| Description | The records include title deeds and estate papers for properties in Foremark, Ingleby, Stanton by Bridge, Ticknall, Repton and Milton, 15th-19th centuries. Out-county properties include Bramcote, Seckington and Atherstone, Warwickshire and properties in Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Norfolk and Leicestershire 15th-19th centuries. There are estate and household accounts 16th-19th centuries.
The records also include correspondence and accounts of the 2nd baronet as a trustee for Sir Robert Shirley of Staunton Harold, Leicestershire 1657-1669 and accounts and other papers of the 3rd baronet's wardship of Sir John Harpur 1681-1693.
There are papers relating to militia matters 1639-1660. |
| Administrative History | The Burdett family was formerly of Bramcote in Warwickshire and first became involved with Foremark through the marriage of Sir Thomas Burdett of Bramcote (1585-1647) with Jane Fraunces of Foremark in 1602. Jane was daughter and heiress of William Fraunces of Foremark and niece and heiress (through her mother) of John Fraunces of Ticknall. Sir Thomas and Jane Burdett's descendants succeeded therefore to both the Fraunces of Foremark and Fraunces of Ticknall estates. Thomas was created 1st Baronet of Bramcote and the family continued to hold property and serve as local officers in Warwickshire. Sir Thomas' son, Sir Francis (1608-1696) became the 2nd Baronet, and his son Sir Robert (1640-1716) became the 3rd Baronet.
Sir Robert Burdett, the 4th Baronet (1716-1797), inherited the title from his grandfather aged 4 months. In 1738 he was High Sheriff of Derbyshire, and from 1748-1768 he was a Member of Parliament for Tamworth. He rebuilt Foremark Hall in the 1762, following extensive alterations to the grounds in the 1730s. Foremark Hall ceased to be the main family seat when Ramsbury, Wiltshire was preferred in the early nineteenth century, the family having inherited estates there in 1800.
Sir Francis Burdett, the 5th Baronet (1770-1844), inherited the title from his grandfather, and was a prominent politician associated with prison reform, Catholic Emancipation and the Reform Act of 1832. His marriage to Sophia Coutts allied the family to the London banking family with extensive properties in Wiltshire. His son Sir Robert became the 6th Baronet in 1844 and died unmarried in 1880. His cousin Sir Francis Burdett (1813-1892) became the 7th Baronet, and his son Sir Francis (1869-1951) became the 8th Baronet. The baronetcy became extinct in 1951 upon Sir Francis' death. During WWI Foremarke Hall was used as an army military hospital, and in WWII it became an officer training centre. In 1947 Repton Preparatory School moved into Foremarke Hall, where they currently remain. |
| Custodial History | These records were deposited with Derbyshire County Council by Messrs Taylor, Simpson and Mosley of Derby, solicitors on behalf of Sir Francis Burdett of Rainsbury Manor, Wiltshire in 1940 and 1941. |
| Arrangement | TITLE DEEDS
D156 M/T1 Ingleby
D156 M/T2 Milton, Repton, Foremark, Ingleby
D156 M/T3/1-6 Stanton by Bridge
D156 M/T3/7-14 Stanton by Bridge advowson
D156 M/T4 Ticknall - Scaddowes
D156 M/T5/1-2 Bramcote, Warwickshire
D156 M/T5/3 Seckington, Warwickshire
D156 M/T5/4 Atherstone etc, Warwickshire
ESTATE PAPERS
D156 M/E1/1-2 Ingleby
D156 M/E1/3-6 Biggin etc
D156 M/E1/7-8 Stanton by Bridge
D156 M/E1/9-15 Repton
D156 M/E1/16-19 Foremark
D156 M/E1/20 Darley Abbey
D156 M/E2/1-4 Bramcote, Warwickshire
D156 M/E2/5-8 Bramcote fisheries
D156 M/E2/9-14 Luddington etc, Warwickshire
D156 M/E2/15 Compton Scorpion, Warwickshire
D156 M/E2/16-19 Packwood, Warwickshire
D156 M/E2/20-22 Whittington, Warwickshire
D156 M/E2/23-24 Seckington, Warwickshire
D156 M/E2/25-29 Atherstone, Warwickshire
D156 M/E3/1-7 Staffordshire
D156 M/E3/8-11 Worcestershire
D156 M/E3/12-13 Norfolk
D156 M/E3/14-16 Leicestershire
D156 M/E3/17 Berkshire
D156 M/L Law suits
D156 M/S1 Shirley Trust
D156 M/S2 Harpur Trust
D156 M/I Feudal Inquests
D156 M/CENT Correspondence
D156 M/B Bonds
D156 M/A Accounts
D156 M/G Miscellaneous
FAMILY PAPERS
D156 M/F1-7 Fraunces family etc
D156 M/F8-11 Cheshire, Jodrell/Burdett marriage
PUBLIC OFFICE
D156 M/O1-10 Militia |