26 HADDON : THE HALL, THE MANOR, AND ITS LORDS. 



out of y'' Great Stair Case lo 



in y'' passage to y= Musick Room, paper and painted ones 20 

 in y" Wardrobe, paper and painted ones 07 



pictures of all sorts 6y 



Haddon Hall was completely furnished so late as 1730, but 

 the latest reference to the occupation of Haddon in the 

 Stewards' Accounts by the family occurs in 1702, but it appears 

 from the entries to have been a very short visit, but for some 

 years later the steward of the Duke of Rutland's Haddon estates 

 resided there. 



The collections of Records contained in the Muniment rooms 

 at Belvoir and Haddon in the possession of the Duke of Rut- 

 land are probably unsurpassed in extent and varied interest by 

 any other in the hands of a private individual in the kingdom. 

 Of the highest interest of all is a series of charters, relating 

 to many English counties, and numbering over 6,000, and 

 extending from the reign of Hen. I. to the reign of Hen. VHI., 

 inclusive, of which about 2,300 relate to Derbyshire alone, in- 

 cluding in the series over 800 Bakewell charters. 



In the next rank may be placed the remarkable collection 

 of Court Rolls, many of which commence in the reign of 

 Edw. n. The remaining records include charlutaries of 

 Belvoir Priory, Croxton Abbey, Garendon, and other founda- 

 tions. Patents, Grants, Settlements, Wills, Household Accounts, 

 Forest Rolls, and an immense number of deeds, family and 

 miscellaneous records, too numerous to enumerate. 



The earliest document preserved at Belvoir is a grant by 

 Hen. I. to the monks of Belvoir Priory, to hold a fair at Belvoir, 

 annually, for eight days, at the feast of St. John the Baptist. 

 A portion of a seal is appended to this deed, with representa- 

 tions of the King, on horseback, and on the throne. The only 

 instance in which Richard de Vernon, and Avice, his wife, 

 daughter of William Avenel, occur together, is a fine dated 

 27 Hen. II. (11 81), between Walkelin Harenc, and Ric. de 

 Vernon, and Avice, his wife, of land at Swinfen (Co. Staff.). 



