Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York
Finding Aid - Hickleton Papers (HALIFAX)
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Table of contents
Summary information ...... 4 Administrative history / Biographical sketch ...... 4 Scope and content ...... 5 Notes ...... 6 Access points ...... 7 Bibliography ...... 8 Collection holdings ...... 8 HALIFAX/A, Family papers (17th century-1998) ...... 8 HALIFAX/A1, Grey family papers (1748-1894) ...... 9 HALIFAX/A2, Wood family, personal papers (1716-2011) ...... 10 HALIFAX/A3, Courtenay family papers (1806-1902) ...... 11 HALIFAX/A3/1, Letters and personal effects of William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (1834-1859) ...... 12 HALIFAX/A3/2, Letters to Lady Harriet Leslie, wife of William, 10th Earl of Devon (1806-1839) ...... 12 HALIFAX/A3/3, Papers of William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon (1827-1880) ...... 13 HALIFAX/A3/4, Papers of Elizabeth Fortescue, wife of William Reginald, 11th Earl of Devon (1830-1867) ...... 13 HALIFAX/A3/5, Correspondence of Lady Caroline Cocks, wife of Charles Leslie Courtenay (1832-1894) ...... 13 HALIFAX/A3/6, Papers of Charles Leslie Courtenay, 4th son of William, 10th Earl of Devon (n.d.) ...... 14 HALIFAX/A3/7, Papers of Harriet Courtenay, daughter of William 10th Earl of Devon (c.1824-1825) ...... 14 HALIFAX/A3/8, Papers of Edward Baldwin Courtenay, 12th Earl of Devon (1846-1890) ...... 14 HALIFAX/A3/9, Papers concerning Irish estates (1849-1851) ...... 15 HALIFAX/A3/10, Miscellaneous diaries and memoranda (1829-1854) ...... 15 HALIFAX/A3/11, Papers of Agnes Courtenay, wife of Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax (1855-1898) ...... 15 HALIFAX/A3/12, Correspondence of Henry Hugh Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon (1902) ...... 16 HALIFAX/A4, Wood family, official and professional papers (1772-1959) ...... 16 HALIFAX/A5, Household management (17th century-1985) ...... 17 HALIFAX/A6, Family history (1634-1968) ...... 17 HALIFAX/A7, Diaries (1792-1956) ...... 18 Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York Page 2 Hickleton Papers HALIFAX/A8, Political journals and memoranda (1835-1868) ...... 19 HALIFAX/A9, Miscellaneous (19th-20th century) ...... 19 HALIFAX/B, Estate records (1598-2000) ...... 20 HALIFAX/B1, Muniments of Title (1598-1913) ...... 20 HALIFAX/B2, Estate management: Hickleton and West Riding (1769-1971) ...... 21 HALIFAX/B3, Estate management: Garrowby and East Riding Estates ...... 21 HALIFAX/B4, Estate management: Ainsty (1824-1956) ...... 22 HALIFAX/B5, Estate management: Heslington (1847-1964) ...... 22 HALIFAX/B6, Estate management: Hatfield Chase (1793-1824) ...... 23 HALIFAX/B7, Manor of Sheriff Hutton (1624) ...... 23 HALIFAX/B8, Non-Yorkshire estates (1833-1851) ...... 23
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Summary information
Repository: Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York Title: Hickleton Papers ID: HALIFAX Date: 1598-2013 (date of creation) Language: English Language: French Language: Italian Physical description: 8.6 cubic metres approx. 487 boxes, 19 rolls, 6 ringbinders and 19 oversize items. Note [generalNote]: Extent and medium correct to 2015/089 accession. Includes all Halifax material on aisles 102-103, 112 and the cold store (excepting F78 and C152 boxes which are described separately). Scope and content also correct to 2015/089 accession; uncatalogued material has been described using information from accession records.
