Scope and Content
Papers of the Dukes of Bedford comprising:
Correspondence of the Russell family and the Bedford estateCorrespondence of the Duke of Bedford's Steward
Maps and Plans
Administration and FinancePapers of the Bedford Estate
Papers of other Russell Estates
Administrative History
A list of the Earls of Bedford (1550-1694) and of the Dukes of Bedford (1694-1953)
EARLS OF BEDFORD
1. John, b. c. 1485, d. 1555.
2. Fra., b. 1527, d. 1585.
3. Edward, b. 1572, d. 1627.
4. Fra., b. 1593, d. 1641.
5. William, b. 1616, d. 1700.
COUNTESSES
Anne, née Sapcote, wid. of Broughton & Jerningham, d. 1559
Margt., née St. John, wid. of Gostwick, d. 1562
Bridget, née Hussey, wid. of Manners & Morrison, d. 1601.
Lucy Harington, d. 1627.
Cath. Brydges, d. 1657.
Anne Carr, d. 1684. DUKES 1. William, cr. 1694, d. 1700.
2. Wriothesley, b. 1680, d. 1711
3. Wriothesley, b. 1708, d. 1732
4. John, b. 1710, d. 1771.
5. Fra., b. 1765, d. 1802.
6. John, b. 1766, d. 1839.
7. Fra., b. 1788, d. 1861.
8. William, b. 1809, d. 1872.
9. Hastings, b. 1819, d. 1891.
10. George William Fra.Sackville, b.1852, d. 1893.
11. Herbrand, b. 1858, d.1940.
12. Hastings, b. 1888, d. 1953.
13. John Robt., b. 1917.
DUCHESSES
Eliz. Howland, d.1724.
Anne Egerton, d. 1762.
Diana Spencer, d. 1735 Gertrude Leveson-Gower, d. 1794.
Georgiana Byng, d. 1801.
Georgiana Gordon, d. 1853.
Anna Maria Stanhope, d. 1857.
Eliz. Sackville-West, d. 1897.
Adeline Somers-Cocks, d.
Mary Tribe, d. 1937.
Louisa Jowitt, d. 1960.
Clare, née Bridgman, wid. of Holloway; [Hen.Rob.Ian; Rudolf]; Lydia, dau. of Lord Churston, wid. of Lyle; [Fra.Hastings]; Nicole, née Schneider, formerly w. of Milinaire.
Index TermsRussell family, Dukes of Bedford, of Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire
R4
Miscellaneous Estate Papers
1739-1948
22 series
Scope and Content
ESTATE GENERAL: REPORTS & MEMORANDA
Letter-books 4/1 - 15 1832 - 1899
Memoranda books 4/16 - 29 1841 - 1895
Individual reports & memoranda 4/30 - 47 1804 - 1880
RENTAL
Thomas Bennett's notebooks 4/48 - 58 1855 - 1868
Misc. notebooks (Chenies) 4/59 c.1880
Stewards' papers 4/60 - 126 1735 - 1895
Honour of Ampthill 4/63 - 70 18th cent.
Marquis of Tavistock's Estate 4/71 - 74 1768 - 1777
John Wing's papers 4/75 - 77 1800 - 1803
Thomas Bennett's papers 4/78 - 95 1830 - 1866
Miscellaneous papers 4/96 - 106 1876 - 1948
Remissions of rent 1888 - 1895 4/107 - 126 1888 - 1895
VALUATIONS
Bound volumes 1879 - 1939 4/127 - 131 1879 - 1939
Papers 4/132 - 174 1802 - 1897
REPAIRS & IMPROVEMENTS
Small notebooks 4/175 - 179 1879 - 1883
Tabulated monthly reports 4/180 - 184 1882 - 1886
Store Stock: inventories & valuations 4/185 - 188 1947 - 1950
Papers 4/189 - 202 1804 - 1948
CROPS & STOCK
Bound volumes 4/203 - 205 1771 - 1828
Cropping books 4/206 - 244 1805 - 1956
Papers.(crops) 4/245 - 252 1771 - 1853
Cropping reports 4/253 - 258 1866 - 1871
Stock books 4/259 - 266 1806 - 1913
Papers (stock) 4/267 - 286 1757 - 1939
Show papers (stock) 4/287 - 300 1923 - 1930
GAME
Books 4/301 - 303 1868 - 1879
Papers 4/304 - 306 1842 - 1853
AVIARY
Books 4/307 1847 - 1857
Papers 4/308 - 317 1840 - 1856
FINANCE: ACCOUNTS & PAPERS
Land Tax 4/318 - 320 1725 - 1775
Honour of Ampthill 4/321 - 439 1694 - 1813
Certainty money 4/321 - 355 1694 - 1761
Lidlington Mead Silver 4/356 - 357 18th cent.
