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      Agricultural economics

      • UF Économie agraire
      • UF Économie agricole
      • UF Agroeconomía
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      P.W. FLOWER AND SONS
      GB 0074 CLC/B/173 · Collection · 1826-1980

      The records of PW Flower and Sons, merchants, concern the company's trading interests and property investments, and the affairs and investments of the Flower family (see CLC/B/173/MS19469 for a Flower family tree) and of other families with shared or related interests; they include the papers of various trustees by whom some family and business activities were administered.

      The records include:

      • Mss 19338-55: business records: general, or relating to more than one country;
      • Mss 19356-78: business records: Australia, including some Salting family papers (see also Mss 19470-89);
      • Mss 19379-93: business records: India, including some Pearse family papers;
      • Mss 19394-99: estate records: general or relating to more than one estate;
      • Mss 19400-9: estate records: individual estates or properties (except Park Town);
      • Mss 19410-38: estate records: Park Town, except maps and plans which are catalogued in the Print and Maps Section;
      • Mss 19439-46: family records: executors of P.W. Flower, including references to business and estate matters;
      • Mss 19447-69: family records: general, including references to business and estate matters;
      • Mss 19470-89: Papers relating to the Salting family of Australia (with which the Flower family had business connections; see also Mss 19356-78) and in particular to George Salting (d 1909) art collector and benefactor to public art galleries.
      P W Flower and Sons , merchants
      GB 0100 KCLCA QAL/PUB, QAL/M, 1992/QAL, 1999/QAL · 1905-1986

      The records of Queen Elizabeth College Library include minutes, correspondence and publications, 1905-1986; notably an incomplete series of Library Committee minute books, 1905-1977 (Ref: QAL/M); loose minutes, correspondence and other papers concerned with the management and operation of the Library, in particular working party notes, policy documents, Library Committee papers, donations, accessions lists, finance, redevelopment, computing, and relating to the teaching of physics and social studies, 1962-1986 (Ref: 1992/QAL/F, QAL/F1); correspondence and architectural plans relating to the planning and development of a proposed new library, statistics and inspections, 1971-1979 (Ref: 1999/QAL); publications including copies of articles from a wide range of physiological and medical journals, mainly concerning obesity, hormonal and metabolic balance with the results of studies carried out on humans and rodents, 1912-1975 (Ref: QAL/PUB1); papers relating to catering, domestic planning and appliances, including on electric cookers and refrigerators, [1963-1970] (Ref: QAL/PUB2); Harrow Consumer Group publications including its magazine, Query, 1967-1971 (Ref: QAL/PUB3); publications concerned with recipes and diet and kitchen hygiene [1915-1960] (Ref: QAL/PUB4); pamphlets, brochures and other publications issued by the Government of Malawi and organisations in Rhodesia and Nigeria, on nutrition, health education, agricultural development and farming practices, 1969-1973 (QAL/PUB5).

      King's College London , Women's Department King's College for Women , Household and Social Science Department , 1915-1928 King's College of Household and Social Science , 1928-1953 Queen Elizabeth College , 1953-1985
      GB 0096 MS164 · Fonds · [1829]

      Notebook of John Urpeth Rastrick headed: 'Cost price of timber in scantl[in]g', [1829].

      Rastrick , John Urpeth , 1780-1856 , civil engineer
      GB 0096 MS 632 · [1350-1450]

      Part of a rental on paper relating to properties in East Kent, including Eastry, Sandwich, Worth and Upton, and written in the late 14th to early 15th century.

      Unknown
      Rivers, Sir George
      GB 0096 MS 520 · 1691

      Certified copy, made 30 June 1698, of an indenture of settlement of 21 April 1691 between (1) Sir George Rivers, Baronet, and Dorothy, his wife, of Chafford in the parish of Penshurst, Kent, and (2) William Freeman, of Sandown Castle, Kent, and John Seyliard, of Penshurst, of the moiety of (1)'s lands in Suffolk (Holbrook, etc), Essex (Finchingfield) and London (in the parishes of St Andrew's, Holborn, and St Bride's), with an undertaking to levy fines before the justices.

      Unknown
      ROYAL CONTRACT ESTATES
      CLA/044 · Collection · 1297-1774

      Records of the Royal Contract Estates, 1297-1774, including papers relating to the state of the estates; papers relating to the debts of King James I and King Charles I; papers relating to the sale of the various estates; indentures; financial accounts; surveys of various estates; auditors' certificates of the total rents of the manors and lands; law suits; committee papers and deeds.

