This collection consists of deeds relating to the Manors of Blewbury, Upton and Upton Russells, together with property in Blewbury, Upton, and East Hagbourne (Berkshire, now Oxfordshire); also mentioned are four messuages in St Mary Magdalen and land in Radley.
It covers the period from 1739 to 1864 and concerns the ownership of the above-mentioned properties by 5 generations of the Phillips family. The earliest items relate how John Phillips, the Kings carpenter at Windsor Castle, obtained land in Sheencroft in the parish of Blewbury from the Hon Francis Cottington. John Phillips later added the Great Manor of Blewbury; before adding the Manors of Upton and Upton Russells. He is commemorated by a sarcophagus in East Hagbourne parish church.
John Phillips died without issue and the estates passed to his brother’s children of Culham House in Culham, Oxfordshire. The most recent document in the collection, in 1864, concerns John Shawe Phillips’ ownership, the third great nephew of John Phillips.
The collection was originally brought to Lincolnshire Archives, before being transferred to Oxfordshire History Centre in November 2000 and accessioned as 4781.
The documents have been catalogued in one chronological sequence.
Catalogued by Maria Morris, November 2021. 2 boxes