Burdett family of Foremark, Derbyshire, Baronets of Bramcote The records include title deeds, estate papers, surveys and maps for properties in Foremark, Ingleby, Stanton by Bridge, Stapenhill, Repton and Milton, 16th-19th centuries. Out-county properties include Bramcote, Warwickshire, Lichfield and Harlaston, Staffordshire, and properties in Shropshire, Norfolk and Leicestershire 15th-19th centuries. There are manorial court records for Repton Priors 1702, Thorpe Constantine, Suffolk, 1584 and Tinton in Woodchurch and Warehouse, Kent 1608-1656. The household account books 1758-1797, many written by the 4th baronet (1716-1797) who was responsible for the rebuilding of Foremark Hall in Palladian style about 1760 and for commissioning designs for the grounds in the 1730s, include information about servants, and the agent's correspondence 1872-1940 covers all aspects of the estate. The design for the gardens, undated but probably c1737, is particularly noteworthy. Inventories for the house 1892-1925 have survived. There are also papers relating to the building under Sir Francis Burdett, the baronet, of St. Saviour's church in Foremark 1661-1679. A Robert Burdett was a partner in a merchant trading enterprise with Alicante, Spain, which is recorded in a letter book 1648-1652. The records also include accounts of the baronet as a trustee for Sir Robert Shirley of Staunton Harold, Leicestershire 1655-1667; of the baronet's wardship of Sir John Harpur and his sister 1684-1692, and the 4th baronet's accounts as executor of Sir Henry Harpur, 1748. [15th-20th cent]