Collection Browser

Tip: If available, use the + and - to explore this collection more fully.  Click on a description to see further details.

DBW - Baker-Wilbraham family of Odd Rode estate - 1202-1980

A - DEED BOX marked 'R. W.'

B - DEED BOX marked 'Randle Wilbraham Esq.'

C - Unboxed Bundle marked 'Bundle of Deeds etc relating to Stone Chair Farm, Odd Rode'

D - 'Abstract Deeds & Documents relating to premises called Stone Chair and Kent's Green'

E - DEVON.'No. 10'

F - DEED BOX with label marked 'Gresford Papers'

G - DEED BOX marked 'A'

H - SMALL WOODEN BOX. (Unmarked)

I - DEED BOX marked 'G. B. Baker. No.2

J - WOODEN BOX, marked 'Rhodes Deeds & Papers'. Devon. Dorset. Somerset

K - DEED BOX

L - Green Portmanteau

M - Brown Portmanteau

N - Box N - 1825-1828

O - Deed Box marked 'Randle Wilbraham Esq.' and labelled 'Schools and School Estate Papers'.

P - Two standard boxes - 1321/2-1882

1 - BUNDLE 'A' Family Settlements and papers - 1768-1884

1 - PRENUPTIAL SETTLEMENT between (1) George Baker of St. James's, Westminster, Doctor of Physick, (2) Jane Morris of St. Marylebone, Co. Middx., spinster, daughter of Roger Morris of St. George Hanover Sq., esq., dec. and trustees, (3) Peter Shakerley of Somer - 27 Jun 1768

2 - PRENUPTIAL SETTLEMENT (Lease and release) between (1) Randle Wilbraham of Rode Hall, esq., and w. Laetitia, (2) Mary Wilbraham Bootle of Lathom House, co. Lanc., (3) Laetitia Rudd of Durham city, widow of William Rudd, (4) Rt.Hon. Richard Pepper, Baron Alv - 6 Nov 1801

3 - Lease and release and surrender re land at Odd Rode - Early 19th century

4 - DUPLICATE WILL (unsigned) of Sir George Baker - 1 Feb 1809

5 - Will with codicils and probate of Dame Jane Baker - 23 Aug 1809

6 - PRENUPTIAL SETTLEMENT of Sir Frederick Francis Baker, bt., and Miss Harriet Simeon, between (1) John Simeon of Queen Ann St., esq., Master in Chancery, and daughter Harriet by wife Rebecca, (2) sd. Sir Frederick, of Jermyn St., (3) Richard Simson of St.John's - 5 Jul 1814

7 - Will and Admon of Sir Frederick Francis Baker of Westminster - 29 Dec 1826

8 - LIST of deeds relating to settlements made at and after the marriage of Miss Baker to Mr. Simeon, requiring signature of Sir George Baker as Trustee - Jul 1842

9 - Will and Probate of Dame Harriet Baker of London - 22 Jul 1842

10 - PRENUPTIAL SETTLEMENT, between (1) Richard Wilbraham, esq., major in 7th Royal Fusiliers, (2) Elizabeth Frances Egerton of Gresford Lodge co.Denb., sp., (3) Randle Wilbraham senior of Rode Hall, esq., and (4) Randle Wilbraham jun. of Rode Heath, esq., Rev.W - 23 Nov 1846

11 - DUPLICATE OF NOTICE sent to Sir George Baker as one of the Trustees of a Marriage Settlement made 25 Nov. 1840 - 22 Nov 1851

12 - CERTIFIED COPY OF CERTIFICATE of Baptism of Francis Manners, son of Sir George Baker and Mary Isabella - 6 Jun 1853

13 - Letter - 6 May 1855

14 - Letter - 7 May 1855

15 - STATEMENT from T.A. Stone - 8 May 1855

16 - MEMORIAL INSCRIPTION (draft) to Mary Isabella, wife of Sir George Baker, who died 6 May 1855, aged 37 years. - 1855

17 - NOTICE from Supt. of General Cemetry Co. that, subject to the Co.'s approval, a brick grave 9' 4' and a monument are to be erected - 7 May 1855