Administrative history / Biographical sketch
Note The Wood family’s connection to Hemsworth, Hickleton and Garrowby originated with the appointment of Henry Wood, the eldest son of Francis Wood of Barnsley, to the rectory of Hemsworth in 1763. Wood purchased Hemsworth manor, settling at Hemsworth Hall and serving as a Justice of the Peace for the West Riding, as well as Vicar of Halifax between 1776 and his death in 1790. He died without issue, leaving his estate to his brother Francis. Henry’s brother Francis in turn made his fortune as a merchant of the East India Company. He was created 1st Baronet Wood of Barnsley in 1784 and, when he died without issue in 1795, his title and estates passed to the eldest son of Henry and Francis’ third and youngest brother, Charles. Charles had made his career in the Royal Navy, attaining the rank of Captain. In 1770 he married Caroline Lacon-Barker of Otley; their son Francis Lindley Wood was born in 1771 and inherited his uncle’s baronetcy in 1795, becoming 2nd Baronet Wood. In 1803 Sir Francis Lindley Wood purchased Garrowby Hall and estate in the East Riding of Yorkshire from Edward Woolley for £23,500. In 1828 he also purchased Hickleton Hall and estate, north of Doncaster, from the Wentworth family. Sir Francis’ son and heir, Charles, was born in 1800. He was a prominent Liberal political figure in the nineteenth century, serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Lord John Russell from 1846 to 1852 and later as Secretary of State for India and Lord Privy Seal. He inherited the Baronetcy in
Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York Page 4 HALIFAX Hickleton Papers 1846 as 3rd Baronet Wood and in 1866 he was also created 1st Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton in the County of York. In 1829 he married Lady Mary Grey, the daughter of Charles, 2nd Earl Grey, a leading Liberal politician and later Prime Minister, and his wife Lady Mary, née Ponsonby, daughter of Baron Ponsonby of Imokilly. In 1863 Sir Charles and Lady Mary’s daughter, Emily Charlotte Wood, married Hugo Francis Meynell Ingram of Temple Newsam, near Leeds, and at her death without issue in 1904 the Temple Newsam estate passed to her nephew Frederick George Lindley Wood, who subsequently changed his surname to Meynell. In 1876 another daughter, Blanche Edith Wood, married Colonel Henry William Lowry-Corry, son of the 2rd Earl of Belmore. Charles, Viscount Halifax, died in 1885 and was succeeded by his son Charles Lindley Wood who became 4th Baronet Wood and 2nd Viscount Halifax. The 2nd Viscount served for many years as President of the English Church Union, from 1868 to 1919 and then again from 1927 to 1934, and was keen to being about dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England, although without success. In 1869 he married Lady Elizabeth Agnes Courtenay, the only daughter of the 11th earl of Devon. Their son and heir, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, married Lady Dorothy Evelyn Augusta Onslow, daughter of the Earl of Onslow, in 1909, succeeding his father as 3rd Viscount Halifax in 1934. He also had a prominent political career, becoming Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary. In 1944 he was created 1st Earl of Halifax. His sister, Mary Agnes Emily Wood, married the Conservative politician George Richard Lane-Fox, 1st Baron Bingley of Bramham, in 1903. In 1947 the 1st Earl sold the Hickleton house and estate and the Wood family thereafter made Garrowby Hall their principal residence. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood died in 1959 and was succeeded by his son Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood who served as Conservative Member of Parliament for the city of York between 1937 and 1945. The 2nd Earl died at Garrowby Hall in 1980 and was succeeded by his son, Charles Edward Peter Neil Wood, as 3rd Earl of Halifax, 5th Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton, and 7th Baronet Wood of Barnsley. The Earl and Countess of Halifax currently reside at Garrowby Hall.
Custodial history In October 1957, the Hickleton Papers and the transcripts were removed to Garrowby where Lord Halifax had prepared a muniment room for them in the house. They were subsequently deposited at the Borthwick Institute.
Scope and content
Family papers, comprising Grey family papers, 1748-1894; Wood family personal papers, 1716-1998; Courtenay family papers, 1806-1902; Wood family official and professional papers, 1772-1959; records relating to household management, 17th century-1985; family history papers, 1634-1968; diaries, 1792-1956; political journals and memoranda, 1835-1868; and miscellaneous records and personal effects, 19th-20th century. Estate records, comprising muniments of title, 1598-1913; records concerning Hickleton and West Riding estates, 1769-1971; records concerning Garrowby and East Riding estates, 1769-2000; records concerning Ainsty estate, 1824-1956; records concerning Heslington estate, 1847-1964; records concerning Hatfield
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Notes
Title notes
Immediate source of acquisition The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute in 1980 by Lord Halifax. Further additions were made to the archive in 1982, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
Alternative form available Selected records have been transcribed and are available for consultation at the Borthwick Institute. These include a considerable number of family letters arranged in two series; the first being 'general correspondence' (67 boxes) and the second, 'general ecclesiastical correspondence' (11 boxes), as well as the wartime diaries of the 1st Earl of Halifax, dated 1941-1946. Microform copies of the papers of the 1st Earl of Halifax, 1922-1957, are available at Churchill Archives Centre at Cambridge University. Microform copies of the 1st Earl's papers relating to India, 1925-1931, are available at the National Library of Australia.
Restrictions on access Records are open to the public, subject to the overriding provisions of relevant legislation, including the Data Protection Act 1998. 24 hours’ notice is required to access photographic material.
Conditions governing use A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the document. Copies are supplied in accordance with the Borthwick Institute for Archives' terms and conditions for the supply of
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Finding aids A typescript finding aid, to file level, is available for consultation in the searchroom of the Borthwick Institute. This includes all material received up to and including 2005. Later material has not yet been catalogued, please contact the Borthwick Institute for more information.
Related material Correspondence of the 1st and 2nd Viscount and Viscountess Halifax, and the 1st Earl of Halifax, 1874-1904, can be found in the records of the Meynell and Meynell Ingram family of Hoar-Cross Hall deposited at Staffordshire Record Office. For records relating to Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, held elsewhere, see his correspondence concerning the Admiralty, 1832-1879, correspondence with Lord Aberdeen, 1853-1856, correspondence with W. E. Gladstone, 1839-1885, and correspondence with Sir Robert Peel, 1842-1850, all held by the British Library; his correspondence with the 2nd and 3rd Earls Grey, 1830-1885, at Durham University Library special collections; his correspondence with the 14th Earl of Derby, 1831-1855, at Liverpool Record Office; his correspondence with Lord Palmerston, 1835-1865, at the University of Southampton Library; and his correspondence with Lord John Russell, 1836-1866, at The National Archives. Correspondence of Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax, concerning the English Church Union, 1895-1932, is deposited at Leeds University Library. The records of the Church of England Protection Society (later named the English Church Union), 1848-1987, are deposited at Lambeth Palace Library. For records relating to Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, held elsewhere, see his Foreign Office correspondence, 1938-1940, at The National Archives; his correspondence with Lord Derby, 1925-1937, at Liverpool Record Office; and his correspondence with Lord Cecil, 1926-1942, at the British Library. Further material relating to the Grey and Courtenay families are described at series level (A1 and A3 respectively).
