MANORIAL RECORDS:

COURT ROLLS of the MANOR of OXENHOATH in Hadlow near Tonbridge, Kent, 1663 and 1783.

COURT ROLLS of the MANORS BADLESMERE, BARSTED, GORE and OXENHOATH, 1663 and 1681

COURT ROLLS and RENTALS OF MANOR OF SACKVILLE, in Suffolk

COURT ROLLS and RENTAL OF MANOR OF ULVESTON, In Suffolk

COURT ROLLS and RENTALS of the Manor of Kettleburgh, in Suffolk

COURT ROLLS and RENTALS of the manor of Cratfield, in Suffolk

COURT ROLLS of the MANOR OF MIDDLETON CHENEY in Northamptonshire, 1697 and 1698. More courts to follow.

COURT BARON: Of the manor of Hawkshead, in Lancashire, 1707 (Jacob MSS)

COURT BARON: Of the manor of Broughton-in-Furness, in Lancashire, 1764 (Jacob MSS)

RENTAL: of the estates of Thomas Dashwood esquire in the parishes of Hitchin and Ippolitts, ca (Jacob MSS)

RENTALS for property in Knockbrere, in the Parish of Urr, Kirkudbright, Scotland, 1822, 1836 and 1846 (Jacob MSS)

RENTAL: Unknown location in Middlesex, dated 1733 (Jacob MSS)

 

PARISH RECORDS:

Introduction to parish records of Saleby, in Lincolnshire.

Churchwardens' Accounts of Saleby, in Lincolnshire,1634, 1646, 1689 and 1701 (Jacob MSS).

Constables' Accounts of Saleby, in Lincolnshire, 1657, 1705 and 1732 (Jacob MSS).

A Sess made in 1646 on inhabitants of Saleby cum Thoreshroppe. in Lincolnshire (Jacob MSS).

The parish registers of the church of St John's in Groombridge, Sussex.

Churchwardens' Account of the parish of St Mary Bredman, Canterbury, Kent, early 18th century.

Churchwardens' Accounts of the parish of St Mary Bredman, Canterbury, Kent, 1616, 1712-1715.

Sess: On some of the parishioners of St Mary Bredman parish, City of Canterbury, Kent, early 18th century, (Jacob MSS)

DEEDS:

Most of the transcripts/abstracts of deeds that follow are of deeds that are not in public repositories. Some were transcribed as long as 35 years ago and I have not attempted to correct the few typographical errors that may be contained therein.

DEVON, DORSET, SOMERSET & WILTSHIRE: A selection of 29 deeds, 1575-1878 (Jacob MSS).

DORSET: A selection of deeds relating to Christ's Church of Twyneham, in Dorset, (Part 1), 1331-1526 (Jacob MSS)

DORSET: A selection of deeds relating to Christ's Church of Twyneham, in Dorset, (Part 2), 1546-1659 (Jacob MSS)

ESSEX: A selection of 6 deeds relating to the county of Essex, 1344-1896 (Jacob MSS)

HAMPSHIRE: A selection of deeds (1740-1867) for the manors of Bishop's Sutton and Old Alresford, Hampshire (Jacob
MSS).

HEREFORD: A selection of 16 deeds relating to the county of Hereford, 1690-1841 (Part 1), (Jacob MSS)

KENT: A selection of 33 deeds relating to the county of Kent, 1386-19th century (Part I) (Jacob MSS)

KENT: A selection of 55 deeds relating to the county of Kent, 1413-1844 (Part 2) (Jacob MSS)

KENT: A selection of 83 deeds relating to the county of Kent, 1448-1854 (Part 3) (Jacob MSS)

KENT: A selection of 81 deeds relating to the county of Kent, 1445-1919 (Part 4) (Jacob MSS)

KENT: A selection of 28 deeds relating to the county of Kent, 1598-1864 (Part 5) (Jacob MSS)

KENT: A selection of 38 deeds relating to the county of Kent, 1500-1901 (Part 6) (Jacob MSS)

LANCASHIRE: A selection of deeds relating to the county of Lancashire, 1602-1774 (Part 1) (Jacob MSS)


LANCASHIRE: A selection of 31 deeds relating to the county of Lancashire, 1596-1808 (Part 2) (Jacob MSS)

LINCOLNSHIRE: 2 charters relating to Barnack, next to Stamford, dated 1379 and 1385 (Jacob MSS).

LINCOLNSHIRE: A selection of deeds relating to the county of Lincolnshire, 1667-1811 (Jacob MSS)

LINCOLNSHIRE: A selection of 19 deeds relating to the county of Lincolnshire, 1529-1883 (Jacob MSS)

LONDON: A selection of 21 deeds relating to both the city of London and parts of Middlesex, 1386-1874 (Jacob MSS).

NORFOLK: A selection of 21 deeds relating to the county of Nrofolk, 1344-1395 (Jacob MSS)

NORFOLK/SUFFOLK: Six deeds relating to the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, 1426-1498 (Jacob MSS)

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE: A selection of 16 deeds relating to the county of Northampton, 1670-1785 (Jacob MSS)

SCOTLAND: 5 charters relating to Scotland 1564-1624 (Jacob MSS)

SHROPSHIRE: A selection of 20 deeds relating to the county of Shropshire, 1571-1737 (Jacob MSS).

USA: Three deeds relating to Pennsylvania and Virginia, dated 1771-1833 (Jacob MSS).


