DOCSLIB.ORG

The Old Rectory, Beverston, Gloucestershire

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Old Rectory, Beverston, Gloucestershire THE OLD RECTORY, BEVERSTON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATION C.A.T JOB: 1192 C.A.T REPORT: 01068 DATE: JULY 2001 This report has been researched and compiled with all reasonable skill, care, and attention to detail within the terms of the project as specified by the Client and within the general terms and conditions of Cotswold Archaeological Trust Ltd. The Trust shall not be liable for any inaccuracy, error or omission in the report or other documents produced as part of the Consultancy and no liability is accepted for any claim, loss or damage howsoever arising from any opinion stated or conclusion or other material contained in this report or other documents supplied as part of the Consultancy. This report is confidential to the Client. Cotswold Archaeological Trust Ltd accept no responsibility whatsoever to third parties to whom this report, or any part of it is made known. Any such party relies upon this report entirely at their own risk. © Cotswold Archaeological Trust Headquarters Building, Kemble Business Park, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6BQ Tel. 01285 771022 Fax. 01285 771033 E-mail: [email protected] The Old Rectory, Beverston, Gloucestershire: Archaeological Evaluation CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ........................................................................................... 2 SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................... 3 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 4 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 4 1.2 The study area ............................................................................................... 4 1.3 Geology and Topography .............................................................................. 4 1.4 Archaeological and historical background ................................................... 5 1.5 Methodology .................................................................................................. 6 2. EVALUATION RESULTS .................................................................................... 7 2.1 General .......................................................................................................... 7 Trench 1 ........................................................................................................ 7 Trench 2 ........................................................................................................ 7 Trench 3 ........................................................................................................ 8 Trench 4 ........................................................................................................ 8 Trench 5 ........................................................................................................ 8 3. DISCUSSION ......................................................................................................... 9 3.2 General .......................................................................................................... 9 3.2 Conclusions ................................................................................................... 10 4. BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................. 10 5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................... 11 APPENDIX 1 ................................................................................................................... 15 Finds Concordance ................................................................................................ 15 1 The Old Rectory, Beverston, Gloucestershire: Archaeological Evaluation LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Fig. 1 Location plan ........................................................................................................ 12 Fig. 2 Trench locations ................................................................................................... 13 Fig. 3 Trench 2; plan and section .................................................................................... 14 2 The Old Rectory, Beverston, Gloucestershire: Archaeological Evaluation SUMMARY In June 2001 Cotswold Archaeological Trust (CAT) was commissioned by Mr P Robinson on behalf of Mr and Mrs D McMeekin to undertake an archaeological evaluation at The Old Rectory, Beverston, Gloucestershire. It was undertaken prior to the determination of planning applications for the construction of a tennis court and swimming pool (planning ref. CD7968/H), the construction of new access (planning ref. CD7968/G) and the conversion of existing garage and stables (planning ref. CD7968/J). A single quarry pit, of undetermined origin, was identified during the course of the evaluation. In addition, extant earthworks representing a ridge and furrow cultivation system were also noted. 3 The Old Rectory, Beverston, Gloucestershire: Archaeological Evaluation 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 This report presents the results of an archaeological evaluation conducted between the 2nd and 3rd July 2001 at The Old Rectory, Beverston, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire. The site is centred on NGR ST 8609 9390 (Fig.1). 1.1.2 The evaluation was undertaken prior to the determination of planning applications for the construction of a tennis court and swimming pool (planning ref. CD7968/H), the construction of new access (planning ref. CD7968/G) and the conversion of existing garage and stables (planning ref. CD7968/J). 1.2 The study area 1.2.1 The application area is situated on the western edge of the village, adjacent to Beverston Castle (Fig.1). The site currently comprises the garden of The Old Rectory, including a ménage area, and an adjacent paddock. 1.3 Geology and Topography 1.3.1 The underlying geology of the study area is mapped by the Institute of Geological Sciences (1979) as Great Oolite of the Middle Jurassic period. 1.3.2 The site is situated on gently sloping ground, ranging from 162m OD in the north-west to 155m OD in the south-east. Within the grounds of the Old Rectory, landscaped garden terraces were evident. 