A Guide to the Papers Compiled by Raymond Gorges for a Book on the Gorges Family, 1616-1940 Gorges, Raymond Papers Compiled for a Book on the Gorges Family 1641

A Guide to the Papers Compiled by Raymond Gorges for a Book on the Gorges Family, 1616-1940

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Accession number

1641

Title

Papers Compiled by Raymond Gorges for a Book on the Gorges Family 1616-1940

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of ca. 5,000 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers Compiled by Raymond Gorges for a Book on the Gorges Family, Accession #1641, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

The collection was made a gift to the Library from Mrs. Grace Vernon Gorges of Newport, Rhode Island, on April 19, 1943.

Scope and Content Information

The Gorges family papers consist of ca. 5,000 items, 1616-1940, and contain the material used by Raymond Gorges to write his book, The Story of a Family through Eleven Centuries, History of the Gorges Family . The book provides an excellent guide to the materials; the items have been identified according to Mr. Gorges and left in the order used by him with slight modifications. The papers include genealogy information that Mr. Gorges used to produce his pedigree located at the end of the book. There are also family histories, beginning in 1066 when the family was in France; and individual biographies. This material contains information on the careers and schooling of family members as well as copies of their correspondence. The legal papers are an excellent source of English documents and provide added information on the family's interesting and noble history. Also provided is historical information used to provide background for Mr. Gorges' book. Included are Mr. Gorges' research notes which give some indication of his organization for the book. Altough he failed to publish it in his lifetime, his wife had the book published to his specifications. There are also postcards of country scenes in England and Ireland. The materials deal with the entire history of the family from 1066 to the 20th Century but original documents date from 1618. Also included is Mr. Gorges' personal correspondence about his research; this correspondence is interfiled with relevant materials. This is an excellent collection for historical information on England and Ireland especially the historical intertwining of the two nations.

Contents List

Arms

Box 1
Designs of the Arms of Sir Edward Gorge of Wrakefallin, Somersetshire 1568
Box 1
Designs of the Arms of the Butshead Branch of Sir Arthur and Sir Edward 1576-1655
Box 1
Designs of the Family Arms in Ireland 1600-1900s
Box 1
Designs of the Arms of Dame Anne 1620
Box 1
Designs of the Gorges Family Arms 1625, 1643
Box 1
Designs of the Gorges Family Arms n.d.

(3 Folders)

Pedigrees

Box 1
Smaller Pedigrees in the Making 1066-1900s
Box 1
John Russell Pedigree 1205-1227
Box 1
Russell Pedigree 1212-1571
Box 1
Early Gorges' Pedigree 1230-1400
Box 1
Pedigree Material for Tamerton Foliot 1236-1461
Box 1
Demoreville Family Pedigree 1381, n.d.
Box 1
Chancery Requestsand Proceedings 1386-1780
Box 1
Hamilton Pedigree 1410-1727
Box 1
Pedigrees 1419-1854
Box 1
Genealogical Charts from the Papers of Rev. Frederick Brown n.d.
Box 1
Gorges Pedigrees n.d.
Box 1
Kelly and O'Kelly, Chart Pedigree and Notes on Pedigree n.d.
Box 2
Loftus Pedigree 1561-1903
Box 2
Pedigree of the Gorges of Kilbrew, County Meath 1561-1900s
Box 2
Howard Pedigree 1577-1906
Box 2
Pedigree in Lansdowne Manuscripts-Descendants of Sir Thomas 1600-1700
Box 2
Descendants of Sir Arthur and Lady Gorges 1700-1800
Box 2
Gorges' Pedigree 1712, n.d.
Box 2
Hamilton Gorges' Pedigree 1839-1860

Family Histories

Box 2
Photostat Negatives of Brown Manuscripts 1066-1384

(3 Folders)
Box 2
Notes on the Gorges Family 1066-1781
Box 2
Early History, v. 1-4 1236-1609
Box 2
"Diggings" 1421-1801, 1931
Box 2
Copy of Early Manuscript on the Gorges Family n.d
Box 2
List of Abbreviations n.d.
Box 2
M.S. Rawl n.d.
Box 3
Early History, v. 5-12 1534-1717
Box 3
Notes on Members of the Gorges Family 1547-1680
Box 3
Copy of first tryout by the Rev. F. Brown 1869, 1875, n.d.
Box 3
Directions and Letters regarding the Rev. F. Brown and the Gorges Family History 1921-1924, n.d.