      Corporation of London
      ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS
      GB 0403 RSA · 1634-2002 (printed material from 1634, archival material from 1754)

      Archive, 1754 to date, of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA; formerly the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, or Society of Arts), created by the Society in the course of its activities, and comprising records of its administration (Ref: AD), and records of its activities and events (Ref: PR), also including some printed material dating back to 1634.

      Administrative records of the Society include:

      Records of Miscellaneous Committees to discuss the programme and administration of the Society, including the Committee of Correspondence and Papers and the Committee of Miscellaneous Matters, 1754-1848 (Ref: AD.MA/104).
      Records of the Society from 1754, later the Council (established 1845) (Ref: AD.MA/100).

      Records concerning Chairmen of Council (from 1846) and Council membership (Ref: AD.MA/102).

      Records of Secretaries (administrative head of the Society), after 1994 known as the Director (Ref: AD.MA/101).

      Records of Presidents (Ref: AD.MA/103).

      Records of Membership/Fellowship, relating to subscribers to the Society, originally termed 'members', referred to as 'Fellows' from 1908 (Ref: AD.MA/900). (The archive does not include extensive biographical information on RSA Fellows, although dates of membership of Fellows are usually recorded.)
      Records concerning the Society's House in John Adam Street from its design and construction by the Adam Brothers, including correspondence, papers, notes, leases and other legal documents, relating to administration, management, alteration and repair of the building (Ref: AD.MA/300).

      Records of various House Committees set up at different times to look at the building, its use, function, administration and management (Ref: AD.MA/305).

      Accounting and financial records produced by various committees including the Accounts Committee and Finance and General Purposes Committee (Ref: AD.MA/400).

      Annual Reports recording the Society's activities over the year, initially within the Journal (from 1852), but later as a separate publication (Ref: AD.MA/701).

      Records relating to general lectures (developed from the 1850s when the Society ceased the award of premiums for inventions), with correspondence mainly concerning administrative arrangements for speakers and publication of their texts (in the RSA Journal) and suggestions for topics for discussion (Ref: AD.MA/800).

      Records relating to the RSA Silver Medal awarded annually for the most interesting lecture over the preceding year (Ref: AD.MA/803).

      Records relating to production of the Journal and other publicity, promotion and communication (Ref: AD.MA/203).

      Donations and collections, comprising objects and artefacts donated to or bought by the Society (Ref: AD.MA/204).

      Records of the Society's activities (such as award schemes, exhibitions, conferences, seminars and lectures), including joint initiatives with a range of other organisations, include:

      Guard Books (30 volumes), 1754-1770, containing correspondence and papers about all Society activities and committees, on a range of subjects (Ref: PR.GE/110).

      Manuscript versions of the Society's Transactions, comprising draft versions of the printed Transactions, including drawings, plans and diagrams in support of claims for premiums and awards. Also general correspondence to the Society on various 19th century campaigns, conferences and committees, covering subjects including lectures (arrangements for dates, speakers, chairmen, participants; suggestions for subjects, submission of lecture texts, corrections to texts, requests for tickets/programmes, acceptances, apologies for non-attendance etc), examinations (requests for syllabus, copies of certificates, programmes, rules; complaints, arrangements, agreements with colleges, details of examiners etc), membership (requests for information, applications, replies to circulars, notes accompanying subscriptions, resignations, complaints), Council/committee chairmen (intention to attend meetings, acceptances, general arrangements for meetings, requests for information, dates, times etc), Journal (receipt/non-receipt of copies, reciprocal arrangements with other libraries, requests for extra copies, corrections to proofs, advertising, arrangements for making blocks, photogravures etc), House (letters from freeholders, solicitors, contractors; booking of rooms), staff (applications for employment, testimonials, sick notes etc - a very small number of items), general (invitations, letters from bankers, auditors, business circulars, requests for funding, suggestions for campaigns, policies, events etc), and including artistic copyright, uniform musical pitch, domestic economy, art workmanship, musical training, food committees, patent law reform, prevention of fires in theatres and education exhibitions (Ref: PR.GE/118-19, 121).

