GB2049 ARCHIVES Malvern Hills Conservators This catalogue was digitised by The National Archives as part of the National Register of Archives digitisation project The National Archives ARCHIVES A Acts of Parliament F Funicular Railway R Commons Registration W Malvern Water (including Acts of Parliament) N1-3 Newspapers Box 1G ACTS OF PARLIAMENT & RELATED DOCUMENTS Pre 1884 Act: The majority of these documents are hand A l written copies of Court Rolls deposited at the P.R.O. "Malvern Hills" by Percival Birkett c.1882 ­ information compiled from documents dating from 1128 Al/ i Case brought by Gilbert de Clare against William le Poer for enclosing a Park in Farleze (Farley-Mathon) cl288 Al/ii/1 (latin with transcription) Verdict re above c 1290 (latin) A1 /ii/2 Particulars of His Majesty's Chase cl 628 (2 copies) Al/ii i Copy of Act "for confirmation of the Enclosure & Improvement of Malvern Chase" cl664 (Disafforestation Act) Al/iv/1 Decrees & other papers relating to above 1630-1632 Al/iv/2 -9 Case re Inclosure & right of Common - with legal opinions cl 794 Al/ v Hanley Castle Inclosure Act c 1795 A1 /vi Case. Plea of Trespass re Richard Bright (of Colwall) right to pasture cattle on Hanley Common c 1795 (2 copies) Al/vii Case re encroachment - Manor of Malvern cl824 with legal opinion A1/viii N.B. Condition poor - use photocopy Case re William Cliffe (of Mathon) & others, enclosing land & impounding sheep from Colwall - with legal opinion cl826 Al/ix Case re Inclosures made by tenants of Mr Hornyold - rights of Mr Foley as Lord of the Manor etc. with legal opinion cl 832 Al/ x Little Malvern & Welland tithe award cl850 Al/x i List of "Parishes within the Ambit of the Old Malvern Chase"N.D. Al/xii Box 1G contd. Extract from Nash's History of Worcs. re Manor of Malvern c!799 Al/xiii Notes re Harcourt v Lechmere case re rights of common c!795 Al/xiv Notes (pages 11-16) re history of Malvern Chase N.D. Al/xv Descendants of the Foley family from the grandfather of the founder" c.1799 Al/xvi Case Henry Lakin v Edmond Winkle re the inclosure of Barnards Green c.1882 Al/xvii/1 Costs re above c.1882 Al/xvii/2 Extracts from Hanley Castle Inclosure Award 1797 Al/xviii Draft agreement (with plan) that certain lands, i.e. from the summit of the Worcestershire Beacon to End and North Hill, "shall remain open and be used as land dedicated to the recreation of the Public". 1) J V Hornyold & T C G Hornyold 2) Sir E A H Lechmere, James Dyson Perrins and others 1879 Al/xiv Box2G 1884 ACT Documents and papers relating to the first 'Malvern Hills Act' - including 'Malvern Hills Preservation Association' A2 Minutes of Common Land Committee' - August 1858 - Nov 1860 A2/i Malvern Hills Preservation Association 1879-1882 A2/ii/l-8 Address to Freeholders & Commoners of Colwall & Mathon byMrRaper Sep. 1882 A2/iii Committee of Freeholders, Tenants & Commoners 1882-1884 A2/iv/l-7 Letter from agent of Benjamin Bright Nov. 1880 A2/v Letter from Stephen Ballard June 1882 A2/vi Letters 1883/5 A2/vii/l-7 Act (1884) Heads of Bill (2 copies) c.1882 A2/viii Malvern Hills Bill - 5 drafts (2 copies of each) A2/ix/l-5 not in date order Amendments - not in date order A2/x/l-26 Act - 5 drafts - (2,2,2,3 & 1 copies) A2/xi/l-5 1884 Act - N.B. condition poor - use photocopy A2/xii Brief for Counsel - re Bill (2 copies) A2/xiii Malvern Hills Bill - evidence A2/xiv Minutes of Evidence (2 copies) A2/xv Minutes of Proceedings (2 copies) A2/xvi Speech of Mr Mowbray (2 copies) A2/xvii Petition of Charles M Berington (2 copies) A2/xviii Box 2G contd. 1884 ACT) Petition of Lady Emily Foley A2/xix Petition against alteration - Lady Emily Foley A2/xx Petition of J.V. & J.C. Hornyold A2/xxi Deposited plan of Malvern Hills showing land brought under the Board's jurisdiction in 1884 - with explanation A2/xxii Map as above A2/xxiii Map as above but coloured A2/xxiv Terrier re above A2/xxv Enactments incorporated in 1884 Act (2 copies) A2/xxvi Newspaper announcement re Bill - Malvern Advertiser 24 Nov. 1883 A2/xxvii Notes for preparation of Deposited Plan A2/xxviii/l-13 Draft proof for newspaper announcement re Bill - 7 Nov 1883 (3 copies) A2/xxix Amended proof as above (3 copies) A2/xxx Bill of costs re Act A2/xxxi/l-6 Receipted invoices re Act A2/xxxii Copy of article in Malvern Advertiser re opposition to Bill - 8 March 1884 A2/xxxiii Box 3 