Appendix XXVII: Bibliography of manuscript sources
Available from Boydell and Brewer
List of manuscript sources used
Scheme employed:
1. London repositories (excluding borough records)
2. United Kingdom repositories outside London (excluding borough records)
3. Borough records (location in alphabetical order of borough)
4. Mss in private possession
5. Foreign archives and libraries
1. London Repositories
British Library
In addition to the following collections in the Department of Manuscripts, numerous individual items have been used from the ‘Additional’, ‘Egerton’, ‘Egerton charters’, ‘Lansdowne’, ‘Harleian’, ‘Stowe’ and ‘Sloane’ sequences for individual biographies and constituency accounts. Several sets of private papers were consulted prior to their incorporation into the library’s main collections, in some cases at their original locations.
Add. | 4291, 4743 (Davenant mss) |
7074 (Stepney mss) | |
7121 (Halifax mss) | |
22183-22267 (Wentworth mss) | |
22851-22852 (Pitt mss) | |
24475 (Hunter mss) | |
27440 (Allestree mss) | |
28875-28956 (Ellis mss) | |
29565-29568 (Finch-Hatton mss) | |
29578-29579 (Lyttelton mss) | |
31128-31152 (Wentworth mss) | |
34355 (Halifax mss) | |
40771-40776, 40803 (Vernon mss) | |
42586-45198 (Brockman mss) | |
46525, 46527, 46546 (Lexington mss) | |
46964A-47151 (Egmont mss) | |
51319-51336 (Holland House mss) | |
60582-60583 (Southwell mss) | |
61118-61652 (Blenheim mss) | |
69378 (Cutts mss) | |
70014-70483 (Portland mss) | |
Egerton | 920 (Vernon mss) |
929 (Halifax mss) | |
2540 (Nicholas mss) | |
Lansd. | 773 (Davenant mss) |
Althorp mss1 | |
Evelyn mss2 | |
Lothian mss3 | |
Trumbull mss (Add., Alphab. and Misc.)4 | |
Walpole of Wolterton mss5 | |
M/636: microfilm of Verney mss. |
Public Record Office
Wills and administrations, Prerogative Court of Canterbury | |
Chancery class: | |
C 110/28 (Pitt mss) | |
C 115/110, R10, R11 (Scudamore mss) | |
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PRO class: | |
PRO 30/24/19-22 (Shaftesbury mss) | |
PRO 30/53 (Powis mss) | |
PRO 31/3/180-203 (Baschet transcripts of French diplomatic despatches) | |
State Papers class: | |
SP 9/18, 22 (Sir Joseph Williamson’s* notes concerning Parliamentary affairs) | |
SP 34 (State Papers Domestic: Queen Anne) | |
SP 54 (Scotland) | |
SP 63 (Ireland) | |
SP 105/82 (Stepney mss) | |
Treasury class | |
T.48 (Lowndes mss) | |
Other London repositories:
Bank of England, Archives Section
Morice mss | |
Greater London RO | |
Jersey mss | |
Guildhall Library | |
Boddington mss | |
Hoare’s Bank, Fleet St. | |
Hoare mss | |
House of Lords RO | |
House of Commons Library mss 12 (Winnington pprs.) | |
Lambeth Palace Library. | |
Court. of Arches recs. | |
Tenison mss | |
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich | |
Sergison mss | |
Royal Bank of Scotland Archives, Regent’s House, Islington High Street | |
Child mss | |
Society of Friends Library, Friends Library, Euston Rd. | |
Minutes of Meeting for Sufferings | |
Society of Genealogists, Goswell Rd. | |
Boyd’s units | |
index to parish registers | |
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Marylebone Rd. | |
letterbooks | |
Westminster Diocesan Archives, Abingdon Rd. | |
Browne mss | |
Old Brotherhood mss | |
Dr Williams’s Library, Gordon Sq. | |
Evans list | |
Morrice ent’ring book R | |