      Records relating to Premium and Programme committees (Ref: PR.GE/112); Albert Medal (founded 1863) (Ref: PR.GE/101); Memorial Tablet (blue plaque) scheme (founded 1866) (PR.GE/122); War Memorials Advisory Council (established 1944, disbanded 1948), concerning memorials of the Second World War (Ref: PR.GE/117); Exhibition of Exhibitions (1951), concurrent with the Festival of Britain, to commemorate earlier ground-breaking Society exhibitions on contemporary art (1760), industrial design (1847-1850), photography (1852), industry (1761), and the first international exhibition (1851) (Ref: PR.GE/102); R B Bennett Commonwealth Prize (endowed 1944) for outstanding contribution to the promotion of the arts, agriculture, industries and commerce of the Overseas Empire (Ref: PR.GE/116); Commonwealth Committee (Ref: PR.GE/113); proposals and planning for the Festival of Britain (1951) (Ref: PR.GE/103); events for the RSA Bicentenary (1954) (Ref: PR.GE/107); Benjamin Franklin Medal (instituted 1956) (Ref: PR.GE/100); Trusts, bequests, fundraising and development (Ref: PR.GE/111).

      Records relating to manufacture and commerce, including the Paris Exhibitions (1844-1900) (Ref: PR.MC/109); Great Exhibition (1851) (Ref: PR.MC/107); International Exhibition (1862) (Ref: PR.MC/108); Chicago Exhibition (World's Columbian Exposition, 1893), British Section (Ref: PR.MC/112); Industry Year/Industry Matters (1986) (Ref: PR.MC/100); Tomorrow's Company (begun 1994), concerning the role of business in a changing world (Ref: PR.MC/115); Redefining Work (launched 1995) (Ref: PR.MC/116); Forum for Ethics in the Workplace (1997) (Ref: PR.MC/117); Manufacturing, Wealth Creation and the Economy (1998) (Ref: PR.MC/118).

      Records of subject-based standing committees set up by the Society from 1754 to judge awards and premiums in particular areas, including minutes and correspondence about awards and attendance at and structure of committees: Agriculture (Ref: PR.MC/103), Chemistry (Ref: PR.MC/105), Colonies and Trade (Ref: PR.MC/104), Manufactures (Ref: PR.MC/102), Mechanics (Ref: PR.MC/101), and Polite Arts - including prints, drawings and other artwork submitted for award (Ref: PR.AR/103).

      Records relating to fine and applied arts, including exhibition of works of Ancient and Medieval Art (1847-1850) (Ref: PR.AR/105); exhibition of the works of William Etty and William Mulready (1848-1849), including general correspondence, printed matter, catalogues, press cuttings, tickets and notices about mounting of exhibitions, and attendance (Ref: PR.AR/112); British Art in Industry Exhibition (1935) to publicise good design in articles of everyday use (Ref: PR.AR/101); Humorous Art Exhibition (1949-1950) (Ref: PR.AR/100); Art for Architecture scheme (from 1990), aiming to enhance the urban environment by encouraging cross disciplinary approaches to building and landscape projects, and associated with the Jerwood Art for Architecture Award (introduced 1994) (Ref: PR.AR/110); Shakespeare in Schools (begun 1992), a pilot project to introduce Shakespeare to children (Ref: PR.AR/108).

      Records relating to promotion of design, including the Design Bursaries Board, Design Committee, the Design Board, Design Advisory Group and Design Section (Ref: PR.DE/106-7); Industrial Art Bursaries Competition (started 1924), succeeded by the Design Bursaries Competition, Competition of Industrial Designs and Student Design Awards (Ref: PR.DE/100); Royal Designers for Industry (RDI) scheme (created 1936) to encourage a high standard of industrial design (Ref: PR.DE/101); Bicentenary Medal (instituted 1954) for exceptional influence in promoting art and design in British industry (Ref: PR.DE/102); Presidential Awards for Design Management (instituted 1964) to recognise outstanding design policy (Ref: PR.DE/105).
      Records relating to education, including the RSA Examinations Board (PR.ED/100); the Education for Capability programme (initiated 1979) to counteract academic bias in British education and promote practical, organising and co-operative skills (Ref: PR.ED/107); the future of Technological Higher Education in Britain (1982), a study group to consider the problems facing Britain in the development of technological higher education (Ref: PR.ED/118); Home-School links (from 1988) (Ref: PR.ED/108); Parents in a Learning Society, a development project to involve parents in education and assess home-school work (Ref: PR.ED/104); the National Advisory Council for Careers and Educational Guidance (established 1994), to promote and advise on provision of guidance for learning and work (Ref: PR.ED/103); Education Futures (2000) (Ref: PR.ED/116).

