Collectie GB 0074 O/267 - EVELYN, Sir Frederick

0.09 linear metres.

GB 0074 O/267 1777 Collection 0.09 linear metres. Evelyn , family , of Wotton, Surrey

The writer and diarist John Evelyn (1620-1706) came from a landed estate at Wotton in Surrey. although as a younger son he did not expect to inherit the family lands. In 1647 he married Mary Browne, sole heir of Sir Richard Browne, and through this marriage gained Sayes Court in Deptford with surrounding lands (as confirmed by a grant from Charles II). Evelyn had a stong interest in horticulture and created a famous garden at Sayes Court.

However, Evelyn's elder brother died and he did inherit the Surrey estates, moving there and letting out the house at Deptford. His most famous tenant was Peter the Great, czar of Russia, who was visiting Deptford to study shipbuilding and whose drunken revelries caused damage to the gardens. The estate remained in the Evelyn family, although the manor house was torn down in 1728 and a workhouse and the Admiralty Victualling Yard were built on the site.

Wotton and the other Evelyn estates passed down to Evelyn's great-great-grandson Sir Frederick Evelyn, 3rd baronet (1733-1812). In 1884 W J Evelyn granted some of the land to the London County Council to create a public open space.

Purchased in November 1967.

Map and plans of the estate of Sir Frederick Evelyn in Deptford.

One map, one volume of plans.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For other records relating to the Evelyn estate in Deptford see E/EV.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Records prepared May to September 2011. Family archives Land use Estates (land) Land management Estate management Information sources Documents Primary documents Personal papers Family records Property Evelyn , family , of Wotton , Surrey Lewisham London England UK Western Europe Europe Deptford Land economics Agricultural economics

Purchased in November 1967.

Map and plans of the estate of Sir Frederick Evelyn in Deptford.

One map, one volume of plans.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

• Engels

• Latijn

English

For other records relating to the Evelyn estate in Deptford see E/EV.

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• Engels