Title:
'A trew platt of the mannor and hamlett of Moulshum'
Level: Category
Estate and Family records
Level: Fonds
MILDMAY FAMILY
Level: Sub-Fonds
MAPS
Scope and Content:
Scale of 6 inches to 96 perches [1:3168, or 20 inches to 1 mile].

1,706 acres in south of Chelmsford. Shows field-names; names of tenants; distinguishes demesne, freehold, copyhold, and commons; free school house at the Friary, a few strips in an open meadow, Moulsham Hall Park and Shenvilles Park, Widford village street. Buildings drawn in elevation, with detailed drawings of Moulsham Hall and former Widford church. Scale bar and dividers; compass points written at edge of map.
Dates of Creation:
1591
Extent:
1 roll
Creator Name:
John Walker, 'architector'
Physical Characteristics:
Parchment (three conjoined skins of unequal area).
1740 x 830 mm.
Existence of Copies:
For reduced black-and-white photographs see Estate Map Binder 1, available in the Essex Record Office searchroom; Ph 1/27; Ph 2/32; and Ph 3/26. Ph 1/27 includes a print of the section including Moulsham Hall, redrawn.
Related Unit of Description:
Accompanying 'booke of survey', quoted in Philip Morant, History and Antiquities of the County of Essex (London 1763-1768), volume 2, page 3, may have survived as late as 1861 (see D.W. Coller, The People's History of Essex, p. 210), but is now lost.
Publication Notes:
Catalogued, and three sections reproduced, in A.C. Edwards and K.C. Newton, The Walkers of Hanningfield. Surveyors and mapmakers extraordinary (1984).
Not Available:
Use digital image(s).

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Personal Names John
Walker 		surveyor, Chelmsford, 1591
Place Names Chelmsford, Moulsham Map of manor of Moulsham, 1591
Place Names Widford Village street appears on map of 1591
Place Names Church of St Mary the Virgin
Widford 		Drawing on map, 1591
Place Names Moulsham Hall
Chelmsford, Moulsham 		Drawing on map, 1591
Document Types Manorial records Manor of Moulsham: map, 1591
Document Types Manuscript map Manor of Moulsham, 1591
Institutions Manor of Moulsham Map, 1591