Description | Budgen was the Sussex Archaeological Society's first Honorary Curator of Deeds, from 1936 to 1952, having already performed the role without title since 1926 (for an obituary, see Sussex Notes and Queries, 13 (1952), 226-8). He calendared large numbers of documents received from solicitors and private individuals. The documents in this collection he presumably acquired in a private capacity, by gift and purchase. With the exception of SAS-BA/482-524 which he bought at an auction of Phillipps manuscripts, the earlier provenances of documents are not known SAS-B, BA and BB were transferred to East Sussex Record Office (ESRO) in 1982 and those documents which relate to other counties were passed to the relevant record office, in most instances West Sussex Record Office (WSRO). SAS-BA/1-481 are at WSRO, 482-524 are at ESRO. For SAS-BB, see that catalogue. The current disposition of SAS-B is as follows SAS-B/1-6 WSRO SAS-B/7-16 ESRO SAS-B/17, 18 WSRO SAS-B/19-51 ESRO SAS-B/52-57 WSRO [57 used twice in Budgen's calendar, the other 57 remaining at ESRO] SAS-B/57, 58A and B, 59A and B, 60 ESRO SAS-B/60 WSRO [this number used twice in Budgen's calendar, the other 60 remaining at ESRO] SAS-B/61-62 WSRO SAS-B/63-96 ESRO SAS-B/97-132 WSRO SAS-B/133-156 ESRO SAS-B/157, 158 WSRO SAS-B/159 ESRO SAS-B/160-166 WSRO SAS-B/167-172 ESRO SAS-B/173-196 WSRO SAS-B/197-205 ESRO SAS-B/206-237 WSRO SAS-B/238-299 Hampshire Record Office SAS-B/300-321 WSRO SAS-B/322-333 ESRO SAS-B/334 WSRO SAS-B/335, 336 ESRO SAS-B/337, 338 WSRO SAS-B/339-344 ESRO SAS-B/345, 346 WSRO SAS-B/347-349 ESRO SAS-B/350 WSRO SAS-B/351-356 ESRO SAS-B/357-384 WSRO SAS-B/385-459 ESRO SAS-B/460-668 WSRO SAS-B/669-673 ESRO SAS-B/674 WSRO SAS-B/675-688 ESRO SAS-B/689 WSRO SAS-B/690-701 ESRO SAS-B/702, 703 WSRO SAS-B/704, 705 ESRO SAS-B/706-709 WSRO SAS-B/710-721 ESRO SAS-B/722 WSRO SAS-B/723-730 ESRO SAS-B/731-736 WSRO SAS-B/737-739 ESRO SAS-B/740 WSRO SAS-B/741 ESRO SAS-B/742-744 WSRO SAS-B/745-753 ESRO SAS-B/754-756 WSRO SAS-B/757-764 ESRO SAS-B/765 WSRO SAS-B/766, 767 ESRO SAS-B/768 WSRO SAS-B/769 ESRO SAS-B/770 WSRO SAS-B/771, 772 ESRO SAS-B/773-777 WSRO SAS-B/778-793 ESRO SAS-B/794-812 Duplicate records for documents in SAS-BB: numbers not now used SAS-B/813-816 ESRO SAS-B/817 WSRO SAS-B/818-940 ESRO |