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Bewdley, volume 1 [collaborative cataloguing]

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prattinton/01/04
Title
Bewdley, volume 1 [collaborative cataloguing]
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Scope and content
According to E A B Barnard, ‘The Prattinton Collections of Worcestershire History’ (1931) (digitised copy available at https://collections.sal.org.uk/pra.12.01) the contents of the Bewdley volumes include the following. However, in his listing they are divided into four volumes, not three as in their present state. We will update this once the current division of material has been confirmed.

Part 1:
Tickenhill, 2, 34; map of manor (1785), 3; survey of the estate of Shepperdine (1712), 59; accounts of bridge and chapel wardens, 61-145, 299-318, 323-43, 349-77, 383-6, 399-431; Round House, 141; Butter Cross, 141; Market House, 141, muster of arms (?1642), 143; perambulation survey, etc. (c. 1801), 146-154; two maps of Shepperdine Estate (1840), 156- 8; election songs (1802), 173-80; bridge, 181-4, 289- 93; list of bridge and chapel wardens, 195-8; trans- cripts of wills in P.C.C., viz., William Monnox (1591), 189-91; Humphrey Hill (1599), 193-9; Samuel Sares (1602), 203-4; Thomas Weaver (1609), 207; William Key (1625), 209-10; John Hammond (1714), 223-26; almshouses, 203, 205; transcripts of deeds, 211-21; rental (1608), 227-32; Grammar School, 235- 47; benefactors, 251-83; will of Thomas Cook (1693), 281; will of Jabez Reynolds (1712), 285; the New House, 287; notes from " old MS. folio stated to have belonged to the Lords Marchers," 319-22; report on borough (1831), 379-81; manor of Dowles, 387.

Part 2 a:
Indenture of lease of almshouses (1645), 1-11; almshouses, 13-15, 89; Market House, 53-4; new town of Bewdley, 56-60; Grammar School, 72-3; Presidents of Marches of Wales, 77-9; shambles, 84; Town Hall, 85; Missionary Society, 97; laws, etc., of Corporation (1619), 98-108.

Part 2 b:
Play-bill (1793), 1, 2; Sir William Sebright, Bread for the Poor (1618); extracts from church registers, 4-8; almshouses, 9; poor relief, 11; " Bewdley: A Descriptive Poem, 12-19; Tickenhill, 21, 135, 307, 341; letter (n.d.) against continuance of Evening Prayer at Parish Church, 22; notes from corporation papers, etc., 30- 7; survey of coppices in manor (1650), 39-55, 65-72; Survey of Tickenhill House and Park (1650), 59-64; Lord Presidents, 76-9; corporation muniments, 83: historical notes on corporation, 82-108; herbage of Bewdley Park (1607), 129; Queen Dowager's deed of jointure, 3 July, 1673, 117-129; assignment (1718) to Sir Richard Poole, 131-2; marriage of Prince Arthur at Tickenhill (1499), 146-7, 313-38; cockpit at Tickenhill, 279; flood, 1795, 154; manor, 156-162, 345-54; "A State of the Bewdley Case" (a leaflet published in 1711 concerning the surrender of the Charter in 1685), 70; Charter of James II. (" tran- scribed from the original in the possession of Thomas Hayley, Esquire, 1809 "), 171-189; Charter of Queen Anne ("from Mr. Thomas Hayley's Copy, 1809 "), 191-98; the President of the Council of the Marches of Wales, 201-214; Master of the Revels. ("The Duplicament of the Accompte of Sir John Astley, Master of the Revels and Maskes, for three whole yeares beginning the firste day of November, 1635 and ended the laste day of October, 1638. From the Original in the Possession of Thomas Ingram, Esquire."), 251-60; Bell Inn, Worcester, 263; Free Ball (1756), 264; George Inn (1778), 64; inscriptions on bells, 268-70; coat of arms on shambles, 277; details of population (1831), 278; property sales (1776, etc.), 292-5; manor, 293; "The Red Herring" Song, 296-7; standings in the market (1710), 304-6; transcripts of letters of Prince Arthur, 339; bells, 359.


Part 3:
Facsimile of borough charter of 1472, 1; copy of borough charter of 1686, 4-15; population (1821); chapel, 17; courts and customs of manor (1612), small note-book, 19; bounds of manor, etc. (1613), 20-1; memorial to Samuel Kenrick, 50; Willis family, 51- 61, 69-81, 150-3; Princess Mary at Bewdley (1528), 85; acts of parliament and petitions, 88-91; turnover, 92-3; cappers, 97-101; tanners, 102-5; malsters and old malthouses, 106; horned women, 113-17, 121, 177-81; chapel, 140-6, 172-6, 196-7, 155-68; old build- ings, 169-71; original agreement to "take downe the Steeple at Bewdley and Rebuild Another with Stone," by Joseph Read (n.d.), 172-3; family of Solley, 182; savings bank, 188-93; public notices, entertainments, etc., 198-213; some Bewdley and Stourport electors (1837), 214-15; victuallers' recognizances (1734), 216- 49; Bewdley Bank, 251.
Archival history
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