Accruals Further accruals are expected.
Other notes • Publication status: Published • Institution identifier: GB 193
Access points
• Grey family, Earls Grey of Northumberland • Courtenay family, Earls of Devon Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York Page 7 HALIFAX Hickleton Papers • Ponsonby family of Ireland • Stanley family, Earls of Derby • Montagu family, Dukes of Manchester • Stanley, Lady Alice Maud Olivia, 1862-1957, née Montagu, wife of the 17th Earl of Derby (subject) • Stanley, Edward George Villiers, 1865-1948, 17th Earl of Derby (subject) • Metcalfe, Lady Alexandra Naldera, 1904-1995, née Curzon (subject) • Family records (subject) • Administration of estates (subject) • Personal papers (subject) • Crimean War (1853-1856) (subject) • Colonial administration (subject) • Manors, Yorkshire (subject) • Garrowby, Yorkshire (place) • London, England (place) • India (place) • Ireland (place) • America (place)
Bibliography
Alan Campbell Johnson, 'Viscount Halifax: A Biography' (New York, 1941). Andrew Roberts, 'The Holy Fox' - A Biography of Lord Halifax' (London, 1991). Frederick, Earl of Birkenhead, 'Halifax: the life of Lord Halifax' (London, 1965). Charles Lindley Wood, Viscount Halifax, 'Notes on the conversations at Malines, 1921-1925: Points of agreement' (London, 1928). Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Earl of Halifax, 'The Fullness of Days' (London, 1957).
Collection holdings
Subfonds: HALIFAX/A - Family papers Title: Family papers ID: HALIFAX/A Date: 17th century-1998 (date of creation) Scope and content: Family papers, comprising Grey family papers, 1748-1894; Wood family personal papers, 1716-1998; Courtenay family papers, 1806-1902; Wood family official and professional papers, 1772-1959; records relating to household management, 17th century-1985; family history papers, 1634-1968; diaries, 1792-1956; political journals and memoranda, 1835-1868; and miscellaneous records and
Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York Page 8 HALIFAX Hickleton Papers personal effects, 19th-20th century; uncatalogued material, 20th century (see fonds level description for more details).
Physical description: 239 boxes, 1 roll and 2 oversize folders Note [generalNote]: Extent and medium correct to CALM/2005/14 accession, does not include later uncatalogued material. Scope and content also correct to CALM/2005/14. Uncatalogued material is listed briefly here and described in more detail at fonds level.
Series: HALIFAX/A1 - Grey family papers Creator: Grey family, Earls Grey of Northumberland Title: Grey family papers ID: HALIFAX/A1 Date: 1748-1894 (date of creation) Scope and content: Papers of the Grey family, comprising letters to Lady Elizabeth Ponsonby, née Cavendish, including 1778 map of Kildare, Ireland, 1748-1778; letters to Louisa, Lady Ponsonby, née Molesworth, including references to Irish affairs, 1778-1823; letter to William, 1st Baron Ponsonby, announcing the birth of a daughter to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, c.1787; letters to Mary Ponsonby, Countess Grey, including references to European travels and political affairs, 1792-1840; letters to and from Charles, 2nd Earl Grey, including references to Irish affairs, the 'Catholic Question' and the Reform Bill, 1797-1853; letter to Admiral Sir Frederick Grey, sending a newspaper cutting giving a remedy for warts, c.1830; letter to Lady Louisa Grey, Countess of Durham, concerning her reading of Robinson Crusoe, 1804; records of Lady Georgiana Grey, including correspondence, pamphlets, recipes, verses, prints, drawings and photographs, 1816-1894.
Related material: The Earl Grey Family Papers and the records of the estates of the Earls Grey of Howick are deposited at Durham University library. These include the personal and professional papers of Charles, 2nd Earl Grey, and papers relating to other family members, including members of the Ponsonby family of Imokilly. Letters to the 2nd Earl and his wife Lady Mary from Sydney Smith, 1808-1844, are deposited at Oxford University: New College Archives. For material relating to Admiral Sir Frederick Grey held elsewhere, see his letters to Sir George Grey, 1858-1859, at the National Library of South Africa; his correspondence with Sir Alexander Milne, 1860-1874, at the National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive; his correspondence with Sir William Codrington, 1855-1856, at the National Army Museum Templar Study Centre; and his private letter book relating to naval matters, 1861-1866, at National Records of Scotland.
