Chirk Castle (Burghill Estate) Papers,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

Reference
- GB 210 CHBURGH
Alternative Id.
Dates of Creation
- 1768-1782, 1849-1862 /
Name of Creator
- Burghill Estate (England)
Language of Material
- English.
Physical Description
- 367 items
Location
- ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Deeds (mainly drafts) and estate correspondence, 1849-1862, relating to the Burghill estate, and papers (apparently unrelated to the Chirk Castle estate) of Mary Coats of Crompton Street, St Anne, Westminster, 1768-1782.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Burghill estate in Herefordshire belonged to the Biddulph family of Ledbury. Following the death of Richard Myddleton in 1796, the Chirk Castle estate, Denbighshire, was divided betwen his sisters. Charlotte, whose share of the estate retained the title Chirk Castle, married Robert Biddulph (1761-1814) in 1801. He subsequently assumed the name of Myddleton.

Arrangement

Original arrangement in bundles.

Access Information

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.

Acquisition Information

Purchased, 1991.

Note

The Burghill estate in Herefordshire belonged to the Biddulph family of Ledbury. Following the death of Richard Myddleton in 1796, the Chirk Castle estate, Denbighshire, was divided betwen his sisters. Charlotte, whose share of the estate retained the title Chirk Castle, married Robert Biddulph (1761-1814) in 1801. He subsequently assumed the name of Myddleton.

Title supplied from contents of fonds.

Other Finding Aids

A hard copy of the catalogue is available in NLW, Minor lists & summaries 1992, pp. 15-17.

Archivist's Note

May 2003; revised May 2005

Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following source was consulted in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor lists & summaries 1992.

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright regulations apply.

Appraisal Information

Action: All records purchased by the National Library of Wales have been retained..

Custodial History

The papers were previously held in the offices of F. & C. Bodenham of Rotherwas, Herefordshire, solicitors. It is possible that Mary Coats, or more likely her relations or descendants, were clients of the same firm.

Accruals

Accruals are not expected.

Related Material

The main Chirk Castle archive is National Library of Wales, Chirk Castle Estate Records. Further records are Denbighshire Record Office, DD/CC.

Additional Information

Published

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

Subjects

Deeds -- England -- Herefordshire

London (England)

Personal Names

Coats, Mary, d. 1781

Geographical Names

London, England

Archive Record|Table of contents

Chirk Castle (Burghill Estate) Papers,CHBURGH

Drafts and fair copies of particulars and conditions of sale of coppice woods, oak, elm and ash trees growing on ...,1-6.

Papers relating to the surveying of lands annexed in 1774 by Queen Anne's Bounty to the vicarage of Burghill, previous ...,7-10.

Draft conveyance by way of exchange between John Barnett of Marden and Robert Myddleton-Biddulph of several parcels of land in ...,11-17.

Draft deeds and correspondence relating to the sale to RM-B of parcels of lands called Fish Pool Stone, South Field ...,18-28.

Receipts,29-38.

Estate correspondence mainly letters from John Girdwood, agent of the Chirk Castle estate, to F & C Bodenham, relating to ...,39-152.

Schedules of title deeds relating to the Burghill estate, 1712-1850, including the premises specified in nos 18-28, 217-31, 236-45,153-70.

Papers in an action of ejectment from a parcel of land called The Boggs, p Burghill, in the Queen's Bench ...,171-216.

Deeds and correspondence relating to the conveyance of a dwelling house, garden and orchard in p Burghill, including an abstract ...,217-31.

Agreement to purchase a messuage, cider mill and garden in p Burghill by RM-B, together with draft conveyance and abstract ...,232-5.

Drafts of a conveyance to RM-B, of dwelling houses in t Tillingston, p Burghill, and an orchard called, Clanley Croft ...,236-45.

Draft mortgages of the premises specified in nos 18-28 and three tmts in the village of Burghill, a tmt called ...,246-7.

Draft deeds and correspondence relating to an exchange of cottages and parcels of land in p Burghill. The proposed exchange ...,248-77.

Draft deed and correspondence relating to the sale to RM-B of three cottages lying in the Portway, p Burghill, together ...,278-94.

Draft deeds, particulars, tracings and correspondence relating to the sale to RM-B of parcels of land in p Burghill,295-306.

Draft presentation of the vicarage of Burghill to the Rev John Rees Jones, and drafts, 1854, of a lease of ...,307-9.

List of tithe arrears on the Burghill estate,310.

Deeds and correspondence concerning the sale to RM-B of a messuage in the Portway, p Burghill,311-18.

Draft leases of Burghill mansion,319-20.

Memorandum of an agreement to sell to RM-B, a farm called Home Farm, p Burghill,321.

Draft conveyance to RM-B of a parcel of meadowland in p Burghill, together with related correspondence,322-31.

Papers relating to Mary Coats of Crompton Street, p St Anne Westminster, and apparently unrelated to the Chirk Castle estate ...,332-67.