The Essex Society for Archaeology and History has placed the following items of its property on permanent loan at the Essex Record Office. In doing so this enables the public access these documents for the first time ever. These are the first fruits of work carried out by the Library and Archives Committee in recent times, and follows a long history of depositing important Essex documents for safe keeping.
(27) Agreement for the Custody of Records. A14458.
Ref ERO D/Z 183 addl. 27.5.2016. Records of the Essex Society for Archaeology
and History being the Grant of Arms to the Society. Deposited by A. Corder-Birch, President.
(28) Agreement for
the Custody of Records. A14508. Records of ESAH deposited 19.7.2016. Box 1. S/LIB/9/8 ‘Papers read by Sperling:
Gainsborough’s Countryside; Hedingham Castle; Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford
(3 parts)’. S/LIB/9/9 ‘Sperling
Correspondence’ contains letter from TDS Bayley related to returning books;
papers related to Symonds and extended family pedigree and research [1930s];
letter related to bells at Debden Rectory, Saffron Walden, 1932; postcard of
Debden Church; black and white photograph Debden Church. S/LIB/9/16 ‘Pedigrees etc of Charles
Partridge (1927)’ contains letter concerning research queries with pedigrees
for various families. S/LIB/9/17 ‘Sperling
Index of Essex Churches’ containing brief details of history of church. Also
loose handwritten notes and map of Essex with villages underlined. S/LIB/9/20.
‘Family Pedigrees – compiled by Sperling’. S/LIB/9/19.
Notebook of handwritten notes taken from the Parish Book of Holy
Trinity, Colchester (D/P 323/8/1).
S/LIB/9/18 ‘Sperling MSS – To be preserved, Heraldic Correspondence
between the Rev HL Elliot and CFDS [Sperling], 1907-1918’ contains letters
related to research written to Sperling from various authors mainly Henry
Elliot of Gosfield Vicarage, Halstead, 1902-1919. S/LIB/9/10-15. Bundle of handwritten
notebooks which appear to include research notes taken from parish records, 6
volumes. S/LIB/9/26. ‘The Will of
Christopher Urswick died 1522’ handwritten copy by unknown author. S/LIB/9/40 Typed copy of ‘Book of the
Half-Yearly Visitations of The Archdeacons of Colchester’ with pencil
annotations covering 1587 and 1588. Taken from original Visitations book,
D/ACV1. S/LIB/9/29 ‘Miscellaneous
Unrelated Items’ contains Colchester rail, motor bus and motor coach time
table, 1936; letter related to right of way at Thorrington, 1939; letter
related to use of Frating Memorial Hall as Polling Station, 1939; pamphlet
‘Sunday Gas Work, Carbonizing on the Lord’s Day, Can it be diminished?’, 1879;
‘Junior and Senior Teachers World and Schoolmistress’, May 1940; flyer issued
by Ministry of Supply related to collection of old iron [1940s]. S/LIB/9/30 Photograph album with unlabelled
and undated black and white photographs showing pets, men in uniform, nuns,
children, nurses [c1910s]. S/LIB/9/39
Handwritten extracts from ‘Guide to Heraldry and Genealogy’ by George Gatfield.
S/LIB/9/32 ‘Index to list of Essex
entries in the De Banco Rolls (from 1273 – in National Archives), Handwritten
list of names and places with page number.
S/LIB/9/35 ‘Essex Brasses’ contains handwritten list of locations in
Essex and nationwide entitled ‘Montagu Benton’s papers. Donated by British
Museum on behalf of Mr Percy Thompson whose [brass] rubbings they are’, [1974]. S/LIB/9/36 ‘Little Parndon: Notes on Parish
Records’ contains handwritten notes.
S/LIB/9/37 ‘Session Rolls’ contains typed extracts covering 1536 to
1565. Box 2. S/LIB/9/1 ‘Sperling
Notabilia Quodam I’ contains indexed handwritten notes by CFD Sperling dated
1892 related to various Essex and nationwide churches, houses and Halls, such
as Stansted Hall, Dynes Hall and Alphamstone Church. Includes cuttings,
rubbings, photographs and sketches. 1 volume.
