Accessions data is reasonably well recorded before 1939. There was no archivist at the Norwich Public Libraries during the Second World War but the Norfolk Record Society officers kept on rescuing and collecting archives and these were gradually brought in to the Library in the years following 1950, collections often being muddled and provenance forgotten. The situation was made worse by a new chief librarian in 1955 who destroyed any accessions correspondence the library had, though notes with the records themselves and box labels in the series termed 'pre 1955 uncatalogued' are sometimes helpful. 'Pre 1955 uncat.' includes documents deposited directly, as well as those received via the Norfolk Record Society.
In the following list, the Hobart of Blickling collection is referred to as 'Lothian' and the Harbord of Gunton collection as 'Suffield'.
NRS number Title Date of accessioning NRS report
1-548 [Marcon of Edgefield] 1936
549-845 Unknown, ? Solicitors or mixed 1936
846-1422 Folkes of Hillington 1936 1938 Dowager Vice Countess Downe & Hon. George Dawney
1423-1695 Unknown, ? Solicitors or mixed 1936
1696-1723 [Lord Suffield] 1936
1724-2302 Unknown, ? Solicitors or mixed 1936
2303-2560 Basil Cozens-Hardy (? as solicitor) 1936 1937, 1938
2561-2855 Executors of Col. Bulwer (See also MS 12182-12254, 12449-12676) 1937 1934 Mrs J.B.G. Duff, Heydon Hall, 1937, 1938
2856-2873 Sir Arthur Michael Samuel 1937 1934
2874-3637 Lord Suffield 1937-1939 1934-5-6
3638-4003 Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society 1939 1935, 1937, 1938
4004-4029 E. Michelmore & Co. (17th cent. Paston letters)
4030-4206 R.J. Colman (collection of maps) 1939 1936
4207-5726 Lord Suffield 1939
5727-5762 Revd W.R.M. Lewis 1939 1936
5763-5767 Mrs J. Augusta Berry (Great Cressingham manorial) 1939 1936
5768 Dr C.H.W. Page 1939 1936
5769-5789 Basil Cozens-Hardy (? as solicitor) 1939
5790-5792 [Percy] Millican 1939 1937
5793-5824 Basil Cozens-Hardy 1939
5825-5866 Mrs Bulwer 1939 1939
5867 J.E. Hennesy 1939 1937
5868-6018 Basil Cozens-Hardy 1939
6019-6023 cancelled
6024-6025 Col. Bulwer 1939
6026-6202 Norfolk & Norwich Archaeological Society 1939
6203-6213 Mrs Bulwer 1939
6214-6422, 6426, 6432 Basil Cozens-Hardy 1939
6423-6425 Tom Copeman 1939 1938
6427-6431 NNAS 1939
6433-6434 Lord Suffield post 1939
6435-6437 B. Cozens-Hardy post 1939
unnumbered R. Evans Mills (2 deeds) 1947
6438-7944 North of Rougham (returned to depositor; microfilm copies retained) post 1939 1938 Mr F.K. North
7945-8448 [Folkes of Hillington] post 1939
8449-8708 [Lord] Lothian post 1939 1939, 1941 per BCH
8709-8755 [Folkes of Hillington] post 1939
8756-8829 Jones of Sculthorpe post 1939 1939 Major L.E. Jones
8830-8860 [Bulwer] post 1939 1944 Mrs Edward Bulwer
8861-8902 [Lothian] post 1939
8903-8914 [Jones] post 1939
8915-8981 [Bulwer] post 1939
8982-10023 [Folkes] post 1939
10024-10045 [Bulwer] post 1939
10046-10056 [Lothian] post 1939
10057-10096 [Howes] post 1939
10097-10197 [Lothian] post 1939
10198-10224 [Howes] post 1939
10225-10330 [Lothian] post 1939
10331-10361 [Bulwer] post 1939
10362-10378 [? Suffield] post 1939 1941 per BCH
10379-10536 [Lothian] post 1939
10537-10580 [Howes] post 1939
10581-11344 [Lothian] post 1939
11345-11383 [North] post 1939
11384-11389 [Folkes] post 1939
11390-11434 [North] 6 Dec 1951
11435 W.M. Kemp 6 Dec 1951 1951
11436-11474 [North] 6 Dec 1951
11475-11829 [Folkes]
11830-12132 [Lothian] 22 Jan 1952-18 Feb 1952
12133-12238 Jones 18 Feb 1952-19 Feb 1952
12239-12612 Lothian 23 Feb 1952-9 Apr 1952
12613-12844A T.F. Barton (agent ? as NRS or a Norwich Union employee, inc. some Albemarle) 18 Apr 1952-4 Jun 1952 1951 (some Barton deposits may = Norwich Union deposit 1947-1948). Lord Albemarle 1948.