List of constables 4/358 18th cent.
Miscellaneous accounts 4/359 - 374 1748 - 1785
Samuel Davis's accounts & papers 4/375 - 419 1793 - 1813
Thomas Butcher's accounts 4/420 - 439 1760 - 1780
Thomas Butcher's papers: Oakley & Ampthill 4/420 - 4391760 - 1780
Miscellaneous 18th cent. accounts 4/440 - 446 1731 - 1793
Papers of William Adam (Agent-in-Chief) 4/447 - 533 1803 - 1817
Papers 4/447 - 475 1803 - 1811
Accounts 4/476 - 531 1798 - 1812
Papers probably belonging 4/532 - 533 1802 - 1817
Accounts & papers of John Wing (Steward Beds Est) 4/534 1799 - 1803
Accounts & papers of Edward Platt (Land Steward) 4/535 - 572 1801 - 1813
Accounts & papers of Robert Salmon 4/573 - 608 1800 - 1821
Accounts & papers of William Hirdle 4/609 - 613 1822 - 1827
Papers of Edward Crocker 4/614 - 615 1828 - 1829
Accounts & papers of Thomas Bennett 4/616 - 712 1828 - 1868
General 4/616 - 664 1837 - 1868
Monthly estimates, remittances, abstracts 4/665 - 676 1863 - 1865
Accounting system 4/676 1867
Woods 4/677 - 711 1828 - 1866
Miscellaneous: Lidlington surplus labour 4/712 1834 - 1835
Late 19th century misc. accounts 4/713 - 717 1874 - 1895
ESTATE PURCHASES & SALES
Papers 4/718 - 728 c.1726 - 1883
Sale catalogues 4/729 - 746 1910 - 1966
Particulars of estates (18th cent.) 4/746/1-9 1771 - 1801
ESTABLISHMENT
Organization 4/747 - 754 1786 - 1852
Gamekeepers etc 4/755 - 768 1839 - 1861
WOBURN PARK
Lodge books 4/769 - 772 1867 - 1939
Papers 4/773 - 779 1840 - 1843
Printed gate lists etc 4/780 - 788 1843 - 1881
Park Farm Office call book 4/789 1892 - 1906
SCHOOLS
Sunday school cards issued to estate employees 4/790 1848
Papers 4/791 - 796 1847 - 1881
TITHE COMMUTATION
General 4/797 - 799 1829 - 1839
Papers relating to tithe awards 4/800 - 809 1829 - 1850
Miscellaneous 4/810 - 812 1839 - 1892
Corn Rents 4/813 - 816 1839 - 1865
EVERSHOLT CHARITY ESTATE
Rough minutes & papers (Thomas Bennett, trustee) 4/817/1-47 1845 - 1862
Accounts 4/818/ 1-9 1844 - 1868
Petition 4/818 c. 1860
WOBURN: HEALTH & WATER SUPPLY
Woburn Board of Health 4/819 - 823 1831
Woburn Water Works 4/824 - 829 1833 - 1842
WOBURN: CHURCH PEWS
Notebooks: pew holders 4/830 - 832 1847 - 1879
FIRE INSURANCE
Policies & papers 4/833 - 839 1844 - 1911
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS
Stewards' estate papers 4/840 - 891 1739 -
Ampthill Charity 4/840 - 841 1739 - 1760
George Inn, Woburn 4/842 - 843 1770 - 1771
Misc. 18th century 4/844 - 848 1732 - 1771
Woods 4/849 - 854 1804 - 1870s
Oakley Westfield & Stevington Lodge Farms 4/855 - 863 1840 - 1844
Wilden Farm: Fletcher's distraint 4/864 - 867 1831
Miscellaneous 4/868 - 891 1799 - 1879
Miscellaneous general 4/892 - 896 1771 - 1876
Printed papers 4/897 - 916 1793 - 1896
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MISCELLANEOUS
Correspondence 4/916 - 924 1739 - 1763
Woods 4/925 18th cent.
FURTHER ACCESSION FROM WOBURN PARK FARM OFFICE CLOCK TOWER, 1974.
WOBURN ESTATE: 'Labourers' Penny-a-Week Club"
Cash account books and annual reports 4/926 1838 - 1921
STEWARDS' PAPERS.
Further papers kept by Thomas Bennett 4/927 1843 - 1857
Papers kept by Thomas Benson 4/928 - 940 1883 - 1886
Ampthill Park Agistment bundles 4/941 1885 - 1899