| Description | Includes watercolour of a coat of arms of the family of Estoft Yarburgh Constable. Drawn by Daniel [Ray]
Watercolour of 'The old house at Wassand built 1530 pulled down 1815'.
Letter written by Mary Moore, Mrs Constable, 21 Jan 1677 to 'my deare son' recalling the ownership and fishing and fowling rights of Hornsea Mere and the Clow.
Watercolour of a man on horseback called 'A Yorkshire swell: riding in Rotton Row', drawn by Sir George Strickland.
Opinion relating to £300 legacies given to the sisters of Katherine Constable (Elizabeth and Faith), 22 Sep 1691, and the conditions attached to them.
Transcript of a letter [Henry VIII] and the inscription on the tomb of Sir Marmaduke Constable in Flamborough.
Letter from Thomas Constable, Otley, to Lady Strickland 24 Jul 1860 relating to the letter from Henry VIII to Sir Marmaduke Constable thanking him for his services at the Battle of Flodden Field.
Battle of Flodden Field and the epitaph on the tomb at Flamborough church. Includes an extract of a family tree (four generations) from 1488 to 1530s.
Wassand pedigree
Watercolour portraits of Frederick Strickland thought be have been drawn by H Strickland-Constable
Photograph of the Old Hall, Hornsea
'Possibly the old house at Wassand, pulled down about 1815, or perhaps a sketch of the new house'
Cartoons: 'Going to spend Christmas at Rise (between 1815 and 1824) showing Mrs C Constable, Marmaduke Constable, Octavia Constable, Rev Charles Constable, 'Death of my aunt', showing a man sitting at a desk with his head in a handkerchief, 'Obeying the lawyers' summons to read my aunts will', ' Procession of my poor tenants', into the country to recover my aunt's health', 'Driving away at the Holderness Hunt'.
'A short sketch of my mother's funeral expenses, viz Mrs Estoft, August 1724', lists the expenses such as the names of bearers and funeral rings for friends. Written by Mrs Estoft, Rosamond Estoft (Mrs Constable).
Cartoon showing a man weighing a fish in a scrapbook (belonged to Mrs Bentinck), Perch 3 ½ lbs.
Notes on the Battle of Flodden Field which mentions Sir Marmaduke Constable fighting in it (2). Includes a pencil sketch of a roof and another of man (possibly Henry Strickland-Constable) by Emily Milner.
Extract of a letter from Lord Surrey to Cardinal Wolsey with a note that Henry Jenkins a native of the North Riding remembered the Battle of Flodden when he was 127 years old. He died when he was 170 years old. Another note that Bishop Fisher of Rochester was a native of Beverley.
Three pencil sketches by JW North (ARA) of' Kidwelly Castle (1861), a suburban garden, nd, and a country lane in Dartford, 1859.
Watercolour sketch of Henry Strickland-Constable as a young man 'by dear Fred'.
'The Daily Sketch' newscutting 'Ready for the "Raid"', 4 Sep 1937 which relates to a seaplanes excercise, including those stationed at Hornsea Mere and shows a refuelling raft being loaded.
Newscuttings: 1) 'The Daily Telegraph' regarding Margaret Strickland-Constable's refusing to leave her house in Kensington which is due to be demolished 'Widow of 84 keeps the old home walls standing' with an image, 2) a picture of the RAF flying boat (seaplane) which came down in the North Sea 60 miles from land with a a picture of it being towed by the Dutch fishing boat and of Flight-Lieutenant Burgess and First Officer C Fair (two of the officers who were rescued) with the captain and first mate of the fishing boat.
Pencil sketches of a man in profile, by or of F Strickland, and others of a woman on horseback, 'Columbia', 21 Dec 1893, photograph of a group of unidentified people with a woman c.1890s
Watercolour of a pastoral scene (no artist given), 'Wassand Lake from Hornsea Jetty'.
Telegram from Merrowes to Sir Marmaduke Strickland-Constable, Wassand Hall, 1938, wishing him congratulations, newscuttings relating to the marriage of Captain Alaric Russell and Miss C van Raalte; 'Yorkshire Post' a sailor who fell from his boat and drowned after getting into difficulties at Hornsea Mere, 25 Aug 1969; the 'Daily Sketch', flying boats at Hornsea participate in exercises, 3 Sep 1937.
Newcuttings relating to the death of Sir Walter Strickland and the heir apparent, Mr Henry Marmaduke Strickland-Constable, Aug 1938; seaplane down at Bridlington, 1937; blaze at Wassand Hall which has destroyed the harvest, nd; newscutting photograph of the VAD at Hornsea 'Thought for the blind' at the Floral Hall, Hornsea.
Newscutting relating to the death of Sir Walter William Strickland 'The Wandering Baronet', who waived his right to the title and mentions that his father was immortalised as 'Mad Martin' in 'Tom Brown's Schooldays'; newscutting photograph of the recipients of first aid certificates given by Lady Strickland-Constable; Wassand open gardens in aid of Hornsea Cottage Hospital extension, nd. (late 1930s).
Obituary of Sir Walter W Strickland from 'The Daily Telegraph', 12 Aug 1938; 'Lifejacket orders for sailors on Hornsea Mere', 5 Sep 1969 in 'Yorkshire Times'; newscutting photograph showing a fire at a haybarn at Seaton, owned by Wassand Hall.
Newcutting from 'The Daily Mail', 11 Aug 1938 'East Yorkshire's 87 year old wandering squire dies in Java' on the death of Sir Walter William Strickland and another unidentified obituary relating to Sir W Strickland's waiving of the title and the question of succession nd. [1938].
Watercolour of a dwelling and people on the island in the middle of Hornsea Mere [presumed] early 1800s
Brochure of an exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery 'Paintings in watercolours by living British Artists, 11 September-9 October, 1948.
Newscutting relating to the abbots' battle for Hornsea fishing rights which relates the history of fishing rights at Hornsea Mere (fought over by the Abbeys of Meaux and St Mary) and the history of ownership of Hornsea Mere, ['Times'], 9 Mar 1940. |