774. ACCOMPT-BOOK of the household and personal expenses of Roger North, 2nd Baron North, of Kirtling, co. Camb.; 1 Jan. 1575[6]- 3 Feb. 1581[2], and 1 Apr. 1582-20 Dec. 1589. Two volumes, now bound in one. The accompts are generally entered in the hand of Lord North himself, and are signed by him at the end of each week. In vol. i., f. 73, is "a brieff collection and declaration of all suche provision as was spent at the house of . . . Lord North of Kertlinge at the Q. Majesties commyng thi...
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Roger North, 2nd Baron North: Household accompt book: 1576-1589. Accompts: Household expenses of Roger, Lord North: 1576-1589. includes: f. 1 b James Robert Thompson: Watercolour sketch of Kirtling Hall: early 19th cent. f. 1 b Kirtling Hall, Cambridgeshire: Water-colour sketch of: early 19th...
BAILIFFS' and other accompts relating to the lands and possessions of Sir Richard Southwell, Knt., in co. Norfolk, for the year ending at Michaelmas, 3 Eliz.[1561]. Latin. Vellum;ff. 47. Belonged to Thomas Astle,1790. Folio. Sir Richard Southwell: Accompts of his estates in co. Norf.: 1561. Co...
Cartulary of the estates of John de Vaux and his daughter and co-heiress Petronilla de Narford
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This manuscript is a cartulary, containing copies of charters and deeds in Latin, relating to the estates of the English nobleman Sir John de Vaux, alias Vallibus (b. c. 1220, d. 1287), in Norfolk and Suffolk, and particularly the inheritance of his daughter and coheiress Pernel, also known as P...
"EXTRACTS from the Court Rolls of the several manors belonging to the Earls of Oxford in the counties of Essex, Hertford, Huntingdon, Buckingham, Middlesex, Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk," tempp. . Hen. III. -Edw. IV.; made early in the 16th cent. Latin. Preceded (ff. 6-35) by an index of "Nomi...
"COPIES of Deeds, Charters, and other Muniments," the originals of which are stated on the title-page to have been in 1731 in the possession of James West. The deeds are forty-five in number, and relate to lands in various counties. The earliest is dated in 4 Edw. II., the latest, in 13 James I....
"AN INVENTORY Of the Earl of Sussex's goods at Easton Mauditt," co. Northampton, probably taken after the death of George Augustus Yelverton, 2nd Earl, in 1758. Paper; ff. 8. Folio. George Augustus Yelverton, 2nd Earl of Sussex: Inventory of his goods: [1758 ?]. Inventories: Goods of Lord Suss...
Vol. I. (ff. 179). 1002-1698. The first article is a translation of the will of Wulfric, the founder of Burton Abbey (cf. Thorpe, Diplom. Sax., 1865, p. 543). Among others are copies of the wills of:-(a) Lionel, Duke of Clarence (ob. 1368). f. 3;-(b) Cardinal Pole (ob. 1558). f. 23;-(c) Sir Henr...
A COLLECTION of English Wills, chiefly copies, with a few originals; 1002-1768. In two volumes, arranged in chronological order. The names of all the testators are given in the Index. The collection was originally arranged by T. Astle in three volumes, and included what are now Stowe charters 622-642. Paper. XVIth-XVIIIth centt. Large Quarto.
Vol. II. (ff. 133). 1701-1768. Included are the wills of;- (a) William [Cavendish, lst] Duke of Devonshire, dated 1707. f. 20;-(b) Sir John Holt, Chief Justice of the King's Bench, 1708. f. 26;-(c) Hugh Fortescue, of Filleigh, co. Devon, 1714. Draft, with corrections in the hand of Sir Thomas ...
