| Administrative History | Richard Walter Forbes (1762-1835) of Rolvenden, Kent, was the grandson of Thomas Forbes (1700-1771), 4th laird of Waterton (Aberdeenshire) who sold the Waterton lands to the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen in 1770. R. W. Forbes' daughter, Frances, married Michael Tweedie. For further information on the Forbes family see A. & H. Tayler, eds., House of Forbes (Third Spalding Club, 1937). |
| Description | Volume of memoranda, compiled by Richard Walter Forbes for his executors on 1 July 1829, revised in 1830, 1831 and 1833. The volume contains 22 folios, partly paginated 1 - 24, the contents of which are as follows:
Amended statement of real and personal estate. (folios 1 - 2)
15 November 1831
Supposed state of assets, real and personal. (folios 4 - 5)
21 July 1829
State of affairs in event of wife predeceasing R.W.F. (folio 6)
not dated
Remarks on real free property with notes on valuation and acreage of land in parish; notes added in 1835 as to location of papers. (folios 7 - 9)
not dated and 1835
Remarks on personal property. (folio 10)
not dated
Lists of papers. (folios 11 verso - 13)
July 1829 - January 1835
'General remarks'. (folios 13 verso - 14)
1830
Rough calculation of year's expenditure exclusive of wife's personal expenses. (folio 15)
not dated
Current account between R. W. Forbes and John Forbes. (folio 15 verso)
28 June 1835
Current account between R. W. Forbes and John Forbes. (folio 16)
16 May 1829
'No.l' list of 'Quantities of land in Rolvenden Parish from a survey made in 1828 distinguishing one portion in the occupation of each person' (folios 16 verso - 17)
post 1828
'No.2' list showing names of occupiers, lands, acreage, dues payable at 2d. per acre and received in 1828. (folios 18 - )
1829
Population returns [in Rolvenden]. (folio 21)
May 1831
Notes on arrangements for poor relief, education, and other areas in Rolvenden parish. (folio 21 verso)
1834
Note regarding granting of tenancy of land in Rolvenden parish by R. W. Forbes to Percy Corke. (folio 22)
2 September 1829
Loose sheet attached to front cover, containing notes regarding stocks purchased, initialled 'R.W.F.'
not dated |
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| Physical Description | MS 2219 measures 21 x 33 cm., contains 28 folios partly paginated as 1-35, and is roughly sewn without covers.
MS 2221 measures 19.4 x 15.7 cm., contains 22 folios, partly paginated 1-24, and is sewn in a paper cover formed from the leaves of an unidentified printed book of anecdotes. Many of the folios bear traces of pin marks where papers, now missing, have been attached. |