4 The Old Rectory, Beverston, Gloucestershire: Archaeological Evaluation 1.4 Archaeological and historical background 1.4.1 Aerial photographic evidence shows traces of Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman, and medieval activity in the general locality, including cropmark features approximately 300m to the north and south-west of the proposed development area 1.4.2 Beverston appears in the Domesday Survey of 1086 as ‘Burestane’ or ‘Stone Tower’, and a castle is known to have existed as early as 1051 when it was used as a rallying point for the forces of Earl Godwin during tension with Edward the Confessor (Blunt 1877, 99). The possible remains of a stone tower were identified within the garden of the Old Rectory in the 19th century and were subsequently depicted on the Ordnance Survey County Series maps. 1.4.3 A partially ruinous castle dating from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries survives in the village, portions of which were rebuilt as a house in the late seventeenth century (Verey and Brooks 1999, 165). This house now has grade I Listed Building status. The adjacent church of St Mary is broadly contemporary in construction with a possible eleventh century origin, although much altered in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The Old Rectory itself is dated to 1729, with possible nineteenth century additions. 1.4.4 The earliest map available for the Study Area is the Beverstone Inclosure Award map of 1805, which depicts the above buildings and shows an arrangement of fields very similar to the current layout. The field immediately north of the proposed development area is then depicted as “Coneygree”, perhaps indicative of a former rabbit warren associated with the Castle. The principal difference which can be identified is in the alignment of the former Stroud to Tetbury turnpike, which forms the modern A4135 main road past the southern end of the development area. In 1805 this road is depicted taking two sharp right angled turns on the entrance to Beverstone. Ordnance Survey map coverage from 1886 indicates that the bends had been straightened by this time, although field boundaries still reflect their former alignment. 5 The Old Rectory, Beverston, Gloucestershire: Archaeological Evaluation 1.5 Methodology 1.5.1 A detailed project design was prepared by the Cotswold Archaeological Trust and approved by Mr C Parry, Senior Archaeological Officer, Gloucestershire County Council. 1.5.2 A total of five trenches, totalling 87m of linear trenching, were mechanically excavated under archaeological supervision in the locations indicated by Mr Parry in the accompanying archaeological brief (Fig.2). 1.5.3 The work was carried out in accordance with the Standard and Guidance for Field Evaluation issued by the Institute of Field Archaeologists (IFA, 1994) and the Statement of Standards and Practices Appropriate for Archaeological Fieldwork in Gloucestershire issued by the Gloucestershire County Council Archaeology Section (1996). 1.5.4 All identified deposits were recorded in accordance with the Cotswold Archaeological Trust ‘Field Recording Manual’ (1996). A full written, drawn and photographic record of the evaluation was compiled in accordance with the archaeological project design. 1.5.5 The completed site archive and the finds, with the legal landowners’
Load more

Recommended publications
  • South Cotswold Ramblers' Group
    South Cotswold Ramblers’ Group Newsletter - October 2011 Published each year in February, June and October. We look forward to hearing from you with stories, opinions, photos, poetry, art, funny tales, cartoons, appeals, you name it. Please contact the Editor, Mike Garner, 01453 873625, email: [email protected] by 5 January 2012 CHAIRMAN’S ANNUAL REPORT 2010-2011 I think I can say that it has been another good Appeals for volunteers to join the committee have in year for South Cotswold Ramblers and for that I must recent months, at last, started to bear fruit but we are thank all volunteers who have involved themselves so always looking for members to become more involved. enthusiastically in the Groups activities and all members The more people we can get the more we can do, and who have supported our walks One of the objectives set there is an awful lot we can do, and need to do, if we are by ramblers for the year was to finish the year with at least to keep walking alive and well in the South Cotswolds. the same number of members as we started. This we have We are looking for someone to handle publicity, achieved. We continue to expand our walks programme and this Autumn we will be introducing our Start the Week Walks, a twice monthly series of walks aimed at those wanting a slightly shorter, three to four miles, more sociable walk. We have continued with our two walks on a Saturday once a month and our summer evening walks and both have been well supported as has the rest of the walking programme.
    [Show full text]
  • Newsletter Vol. 2
    CASTLE STUDIES GROUP NEWSLETTER Number 2 AUTUMN 1988 Dear Member First of all, may I apologise for the belated appearance of this Newsletter, which has become the casualty of a growing pile of paperwork in Exeter University. Second, you will immediately see that its contents are not exactly as anticipated when last year's Newsletter was produced. As a result of discussion among the Steering Committee, which had an. informal meeting after the first day of the conference at Leeds in May of this year, the original plan to publish the Register of Members separately has been abandoned. Instead, the information collected on numerous questionnaires between 1986 and 1988 5s presented here, in digested form, in the second Newsletter together wit a an up-dated list of members The questionnaire enclosed Invites you to send information to appear in next year's Newsletter, in conjunction with the publications list which is provided by John Kenyon, In this way, each Newsletter will provide an accumulating body of information. Third, you will find enclosed a Bankers Order Form, which you may prefer to use rather than send a cheque each year. Use of these forms will certainly help in cutting down the paperwork for your Secretary. If you have not yet renewed your subscription from April 1988, please do so very soon. While numerous comments have been received about the usefulness of the Newsletter it will not develop its full potential unless members send items for publication. The first two issues have been very "business" orientated in their content. Please remember to send local/regional/national/ international news which you think might be of interest, together with dates and venues of meetings or courses (adult education tutors please note!) which members might wish to attend.