Stillingfleet transcripts | |
2. United Kingdom repositories outside London:
| Aberdeen University Library | |
Duff of Braco mss | |
Duff House (Montcoffer) mss | |
| All Souls’, Oxford | |
Luttrell mss | |
Trumbull mems. | |
| Bristol Reference Library | |
Bristol collection MS 10162 | |
Southwell mss | |
| Bedfordshire RO | |
Bedford mss | |
Lucas mss | |
Orlebar mss | |
| Berkshire RO | |
Braybrooke mss | |
Preston trans. | |
Birmingham Central Library (now Birmingham City Archives) | |
Wingfield-Digby mss | |
| Bodleian Library | |
Ballard mss | |
William Bromley’s parliamentary pprs. | |
Carte mss | |
Clarendon mss | |
mss Don. c. 169 | |
Eng. Hist. mss | |
Eng. Lett. mss | |
Eng. Misc. mss | |
Fleming newsletters | |
Locke mss | |
North mss | |
Rawlinson mss | |
Rawlinson letters | |
Shelburne mss (mic.) | |
Tanner mss | |
Top. mss | |
Willis mss | |
| Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, York | |
| wills, York Prerogative Court and Deaneries |
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| Buckinghamshire RO | |
Hill diary | |
Lowndes mss | |
| Cambridge University Library | |
Strype mss (Add. mss 2-7) | |
Cambridge University archs. | |
Cholmondeley (Houghton) mss | |
| Cambridgeshire RO, Cambridge | |
Cotton of Madingley mss | |
| Cambridgeshire RO, Huntingdon | |
Cotton of Conington mss | |
Manchester mss | |
| Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone | |
Papillon mss | |
Romney of the Mote mss | |
Sackville mss | |
Stanhope mss | |
Weller mss | |
| Cheshire RO | |
Arderne mss | |
Cholmondeley of Cholmondeley mss | |
Leycester of Tabley mss | |
Shakerley mss | |
| Chester RO | |
Earwaker mss | |
| Christ Church, Oxford | |
Wake mss | |
| Churchill College, Cambridge | |
Erle mss | |
| Cornwall RO | |
Enys mss | |
Rashleigh mss | |
| Cumbria RO, Carlisle | |
Carleton mss | |
Lonsdale mss | |
Mounsey-Heysham mss | |
Musgrave mss | |
| Cumbria RO, Kendal | |
Le Fleming mss | |
Musgrave mss | |
| Derbyshire RO | |
Chandos-Pole-Gell mss | |
Harpur-Crewe mss | |
Treby mss | |
| Devon RO | |
Drake mss | |
Exeter diocesan recs. | |
Seymour mss | |
| Dorset RO | |
Bond mss | |
Bridport (Burridge) mss | |
Fox-Strangways mss | |
Lane (Trenchard) mss | |
| Duns Library | |
Local history collection | |
| Durham Dean and Chapter Library | |
Sharp mss | |
| Durham University Library | |
Baker-Baker mss | |
| East Sussex RO | |
Ashburnham mss | |
Danny mss | |
Glynde Place mss | |
| Essex RO | |
Barrett mss | |
Braybrooke mss | |
Winterton (Turnor) mss | |
| Ewart Library, Dumfries | |
Grierson mss | |
| Exeter City Library | |
Pine-Coffin letterbook | |
| Fitzwilliam Museum Library, Cambridge | |
Perceval mss | |
| Gloucestershire RO | |
Blathwayt mss | |
Clifford mss | |
Ducie mss | |
Hale of Alderley mss | |
Hardwicke Court mss | |
Lloyd pprs. | |
Sharp pprs. | |
Newton mss | |
| Greater Manchester RO | |
Legh of Lyme mss | |
| Hampshire RO | |
Jervoise mss | |
Knight mss | |
Hereford and Worcester RO, Hereford (now Herefordshire RO) | |
Brydges mss | |
Foley mss | |
Hereford and Worcester RO, Worcester (now Worcestershire RO), St. Helen’s branch | |
Hampton mss | |
Calendar of William Lygon letters | |
Northwick mss | |
Sandys mss | |
| Hertfordshire RO | |
Panshanger mss | |
Hull University Library (Brynmor Jones Library) | |