S/LIB/9/3 ‘Sperling Notabilia Quodam III 1894’ contains indexed
handwritten notes by CFD Sperling related to various Essex and nationwide
churches, houses, and Halls. Includes cuttings, photographs and sketches. 1
volume. S/LIB/9/4 ‘Sperling MS Notes IV
1895’ contains indexed handwritten notes by CFD Sperling related to various
Essex and nationwide churches, houses and Halls. Includes cuttings,
photographs, letters (1901-1913) and sketches. 1 volume. S/LIB/9/33 ‘Student’s notebook on archaeology
‘Settlements and Societies’, handwritten notes by unknown author. S/LIB/9/44 ‘Manor of Dedham Hall, Rental
Ladyday 1762’. Notebook containing handwritten transcription. Box 3. S/LIB/9/5 ‘Sperling Notes 1898-1902’.
Indexed volume V including various Essex and nationwide locations, contains
cuttings, sketches, rubbings and photographs.
S/LIB/9/6 ‘Sperling. Essex churches, 1902-1910. Indexed volume VI
including various locations, contains cuttings, sketches and rubbings. S/LIB/9/31 ‘Philip Laver, Miscellaneous
papers and notes’ contains letters and handwritten notes related to research,
1920-1925. Box 4. S/LIB/9/28 ‘Notes and
gleanings – Glascock, 1882-1925’ relates to locations in Essex and
Hertfordshire and contains handwritten notes, sketches and cutting. S/LIB/9/27 Volume ‘The Development of Armour
and Costume from the XIVth [14th] century to the XVIIth [17th]
century as illustrated in the memorial brasses of Essex by AC Edwards’. S/LIB/9/45 ‘King Cole and his Kingdom, TS
Draft’, unpublished volume written by RJ Appleby. S/LIB/9/41 ‘[Essex] book plates’ collected
for the Essex Archaeological Society by PG Laver during the 1920s and 1930s.
Includes handwritten list and small volume of contents with nine packets of
bookplates and one packet of letterheads.
S/LIB/9/34 ‘Transcription Cambridge University Library Add MS6149’
contains handwritten notes by unknown author.
S/LIB/9/38 ‘Minchen’s Farm, Great Dunmow’ contains handwritten notes,
letters (1912-1918), pedigrees and photographs related to the Glasscock family and
Minchens Farm. S/LIB/9/42 ‘Wax Seals’.
Seven seals with handwritten list.
S/LIB/9/46 ‘Particulars of sale of property’ contains Budds Farm,
Highwood near Chelmsford, 1930; ‘The Roses’, Station Road, Tolleshunt D’Arcy,
1964; 82 Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, 1955; Grey Goose Farm, Stifford Clays,
1973; The Elms Estate (Broomfield), 1937; Valuable Freehold Building Land,
Tiptree, Essex, 1964; Benyon Estates near Romford, Hornchurch, Dagenham &
the Thames-Side Industrial Areas, 1937; Also photocopy of Manning Farm &
The Cedars or Dairy Farm, Frating, 1921; The Manor, Tendring, 1923. Box 5.
S/LIB/9/47 Letter and extracts from parish registers related to birth
defects in Colchester St Peter, 1687 (ERO D/P 178/1/2); Colchester St Mary
Walls, 1742 (D/P 246/1/5); and, Colchester St Mary Walls, 1738 (D/P 246/1/5). S/SEC/4/1 ‘Parish Register Enquiry and Replies
1858’ contains material that appears to have been sent to Rev EL Cutts
including handwritten extracts from Navestock registers with related letter
from possible author, William Stubbs, letters concerning research with related
papers including transcriptions of parish register, 1858-1869. S/LIB/9/50 Removed from box labelled ‘Parish
Register Transcripts and Indexes’ includes transcriptions of Essex Parish
registers and monumental transcriptions with related letters. Box 6. S/LIB/9/51 ‘Some Essex Closing Rings,
Photographs by Fred Brand and SE Lloyd 1935’ which also includes sketches.
