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Hunstanton Household Accounts

Bibliography of Manuscript Sources,
Works Cited, and Works by Authors
Named Strange, le Strange, and L'Estrange

+ In Chronological Order +
1328-1352, 1519-1578, 1589-
1591, 1643-1774, 1832-1917

L'utilité du vivre n'est pas en l'espace, elle est en l'usage; tel a vécu longtemps qui a peu vécu ... Il gît en votre volonté, non au nombre des ans, que vous ayez assez vécu.
The value of life lies not in the length of days but in the use you make of them; he has lived for a long time who has little lived. Whether you have lived enough depends not on the number of your years but on your will. [Montaigne]

Hunstanton Household Accounts (HHA) comprise one large category of documents once stored in the Hunstanton Muniment Room (HMR). The HMR documents may be described in various ways, as they have been in this study, by the calendars that catalog them, by the places wherein they have been reposited, and by the major studies devoted to them. At present, almost all the HMR documents have been deposited in the Norfolk and Norwich Record Office, where they are known by the name Le Strange Collection or Hunstanton: Lestrange MSS. Their catalog numbers derive from pressmarks that were placed on the documents in 1869, and are hereafter identified as Hunstanton Muniment Room (HMR) numbers.

Hamon le Strange II (died circa 1362), Esq., of Hunstanton.

      1328-1352. 2-26 Edw III. Hunstanton Household Accounts, Medieval.

      1328-1329. 2-3 Edw III. Hunstanton Hall Household Account Roll. 6 membranes, sewn at head. [HMR: NH1]

      1341 15 Edw III. Hunstanton Hall Household Account Roll. 1 membrane, sewn at head. [HMR: NH2]

      1342-1343. 16-17 Edw III. Hunstanton Hall Household Account Roll. 6 membranes, sewn at head. [HMR: NH3]

      1342-1343. 16-17 Edw III. Hunstanton Hall Household Account. 1 membrane, no number, "recovered from agent's office, 16/8/[19]'51." [See also Box 23, ii]

      1344 18 Edw III. Hunstanton Hall Household Account Roll. 1 membrane, sewn at head. [HMR: NH4]

      1344 18 Edw III. Hunstanton Hall Household Account Roll. 2 membranes, sewn at head, with letter from Walter Rye of Norwich, in whose hands they once were, dated 1914. [HMR: NH12]

      1344 18 Edw III. Hunstanton Hall Household Account Roll. 2 membranes sewn at head. [HMR: NH5]

      1345 19 Edw III. Hunstanton Hall Household Account Roll. 1 membrane, sewn at head. [HMR: NH6]

      1347-1348 21-22 Edw III. Hunstanton Hall Household Account Roll. 4 membranes, sewn end to end. [HMR: NH7]

      1347-1348. Extracts from Household Accounts. Printed. [Family Documents, Box 40]

      1348-1350, 22-24 Edw III. Hunstanton Hall Household Account Roll. 4 membranes, sewn end to end, and one loose membrane. [HMR: NH8]

      1350? 24 Edw III? A missing household account. The label was recovered from the agent's office at Hunstanton Hall.

      1350 24 Edw III. Hunstanton Hall Household Account Roll. 1 membrane. [HMR: NH10]

      1352 26 Edw III. Hunstanton Hall Household Account Roll. 1 membrane. [HMR: NH11]

Sir R. le Strange

      1487 : Rentals and bailiff’s accounts for Hunstanton and Mustrell’s Manors, 1487-1559. [Le Strange Collection, BG.39-47, R.2, 5, BI.28, BI.30-32. Oestmann 1994: 65.]

Sir Thomas le Strange (1493-1545), Kt., of Hunstanton. [Country Life, 1926/4/17: 592.17]

Sir Thomas le Strange (1493-1545), Kt., of Hunstanton.

      1579 In 1833 the Royal Society of Antiquaries published "Extracts from the Household and Privy Purse Accounts of the Lestranges of Hunstanton from A.D. 1519 to A.D. 1579." These extracts were selected by Daniel Gurney, and he introduces them with the following words: "The original Accounts, from which I send you extracts, are not all in the same handwriting; they are paper books without covers; some of them are written by the steward or clerk of the kitchen; some by the personal servant of the knight, and one or two are either by the hand of Lady Lestrange herself, or by that of an amanuensis in her name." Gurney's accounts are verbatim, and were submitted to the society in a series of transcriptions. The reader should consult Gurney for the actual wording of accounts described in the appendixes. The aim in this work has been to reorganize the accounting data into an orderly chronology and to convert dates to Julian reckoning in place of regnal years and numbered weeks. Modern spellings have often been preferred, once the original forms have been noted in parentheses (——) or in italics. Gurney's transcription of the original accounts deserves consultation for the charm of renaissance diction and orthography.