WALES: One deed relating to the county of Pembroke, dated 1484 (Jacob MSS)

YORKSHIRE, CUMBERLAND & WESTMORELAND: A selection of 18 deeds, 1594-1820 (Jacob MSS)

YORKSHIRE: A selection of deeds relating to the county of Yorkshire, 1725-1822 (Jacob MSS)

A selection of deeds, ca 1220 - 1884. Countries, counties and areas of interest covered are: Bedfordshire (19), Derbyshire (3), Devonshire (1), France (3), Hampshire (6), Ireland [Masonic] (3), London (2), Masonic (2), Shropshire (9), Somerset (11), Staffordshire (1), Surrey (1), Sussex (3), Warwickshire (5) and Yorkshire (44). (Jacob MSS)

A sales catalogue of deeds of ca 1982, listing 140 deeds of 16th - 19th centuries. They relate to the counties of Berkshire, Cambridgeshire, Cumberland, Devon, Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northampton, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, Wiltshire,Worcestershire, Yorkshire, and Ireland (Jacob MSS)

17th/18th wills relating to the Cheeke/Chick family of Somerset (Taunton Records Office)

VARIOUS ACCOUNTS:

Dover Corporation Accounts 1688

TAX ASSESSMENTS:

Land Tax Assessment: Muston, Leicestershire, 1753 (Jacob MSS)

Land Tax Assessment: Burrough Green, Cambridgeshire, 1710 (Jacob MSS)

 

CORRESPONDENCE

Correspondence between European monarchs and nobility, 30 letters 1782 - 1851.

Correspondence to the King of the Two Sicilys, congratulating him on the birth of a Prince (Jacob MSS).

A small archive of letters of a Bell family, Quakers, 1736 - late 19th century (Jacob MSS).

A further archive of letters of a Bell family, Quakers, 1720 - 1885 (Jacob MSS).

A further archive of letters of a Bell family, Quakers, 1744 - 1766.

A quantity of letters written by members of the Abbot and Dean families, of the USA, in typescript, in the period 1834 - 1867, including genealogical entries from a family bible of Reverend Amos Abbot (1812-1889) © Frank Dean.

Correspondence by Henry Fox, 4rd Lord Holland to Dr P N Shuttleworth, Bishop of Chichester, 1831-1842 (Jacob MSS).

Letter from Anne Lady Arundell to Monsieur le Chevalier Arundell Anglais, at Rouen, dated 1682 (Jacob MSS).

Petition from Thomas Writtle, Captain of Dover Castle, to George Duke of Albermarle, 1663 (Jacob MSS).

Letter from the Bishop of Salisbury to Reverend Kay of Fittleton, Wiltshire, concerning non-residence 1728 (Jacob MSS)

Letter relating to the affairs of a Sugar Plantation in the West Indies, dated 1822 (Jacob MSS)

 

JOURNALS/DAYBOOKS/DIARIES

A journal compiled by a Mrs J Innes giving much information on the INNES, BATES,, PENNEY, GROVES, CAMERON and PAIN families, amongst others. Area covered is principally Ireland and Wales, 18th - 19th centuries. About half has been transcibed (Jacob MSS)
For transcript click HERE.
For manuscript remainder click HERE

The diary of Nathaniel Jacob after leaving England from Tilbury for Australia in 1907, communicated to me by the late Trevor Walker Jacob (Jacob MSS). Please click HERE.

 

MSS TRANSCRIBED FROM PUBLIC RECORDS

Abstract made from a roll of the court of Common Pleas for the county of Kent in the National Archives, dated 1308.

A list of minor officials in the service of King (tempus Edward I)

Another list of minor officials in the service of the King (tempus Edward I)

Payments made to mariners of the Cinque Ports (17 Edward I)

Terlingham Manor, in Folkestone. A survey of the manor taken from the Inquisition Post Mortem held for it temp Edward I (1272-1307).

A list of Barons of the Cinque Ports, summoned to a meeting....circa 1295.

A list of vessels of the Cinque Ports and their masters, who served the King in 1293-4 in Ireland and Scotland.

 

BOOKPLATES

A collection of bookplates, Part I, (Jacob MSS)

 

ORAL HISTORY

Dan McKewen: His reminiscences, 1820-1910 (Jacob MSS).

Ayrshire Fifty Years Ago, 1856-1906, by Patrick William Campbell.

A recording of Ellen Jacob, my grandmother, reminiscing about her life in Aden and Cairo, with references to Laurence of Arabia.

WORLD WAR II

Camp Regulations and other Postal Notices relating to German POW Camp OFLAG VI/B (1941-1945) (Jacob MSS).

Letters written by Kenneth Clive Jacob to his mother from Oflag VI/B, a German Prisoner of War Camp.

 

PEDIGREES FROM FAMILY BIBLES:

EARLE, of Northamptonshire.

HARDY, and other families, of Bourne, Lincolnshire

HIRST, and other families Jackson and Walker.

JACOB, of Oxfordshire

STEPHENSON, of Lincolnshire

WARD, SMITH and RICHARDS

 

MISCELLANEOUS

WILTSHIRE PALL ACCOUNTS. These relate to villages around Marlborough, Wiltshire, and largely give accounts for money expended on palls. A good number of personal names are given. 18th century (Jacob MSS).

MINERALS, ROCKS AND METALS. A treatise on... in a 14th century hand. This was part of a binding of a 16th century Court Book, possibly a translation from the Greek original (Jacob MSS).

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA: A grant made by King George IV on 6th November 1821 of 26.760 acres of land in Nova Scotia to officers and men of a number of British regiments. Names of grantees and plots of land are given in detail (Jacob MSS).

JACOB'S CREEK: A major branded wine, but where did its name come from?

JACOB'S BISCUITS: But who made them?

IN MEMORIAM CARDS: circa 150 cards, largely from 19th century, relating to Barrow, Dalton, Ulverston, in Lancashire.

COLDITZ, Germany: Statement of tax owed on Beer and Wine by 'the poor people of Colditz'. Dated 3rd January 1496.