Box List of Uncatalogued Collections
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ARUNDEL CASTLE ARCHIVES The box lists: a general introduction The Duke of Norfolk’s archives, as part of his ‘pre-eminent chattels’ are subject to conditions imposed by law on the succession of the Dukedom. Accordingly, following the death of Miles the 17th Duke of Norfolk in 2002, various measures have been taken to make the archives more accessible to the general public. The production of these lists is part of that process. The Library and Archive Office at Arundel Castle, established by Duke Miles in the late 1970s under the leadership of Dr. John Martin Robinson, who still heads the team, has been open to bona fide researchers since its inauguration. But the only readily-available catalogues of the archives for potential researchers were those published by the former County Archivist, Dr. Francis Steer. In 1994 I was appointed to begin listing the un-catalogued material, as I continue to do. The measures that have been taken to spread awareness of the archive include an annual exhibition as part of the public tour of the Castle. Additionally, the Library catalogue aand Dr. Steer’s archive catalogues have been put on the Castle web site, so researchers can prepare for a research visit far more easily. The pre-eminence of the Howard family in national politics from the medieval period onwards, means that our researchers come from all over the world. Internet access, not only through the web site but also through email enquiries, is a great leap forward. A complete Guide to the Collections was produced in 2009 as part of the conditional exemption requirements and is also now on the Castle web site. This has already allowed researchers to access some of the material for which these Box lists provide fuller details. Because there has been a deadline of 27 March 2012 imposed by the Capital Taxes Office for the production of these lists, they have been published while the cataloguing programme at Arundel is still very much ‘work in progress’. However, all classes of records have been brought into the light of day and the lists provide a thorough introduction to their content, sufficient, I believe for most students to plan their research visit. A full copy has been deposited with the National Archives and others will also be deposited in local record offices and libraries. I have no doubt that the whole endeavour will prove most useful to many researchers. Heather Warne, March 2012 ARUNDEL CASTLE ARCHIVES Box lists of the uncatalogued collections belonging to His Grace the Duke of Norfolk Box List 1: Family deeds and papers Box List 2: Title deeds by county i. The HMC medieval deeds ii. Additional medieval deeds iii. Post-medieval deeds Box List 3: Additional estate records Box List 4: The Estate Office Records Box list 5: Additional maps and plans Box list 6: Architectural plans and drawings Box list 7: Photographs and engravings Box List 8: Papers of Messrs. Few and Co., ducal solicitors Arundel Castle Archives Office, March 2012 ARUNDEL CASTLE ARCHIVES Box lists of the uncatalogued collections belonging to His Grace the Duke of Norfolk Box List 1 Family deeds and papers Arundel Castle Archives Office, March 2012 ARUNDEL CASTLE ARCHIVES Box list 1: Family deeds, settlements and papers Introduction The family collection is formed of deeds and papers pertaining to the career, the financial, the personal or the inheritance interests of the dukes of Norfolk and their related families. It represents a large part of what is known as the 'Norfolk House Collection'. Because of their significance to the family these deeds and papers were kept in the main ducal archives at Norfolk House in London, rather than being passed out into the hands of local agents. They then came direct to Arundel Castle as the main ducal archive repository after the sale of Norfolk House in 1938. They have been allocated the prefix GD for ‘general family deeds’, and GP for family papers. A small group of charity letters has the prefix CH and CM. Other family deeds and papers of the Howards and their related families are in other repositories. A guide is given in: the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Guide to Sources for British history, no. 10, Principal family names A-K (HMSO 1995). Howard family details are entered under Fitzalan Howard. Dr. Steer listed the lion’s share of ‘family’ material and his work can be found in his catalogues I – IV of the Arundel Castle Archives, under prefixes such as A (accounts) T (testamentary), IN (Inventories) and C (Correspondence). The prefix for family history and genealogy, including royal charters is G. Much family material is also to be found in the MD class under various sub-headings as