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Series: HALIFAX/A2 - Wood family, personal papers Title: Wood family, personal papers ID: HALIFAX/A2 Date: 1716-2011 (date of creation) Scope and content: Personal papers of the Wood family, comprising correspondence of Reverend Doctor Henry Wood, 1781-1785; letters to Sir Francis Wood, 1st Baronet, 1772-1795; correspondence of Richard Ingram, 5th Viscount Irwin, 1716; letter to Henry Ingram, 7th Viscount Irwin, 1748; papers of Captain Charles Wood, 1759-1795; papers of Caroline Wood, 1777-1784; letters to Anne, Lady Wood, 1784-1823; papers of Sir Francis Lindley Wood, 2nd Baronet, c.1770-1844, including commonplace book of Lieutenant John Bingley of Boston, 1775; papers of Samuel Francis Wood, 1830-1843; papers of Sir Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, including school notebooks, personal account books, bank statements and correspondence, 1815-1882; family letters to Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, 1844-1880; papers of Lady Mary Wood, 1830-1883; account books of Admiral Sir Charles Richardson, R.N., 1796-1798; letters to Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax, 1848-1907; letters to Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax, and Lady Agnes Wood from their children and grandchildren, 1876-1933; correspondence of Lady Agnes Wood, 1867-1900; papers of Emily Charlotte Meynell-Ingram, née Wood, c.1842-1903, 1957; papers of Francis Lindley Wood, 1854-1869; papers of Henry John Lindley Wood, c.1850-1893; letters to Frederick Lindley Wood, 1855-1884; letters to Alice Dundas, née Wood, 1863-1885; letters to Edith Lowry-Corry, née Wood, 1863-1872; papers of Charles Reginald Wood, 1876-1890; letters to Mary Sutton, née Wood, 1885; letters to Francis Hugh Wood, 1881-1889; papers of Agnes Lane Fox, née Wood, Lady Bingley, 1887-1946; letters to Henry Paul Wood, 1885; letters to Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, 1886-1959; papers of Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, and Lady Dorothy Wood, 1909-1959; papers of Lady Dorothy Wood, 1914-1947; letters to Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, 1924-1978; correspondence of Anne Dorothy Feversham, née Wood, 1942-1964; papers of Francis Hugh Peter Courtenay Wood, 1838-1944; family papers (including unlisted material) of Richard Frederick Wood, Lord Holderness, 1907-2011; papers of James Wood, Lord Irwin, 1998.
Related material: Related material is listed at the fonds level.
Access points: • Wood family, Earls of Halifax • Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley, 1881-1959, 1st Earl of Halifax (subject) • Wood, Charles Lindley, 1839-1934, 2nd Viscount Halifax (subject) • Wood, Charles, 1800-1885, 1st Viscount Halifax, statesman (subject)
Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York Page 10 HALIFAX Hickleton Papers • Wood, Sir Francis, 1728-1795, 1st Baronet (subject) • Wood, Sir Francis Lindley, 1771-1846, 2nd Baronet (subject)
Series: HALIFAX/A3 - Courtenay family papers Title: Courtenay family papers ID: HALIFAX/A3 Date: 1806-1902 (date of creation) Scope and content: Courtenay family papers, comprising letters and personal effects of William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon, 1834-1859; letters to Lady Harriet Leslie, wife of William, 10th Earl of Devon, 1806-1839; papers of William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon, 1827-1880; papers of Elizabeth Fortescue, wife of William Reginald, 11th Earl of Devon, 1830-1867; correspondence of Lady Caroline Cocks, wife of Charles Leslie Courtenay, 1832-1894; papers of Charles Leslie Courtenay, 4th son of William, 10th Earl of Devon, n.d.; papers of Harriet Courtenay, daughter of William 10th Earl of Devon, c.1824-1825; papers of Edward Baldwin Courtenay, 12th Earl of Devon, 1846-1890; papers concerning Irish estates, 1849-1851; miscellaneous diaries and memoranda, 1829-1854; papers of Agnes Courtenay, wife of Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax, 1855-1898; correspondence of Henry Hugh Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon, 1902.
Related material: The main family and estate archives of the Courtenay family, Earls of Devon, are held by Devon Heritage Centre and by the Courtenay family at Powderham Castle, Devon. Surviving records date from the 14th century to the present day. Deeds and manorial records relating to Powderham, c.1335-1698, are deposited at the British Library. For material relating to Elizabeth Courtenay, née Fortescue, wife of the 11th Earl of Devon, held by other repositories, see the Phillimore of Shedfield archive at Hampshire Archives and Local Studies. This includes photographs of the Countess and other letters and papers of the Fortescue family. The marriage settlement of the Earl and Countess, with related papers, 1847-1889, is deposited at Devon Archives and Local Studies Service. Prints and drawings belonging to the 12th Earl are deposited at Devon Archives and Local Studies Service. A photograph album compiled by Elizabeth Frances Fortescue showing the Earl and Countess of Devon, c.1860-1870, and a letter from the Earl to his cousin Harriet E. Phillimore, née Fortescue, 1867, are deposited at Hampshire Archives and Local Studies as part of the Phillimore of Shedfield archive. For material related to Agnes, Viscountess Halifax, held by other repositories, see the Phillimore of Shedfield archive at Hampshire Archives and Local Studies which includes letters between Agnes and her cousin Harriet, her aunt Lady Louisa E. Fortescue, and other family members.
Access points: • Courtenay family, Earls of Devon
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Subseries: HALIFAX/A3/1 - Letters and personal effects of William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon Title: Letters and personal effects of William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon ID: HALIFAX/A3/1 Date: 1834-1859 (date of creation) Scope and content: Letters from his nephew George William Evelyn, 15th Earl of Rothes, 1834; letter from Lord John Russell, 1846; letters from his son Henry Hugh Courtenay, 1858; letters from his son William Reginald Courtenay, 1853-1858; letters from his son Charles Leslie Courtenay, 1858; letters from C. Berens, n.d [1858]; letters concerning the marriage settlement of his son Henry Hugh Courtenay, 1834; letters from his second wife Elizabeth Ruth, Countess of Devon, 1858; 2 locks of the earl's hair, 1841, [1859].