      Records relating to the environment, including the Campaign for the Preservation of Ancient Cottages (begun 1926) to protect cottage architecture, establishing a fund which purchased or restored cottages near Worthing, at Bibury, Gloucestershire, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Chiddingstone, Kent, and elsewhere (Ref: PR.EN/100); three 'Countryside in 1970' Conferences (1963-1970) (Ref: PR.EN/104); Environment Committee (formed 1971) to identify and anticipate major environmental problems and provide a forum for discussion (Ref: PR.EN/107), which began the Pollution Abatement Technology Award Scheme (PATAS) (1983-1986) (Ref: PR.EN/103), succeeded by the Better Environment for Industry/European Better Environment Awards for Industry (BEAFI/EBEAFI) (1987-1991) (Ref: PR.EN/101); the Environment Committee's sub-committee the RSA-Cubitt Trust Panel (to 1991), devoted to the built environment and working with the Cubitt Trust to convene conferences, seminars and an annual Cubitt Lecture (Ref: PR.EN/106); After the Earth Summit - What Next? (1992) (Ref: PR.EN/128); RSA Environmental Management Awards (begun 1993) (Ref: PR.EN/102).

      The Early Library (Ref: SC/EL/1-5), comprising c500 printed works collected by the Society before 1830, including journals and periodicals, and c300 pamphlets and tracts covering broad-ranging topics relating to premiums and awards of the various sectional committees (Agriculture, Polite Arts, Chemistry, Manufactures, Mechanics, and Colonies and Trade), and including extracts from proceedings of other societies and learned institutions.

      Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
      Society of Arts
      RSA , Royal Society of Arts
      RUISLIP ENCLOSURE
      GB 0074 ACC/0261 · Collection · 1810-1850

      Papers relating to enclosure in Ruislip, including a copy of the Ruislip Enclosure award and a survey of Ruislip as inclosed by Act of Parliament.

      Unknown.
      GB 0074 ACC/0888 · Collection · 1767-1813

      Copy will of William Bryant of Turnham Green, 1767-1768, relating to his estate at Sudbury and Turnham Green; lease and release relating to land in Acton Common Field and Turnham Green Common Field, 1807, and copy of Act for enclosing lands in parish of Hanwell, 1813.

      Ruston, Clark and Ruston , solicitors
      GB 0074 ACC/0858 · Collection · 1777

      Records of the Parish of Saint Andrew, Enfield, comprising churchwarden's receipts for fines paid for encroachment on Enfield Chase.

      Church of England , Parish of St Andrew, Enfield
      GB 0074 DRO/007 · Collection · 1565-1993

      Records of the parish of Saint Mary, Sunbury on Thames, including registers of baptisms, confirmations, banns, marriages and burials; service registers; papers relating to endowments; papers of the churchwardens including accounts, rates, and papers regarding the maintenance of the church and churchyard; Vestry meeting minutes; Overseers of the Poor financial accounts; papers relating to parish charities; papers relating to Sunbury National Schools including minutes; papers of Sunbury Parochial Committee; papers of the Church Rebuilding Campaign; papers relating to the cemetery; Enclosure Acts and awards; and maps of the parish.

      Parish of St Mary, Sunbury on Thames , Church of England
      SALISBURY (MARQUESS OF)
      GB 0074 E/BOW · Collection · 1750-1945

      Papers relating to the estates of the 4th Marquess of Salisbury comprising documents relating to property transfer, such as conveyances, mortgages, valuations, leases and abstracts of title. The properties mentioned are primarily in the St James's Park area, Westminster.

      Cecil , James Edward Hubert Gascoyne- , 1861-1947 , 4th Marquess of Salisbury x Gascoyne-Cecil , James Edward Hubert
      GB 0102 PP MS 74 · 1902-1977

      Records, 1902-1977 and undated, of and accumulated by the Restatement of African Law Project (RALP), School of Oriental and African Studies, comprising papers of RALP relating to administration, including minutes; and research material, such as notes, publications, theses, and other collected papers, on tribes and places including Basutoland (Lesotho), Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia and Zambia, Sierra Leone, the Sudan, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Tanzania, and Uganda, relating to customs, aspects of law including succession, slavery, marriage and divorce, land tenure, legal systems, including customary law, legislation, courts, and particular legal cases.

      School of Oriental and African Studies , Department of Law , Restatement of African Law Project
      Seebohm, Frederic: letters
      GB 0096 AL232 · Fonds · 1886-1892

      2 letters written to Frederic Seebohm. (1) From Richard Oliver Heslop, iron and steel merchant of Akenside Hill and Newcastle upon Tyne, 8 Feb 1886. Promising to send a tracing of a map of Corbridge, Northumberland; suggests sources bearing on the history of land tenure in Northumberland. (2) From [James] Saunders, of Clapham and Westminster, 20 Oct 1892. Covering letter sent with tracings of some common field systems, discussing land tenure.

