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ABE – Archive of the Nevill Family of Eridge Castle in Frant, Marquesses of Abergavenny

Records of title and administration of estates in Sussex, Kent, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Norfolk. Includes material relating to the development of Tunbridge Wells 19th - 20th centuries. The list which follows is based on Ernest Gaisford's arrangement, and uses the same references.

15th-20th cent

ACC3361 – SAS Accessions 374-379

ACC3420 – Sedlescombe. Map of Castleman’s farm (218 a), part of estate of Joseph Calverley, esq; surveyor unknown

1758

ACC3429 – Heathfield. Survey and plan of Tottingford otherwise Tottingworth belonging to Mrs Peckham

[c1760]

ACC3491 – Salehurst. Map of Bugsell Forge Farm belonging to John Snepp; by Richard Budgen

1787

ACC3508 – Wadhurst. Map of Skinners Farm (52a) belonging to Mr Edward King; no surveyor, ? Figg

early 19th cent

ACC3533 – East Hoathly. James Vine’s plot of lands of Esther Bishop, 1629, copied 1638

1638

ACC3544 – Lindfield and Chailey. Map of Riddens in Chailey and Lindfield belonging to Mercer Durrant [check], eqs, by William Rose

1788

ACC3549 – Jevington and Folkington

ACC3573 – Map of Crowborough Warren

1831

ACC3579 – Warbleton and Wartling: fragment of a plan showing lands near Bodle Street belonging to Richard Weekes, by Joseph de Ward, surveyor

1622

ACC3714 – Pelham family, Earls of Chichester: maps of lands in Falmer, East Hoathly, Laughton, Piddinghoe, Stanmer, Plumpton, Hellingly, Lindfield and Chiddingly, plans of Stanmer House, family papers

[1504]-[c1930]

ACC3716 – Plan showing Alfriston and Milton Court, Arlington [by William Figg]

Map was used in trial of Samuel Thorncraft, Mar 1832, and is inscribed 'Bushes where the prisoners are supposed to have run to after having set fire to the barn &c.'

[1831-1832]

