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DLT - Leicester-Warren family of Tabley estate - 12th century-20th century

1 - Manorial records

2 - Title Deeds

3 - Wills and Settlements

4 - Legal Case Papers

5 - Estate Management

6 - Household Records

7 - Charity Records

8 - School Records

9 - Ecclesiastical Records

10 - Business Records

11 - Family and Personal Papers

12 - Official Papers

1 - Political letters and papers

2 - Accounts of the Treasurer of the Militia for Hundreds of Bucklow, Macclesfield and Northwich. - 1674-1686

3 - Parliamentary Papers and Miscellaneous - 1786-1825

1 - State of Poll and Right of voting at the Poll in Preston. - 1768

2 - Bill for repealing Acts relating to the Chester,Tarvin, Tarporley, Nantwich, Woore turnpike roads - 1769

3 - Rental of estates in Allostock, Witton etc. - 1790-1791

4 - Particulars of sale of the barony of Shipbrooke. - 1796

5 - Statements of East India Company Accounts. - 1794-1796

6 - Minutes of Evidence on the Bill for improving the drainage lands in Norfolk. - 1794-1796

7 - An Account of the Extraordinary Expenses of the Army, incurred and paid by the Right Honourable the Paymaster General of His Majesty’s Forces, from the 25th Dec 1794 to the 14th Nov 1795, both inclusive; and not provided for by Parliament. - 1795

8 - Report from the Select Committee to enquire into the Circumstances of the Negotiation of the late loan. - 1796

9 - Copy of the Proceedings of a Court Martial holden for the Trial of John Fenton Cawthorne, Esq; Colonel of the Westminster Regiment of Middlesex Militia. - 1796

10 - Accounts and Papers presented to the House of commons, respecting the Expedition to the West Indies, under the command of Sir Charles Grey and Sir John Jarvis. - 1796

11 - Report from the Committee upon Temporary Laws, expired or expiring. - 1796

12 - Bill for repeating certain Duties on Legacies and Shares of Personal Estates, and for granting other Duties ........... .......... ....... - 1796

13 - Bill for granting to His Majesty a Duty on succession to Real Estates, in certain bases. - 1796

14 - Observations on Salt Duties - 1801

15 - Petitions - 1824-1825

16 - Printed forms of lease - n.d.

4 - A Speech in the House of Lords (copy). - approx late 17th century

5 - Copy report on discussion relating to James Stuart's commission to privateers. - c late 17th century

6 - Earl of Chester’s Regiment Gentry and Yeomanry Casualty accounts. - 1803-1815

7 - Tabley Association for the Prosecution of Felons - 1829-1847

8 - Calendar of prisoners at Knutsford. - 22 Feb 1870

9 - Act against theft of cattle. - 18th century

10 - Note of directions by Cheshire justices 'in the plague time', written by Gilbert Steele, head constable - 11 Jul 1665

11 - Form for appointment for a procurator in Parliament - 1854-1855

12 - Township records

13 - London Gazette - 1832

14 - Constables' Presentments from each parish regarding military obligations. - Nov 1660

15 - Lists of subscribers for the testimonials of Sir Harry Mainwaring and Latham. - 19th century

16 - Copy of a memorandum stating that four churchwardens are chosen yearly by Plumbley, the Lords of Halform, Nether Peover cum Little Peover and Nether Tabley. - c.1900

17 - Affidavits (blank), for the County of Cheshire holden at Altrincham, of debt for issue of default summons against a defendant within the district and for leave to issue ordinary summons against a defendant outside of the district. - c.1900

18 - His Majesty's Army Leaflet, Army Form B, 218P. - 15 Jun 1915

19 - Poster for the Rural District of Bucklow, United Parishes of Plumbley and Tabley Inferior, election of a Rural District councillor. - 12 Mar 1907

20 - Reprinted copy of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1907 - 1907

21 - Rules and regulations for the Corps of Stockport Loyal Volunteers. - Early 19th century

22 - The Finance Act 1910, 'Further Aids' with reference to site value deductions and 'Unleased and Unmarked Minerals' some observations. - 1910

23 - Printed copy of a series of votes on Bills for the House of Commons including several relating to maritime matters. - 1800

24 - Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers. - c.1800

25 - Printed statements concerning the proposed erection of a public monument to the memory of her Royal Highness the late Princess Charlotte of Wales and Saxe-Coburg including a list of subscribers and of the committee in charge of the project. - c.1817

26 - First Report from the Committee of Secrecy - 17 May 1794

27 - Commission of Knutsford 'interrogatoryes to be administered to the witness produced on the parte of Peter Leycester esq and others' in an action against defendants John Swayne and Thomas Acton by virtue of a commission out of the Exchequer at Chester. - 27 Jul 1659

28 - 'Heads of a Bill for uniting all his majesties Protestant subjects. Agreed at a Committee.' - 18 Nov 1680

29 - Public address by the High Sheriff and Gentlemen of the Grand Jury for the County Palatine of Chester, to Charles Cholmondeley, esq; Knight of the Shire, Sir Robert Grosvenor, and Sir Charles Bunbury Baronets, representatives in Parliament for the City of Chester expressing their satisfaction at their successful opposition to a scheme to extend the trade excise. - 13 Sep 1733

30 - Copy of the exemplification of several charters granted by the Kings of England to the fryers and brothers etc of St. John's of Jerusalem. - Sep 1693

31 - Copy of a brief in relation to the tryal [trial] about the Rights of St. John of Jerusalem at Michaelmas Quarter sessions. - 1736

32 - Acts of Parliament and Bills - 1761-1795

13 - Maps and Plans

14 - Printed and Pictorial Material