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MS 3219 - James Watt and Family Papers - 13th century - 1873

1 - Records of Thomas Watt (1639 or 1642 - 1727) - 1694 - 1727

2 - Records of John Watt senior (1694 - 1736) - 1714 - 1744

3 - Records of James Watt of Greenock - 1724 - 1787

4 - Records of James Watt (1736 - 1819)

5 - Records of John Watt Jr. (1739 - 1762) - 1759 - 1762

6 - Records of James Watt Jr. (1769 - 1848) - 13th cent. - 1848

1 - Correspondence of James Watt jr. - 1784 - 1844

2 - Notebooks of James Watt jr. - 1787 - 1846

3 - Personal papers of James Watt jr. - 1808 - 1848

4 - Legal documents - 1637 - 1841

5 - Drawings by James Watt jr. - 1789 - 1846

6 - Papers of the antiquarian, William Hamper, relating to the parish and manor of Aston - 13th cent. - 1839

Expand 1 - Correspondence concerning William Hamper's collection of manuscripts for a history of Aston, and Watt jr.'s acquisition of them after Hamper's death - 1831 - 1839

1 - Correspondence concerning William Hamper's collection of manuscripts for a history of Aston, and Watt jr.'s acquisition of them after Hamper's death - 1831 - 1839

2 - Manuscript volume entitled 'Some Account of the Parish of Aston iuxta Birmingham in the County of Warwick: being Sir William Dugdale's History of that extensive district, with considerable additions and illustrations by William Hamper' - 1821

3 - Engraved copper plates - nd c. 1820

4 - Wood-blocks of facsimile autographs - nd. c. 1820

5 - Portfolio containing Collections for the Manor of Aston - 1365 - 1828

6 - Portfolio containing collections for the Manors of Deritend and Bordesley - 1343 - 1830

7 - Portfolio containing collections for the Manors of Duddeston, Nechells, Saltley and Little Bromwich - 1306 - 1829

1 - Deed. Land in Little Bromwich - 10 July 1306

2 - Deed. Land in Little Bromwich - 26 February 1324

3 - Obligation between Roger of Clodesdale and Richard Cottrel of Yardley - 23 February 1341

4 - Quitclaim. Land in Warwickshire and Worcestershire - 25 January 1411

5 - Grant. Richard Clodeshale of Edgbaston, knight, to John Amisett, yeoman and John Radclyf, yeoman of land in Duddeston - 1415 - 1416

6 - Deed. Land in Birmingham, Bordesley, Aston Duddeston and Saltley - 25 July 1469

7 - Defeasance from Richard Clodeshale to John Campion - 16 March 1426

8 - Bargain and sale of land in Duddeston - 10 February 1555

9 - Certified extracts concerning ecclesiastical matters in Aston, 1516, from the Bishops Registry at Lichfield - 14 November 1808

10 - Printed document with details of 'songs, catches and glees' to be performed at Vauxhall, 10 August 1779, for the benefit of J. Taylor - 1779

11 - Printed particulars of the sale of a quantity of land to Ashted Chapel for a burial ground - 12 July 1806

12 - Newspaper cutting concerning a stake of poplar wood growing in a field attached to the Garrison farm near Birmingham - June 1808

13 - Letter. William Mott (Lichfield) to William Hamper (Aston) - 15 November 1808

14 - Newspaper cutting advertising the sale of Ashted Chapel - 28 January 1809

15 - Newspaper cutting advertising the auction of buildings and land on Ashted Estate - [1809]

16 - Printed document advertising Joseph Neal & Son’s 'Grand Gala Night' on 08 August 1809 - 1809

17 - Printed catalogue of household furnishings belonging to Mrs. Richards (a bankrupt) of Vauxhall, to be sold by auction on 22 January 1810 - [1810]

18 - Printed page containing the psalms to be sung in the service for the consecration of St. James’ Chapel, Ashted - 07 September 1810

19 - Receipt from Nichols & Son to William Hamper, for £4 4s for a copper plate for Mrs Herrick - 17 November 1810

20 - Printed pamplet on 'The form of consecration of a church, to be observed at Ashted Chapel, Aston' - 1810

21 - Printed notice to the Constable of Birmingham, to provide 'ten sufficient carriages and horses, with able men to drive the same', to remove the clothes, arms and accoutrements of the Wiltshire Regiment of Militia, now on the march from Birmingham to Lichfield - 03 May 1812