Bosville mss | |
Hotham mss | |
| John Rylands University Library, Manchester | |
Legh of Lyme mss | |
Leycester of Tabley mss | |
Mainwaring mss | |
Warburton mss | |
| Lancashire RO | |
Bradford mss | |
Brownlow mss | |
Hulton mss | |
Kenyon mss | |
Parker mss | |
| Leicestershire RO | |
Braye mss | |
Cave mss | |
Finch mss | |
Palmer mss | |
| Lincolnshire AO | |
Ancaster mss | |
Massingberd mss | |
Massingberd (Mundy) mss | |
Monson mss | |
Yarborough mss | |
| Liverpool RO | |
Sir Willoughby Aston diaries | |
More mss | |
Norris mss | |
| Magdalene College, Cambridge | |
Ferrar mss | |
| Manchester Central Library | |
Farrer mss | |
| Mitchell Library, Glasgow | |
Campbell of Shawfield mss | |
| National Library of Scotland | |
Advocates’ mss | |
Bank of England pprs. | |
Dundas of Dundas pprs. | |
Murray pprs. | |
Wodrow pprs. | |
Campbell of Cessnock mss | |
Crawford mss | |
Culloden mss | |
Douglas of Cavers mss | |
Erskine Murray mss | |
Fleming of Wigton mss | |
Fraser mss | |
Gordon Cumming mss | |
Hamilton mss | |
Lauriston Castle mss | |
Delvine pprs. | |
Macphail mss | |
Forbes corresp | |
Minto mss | |
Murray of Stanhope mss | |
Newhailes mss | |
Paul mss | |
Erskine corresp. | |
Pitfirrane mss | |
Saltoun mss | |
Spottiswoode mss | |
Stuart Stevenson mss | |
Andrew Stuart pprs. | |
Sutherland mss | |
Urquhart mss | |
Yester mss | |
Yule mss | |
| National Library of Wales | |
Aston Hall mss | |
Bettisfield mss | |
Bute mss | |
Chirk Castle mss | |
Coedymaen mss | |
Kemeys-Tynte mss | |
Llanfair Brynodol mss | |
Llangibby castle mss | |
Sir Humphrey Mackworth’s diary (MS 14362E) | |
Ottley mss | |
Canon Trevor Owen mss | |
Penpont mss | |
Penrice and Margam mss | |
Picton Castle mss | |
Plas-yn-Cefn mss | |
Tredegar mss | |
Wynnstay mss | |
| Newcastle-Upon-Tyne University Library | |
Montagu mss | |
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| Norfolk RO | |
Bradfer-Lawrence mss | |
Harbord mss | |
Howard (Castle Rising) mss | |
Ketton-Cremer mss | |
Knyvett-Wilson mss | |
Le Neve mss | |
Dean Prideaux’s diary | |
Rolfe mss | |
| Northamptonshire RO | |
Cartwright (Aynho) mss | |
Chibnall (Thorpe Malsor) mss | |
Ellesmere (Brackley) mss | |
Finch-Hatton mss | |
Fitzwilliam (Milton) mss | |
Isham mss | |
Maunsell (Thorpe Malsor) mss | |
Montagu (Boughton) mss | |
| Northumberland RO | |
Blackett (Matfen) mss | |
Delaval (Hastings) mss | |
Delaval (Horsley) mss | |
Morpeth Collectanea | |
| North Yorkshire RO | |
Beresford-Peirse mss | |
Dawnay mss | |
Lawson Tancred mss | |
Swinton mss | |
Danby pprs. | |
Worsley mss | |
| Nottingham University Library | |
Galway mss | |
Mellish mss | |
Middleton mss | |
Molyneux mss | |
Portland (Bentinck) mss | |
Portland (Harley) mss | |
Portland (Holles) mss | |
| Nottinghamshire RO | |
Foljambe mss | |
Portland mss | |
| Orkney Archives | |
Balfour of Balfour and Trenabie mss | |
Morton mss | |
| Plymouth City Library | |
Strode mss | |
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| Public Record Office of Northern Ireland | |
De Ros mss | |
Foster/Massereene mss | |
| Scottish Catholic Archives, Edinburgh | |
Blairs College mss | |
| Sevenoaks Public Library | |
Polhill mss | |
| Sheffield Archives | |
Bacon Frank mss | |
Copley mss | |
Elmhurst mss | |
Oakes mss | |
Wentworth (Woodhouse) mss | |
