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Hanby Holmes

Reference: D/HH 9 Catalogue Title: Hanby Holmes Area: Catalogue Category: Business and Industry Records (Solicitors) Description: Canon Beal and Family: Family papers

Covering Dates: 1809-1954

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  • Hanby Holmes
    • Louisa Stanley Beal (Ref: D/HH 9/2/17)
    • Mary Ann Beal (Ref: D/HH 9/2/18-20)
    • Samuel Beal (Ref: D/HH 9/2/21-22)
    • William Beal (the son) (Ref: D/HH 9/2/23-42)
    • William Beal (the father) (Ref: D/HH 9/2/43)
    • Samuel Gilbert Beal (Ref: D/HH 9/2/44-59)
    • Sarah Wilmott (Ref: D/HH 9/2/60)
    • Correspondence (Ref: D/HH 9/2/61-178)
    • Genealogy (Ref: D/HH 9/2/179-246)
    • Miscellaneous (Ref: D/HH 9/2/247-265)

Catalogue Description

BEAL FAMILY PAPERS

Catalogue Contents

(Ref: D/HH 9/2/1-16)

Vice Admiral Alister F. Beal
(see also D/HH 10/17/ below)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/1

Naval allotment no.771 to Lt. Alister F. Beal, R.N., 12 October 1899
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/2

Naval allotment no.4247 to Lt. Alister F. Beal, R.N., 17 September 1903
(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/3-4

Fire and burglary insurance policies for Alister F. Beal, 16 February 1907
(2 papers, printed form)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/5-7

Correspondence with Alister Beal, Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham concerning money due to Mr. Smith, 1 June 1910 - 16 December 1911
(3 papers)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/8-9

Rough account and note concerning debt of Capt. Alister Beal to Mr. John Smith, 1904 - 1911
(2 papers)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/10-14

'Some pretty useful "Curses",' comprising diatribes against the Black Quakers by Abigail Beal and others, 1843 Collected by A.F. Beal, 17 April 1930
(5 papers)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/15

Photograph of a stone which used to hang in the hall at Wark rectory in Northumberland during the incumbency of the Revd. Samuel Beal, 4 APril 1952
(1 photograph, 8cm x 13cm, black and white)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/16

List of 'Admiral Beals deposit' including transcripts of parish Registers of Romaldkirk and other records concerning Teesdale, n.d. [1930s], [various of these items of an antiquarian nature have strayed into the papers of the Teesdale Record Society at D/HH 10/17/1- below]
(1 paper, typescript)

Louisa Stanley Beal (Ref: D/HH 9/2/17)Ref: D/HH 9/2/17

Inland Revenue Residuary Account for the estate of Louisa Stanley Beal late of the Priory, Ascot, 18 February 1926
(1 file)

Mary Ann Beal (Ref: D/HH 9/2/18-20)Ref: D/HH 9/2/18

Diary of Mary Ann Beal at Tavistock, Devon, and Brooke, Norfolk, 24 September 1845 - 18 March 1855
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/19

Inventory of furniture etc. at 3 Warwick Crescent, the property of Mary Ann Beal, 10 August 1875
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/20

Statement of the account of the Rt. Hon. W.H. Smith, M.P. and Bertie Hallett, trustees of the late Mrs. M.A. Beal,with the beneficiaries, 24 October 1874 - July 1883
(1 file)

Samuel Beal (Ref: D/HH 9/2/21-22)Ref: D/HH 9/2/21

Journal of Samuel Beal, Chaplain of H.M.S. Sybille, written on a voyage to the East Indies, giving account of hardships faced by seamen, 19 August 1853 - 9 January 1855
(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/22

Copy of letter from S. Beal at Whampoa, near Canton, China to his brother, Revd. William Beal, concerning birth of latter's daughter, political affairs in China, naval matters etc., 12 November 1856
(2 Papers)

William Beal (the son) (Ref: D/HH 9/2/23-42)Ref: D/HH 9/2/23

ProsPectus of the Endowed Grammar School, Tavistock. W. Beal, Head Master, n.d. [c.1840]
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/24

The Christian Brotherhood, a sermon preached by the Revd. William Beal in the parish church, Tavistock, 23 May 1841
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/25

A Statement of the Circumstances connected with the case of the Reverend William Beal (concerning his removal from the curacy and his rejection as a candidate for priest's orders), 1843
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/26

Circular letter from William Beal to the parishioners of Sampford SPiney, Somerset concerning his removal from the parish, October 1842
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/27

