 1616-1734; , 1700; Loughborough, 1589-1718; Quorn, 1587-1688; , 1569; Sileby, 1600-16u; , 1598; Woodhouse, 1600; Wymeswold, thirteenth century. Terriers, schedules of land, etc., 1570-1670. Survey and valuation of estates, with plans, 1797. Miscellaneous accounts, bills and receipts, 1639-1786. Papers in law suits, and various memoranda, 1584-1801.

PERSONAL RECORDS Letters of Mary Linwood, 1799-1813 (24 D 53). Diaries of Mrs. Eliza Spurrett of Leicester (nee Stone), 1813-1894 (7 D 54). Apprenticeship indentures of Henry Bailey, 1858 (5 D 54), and William Bowley, 1860 (29 D 53).

FAMILY RECORDS The records of the Shirley family of Staunton Harold, deposited by Earl Ferrers, Staunton Harold (26 D 53). They include: The Shirley pedigree, c. 1630. Grant of Supporters to Arms, 1670. Grant of the Earldom of Ferrers, I7II. Family documents: Family wills, marriage settlements, correspondence, com­ missions, etc. (Staunton and Shirley families), 1306-nineteenth century. Deeds, conveyances and land documents : Leicestershire: chiefly Staunton Harold, Sileby, Misterton, , Ratcliffe on the Wreak, Ragdale, Worthington, thirteenth­ nineteenth centuries. Derbyshire: chiefly Brailsford, Ednaston a:nd Shirley, thirteenth-nine­ teenth centuries. Northamptonshire: chiefly Astwell, Fawcourt, Silverston, Strixton, Wap­ penham, thirteenth-eighteenth centuries. Staffordshire: chiefly Chartley, Grenley, Weston, Hixton, Fradswell, New­ castle under Lyme, Gayton, Stowe, Coldwich and Drayton, thirteenth­ nineteenth centuries. : chiefly relating to Garsdon, thirteenth-eighteenth centuries. Account Books, all estates, 1592-1596, 1674-1692, 1703-1728, and miscellaneous 1682-1709 (chiefly Chartley). Manorial records: Court rolls, various dates, fourteenth-eighteenth centuries, for Shirley, Brailsford and Duffield (co. ); Staunton Harold and Worthington (co. Leics.); Strixton (co. Northants.); Repinghall, Ingoldmells and Adlesthorpe (co. Lines.); Eccleshall (co. Staffs.); Godalming and Westbrook (co. ).

LAND RECORDS Documents relating to: Loughborough, 1806 (6 D 53); Castle Donington, rental 1538, Ravenstone, 1596-1601 (7 D 53); Leicester, 1661-1754 (8 D 53); (further to the main collection of documents of the Dent family of Hallaton, acquired in 1940) (9 D 53); Leicester, Gallowtree Gate, 1795-18u (14 D 53); Dunton Ba·ssett, 1844 (16 D 53); valuation of lordship of , 1837 (18 D 53); Kegworth, 1678-1765 (19 D 53); Carlton, , lbstock and , 1730-1868 (20 D 53); Leicester, High Cross Street, 1867 (28 D 53); plan of land in , 1825 (30 D 53); survey of estates in , etc., belonging to George Anthony Legh Keck, 1854 (1 D 54); , Burbage and Hinckley (8 D 54). 12.8 LEICESTERSHIRE ARCH.IE.OLOGICAL SOCIETY

MISCELLANEA Pamphlets in Leicester borough elections, 1826 (12 D 53). Regulation of allotments on Freeman's Common, Leicester, 1845 (13 D 53). Plan of Three Crowns Inn, Leicester, 1838 (15 D 53). Inventories of furniture and household effects, Kilworth House, 1869-1927 (17 D 53). Contemporary transcript of the parish register of , 1639-40 (21 D 53). MS. copy of the Coplow poem, 1800 (22 D 53). Invitations and Order of Service of the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Leicester at the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Eliza:beth II, 1953 (23 D 53). Sale catalogue of effects of Rev. James Webb at Arnesby, 1843 (27 D 53). Soldier's pay book and discharge certificate, 1870-1872 (204 ' 1953). Toll gate tickets, 1860-1870 (255 ' 1953). Sermons delivered in Leicester on occasions of the , Bishops' Visitations, etc. (printed), 1642-1795 (3 D 54). Table of discounts and profits, with list of subscribing manufacturers (printed), 1822 (4 D 54).

NATIONAL REGISTER OF ARCHIVES LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND BRANCH The general aim of the National Register of Archives, a branch of the Historical Manuscripts Commission, is to locate and list accumulations of documents and pro­ vide advice about their preservation to their owners and custodians. A committee set up in 1948 is now acting, under the chairmanship of His Grace the Duke of Rutland, to further this aim in the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland; and an organisation consisting of a central committee, management committee and local area committees in the city of Leicester, various pa:rts of the county, and in the county of Rutland, is now active, with its headquarters in the Archives Department, Leicester Museum. It was decided last year that the time was ripe for a specific campaign of work, and an attempt is now being made to organise an exhaustive inventory of parish records, both, civil and ecclesiastical, throughout the two counties. This does not mean that other types of archives will be neglected, but it seems advisable to set a definite objective for the next two or three years, and a questionnaire has been prepared to show what kinds of documents are being sought. This work is now going forward, and some interesting discoveries have been made. The Leicester City Committee, whose problem has been rather different, has been conducting an investigation into the records of business firms. Help in this work is eagerly sought and is very welcome, and any information concerning accumulations of documents. of all kinds in private hands, whose owners would be willing to have them looked through and listed, will be gratefully received. T. B. Davis A. M. Woodcock Joint Honorary Secretaries.

THE ORDNANCE SURVEY has recently begun to issue the Seventh Series of its one­ inch maps. Three of the sheets covering Leicestershire (Nos. 121, 132, and 133) have been published so far. The new maps are welcome on several counts. The information they contain was fully revised in 1950. This overhaul was particularly needed for Sheet 121, which has not been revised since 1918: the other two sheets had their last revision twenty years ago. Some more information is now included: three colours are used, instead of two, to differentiate between roads; bus and coach stations a:e marked in towns; and-a rather quaint nicety-windmills still in use are distinguished from those that are disused. The student of antiquities should, however, be warned of one very serious fault in the new Seventh Series maps. As in previous editions, triangulation sta:tions are marked. But in preparing this Series, it was decided that where a church tower was a: triangulation station, the church should be omitted and the triangulation sign retained. This has led to the total suppression of a substantial number of churches. LEICESTERSHIRE NOTES 129

At least sixteen in Leicestershire alone are omitted on Sheets 121 and 133. To make this procedure more ludicrous, the omissions happen to include three of the most important churches in the county-Breedon-on-the-Hill, Loughborough, and Church Langton. In reply to an inquiry, the Ordnance Survey states that this decision has now been rescinded. But it must be added that not all the omissions of churches are to be accounted for in this way. On Sheet 121, for example, Knighton parish church (grid ref. SK 600013) is unaccountably left out, even though its tower is not a triangulation station. The inconsistencies of practice on these maps are indeed striking. Two wholly different types of lettering are in use in the Seventh Series, a:s can be seen from a comparison of the adjacent Sheets 121 and 133. An attempt has been made to indicate the destination of railway lines running off the edge of the sheets : but it is made quite capriciously. On sheet 121, for instance, the destinations are con­ sistently noted on the east and south margins; but they are omitted in four cases out of six on the west side and in eleven out of thirteen on the north. Surely, in a simple matter like this, the Ordnance Survey can make up its mind?