Individual Histories

Box 3
Materials Ante 1200
Box 3
Sir Ralph Russell and Sons 1226-1291
Box 3
Sir Thomas de Gorges 1236-1266
Box 3
Gorges of Tamerton Foliot and Shipton Gorges 1241-1346
Box 3
Unidentified Persons 1255-1667
Box 3
Ralph de Gorges 1272
Box 3
Daughters n.d.
Box 3
Thomas Gorges n.d.
Box 3
Unknown Family Members n.d.
Box 4
The Gorges of Budockshed 1272-1870
Box 4
Sir Ralph de Gorges, King's Army in Gascony 1297
Box 4
Sir Ralph de Gorges 1306-1323
Box 4
Theobald Russell et al. 1311, 1316, 1340
Box 4
Gradual Extiction of the Male Line 1339-1937
Box 4
Tamerton Foliot Branch of the Gorges Family 1369-1434
Box 4
Sir Morys Russell and Heirs 1376, 1416
Box 4
Sir Theobald et al 1380-1421
Box 4
Sir Theobald Gorges 1401(1428-1453)1470
Box 4
Sir Thomas Beauchamp et al 1419
Box 4
Sir Thibault de Gorges et al 1423-1616
Box 5
Sir William Gorges et al 1499-1625
Box 5
Sir Edmund Gorges et al 1511-1610
Box 5
Helena Snakenborg (Marchioness of Northampton) 1549-1635
Box 5
Tristram and his son William Gorges 1551-1627
Box 5
Edmund Gorges and Anne Walsh 1558-1574
Box 5
Sir Edward Gorges 1558-1625
Box 5
Edward, Lord Gorges 1564-1624
Box 5
Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Descendants 1564-1624
Box 5
Roger Budshed and Budshed Manor 1576
Box 6
Sir Arthur Gorges 1580-1625
Box 6
Sir Theobald Gorges of Ashley, Wiltshire, England 1583-1687
Box 6
Lady Bridget Philip 1584-
Box 6
Jane, Lady Gorges 1585-1665
Box 6
William Gorges of Alderyton (Jr.) 1589
Box 6
Nicholas Gorges 1594
Box 6
Signature of Sir Ferdinando Gorges 1597
Box 6
Sir Robert Gorges 1598-1636
Box 6
Thomas Gorges, D.D. 1603-1668
Box 6
Sir Thomas Gorges et al 1609
Box 6
Richard, Lord Gorges 1619-1676(?)
Box 6
Col. John Gorges 1620-1680
Box 6
Elizabeth, Lady Smyth 1627
Box 6
Judge Samuel Gorges 1635-1686
Box 6
Kilbrew Line of Dr. Robert Gorges, L.L.D and Jane Loftus Ante 1648-1700
Box 6
Robert Gorges of Batcombe 1649
Box 6
Fernando Gorges 1658, 1659
Box 6
Kilbrew Line of Lieut. Gen. Richard Gorges 1662-1728
Box 6
Col. Thomas Gorges 1670
Box 7
Diary of Mrs. Elizabeth Treke (connection unknown) 1671-1710
Box 7
1696
Box 7
Ferdinando Gorges of Eye 1701
Box 7
Kilbrew Line of Richard Gorges 1743-1821
Box 7
Thomas Bomford 1758
Box 7
George Edmund Howard 1786
Box 7
Hamilton Gorges 1802
Box 7
Dean Robert George Gorges 1804
Box 7
Edmond Howard Gorges 1810-
Box 7
Capt. John Howard Gorges 1820-1903
Box 7
John Howard Gorges and Frances Richards 1826
Box 7
Hamilton Gorges 1860
Box 7
Sir Edmund Gorges 1872-1924
Box 7
Sir Howard Gorges 1872-1924
Box 7
Raymond Gorges 1877-1943
Box 7
Mary Gorges 1885, 1912

