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Administration of estates -- Great Britain

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Records:

A Miscellany of Deeds and Manorial, Estate, Probate and Family Documents

 Collection
Call Number: MS 239
Overview

This collection of miscellaneous documents, written between the 13th to 19th centuries, mostly relate to land and property transactions and maintenance in England. The bulk of the documents are dated from the 16th through 19th centuries. The remaining documents concern legal and official matters, family papers, probate and wills, and accounts and business. The documents pertain to many of the counties in England, as well as some matters taking place in other parts of the British Isles.

Dates: 1230-1900 (bulk 1461-1860)

Arthur Moore collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 143
Overview

This collection consists of the correspondence and business records of Arthur Moore (1666?-1730) and his immediate family in England in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

Dates: 1503-1857 not inclusive (bulk 1680s-1730s)

G. Foyle Estates Survey

 Collection — Volume 1
Call Number: MS D172
Overview

Volume of survey maps and statistical charts for the estates of G. Foyle, Esquire, showing the fields in 16 parcels of land, and associated commons,waste, and enclosures. 1070 trees located, and separately valued as timber. Most properties appear to be in Dorset, England, between Shaftesbury and Sherborne (including Marnhull and Margaret Marsh); not all have been identified.

Dates: 1796?, 1805

Spring Estate annuitants book of receipts and related material

 Collection
Call Number: MS P561
Overview

This collection consists of a financial volume and related loose sheets, regarding the annuity payments made by "the Estate of the late Montague James, deceased, called Spring Estate" to those who had invested in the Estate. The estate was located in Hanover Parish, Jamaica as well as in London, England.

Dates: 1799 - 1817