    [Show full text]
  • Beverston Castle Estate
    BEVERSTON CASTLE ESTATE TETBURY GLOUCESTERSHIRE BEVERSTON CASTLE ESTATE NR TETBURY GLOUCESTERSHIRE Tetbury 2.3 miles, Stroud 9.3 miles, Cirencester 14.3 miles, Cotswolds Airport 8.3 miles, Gloucester 18.3 miles, Swindon 23.1 miles (Direct train to London Paddington 53 minutes), Bath 23.7 miles, Bristol 27 miles (Domestic and International Flights from Bristol Airport). (All distances and times approximate.) EXCEPTIONAL COTSWOLD ESTATE Charming 17th Century House adjoining the remains of historic Beverston Castle Mature Gardens and Walled Kitchen Garden Five Cottages Stable Yard, Estate Office and Flat Exceptional range of Cotswold stone Farm Buildings Fully equipped Farmstead Commercial Arable Farmland, Pasture Land and Woodland In all about 693 acres Available as a whole or in 3 lots THE ESTATE EXTENDS TO ABOUT 693 ACRES WITH 615 ACRES OF PRODUCTIVE Savills London Central and West Farms & Estates ARABLE AND PASTURE LAND 33 Margaret Street The Quadrangle AND ABOUT 61 ACRES OF London Imperial Square W 1 G 0 J D C h e l t e n h a m G L 5 0 1 P Z WOODLAND AND OFFERS A Contact: Crispin Holborow / Louisa Over Contact: Will Chanter / Richard Binning WONDERFUL COMBINATION OF [email protected] / [email protected] [email protected] RESIDENTIAL, FARMING AND +44 (0) 207 016 3784 +44 (0) 1242 548 031 SPORTING OPPORTUNITY. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. 1 SUMMARY LOCATION AND SITUATION The Beverston Castle Estate is an exceptional The centre of the Beverston Castle Estate Cirencester; an important regional centre of the Gloucestershire Estate located close to the is located to the north of Beverston Village.
    [Show full text]
  • Twigs from Family Trees
    TWIGS FROM FAMILY TREES or 162 Early American and Foreign Lineages of First Settlers in This Country And Their Descendants Who Were Pioneers in Northern Pennsylvania and Central New York; Together With Royal Lineages, Revolutionary Journals, Incidents and Anecdotes of the Old Timers, and A Register of the Marriages and Deaths of the Pioneers. Carefully Compiled from Authentic Sources By ED\VARD COOLBAUGH HOAGLAJ\-D Author of "Coolbaughs In America” 1Iember of The New England Historic Genealogical Society Fellow The Institute of American Genealogy Published By The Author Wyi;ox, Pa. 1 9 4 0 PREFACE "Honour thy father and thy mother; which is the drat commandment with promise.” (Eph. 6: 2). Reverence for our parents is the first of the ten commandments which touches every life. The tiny babe instinctively loves the mother who ten- derly nurtures it. As the character of the youth unfolds, he finds that recourse to his own background supplies the answer to most questions about his physical and mental endowments which have written themselves indellibly upon his subconscious mind. It takes foresight, paradoxically, to see into the present from the past. Helpful remarks touching on the origin of surnames, practical value of a family record, etc., will be found in the Preface to the Coolbaugh Genealogy. The contents of this volume are partly supplemental to the Coolbaugh Family History, and will be of great interest to possessors of one of those little records. As a contribution to the general history of northeastern Pennsylvania and central New York State, and even to the bibliography of New England, New Netherland and the mother countries across the sea, its value cannot be overestimated.