ACC3729 – Eastbourne

ACC5454 – Antiquarian papers of Miss Eeles, Frant

1632-20th cent

ADA – Archive of Adams and Remers of Lewes, solicitors: manorial records

This series of manorial documents, consisting largely of court books, is grouped down to ADA 192 the lords holding them in 1925. Within the groups the documents are arranged by the manor to which a series predominantly relates, with other manors represented named in brackets in the title. Unless otherwise stated all entries refer to the main manor of the heading. The exception is the composite court books, rentals and surveys of the De La Warr manors, ADA 37-52, for each of which the content is given in the description. There is an index by manor and estate which includes the later reprints, ADA 193-249 Contents: Campion manors ADA 1-18 Christie manors ADA 19-36 De La Warr manors ADA 37-173 Grantham manors ADA 174-181 Monk Bretton manors ADA 182-185 Sclater manors (?) ADA 186-192 Additional deposits ADA 193-250 Preliminary schedules for ACC 5786 and ACC 6064 Information on the manors represented here may be found in: VCHS. Victoria County History of Sussex, in particular volume 7, the Rape of Lewes (1940) Dickins, K. W. 'The muniments of the Sussex Archaeological Trust. Guide to the calendars, appendix II', Sussex Archaeological Collections 94 (1956), 144-57. Straker, E. (ed.), The Buckhurst terrier, 1597-1598. Sussex Record Society 39 (1934). Manor & Estate Reference: ADA ALCHORNES 38, 39, 45, 47, 49, 50, 52, 53, 106, 113. ALLINGTON 45, 46, 54. ASHDOWN FOREST 45, 55. BARCOMBE 176-181. BASSETTS 45. BERRIETROWE 45. BEXHILL 49, 50, 51, 56-71, 78, 167. BISHOPSHURST 44. BLACKHAM 37-39, 41, 45-49, 52, 106, 113. BLATCHINGTON 44. BOLBROOKE 37, 38, 45, 47, 48. BOWLEY 45. BRIGHTON-ERLYES 54. BRIGHTON-LEWES 45, 46, 51. BRIGHTON-MICHELHAM 45, 49, 50, 78, 101, 102. BROOME 39, 41, 45-49, 52, 106, 113. BROUGHTON 45. BUCKHOLT 49. BUCKHURST 37-41, 44, 45, 47-50, 52, 106, 113. BURCHDEN 37. CAMOIS COURT 174, 175. CHALVINGTON 45. CHARTNEYS 45. CHIDDINGLY 42, 43, 45, 46, 51, 72. CLAVERHAM 45. CLAYTON 1-6. COLLINGHURST 41, 45-49, 52. DALLINGRIDGE 78, Danny estate 228 Ditchling Garden 193-203 DORSET COURT alias SALISBURY COURT, co. Middlesex. 45. DOWNASH 45. DUDDLESWELL 73-100. EASTBOURNE MEDSEY 45, 50, 101-105. EAST GRINSTEAD BOROUGH 45, 78, 106-113a. FINDON 46, 75. FISKERIDGE 45, 47, 48, 50, 52. FOLKINGTON 45. FRAMFIELD 45, 46, 77, 114-142, 230-236 FROGFIRLE 45, 46. GROOMBRIDGE alias REDMELRIDGE 38. HAMSEY 182-185. HANGLETON 45, 46, 51. HEATHFIELD 50, 56, 58, 59, 61-63, 78, 143-149. HENDOLL 45. HOLWICH 45. HOOE 45. HOSIERS 45. HOUNDEAN ABERGAVENNY 45. HOUNDEAN DORSET 45, 46, 51, 239 HURSTPIERPOINT 7-15, 228 HYDE 45. IFORD 45, 204 IMBERHORNE 39, 40, 44, 45, 47-50, 78, 106-113. ISFIELD 205-210 JEVINGTON 211-213 KEMSING in Kent. 45. KINGSTON 45, 51. KNOLE in Kent. 45. LANCING 45. LANGNEY 45, 150-155. LAVERTIE 45, 47, 48. LEIGH in Kent. 45. LEWES BOROUGH 45, 49, 50, 51, 156-165. LULLINGTON 40, 42-46, 51, 166, 166a. MEECHING 45. MICHELHAM PARKGATE 40, 42-46, 49, 51, 167. MIDDLEHAM 214 MIDDLETON 44 MILTON 40, 42-46, 51, 166, 166a. MOUNTBURES, Essex. 45, 46. MUNCKLOWE 37-39, 45, 47, 48, 50, 52, 106-111, 113, 168-170. NEWICK 44, 237-8 NEWHAVEN see MEECHING NEWTIMBER 16. OCKLYNGE, St Johns 240 OTHAM 49, 215-216 OVINGDEAN 45. PEAKDENE 217-219 PEELING 45, 46. PENHURST 2. PRESTON BECKHELWYN 45. REIGATE in Surrey. 45. RINGMER 19-35, 40, 44, 45, 49, 50, 51, 72, 78. ROCKLAND 45. ROCKS ESTATE, UCKFIELD 229 ROIYSES 45. ROMBOLDSWICK 45. RUSHLAKE 45, 240 SEAFORD BOROUGH 45, 49, 101. SEAFORD PORTREEVE 45, 49, 50, 101. SEAL in Kent. 45. SEDLESCOMBE 51. SEVENOAKS in Kent. 45. SHARNFOLD 42, 45, 46. SHEFFIELD 45, 47, 187. SHELDOWNE 220-222 SOUTHEASE CUM HEIGHTON 36, 45. SOUTHOVER 45, 46. SUTTON in Surrey. 45. STREAT 44. SWANBOROUGH 20, 22-25, 34, 40, 42-46, 51, 171, 172. TELSCOMBE 44, 45, 51. TIGHE alias ST. TIE 45. TOTTENHAM, co. Middlsx. 45. UCKFIELD, ROCKS ESTATE 229 WARNINGORE 186-192, 238 WARTLING 45. WESBERHOLT SACKVILLE, co. Essex. 45, 46. WESTMESTON 44. WICKHAM 15-18. WILLINGDON 45, 173, 240 WILMINGTON 42, 45, 46.