      1519/9/8 : [No. 1d] "Shoyng of Horse."

      1519/9/25-10/1 Sunday-Saturday : [No. 1b] "This booke make mencyon of all payments for the hows & receyts from the xxvth day of September in the xjth yere of ye reigne of Kyng Henry the VIIIth on to ye next Accompts."

      1519/9/25 : [No. 1g] "Rewardes for Bryngyng of P’sents."

      1519/10/2 : [No. 2] "25th Septr 1519, (Tabled,) Sr Thomas le Stranges Book (11 Hen. 8.)." [Gurney 1833: 425-430.]

      1519/10/12 : [No. 1] "11 Hen. 8, 1519. Le Strange. Receyts, Ao.ximo." David Gurney’s 1833 transcription of the Hunstanton Household Accounts (HHA) commenced on this date. Originals the Accounts may be found at various locations, chiefly at the Norfork and Norwich Record Office, the British Library, and the Alfred Sutro Library in San Francisco. [Gurney 1833: 416-425.]

      1519/10/25 : [No. 1c] "For Hande Payments."

      1519-1544 : 11-36 Hen VIII. Hunstanton Household Accounts, Tudor.

      1519-1520 : 11-12 Hen VIII. Receyts, Ao.XImo. [Gurney 1833: 416-417]

      1519-1520 : 11-12 Hen VIII. Payments for the hows & receyts. From 25 September 1519 until the next accounts. [Gurney 1833: 417-425]

      1519-1520 : 11-12 Hen VIII : [No. 2.] Sr Thomas le Stranges Book. From 25 September 1519 through the 31st week, the week 22 April 1520. [Gurney 1833: 425-430]

      1519-1578 : Extracts from Household Accounts. Printed. [Family Documents, Box 40]

      1520 : 12 Hen VIII : [No. 3.] Sr Thomas le Strange. From May to August 1520. [Gurney 1833: 430-441]

      1520-1521 : 12 Hen VIII : [No. 4] Sr Thomas le Strange. From 26 August 1520 until the 39th week, the week of 19 May 1521. [Gurney 1833: 441-448]

      1522 : 14 Hen VIII : [No. 5] All receyts and payments for the howse. From 15 June 1522 until the next accounts. [Gurney 1833: 448-452]

      1522-1525 : 14-17 Hen VIII : (No. 6.) All manor recyts and payments for the howse. From 1522/2/8 until the 47th week. Recorded by David John, seneschal to Sir Thomas le Strange. Audited by Richard Banyard on 1523/3/5. Continued from 1525/4/10. [Gurney 1833: 452-481]

      1526 : 18 Hen VIII : (No. 7?) All manner of expence spent in the howse. From 1526/3/24. [Gurney 1833: 481-489]

      1530-1537 : 22-29 Hen VIII : (No. 8) 1530. [Gurney 1833: 489-516]

      1530 22 Hen VIII. Hunstanton Hall Household Account Book. 46 pages. A note in the list of documents reads "Missing 25/7/57." [HMR: NH13]

      1531 : 23 Hen VIII : Accounts of money received by Sir William Garrerd to the use of Sir Hugh Hastings. [HMR: NH15]

      1531 : 23 Hen VIII : L'Estrange household account book, arranged by weeks. [HMR: NH15]

      1532 : 24 Hen VIII : No. 9. Hunstanton. All maner of expensys & payments. From 1532/3/19. [Gurney 1833: 517-525]

      1532 : 24 Hen VIII : No. 10. Hunstanton. 1533. All manner of expenses of the howsehold. From 1532/3/29 through the 47th week. [Gurney 1833: 526-531]

      1532 : 24 Hen VIII : Accounts for Sir Hugh Hasting's journeys to London and into Yorkshire. [HMR: NH15]

      1533-1534. 25-26 Hen VIII. No. 11. Receipt Book. 1533-34. [Gurney 1833: 531-559]

      1535 27 Hen VIII. Sir Thomas L'Estrange's account for board of Sir H. Hastings, with wife, children, and servants. [HMR: NH15]

      1536 28 Hen VIII. Account of Dame Anne L'Estrange, wife of Thomas, for board of Sir H. Hastings and family. [HMR: NH15]

      1539 31 Hen VIII. Account of Dame Katherine Hastings, wife of Hugh. [HMR: NH15]

      1540 32 Hen VIII. Account of Dame Katherine Hastings, wife of Hugh. [HMR: NH15]

      1544 36 Hen VIII. Account of Dame Katherine Hastings, widow of Hugh. [HMR: NH15]

Sir Nicholas le Strange I (1514-1580), Kt., of Hunstanton.

