Mr Lowndes’ Observations: Treating, Alcohol and Expense in the Newcastle Election, 1790
At the 1790 local election in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1808), Lord Stafford’s Trentham party stood for the Parliamentary seat for Newcastle with their candidate Admiral John ...
Mr. Daniel's Time Book, Knowles Colliery, September 10th 1797
This document lists the names of the miners working in the pits (Pooldole). Most of the men were in the same group as their names appear all through the book, with some women’s names but not many.
There ...
Mr. Goodwin’s Notes on the General Election & Scrutiny in Lichfield, 1761
The Sutherland Papers include a small volume entitled ‘Mr. Goodwin’s Notes’ which were made by Mr. Goodwin concerning the General Election and Scrutiny at Lichfield in 1761.
Goodwin’s book provides ...
Newcastle Broadsheets about Bribery and Corruption
The Sutherland Collection contains a wide range documents relating to the role of bribery and corruption in the electoral system of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Many of these documents ...
Paving the Town of Stone, 1778
This document shows a list of subscribers to donated money towards ‘paving the Town of Stone’ in 1778. Earl Gower donated twenty one pounds and appears at the top of the list as providing the highest ...
Poll Books: Voters and the Newcastle Elections, 1790 and 1792
The Sutherland Papers include printed poll books for the elections at Newcastle-under-Lyme in the early 1790s. A document entitled ‘A Copy of the Poll taken at the Borough of Newcastle-Under-Lyme in the ...
Pot Works in Longton
Amongst the many plans of properties on Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803), the Marquis of Stafford’s estates is a plan made in 1797 of ‘the Potwork and Premises of Mr Robert Garner at Lane End’. The ...
Problems with Voters & Property
Amongst the papers relating to Lichfield elections in the 1740s and 1750s are a number of documents providing details about the people who voted in the Lichfield elections.
One document concerns the ...
Public House Bills
Many of the bills in the Election Accounts relate to payments owed to Public Houses. The bills tell us about the importance of local pubs in the Lichfield elections and the services provided by these ...
Rejected Votes and Rejected Voters
The Sutherland Papers include a report produced by Mr. Lowndes entitled ‘Cases of Persons who Tendered their Votes for Gower & Macdonald and were Rejected’. The document details specific cases where people ...
Rejected Votes, Rejected Voters: Who couldn’t vote in late eighteenth century local elections?
When the Returning Officer scrutinised the votes cast at the poll he examined whether the people voting were actually eligible to vote in the Newcastle local elections. Voting rights were very restrictive ...
Richard Rhead: Tracing our Ancestors in the Sutherland Papers
Margaret Heath from the William Salt Library has traced her family history back to a man named Richard Rhead (1756-1813). Richard Rhead’s will made in 1813 tells us that he was a farmer in Hanchurch in ...
Running an Election Campaign in the 1790s: Mr. Massey’s Accounts for the Newcastle Election, 1790
Mr. Massey was an election agent working for Gower and Macdonald in the Newcastle election campaign of 1790. His detailed accounts for the election expenses tell us how an election campaign was organised ...
Schooling in Wolverhampton through the Ages
Educational provision in Wolverhampton was greatly improved by Sir Stephen Jenyns in the early sixteenth century. Born in Wolverhampton, Sir Stephen was a very important Merchant of the Staple who rose ...
Shelton Cottages
This document provides an account of dwelling houses and a list of the names of people who built the houses upon the site of Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803), the Marquis of Stafford's colliery in ...
Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860)
Charles Barry is described by M. H. Port as ‘Britain’s leading architect’ of the first half of the nineteenth century.
From an early age Barry exhibited an enthusiasm and aptitude for drawing. Aged ...
Sir John Leveson-Gower 2nd Baron Gower of Stittenham and first Earl Gower (1694-1754)
Sir John Leveson-Gower was born on 9th August 1694, the eldest son of Sir John Leveson-Gower (1675-1709), the first Baron Gower, and his wife Lady Katherine Manners (1675-1722). Sir John inherited extensive ...
Sir John Leveson-Gower at Home: Building a Library at Trentham
Amongst Sir John’s personal papers is a document entitled ‘An Estimate for the workmanship of the Carcase of a building design’d for a Library and Servants Room for the Right Honourable Lord Gower at ...