1524-1929

AMS6008 – Printed maps of Sussex

This is an artificial group of records previously listed as Printed Maps (PM) The format of the entries is generally standard, beneath the title of the map is the name of the surveyor followed by the publisher. The area covered by the map is given by references to places bounding West-East, South-North. The scale of the maps is given in inches to the mile and size of the maps in inches height by length Many printed maps are also found in the quarter sessions series of parliamentary deposited plans (QDP); the West Sussex series of plans are listed in SRS 66 (1968). Contents AMS6008/1 Maps of Sussex AMS6008/2 Ordnance Survey Maps AMS6008/3 Town Plans AMS6008/3/1 Brighton and Hove AMS6008/3/2 Chichester AMS6008/3/3 Eastbourne AMS6008/3/4 Hastings and St Leonards AMS6008/3/5 Haywards Heath AMS6008/3/6 Lewes AMS6008/4 Out County Concordance of references in this collection with previous references in the collection PM (Printed Maps) PM1=[AMS 2496] PM2=AMS 6008/4/1 PM3=AMS 6008/1/1/3 PM4=AMS 6008/1/1/12 PM5=AMS 6008/1/18 PM6=AMS 6008/1/1/4 PM7=AMS 6008/1/1/5 PM8=AMS 6008/1/1/6 PM9=[SHR 2869] PM10=[SHR 2870] PM11=AMS 6008/1/1/11 PM12=AMS 6008/4/3 PM13=AMS 6008/4/4 PM14=AMS 6008/2/22 PM15=AMS 6008/2/20 PM16=AMS 6008/1/1/14 PM17=AMS 6008/1/1/19 PM18=AMS 6008/3/6/2 PM19=AMS 6008/3/6/1 PM20=[SHR 2873] PM21=AMS 6008/1/1/10 PM22=AMS 6008/1/1/26 PM23=AMS 6008/1/1/25 PM24=AMS 6008/2/35 PM25=AMS 6008/1/1/7 PM26=AMS 6008/2/1/15 PM27=AMS 6008/2/1/16 PM28=AMS 6008/2/13 PM29a=AMS 6008/3/6/3 PM29b=AMS 6008/3/6/4 PM30=AMS 6008/2/27 PM31=AMS 6008/2/23 PM32=AMS 6008/2/21 PM33a=AMS 6008/2/26 PM33b=AMS 6008/2/25 PM34=AMS 6008/2/14 PM35=AMS 6008/1/1/1 PM36=AMS 6008/2/1 PM37=AMS 6008/2/2 PM38=AMS 6008/2/3 PM39=AMS 6008/2/4 PM40=AMS 6008/2/5 PM41=AMS 6008/2/6 PM42=AMS 6008/2/7 PM43=AMS 6008/2/8 PM44=AMS 6008/2/9 PM45=AMS 6008/2/10 PM46=AMS 6008/2/11 PM47=AMS 6008/2/12 PM48=AMS 6008/1/1/15 PM49=AMS 6008/1/1/23 PM50=AMS 6008/1/1/24 PM51=AMS 6008/1/1/28 PM52=AMS 6008/3/4/10 PM53a=AMS 6008/1/1/13 PM53b=AMS 6008/1/1/18 PM54=AMS 6008/2/36 PM55a=AMS 6008/2/33 PM55b=AMS 6008/4/2 PM56a=AMS 6008/2/34 PM56b=AMS 6008/3/5/1 PM56c=AMS 6008/2/31 PM57=AMS 6008/2/18 PM57a=AMS 6008/2/17 PM58=AMS 6008/1/1/29 PM59=AMS 6008/3/3/1 PM60=AMS 6008/3/1/14 PM61=AMS 6008/2/29 PM62=AMS 6008/1/1/2 PM63=AMS 6008/2/24 PM64=AMS 6008/2/19 PM65=AMS 6008/3/1/7 PM66=AMS 6008/3/1/10 PM67=AMS 6008/3/1/11 PM68=AMS 6008/3/1/12 PM69=AMS 6008/3/1/9 PM70=AMS 6008/3/1/5 PM71=AMS 6008/3/1/8 PM72=AMS 6008/3/1/13 PM73=AMS 6008/3/1/17 PM74=AMS 6008/3/1/20 PM75=AMS 6008/3/1/22 PM76=AMS 6008/3/1/23 PM77=AMS 6008/3/1/18 PM78=AMS 6008/3/1/19 PM79=AMS 6008/3/1/21 PM80=AMS 6008/3/1/15 PM81=AMS 6008/1/1/27 PM82=AMS 6008/1/1/17 PM83=AMS 6008/1/1/20 PM84=AMS 6008/1/1/21 PM85=AMS 6008/1/1/22 PM86=AMS 6008/3/1/16 PM87=AMS 6008/2/32 PM88=AMS 6008/3/1/4 PM89=AMS 6008/3/4/5 PM90=AMS 6008/3/4/6 PM91=AMS 6008/3/4/8 PM92=AMS 6008/3/4/7 PM93=AMS 6008/2/28 PM94=AMS 6008/3/4/4 PM95=AMS 6008/3/4/2 PM96=AMS 6008/3/4/3 PM97=AMS 6008/3/4/1 PM98=AMS 6008/3/4/9 PM99=AMS 6008/3/1/2 PM100=AMS 6008/3/1/3 PM101=AMS 6008/3/1/6 PM102=AMS 6008/3/1/1 PM103=AMS 6008/1/1/9 PM104=AMS 6008/3/1/24 PM105=AMS 6008/1/1/16