    [Show full text]
  • Beverston Castle Estate
    BEVERSTON CASTLE ESTATE TETBURY GLOUCESTERSHIRE BEVERSTON CASTLE ESTATE NR TETBURY GLOUCESTERSHIRE Tetbury 2.3 miles, Stroud 9.3 miles, Cirencester 14.3 miles, Cotswolds Airport 8.3 miles, Gloucester 18.3 miles, Swindon 23.1 miles (Direct train to London Paddington 53 minutes), Bath 23.7 miles, Bristol 27 miles (Domestic and International Flights from Bristol Airport). (All distances and times approximate.) EXCEPTIONAL COTSWOLD ESTATE Charming 17th Century House adjoining the remains of historic Beverston Castle Mature Gardens and Walled Kitchen Garden Stable Yard, Estate Office and Flat Five Cottages Exceptional range of Cotswold stone Farm Buildings Fully equipped Farmstead Commercial Arable Farmland, Pasture Land and Woodland In all about 693 acres Available as a whole or in 3 lots THE ESTATE EXTENDS TO ABOUT 693 ACRES WITH 615 ACRES OF PRODUCTIVE Savills London Central and West Farms & Estates ARABLE AND PASTURE LAND 33 Margaret Street The Quadrangle AND ABOUT 61 ACRES OF London Imperial Square W 1 G 0 J D C h e l t e n h a m G L 5 0 1 P Z WOODLAND AND OFFERS A Contact: Crispin Holborow / Louisa Over Contact: Will Chanter / Richard Binning WONDERFUL COMBINATION OF [email protected] / [email protected] [email protected] RESIDENTIAL, FARMING AND +44 (0) 207 016 3784 +44 (0) 1242 548 031 SPORTING OPPORTUNITY. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. 1 SUMMARY LOCATION AND SITUATION The Beverston Castle Estate is an exceptional The centre of the Beverston Castle Estate Cirencester; an important regional centre of the Gloucestershire Estate located close to the is located to the north of Beverston Village.
    [Show full text]
  • Harbury & Ladbroke News
    1 Harbury & Ladbroke News Is published monthly and reflects all aspects of local life. March 2016 No.504 Editorial Office 612155 Articles to Harbury Pharmacy, High Street Email address [email protected] Advertising Office 31, Binswood End ( 612155) [email protected] Distribution Manager 49, Mill Street ( 612009) [email protected] Inserts by prior arrangement 612009 IN THIS ISSUE Page EDITORIAL ………………………………………………………... 2 HARBURY DIARY & REFUSE ROTA………………………….. 3-5 FROM THE RECTOR & CHURCH NEWS …………………….. 5 LADBROKE NEWS ………………………………………………. 9 HARBURY PARISH COUNCIL …………………………………. 16 CLUBS & SOCIETIES …………………………………………... 17 EARLY YEARS & SCHOOL......……………………………....... 23 VILLAGE HALL UPDATE ………………………………………. 27 GARDENING & NATURE ……………………………………..... 28 GENERAL SECTION …………………………………………….. 33 LETTERS TO THE EDITORS …………………………………… 45 Editorial Team John Holden - Chris Finch - Paulette Kavanagh - Marian Millington Janice Montague - Sally Stringer - Jackie West The views of contributors are not necessarily those of the Editorial Team. The Editors reserve the right to amend articles as they see fit. 2 Editorial This month there are special activities and events in the run up to Easter. There are lunches being held in both villages - see the diary section for more details. On Palm Sunday, there will be a procession from Harbury School starting at 10.15am, as well as special services throughout the week. The Parish Council is proposing to make an alteration to the bus route through the village and they would like to know whether you support or object to this change. Please fill in the slip printed in the magazine and deliver it to the Parish Council office or email them with your views. The magazine subscriptions are due next month and your distributor will be calling to collect the £6 due for the year.
    [Show full text]
  • 8.5 X12.5 Doublelines.P65
    Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-58132-5 - Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300-1500, Volume III Southern England Anthony Emery Excerpt More information INTRODUCTION no new cathedrals were built in England or Wales after 1250, and few monasteries were established between that time and their dis- solution 300 years later. The castles of Edward I in North Wales were almost the last fortresses to be erected in this country before the advent of Henry VIII’s coastal forts and blockhouses. A consid- erable number of churches were extended or rebuilt during the later middle ages but they conformed in plan and liturgical function to those of an earlier age. On the other hand, houses had begun to take a recognisable form during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries which reached fulfilment as a prism of society during the following two centuries. They reflected the spread of wealth, the rise of new families, social differentiation, and the organisation and growth of household institutions. Out of the one and a half thousand med- ieval houses that have survived in England and Wales, nearly 700 are described in these three volumes.1 They stand as testimony to the first great age of domestic architecture, for that was not an achievement of the Tudors but a development of Plantaganet society between 1300 and 1500. It is these houses that lie at the heart of architectural and related institutional development during the later middle ages. The crown, the aristocracy, and the gentry of medieval England were the movers and shakers of society. What they did, and how they did it, at national, regional, and local levels affected the government, the economy, the welfare, and the social justice or injustice of the country at all levels of society.
