MISCELLANEOUS BILLS and accounts of Thomas and William Wentworth, Earls of Strafford; 1695-1791; chronologically arranged in six volumes. Paper. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1640: Diplomatic and general correspondence and papers: 1698-1755. Wentworth family; Earls of Strafford: Correspondence, papers, accounts, and rentals of their various properties: 17th and 18th centt.
Vol. V. includes: f. 48 Eliza Sterne, widow of L Sterne: Receipt: 1769. ff. 61, 63 Henry Plowman: Letters to Lord Strafford and Sir H. Johnson: 1711, 1717, 1718.
PAPERS relating to Parliamentary affairs; chiefly proceedings of the two Houses, copies of orders, petitions, protests., etc.; 1660- 1733. At f. 47 is a paper in the handwriting of [Thomas Wentworth] Earl of Strafford, endorsed, "Reasons why a Peer has previleges as an administrator;" and at f. ...
PAPERS relating to military affairs; 1697-1734; consisting chiefly of accounts, establishments of forces at home and in Spain, Portugal, and Flanders, subsidies paid to foreign princes, etc. Included are: 1. List of English officers killed and taken prisoners at the battle of Almanza [25 Apr. 17...
PAPERS relating to the Navy, Trade, etc., 1704-1732; consisting chiefly of lists of vessels, naval estimates, and Admiralty orders. Included are: 1. Original orders, dat. 28 and 29 Dec. 1711; signed by [Sir] G[eorge] Byng [afterwards Viscount Torrington], [Sir] William Drake [Bart.], J[ohn] Aisl...