Religion, Education, Literature and similar headings which indicate records of a personal nature. Additionally, the more-significant 19th and early 20th century family settlements will be found in Dr. Steer’s catalogues (which include the papers of the family solicitors Messrs. Few and Co. under the prefix FC). Further Few and Co. papers are listed here in Box List 8. This list is in three parts. Part 1 (catalogued deeds) - relates to those deeds and settlements for which some details have been listed (See introduction on the following page. These deeds begin in the medieval period and relate to the Mowbray dukes of Norfolk, the Howard families as Dukes of Norfolk or Earls of Arundel, their predecessors at Arundel the Fitzalan earls, the Dacre family (Anne Dacre, an heiress married Philip Howard in 1571), the Shrewsbury earls (Alatheia, the Shrewsbury heiress married Thomas Howard in 1606) and their related families. Part 2 (uncatalogued deeds): - relates to those deeds for which there is no list as yet. The process of cataloguing in detail is ongoing. These deeds are mainly post 1660, down to the late 19th century. Part 3 (papers): This is the box list of family and personal papers and correspondence which have been sorted and classified but which still need closer investigation.. They supplement those listed by Dr. Francis Steer. They are generally post-medieval and mostly 19th century. Box List 1 Family deeds and papers: contents Page Catalogued deeds: Main line of descent 3-4 Early Howard properties in Norfolk c. 1275-1399 4 Will of Sir Robert Howard 1387 4 The Mowbray dukes 1444-1476 5 The Brotherton Seal 1465-1545 6 John Howard, first Howard Duke 1485 6 Thomas Howard, 2nd. Duke of Norfolk 1474-1542 6 Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and son Henry, Earl of Surrey 1530-1544 7 Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk 1558-1570 8 Philip, 13th Earl of Arundel 1573-1583 9 Thomas, 14th Earl of Arundel 1604-1641 10 Henry Frederick, 15th Earl of Arundel 1619 Catalogued deeds: Related families 11 Fitzalan and Maltravers and the Arundel Earldom 1279-1495 11 Fitzalan and Maltravers: various counties 1354-1499 12 Henry, 12th Earl of Arundel and Lord John Lumley 1584-1586 12 Dacre family estates 1344-1564 13 Furnival and Talbot families: various counties c.1290-1409 13 The Earls of Shrewsbury 1539 1607 15 Box list of uncatalogued deeds temp. Eliz.I - 18thc. 17 Dr. Steer’s box lists of uncatalogued deeds 1567-1876 Family papers 20 List of contents 21 Legal papers: abstracts and briefs etc. 16th-18thc. 22 Personal papers 17th-19thc. 23 Papers of recent dukes 20thc. 24 Correspondence (applications for assistance) 1873-1896 26 Letters re Cardinals Manning and Newman 1875-1892 Box List 1: family deeds, settlements and papers Part 1. The catalogued family deeds NB. This list briefly itemises each deed. A detailed calendar of all the GD references is available in the Archive Office at Arundel Castle and also for many of the D and SD references. Interested researchers should apply to the Archivist for details. Part 1 is presented in subsections which follow first the lifetimes of successive dukes or earls, in the Mowbray and Howard families before 1652. Next there are early deeds for the early Fitzalans the Dacres and the Shrewsbury family. In future, the post 1652 deeds will be catalogued, following the fortunes of the Howard family from the 5th Duke to the 15th Duke of Norfolk. At present these are still in part 2, uncatalogued deeds,below. The year 1652 was a watershed between ancient and modern in the Howard family because in that year Thomas succeeded his father as 16th Earl of Arundel. Brain- damaged by a viral infection, he was incapable of managing his own affairs and so his younger brother Henry took charge. His efficient, sometimes ruthless, management of the estates put the family fortunes back on track after many decades of sequestrations for treason and recusancy, and of overspending. A key part of Henry’s approach was to put the estates into the hands of Protestant trustees to prevent future confiscations. The strategy was successful and was greatly aided by the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660 and, at last, the restoration by King Charles II of the Dukedom of Norfolk to the Howard family. The list is an amalgamation of new cataloguing by H. Warne under the prefix GD and previous bundle lists by Dr. Steer under the prefixes D and SD. The latter were in Dr Steer’s manuscript until typed up in the 1990s by a volunteer, Sheila Neil. Some further detailed listing of these deeds has been done by H. Warne, but much remains to be done. There is also a brief note here of the deeds (Fitzalan, Mowbray and Shrewsbury families) which Dr Steer classified as ‘Welsh’ and which were listed by W.