    [Show full text]
  • AN INSTITUTIONAL STUDY a Thesis Submitted In
    THE ENGLISH HOUSEHOLD CHAPEL, C. 1100 - c. 1500: AN INSTITUTIONAL STUDY KENT RAWLINSON The copyright of this thesis rests with the author or the university to which it was submitted. No quotation from it, or information derived from it may be published, without the prior written consent of the author or university, and any information derived from it should be acknowledged. A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM ST. CHAD'S COLLEGE 2008 - 6 JUN 2008 TITLE The English Household Chapel, c. 1100 - c. 1500: An Institutional Study CANDIDATE Kent Rawlinson, St. Chad's College, University of Durham DEGREE & DATE Ph.D., 2008 ABSTRACT This thesis examines the English medieval household chapel. Such chapels have only been studied previously in a partial and disjointed manner, as 'private', 'domestic' or 'castle' chapels, to name some categories. Past scholarship has assumed them to be maintained in an ad hoc manner, as the extraordinary consequence of individual piety, or the desire for social display. Instead, this thesis defines, for the first time, a discrete class of chapels based upon their primary function: the religious provision of medieval lordly households. It argues that individual households were instances of a wide-ranging and well- established ecclesiastical institution: 'the household chapel'. It posits that this institution had five principal elements: a basis in canon law; systems of maintenance and regulation; personnel (household chaplains); architectural and material expressions (household-chapel buildings and furnishings); and domestic religious routines. It argues that these elements were common to most household chapels between c.
    [Show full text]
  • Beverston Castle
    BEVERSTON CASTLE TETBURY GLOUCESTERSHIRE BEVERSTON CASTLE NR TETBURY GLOUCESTERSHIRE Tetbury 2.3 miles, Stroud 9.3 miles, Cirencester 14.3 miles, Cotswolds Airport 8.3 miles, Gloucester 18.3 miles, Swindon 23.1 miles (Direct train to London Paddington 53 minutes), Bath 23.7 miles, Bristol 27 miles (Domestic and International Flights from Bristol Airport). (All distances and times approximate.) EXCEPTIONAL GRADE I LISTED CASTLE CHARMING 17TH CENTURY HoUSE ADJOINING THE REMAINS OF HIstorIC Beverston Castle IN MatURE GARDENS BUngaloW WITH ANNEXE Estate OFFICE AND Flat RANGE OF HIstorIC CotsWolD stone BUILDINGS Stables PastURE PADDOCKS ADDITIonal Cottages avaIlable BY separate negotIatIon In all about 11 acres Savills London Central and West Farms & Estates 33 Margaret Street The Quadrangle London Imperial Square W 1 G 0 J D C h e l t e n h a m G L 5 0 1 P Z Contact: Crispin Holborow / Louisa Over Contact: Will Chanter / Richard Binning [email protected] / [email protected] [email protected] +44 (0) 207 016 3784 +44 (0) 1242 548 031 Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. 1 SUMMARY Location & SITUation Beverston Castle is an exceptional Cotswold Beverston Castle is located to the north of Cirencester; an important regional centre of the property, located close to the highly regarded Beverston Village. The Castle and House Cotswolds. town of Tetbury, and within a designated forming the core of the properties in the village. The property is accessed from the A4135 area of outstanding natural beauty, within Nestled in the Cotswold’s Area of Outstanding Tetbury to Dursley road, and there is access to Gloucestershire.
