These papers concern the elder branch of
the Annesley family of Bletchingdon,
which at various times held the titles
of Viscount Valentia, Baron Altham, Earl
of Anglesey and Lord Mountnorris.
There are three other collections
containing papers about this family: E6
(the main estate collection), S11 (a
smaller collection of papers, mostly
concerning the Bletchingdon branch,
c.1800), and a small part of SL18, the
Aplin and Hunt papers. These three
collections are all closely linked by
their contents, and may perhaps derive
from a common source.
The papers in S13/4, however, almost all
concern the male line of Richard
Annesley, the 6th Earl of Anglesey,
which died out in 1844, and is not
represented well in the other
collections. This therefore gives the
papers a special interest.
The genealogy of the Annesley family is
not always straightforward. Therefore,
in all the collections which concern
them, members of the family bearing
frequently-used names (such as Arthur)
are distinguished by being assigned
Roman numerals. These refer to a
genealogy of the family, part of which
is printed at the end of this catalogue
(the full set of pedigrees may be found
at the end of E6).
It should be noted that all the papers
in this section are copies of the
original deeds. Dates for when they were
copied are given where they exist.