(2 Folders)
Box 7
Mary Gorges 1911

Family Careers and Schooling:

Box 7
Advowsons 1236-1574
Box 7
Careers and Schooling 1242-1316
Box 7
Military Service 1257-1323
Box 7
Public Service and Education 1265-1802
Box 7
Literary Works 1879-1911

Correspondence

Box 8
Photostat of Princess Eleanor's Letter Ante 1500
Box 8
Edward Gorges and Richard Gorges 1602-1706
Box 8
Helena Marchinoness of Northhampton, Katherine Gorges, Tibbot Gorges, Richard Gorges, Eliza Smyth, Elizabeth Gorges, Thomas Smyth, Hugh Smyth, Edward Gorges, Ferdinando Gorges, William Gorges, copies of originals 1608-1685, n.d.
Box 8
Photostats of some of the letters in the previous folder 1608-1658
Box 8
Copies of Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Eliza Gorges' Letters 1622-1637
Box 8
Photostats of Sir Ferdinando's letters 1623-1637
Box 8
Sir Edward Gorges, typed copies of originals 1623-1737
Box 8
Sir Robert Gorges, typed copies of originals 1658-1693
Box 8
Lucy Gorges, Lady Howth to Dean Swift, typed copies of the orginals 1734-1737
Box 8
Unknown Correspondence, original 1783 Apr 5
Box 8
Power Tuam, John Coshow, Hester Lindsay, Oliver Bowen, Lucy King, Lucy Ducker, Lord Halifax to members of the Gorges Family, mostly originals 1800-1900
Box 8
Family correspondence from Thomas Young, John Wilson to various members of the family including Hamilton Gorges 1836, 1844, 1847
Box 8
Correspondence to Raymond Gorges about the writing and research for The Story of a Family through Eleven Centuries 1921, 1925
Box 8
Correspondence to Raymond Gorges, originals 1930-1940
Box 8
Correspondence to Raymond Gorges, originals 1936-1937
Box 8
Correspondence to Raymond Gorges, originals 1938-1939
Box 8
Unknown Correspondence, original 1944
Box 8
Handwriting Sample of Jane French n.d.
Box 8
Hamilton Gorges n.d.

Family Legal Information

Kilmoon Estates
- Box 8
  Copy of Indenture on Kilmoon 1614-
- Box 8
  Case of the Manor of Kilmoon 1614
- Box 8
  Legal Documents pertaining to Kilmoon in Latin 1621
- Box 8
  Recollections of Kilmoon 1664-1763
- Box 8
  Estate Information 1693
- Box 8
  Estate Administration 1723-1761
- Box 8
  Estate Administration 1734-1761
- Box 9
  Estate Information 1761
- Box 9
  Customs Abstract 1761
- Box 9
  Estate Information 1779
- Box 9
  Estate Court Rolls 1779-1832
- Box 9
  Estate Given to Hamilton Gorges 1822 Nov 29
- Box 9
  Draft of Surrender 1823 May 6
Kilbrew Estate
- Box 9
  Entail of Kilbrew 1830
- Box 9
  Kilbrew and Other Estates, Balance Sheets 1920-1921
- Box 9
  Estate Information n.d.
  
  (4 Folders)
Gorges' Estates, General
- Box 9
  Receipts 1913, 1921
- Box 9
  Balance Sheets 1921
Webster Estate
- Box 9
  Instructions to Counsel 1863-1912
- Box 9
  Land Commission Documents 1903-1925, n.d.
- Box 9
  Rulings on Title 1911, n.d.
- Box 9
  Release on Title and other documents 1912-1926
- Box 9
  Dunshauglin 1913
- Box 9
  Balance Sheets 1922-1925

Indentures

Box 10
Gorges E. Howard to Robert Moorehouse 1762
Box 10
Hamilton Gorges Jr. and Robert Y. French 1832 Nov 27
Box 10
Mortgages 1842 Jun 1
Box 10
Hamilton Gorges and the French Family 1851 Oct 18
Box 10
Miss Susan L. Gorges 1861 Apr 4
Box 10
Websters to Loudon 1875 Sep 30
Box 10
Primatestown Estate 1875 Sep 30
Box 10
Pelch et al to I.C.G. Egerton 1891