18 - BILL from the General Cemetery Co., Great Russell St., Bloomsbury - 9 May 1855

19 - Grant - 22 Jul 1858

20 - RECEIPT for ú6.15.6d. paid by Rev. W.J. Smythies to Abbot and Cullen for faculty to remove corpse of George Baker from Buckland Churchyard to the cemetry at KENSAL GREEN. - 15 Jan 1856

21 - Account - Jun 1856

22 - PRENUPTIAL SETTLEMENT between (1) Sir George Baker of Hyde Park Square, co. Middx., bt., (2) Augusta Catherine Fitzwygram, sp., daughter of Sir Robert Fitzwygram of Connaught Place, bt., dec., (3) Dame Selina Fitzwygram of same, widow, (4) Sir John Simeon of S - 15 Nov 1858

23 - Account - 1580s

24 - Account - 18 Apr 1860

25 - RELEASE OF CLAIM - 12 Jun 1861

26 - DECLARATION by Sir George Baker bt., H. Sherston Baker and Robert Sutton (last two being surviving Trustees of the Settlement of 30 May 1840 made on the marriage of Sir George Baker to Miss Sutton) - 5 Jul 1861

27 - Account - 1871

28 - NOTICE to Trustees of Prenuptial Settlement of 23 Nov. 1846 (DBW/P/A/12) - 13 May 1872

29 - NOTICE (duplicate of DBW/P/A/30) notifying Mrs. Sibella Egerton and Rev. Rowland Egerton Warburton, acting Exors. and Trustees of Will of William Egerton of Gresford Lodge, co. Denbigh. - 13 May 1872

30 - SCHEDULE of documents belonging to Trustees of Settlement made on marriage of George Barrington Baker, Esq., and Miss Wilbraham, and deposited with Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph and Co. With additional list of documents relating to the ADELPHI property comprise - Jun 1872

31 - RENTAL and accounts of ADELPHI and HADSTOCK properties drawn up by: R.H. Sawyer (1861-68); Brettell and Smythe (1868-73); Brettell, Smythe and Brettell (1873-74); for Sir George Baker. - 1861-1874

32 - REQUEST from C. Tucker, C. Cator, F. Twemlow, Trustees as in (DBW/P/A.) to Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph and Co., that Messrs. Brettell, Smythe and Brettell be allowed to take Sir George Baker's title deeds to the ADELPHI property as needed - Nov 1874

33 - Account - 1874-75

34 - FORM issued by Inland Revenue for purposes of assessing Succession Duty - 14 Feb 1884

35 - REQUEST by George Barrington Baker and Katherine, his wife, both of Norfolk Crescent, Hyde Park, co.Middx., to the Trustees of the Settlement of 28 Mar. 1872 made prior to their marriage, that they should sell ú4,115 of Great Western Railway Rent charge s - 26 Jul 1884

36 - STATEMENT by Westminster and General Life Assurance Association describing distribution of profits and annual premiums on Life Assurances - c1850

37 - Note by Maria Charlotte Cooper re vase - Mid 19th century

2 - BUNDLE 'B' Papers relating to property in co.DEVON - 1819-81

3 - BUNDLE 'C' Papers relating to property in BATH, co.SOMERSET - 1849-82

4 - BUNDLE 'D' Deeds relating to property in the City of CHESTER - 1321/2-1425

5 - BUNDLE 'E' Miscellaneous deeds - 1587-1639

6 - BUNDLE 'F' Deeds relating to property in FLINTSHIRE and DENBIGHSHIRE - 1590-1729

7 - Estate Accounts

8 - Maintenance Accounts

9 - Home Farm Accounts

10 - Garden Accounts

11 - Rode Hall Accounts

12 - Papers concerning the acquisition of the Chester Courant and Observer Newspaper by Randle Wilbraham of Rode Hall - 1832-1876

14 - Documents remaining at Rode Hall

15 - Wilbraham of Nantwich family records purchased at Sotheby's

16 - Wilbraham diaries - 1652-1695

S - DIARIES OF GEORGE BAKER-WILBRAHAM - 1866-1912

T - Diaries of Richard Wilbraham - 1847-1894

U - Randle John Baker-Wilbraham, Baronet (1909-1980)