SHERBORN FAMILY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 ACC/3259
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: SHERBORN FAMILY
Date(s)	: 1270-1930
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 1.23 linear metres.
Name of creator(s)	: Sherborn | family | of East Bedfont

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Sherborn family have been associated with East Bedfont in Middlesex for over 600 years. This association has taken many forms but most recently was the ownership of Fawns Manor, East Bedfont. The history of the family has been briefly recorded by the last of this long line of Sherborns, Derek Sherborn (see ACC/3259/SF1/025).

The Manor of Fawnes or Fawns was held from the Manor of East Bedfont. The manor is first mentioned as a manor in 1531, although reference to lands in this area held by the Fawne family date to the reign of Edward I. The manor was conveyed to the Crown in 1542 and from that date was held in chief. The manor had various owners, including Anthony Walker between 1583 and 1590, his son Thomas Walker up to 1618; Felix Wilson and his family until 1654; Thomas Darling and family until 1668. Records are then scarce until 1739, when Thomas Manning had the manor. By 1792 it was owned by Aubrey, Baron Vere. By 1911 it was the property of William Sherborn.

The Manor of Pates was also held of the Manor of East Bedfont, and was named after owner John Pate who held it in 1403. The manor was sold to Christ's Hospital in 1623, and they still owned it in 1911.

From: 'Spelthorne Hundred: East Bedfont with Hatton', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2: General; Ashford, East Bedfont with Hatton, Feltham, Hampton with Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton (1911), pp. 309-314 (available online).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

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).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

ACC/3259/SD/001-034: Title Deeds;
ACC/3259/SE1/001-028: Estate Papers: Valuations and Sales Particulars;
ACC/3259/SE2/001-009: Estate Papers: Maps and Plans;
ACC/3259/SE3/001-008: Estate Papers: Enclosure;
ACC/3259/SE4/001-002: Estate Papers: Tithe;
ACC/3259/SF1/001-034: Family Papers: Genealogy;
ACC/3259/SF2/001-009: Family Papers: Personal Papers;
ACC/3259/SF3/001-030: Family Papers: Correspondence;
ACC/3259/SF4/003-022: Family Papers: Household Bills and Trade Cards;
ACC/3259/SF5/001-016: Family Papers: Miscellaneous Family Papers;
ACC/3259/AD/001-014: Artificial Collections: Title Deeds;
ACC/3259/AX/001-076: Artificial Collections: Family, Legal Papers and Correspondence.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.

Finding aids:

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

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Gifted in August 1993.

Allied Materials

Related material:

See ACC/1379 for records relating to the Manor of East Bedfont.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
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.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Records prepared May to September 2011.