Letter from 'A Norfolk Incumbent' to the Parochial clergy of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk, 1 May 1847
(1 Paper, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/27

Letter from 'A Norfolk Incumbent' to the parochial clergy of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk, 1 May 1847
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/27

Letter from 'A Norfolk Incumbent' to the parochial clergy of the Archdeaconry of Norfolk, 1 May 1847
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/28

Remarks on Church Unions by an incumbent, 1850
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/28

Remarks on Church Unions by an incumbent, 1850
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/28

Remarks on Church Unions by an incumbent, 1850
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/29

People's Colleges, an inaugural address delivered before the members and friends of the People's College, Norwich, by William Beal, LL.D., F.S.A., Vicar of Brooke, 12 August 1850
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/29

People's Colleges, an inaugural address delivered before the members and friends of the People's College, Norwich, by William Beal, LL.D., F.S.A., Vicar of Brooke, 12 August 1850
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/29

People's Colleges, an inaugural address delivered before the members and friends of the People's College, Norwich, by William Beal, LL.D., F.S A., Vicar of Brooke, 12 August 1850
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/30

Application for the office of Principal of Victoria College, Jersey, by the Reverend William Beal, December 1851
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/30

Application for the office of Principal of Victoria College, Jersey, by the Reverend William Beal, December 1851
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/30

Application for the office of Principal of Victoria College, Jersey, by the Reverend William Beal, December 1851
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/31

The Nineveh Monuments and Old Testament History, a lecture by William Beal, April 1853
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/31

The Nineveh Monuments and Old Testament History, a lecture by William Beal, April 1853
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/31

The Nineveh Monuments and Old Testament History, a lecture by William Beal, April 1853
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/32

Practical Suggestions for the Celebration of Parochial Harvest Homes in Norfolk and Suffolk, September 1855
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/32

Practical Suggestions for the Celebration of Parochial Harvest Homes in Norfolk and Suffolk, September 1855
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/32

Practical Suggestions for the Celebration of Parochial Harvest Homes in Norfolk and Suffolk, September 1855
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/33

Practical suggestions for the celebration of Parochial Harvest Homes a reprint of the letter addressed to the Earl of Albermarle in July 1856, 1858
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/33

Practica1 suggestions for the celebration of Parochial Harvest Homes a reprint of the letter addressed to the Earl of Albermarle in July 1856, 1858
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/33

Practical suggestions for the celebration of Parochial Harvest Homes a reprint of the letter addressed to the Earl of Albermarle in July 1856, 1858
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/34-36

Proceedings of the Brooke Deanery Association (Norfolk) for the promotion of social, moral and mental improvement, with annual reports of the secretaries etc., 1856 - 1858
(3 booklets, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/34-36

Proceedings of the Brooke Deanery Association (Norfolk) for the promotion of social, moral and mental improvement, with annual reports of the secretaries etc., 1856 - 1858
(3 booklets, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/34-36

Proceedings of the Brooke Deanery Association (Norfolk) for the promotion of social, moral and mental improvement, with annual reports of the secretaries etc., 1856 - 1858
(3 booklets, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/37

Circular, resolutions and accounts of the Society for the Promotion of Adult Instruction in the Rural Districts of the County of Norfolk, W. Beal, Secretary, 21 August 1858
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/37

Circular, resolutions and accounts of the Society for the Promotion of Adult Instruction in the Rural Districts of the County of Norfolk, W. Beal, Secretary, 21 August 1858
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/37

Circular, resolutions and accounts of the Society for the Promotion of Adult Instruction in the Rural Districts of the County of Norfolk, W. Beal, Secretary, 21 August 1858
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/38

A short letter addressed to the Labourers and Cottagers of an agricultural Parish ..., by 'a country vicar', 1866
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/38

A short letter addressed to the Labourers and Cottagers of an agricultural Parish ..., by 'a country vicar', 1866
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/38

A short letter addressed to the Labourers and Cottagers of an agricultural Parish ., by 'a country vicar', 1866
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/39

Rubrical judgement of the Judicial Committee of Privy Council (Martin v Mackonochie), with remarks, comments and correspondence , 23 December 1868
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/40-41

Testimonials of William Beal, October 1868
(2 papers)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/42

Circular letter from William Beal offering services as lecturer, n.d. [1850s]
(1 paper, printed)