      Both letters are autograph, with signatures.

      Seebohm , Frederic , 1833-1912 , barrister and historian
      SHADWELL FAMILY
      GB 0074 ACC/0289 · Collection · 1451-1930

      Records of the Shadwell family relating to Northolt, Ruislip and Greenford. Records include papers relating to the sale of estates and property transactions in Northolt and Ruislip; estate administration; sales particulars; manorial records; financial papers; legal papers; and notes on the history of the area.

      Various.
      SHEPPERTON MANOR
      GB 0074 ACC/0650 · Collection · 1651-1905

      Records of Shepperton Manor including court rolls; indexes to court rolls; extracts from court rolls; court memos; surrenders and powers of attorney.

      Manor of Shepperton
      SHEPPERTON PARISH
      ACC/1218 · Collection · 1714-1964

      Records of the Parish of Shepperton, 1714-1936, including settlement certificates; settlement examinations; removal orders; settlement appeals; apprenticeship indentures; bastardy bonds; papers relating to the workhouse; papers relating to the militia; rates and accounts; papers relating to tithes; enclosure and common lands maps.

      Records of the Shepperton Parish Council, 1895-1928; including correspondence; financial accounts and plans. Records of the Lindsay Estates, 1837-1964, including deeds; correspondence and plans. Plans and maps of the parish, 1841-1938; and some undated historical notes regarding the parish and the estate.

      Shepperton Parish Council Manor of Shepperton Estate Office
      SHERBORN FAMILY
      GB 0074 ACC/3259 · Collection · 1270-1930

      Records of the Sherborn family of East Bedfont. The main part of the collection consists of family, estate and parish documents. Most refer to land and events in East Bedfont and the surrounding parishes. There are some fine estate plans (most notably the 1694 plan of Pates Manor, ref ACC/3259/SE2/001) and complementary records concerning enclosure and tithe apportionment. Family correspondence includes the letter book of William Sherborn 1846-1870 (ref ACC/3259/SF3/001) and letters signed by Sir Edward Sherburne, royalist and poet 1684-1687 (ref ACC/3259/SF3/003-005). In addition, there are many references to incidents in local history which will bear interesting comparison with records already deposited in the archive. The artificial collections consist partly of title deeds and partly of correspondence, which includes communication news concerning industrial developments in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1806-1822 (ref ACC/3259/AX/042-046).

      Sherborn , family , of East Bedfont
      GB 0096 AL106 · Fonds · 1795

      Letter from Sir John Sinclair of Whitehall to Messrs Cadell and Davies, booksellers, Strand, 15 Jun 1795. Asking whether the octavo or quarto size would be the more convenient for reprinting the Agricultural reports of 1794.

      Written in another hand with Sir John Sinclair's own signature. With a black seal bearing Sinclair's coat of arms.

      A draft reply (dated [16] Jun 1795) is written on the second leaf.

      Sinclair , Sir , John , 1754-1835 , 1st Baronet , politician and agriculturalist
      GB 0096 AL296 · Fonds · 1825

      Letter from Sir John Sinclair of 133 George Street, Edinburgh to James [Thomson] Gibson-Craig of Riccardton, 23 Apr 1825. Covering note enclosing a copy of Sinclair's pamphlet Defence of the landed and farming interests (1825).

      Autograph, with signature.

      Sinclair , Sir , John , 1754-1835 , 1st Baronet , politician and agriculturalist
      GB 0103 SONORA · 1887

      Certificates, 1887, of Sonora Land Company to title to land in Arizpe and Moctezuma and Salmaripa, in the State of Sonora, Mexico.

      Sonora Land Company Ltd
      SOUTHAMPTON ESTATE
      GB 0074 LMA/4241 · Collection · 1734-1945

      Records of the Southampton Estate, including correspondence, registers, rental accounts, maps and plans; legal papers, particularly relating to the case Lord Southampton vs the Duke of Grafton; correspondence of the trustees of Lord Southampton; and title deeds and other papers relating to properties in Camden, Kentish Town, St Pancras and Kent.

