NEWINGTON BARROW MANOR, ISLINGTON
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 ACC/2842 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : NEWINGTON BARROW MANOR, ISLINGTON |
Date(s) | : 1612-1624 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 0.01 linear metres. |
Name of creator(s) | : Manor of Newington Barrow | Islington x Manor of Highbury | Islington |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Manor of Newington Barrow or Highbury was owned by the priory of Saint John of Jerusalem, Clerkenwell, from 1270 to the Dissolution. From 1548 to 1629 it was owned by various members of the royal family, then sold to Sir Allen Apsley and thence to various owners. In 1773 the owner George Colebrooke was bankrupted and sold the demense lands and the site of the manor house. The manorial rights and quitrents were sold separately, but cannot be traced after 1877.
The manor house at Highbury was a substantial stone building used as a summer residence by the priors of Saint John of Jerusalem. It was destroyed in 1381 by followers of Jack Straw, who hated the then prior. It was subsequently known colloquially as 'Jack Straw's Castle'. The later house was known as Highbury Barn and was a well-known tea gardens in the eighteenth century.
From 'Islington: Manors', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes (1985), pp. 51-57 (available online).
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Manor of Newington Barrow, Islington, comprising court rolls (courts leet and baron).
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Two documents in chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Gifted in July 1990.
Allied Materials
Related material:
See also records of the Manor of Newington Barrow at ACC/2844, M/83/BAR and M/83/NB.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Records prepared May to September 2011.
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