Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    X248
  • Title
    Volume kept by Sir Samuel Ongley of Old Warden.
  • Date free text
    1702-1739
  • Production date
    From: 1702 To: 1739
  • Admin/biog history
    Sir Samuel Ongley of Maidstone was a linen draper in Cornhill, a director of the South Sea Company, Member of Parliament to Maidstone 1713-1715. Settled at Warden about 1690. sheriff of Bedfordshire 1703. Died 1726, aged 80. Unmarried. He was succeeded by his nephew (or great nephew?), Samuel Ongley, who probably wrote the inscription at the front of the volume. He married Anne Harvey, was Member of Parliament for New Shorham 1729-34, and for Bedford 1734-1747. He died in 1747, leaving no children. He was succeeded by a kinsman, Robert Henley, who took the name of Ongley, and was Member of Parliament for Bedford 17654-1761, created Baron Ongley of Old Warden, n the Kingdom of Ireland in 1776. He died in 1785. He was succeeded by his son Robert, second baron, 1771-1814, who was succeeded by his son Robert, 3rd baron, 1803-1877, who died unmarried. [See Complete Peerage, Lyson, Bedfordshire; VCH ii 60, VCH iii 225, 257; BNQ ii 151, 281, 345; BNQ iii 242 and BNQ i, 213. Also see F677, FN990, BS1465, W2414, 2584-9 and Osborn letters, p. 39. In some of the above, the relationships are at fault.] Note. For grant of arms to Sir Samuel Ongley, 1720, see HY953. Other Ongley papers at HY959-952.
  • Scope and Content
    Pages 1-33: Ship accounts of the ship Anna. Captain Francis Nelly. 1802 P.1 Disbursements after the ship was in dock at Blackwall. P. 2 Wage accounts. P. 9-33 Accounts of many suppliers, including carver, oilman, bricklayer, tallow chandler, mat maker, ironmonger, painter, pewterer, turner, block maker, distiller, brazier, plumber, joiner, gunsmith, glazier, ship’s chandler, cheesemonger, butcher, baker, leatherman, rope maker, sailmaker and caulker. Summarised on p. 33 Pages 37 onwards: Notebook of Sir Samuel Ongley, including letters, estate matters legal notes, recipies, parish business, justice’s business and miscellaneous items. 1716-1726. Letters are to the following: Ps. 88, 97, 162 Francis Brace (described as a beggarly fellow p. 55). P. 68 William Brockitt. Not dated. P.59 Sir George Byng. 1716 P.60 Major Copley. 1716 P.105 Ste. Child. 1720 P.150. George Edwards, Not dated. P.99 John Fogg. Not dated. P.172 Humphrey Fysshe Jr. of Ickwell. 1726 P.94, 117, 144 Cousin Samuel Fullagar at Maidstone. 1719, 1720 and not dated. P.128 Rev. Gibson. Not dated. P.138. Thomas Hawkings of Southill. 1723 P. 84, 126. Robert Henley. 1719 and not dated. P.161.Matthew Lacey. Not dated. P. 96, 146. Cousin Thomas Lambe at St Thomas the Apostle, London. 1719, 1723 P. 126. Mr Maddox at the bank. Not dated. P.150. Mrs Noads. Not dated. P.127. George North . Not dated. P. 61-2, 77,115,117. Samuel Ongley (Sam) 1717, 1718, 1720. P.108. Mr Ongley. Not dated. P.101. Palmer, Clark ‘his letter to Henry Whitbread, Cardington. 1720. P.99. Richard Swift. Not dated. P.117. President of St John’s College, Oxford. 1720. P.107, 112, 114, Philip des Tombe, merchant at Leyden. 1720 P.134, 164. Godard Urlin, Ampthill. 1723 P.147. Thomas Walker Esq, Edinburgh. 1723. P.70, 73, 75 Unspecified. P. 135, 150, 165 Advice to a young man. P167, 168 Signed ‘brother.’ Estate and domestic matters of Sir Samuel Ongley: Estate and around Warden: P.38. Linen at house at Warden. 1712 P.50 Plate at house at Warden. 1714 P.35, 45, 47-8, 101, 109-111, 116, 118, 168. Details of Palmer estate and notes relating to purchase. 1710-1726 P.36. Account for building cottage. 1710. P.36. Inventory of goods seized on Thomas Sell’s farm. 1712. P.39. Trees on Thomas Sell’s farm. 1712. P.39. Fittings in house at on Thomas Sell’s farm. 1712. P.42. List of tenants (15). Not dated P.44, Survey of Nicholas Inskip’s crops at Stanford Bury. 1713. P.48. Dimensions of dove house. 1716 P.51. Abstract of Samuel Hill’s lease of Broom. 1695. P.54. Agreement to let farm at Old Warden. 1716 P.59. Account of quit rents due from Thomas Upwood,. 1716. P. 60. Note of planting 750 oaks, 1717. P.62. Note relating to timber agreement with R & T O Bromsall. 