Nicholas Papers

Date range: 1384-1764

Medium: Archive

Records forming part of the archives of the Nicholas family of West Horsley, Surrey. They relate chiefly to Sir Edward Nicholas (1593-1669), Secretary of State to Charles I and Charles II, to his sons John and Edward, and to the Nicholas estates in West Horsley, Surrey, and Gillingham, Dorset.

They comprise:

• letters to Sir Edward Nicholas as Secretary of State, 1643-44;
• account books of Edward Nicholas esq. as Treasurer and General Receiver, 1694-1715;
• important manorial court rolls for West Horsley, 1385-1709;
• manorial court records for Gillingham, including a court book, survey, rental, perambulation and accounts, 1469-1725;
• an important collection of documents concerning the anti-enclosure riots at Gillingham in 1642–48;
• other documents relating to property in West Horsley and Gillingham, including deeds of conveyance, mortgages, leases and accounts.

Further information:

Catalogue available online via ELGAR.

Location:

• The John Rylands Library, Deansgate  [Map]
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