      1547-1578. Hunstanton Household Accounts, Late Tudor, 1 Edw VI-19 Elizabeth I.

      1547-1548. 1 Edw VI. John Syff the Writer, 1547. 1 Edw 6. [Gurney 1833: 561-563]

      1547/3/26, 1 Edw VI. The ixth Weke, the xxvjth of Marche. [A series of 2 entries written John Syff. Gurney 1833: 561.]

      1547/10/7, 1 Edw VI. The xxxvij Weke, the vijth of October. [A series of 5 entries written by John Syff. Gurney 1833: 561.]

      1548/2/25-1548/1/29. Pd by My Mr. [Accounts paid by Sir Nicholas, but recorded by John Syff. Gurney 1833: 561-563.]

      1549 3 Edw VI. Account of Dame Katherine Hastings, widow of Hugh. [HMR: NH15]

      1549/10/20, 3 Edw VI. Private Accounts of Sir Nicholas le Strange, 3 Edw 6th. William Bedome master of Hunstanton lodyn at Heacham the xxth day of Octobre Ao. Tert. E. vjth. [Accounts of the voyage from Heacham to Newcastle, written on 1549/10/20. Gurney 1833: 563.]

      1550 Wylliam Bedome Mr. of Hunstanton loden at Heacham ye last of Januarye, Ao. iijo. Ed. vjti. [Accounts of the voyage from Heacham to Newcastle, written on 1550/1/31. Gurney 1833: 563-564.]

      1549-1550. 3-4 Edw VI. (No. 12?) 1549-1550. [Gurney 1833: 559-560]

      1578 19 Elizabeth I. Hunstanton Hall Household Account Book, mostly private accounts of Sir Nicholas L'Estrange. Arranged weekly. [HMR: NH14]

Sir Nicholas le Strange II (1563-1591), Knight, of Hunstanton.

      1578/4/9 : Receipts Received by me Thomas Raghet since the ixth daie of Aprill 1578, to th’use of my Mr Sr Nicholas le Straunge, Knighte.

      1578/4/9 : Forayne Paymentes since the ixth Daye of Aprill 1578, paid by me Thomas Rughet to th’use of my Mr Sr Nicholas le Straugne, Knight. [Gurney 1833: 564-565.]

      1578/6 : "Foraine Paymentes. June." [Gurney, 569.1-4.]

      1589-1591. Domestic Account Books, from 1589 to 1591, Norfolk, evidently the account of a Steward in a Norfolk family, half calf, folio. San Francisco: Alfred Sutro Library, 1889: 51. [Pages 30.5 cm in length, with entries written in brown ink. 24 folios. Front page has a notation in ink that says the accounts were purchased from the Payne Colliers collection in 1884, and that the "pencil notes are his [Colliers’]." Purchased by an agent of Alfred Sutro at the J. Halliwell Philips sale in London, 1889. He first searched a vertical file, and then went to the vault once we determined the proper catalog number was 51.]

Sir Hamon le Strange (1583-1654), Kt., of Hunstanton.

      1643-1654. Hunstanton Household Accounts, Stuart and Commonwealth, 18 Car I-6 Car II.

      1643-1648. Accounts of Dame Alice le Strange. [Kingston 1897].

      1653-1654. Household Account Book. [HMR: Box 25, v.]

Sir Nicholas L'Estrange V (1661-1724), 4th Baronet of Hunstanton.

      1679-1724. Hunstanton Household Accounts, Stuart Restoration and Hanoverian, 30 Car II-4 Anne.

      1679-1724. Account and Memoranda Book. [HMR: Box 25, xii]

      1684-1705 Account Book. [HMR: Box 25, xiv]

Sir Thomas L'Estrange (1689-1751), 5th Baronet of Hunstanton.

Nicholas Styleman (1722-1788), The Jolly Squire

      ca 1740-1804. Hunstanton Household Accounts, Late Stuart and Hanoverian, circa 13 Geo III-45 Geo III.

      ca 1740-1804. Manor of Hunstanton with Mustrells. Papers, verdicts, copies of surrenders, etc. [HMR: Estate Documents, Box 17]

      1762-1799. Daniel Jones' Accounts. Book. [HMR: Loose Documents]

      1764-1766. John Parker's Notebook. [HMR: NR]

      1769-1774. Bundle of Accounts. [HMR: Box 25, x]

      1780 Heacham Inclosure. [HMR: Loose Documents, E.P.4]

      1784 L'Estrange Estates. A book containing valuations. [HMR: Loose Documents, R.23]

Henry Styleman (1754-1819), Esq.