ACT List of private Bills 1908 A3/i/l as above with 'orders relating' A3/i/2 List of petitions for private bills 1909 (2 copies) A3/i/3 Petition for leave to introduce the Bill 1909 A3/ii Heads of Bill (2 copies) A3/iii Proofs previously to introduction of the Bill A3/iv Malvern Hills Bill - various drafts A3/v/l -10 Act - various drafts A3/vi/l-9 1909 Act (4 copies) A3/vii Proofs on behalf of promoters A3/viii/l-16 Petitions against the Bill 1908 A3/ix/l-7 Box 4 (1909 ACT) Brief to promote the Bill - House of Commons (2 copies) A3/x Brief to promote the Bill - House of Lords (2 copies) A3/xi Minutes of Speech - House of Lords (2 copies) A3/xii Minutes of Evidence - House of Lords (2 copies) A3/xiii Papers re dispensing with standing orders A3/xiv/l-9 Report of meeting of Malvern Wells Vestry 23 April 1909 (2 copies ) A3/xv Petitions against the Bill 1909 A3/xvi/l-6 Parliamentary Notice re Bill 1908 A3/xvii Parliamentary Notice re Bill 1909 (2 copies) A3/xviii Notices on Procedure 1909 A3/xix Statement of Evidence A3/xx Papers re amendments to Clauses (42 items) A3/xxi Report of Secretary of State for Home Dept. (2 copies) A3/xxii Report Ministry of Agriculture (2 copies) A3/xxiii Press Notice 1907 (2 copies) A3/xxiv Press Notice 1908 (2 copies) A3/xxv Press Notice 1908 (amended) (2 copies) A3/xxvi Box 5 (1909 ACT) Correspondence - Baker & Co. (Parliamentary Agents)(363 items) A3/xxvii Papers - M.U.D.C. in 'Terms submitted' (47 items) A3/xxviii Papers - Worcestershire County Council (9 items) A3/xxix Agenda - Herefordshire County Council 4 Jan. 1909 A3/xxx Box 6 (1909 ACT) - Fred Ballard (21 items) A3/xxxi - R Raper (57 items) A3/xxxii - Lord Beauchamp (5 items) A3/xxxiii - R G Gurney? ( 2 items) A3/xxxiv - HGoudy ( 3 items) A3/xxxv - Col. Heywood (5 items) A3/xxxvi - Jacob (2 items) A3/xxxvii - W H Joyner (6 items) A3/xxxviii - T Kensington ( 6 items) A3/xxxix - W Knight (2 items) A3/xl - E H Thurslow (15 items) A3/xli M H Orr-Ewing ( 3 items) A3/xlii Canon Pelly A3/xliii J Wilson (5 items) A3/xliv - R Winfrey M.P. (4 items) A3/xlv Pyx Granite (5 items) A3/xlvi Miscellaneous (19 items) A3/xlvii Min. of Agriculture (5 items) A3/xlviii Papers re Ratepayers ( 3 items) A3/xlix Telegrams (24 items) A3/1 Agenda of Parliamentary Committee cl909 A3/li Accounts etc. re Act (29 items) A3/lii Box 6 contd. Miscellaneous Papers re land Schedule of encroachments & enclosures (2 copies) A3/liii/l Agreement re above - T Harding cl885 12 - R Summers cl885 13 - J Marshall cl885 14 15 - TGunndle? cl888 16 - Royal Well Brewery cl 889 11 Land acquired 1887-1905 /8 Area of land in Parishes, Owners, etc. /9-17 Particulars of Quarries regarding which petitions have been presented (2 copies) /18 " " ref. Pyx Granite Co Ltd /19 " " ref. Cement Products (Bowen's Patent) Ltd /20 O.S. Map showing current & proposed contributory area /21 Explanatory memorandum of coloured 6" map /22 Box 7 1924 AC T A4 List of petitions for Private Bills A4/i Suggested Heads of Bill A4/ii/l ­2 Brief to promote Bill A4/iii/l Two drafts for above A4/iv/2 Malvern Hills Bill ­ various drafts A4/v/l -10 Act ­ various drafts A4M/1-5 1924 Act (3 copies) A4/vii Box 8 (1924 ACT) Petitions against the Bill: A4/viii/l Berrington A4/viii/2 Pyx Granite Co. A4/viii/3 Ecclesiastical Commissioners A4/viii/4 Price & Laird A4/viii/5 Notes on Evidence (2 copies) A4/ix Proofs on behalf of promoters A4/x/l-40 Minutes of Evidence A4/xi/l-5 List of Deposits (2 copies) A4/xii List of documents accompanying Brief (2 copies, 1 draft) A4/xiii List of Guarantors A4/xiv Parliamentary notices A4/xv/l-4 Notes on procedure A4/xvi Instructions to Counsel (2 copies) A4/xvii Further observations by Counsel (2 copies) A4/xviii Notes on Bill A4/xix Opinion A4/xx Case for Opinion (2 copies) A4/xxi Members of Committee (House of Lords) A4/xxii Memo ­ Acquisition of Manorial Land Rights A4/xxiii Report of Ministry of Agriculture A4/xxiv Report of Ministry of Health (2 copies) A4/xxv Report of Secretary of State for the Home Dept (2 copies) A4/xxvi Box 8 contd. (1924 ACT) Papers re amendments to Clauses A4/xxvii/l-7 Notes on proposed Bill A4/xxviii List of material sent to Council A4/xxix Box 9 1924 ACT) Note re land agreed under the Bill A4/xxx Particulars of Manorial Land claimed by Lady Grey (2 copies) A4/xxxi Purchases of Hill Lands, mineral & manorial rights by M.H.C.