Lot 40
NEWTON AND WOOLSTHORPE MANOR Release from Robert Elston of Colsterworth, yeoman, and his wife to Thomas Hubbert of Colsterworth, baker, of lands in Colsterworth [?Grantham], with terriar citing abutting lands held by Isaac Newton and his family, 10 August 1705
14 June 2017, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£600 - £800
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NEWTON AND WOOLSTHORPE MANOR
Release from Robert Elston of Colsterworth, yeoman, and his wife to Thomas Hubbert of Colsterworth, baker, of lands in Colsterworth and its vicinity for £61, signed by Elston; with on a separate attached sheet of vellum "A Schedule or Terriar Indented of the lands intended to be conveyed by the Indenture" headed "In Twyford Feild", citing abutting lands held by Isaac Newton and others of his family ("...One land lyeing in a place called the drafts goeing east and west containing one rood and a half Mr Isaac Newton north and Widow Rains South/ One land lyeing in the Hollow above Woolstropp goeing east and west Mr Isaac Newton north and John Greenham South/ One land lyeing between Woolstropp and Colsterworth goeing east and west containing one rood and a half William Hubbert North and Widow Newton South..."); witnessed on the verso by Jonathan Calcraft and others, and receipted by Elston; with duty stamps, indented head with flourished engraved heading, (?Calcraft's) monogrammed seal in red wax on two vellum tags; contemporary and later dockets, on two attached sheets of vellum, one original fault in the vellum, minor dust-staining and usual signs of wear but overall in good fresh condition, overall 550 x 760mm., [?Grantham], 10 August 1705
Footnotes
'IN THE HOLLOW ABOVE WOOLSTROPP GOEING EAST AND WEST MR ISAAC NEWTON NORTH' – a terrier of lands at Twyford Field adjoining Newton's family holdings at Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, the major part of which had been acquired by his grandfather in 1623. Newton had been knighted on 16 April 1705, although the news clearly had not filtered through to Grantham by the time our deed was made four months later: the reference however to his holdings at or near "Woolstropp" [i.e. Woolsthorpe, the contraction analogous to that of Althorp] leaves his identity in no doubt.
Even long after the Anni mirabiles of 1665-6, part of which was spent at Woolsthorpe with its apple tree, and after his removal from Cambridge to London, Newton maintained his ties with the area (see Kenneth Baird, 'Colsterworth & Twyford Village History', parishes.lincolnshire.gov.uk): 'Isaac was at his mother's deathbed in 1679 and arranged for her body to be brought to be buried in Colsterworth. In the days of his greatness as Professor of Mathematics, then as Cambridge Member of Parliament, then for 23 years President of the Royal Society when he was the wealthy Master of the Mint, he still visited his birthplace and supervised the farms from a distance'.
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