Start Over Collection D. D. Risley Century Multiple Centuries County Oxfordshire

Collection Info

The Risley Papers comprise papers of the Barber, Cotton and Risley families, 1486-1910; also additional papers of the Risley family, 1682-1910. The papers were deposited in the Bodleian Library in 1957, 1959 and 1980; Additional Risley Papers were deposited in Oxfordshire County Record Office through the British Records Association in 1953, and transferred to the Bodleian Library in 1980. (MSS. D.D. Risley a.1, c. 1-78.)

Included in this catalogue is material from: MSS. D. D. Risley a. 1, c.1-3, 15-27, 31-47, 50-7, 61-2, 73-4, 76, deeds relating to properties in Oxfordshire; Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, Worcestershire, Buckinghamshire and some to Monmouthshire, Gloucestershire and London; marriage settlements and manorial records, also some records relating to lawsuits and taxation; wills and financial papers.

Other material in the collection includes personal papers (MSS. D.D. Risley c. 4-14), accounts (c. 63), and post-1800 material. For further details, see Bodleian Archives and Manuscripts; a full typescript catalogue is available in the Library.

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1. MS. D.D. Risley A. I. 1/7

Date Range:: 1685 - 1838
Preview:: Papers rel to poor relief 1685-1838. Adderbury (Oxfordshire). 1685-1838 .

2. MS. D.D. Risley A. II. 9/19

Date Range:: 1660 - 1821
Preview:: Abstract of title, draft. Neithrop (Oxfordshire). 1660-1821 .

3. MS. D.D. Risley A. II. 9/20

Date Range:: 1614 - 1814
Preview:: Attested abstract of title, with annotations. Neithrop (Oxfordshire), Banbury (Oxfordshire). 1614-1814 .

4. MS. D.D. Risley A. III. 1/1

Date Range:: 1787 - 1807
Preview:: List of Teams|Order to return list (rest of documents after 1800). Neithrop (Oxfordshire). 1787-1807 .

5. MS. D.D. Risley A. IV. 2/15

Date Range:: 1646 - 1724
Preview:: Draft [?], abstract of title. Adderbury (Oxfordshire). 1646-1724 .

6. MS. D.D. Risley A. IV. 4/6

Date Range:: 1672 - 1743
Preview:: Abstract of title. West Adderbury (Oxfordshire). 1672-1743 .

7. MS. D.D. Risley A. IV. 10/10

Date Range:: 1704 - 1835
Preview:: Abstract of title. West Adderbury (Oxfordshire). 1704-1835 .

8. MS. D.D. Risley A. VIII. 1/1

Date Range:: 1747 - 1806
Preview:: Abstract of title. Banbury (Oxfordshire), Wickham (Oxfordshire), Neithrop (Oxfordshire), Great Bourton (Oxfordshire), Little Bourton (Oxfordshire). 1747-1806 .

9. MS. D.D. Risley A. X. 1/10

Date Range:: 1662 - 1702
Preview:: Court book (IV). South Stoke (Oxfordshire) (manor). 1662-1702 .

10. MS. D.D. Risley A. X. 1/11

Date Range:: 1670 - 1705
Preview:: Rentals. South Stoke (Oxfordshire) (manor). 1670-1705 .

11. MS. D.D. Risley A. XI. 1/6

Date Range:: 1664 - 1814
Preview:: Abstracts of title (2), drafts with annotation. Fritwell (Oxfordshire). 1664-1814 .

12. MS. D.D. Risley D. III. 11-12

Date Range:: 1694 - 1765
Preview:: Plan. Banbury (Oxfordshire), Easington (Oxfordshire). 1694-1765 .

13. MS. D.D. Risley D. III. 14/1-5

Date Range:: 1795 - 1810
Preview:: Plans (5). Adderbury (Oxfordshire), Milton (Oxfordshire), Bodicote (Oxfordshire). 1795-1810 .