William Beal (the father) (Ref: D/HH 9/2/43)Ref: D/HH 9/2/43

Copy of the will of William Beale of Liskeard Cornwall, Wesleyan Minister (dated 16 October 1871) devising Ditcheat property to son the Reverend Samuel Beal, Chaplain R.N. for life, with remainder to the heirs of the testator's late son William Beal, former Vicar of Brooke, Norfolk. Miscellaneous legacies and bequests. Copied 8 November 1873
(1 paper)

Samuel Gilbert Beal (Ref: D/HH 9/2/44-59)Ref: D/HH 9/2/44

Admission of Samuel Gilbert Beal, M.A. to the Rectory of Romaldkirk, 6 November 1889
(parchment, 1 membrane, pendant seal)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/45

Four Original Hymn Tunes by the Revd. S. Gilbert Beal, M.A., Chaplain at Glamis Castle, 1889
(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/46

Petty disbursements, Revd. S. Gilbert Beal, 30 June 1898 - 12 June 1917
(1 notebook, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/47

Draft transfer of shares in the San Paulo Gas Company Ltd. from Beal to John Smith of Queen Street, Barnard Castle, ironfounder, n.d. [late 19th century]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/48-50

Dividend warrants, receipts, and income tax papers of the Revd.S.G. Beal, 30 April 1916 - 28 August 1919
(3 files)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/51

Receipts of Revd. S.G. Beal, November 1918 - October 1919
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/52

Statement of income and investments of Canon S.G. Beal for the year ending 5 April 1929
(1 file)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/53-55

Lists of Canon Beal's investments, n.d. [c.1920sj
(2 papers, 1 file)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/56

Estate book for Canon Samuel Gilbert Beal, deceased with copy will (11 March 1911), schedules of deeds, schedules and valuations of real and personal estate etc., February 1930
(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/57

16 May 1930 (1) Rear Admiral Alister Francis Beal, C.B., C.M.G., The United Service Club, 116 Pall Mall, London SW (2) Mildred Mary Beal, care of E.R. Hanby Holmes (3) Winifred Mary Beal, wife of Walter Lloyd Beal of Hallgarth, Chopgate, Stokesley, Yorks., Esquire Agreement concerning stocks and shares of the late Canon Beal
(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/58

Draft vesting assent by Alister Francis Beal of Heatherbank, Chislehurst, Kent and Mildred Mary Beal of the Priory, Ascot, Berks. for property at Ditcheat devised by their father Canon Beal, 16 June 1954
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/59

Particulars of fire insurance policy on 45 Essex Street, Strand, WC, 2 May 1924 - 12 July 1930
(1 paper, typescript)

Sarah Wilmott (Ref: D/HH 9/2/60)Ref: D/HH 9/2/60

Copy of the will of Sarah Wilmott of Launceston, Cornwall, widow (dated 23 November 1830). Legacies of: £200 to Mary Ann, wife of the Revd. William Beal ; £100 to grandson William Beal ; £800 upon trust for Amelia Wilmott Beal . Devises real estate in Saint Thomas Street, Cornwall upon trust for Mary Ann Beal for life, thence to William Beal for life, thence upon trust for sale etc. Copied post 1838
(1 file)

Correspondence (Ref: D/HH 9/2/61-178)Ref: D/HH 9/2/61-125

Correspondence received by Mrs. Wilmott, Launceston from William Neck of London and Palace Wharf, Lambeth and other members of the Neck family discussing family affairs, gossip etc., 5 May 1809 - 24 December 1836
(65 papers)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/126-130

Correspondence received by Mary Ann Willmott, later Mrs. William Beal, from her sister Amelia, husband William, son William and S.H. Rogers on family and personal topics, 15 October 1812 - July 1832
(5 papers)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/131-133

Correspondence received by the Reverend William Beal in Jersey and London concerning family matters, 27 April 1822 - 2 March 1835
(3 papers)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/134

Letter from W. Beal, Gosport to his uncle, Philip Gilbert, Liskeard, Cornwall concerning family matters, religion, 14 January 1814
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/135

Letter from W. Beal, Weymouth to his uncle William Gi1bert a pensioner in Greenwich Hospita1 concerning family matters, 21 February 1824
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/136

Letter from W. Beal, 39 S oane Square, Chelsea to Samuel Beal concerning family matters, 21 November 1838
(1 paper, damaged)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/137

Draft letter from William Beal, 39 Sloane Square, Chelsea concerning Mr. Neck and related financial affairs of the family, 7 February 1838
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/138

Letter from William Neck, London to John King, Lethbridge, Tregeare, Launceston, Cornwall concerning Neck's financial misfortunes, 23 February 1838
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/139-152

