Gething 1876-1946, 126 docs., ref. Gething
Robert Cordey Gething, a mechanical engineer and captain in the Royal Artillery grew up in Newport (Monmouthshire). He married Anna Hamilton Williams in 1939 and lived in Kettering and Northampton.
School and college papers, papers on finances of Gething and his father, on motor car 1927-1939 and on command of a Territorial company in the Northants. Regiment 1930s. Literary papers of Mrs Gething, her diary 1916-c.1920 and letters, family photographs. Plans of electricity lines 1932.
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Gompertz (Glendon) 1287-1940, 508 docs., ref. G(G )
The Booths were stewards to the Dukes of Montagu. John Booth bought Glendon Hall from the Lane family in 1758. Mrs Gompertz, the donor of the collection, was a Booth by birth.
Estate papers for Glendon, Barford and Rothwell from 1756 with servants wages 1760-1766. There are few title deeds. Personal correspondence and papers 1794-1913 including early 19th century bills, travel journals, France c.1770, 1828/30 & north of England 1834. Papers on the Duke of Montagu's troop of Carabineers and sheriff's accounts 1794, 1818. Papers of the Rewell, Bragge and Wilkinson families of London 1651-1798. Papers of Dr. John Home and the Reeves family of Birmingham 1796-1897.
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Gotch (Kettering) 1670-1946, 1500 docs., ref. G(K)
Thomas Gotch (d.1806), from a Leicestershire farming family, established a boot manufacturing and banking business in Kettering at the end of the 18th century. His son John Cooper Gotch (d.1852), a leading Baptist, continued both businesses and the bulk of the papers in this collection relate to him. Two of his sons John Davis Gotch (d.1870) and Thomas Henry Gotch (d.1891) succeeded him but the bank collapsed in 1856. A third son Frederick William was a Baptist minister. T.H. Gotch had 4 sons one of whom was John Alfred Gotch, an architect, and leading authority on 16th and early 17th century architecture.
An important collection of 19th century papers on politics, business and social history in Kettering. Including papers on navy shoe contracts 1803-1816, mail robbery 1812-1814, poor relief 1782-1824, reports of the Linen Committee 1819-1823, rick fires 1839, Baptists 1813-1833, the Poor Law 1837-1857, elections 1820-1880, banking 1815-1857, and emigration 1830s. Personal correspondence 1790-1885.
(The papers of J.A. Gotch are in a separate collection)
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Grafton (Wakefield Lodge) c.1600-1921, 4453 docs. & 28 boxes, ref. G & Maps 433-465, 4208-4268
The Honour of Grafton, a group of manors in the south east of the county, was granted to Catherine of Braganza, Charles II's Queen, for life in 1673. On her death it was to pass to the Earl of Arlington. By the time she died in 1705 Arlington was also dead so the Honour passed to the 2nd Duke of Grafton his grandson and heir. The Dukedom had been created for one of Charles II's natural sons by Lady Castlemaine. Wakefield Lodge was rebuilt by the 2nd Duke as his residence in Northamptonshire but the main Ducal seat is Euston Hall in Suffolk. The Dukes of Grafton retained their Northamptonshire estates until 1921.
Large collection of papers concerning the Northamptonshire estates of the Dukes of Grafton in Grafton Regis, Abthorpe, Alderton, Ashton, Blakesley, Blisworth, Cold Higham, Furtho, Grimscote, Greens Norton, Hartwell, Heathencote, Passenham, Paulerspury, Potterspury, Roade, Stoke Bruerne, Shutlanger, Whittlebury and Yardley Gobion. Survey of the Honour in 1660 & c.1705 (ML 1289). Series of estate maps and drafts by Joseph Collier and William Baker 1725-29, surveys of estate 1727 (G 1654) & 1756 (ML 1293). Extensive estate and household accounts and voucher bundles 1738-1914 including wages for servants and labourers in the l8th century. Separate series for stables to 1885. Rentals 1747-1888, 1891-1914. Architectural drawings for estate buildings, 19th century, including model farms. 18th century manor court papers. Copy of an early 17th century map of Whittlewood Forest and forest papers. Papers on siting railway station at Blisworth 1838-1845 and 19th century inclosure. Family deeds including Divorce Act, grants and appointments. Wakefield Lodge inventory 1863, picture lists 1897, 1905.
Note: Many of the later 19th century papers have been badly damaged by damp.
Deeds and papers of John Granville Earl of Bath (d.1701) and John, Lord Granville (d.1707) with estates in Stow, Stratton, Stambury, Kilhampton and elsewhere (Cornwall), Bideford (Devon) and Co. Wexford.
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Grant (Litchborough) 1440-1904, 98 boxes
For background to the Grants see below 'Grant Ives'. The collection is only summarily listed.
Deeds and legal papers, principally in origin a solicitors' archive, of the practises of Edward Bloxham at Stony Stratford (Buckinghamshire) late 18th/early 19th century. Thomas Grant was Bloxham's executor and heir. His brother Hopcraft Bloxham was a baker at Towcester.