Bright pprs. | |
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Scottish Record Office (now National Archives of Scotland) | |
Balnagown Castle mss | |
Biel mss | |
Breadalbane mss | |
Campbell of Barcaldine mss | |
D. and J.H. Campbell mss | |
Clerk of Penicuik mss | |
Cromartie mss | |
Dalhousie mss | |
Dundas of Dundas mss | |
Eglinton mss | |
Episcopal Church of Scotland mss | |
Fearn mss | |
Sir William Fraser mss | |
Gordon Castle mss | |
Grant of Monymusk mss | |
Hamilton mss | |
Hamilton-Dalrymple mss | |
Hay of Belton mss | |
Hay of Park mss | |
Hume of Marchmont mss | |
Kennedy of Dalquharran mss | |
Kinross House mss | |
Leith-Hay mss | |
Leven and Melville mss | |
Mar and Kellie mss | |
Montrose mss | |
Morton mss | |
Ogilvy of Inverquharity mss | |
Rose of Kilravock mss | |
Rosslyn mss | |
Scott of Ancrum mss | |
Seafield mss | |
Shairp of Houston mss | |
Sheriff court records | |
Alloa | |
Ayr | |
Banff | |
Cromarty | |
Edinburgh | |
Haddington | |
Inverary | |
Stirling | |
Stonehaven | |
Wick | |
Wigtown | |
Smythe of Methven mss | |
Stair mss | |
T/S index of great seal [S] commns. | |
Yule mss | |
Shropshire RO (now Shropshire Records) | |
Acton mss from Aldenham | |
Attingham mss | |
Bishop mss | |
Forester mss | |
Walcot mss | |
| Somerset RO | |
Phelips mss | |
Sanford mss | |
Travell mss | |
South Humberside RO, Grimsby (now North East Lincolnshire RO) | |
Moore mss | |
| Staffordshire RO | |
Aqualate mss | |
Bradford mss | |
Dartmouth mss | |
Gower mss | |
Kaye diary | |
| Suffolk RO, Bury St. Edmunds | |
Cullum mss | |
Elwes mss | |
Hervey mss | |
| Suffolk RO, Ipswich | |
Gurdon mss (mic.) | |
Surrey RO, Guildford (now Surrey History Centre, Woking) | |
Midleton mss | |
Loseley mss | |
Onslow mss | |
Surrey RO, Kingston (now Surrey History Centre, Woking) | |
Somers mss | |
| University College of North Wales, Bangor | |
Baron Hill mss | |
Mostyn mss | |
Nannau mss | |
Presadfedd mss | |
| University College, Swansea | |
Mackworth mss | |
| Warwickshire RO | |
Mordaunt of Walton Hall mss | |
Newdigate mss | |
Warwick Castle mss | |
| West Sussex RO | |
Cowdray mss | |
Shillinglee mss | |
| West Yorkshire Archives, Leeds | |
Newby Hall mss | |
Temple Newsam mss | |
Vyner mss | |
| William Salt Library, Stafford | |
Bagot mss | |
Swinfen pprs. | |
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Wiltshire RO (now Wiltshire and Swindon RO) | |
Ailesbury mss | |
Benett mss | |
Radnor mss | |
| Worcester College, Oxford | |
Ince mss | |
| Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Leeds | |
Copley mss | |
Leeds mss | |
Slingsby mss | |
Wentworth mss | |
3. Borough records:
| England | |
Abingdon | Abingdon Town Hall |
Aldeburgh | Suffolk RO, Ipswich |
Andover | Andover Public Lib. |
Appleby | Cumbria RO, Kendal |
Bath | Bath RO |
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Bedford | Bedfordshire and Luton Archives, Bedford |
Berwick | Berwick-upon-Tweed RO |
Bodmin | Cornwall RO |
Bristol | Bristol |
Bury St. Edmunds | Suffolk RO, Bury St. Edmunds |
Calne | Wiltshire and Swindon RO |
Cambridge | Cambridgeshire RO, Cambridge |
Canterbury | Canterbury Cathedral Archs. |
Carlisle | Cumbria RO, Carlisle |
Chester | Chester Archives |
Clitheroe | Lancashire RO |
Colchester | Essex RO |
Coventry | Coventry City RO |
Devizes | Wiltshire and Swindon RO |