1717. P.64. Cost of building wall. 1717 P.71. Note on deer. 1717. P.72-3. Measurements and timber of a farm at ‘Crosset Hand’ and another bought from Helder, 1717. P.73. Note of Mr Bromsall’s estate at Chalton Manor. Not dated. P.74. Bricks and lime sent to Meppershall. Not dated. P.74. Note on ‘Mr Wye’s farm that Collop holds’. 1718. P. 79-82. Terrier of ‘Mr Wye’s farm’ purchased by Samuel Ongley. 1718. P.87. Notes on payment for Mr Wye’s farm’. 1718. P.76. Notes on money transactions. 1718. P.89. Notes on 8 oaks used for park paling. Not dated. P.90-91. Particulars of Stamford Farm held by William Fowler, with note of fallow. 1705. P.98. Bond for Stamford Farm held by William Fowler. 1705 P.100. Particulars of George Inskip’s land at Broom (see also p.136 & 153). Not dated. P.102, 124, 131, 139, 149. Land at Colmworth; agreement with Mr King for purchase; purchase at Colmworth and Roxton from L Eastwell; agreement about farm at Colmworth (166 sheep); crops at Colmworth; lease to George Croot. 1719-1723 P.103. Particulars of George Draper’s estate at Holwell. Not dated. P.104. Articles to be agreed on by Mr Godschall. 1720. P.106. Account of a farm bought from Mannison, Mr William King. Not dated. P.122. Note of lease to Thomas Greene of Southill of farm at Broom. 1721. P.124. Note on title to ‘Hodle’s’ cottage. Not dated. P.128. Land belonging to Richard Gray’s cottage in Stanford. Not dated. P130. Lease of Richard Gray’s cottage in Stanford. 1723. P.135. Agreement to lease to Elizabeth Finch cottage in Warden. Not dated. P.139. Agreement relating to Widow Gillman’s cottage. 1723. P.141, 142. Note on ‘Robert Cox at the Graing’; agreement to let to him cottage and land at Broom. Not dated. P.149. Expenses on Broom farm. 1716-1722. P.153. Lease of cottage to Thomas Ford of Southill P.159. Account of Nathaniel Taylor’s farm at Stanford P.160. Copy notice to tenants of insistence on preservation of trees. P.166. Lease t John Saxton renewed, no place given. P169. Note of lease to T Tansy of ground taken out of Warden warren. Estate and domestic matters of Sir Samuel Ongley: Maidstone: P.49. Particular of ‘Vintnus.’ Estate and domestic matters of Sir Samuel Ongley: London P.74. Pigs losts in Minsen Lane. P83,85. Account of estate in Creed Lane; rental thereof. General: P.49. Note on prining trees. P.93. Relative’s Estate: note of financial position of late Mr Fullagar and his estate (see also letter P.94) Legal Notes: P.40-41, 43, 46, 52, 56-57, 120, 143. Notes on drawing up of leases. P.138. Notes on distraint. P. 140. Form for mortgage receipt. Accounts: P.58, 95-96, 125, 155-159, 163, 170-171, 174 (reversed). Fragmentary only P. 136. Transactions with George Inskip (see also P. 100, 153) Recipies: P. 63. Raisin Wine P.86. Lady Allen’s Water. P.115, 125. Balsam for horse’s cough. P129. Hoarseness or consumption P.167. Stilton cheese P.128. Dropsey P.139 Lord Torrington’s dinner. 1723. Parish Business: P.47. Settlement note, Great Barford. 1714. P.63. Summons to perambulation of warden 1717. P.65-67. Perambulation with names of those attending. 1710. P78. Names only. 1722. P.69. List of Stanford householders. P.69. List of Broom householders. P.119, 132 Meeting of 16 ‘townsmen’ to view the 3 houses at the end of the town; settlement of dispute, Moggerhanger and Warden (Sarah Waterfield). 1723. Judge’s Business: P.92. Notice of petty sessions for Clifton Hundred at the Crown Northill. 1719 P.140. Notice of petty sessions for Wixamtree hundred. July 1723. P.152. Notice of petty sessions for Wixamtree hundred. October 1723. P.148. Warrant to distrain on Edward Fossey of Southill for non-performance of statute duty on the roads. P.161. Warrant to arrest 2 persons (named) for poaching fish. P.170. Oath as to loss by fire at Newtonbury. 1726. Miscellaneous: P45. Undertaking to pay for 2 childrens schooling. P51. Note on St John burials. P.87 ‘Cople Objections’. P. 119. Notice of hiring of Mary Tayler. 1721. P.141. Note of Harvey monumental inscriptions.
  • Archival history
    Deposited by G J Maudlin of Upper Caldecote (in whose loft it was found). Folio volume, 9" x 15", bound parchment, 178 pages. On the flyleaf 'Mem, the 13th July 1739: In this memorandum book of Sir Samuel Ongley decd. are several very useful observations relating to Bedfordshire and other estates that were his" Pages 5-8, 35-36 torn out.
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