Deeds of the Earls of Shrewsbury

Collection Level Description: Deeds of the Earls of Shrewsbury

Reference: MSS. D.D. Shrewsbury c. 1-5
Title: Deeds of the Earls of Shrewsbury
Dates of Creation: 1239-1860
Extent: 5 shelfmarks

Language of Material: Latin and English

Administrative/Biographical History

The Earls of Shrewsbury had property in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Surrey and Yorkshire.

Scope and Content

164 deeds relating to property of the Earls of Shrewsbury at the following places:

Buckinghamshire: Hughenden, 1651
Oxfordshire: Bampton, 1239, 1623, 1654-1860; Heythrop, 1664, 1695-7, 1788; Dunthrop and Shewell, 1570, 1616, 1645, 1650-1839; Middle Aston, 1635, 1654; Rotherfield Peppard, 1656, 1694
Staffordshire: Alton, 1658
Surrey: Kingston, 1651, 1663, 1701
Yorkshire: Bolsterton Heyfield, 1658

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The deeds were deposited in the Library by the Earl of Shrewsbury, through Berkshire Record Office, 1950.

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Access Points

Talbot | family | Earls of Shrewsbury

Alton (Staffordshire, England)

Bampton (England)

Buckinghamshire (England)

Dunthrop (England)

Heythrop (England)

Hughenden (England)

Kingston (Surrey, England)

Middle Aston (England)

Oxfordshire (England)

Rotherfield (England)

Staffordshire (England)

Surrey (England)

Yorkshire (England)

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