Related material: For material related to the 10th Earl of Devon held by other repositories, see his letters to the 14th Earl of Derby, 1841-1857, at Liverpool Record Office; his correspondence with Sir Robert Peel, 1814-1846, at the British Library; his letters to the Duke of Richmond, 1830-1848, at West Sussex Record Office; his letters to the Duke of Wellington, 1836-1852, at the University of Southampton Library; and miscellaneous letters and papers retained by the Courtenay family at Powderham Castle in Devon.
Subseries: HALIFAX/A3/2 - Letters to Lady Harriet Leslie, wife of William, 10th Earl of Devon Title: Letters to Lady Harriet Leslie, wife of William, 10th Earl of Devon ID: HALIFAX/A3/2 Date: 1806-1839 (date of creation) Scope and content: Letters from her son William Reginald Courtenay and his wife Elizabeth, 1826-1839; letters from William Reginald Courtenay, mainly from Oxford, 1806-1836; letters from her sister, c.1831.
Related material: For related material concerning Lady Harriet held elsewhere, see marriage settlements and related papers, 1804, 1809, deposited at Devon Archives and Local Studies Service.
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Subseries: HALIFAX/A3/3 - Papers of William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon Title: Papers of William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon ID: HALIFAX/A3/3 Date: 1827-1880 (date of creation) Scope and content: Letters from his wife Elizabeth, Countess of Devon, 1830-1866; letters from George Brackenbury, companion of his son Edward Baldwin Courtenay on the Grand Tour, including occasional accounts, 1856-1857; letters from various correspondents (including some draft replies) including family members, Lord Aberdeen, B. Boothby, F. Calvert, the Bishop of Exeter, W. E. Gladstone, S. Glynne, E. Goodenough, V. Krasinski, B. Lake, Lord Morley, and J. Pulman, 1827-1880; correspondence concerning the separation of his father Lord Devon and his second wife, 1858-1859; appointment as a governor of the Charterhouse, 1863.
Subseries: HALIFAX/A3/4 - Papers of Elizabeth Fortescue, wife of William Reginald, 11th Earl of Devon Title: Papers of Elizabeth Fortescue, wife of William Reginald, 11th Earl of Devon ID: HALIFAX/A3/4 Date: 1830-1867 (date of creation) Scope and content: Letters from her husband, 1834-1860; letter from George Brackenbury, companion of her son Edward Baldwin Courtenay on the Grand Tour, 1856; letters from various correspondents on the occasion of the death of her eldest son, William Reginald, 1832-1859; letters from various correspondents, 1827-1853; diaries, 1841-1843, 1845, 1853, 1859, 1861-1865, 1867; diaries, 1830, 1831, 1835, 1837, 1839-1841, n.d.
Access points: • Diaries (subject)
Subseries: HALIFAX/A3/5 - Correspondence of Lady Caroline Cocks, wife of Charles Leslie Courtenay Title: Correspondence of Lady Caroline Cocks, wife of Charles Leslie Courtenay ID: HALIFAX/A3/5 Date: 1832-1894 (date of creation)
Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York Page 13 HALIFAX Hickleton Papers Scope and content: Correspondence chiefly from P. de Boisjoslin to Lady Caroline and to Lord and Lady Eastnor, her parents, 1832-1834; correspondence to and from her parents, Lord and Lady Eastnor, later 2nd Lord Somers, and other members of the Somers family, including letters from India, 1832-1894.
Subseries: HALIFAX/A3/6 - Papers of Charles Leslie Courtenay, 4th son of William, 10th Earl of Devon Title: Papers of Charles Leslie Courtenay, 4th son of William, 10th Earl of Devon ID: HALIFAX/A3/6 Date: n.d. (date of creation) Scope and content: Memoranda of various events in his life, undated.
Subseries: HALIFAX/A3/7 - Papers of Harriet Courtenay, daughter of William 10th Earl of Devon Title: Papers of Harriet Courtenay, daughter of William 10th Earl of Devon ID: HALIFAX/A3/7 Date: c.1824-1825 (date of creation) Scope and content: Letter in Italian from William Reginald Courtenay, n.d. [c.1824-5].
Language of the material: Italian
Subseries: HALIFAX/A3/8 - Papers of Edward Baldwin Courtenay, 12th Earl of Devon Title: Papers of Edward Baldwin Courtenay, 12th Earl of Devon ID: HALIFAX/A3/8 Date: 1846-1890 (date of creation) Scope and content:
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Appointment as cornet in the First Devon Regiment of Yeoman Cavalry, 1855; letter from his sister Agnes, Lady Halifax, 1890; diary of foreign tours, 1869-1878; letters to and from his parents, 1846-1865; letters to his sister Lady Agnes Courtenay, 1858-1867; letters to 'Leek' and his mother and from Charles Lindley Wood, 1854-1869.
Access points: • Diaries (subject)
Subseries: HALIFAX/A3/9 - Papers concerning Irish estates Title: Papers concerning Irish estates ID: HALIFAX/A3/9 Date: 1849-1851 (date of creation) Scope and content: Correspondence from Earl Fortescue, chiefly to Mr Kekewich, about Irish estates, 1849; 20 page memorandum about the sale of the Irish estates, 1851.
