Weld Family Papers

Collection Level Description: Weld Family Papers

Reference: MSS. D.D. Weld a. 1, b. 1, c. 1-19
Title: Weld Family Papers
Dates of Creation: 1293-1809
Extent: 21 shelfmarks

Language of Material: English and Latin

Administrative/Biographical History

The Stanley, Heveningham, Simeon (Simmonds) and Weld families had estates in Staffordshire, Oxfordshire and Derbyshire.

Scope and Content

20 boxes of deeds, letters and estate papers relating to the families of Stanley, Heveningham, Simeon (Simmonds) and Weld, and to their estates in Staffordshire, Oxfordshire and Derbyshire, with some material concerning the Fitzherbert and Eyre families of Derbyshire. The collection is arranged as follows:

Deeds relating to manors held by the families of Heveningham, Simeon and Weld: Staffordshire; Derbyshire; Oxfordshire
Miscellaneous deeds: Staffordshire; other counties
Family papers: Stanley family; Heveningham family; Simeon family; Weld family; Eyre family
Miscellaneous documents

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were deposited in the Library in 1959.

Access Conditions

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

Further Information

Finding Aids

A full description is available in the Library.

Access Points

Eyre | family | Hathersage

Fitzherbert | family | Derbyshire

Heveningham | family | Aston

Simeon | family | baronets | Chilworth

Stanley | family | Staffordshire

Weld | family | Lulworth

Derbyshire (England)

Oxfordshire (England)

Staffordshire (England)

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09 June 2011