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Property records of the Pell family, Manor of Wilburton, Cambridgeshire

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Doc.4003

Scope and Contents

Property documents relating to Pell family of Wilburton Manor. This collection has been organised in chronological order and includes wills, enfranchisements, extinguishments, accounts and a variety of land transfer documents.

Historic England's official list entry for Wilburton Manor includes the following information:

Wilburton Manor had come into the possession of Sir Albert Pell in 1817. Sir Albert died in 1832, and his widow the Hon Lady Margaret Letitia Matilda Pell held the manor in dower until her death in 1868. She was the third daughter of Henry Beauchamp St John of Bletsoe. In 1900 Sir Albert's two surviving nephews were joint lords. Albert Pell the elder, a noted agriculturalist and authority on the poor law, died in 1907 and was succeeded by his nephew Albert Julian, who had been acting as steward. Oliver Claude Pell, the third of Sir Albert's sons, was chairman of the Isle of Ely County Council from 1889 until his death in 1891. On the death of Albert Julian Pell in 1916 his nephew, Beauchamp Stewart Pell, succeeded. The Manor was sold to Cambridgeshire County Council in the mid 20th and is now used as a school, which opened on 12 October 1965.

Dates

  • Creation: 1817 - 1961

Conditions Governing Access

Open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

0.06 cubic metre(s) (4 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Uses both paper and parchment

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposited on permanent loan by B.S. Pell, c/o May, May and Merrimans, 12 South Square, Grays Inn, London W.C.1. (see letter, 3 March 1969), 22 July 1968.

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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