Subseries: HALIFAX/A3/10 - Miscellaneous diaries and memoranda Title: Miscellaneous diaries and memoranda ID: HALIFAX/A3/10 Date: 1829-1854 (date of creation) Scope and content: Diaries of Lady Eleanor Fortescue, sister of Elizabeth, Countess of Devon, 1829, 1832; unidentified diary, 1854; unidentified 'Journal of a Tour', 1834; unidentified diary, 'A Tour on the Continent', 1839; unidentified diary of a journey to North East England and Ireland, 1853.
Access points: • Diaries (subject)
Subseries: HALIFAX/A3/11 - Papers of Agnes Courtenay, wife of Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax Title: Papers of Agnes Courtenay, wife of Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax ID: HALIFAX/A3/11 Date: 1855-1898 (date of creation)
Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York Page 15 HALIFAX Hickleton Papers Scope and content: Kenton Home School for Girls admission and discharges register, 1862-1877; letters to and from Agnes Courtenay, later Agnes Wood, mostly to her mother, 1855-1898; letters to Lady Agnes Wood from Queen Emma of Hawaii, 1865-1880; letters to Lady Agnes Courtenay on the occasion of her mother's death, 1867.
Subseries: HALIFAX/A3/12 - Correspondence of Henry Hugh Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon Title: Correspondence of Henry Hugh Courtenay, 13th Earl of Devon ID: HALIFAX/A3/12 Date: 1902 (date of creation) Scope and content: Correspondence with Lord Halifax and others concerning the Courtenay family, 1902.
Series: HALIFAX/A4 - Wood family, official and professional papers Title: Wood family, official and professional papers ID: HALIFAX/A4 Date: 1772-1959 (date of creation) Scope and content: Official and professional papers of the Wood family, comprising papers of Sir Francis Wood, 1st Baronet, including business affairs with East India Company, 1772-1818; papers of Vice Admiral Sir Charles Richardson, R.N, relating to the Lintin Affair, 1821-1822; papers of Sir Francis Lindley Wood, 2nd Baronet, including papers relating to West Riding militia, local and national elections and administration, 1795-1851; papers of Sir Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, including papers concerning elections, the admiralty, India, the Crimean War and other political matters, as well as correspondence with the Baring family of Barings Bank, Lord John Russell, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Queen Victoria, and others, 1825-1885; papers of Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax, including papers relating to his Presidency of the English Church Union and correspondence and papers concerning the Malines Conversations, 1860-1971; papers of Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, including speeches and lectures, papers relating to India, documents as Lord Privy Seal and Foreign Secretary, papers as H.M. Ambassador at Washington, and professional correspondence, 1910-1959.
Finding aids:
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A typescript summary list of the contents of the first 9 box files of correspondence and papers concerning the 2nd Viscount Halifax's role in the Malines Conversations, 1921-1927, is available for consultation in the searchroom of the Borthwick Institute.
Related material: Related material is listed at the fonds level.
Access points: • Wood family, Earls of Halifax • Wood, Sir Francis, 1728-1795, 1st Baronet (subject) • Wood, Sir Francis Lindley, 1771-1846, 2nd Baronet (subject) • Wood, Charles, 1800-1885, 1st Viscount Halifax, statesman (subject) • Wood, Charles Lindley, 1839-1934, 2nd Viscount Halifax (subject) • Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley, 1881-1959, 1st Earl of Halifax (subject) • Crimean War (1853-1856) (subject)
Series: HALIFAX/A5 - Household management Title: Household management ID: HALIFAX/A5 Date: 17th century-1985 (date of creation) Scope and content: Records concerning household management, comprising papers relating to Hickleton Hall, including household accounts, recipes, inventories and correspondence, 17th century-1957; papers relating to Garrowby, including accounts, inventories, details of the rebuilding of Garrowby Hall, and guest books, 1914-1985; correspondence concerning 7 Kingston House, London SW7, 1952-1958; papers relating to Temple Newsam, including accounts of Temple Newsam Auxiliary Military Hospital during the First World War, catalogues, game book, guest book and correspondence, 1915-1998.
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Access points: • Garrowby, Yorkshire (place)
Series: HALIFAX/A6 - Family history Title: Family history ID: HALIFAX/A6
Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York Page 17 HALIFAX Hickleton Papers Date: 1634-1968 (date of creation) Scope and content: Family history records, comprising honours and awards, 1784-1968; records of military service and educational qualifications, 1784-c.1900; pedigrees and genealogical papers, including those concerning families of Ewer of Lees Langley, Wood, Montagu, Meynell, Ingram, Lindley of Hull, and Grey of Milfield, Northumberland, 1634-20th century; miscellaneous papers, including pedigrees, biographical notes and correspondence and printed notices of Divine Service on special occasions (including family weddings), 19th century-1958.
