Tottington Warren

Map of Location

Warren Features

Enclosure Acts
Survey of estate in Tottington [NRO WLS XVII/18, 410X6]

Other documentary evidence
1771 map shows warren was owned by Mr Farrier

1784 owned by Lord Walsingham and farmed by William Smith

1807-1826 Lease, copy of lease, hiring agreement, and surrender, by Robert Bartlett of farm in Stanford and Tottington, 1807-1826, and correspondence and papers re new lease, especially re tenant’s right to trap rabbits, and re dispute as to whether Tottington warren was titheable.
1688-1820 Letters and papers of William de Grey Papers mostly re enclosure and estate improvement and purchase at Tottington and suggested enclosure at Sturston, exchange of lands at Tottington with Thomas de Grey his brother, and lawsuit with William Tooke re exchange of lands. Inc. particulars of farms at Tottington, plans of poor allotments, new cottages and plantation near the Old Madhouse 1771 and undated, notes re tree planting, report from (?) housekeeper Mary Lacey, letters from Thomas de Grey on estate and family matters, letters from Mr. Buxton, J. Andrews (?steward), and A. Black, the latter re valuation of warren
1823 The estate in Stanford, Tottington, and Buckenham Tofts, by John Josselyn of Sproughton, Suffolk. With notes as to nature of soil, advisability of warrens, etc.

Memorandum book of John Andrews 1773-1781
Inc. record of game despatched to the Queen, Lord Boston, etc. etc. c. 1783-1791, rentals 1781-3, note of game shot by the Prince of Wales , notes re proposed Thetford-Watton turnpike and other roads 1788, Stanford tithe accounts 1773-81, copy Tottington land tax assessment 1788, copy resolution of meeting of the principal occupiers of warrens in Norfolk and Suffolk against proposed Bill initiated by the hatmakers of London and Westminster against exportation of rabbit skins and wool, 178(?2)

[Blomefield’s Norfolk 1739, NRO WLS XVII/4, NRO WLS XVII/6, NRO WLS XXIX/22, 416X8 , NRO WLS/XXVII/20/415 , NRO WLS/XVII/18/410X6, NRO WLS/XVII/7 ]

Earliest documentary evidence
1404 owned or farmed by John Rauf
[Blomefield’s Norfolk 1739]

Leases
1807-1826 Lease, copy of lease, hiring agreement, and surrender, by Robert Bartlett of farm in Stanford and Tottington, 1807-1826, and correspondence and papers re new lease, especially re tenant’s right to trap rabbits, and re dispute as to whether Tottingtonwarren was titheable

Maps
1771 map shows warren was owned by Mr Farrier [NRO WLS XVII/4]

Lodges
Named as Robin’s Lodge on OS Map but not marked as such on Faden 1797

Leases
1784 owned by Lord Walsingham and farmed by William Smith

Rabbit Feeding
Lease, copy of lease, hiring agreement, and surrender, by Robert Bartlett of farm in Stanford and Tottington, 1807-1826, and correspondence and papers re new lease, especially re tenant’s right to trap rabbits, and re dispute as to whether Tottington warren was titheable. Inc. valuations of the farm, 1806 (copy) and 1826, estimate for new barn, 1826, comments by Lord Walsingham on valuation of his Norfolk farms. [WLS LX/1 MS 21505/1]

Numbers Culled
Lease, copy of lease, hiring agreement, and surrender, by Robert Bartlett of farm in Stanford and Tottington, 1807-1826, and correspondence and papers re new lease, especially re tenant’s right to trap rabbits, and re dispute as to whether Tottington warren was titheable. Inc. valuations of the farm, 1806 (copy) and 1826, estimate for new barn, 1826, comments by Lord Walsingham on valuation of his Norfolk farms. [WLS XVIII/3 410×7]