Title:
'A mapp of the mannors of Skreenes and Tyhall together with Lightfoots Searles and Bradleys Birches and Sparrowes ...'
Level: Category
Estate and Family records
Level: Fonds
MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS ETC.
Level: Series
Maps
Scope and Content:
Full title: 'A mapp of the mannors of Skreenes and Tyhall together with Lightfoots Searles and Bradleys Birches and Sparrowes with other messuages and lands lying by the names within written in the parishes of Roxwell Shellow and Willingale in the county of Essex containing 1235 acres 1 rood & 37 perches heerin particularly described in the yeare of our Lord God 1666 By John Coffyn'.

'Scale of perches' showing scale of 20 inches to 2 miles [1:6336].

1,235 acres in centre and south of Roxwell, extreme east of Shellow Bowells, and a small area in the east of Willingale Doe. Shows buildings sketched in perspective view; layout of gardens and park 'within the pale' at Skreens; hopgrounds; names of farms and fields; names of some owners and occupiers. Compass rose; cartouche with [Bramston] arms, Or, on a fesse sable, three plates. Neatly drawn and coloured, with scroll-work around title and coat of arms; gilded hearts used as a decorative motif. Especially in title, a notable variety of letter-forms.
Dates of Creation:
1666
Extent:
1
Creator Name:
John Coffyn
Physical Characteristics:
720 x 830 mm.
Existence of Copies:
A reduced black-and-white photograph is available in the Essex Record Office searchroom (Estate Map Binder 2).
Not Available:
Use digital image(s).

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Personal Names John
Coffyn 		surveyor, Roxwell, Shellow Bowells and Willingale Doe, 1666
Document Types Coat of arms Bramston, 1666
Document Types Manorial records Map of manors of Skreens and Tye Hall, Roxwell etc., 1666
Document Types Manuscript map Manors of Skreens and Tye Hall and other properties in Roxwell Shellow Bowells and Willingale Doe, 1666
Institutions Manor of Skreens Roxwell; map, 1666
Institutions Manor of Tye Hall Roxwell; map, 1666