Stopford Sackville (Drayton)
TitleStopford Sackville (Drayton)
ReferenceSS
Date
c.1150-1781
Date 1150 - 1781
Scope and ContentMainly charters and deeds for estates in Drayton and Lowick, Islip, Sudborough, Thrapston, Slipton, Great Addington, Aldwinckle, Denford, Grafton Underwood, Raunds, Ringstead and Titchmarsh, Turvey and Stagsden (Bedfordshire), White Roding, [Saffron] Walden and elsewhere (Essex), Buckworth (Huntingdonshire), Kimpton (Hertfordshire), Sulhamstead (Berkshire) and places in Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Shropshire and Wiltshire.
Charters principally for Lowick, Islip, Thrapston, Turvey and Stagsden, including for fishing rights in Ouse, wardships, marriage, endowments to churches and for chantries, grants of freedom and for Thrapston markets. De Boys alias Bosco and Mordaunt cartularies. Court rolls for Lowick 1370-1414, 1455-1495 and Islip 1375-1439, 1455-1491. Greene, Vere and Mordaunt family deeds and wills. Sculptor's contract for Ralph Greene's tomb 1419. Inventory of Henry Vere 1493. Records of executorship of the Earl of Wiltshire 1499 - 1516 including foundation of chantries. Endowment and inventory of Vere chantry at Great Addington 1528 - 1535. William Mordaunt's account book 1499 - 1516, sheriff's account 1510. Some 16thC. Mordaunt correspondence. Commissions of Array and lists of soldiers 1638-1640. 2nd Earl's claim as Governor of Tangier 1667. A few papers on separation of Duke and Duchess of Norfolk 1685/6 and inventory of Norfolk House, London, 1685. Papers on dispute over inheritance between 3rd Earl and Sir John Germain.
Charters for Latimer estates in East Pulham, Winterbourne Whitechurch and elsewhere (Dorset), c.1250 - 1524, papers on timber dispute in Normandy 1309 - 1313. Charters for Maudit estates including Warminster and Westbury (Wiltshire), Gratley (Hampshire) and Buckworth (Huntingdonshire). County court roll for Bedfordshire 1332/33. Lord Howard of Effingham's patent as Earl of Nottingham 1597.
(Estate and personal papers remain in the custody of the family.)
(The letter book of John Viscount Mordaunt in the John Rylands Library was published by the Camden Society in 1945.)
(Papers of Lord George Sackville/Germain are now at the University of Michigan.)
(The Hon. Horatia Stopford‟s papers as a Maid of Honour and Lady of the Bedchamber 1858-1911 have the reference YZ 7341-7400.)
Charters principally for Lowick, Islip, Thrapston, Turvey and Stagsden, including for fishing rights in Ouse, wardships, marriage, endowments to churches and for chantries, grants of freedom and for Thrapston markets. De Boys alias Bosco and Mordaunt cartularies. Court rolls for Lowick 1370-1414, 1455-1495 and Islip 1375-1439, 1455-1491. Greene, Vere and Mordaunt family deeds and wills. Sculptor's contract for Ralph Greene's tomb 1419. Inventory of Henry Vere 1493. Records of executorship of the Earl of Wiltshire 1499 - 1516 including foundation of chantries. Endowment and inventory of Vere chantry at Great Addington 1528 - 1535. William Mordaunt's account book 1499 - 1516, sheriff's account 1510. Some 16thC. Mordaunt correspondence. Commissions of Array and lists of soldiers 1638-1640. 2nd Earl's claim as Governor of Tangier 1667. A few papers on separation of Duke and Duchess of Norfolk 1685/6 and inventory of Norfolk House, London, 1685. Papers on dispute over inheritance between 3rd Earl and Sir John Germain.
Charters for Latimer estates in East Pulham, Winterbourne Whitechurch and elsewhere (Dorset), c.1250 - 1524, papers on timber dispute in Normandy 1309 - 1313. Charters for Maudit estates including Warminster and Westbury (Wiltshire), Gratley (Hampshire) and Buckworth (Huntingdonshire). County court roll for Bedfordshire 1332/33. Lord Howard of Effingham's patent as Earl of Nottingham 1597.
(Estate and personal papers remain in the custody of the family.)
(The letter book of John Viscount Mordaunt in the John Rylands Library was published by the Camden Society in 1945.)
(Papers of Lord George Sackville/Germain are now at the University of Michigan.)
(The Hon. Horatia Stopford‟s papers as a Maid of Honour and Lady of the Bedchamber 1858-1911 have the reference YZ 7341-7400.)
Extent4,358 items
Archival historyThe castle at Drayton was sold by Sir John de Drayton to his cousin Sir Henry Greene in 1361. The de Draytons were a branch of the de Vere family who changed their name to reflect their lordship. Another branch of de Veres settled at Great Addington. In 1467 the estate passed to the Earl of Wiltshire who had married the Greene heiress. The 2nd Earl died in battle in 1499 and Drayton then passed to Elizabeth Vere, the heiress of the de Veres of Addington. Elizabeth married John Mordaunt of Turvey (Bedfordshire), the son of Sir John Mordaunt, a successful lawyer who had largely engineered this inheritance. The son was created Lord Mordaunt in 1532. The Mordaunts remained Catholics into the later 16thC., they were friends of the Treshams and implicated in the Gunpowder Plot. The 5th Lord Mordaunt was created Earl of Peterborough in 1628. John, the younger son was an active Royalist in the last years of the Commonwealth and attempted to lead uprisings for the King. Henry the 2nd Earl (d.1697) was an antiquarian and genealogist and a strong supporter of James II, one of the few who fled with him in 1689. He left his estates to his daughter Lady Mary Mordaunt, Duchess of Norfolk, (d.1705) whilst the Earldom was inherited by his nephew. The Duke divorced his wife, an exceptional case at that time, for living with her lover Sir John Germain. The Duchess left Drayton to Sir John (d.1718) who in turn left it to his second wife Lady Elizabeth Berkeley (d.1769). Lady "Betty" Germain passed the estates to Lord George Sackville (d.1785), a younger son of the Duke of Dorset, who despite being court martialled as Commander in Chief of the army, rose to become Secretary of State for the Colonies and Viscount Sackville. He became Lord George Germain. His eldest son succeeded as Duke of Dorset and on his death in 1843 Drayton was inherited by his niece Mrs Stopford. She and her husband took the name Stopford Sackville and the estate remains with their descendants.
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The collection is currently being added and many other items are available in the index cards in the NRO index room.
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