E. Section IV. ACCOUNTS AND FINANCIAL PAPERS 61678-61680. BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. DLXXVIII-DLXXX. Financial and related papers of later Dukes of Marlborough; 1728-1821, n.d. Three volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Vol. DLXXIX A (ff. 8). 'A Particular or Inventory, of Pictures (ff. 2-5), Tapestry [etc.] (ff. 5b-6), Cases containing Books and Sundry other Goods (ff. 6b-7b) belonging to [Henry, Hyde,] Lord Hyde [d. 26 Apr. 1753] & left by the Permission of his Grace The [3rd?] Duke of Marlborough in his ...
Vol. DLXXIX B (ff. i+11). Lists of tradesmen at Woodstock, Jan. 1784 (ff. 1-2), Oxford (ff 2b-3), London (ff. 4b-9), and Bath (ff. l0b-11); 1784, n.d. George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough: Correspondence and papers: [1754?]-1825, n.d. Accounts: 4th, 5th and 6th Dukes of Marlborough; persona...
Vols. DLXXIX C, D. Account books of the 6th Duke at Eton, with receipts annexed; 1805-1808. Two volumes.
Scope & Content:
Eton College; Berkshire: Account-books of 6th Duke of Marlborough at: 1805-1808. George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough: Accounts, etc., at Eton: 1805-1810. Accounts: 4th, 5th and 6th Dukes of Marlborough; personal and household accounts, etc.: 1762-1821, n.d.
Vol. DLXXIX D (ff. 29). The Gentleman's Washing Book, an account-book for laundry; 2 Apr. 1807-28 Feb. 1808. Partly printed. includes: f. 20 Elizabeth Willis, washerwoman, of Eton: Receipt by: 1808.
Vol. DLXXX (ff. 123). (1) Receipts to the 4th Duke from the Westminster Fire Office for the insurance of Marlborough House, his house at Sion Hill, and unstated buildings, followed by the terms and conditions (ff. 32-41) and related papers (ff. 42b-47); 1782-1806, n.d. Printed, mostly with MS....
Vol. DLXXXI (ff. 189). (1) Family papers, etc.; [1602?]-bef. 1668. Partly Latin. ff. 1-8b. (2) Papers concerning the collection of ship money in Hertfordshire; 1636, 1637. Contemporary copies, presumably used as precedents by Boteler. ff. 9-18. (3) Assessments, etc., of ship money in Bedfo...
BLENHEIM PAPERS. Vols. DLXXXI, DLXXXII. Papers of the Boteler family of Biddenham, co. Bedf., mostly official papers of Sir William Boteler IV (b. 1608, d. 1658), as sheriff of Bedfordshire, 1637-1638, and as leading member of the Bedfordshire committee for 1644. The present papers were apparently acquired with the Boteler estates in Biddenham by Robert Trevor, 4th Baron Trevor, in 1712. They are substantially those calendared in H.M.C. 8th Report, pt. 1, pp. 2-11. Further Boteler papers, in...