Palmer ( East Carlton ) - Archives in the Leicestershire Record Office
Papillon (Lubenham) c.1637-1868, 260 docs., ref. P(L)
The Papillons were Huguenots. Thomas Papillon was Captain of the Guard to Henri IV of France but he sent his family to England in 1588 to avoid persecution as Protestants. His second son David (d. 1659) became an expert on fortification and built Papillon Hall in Lubenham (Leicestershire), an unusual octagonal house constructed according to his own theories. He married as his second wife Anne Marie Calandrini, whose family had fled Italy as Protestants. Thomas (d. 1702) the eldest son of this marriage purchased Acrise Park (Kent). He was a prominent merchant and campaigner for civil and religious freedoms as M.P. for Dover and then for London. His son Philip (d. 1736) was also M.P. for Dover and married Susanne Henshaw as his second wife. Papillon Hall was sold in the mid 18thC. and has since been demolished.
17th/18thC. family letters, some from France and from the Calandrinis in Geneva and London. Declaration of loyalty to the Commonwealth 1650. Accounts of Thomas Papillon as a deacon of the French Church in London 1660s. Some papers of George Henshaw, consul at Genoa 1720s. 18thC. culinary, medical and household recipes. Poetry and 17th-19thC. religious books
(Plans by David Papillon can be found in the Isham collection.)
Plevins (Woodford by Thrapston ) 1870-1957, 4 boxes ref. PLEVINS
Charles Henry Plevins bought the Woodford House estate in 1880. It had been the seat of General Arbuthnot.
Mainly Woodford House estate papers including tenancy agreements 1877 – 1943, papers on ironstone working 1870 – 1941, papers for alterations to Woodford House 1899 – 1910 and plan of new garden 1909. Uncatalogued 19thC. family photographs.
Pocklington Senhouse - see Ashley
Powys (Lilford ) c.1715-1944, 146 vols. 13 boxes, ref. POW
Sir Thomas Powys (d.1719) was the second son of a Shropshire family who rose to become Attorney General under James II. He purchased Lilford Hall and estate from the Elmes family in 1711. A later Thomas Powys (d.1800) was M.P. for Northamptonshire 1774 – 1797 and was made Lord Lilford in 1797. The 2nd Lord Lilford acquired an estate in Lancashire through marriage based at Bewsey Hall. Thomas, the 4th Lord Lilford (d.1896) was a famous ornithologist. The estate was sold in 194 but Lord Lilford bought the Hall back in 1971.
Deeds for estates in Lilford, Pilton, Titchmarsh, Aldwinckle, Thorpe Achurch, Moulton Park, and Warmington and in Cainham and Staunton Lacy (Shropshire) (uncatalogued).
Estate records including an unbroken run of estate accounts and rentals 1741 – 1944, household cash account books 1897 – 1930, servants wages 1866 – 1939.
18th/early 19thC. poetry.
Extensive collection of architectural plans and drawings, including designs by Henry Flitcroft 1750 – 1751, 19th/20th C. alterations, 1847 garden scheme, 1943 war hospital, designs for estate cottages, farms, dairy, aviaries, greenhouses, school etc., designs for Atherton church (Lancashire) 1876 by Paley and Austin.
There are few personal papers and very few records seem to relate to the Lancashire estate.
Proby (Elton ) - Archives still in the custody of the family at Elton.
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