Dunwich | Suffolk RO, Ipswich |
Durham | Durham RO |
Eye | Suffolk RO, Ipswich |
Gloucester | Gloucestershire RO |
Great Yarmouth | Norfolk RO |
Grimsby | North East Lincolnshire RO |
Harwich | Essex RO |
Hastings | Hastings Museum |
Helston | Cornwall RO |
Hertford | Hertfordshire RO |
Horsham | Arundel Castle |
Huntingdon | Cambridgeshire RO, Huntingdon |
Hythe | Hythe Town Hall |
Ipswich | Suffolk RO, Ipswich |
King’s Lynn | Town Hall, King’s Lynn |
Kingston-upon-Hull | Hull City Archives |
Lancaster | Lancaster City Museum |
Leicester | Leicestershire RO |
Liverpool | Liverpool RO |
London | Corporation of London RO |
Lostwithiel | Cornwall RO |
Ludlow | Shropshire Records |
Lyme Regis | Dorset RO |
Maidstone | Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone |
Maldon | Essex RO |
Marlborough | Wiltshire and Swindon RO |
New Romney | Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone |
Northampton | Nothamptonshire RO |
Norwich | Norfolk RO |
Orford | Suffolk RO, Ipswich |
Poole | Dorset RO |
Preston | Lancashire RO |
Portsmouth | Portsmouth RO |
Queenborough | Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone |
Reading | Berkshire RO |
Rochester | Medway Archives |
Rye | E. Sussex RO |
St. Albans | St. Albans Public Lib. |
Sandwich | Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone |
Scarborough | N. Yorshire RO |
Seaford | E. Sussex RO |
Shaftesbury | Dorset RO |
Southampton | Southampton AO |
Sudbury | Suffolk RO, Bury St. Edmunds |
Taunton | Somerset Archive and Record Service |
Thetford | Council Offices, King’s House, Thetford |
Wallingford | Berkshire RO |
Warwick | Warwickshire RO |
Wigan | Wigan Archs. Services |
Wilton | Wiltshire and Swindon RO |
Winchelsea | E. Sussex RO |
Winchester | Hampshire RO |
York | York City Archives |
| Scotland | |
Aberdeen | Aberdeen City Archives |
Annan | Annan Municipal Chambers |
Ayr | Carnegie Library, Ayr |
Burntisland | SRO (now National Archiives of Scotland) |
Dumfries | Dumfries Archive Centre |
Dunbar | SRO |
Dunfermline | SRO |
Dundee | Dundee City Archives |
Fortrose | SRO |
Haddington | SRO |
Inverkeithing | SRO |
Kirkwall | Orkney Archives |
Lauder | SRO |
Linlithgow | SRO |
N. Berwick | SRO |
Peebles | SRO |
Perth | Sandeman Library, Perth |
Stirling | SRO |
4. Mss in private possession:
Annandale mss at Raehills, Dumfriesshire
Atholl mss at Blair Castle, Perthshire
Bagot mss at Levens Hall, Westmld. (consulted at Cumbria RO, Kendal)
Bath mss at Longleat House, Wilts. | |
Portland misc. pprs. | |
Prior pprs. | |
Thynne pprs. | |
Beaufort mss at Badminton House, Glos. | |
Beaufort pprs. | |
Coventry pprs. | |
Bolton mss at Bolton Hall, Yorks.
Bradford mss at Weston Park, Salop (now at Staffs. RO)
Buccleuch mss at Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire
Buller mss at Antony House, Cornwall (consulted at Cornwall RO)
Carew Pole mss at Antony House, Cornwall (consulted at Cornwall RO)
Compton mss at Castle Ashby, Northants.
Cottrell-Dormer mss at Rousham, Oxon.
Devonshire mss at Chatsworth House, Derbys. | |
‘Devonshire House notebook’ | |
Devonshire pprs. | |
Finch-Halifax pprs. | |
Whildon pprs. | |
Digby mss formerly in possesion of Miss Fiona Digby (transcripts via Professor H.Erskine-Hill, Pembroke College, Cambridge)
Douglas diary (History of Parliament trans.)
