Newton family

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 MS 523
Held at	: Senate House Library, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections ›
Full title	: Newton family
Date(s)	: 1680-1826
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 8 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Newton | family | fl 1680-1826 | of Barbados
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Mention of the Newton Family in Barbados dates back to 1654 when one Samuel Newton is recorded and who was, by the time of his death, a substantial landowner. The family estate passed through several generations of Newtons until finally being inherited by the brothers John and Thomas Lane sometime after the death of John Newton in 1783.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Collection of papers relating to the Newton and Seawells plantations in Barbados, 1706-1826, including accounts and financial documents, estate management reports, valuations, surveys, and correspondence.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged according to type of document, and chronologically within these groups.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Finding aids:

C. E. Micklem, 'The Newton Papers: a hand-list', 1969 and also R. Watson, 'The Newton Papers: a hand-list of the second deposit with an index to the whole collection', 1975.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited in the Library in 1960 and 1960 by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths. A second set of papers were acquired at the sale of Phillipps manuscripts at Sotheby's, 26 Jun 1974. They cannot be identified with certainty in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1st Baronet (1792-1872), though it seems likely that they were part or all of MS 15961 and 22721.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Bridgetown, hold four volumes of accounts relating to the Newton plantation, 1805-1867.

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions:
ISAD(G) 2nd edition, and NCA rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names (1997).

Date(s) of descriptions:
Aug 2000