Papers on savings banks 1816 and for work at assizes and quarter sessions. Papers and deeds for conveyancing at Cosgrove, Wicken, Passenham, Hartwell, Pattishall, Potterspury, Abthorpe, Deanshanger, Harpole, the Stratfords, Loughton and Newport Pagnell (Buckinghamshire) and Pavenham (Bedfordshire). Letters from Lord Maynard about his estate at Passenham 1750-1775. Estate papers for the Forrester estate at Thornton (Buckinghamshire) mid 18th century and the Price Withers estate at Westbury (Buckinghamshire) 1770s. 18th century Calverton manor court papers (Buckinghamshire). Towcester and Cleley Hundred land and window tax 1768-1786.
Business papers of Hopcraft Bloxham at Towcester, 18th century.
Papers of the Grants including farm accounts 1805-1812. Cookery and medical recipes, early 18th century. Deeds for estates in Litchborough, Maidford (from Tryst family), Farthingstone, Greens Norton, Woodford and Towcester. Litchborough parish records 1718-1782. Maidford inclosure deed 1585 (X5265) and 17th century Litchborough and Dodford inclosure papers.
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Grant Ives (Bradden) 1429-1890, 470 docs. & 14 boxes, ref. GI
The Rev. William Ives purchased the manor of Bradden in 1677 from Gaius Mathew. It had been with the Mathews since 1486 when John Mathew, a London mercer, purchased it. Ives was rector of Greens Norton. The estate descended in the Ives family until 1888 when it passed to the Grant family of Litchborough. Thomas Grant had married Ann Ives in 1776.
The Grants came from Scotland but Thomas Grant (d.1803), a surgeon at Towcester, bought an estate at Litchborough in 1792. His son William, a barrister and Charity Commissioner (d.1840), purchased the manor of Maidford in 1811. A second son Edward had children and his heir William (d.1868) married Frances Simpson Pack of Flore. Wilfred Dryden Grant (d. 1911), the younger son of William, inherited Bradden and added the name Ives. His elder brother Edward remained at Litchborough.
Deeds and papers of the Ives, Grant and Pack families. A fine collection of 19th century letters and personal papers. 18th century accounts including Thomas Grant's accounts as a surgeon 1774-1793 and estate and household accounts 1698-1714 & 1789-1839. Pack household account book 1831-37. Accounts of the Old Stratford to Dunchurch turnpike 1708-1713, Bradden parish accounts 1745-1872 and accounts of the Fosters Booth Book Club 1809-1845. Poetry of the Rev. Cornelius Ives (d.1883). Deeds on inclosure at Bradden 1510. Papers on executorship of William Van Mildert, Bishop of Durham (d.1836)
This catalogue is available on the National Access to Archives website, see related links below.
(See also Grant of Litchborough)
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Griffin (Braybrooke) 1299-1901, 92 docs., ref G(B)
Sir Edward Griffin of Braybrooke (d.1569) bought the dissolved priory at Ulverscroft in Leicestershire in 1565. The family's main estates were at Dingley and Braybrooke until they were sold after the 3rd Lord Griffin's death in 1742.
Mainly deeds for Ulverscroft Priory (Leicestershire) 1558-1829. Some miscellaneous deeds and papers for properties elsewhere including Braybrooke. Conveyance of Braybrooke Castle 1649.
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Gunning (Horton) 1342-1899, 926 docs., ref. G(H)
The Gunnings were an Irish family. Sir Robert Gunning (d.1816) was a diplomat and served as a minister in Denmark 1765-1771, in Prussia in 1771 and in Russia 1772-1775. He was rewarded with a baronetcy in 1778 and purchased the Horton estate in 1782. It had belonged to a branch of the Montagus who had held the Earldom of Halifax for two generations. The 2nd Earl of Halifax (d.1771) was a politician, serving as a Secretary of State, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and First Lord of the Admiralty. The Gunnings stayed at Horton Hall until 1888 when the 5th Baronet sold it to Pickering Phipps, the brewer. Later it was sold to George Winterbottom. The mansion was unfortunately demolished in 1936.
Mainly deeds for Horton, Hackleton, Piddington, Denton and Quinton, Ekeley (Buckinghamshire), Eltham (Kent) and estates in Cos. Roscommon, Longford and Dublin in Ireland. 18th century legal papers on Irish estates and rent rolls 1779-1802 & 1820-1842. Northants. estate accounts 1634, 1639, 1640 and rentals 1634-1657. Game books 1851-1884 and correspondence on income for the benefice of Horton and Piddington 1780-1804 with letters from Spencer Perceval. Settlements and wills of the Montagu and Lane family.
This catalogue is available on the National Access to Archives website, see related links below.
(There is Gunning family correspondence 1776-1819 catalogued under the references ZA 5897-5919. Some l9th century estate papers are catalogued under the references YZ 2225-2326. These include papers on the family's Lancashire estate at Eccleston.)
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