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Grant of 13/4d rent from a messuage in Baldertongate by John Stuffyn to Simon Bottesford, 1334.

Extract from a grant of 13/4^d rent from a messuage in Baldertongate made by John Stuffyn to Simon Bottesford, 1334.

The most helpful reference book on using town archives is:

John West, Town records, Chichester: Phillimore, 1983

This section of the Research Pathway is based on the list of documentary sources printed in:

A.G. Kinsley, Newark's Archaeological Resource: A Report for Newark and Sherwood District Council. Nottingham: Trent & Peak Archaeological Trust, 1989, pp57-63.

British Library

Abstract of deeds relating to Newark (1680-94)
Court Roll of the borough (1511-12)
Rental (1554)
Deeds (1556-1769)
Charters (14^th-16^th centuries)
Lease to the Guild of St Peter (1308)
Fine in Northgate (1442)
Grant of the Guild of St Peter (1470)
Licence for endowment of chapel in cemetery of St Mary Magdalene (1293)
Rental to hospital of St Leonard (13^th century)
Borough confirmation of privileges
Various maps, plans and drawings

Use the British Library’s online catalogue for further details:

http://molcat.bl.uk/

Newark Museums Service

A wide range of material: deeds, charters, accounts, court papers, certificates of settlement, quarter session records, 17^th century siege plan of Newark, church accounts, photographs, maps receipts for the rents of tolls, documents relating to Phillipott’s Charity, court of Record (Sergeants at Mace, constables, Summons to enquire, bills of court costs), jury panels, writs, corporation accounts from 16^th -18^th, indentures of apprenticeship from the 17^th century.

Newark Parish Church

Documents relating to William Phillipott’s Charity (14^th-19^th century); Thomas Magnus’s Charity, Robert Brown’s Charity (16^th-19^th century)
Records of work done on the church’s fabric (tower repairs, installing clocks etc)
Terriers of vicarage and glebe lands (1770-1909)
Translations of documents relating to St Leonard’s Hospital

National Archives

Exchequer records (Lay Subsidies, Poll Taxes, Hearth Tax returns etc)
Census (also available on microfilm at Nottinghamshire Archives and Local Studies Libraries, and on CD ROM from The Archive CD Books Project: http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/acatalog/ntt-census.html)

Patent Rolls, Close Rolls, Pipe Rolls, Assize Rolls, Coroners’ Rolls
Chancery and Star Chamber proceedings
Court of Augmentations records
Inquisitions
Home Office (list of debtors in Newark Goal, 1789; returns of births and deaths, 1860 etc)

The National Archives catalogue is available online:

http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/search.asp

Nottinghamshire Archives

Collections at Nottinghamshire Archives containing material on Newark include:

Foottit Family of Newark [DD/FN]
Hodgkinson & Beavor of Newark, solicitors (1675-1950) [DD/H]
Tallents and Company of Newark, solicitors (1344-present) – (includes many deeds relating to property in Newark and a selection of manorial documents for the town) [DD/T]
Miscellaneous deposits from Newark Library (family papers, misc. correspondence, papers relating to Borough elections in the 1830s, deeds, ‘Newark Treasures’) [DD/1440]
Newark Borough Quarter Sessions records (1720-1970) [C/QS/NK]
Archives formerly held at Newark Town Hall:

Lists of voters in elections (1780-1870)
Burial registers (from 1794)
Acts and Bills relating to lighting, paving, gas, navigation and enclosure (1772-1839)
Hage’s manuscript history of Newark (1832)
Corporation Minute Books (1549-1835)
Churchwardens’ accounts (1626-1752)

Use the Access to Archives website to search the catalogues for these collections:

http://www.a2a.gov.uk/

Nottingham University, Manuscripts and Special Collections

The Newcastle Collection at Nottingham University contains a considerable amount of material on the town. Around 1600 entries in the catalogue relate to Newark, including rentals, court rolls, accounts, surveys, terriers, leases and deeds, correspondence, and maps.