      Manor of Tottenhall x Manor of Tottenham Court
      SPERLING FAMILY ESTATE
      GB 0074 ACC/0564 · Collection · 1544-1849

      Papers of the Milner and Sperling families of Tottenham, including title deeds for properties purchased by James Milner in Tottenham including mansion and land built by Sir Richard Martin; deeds and inventories for properties owned by Henry Sperling the Elder and Henry Sperling the Younger in Tottenham; papers relating to the Manor of Tottenham and the Manor of Iver held by Henry Piper Sperling.

      Sperling , family , of Tottenham
      STANWELL ENCLOSURE
      GB 0074 ACC/0849 · Collection · 1789

      Copy of the Stanwell Enclosure Act, "for dividing and inclosing the several open fields arable and meadow grounds, and lammas lands, and commons, moors, and waste lands within the manors of Stanwell and Hammonds, otherwise Shipcot, and in the parish of Stanwell, in the County of Middlesex".

      Parliament.
      STEPNEY MANOR
      GB 0074 M/93 · Collection · 1584-1935

      Records of the Manor of Stepney, also known as the Manor of Stebunheath, including court baron books; abstracts of court baron rolls; homage books; enfranchisement books; quit rent books; surveys of manorial lands; maps and plans; records relating to property including leases, assignments, conveyances, abstracts of title, wills, marriage settlements and agreements; and correspondence.

      Manor of Stepney x Manor of Stebunheath
      SWAKELEYS: FARM DIARY
      GB 0074 ACC/0443 · Collection · 1842-1884

      Farm diary and account book for Swakeleys Farm, Ickenham, Hillingdon, 1842-1884, with references to Herres [or Hercies] Farm, Hillingdon.

      Swakeleys Farm , Ickenham x Swakeleys Manor
      TARLETON
      GB 0074 ACC/0312 · Collection · 1296-1784

      Papers relating to the Breakspears Estate in Harefield and the families who lived there, particuarly the Ashby family and Joseph Partridge. The papers include legal documents relating to property transactions in Harefield and maps and photographs of the Breakspears estate.

      There are also papers relating to property transactions in other parts of Middlesex including Edmonton, Enfield, Ickenham, Ruislip and Teddington; and other counties including Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Bedfordshire and Berkshire.

      Various.
      TATEM FAMILY
      GB 0074 ACC/0815 · Collection · 1822-1940

      Papers of the Tatem family relating to the Weir Hall estate, Edmonton. The documents relate mainly to the partial sale of the estate in the 19th Century and gradual urban development in the early 20th century.

      Tatem , family , of Weir Hall, Edmonton
      TAYLOR FAMILY
      GB 0074 ACC/0606 · Collection · 1572-1903

      Family papers of the Taylor family, including property ownership documents such as leases, releases, bonds, assignments and grants; financial papers such as bills and receipts; legal papers and counsel's opinions; and family papers such as letters, inventories, wills and marriage settlements. The papers relate to various locations including Harlesden, Chiswick, Staines, Ealing, Hounslow and the City of London.

      Taylor , family , of Harlesden
      TEDDINGTON ENCLOSURE
      GB 0074 ACC/0090 · Collection · 1799-1800

      Records relating to enclosure in Teddington, comprising copy of a Private Act of Parliament (39 George III, Cap. 101) for dividing and otherwise improving all the Common Fields, Commons, Wastes and other Commonable lands and grounds within the Manor, Parish of Teddington, Middlesex, 1799.

      Unknown.
      Terrier
      GB 0096 MS 453 · [18th century]

      One page of a terrier listing 79 pieces of land. The names of the tenants of abutting properties are given. Probably dating from the 18th century.

      Unknown
      THORNBURY, John (fl 1462)
      GB 0074 CLC/B/227-183 · Collection · 1462 Apr 28

      Letters of attorney by John Thornbury, knight and William Thornbury, clerk for Robert Billesdon, gentleman to deliver seisin of two shops with upper rooms in Walbrook, to Robert Ferbras, surgeon, John Dayvile, surgeon, William Sipnam, grocer and Walter Bartlot, fishmonger.

      Thornbury , John , knight
      GB 0103 TLAHU · 1920-1921

      Minute book, 1920-1921, of the Tlahualilo Agricultural Company and the Mexican Cotton Estates of Tlahualilo Ltd Holding Company, Trustees.