      1776-1825. Hunstanton Household Accounts, Hanoverian, 16 Geo III-6 Geo IV.

      1776-1779. Timber Book. [HMR: Estate Documents, 1776-ca 1820: Box 1, in 10 volumes & 1 bundle]

      1788-1825. Labour Books for Ringstead, Snettisham, Court Yards, and Lodge Farm. 17 volumes. [HMR: Estate Documents, Box 2]

      1804-1811. Improvement, Repairs and Receipts. [HMR: Estate Documents, 1776-ca 1820: Box 1, in 10 volumes & 1 bundle]

      1805-1810. Ledger of Ringstead Hall and Court Yards. [HMR: Estate Documents, 1776-ca 1820: Box 1, in 10 volumes & 1 bundle]

      1807-1819. Day Books. Ordinary, 1807-1816. For the Mill, 1811-1819. 17 volumes. [HMR: Estate Documents, Box 4]

      1817-1820. Labour Books. 3 volumes. Place unspecified. [HMR: Estate Documents, Box 3]

Emilia Styleman (née Preedy; Mrs. Henry Styleman from 1809).

      1820 Sawing Book. [HMR: Estate Documents, 1776-ca 1820: Box 1, in 10 volumes & 1 bundle]

      ca 1820-ca 1832. Recipe Book. [HMR: Estate Documents, 1776-ca 1820: Box 1, in 10 volumes & 1 bundle]

Henry L'Estrange Styleman (1815-1862).

      1832-1900. Hunstanton Household Accounts, Late Hanoverian and Victorian, 2 William IV-64 Victoria.

      1832-1839. Private Account Books of Henry Lestrange Styleman. [HMR: Household Documents, Box 19]

      1836-1849. General Account Books of Henry Lestrange Syleman. [HMR: Household Documents, Box 19]

      1839-1900. Household Account Books. 3 volumes, covering the periods 1839-1843, 1867-1876, 1876-1889, and 1889-1900. [HMR: Household Documents, Box 20]

      1842-1843. Game Books. [HMR: Household Documents, Box 22]

      1852-1858. Rentals and Accounts. 7 volumes. [HMR: Estate Documents, Box 5]

      1859-1868. Rentals and Accounts. 10 volumes. [HMR: Estate Documents, Box 6]

      18c-19c Copies of leases and agreements regarding the Hunstanton and Snettisham estates. 1 volume.

      19c Deeds, relating to titles of Holly, Rolfe, and Lowes, together with odd abstracts of title. 2 bundles and odd pieces. [HMR: Estate Documents, Box 16. Bundles marked A1 & A2.]

Hamon le Strange (1840-1919).

      1865-1917. 28 Victoria-8 Geo V. Hunstanton Household Accounts, Late Victorian and Edwardian.

      1865-1867. Estate Accounts. 3 bundles. [HMR: Estate Documents, Box 7]

      1868-1873. Letters. 2 volumes, 1868-1870 & 1870-1873. [HMR: Estate Documents, Box 14]

      1870-1875. Rentals. 6 volumes. [HMR: Estate Documents, Box 8]

      1871-1911. Game Books. [HMR: Household Documents, Box 22]

      1872-1916. Fishing Books and Cellar Books. 10 volumes. Fishing Books, 1872 & 1916. Cellar Books, 1879, 1883, & 1895-1908. [HMR: Household Documents, Box 22]

      1873-1917. Game Books. [HMR: Household Documents, Box 22]

      1876-1880. Rentals. 5 volumes. [HMR: Estate Documents, Box 9]

      1880-1917. Private Accounts of Hamon Le Strange. 2 volumes. [HMR: Household Documents, Box 21]

      1881-1885. Rentals. 5 volumes. [HMR: Estate Documents, Box 10]

      1884-1917. Letter Books. 2 volumes. 1884-1900 & 1900-1917. [HMR: Estate Documents, Box 15]

      1886-1892. Rentals. 7 volumes. [HMR: Estate Documents, Box 11]

      1893-1898. Rentals. 6 volumes. [HMR: Estate Documents, Box 12]

      1899-1903. Rentals. 5 volumes. [HMR: Estate Documents, Box 13]

      ca 1900 . Extracts from Household Accounts, 1347-1348 and 1519-1578. Printed copies and manuscripts
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