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Surlingham Manor records

 Collection
Identifier: 0042

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Abstract

Family and property records, deeds, handwritten histories pertaining to Surlingham Manor, near Norfolk, England, 17th - 19th century; includes indentured inheritance documents.



The materials in the archive consist of:



--72 pages of court records, of average size 34" x 13", hand lettered in Latin on parchment, detailing the court proceedings of the Manor of Surlingham from Sept. 29, 1658 to Sept. 29, 1683.

--14 large and small volumes of bound books dating from 1637 to the 1930s, mostly hand lettered and written, supplementing the above.

--A lot of letters, deeds and conveyances pertaining to the Manor together with old and modern maps of the Manor which is listed in Burke's Landed Gentry, Volume 17.



This collection is on permanent loan to the Norwich Record Office.

Dates

  • Creation: 17th-19th centuries

Conditions Governing Access

On permanent loan to Norwich Record Office.

Extent

4 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Acquisition

The archives were received from John Villiers Farrow, Lord of the Manor of Surlingham, in the late 1950s. Farrow (b. Feb. 10, 1904, Sydney, Australia; d. Jan. 27, 1963, Beverly Hills, CA) was a well known Hollywood director, writer, and producer, and father of Mia Farrow.

Title
Finding aid for the Surlingham Manor records
Status
Completed
Date
2010
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States