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Lancashire (England)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Collection

Ashhurst Family Muniments

Ashhurst family deeds relating to properties in Buckinghamshire, Lancashire, London and Oxfordshire.
Extents: 62 shelfmarks
Dates: 1630-1790
Collection

The Buxton Family Deeds

The Buxton Family Deeds.
Extents: 0.15 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Dates: 1675-1939
Single Item

Commonplace book of R. H. Leigh of Wigan

Commonplace book of R. H. Leigh of Wigan, c.1820-1830.
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Lancs. d. 3
Extents: 181 Leaves
Dates: c.1820-1830
Single Item

Copy of the poll book for Preston, Lancashire

Copy of the poll book for Preston, Lancs.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. e. 120
Extents: 46 Leaves
Dates: 11-14 Sept 1780
Single Item

Genealogical collections

Genealogical collections, mainly extracts from the public records, 16th century.
Shelfmark: MS. Top. gen. d. 36
Extents: 276 pages
Dates: 16th century
Collection

Gough Collection

Richard Gough Collection
Extents: 96.03 Linear metres (873 boxes)
Dates: 12th-19th century
Single Item

Heraldic collections

Heraldic collections, 17th century.
Shelfmark: MS. Top. gen. c. 42
Extents: 71 Leaves
Dates: 17th century
Single Item

Ledger of Elija Brown, bookbinder, of Preston

Ledger of Elija Brown, bookbinder, of Preston
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 659
Extents: 118 Leaves
Dates: 1883-1889
Single Item

Notebook entitled 'Plans & ideas for Bowland estate 1797'

Notebook entitled 'Plans & ideas for Bowland estate 1797', containing notes on improvements, drainage and lime-workings, 1797-1798.
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Lancs. e. 2
Extents: 47 pages
Dates: 1797-1798
Single Item

Official contemporary copy of Court of Exchequer proceedings brought by the Attorney General against Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington, and Humphrey Weld for the recovery of property formerly belonging to Furness Abbey, Lancs.

Official contemporary copy of Court of Exchequer proceedings brought by the Attorney General against Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington, and Humphrey Weld for the recovery of property formerly belonging to Furness Abbey, Lancs., decreed by the Court to have been conveyed to the defendants by Sir Thomas Preston, Jesuit, for superstitious uses, 1682.
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Lancs. d. 4
Extents: 177 Leaves
Dates: 1682
Single Item

Papers mainly relating to the Farington family of Lancashire, 1697-1807

Papers mainly relating to the Farington family of Lancashire, 1697-1807.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. hist. b. 202
Extents: 69 Leaves
Dates: 1697-1807
Single Item

Pedigrees compiled by H. I. Anderton of the families of Anderton of Lostock (13th-18th century) and Bradshaigh of Haigh (16th-17th century)

Pedigrees compiled by H. I. Anderton, 1917, of the families of Anderton of Lostock (13th-18th century) and Bradshaigh of Haigh (16th-17th century).
Shelfmark: MS. Top. Lancs. d. 2
Extents: 6 Leaves
Dates: 1917
Single Item

Summary of a survey of the Duchy of Lancaster made by Sir John Poyntz

Summary of a survey of the Duchy of Lancaster made by Sir John Poyntz, 1591.
Shelfmark: MS. Top. gen. d. 15
Extents: 59 Leaves
Dates: 1591
Single Item

Transcript of grant by Edward I to Roger de Croft of the free warren of Dalton, Lancashire

Transcript of a grant, 22 Jul, Edward I, to Roger de Croft of the free warren of Dalton, Lancashire.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7963, fols. 22-24
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates: [c. 2014]
Collection

Turner Family Deeds

160 deeds, the majority of which relate to the Turner family, but include papers of the Hegginbothams, 1697-1808 and the Bromeleys, 1761-1776. There are also indentures of apprenticeship to the Turners, 1804-6, and one to Joseph Boothroyd of Wooldale, Yorkshire, 1800.
Extents: 160 shelfmarks
Dates: 1624-1863