12845-13059 Lothian 4 Jun 1952-7 Jun 1952
13060-13175 Colman 7 Jun 1952-27 Jun 1952 1945 R.J. Colman; Mrs R.J. C. 1951
13176 Basil Cozens-Hardy 30 Jun 1952
13177-13207 [E.A.] Kent's executors 30 Jun 1952 1951-1952
13208-13276 Lothian 2 Jul 1952
13277-13295 Jones 2 Jul 1952
13296-13336 Lothian 8 Jul 1952-12 Jul 1952
13337-13385 Jones 12 Jul 1952-15 Jul 1952
13386-13862 Lothian 26 Jul 1952-31 Oct 1952
13863-13889, 13890A-13899C Jones 6 Nov 1952
13890-13997 Lothian 6 Nov 1952
13998-14016 Jones 6 Nov 1952
14017-14043 Lothian 6 Nov 1952
14044-14061 Jones 6 Nov 1952
14062-14078 Jones 7 Nov 1952
14079-14112 Lothian 7-8 Nov 1952
14113-14137 Jones 8-11 Nov 1952
14138-14195 Lothian 11-13 Nov 1952
14196-14221 Jones 13 Nov 1952
14222-14374 Lothian (poss. some Jones) 14 Nov 1952
14375-14432 Lothian 27-8 Nov 1952
14433-14445 Jones nd
14446-14588 Lothian 28 Nov-3 Dec 1952
14589-14608 Jones 3 Dec 1952
14609-15072 Lothian (but includes ? unrelated Bedingfield of Ditchingham material, 14843-14998) 3-22 Dec 1952 1941 Bedingfield MSS per Norfolk & Norwich Archaeological Society
15073-15075 Folkes 20 Dec 1952
15076-15080 ? Suffield 20 Dec 1952
15081-15085 Bulwer 20 Dec 1952 1941 per BCH
15086-15102 Lothian 20-22 Dec 1952
15103-15152 [Whinburgh etc. manorial] 22 Dec 1952
15153-15201 [T.E. Barton, own documents] 14 Jan 1952
15202-15205 Hobart [Lothian] 24 Feb 1952
15206-15776 Norris 27 May 1953-29 Jul 1953
15777-15783 T.F. Barton, own documents 12 Aug 1953
15784-15824 T.F. Barton [as NRS agent] 19 Aug 1953
15825-16160 Lothian 24 Aug-19 Sep 1953
16161-16175 ? Folkes 21 Sep 1953
16176-16609 Lothian 21-30 Sep 1953
16610-17021 Lucas & Wyllys solicitors per Mrs Blofeld 1-5 Oct 1953 1941, 1948
17022-17430 Lothian 5-27 Oct 1953
17435-17680 W. George & Sons 27-30 Oct 1953 1951
17681-17688 G. Wyrley Birch 3 Nov 1953 1951
17689-18042 Bulwer [18009-18027 possibly Lothian] 3-20 Nov 1953
18043 Miss Bailey 23 Nov 1953
18044-18628 Lothian 23 Nov 1953-1 Jan 1954
18629-19123 Partridge 23 Feb-5 Mar 1954 H.R.C. Partridge 1951
19124-19143 Barton (as NRS agent) ? poss. Suffield 6 Mar 1954
19144-19229, 19246-19247 Lothian 26-29 Mar 1954
19230-19245 ? Suffield 27 Mar 1954
19248-19255 Folkes 29 Mar 1954
19256-20218 Lothian (but 19258-19267 mostly Jones) 29 Mar-14 Apr 1954
20219-20244 Jones 14 Apr 1954
20245-20246 Bedingfield of Ditchingham 14 Apr 1954
20247-20260 Lothian 14 Apr 1954
20261-20312 [Whinburgh etc. manorial] 14 Apr 1954-24 Apr 1954 ? = manor rolls presented 1946 by Mrs Robinson of Manor House, Watton.