      Tlahualilo Agricultural Company Ltd Mexican Cotton Estates & Tlahualilo Ltd Holding Company
      GB 0096 AL318 · Fonds · 1602

      Letter from Francis Tomwsidwy of Gayton, [Northamptonshire] to William Bamwell Esq, Upton, [Northamptonshire], 15 Feb 1602. '... I thanke youe, and thinke my selfe beholding unto youe that it will please youe to afford me these kyndnes to fence my ground wth yor owne thornes (wch I confesse) will be muche more durable than my smoth wood, for the price of them I referre mee to yor selfe and will pay youe what soe ever shall beste please youe.' Mentions Tomsidwy's resolution to sell 'Oldfyeld' and his journey to Northampton with his wife. Written and signed in an italic hand [presumably Tomsidwy's own].

      Tomsidwy , Francis , fl 1602 , of Gayton, Northamptonshire
      TOOTING GRAVENEY MANOR
      GB 0074 ACC/3185 · Collection · 1543-1709

      Records of the Manor of Tooting Graveney, comprising court roll for courts baron with view of frankpledge.

      Manor of Tooting Graveney
      GB 0074 ACC/0695 · Collection · 1619-1933

      Records of Tottenham Manor, 1619-1920, including court rolls; survey of the manor; account book; quit rental; and Reminiscences of Tottenham by Mrs J W Couchman. Records of Edmonton Manor, 1661-1933, including court books; minute books; survey of the manor; lists of copyholders, fines and rents; annual rentals; quit rentals; stewards' financial accounts and notebook; and manorial court rod. Also precedent book for the manors of Tottenham and Edmonton, 1830.

      Manor of Edmonton Manor of Tottenham Manor of Balliols , Tottenham x Manor of Daubeneys , Tottenham Manor of Bruces , Tottenham Manor of Hastings , Tottenham x Manor of Pembrokes , Tottenham Manor of Mockings , Tottenham
      Toynbee, Arnold (1852-1883)
      GB 0096 AL 230 · -7690

      Papers of Arnold Toynbee, 1878, comprise a letter to 'My dear Rector' [Mark Pattison, Rector of Lincoln College Oxford mentioning the 1853 edition of William Cobbett's Rural Rides, with notes by James Paul Cobbett. 'It is singular that the son should have caught the father's power of genuine description so perfectly. I should very much like to shew you William Cobbett's book, and, if you will allow me, I will bring it next term for you to see... I ought to say how grateful I am to Montefiore for the introduction he gave me to you...'.

      Toynbee , Arnold , 1852-1883 , social philosopher and economist
      GB 0074 CLC/B/112-158 · Collection · 1889-1988

      Records of the United Lankat Plantations Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; minute books; annual reports and accounts; and circulars.

      Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

      United Lankat Plantations Ltd
      GB 0096 MS 105 · c1736-1738

      Accounts of Henry Vane's land estate from March 1736 to March 1737.

      Vane , Henry , 1705-1758 , 1st Earl of Darlington , politician
      GB 0120 MSS.4948-4950 · 1653-1701

      Papers of Vincenzo Viviani comprising administrative documentation, an inscription by Viviani honouring Galileo, and a treatise on land reclamation, 1653-1701.

      Viviani , Vincenzio , 1622-1703 , engineer and mathematician
      W. H. TINDALL AND COMPANY
      GB 0074 CLC/B/221 · Collection · 1841-1966

      The records of WH Tindall and Company, tea and coffee growers and exporters, comprise records relating to the Imboolpittia and other estates including managers' and crop accounts, statements of expenditure and receipts, notes of coffee shipments and yields of tea and rubber, and papers relating to the administration of and materials for the estate 1841-1933; report and prospectus regarding land development 1917 and 1920; papers relating to the activities of various company managers and superintendents 1841-56; letters and papers regarding general trading, acquisition of estates and their cultivation 1842-88; papers regarding the Tindall family investments and trusts c 1872-1929; papers regarding the sale of land to W.H. Tindall 1843-55; papers regarding administration of W.H. Tindall's estate 1900-2; map showing coffee estates ca.1860 and notes on the history of the firm 1932-1966.

      The records of Cotesworth and Powell Limited, import, export, and general merchants, comprise accounts relating to sugar plantations of Umhlanga Valley (Natal) Sugar and Coffee Company Limited 1866-87; notes in relation to credit arrangements, with other papers c 1870-90.

      W. H. Tindall and Co , tea and coffee company Cotesworth and Powell Ltd , import, export, and general merchants
      Wandsworth Common
      GB 0347 D159 · Collection · 1870-1891

      Wandsworth Common records, including: minutes and financial statements of the Wandsworth Common Conservators; correspondence, minutes, leaflets relating to the campaign to save the Common from enclosure; copies of the Wandsworth Common Bill and related material.