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Series: HALIFAX/A7 - Diaries Title: Diaries ID: HALIFAX/A7 Date: 1792-1956 (date of creation) Scope and content: Diaries, comprising diaries of Mary, Countess Grey, wife of Charles, 2nd Earl Grey, 1822-1843; diaries, including accounts and memoranda, of Sir Francis Wood, 2nd baronet, 1803-1834, 1842-1846; diaries of Anne, Lady Wood, wife of Sir Francis Wood, 2nd baronet, with transcripts, 1792, 1810-1812; diaries of foreign travel by Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, including trips to the Low Countries, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy and the Netherlands, 1823-1824, 1827, 1829, 1837; diaries of Lady Mary Wood, Viscountess Halifax, including accounts of European travel, 1829, 1837-1884; diary of a tour in Scotland, the Lake District and Wales by Samuel Francis Wood, 1825; personal diaries of Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax, 1853-1928; domestic and social engagement books of Lady Agnes Wood, Viscountess Halifax, 1885-1911; diaries of Emily Meynell Ingram, née Wood, including commonplace books and sketches of the Channel Islands, Ireland and Scotland, 1854-1903; diaries, mainly typescript, of Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, including wartime diaries, pocket engagement books and printed programmes of tours as Viceroy of India, 1921-1956; diary of Charles Reginald Lindley Wood at Eton, 1885; a description of the Forts at Cronstadt, its dockyard and fleets by Louis Reynolds, Senior Lieutenant of H.M.S. St Jean d’Acre, 1856; typescript diaries of General Sir Charles O. Harvey, Military Advisor in Chief to the Indian State Forces of tours of inspection to troops in India, Burma, Persia and Iraq, 1943-1946; personal diaries and notebooks of Lady Dorothy Wood, Countess of Halifax, 1892-1925; ‘Recollections’ by Lady Dorothy Wood, n.d.; diary of Peter Wood during time in Middle East, n.d.; Italian diary of Lieutenant Colonel H. C. Lowry-Corry, nephew of 2nd Viscount Halifax, 1944.
Restrictions on access:
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By instruction of Lord Halifax, the 'Recollections' of Lady Dorothy Wood are closed until 2026.
Related material: Related material is listed at the fonds level.
Access points: • Wood, Sir Francis, 1728-1795, 1st Baronet (subject) • Wood, Charles, 1800-1885, 1st Viscount Halifax, statesman (subject) • Wood, Charles Lindley, 1839-1934, 2nd Viscount Halifax (subject) • Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley, 1881-1959, 1st Earl of Halifax (subject) • Wood family, Earls of Halifax
Series: HALIFAX/A8 - Political journals and memoranda Title: Political journals and memoranda ID: HALIFAX/A8 Date: 1835-1868 (date of creation) Scope and content: Political journals and memoranda of Charles, 1st Viscount Halifax, comprising 5 volumes and a ‘narrative of events connecting with the endeavour to form a Liberal Government in December 1845 as far as I learnt them’, 1835-1868.
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Access points: • Wood, Charles, 1800-1885, 1st Viscount Halifax, statesman (subject)
Series: HALIFAX/A9 - Miscellaneous Title: Miscellaneous ID: HALIFAX/A9 Date: 19th-20th century (date of creation) Scope and content: Miscellaneous records, comprising newspaper cuttings, 19th-20th century; printed material, including article concerning Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, 1965, articles concerning Charles Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax, 20th century, articles concerning Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, c.1969, general works relating to the Wood family, 1915, 1998, n.d, and printed
Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York Page 19 HALIFAX Hickleton Papers sources concerning the estate, 1956, n.d; commonplace books, verses, momentoes and exercise books, n.d; autographs; locks of hair.
Access points: • Wood family, Earls of Halifax • Wood, Charles, 1800-1885, 1st Viscount Halifax, statesman (subject) • Wood, Charles Lindley, 1839-1934, 2nd Viscount Halifax (subject) • Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley, 1881-1959, 1st Earl of Halifax (subject)
Subfonds: HALIFAX/B - Estate records Title: Estate records ID: HALIFAX/B Date: 1598-2000 (date of creation) Scope and content: Estate records, comprising muniments of title, 1598-1913; records concerning Hickleton and West Riding estates, 1769-1971; records concerning Garrowby and East Riding estates, 1769-2000; records concerning Ainsty estate, 1824-1956; records concerning Heslington estate, 1847-1964; records concerning Hatfield Chase, 1793-1824; records concerning Manor of Sheriff Hutton, 1624; records concerning non-Yorkshire estates, 1833-1851; uncatalogued material, 20th century (see fonds level description for more details).
Physical description: 67 boxes and 3 rolls Note [generalNote]: Extent and medium correct to CALM/2005/14 accession, does not include later uncatalogued material. Scope and content also correct to CALM/2005/14. Uncatalogued material is listed briefly here and described in more detail at fonds level.
Series: HALIFAX/B1 - Muniments of Title Title: Muniments of Title ID: HALIFAX/B1 Date: 1598-1913 (date of creation) Scope and content: Muniments of title to various properties and lands, including the Manor of Hemsworth, the Bowling estate near Bradford, and lands at Kirby Underdale and Garrowby, Thixendale, Great Givendale, Stotfold, Hickleton, Branbrough and Harlington, and Morton, 1598-1913.
Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York Page 20 HALIFAX Hickleton Papers Access points: • Manors, Yorkshire (subject) • Hickleton, Yorkshire (place) • Garrowby, Yorkshire (place)
Series: HALIFAX/B2 - Estate management: Hickleton and West Riding Title: Estate management: Hickleton and West Riding ID: HALIFAX/B2 Date: 1769-1971 (date of creation) Scope and content: Records concerning Hickleton and West Riding estates, including rentals, accounts, correspondence, memoranda, maps and related papers concerning Bowling Iron Works and other ‘Mineral Workings’ in the Barnsley Rotherham area and at Monks Bretton, accounts and correspondence relating to Hickleton Church, and papers relating to Hickleton Church of England School, 1769-1971.