20313-20469 Jones 22-23 Apr 1954
20470-20553 ? Bolding of Weybourne 23-24 Apr 1954
20563-20655 Bedingfield of Ditchingham 20 Jun 1954
20656-20679 Folkes 16 Aug 1954
20680 Dr E.I. Puddy 12 Apr 1954
20681-20694 B. Le Neve Foster 12 Apr 1954 1954
20695, 20697-20715 Basil Cozens-Hardy 8 Jul 1954, 6 Jul 1954
20696 Mrs Llewellyn Jolly 14 Jul 1954 1954
20716-20742 Lothian 16 Aug 1954
20743-20870 Jones 23-24 Aug 1954
20871-20936 Bedingfield of Ditchingham 24 Aug-10 Sep 1954
20937-21146 Lothian 10 Sep-11 Jan 1954
21147-21151 A. Stuart Brown 11 Jan 1955
21152-21356 [Whinburgh etc. manorial] 26 Jan-1 Feb 1955
21357-21364 [Clayton papers, 16th-19th century] 8 Feb 1955
21365-21384 Folkes 8 Feb 1955
21385-21387 ? Lothian 9 Dec 1955
21388-21390 Jones 9 Feb 1955
21391-21398 Earl of Bradford 9 Feb 1955 1948, 1955
21399-21404 'Haveringland' 9 Feb 1955 Baroness Cedestrom 1940
21405-21416 Lothian 9 Feb 1955
21417 Bulwer 7 Feb 1955
21418 Miss Alice Cory, 1942 9 Feb 1955
21419-21424 Folkes 9 Feb 1955
21425-21428, 21437 Lothian 9 Feb 1955
21429-21436 Folkes 9 Feb 1955
21438-21469 [deeds relating to Filby] 9-16 Feb 1955
21470-21474 [Whinburgh etc. manorial] 16 Feb 1955
21475-22588 Suffield 16 Feb-6 Apr 1955
22589-22638, 22641-22673 Basil Cozens-Hardy (? as solicitor) 9 Apr 1955
22639 Mr I.C. Montford 14 Mar 1955 1955
22640 Mr A.T. Hughes Clark 14 Mar 1955 1955
22674-22693 T.F. Barton (? as NRS agent) 15 Apr 1955
22694-23514 Lothian 18 Apr-7 Jun 1955
23515 L'Estrange Collection 3 Jun 1955 1955
23516-23775 T.F. Barton (? as NRS agent) (except 23735-23737 or 23738, Wiltshire County Archivist 25/22 1954) 3-22 Jun 1955 1954
23776-23789 Miss B.R. Foster 22 Jun 1955 1954
23790-23876 Lothian 29 Jun-1 Jul 1955 National Trust 1955
Accessions reported on by Norfolk Record Society but not identified in NRS stockbooks to 1955
1935
Miss Constance Webber, 50 Norwich St Peter Mancroft deeds 1516-1697
1939
Major P[hilip] Hamond, Twyford deeds (known to be still uncatalogued)
Lord Walpole per Col. T.W. Purdy (of Purdy & Holley solicitors)
1940
Revd A.F. Marsham, Marsham estate documents.