    [Show full text]
  • Beverston Castle - SWR3 Sir William Romney’S School
    Horsley - Nailsworth - Tiltups End - Beverston Castle - SWR3 Sir William Romney’s School Rover European Travel GCC Contract no. C379BE valid from 1st September 2020 Direction of stops: where shown (eg: W-bound) this is the compass direction towards which the bus is pointing when it stops Mondays to Fridays Service Restrictions Sch Horsley, opp Boscombe Lane 0820 Horsley, opp The Bell and Castle 0822 Whiteway, Quarry (N-bound) 0824 Nailsworth, Swan Bank (NE-bound) 0826 Nailsworth, Town Hall (NE-bound) 0830 Nailsworth, Bath Road Lay-by School Stop 0831 Tiltups End, opp Tipputs Inn 0833 Beverston, Castle (SE-bound) 0837 Tetbury, Sir William Romney’s (SE-bound) 0845 Saturdays Sundays no service no service Service Restrictions: Sch - Gloucestershire School Days Sir William Romney’s School - Beverston Castle - Tiltups End - Nailsworth - SWR3 Horsley Rover European Travel Direction of stops: where shown (eg: W-bound) this is the compass direction towards which the bus is pointing when it stops Mondays to Fridays Service Restrictions Sch Tetbury, Sir William Romney’s (SE-bound) 1530 Beverston, Castle (SE-bound) 1538 Tiltups End, Tipputs Inn (N-bound) 1542 Nailsworth, Town Hall (NE-bound) 1545 Nailsworth, Swan Bank (NE-bound) 1549 Whiteway, Quarry (N-bound) 1551 Horsley, The Hog Inn (NW-bound) 1553 Horsley, Boscombe Lane (W-bound) 1555 Saturdays Sundays no service no service Service Restrictions: Sch - Gloucestershire School Days Data Provided by South West Public Transport Information (SWPTI) - 45 - 16/10/14 Horsley - Nailsworth - Tiltups End - Beverston Castle - SWR3 Sir William Romney’s School Rover European Travel For times of the next departures from a particular stop you can use traveline-txt - by sending the SMS code to 84268.
    [Show full text]
  • Louisa Lee and Louisa 1685 – 19Th Century 394 Barlow Hoy [325-330] 6 Envelopes
    SUBSECTION: Louisa Lee and Louisa 1685 – 19th century 394 Barlow Hoy [325-330] 6 envelopes. Luisa Lee, daughter of Francis Lee and Sara Healing, English by birth, married Donato Guadagni, son of Luigi, in 1828. Donato and Luisa had four daughters, Aurora, Isabella, Emma and Giulia, and one son, Guadagno, born in 1833. Also Guadagno married an English woman, Luisa, daughter of James Barlow Hoy and Marianna Bird, in 1860. The two Luisas, mother and daughter-in-law, inherited their parents’ fortune, and left part of their papers among the documents of the Guadagni Archives, even though the former had never been organized and were put in the drawers and trunks deposited next to the shelves of the archives of the Guadagni Villa of Masseto. They were recuperated during the recent transfer of the documentation to the State Archives of the City of Florence. It was only during the reorganization of the Guadagni Archives (2007), that these papers were organized and described. During that work, it was not always possible to maintain the principle of “original writer” because both women were referred to as “marchesa Luisa Guadagni”. The fact that they were only one generation apart and that their lives would often run parallel has sometimes confused their papers. For this reason, the documents of both are assembled in only one section and might deserve ulterior examinations. We have also the documentation of the restoration works on the Guadagni Palace outside Porta al Prato in Florence. It was first rented by Alessandro Floriano Colonna Walescki (1862), then, it was bought by Luisa Lee.
    [Show full text]
  • Collections Relating to the Family of Trotman
    ) Collections RELATING TO The Family of Trotman. Edited by W. P. W. PHILLIMORE, M.A., B.C.L. <» PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION / .4 BYJOHN WHITE, STRQUD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 1892 / Syston Court in 1709: From Sir Robert Atkyns' "Gloucestershire." COLLECTIONS RELATING TO THE Family ? of ? Trotman. :o: rT"vHE surname of Trotman is one which has been long J. characteristic of Gloucestershire. Its origin and signifi­ cance are stillunascertained, for though Smyth, of Nibley,inhis Hundred ofBerkeley traces the family back to Richard Trotman livinginthe time of Edward 11., he gives no authority for the assertion, nor any clue as to the residence of the earlier generations of the family. We know, however, that Elias Trottman was a feoffee of the Church-house at Dursley in 1495, and it is said that Josceline, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1206-42, was surnamed Trotman. The Trotmans apparently came into prominence in the firsthalf of the sixteenth century, and owed their position, like many other Gloucestershire families, to the manufacture of cloth. Cam was the village with which they were chiefly connected, and the name is still to be found there. From the Trotmans, of Cam, it seems indeed probable that most existing families of the name have descended. " the Description of the Hundred of Berkeley," by John INSmyth, of Nibley, lately for the first time published under the auspices of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, are numerous references to the family. As they are scattered, it willbe a convenience to collect them together, and they willform a suitable introduction to the abstracts oforiginal documents which willfollow.
    [Show full text]