Access points: • Church schools (subject) • Hickleton, Yorkshire (place)
Series: HALIFAX/B3 - Estate management: Garrowby and East Riding Estates Title: Estate management: Garrowby and East Riding Estates ID: HALIFAX/B3 Scope and content: Records concerning Garrowby and East Riding estates, including survey of Garrowby estate, 1802; estate leases and agreements, 1817-1945; documents relating to Samuel Wetherill, bailiff at Garrowby, 1811-1823; Garrowby estate accounts, 1838-1847, 1886-1921; Garrowby estate farm and dairy accounts, 1918-1920; Garrowby rent books, 1886-1920; Garrowby estate receipts and payment books, 1914-1919; Garrowby estate livestock accounts, 1907-1922; Garrowby estates game and hunt records, including game books, 1898-1978, Garrowby Harriers hunting diary, 1910-1926, and shooting agreements, 1902-1919; Garrowby and Hickleton Estates Company annual reports, 1948-1949; Garrowby estate ledgers and personal ledgers, 1920-1948; Garrowby estate maintenance ledgers, 1920-1934; Garrowby estate wages ledgers, 1920-1938; Garrowby estate general account book, 1946-1961; Garrowby estate and personal cash books, 1921-1956; Garrowby estate field books, c.1922-1933; Garrowby estate woodlands books, 1909-1954; Garrowby estate timber and materials stock books, 1948-1951; Garrowby estate coal sales ledgers, 1924-1933; Garrowby estate debtors’ ledgers, 1950-1954; Garrowby Farms records, including records of Garrowby Home Farm, 1920-1965, Garrowby Lodge Farm, 1921-1926, combined ledgers and cash books of Wayrham Farm, Breckenholme Farm and Youlthorpe Land, 1927-1936, Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York Page 21 HALIFAX Hickleton Papers combined ledgers of Hill Top Farm and Cheesecake Farm, 1921-1923, Hill Top Farm records, 1923-1926, Cheesecake Farm records, 1922-1926; Bugthorpe water rates books, 1936-1956; Bugthorpe Manor court book, 1761-1849; Kirby Underdale with Garrowby precept book, 1928-1964; papers concerning the restoration of Kirby Underdale Church, 1870; miscellaneous correspondence concerning East Riding estates, 1820-1958.
Access points: • Manorial courts (subject) • Manors, Yorkshire (subject) • Garrowby, Yorkshire (place) • Bugthorpe, Yorkshire (place)
Series: HALIFAX/B4 - Estate management: Ainsty Title: Estate management: Ainsty ID: HALIFAX/B4 Date: 1824-1956 (date of creation) Scope and content: Records concerning Ainsty estate, comprising Ainsty Trust Company cash book, 1940-1956; Ainsty Trust Company journal, 1941-1956; correspondence concerning the Ainsty Trust Company, 1953-1954; Percy Lodge Farm equipment book, 1949-1952; correspondence relating to an inscription concerning Sir Francis Lindley Wood, 2nd baronet, 1824; letter concerning right of way, 1838.
Series: HALIFAX/B5 - Estate management: Heslington Title: Estate management: Heslington ID: HALIFAX/B5 Date: 1847-1964 (date of creation) Scope and content: Records concerning Heslington estate, comprising letter from Lord Deramore to Charles, 2nd Earl of Halifax, following purchase of Heslington estate, 1964, and particulars of Dunnington (includes Heslington), 1847.
Access points: • Heslington, Yorkshire (place) • Dunnington, Yorkshire (place)
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Series: HALIFAX/B6 - Estate management: Hatfield Chase Title: Estate management: Hatfield Chase ID: HALIFAX/B6 Date: 1793-1824 (date of creation) Scope and content: Records concerning Hatfield Chase, comprising records relating to drainage and enclosure, including surveys and rentals, c.1794-1806, level rents, 1795-1796, drainage reports, 1793-1813, River Trent water levels, 1790s, correspondence and papers, 1802-1824, and map showing Level of Hatfield Chase, 1808; records relating to sales, including valuations and rentals, 1802-1813, and notices of sales, 1812-1813.
Series: HALIFAX/B7 - Manor of Sheriff Hutton Title: Manor of Sheriff Hutton ID: HALIFAX/B7 Date: 1624 (date of creation) Scope and content: Survey and rental of the Manor of Sheriff Hutton and its members, 1624.
Access points: • Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire (place)
Series: HALIFAX/B8 - Non-Yorkshire estates Title: Non-Yorkshire estates ID: HALIFAX/B8 Date: 1833-1851 (date of creation) Scope and content: Records concerning non-Yorkshire estates, comprising particulars and conditions of sale of Bushey Hill Farm and High Wood, Bushey Lodge Farm and Bushey Mill estate, all in Hertfordshire, 1833; correspondence and papers relating to arbitration concerning Lewsey Farm, Luton, Bedfordshire, 1849-1850; letters to Sir Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax, about an estate at Flete, near Plymouth, belonging to Lady Elizabeth Bulteel, sister of Lady Mary Wood, 1850-1851.
Access points: Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York Page 23 HALIFAX Hickleton Papers • Wood, Charles, 1800-1885, 1st Viscount Halifax, statesman (subject)
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