Marriage Settlements

Box 10
Hamilton Gorges to Miss Howard 1768
Box 10
Hamilton Gorges to Alicia French 1797
Box 10
John Gorges to Frances Richards 1808
Box 10
Hamilton Gorges to Gertrude Frances Bennet 1839

(3 Folders)
Box 10
French Family 1844
Box 10
Memorium of the Marriage between Hamilton Gorges and Miss Bennet 1860
Box 10
John, Lord de Freyne to Miss Mary Kelly 1863
Box 10
Marriage Settlement Documents 1880

Legal Cases

Box 10
Barnewells 1666 Jun 25
Box 10
Advowsons 1731
Box 10
Copyhold Tenures 1747 May 16
Box 10
Mr. Gorges 1797 Apr 22
Box 10
Charleville v. Hamilton Gorges 1802
Box 10
Gorges v. Armstrong 1802
Box 10
Hamilton Gorges 1819
Box 10
Sir Henry Meredyth 1830
Box 10
Robert French, Esq. 1832 Jul 9
Box 10
Frances Gorges 1838
Box 10
Hamilton Gorges 184_
Box 10
Hamilton Gorges n.d.
Box 11
Hamilton Gorges 1844
Box 11
Margaret Dignan v. Hamilton Gorges 1844-1860
Box 11
Hamilton Gorges 1846
Box 11
Hamilton Gorges-opinion 1857
Box 11
Hamilton Gorges 1860-1861
Box 11
William Daniel Kelly v. John Darcy et al 1872
Box 11
Court Records for Maine 1927

Deeds

Box 11
Estate Deeds 1676-1695
Box 11
Richard Finn 1734
Box 11
Deed of Recovery for Meath Estate 1743
Box 11
Deed of Release 1758
Box 11
Deed of Assignment,Bomford and Gorges 1761
Box 11
Deed of Annuity, Hamilton Gorges to Jane Gorges 1784
Box 11
Deed of Annuity 1784
Box 11
Deed of Annuity, Hamilton Gorges to Gorges Edmund Howard 1797
Box 11
Deed of Annuity, Hamilton Gorges to Thomas Glasco 1797
Box 11
Deed of Assignment between Hamilton Gorges and Micheal Chester 1800
Box 11
Deed of Assignment between Richard French, Hamilton Gorges, and Richard French 1810
Box 11
Deed of Settlement 1830
Box 11
Deed of Mortgage 1832
Box 11
Deed of Assignment, Hamilton Gorges 1836
Box 11
Hamilton Gorges to John Spear 1850
Box 11
Deed of Assignment, The Gorges Family 1858
Box 11
Deed of Appointment 1858
Box 11
Hamilton Gorges to H.M. and F. French 1858
Box 11
Deed of Enfranchisement 1861
Box 11
Deed of Settlement, Miss E.G. Gorges and H.B. Webster to Trustees 1863
Box 11
Hereford Deeds 1900-
Box 11
Deed Sales 1930

Bonds

Box 11
H. Gorges to C. Ward 1840
Box 11
Hamilton Gorges 1851
Box 11
Lord de Freyne and Fritz French to Hamilton Gorges 1854

Acts

Box 11
Early Land Tenures 1072-1694

(3 Folders)
Box 12
Act for Commutation 1841
Box 12
Act for Land Tenure 1842
Box 12
Act for Land Tenure 1843

Stocks

Box 12
Government Stock 1826
Box 12
Railroad Stock 1846
Box 12
Transfer of War Stock 1921

Wills and Death Statements

Box 12
Family Wills 1419-1912
Box 12
Henry Gorges 1648
Box 12
Thomas Baynord 1683
Box 12
Edward Willes of Dublin, Ireland 1723
Box 12
Gorges E. Howard 1781
Box 12
Robert Henry French 1846, 1847
Box 12
Mary Emily Margaret Mulloy 1920
Box 12
Statement of Death n.d.
Box 12
Family Wills n.d.