1575-2012

AMS6161 – Lewes News

Lewes News is a local freesheet newspaper that contains items of local interest and local campaigns. It appears at two-monthly intervals.

1979-2024

AMS6970 – Records of the Sheffield Park Estate

Grouped under the reference AMS 6970 are the documents which passed to the Sussex Archaeological Society following the sale of the Sheffield Park estate in 1954. The circumstances of the sale are described in Daniel Waley and Christopher Whittick, 'The Earl, his daughter, her brother's housekeeper and the cat: the remarkable story of the Sheffield Park archives' in Archives 36 (2011) 62-78. The four court books (AMS 6970/1-2) were deposited with the Sussex Archaeological Society via the Department of Manuscripts at the British Museum following the acquisition of Sheffield Park by L. F. McCardle, who transferred to the mansion his firm New Welbeck Ltd, holders of a royal warrant for the supply of vacuum cleaners. His advertising manager Mr Stacey, described by the Society's secretary Frank Bentham Stevens as 'a weird fellow, but keen', assembled a collection of documents for a proposed museum at the house, but on his leaving Sussex in 1956 was persuaded to hand the books over on deposit. The later of the two plans (AMS 6970/4/2) was found at Sheffield Place by Norman Norris, probably during the view which preceded the sale of its contents between 8 and 10 March 1954; he transferred it to the Sussex Archaeological Society in April. The circumstances of the Society's acquisition of the earlier map, AMS 6970/4/1, are unclear, but a similar provenance can be assumed. Further documents remained at Sheffield Park, to be offered in two sales, conducted by McCardle's executors, in 1971 and 1972. ESRO competed on both occasions, but with little success, although much of the material eventually found its way to Lewes.

1581-c1775

AMS7191 – Photographs and scrapbooks of Christopher Blundell Samuelson (1920-2001)

The majority of these scrapbooks contain postcards or photographs as they were in the late 19th or early 20th centuries alongside photographs taken in the latter half of the 20th century by CS.

c1960-c1993

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