      Please contact the Archive for further information.
      OS/W · Collection · 1872-1888

      Records of Wandsworth Common Conservators, 1872-1888, including signed minutes; printed reports of the Chairman and of the Conservators; bye-laws made by the Conservators; financial ledgers; petty cash books; and register of mortgages.

      Wandsworth Common Conservators
      GB 0120 MS.7799 and WMS/Amer.91 · 1759-1922

      WMS/Amer.91 is one of a series of annual orders for general estate supplies sent by Washington to London. MS.7799 comprises a photograph of a letter from Washington shortly before his death, discussing his false teeth, plus supporting documentation.

      Washington , George , 1732-1799 , US President
      GB 0096 AL386 · Fonds · 1688

      Letter from Dorothea Watson of Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire to an unknown female recipient, 24 Sep 1688. Has heard from Mrs Watson of Danby Wiske, [North Riding of Yorkshire], that a servant (a niece of Mrs Watson) was leaving the recipient's service at Martinmas (11 November); asks her 'to answer the queries on the [o]ther side ... and were Master and Mistresses to [be] upon honor, in their character of servants, there woud [so] on be an end of all complaints of bad ones'. Autograph, with signature. Some traces of the questions from the dorse are visible in reverse on the face of the letter.

      Watson , Dorothea , fl 1688 , of Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire
      WEGG FAMILY
      GB 0074 ACC/0617 · Collection · 1604-1888

      Records of the Wegg family of Acton and the Round family of Essex and Acton, relating to estates in Acton. The documents are arranged in 14 bundles with the following contents:

      1. Marriage Settlement: Samuel Wegg and Elizabeth Lehook. 1745-1767.
        1. Descent of land in Acton, by exchange with the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's to Samuel Wegg. 1719-1759.
        2. Descent of land in manor of Acton, via Somerset, Lethieullier and Fetherstonhaugh to Samuel Wegg. 1712-1802.
        3. Descent of Fordhook Estate, Ealing via Crowcher, etc., to George Samuel Wegg. 1718-1813.
        4. Descent of house and land in Acton via Sir Joseph Ayloffe Houlding, etc. to Samuel Wegg. 1661-1750. Partition of inheritance of Elizabeth Wegg and Sarah Prosser, sisters and coheirs of George Samuel Wegg. 1817.
        5. Descent of land in the manor of Acton via George Samuel Wegg to Elizabeth Wegg. 1759-1817.
        6. Descent of property in Acton via Lutyens, etc. to Elizabeth Wegg. 1661-1830.
        7. Descent of Bank House, Acton and Pew in Acton parish church (and Fordhook, Ealing) to Elizabeth Wegg. 1633-1837.
        8. Land in manor of Ealing: Elizabeth Wegg. 1830.
        9. Miscellaneous Documents: receipts, accounts, letters, etc., Elizabeth Wegg. 1604-1864.
        10. Descent of land to Charles G. Round from Elizabeth Wegg and further documents relating to Charles G. Round. 1842-1856.
        11. Plans.
        12. Documents re Land Tax on Acton and Ealing property. 1799 & 1840.
        13. Acton Charities. 1855.
      Wegg , family , of Acton Round , family , of Essex and Acton
      Westington Manor, 1579
      GB 0096 MS 446 · 1579

      Copy of a Court Roll made at the Court Baron of Sir John Brokett (Brockett), Lord of the Manor of Westington, containing a Surrender of copyhold by Richard Adams, customary tenant, of a tenement with croft adjacent containing one acre, another close containing about three acres, also three acres of arable land lying in Fynceley Churche Fylde, to the use of John Adams, his elder son. Also contains the Admission of John Adams for an annual rent of 7s.9d.

      Manor of Westington Court Baron
      Westington Manor, 1589
      GB 0096 MS 445 · 1589

      Copy of Court Roll made at the Court Baron of Sir John Brokett (Brockett), Lord of the Manor of Westington, containing a surrender by John Clerke (by the hands of John Cony and William Clerke, customary tenants) of a copyhold property and the admission of John Adams, his heir, for a fine of 16s. The property consists of 3 acres known as Grene Croft. Signed by Thomas Walkenden, steward.

      Manor of Westington Court Baron
      GB 0074 O/579 · Collection · 1739-1746

      Documents relating to the Westminster Bridge inquisitions, 1739-1746. The documents relate to the acquisition of land in Westminster. For each case there is a precept for summoning a jury, a list of jurymen and their resulting inquisition. The list records the general location of the property and the owner or leaseholder concerned.

      Westminster Bridge Commissioners