Correspondence received by Samuel Gilbert Beal from his father William and from his sisters, with letters from Samuel to his mother, 27 July 1851 -30 August 1859
(15 papers)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/153

Letter from S. Gilbert Beal, Delamere Terrace, London to his parents, 6 April 1866
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/154

Letter from Edith Emma Bea1, Brooke Vicarage, Norfolk to her brother Samuel, 13 March 1867
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/155-165

Letters from William Beal the elder, Liskeard, Cornwall etc. to his son William, Brooke Vicarage, Norfolk concerning family matters and family history, with occasional replies, 9 November 1857 - 22 March 1869
(11 papers)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/166

Letter from William Beal the elder, Liskeard to Miss Paris discussing family matters, 19 February 1859
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/167-174

Letter from Bertie [Samuel Gilbert Beal], Norwich, London, Perth and Glamis Castle, Forfar to [his wife] concerning journey, ecclesiastical affairs, arrangements at Glamis where he has been appointed chaplain, domestic concerns, 4 August - 5 September 1870
(8 papers)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/175-176

Correspondence of the Rt. Hon. W.H. Smith, 186 Strand, London and Robert Grimston, Telegraph Street concerning preferment for [Revd. William Beal the younger], 19 July 1869
(2 papers)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/177-178

Letter from S. Tomlinson to [William Beal] concerning family matters and family history, 6 - 25 July 1859
(8 papers)

Genealogy (Ref: D/HH 9/2/179-246)Ref: D/HH 9/2/179-205

Notes by W.H. Smith on the rise of his business as a newsagent and bookseller, copies of Smith family baptism certificates, copies of family correspondence, correspondence of R.T.W. Sercombe, Hampstead, London, with various schoolmasters and clergymen concerning records of the Smith family etc., 1855 - 1887
(24 papers, 3 files)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/206-223

Miscellaneous correspondence received by the Revd. S.G. Beal concerning Teesdale family history, requests for searches etc., 25 March 1890 - 31 August 1906
(23 papers)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/224-233

Miscellaneous pedigrees and genealogical notes concerning the Helmers, Sowerbys, Addisons and other Teesdale families, n.d. [c.1900]
(10 papers)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/234-238

Birth, marriage and burial certificates for Samuel Gilbert Beal, his wife and children, 1842 - 1875
(5 papers)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/239-244

Beal pedigrees, n.d. [late 19th century]
(6 papers)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/245

Description and illustration of the arms of Beal, n.d.
(1 card)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/246

Description and illustration of the arms of Jenyns with covering letter from Thomas Culleton, genealoqist, 25 Cranbourn Street, London to the Revd. Dr. [William] Beal, 31 March 1862
(1 file)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/HH 9/2/247-265)Ref: D/HH 9/2/247-250

Visiting cards of the Beals etc., n.d. [mid 19th century]
(4 cards)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/251

Lock of hair of Samuel [Gilbert Beal], 1844

Ref: D/HH 9/2/252

Copy of Renshaw's Diary and Almanack, entries [by a school teacher living near Norwich], 1860
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/253-260

Miscellaneous notes on school lessons: Greek, Geography, History/Divinity, English Literature, n.d. [early-mid 19th century]
(7 papers, 1 file)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/261

Part of letter from the Bishop of Exeter to William Beal discussing pastoral matters, n.d. [c.1840]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/262

Memoranda concerning the child Haw, n.d. [post 1855]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/263

List of birth dates of William Henry Smith, his brothers and sisters, 1818 - 1840
(1 paper)

Ref: D/HH 9/2/264

Letter to William [Beal] from his parents in Bristol after they had left him on his first day at school telling himnotto cry, n.d. (1 paper, damaged) (Acc: 1322(D))

Ref: D/HH 9/2/265

20 August 1936 (1) Alister Francis Beal, C.B., C.M.G. of the United Services Hotel, 98 Cromwell Road, London SW7, a Vice-Admiral R.N., retired; Mildred Mary Beal of Ascot Priory, Ascot, Berkshire, spinster; Winifred Mary Beal, wife of Walter Lloyd Beal of Hall Garth, Chop Gate, Stokesley, Yorkshire, farmer (2) Eliza Clarkson, wife of William Henry Clarkson of Hense House, Lartington Draft conveyance by (1) to (2) of 3,432 sq. ft. at Cotherstone on the east of the Cotherstone to Bowes Road, subject to manorial incidents reserved to the Lord of the Manor of Cotherstone. Recites previous deeds Consideration: £65 Requisitions on title, contract of sale, plan etc. attached
(1 file, typescript)



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