Douglas-Home mss at The Hirsel, Berwicks. (consulted at National Registry of Archives, Scotland)
Egremont mss at Petworth House, Sussex
Glasgow mss at Kelburn Castle, Ayrshire
Grosvenor mss at Eaton Hall, Cheshire (consulted at Cheshire RO)
Hamilton mss at Lennoxlove, Haddington, East Lothian (consulted at National Registry of Archives, Scotland)
Harley mss at Brampton Bryan, Herefordshire (consulted at Hereford and Worcester RO, Hereford)
Hopkins mss (Hist. of Parliament trans.)
Howard mss at Castle Howard, Yorkshire
Lauderdale mss at Thirlestane Castle, Berwicks. (consulted at National Registry of Archives, Scotland)
Leconfield mss at Cockermouth Castle, Cumberland (consulted at Cumbria RO, Carlisle)
Linlithgow mss at Hopetoun House, West Lothian (consulted at National Registry of Archives, Scotland)
Mansfield mss at Scone Palace, Perthshire (consulted at National Registry of Archives, Scotland)
Methuen mss at Corsham Court, Wiltshire (now at Wiltshire and Swindon RO)
Norfolk mss at Arundel Castle, Sussex
Northumberland mss at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
Parham mss at Parham House, Parham, Sussex
Pembroke mss at Wilton House, Wiltshire
Pitt mss at Boconnoc, Cornwall (consulted at Cornwall RO, now at British Library)
Pringle mss at Torwoodlee, Selkirkshire (consulted at Borders Regional Archives, Selkirk)
Richmond mss at Goodwood House, Sussex (consulted at W. Sussex RO)
Roxburghe mss at Floors Castle, Roxburghshire (consulted at National Registry of Archives, Scotland)
Rutland mss at Belvoir Castle, Rutland
Shaftesbury mss at Wimborne St. Giles, Dorset
Stuart mss at Royal Archives, Windsor Castle
Strathmore mss at Glamis Castle, Angus
Townshend mss at Raynham Hall, Norfolk
5. Foreign archives and libraries:
| Archives du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, Quai d’Orsay, Paris | |
Correspondance Politique, Angleterre | |
Memoires et Documents | |
| Archives de la Guerre, Vincennes | |
A1 | |
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| Archives Nationales, Paris | |
K1301, K1303 | |
| Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris | |
Renaudot mss (N. Ac. Fr.) | |
| Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass. | |
| Somerset mss | |
| Deutsches Zentralarchiv, Merseburg (now Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preussische Kulturbesitz Abteilung Merseburg | |
Bonet despatches | |
| Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington | |
Newdigate newsletters | |
Rich mss | |
Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif. | |
Ellesmere mss | |
Hastings mss | |
Loudoun mss | |
Stowe mss | |
| National Archives of Ireland | |
Wych mss | |
| National Library of Ireland | |
Ormond mss | |
Wicklow mss | |
| Newberry Library, Chicago | |
case mss | |
| New York Public Library | |
Hardwicke mss | |
| Niedersächsisches Staatsarchiv, Hannover | |
Kreienberg despatches | |
| Trinity College, Dublin | |
Clarke mss | |
King letterbks. | |
Lyons (King) coll. | |
| University of Chicago Library | |
Walpole mss | |
| University of Kansas, Spencer Research Library | |
Lowther mss | |
Methuen-Simpson corresp. | |
Moore mss | |
| Univ. of Pennsylvania Library | |
Gaultier-Torcy correspondence | |
Yale University, Beinecke Library | |
Osborn Collection | |
Biscoe-Maunsell newsletters | |
Blathwayt mss | |
‘Account of trial of Dr. Sacheverell’ | |
Ref Volumes: 1690-1715
Author: D. W. Hayton
End Notes
- 1. Consulted at Althorp House, Northamptonshire.
- 2. Consulted at Christ Church, Oxford.
- 3. Consulted at Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire.
- 4. Consulted at the British Library before their incorporation into the Additional MSS sequence. The references given, therefore, are from their original arrangement as received from Berkshire RO.
- 5. Consulted at Wolterton Hall, Norfolk.
