Pontrilas Court
Research References

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  1. Full references to all documents used in this research are given below.
  2. Ordnance Survey 2nd edition map (1904) Hereford Record Office, sheet 44SE
  3. Pontrilas Court listed building description (1952) National Monuments Record, SO3957327496
  4. Pontrilas Court dovecote listed building description (1952) National Monuments Record, SO3961027516
  5. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England (1931) An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, Volume I – South
  6. West, CP-Kentchurch, Monument 6 Pontrilas Court, National Monuments Record
  7. Pontrilas Court sale particulars (1919) Hereford Record Office, M5/16/6
  8. Hereford Record Office, M5/16/6
  9. Extract from drawing of Pontrilas Court by S Fisher of Hereford (19c) East Sussex Record Office, SHR/3308
  10. Pontrilas Estate sale particulars (1839) Hereford Record Office, E59/SP/16
  11. Hereford Record Office, M5/16/6
  12. East Sussex Record Office, SHR/3308
  13. Robinson, Rev Charles J A History of the Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire (1872) Scholar Press
  14. Kentchurch tithe map (1839) Hereford Record Office, S120
  15. Lease of James Baskerville of Pontrilas (1623) Gloucester Archives, D1677/GG/684
  16. Lease between Walter Baskerville and Thomas Cardyffe (1630 July 1) Glamorgan Record Office, 1A/130-1
  17. Bond (1639) Gloucester Archives, D1677/GHe/61
  18. Assignment of lease (1664) Hereford Record Office, G83/34/28
  19. Articles of Agreement (1665) Hereford Record Office, AL40/689
  20. Lease between Walter Baskerville and Thomas Cardyffe (1630 July 1) Glamorgan Record Office, 1A/130-1
  21. Deed (1671) Hereford Record Office, F 78/II/56
  22. Partial pedigree of the Baskerville family of Pontrilas compiled from Burke, John (1836) A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the
  23. Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours, Colburn
  24. Partial pedigree of the Baskerville family of Pontrilas compiled from Burke, John (1836)
  25. Duncomb History of Herefordshire Vol V- Wormelow (1912) Jakeman & Carver
  26. Roberts, Richard and Kynaston, David (1995) The Bank of England: Money, Power, and Influence 1694-1994, Oxford University Press, p254
  27. The Shiffner Archives (2008) East Sussex Record Office, SHR
  28. Kentchurch poll tax return (1692) Hereford Record Office, K12/21
  29. Partial pedigree of the Jackson family of Pontrilas compiled from The Shiffner Archives (2008) East Sussex Record Office, SHR
  30. Debrett, J (1839) The Baronetage of England, Oxford University
  31. Riley, W Edward and Gomme, Sir Laurence (editors) (1912) Survey of London: Volume 3, pp 96-103
  32. Kentchurch land tax return (1777) Hereford Record Office, QREL8/18/1
  33. Purchasing Power of British Pounds from 1264 to 2007 (2008) www.measuringworth.com
  34. Correspondence from Henry Shiffner (1784) Hereford Record Office, A95/V/EL/503-5
  35. Deed of appointment (15 May 1794) East Sussex Record Office, SAS-SH/31/347
  36. Kentchurch land tax return (1795) Hereford Record Office, QREL8/18/5
  37. Kentchurch, volume of notes re parish Scudamore family, manors by W C Cooke (1881) Hereford Record Office, CF50/105
  38. Deed of conveyance of the Pontrilas Estate (1840) Hereford Record Office, AL40/10108
  39. Hereford Record Office, CF50/105
  40. Horsfield, T W (1835) The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex, vol. 2
  41. The Gentleman’s Magazine (1842) F Jefferies, p552-3
  42. Kentchurch land tax returns (1823-1838) Hereford Record Office, QREL8/18/24-37
  43. General Record Office civil registration indexes
  44. Hereford Record Office, E59/SP/16
  45. Hereford Record Office, AL40/10108
  46. Hereford Record Office, E59/SP/16
  47. Hereford Record Office, AL40/10108
  48. Hereford Record Office, AL40/10108
  49. Hereford Record Office, AL40/10108
  50. Hereford Record Office, AL40/10108
  51. Kentchurch Scudamore family (1881) Hereford Record Office, CF50/105
  52. Kentchurch tithe map (1839) Hereford Record Office, IR30/14/115
  53. Kentchurch tithe apportionment (1841) Hereford Record Office, IR30/14/115
  54. Hereford Record Office, IR30/14/115
  55. Herefordshire Portraits (1908) Jakeman & Carver
  56. Advertisement for sale of Pontrilas Court estate (1919) Hereford Record Office, K38/F/S2/58
  57. Valuation Office Survey based on OS map of Kentchurch (1910) Hereford Record Office, sheet 44.15, plot 168
  58. Valuation Office Survey book for Kentchurch (1910) Hereford Record Office, AG9/75
  59. Hereford Record Office, M5/16/6
  60. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives (accessed 2008) King’s College London, www.kcl.ac.uk
  61. Pontrilas Court sale particulars (1993) Hereford Record Office, BF45
  62. Hereford Record Office, BF45
  63. Hereford Record Office, BF45
  64. Hereford Record Office, E59/SP/16
  65. Hereford Record Office, AL40/10108
  66. National Census of England (1841) HO107/427/20 folio 4 page 3
  67. National Census of England (1851) HO107/1978 folio 566 page 11
  68. Burbidge N T, ‘Bentham, George (1800 – 1884)’ Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 3 (1969), Melbourne University Press, pp 146-147
  69. Whitehead D and J Patton (ed), A Survey of Historic Parks and Gardens in Herefordshire (2001), Hereford and Worcester Gardens Trust
  70. History, Topography & Directory of Herefordshire (1858) William Bailey
  71. Leather Ella Mary, The Folklore of Herefordshire (1912) Jakeman & Carver
  72. National Census of England (1851) HO107/2037 folio 36 page 7
  73. National Census of England (1861) RG9/1823 folio 58 page 1
  74. Robinson, Rev Charles J (1872) A History of the Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire, Scholar Press
  75. Salter, Edwin (1890) A history of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Bayonne, NJ: E Gardner & Son
  76. National Census of England (1871) RG10/2702, folio 63, page 8
  77. National Census of England (1881) RG11/2597, folio 65, page 14
  78. Lee, S (ed) Dictionary of National Biography (2001), Adamant Media Corporation
  79. Anker , D (1997) Finsteraarhorn – die einsame Spitze, AS Verlag, Zürich
  80. Herefordshire Portraits (1908), Jakeman & Carver
  81. National Census of England (1901) RG13/2484, folio 67, page 13
  82. National Census of England (1891) RG12/2065, folio 54, page 4
  83. Littlebury’s Directory and Gazetteer of Herefordshire (1876-7)
  84. General Record Office civil registration indexes
  85. Herefordshire Portraits (1908) Jakeman & Carver