of interest to Family Historians
from the collection of Kenneth Jacob
For the transcript please click HERE.
For the manuscript remainder please click HERE
CAMP REGULATIONS and other Postal Notices relating to German POW camp OFLAG VI/B in the period 1941-1945, compiled by Lt K C Jacob, POW No 1236. This is a PDF file. Please click HERE.
For a site about OFLAG VI/B please click HERE.
NATHANIEL JACOB: His diary notes after leaving England from Tilbury for Australia in 1907, communicated to me by the late Trevor Walker Jacob (Jacob MSS).
WILLS: 17th-18th century wills relating to the Chick/Cheeke family of Somerset (Taunton Record Office)
WILTSHIRE Pall Account. This relates to villages around Marlborough, Wiltshire and largely gives details of monies spent on Palls. 18th century. Please click HERE (Jacob MSS)
Minerals, Rocks and Metals. A treatise on....in a 14th century hand, on thinly pared parchment. This was part of a binding to a 16th century court book. Possibly a translation from the original Greek (Jacob MSS).
OXENHOATH MANOR 17th - 18th centuries. Two court rolls for this manor, in Hadlow near Tonbridge, Kent. Further rolls will be posted in due course (Jacob MSS).
Minor officials of the Crown Pt 1 (NA, E101/684/81-1)
Minor officials of the Crown, Pt 2 (NA, E101/683/81/2)
Payments to mariners 1298-1299 (NA, E101/355/19)
KENT Extracts from a plea roll of the Court of Common Pleas dated 1308, relating to the county of Kent, England (National Archives Ref: CP40, Roll 169)
KENT: 11 deeds 1386 - c1550. Many more will be added to this section in due course (Jacob MSS)
Some Ancient Charters from 12th - 15th centuries. These are not in public archives (Jacob MSS).
SALEBY, Lincolnshire. Parish records 1610-1776 (Jacob MSS). For an initial brief listing click HERE.
Some deeds of the county of Dorset. An abstract of deeds of 1327-1526. Again, these are not available in public archives. This group of deeds continues into the 17th century. The remainder will be posted in due course (Jacob MSS).
Some deeds of the county of Lancashire (1602-1774). 17 deeds, being part of a series of over 300 for this county.(Jacob MSS).
Some deeds of the county of Lincolnshire (1667-1811). 14 deeds, being part of a larger series (Jacob MSS).
Dover Corporation Account for the year 1688-1689. Accounts either side of this date are in the Centre for Kentish Studies. This year is not (Jacob MSS).
NOVA SCOTIA: A grant made by King George IV on 6th November 1821 of 26760 acres of land in Nova Scotia to officers and men of a number of British regiments. Names of grantees and plots of lands granted are given in detail (Jacob MSS).
ARGYLE: Scotland Recollections and incidents in the life of Daniel McEwen of Ormidale, in Argyl,
Scotland (1820-1910). A charming and informative account of life in the Scottish Highlands (Jacob MSS).
SUFFOLK: A terrier and rental of the manors of Ulveston Hall and Sackvilles, in Debenham, Suffolk, dated 1594. There is a partial index at the end of the file. Many names are given, but some that crop up more than others are BOND, FRIEND, HORSEMAN, CHEKE, BLOOMFIELD and HARRISON.
For part I ULVESTON HALL, please click HERE
For part II SACKVILLES, together with index that covers both, please click HERE
SUFFOLK: Terriers, extents and rentals of the mnaors of Ulveston Hall in Debeham and Sackvilles. Date: Late 16th/early 17th centuries. The date 11 Elizabeth appears on one part of the MS and a number of texts and writing in the margins refer to evidences going back to earlier periods, as far back as Edward III.
Please click HERE for part I
SUFFOLK: Court books of the manors of Kettleburgh and Cratfield 15th - 17th centuries; I was Lord of both manors some years ago. The archives for these were published by the Kent Family History Society in Microfiche format.
For the link to them, please click HERE
The MANOR OF SLAIDBURNE: A roll with a number of membranes, titled a Sutvey of the Manor.... This includes Courts held there, the customs of the manor and a number of rentals for a number of vills in this part of Lancashire. Dated 1662 (Jacob MSS)
The MANOR OF MIDDLETON CHENY, in Northamptonshire: Court Barons held there in 1696, 1697 and 1698 (Jacob MSS)
The MANOR OF MIDDLETON CHENY: Court Barons held there in 1775 and 1776 (Jacob MSS)