Table of Contents
- Collection Summary
- Scope and Content Note
- Subject Headings
- Administrative Information
- Access and Use
- Encoding Information
- Arrangement
- Series List
- Container List
Collection Summary
Repository: | Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries |
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Creator: | Vassar College. Library |
Title: | English Documents Collection |
Dates: | 1552-1875 |
Quantity: | 15 cubic feet (325 items in 15 boxes and 6 mapcase drawers) |
Abstract: | Deeds, leases, apprenticeship indentures rent rolls, wills, customs certificates and other legal documents, mostly from Devon, Kent and Somerset. |
Scope and Content Note
Deeds, leases, apprenticeship indentures rent rolls, wills, customs certificates and other legal documents, mostly from Devon, Kent and Somerset.
A list created in 1979 mentions a "1551 court roll, Shrubwell, Buttscombe & L, Somerset," but it has either been mislabeled or mislaid as of March 2014.
TopArrangement
This collection is intellectually arranged in seven series, and chronologically within each of those series. It is physically arranged according to the size of the document.TopAccess and Use
Access
This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Librarywithout any additional restrictions.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.
Subject Headings
Subjects:
- Probate Records--England--Devon
- Probate Records--England--Kent
- Probate Records--England--Somerset
- Real property--England--Devon
- Real property--England--Kent
- Real property--England--Somerset
Places:
- Devon (England)--Genealogy--Sources
- Kent (England)--Genealogy--Sources
- Somerset (England)--Genealogy--Sources
- Devon (England)--History--Sources
- Kent (England)--History--Sources
- Somerset (England)--History--Sources
VCL Categories
- Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts
Encoding Information
Encoded by Elizabeth Clarke, April 2007.
Updated by Laura Streett/Streett, February 2008 and March 2014.
TopAdministrative Information
Preferred Citation
English Documents Collection, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.
Processing Information
Original processing date unknown.
Update by Maya Peraza-Baker, December 2007.
Update by Laura Streett, March 2014.
Acquisition Information
According to a collection inventory (completed presumably by Nat Alcock in 1979), the material was "apparently bought in London in 1938, and presented to the College thereafter, by a faculty member." However, according to a 1967 list of manuscript collections at Vassar, compiled by librarian Frances Goudy, the collection was a gift of Dorothy Meigs Eidlitz, Vassar Class of 1914.
Series List
Series I. Deeds |
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Series II. Wills |
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Series III. Apprenticeship Indentures, |
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Series IV. Marriage Settlements, |
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Series V. Church Records |
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Series VI. Customs Bonds and Certificates |
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Series VII. Miscellaneous |
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Container List
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Details
Deeds, leases, apprenticeship indentures rent rolls, wills, customs certificates and other legal documents, mostly from Devon, Kent and Somerset.