Major Felle, lease re Pockthorpe
Executors Joseph Fox, 3 Gresham town books
Revd W.H. Cowper Johnson, Cooper MSS
1941
Dr George Day, Kirby Bedon etc. deeds
R.N. Jones
F.S. Leeder, MSS re Clippesby
National Museum of Wales
Messrs Stevens, Miller & Jones; Hansell, Hales & Bridgwater; Mr Bassett Horner; Mills & Reeve- per Mrs T.R.C. Blofeld (some known to be still uncatalogued)
1942
L. Rider Haggard 39 deeds (? added to Rider Haggard Collection)
Major George Charlton Anne (known to be still uncatalogued), deeds
Mr L. Rivett of Kempston
W.H. Tillett & Co. per BCH including Waxham and Sea Palling manorial
Mrs T.R.C. Blofeld, Necton deeds (known to be still uncatalogued)
per Mr R.S. Butcher, Horningtoft court book
Foster, Calvert & Marriott, Bromholme Cellarer's account 1415-16.
1943
H.W. Trotter, convict licence 1854, per L.J. Redstone
Sheriff's quietus 1615, per Mr Neil
Mills & Reeve per Mrs Blofeld
1944
BCH, Sheriff's quietus temp. Anne
G.W. Oughton, Shipdham deeds
G.J. Levine, 18th cent. bond
J. Hales-Tooke (known to be still uncatalogued)
Percy Millican, Mattishall and East Tuddenham manorial
1945
Arthur Wright of Bargoed, Glamorgan, brass rubbings (33 rolls)
H.W. Back, Bacton etc. recovery 1760
1946
Clerk to NCC, MSS Blofield district (= Burlingham Estate known to be still uncatalogued)
1947
Christ Church College, Oxford, per Farrer & Co., Wood Norton deeds
Revd A.G. Wiseman, Pulham Market churchwardens' accounts from 1557
J.E.T. Pollard, 17th century deeds
G.P. Boys, pedigree of du Bois
Mormons, various Norwich M.I.s
1948
Col. Walton Jennings, 2 typescript volumes re Bacton and Bromholme
Clerk to NCC, various (? Burlingham Estate known to be still uncatalogued)
1949
Mabel, Lady Champion de Crespigny, Kelling & Salthouse deeds
Dr E.G. Wales, 14 Fincham etc. deeds
Arthur Wright brass rubbings
Mr R.F. Tebbutt
Norfolk Association Baptist Churches, Hewitt MSS
Norfolk News Company, Catton Friendly Society rules 1826
1950
J.J. Colman Ltd., Trowse etc. deeds
T.F. Teversham, transcripts Ingoldisthorpe etc. deeds
E.F. Key, Runton etc. deeds
1951-1952
L.H. Allwood [Dereham solicitor] Townshend letter 1782
Parker, Necton court roll
T.H.M. Baker, Hatchard of Wymondham documents
Sir Reginald Whitty, sundry
Sale Borough Archives Committee, Methwold deeds
Hendon Borough Council, Thursford doc.
A.C. Tyndale, 13th century Little Fransham deed
Worcester Record Office, deed
Mrs Norris, Wood Norton etc. deeds
Revd J.F. Williams, Tittleshall, South Creake etc. documents.
1954
Earl of Trafford, 5 boxes re Wroxham etc. (known to be still uncatalogued)
Barclays Bank, Haddiscoe deeds
Revd J.P. Hill, diary Revd G. Calvert of Norwich St James
1955
O.S. Watkinson, Burnham Ulph deeds
Sir Picton Bagge, Crimplesham manorial
Colchester Museum, Felbrigg deed 1599
Revd J.F. Williams, South Creake document, 1317
L.H. Allwood, manorial
Q.E. Gurney, Hempstead manorial