| Description | Box X was not one of the original 'Boxes in the Basement' series. Its contents are a series of miscellaneous items which do not appear to belong anywhere else and which had accumulated as a pile of 'oddments'. Many of them had been discovered during stocktaking at the Cathedral Archives.They are catalogued here for convenience and because the Boxes in the Basement are fairly miscellaneous by nature. BB X/1 is a list of monks from the late fifteenth century. BB X/2-17 are all terriers, plans and correspondence about Dean and Chapter estates, dating from 1545 to 1859. They were found tied together. The items in BB X/18-28 were also bundled together, although they appear to have little in common. All the papers in BB X/29-45 relate to the Dean and Chapter's properties in Eastry between 1545 and 1850. BB X/46 is a letter about South Marshin Sheppey. The items in BB X/51-64 are all terriers and maps of estates which were sold in the mid-nineteenth century which were all in an envelope together. BB X/66-73 were also tied together and are papers relating to Chapter leases, mostly written by the auditor, Thomas Starr, between 1826 and 1839. The Dean and Chapter's purchase of Corkett Farm in Sarre in 1860 forms the subject of the letters in BB X/75-104, while those in BB X/105-132 are concerned with the sale of Ware and Caimans farm in Chislet. The letters in BB X/134-157 all relate to the rectory of St George and St Mary Magdalen in Canterbury; principally to the enlargement of St George's church and the sale of the rectory house. BB X/163-228 contain early twentieth century transfers of copyhold land in the manors of Walworth, Vauxhall, Deopham and Hornsea, which were administered by a steward on behalf of the Ecclesiastical Commission. All but Hornsea had previously belonged to the Dean and Chapter. BB X/229-255 are printed cathedral rotas from 1922-1957. The papers in BB X/258-306 were all created by the 1936 Festival of the Canterbury Diocesan Choral Union. |