22 - Letter. Poughty L. Ward Junior (Birmingham and Henley in Arden) to William Hamper (Birmingham) - 09 April [1824]

23 - Printed particulars of the sale of part of Nechell’s Park, Aston, on 18 September 1828 - 1828

24 - Printed notice calling for inhabitants of Duddeston and Nechells to meet to discuss the application for an Act of Parliament for 'watching, lighting, paving, cleansing, and otherwise improving such part or parts of the hamlets of Duddeston & Nechells, Aston Hide, Erdington & Saltley' as the Commissioners think fit - 1828

25 - Printed Act of parliament for 'Dudeston Improvement' - 13 April 1829

26 - Letter. Mr. Adderley (Hams Hall, Warwick) to the Reverend Stebbing Shaw (Seckington, near Tamworth) - nd. [18th cent.]

27 - Transcript, in Hamper's hand, of an extract from Dugdale’s history, concerning Nechells - nd. [19th cent.]

28 - Transcript, in Hamper's hand, of an extract from Dugdale’s history, concerning Duddeston - nd. [19th cent.]

29 - Composition, in Hamper's hand, concerning Duddeston Hall, Plantations and Bowling Green and concerts - nd. [19th cent.]

30 - Transcript, in Hamper's hand, of an inventory of all the goods belonging to Thomas Holte of Duddeston Hall, deceased [in 16th cent.] - nd. [19th cent.]

31 - Transcript, in Hamper's hand, of an extract from Dugdale’s history, concerning Saltley - nd. [19th cent.]

32 - Transcript, in Hamper's hand, of an extract from Dugdale’s history, concerning Ward End, alias Little Bromwich - nd. [19th cent.]

33 - Transcript, in Hamper's hand, of a document concerning land and rents in Little Bromwich in 14th cent. - nd. [19th cent.]

34 - Transcript, in Hamper's hand, of an extract from the Bishop’s Registry at Lichfield, 1516 concerning ecclesiastical matters in aston - nd. [19th cent.]

35 - Transcript, in Hamper's hand, of the will of John West of Little Bromwich, proved 1569 - nd. [19th cent.]

36 - Transcript, in Hamper's hand, of a letter from Mary Herycke to her son William Heryck (London) 1578. - nd. [19th cent.]

37 - List, in Hamper's hand, of landowners and their acreages in Little Bromwich in 1759 - nd. [19th cent.]

38 - Document, in Hamper's hand, describing Saltley Hall, with a Latin transcript dated 24 November 1808 - nd. [19th cent.]

39 - Extract, in Hamper's hand, from Swinney’s Birmingham Chronicle, 13 July 1809, concerning Vauxhall Gardens - nd. [19th cent.]

40 - Extract, in Hamper's hand, from the London Gazette, 08 January 1828 concerning William Webb Ward and the Essington arms - nd. [19th cent.]

41 - Family tree, in Hamper's hand, of the lineage of the Kinardesley or Kinnersley family of Ward End - nd. [19th cent.]

42 - Draught of the family tree of the Ward family of Little Bromwich - nd. [19th cent.]

43 - Transcript, in Hamper's hand, of the epitaph to the memory of John Heyrick, died 1589, and his wife Mary, died 1611, in St. Martin’s church, Leicester - nd. [19th cent.]

44 - 127 - Slips of notes, most in Hamper's hand, on land and families in Duddeston, Nechells, Bordesley, Saltley, Ashted - nd. [19th cent.]

118 - Paper concerning rents and leases in Duddeston and Nechells for the year 1682 - [1682]

119 - Brown paper wrapper for folder - January 1832

120 - Portfolio cover folder - nd. [19th cent.]

8 - Portfolio containing collections for the Manors of Castle Bromwich and Water Orton - 1312 - 1826

9 - Portfolio containing collections for the Manors of Erdington and Witton - 1319 - 1830

10 - Drawings and engravings - 1808 - 1831

11 - Deeds - 1455 - 1628

12 - Box of seals, 'Aston etc.' - nd. pre 17th cent.

13 - Rolls of copies of deeds - nd. [c.16th cent.]

14 - Deeds 'Duddeston etc.' - 1448 - 1590

15 - Deeds for Aston, Witton, Erdington etc. - 1322 - late 14th cent.

7 - Miscellaneous printed items which belonged to James Watt jr. - 1799 - 1840

7 - Records of Gregory Watt (1777 - 1804) - 1792 - 1804

8 - Miscellaneous records of the Watt family - c. 1754 - 1873

9 - Later additions to the records - 1672 - 1848

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