| AdminHistory | The Spencer family no longer lived at Bramley Grange after the death of Lieutenant General Spencer in 1829. After the death of his son, Reverend William Pakenham Spencer, rector of Starston in Norfolk, in 1845, the Bramley Grange estates descended to Mrs. Ollivant, a sister of Reverend W. P. Spencer, and her children. |
| Description | This collection consists of deeds, papers, pedigrees, a few letters, surveys and maps of the Spencer family of Attercliffe and Bramley Grange (parish of Braithwell) with a few deeds and papers of the related family of Milner of Burton Grange and Attercliffe. Among the latter is a diary kept by William Elmsall, an attorney of Thornhill, with daily entries from 1708 to 1740. His daughter married William Milner of Burton Grange.
The main series are:
Deeds relating to the Bramley Grange estate, including property at Bramley and property at Attercliffe and Darnall, 1608 - 1785 (BGM/1-11)
Deeds relating to Chapel Close in Bramley, 1712 - 1780 (BGM/12-18)
Various properties in Bramley, 1710 - 1743 (BGM/19-27)
Miscellaneous deeds relating to Brightside, Dalton, Rawmarsh, Royston and Rotherham, 1522, 1701 - 1736(BGM/28-32)
Miscellaneous leases and counterparts relating to the Bramley Grange and Swaithe and White Cross estates parish of Worsbrough, (a few other places), 1670 - 1826 (BGM/33-58)
Deeds relating to the Swaithe estate in Darfield and other property devised by the will of Rev W P Spencer, 1888 - 1910 (BGM/59-71)
Wills of the Spencer family under which Mrs. Ollivant and her children inherited the Bramley Grange and Swaithe estates, 1815 - 1874 (BGM/72-76)
Miscellaneous wills of the Milner and Spencer families and related families including Elmsall of Thornhill, 1675 - 1850(BG/77-104)
Maps, surveys and other papers relating to the estate, 1739 - 1833 (BGM/105-112)
Papers relating to the Ollivant succession to the Spencer estates, 1834 - 1901 (BGM/113-118)
Miscellaneous papers, 19th cent (BGM/119-122)
Maps, surveys and valuations, 1742 - c. 1779 (BGM/123-134)
Commissions, certificates, pardons etc. 1647 - 19th cent (BGM/136-155)
Miscellaneous correspondence of the Spencer family arranged chronologically, 1695 - 1797 (BGM/156-176)
Pedigrees of the Spencer family and allied families, 17th - 19th cent (BGM/177-182)
Diary, 1708 - 1740 (BGM/183)
Portraits, 18th cent (BGM/184-185)
Additional deeds, 1857 - 1898 (BGM/186-190)
Dates in this catalogue are given in New Style. |
| CustodialHistory | These items were deposited by a firm of solicitors (via the British Records Association) in November 1969 and October 1971 (accession nos. 64981-64997 and 65046). |