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1. Add MS 63079

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Add MS 63079
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BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. I. Correspondence of Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend, Charles, 3rd Viscount Townshend, and his sons, George and Charles, and others; 1695-1766. Partly drafts and copies. A few items are printed or calendared in HMC, 11th Report, Appendix IV (1887), and excerpts from the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1695-1766
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 63079-63082

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Add MS 63079-63082
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BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vols. I-III. Correspondence and papers of members of the Bacon and Townshend families of co. Norf.; 1546-1891, n.d. See also Add. 63093-63096, 63098-63103, 63105, 63109-63111 below. Related manuscripts elsewhere in the collections are listed under Add. 48981, 48982; see also Add. 50006-50012. For the various sales, 1908-1925, and present wide dispersal of the Townshend archive, see Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Guide to the Location of Collections described...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1546-1891
Extent:
4 items

3. Add MS 63079-63129

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Add MS 63079-63129
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A. COLLECTED MANUSCRIPTS 63079-63129. BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vols. I-LI. Collections of historical manuscripts acquired by Blakeney; circa 15th cent.-1975. The provenances are various, the largest single group being portions of the archive of the Townshend family of Raynham, co. Norf.; see further under Add. 63079-63082 below. The arrangement by Blakeney in a series of bound volumes (TSB 1-51) has been retained, even though it does not consistently reflect the archival origin of the various c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 15th century-1975
Extent:
51 items

4. Add MS 63079-63141

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Add MS 63079-63141
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Manuscripts, transcripts, personal papers and photographs from the collection of Thomas Sydney Blakeney (1903-1976), Honorary Secretary of the Friends of the National Libraries, collector, traveller and mountaineer; circa 15th cent.-1976. See also Add. 48979-48982. Bequeathed, with Add. Ch. 76153-76383 and Facs *938-*957, by T. S. Blakeney, Dec. 1976. Paper, except where otherwise stated. Sixty-three volumes, arranged as follows: A. Collected Manuscripts: 63079-63129 B. Personal Papers...
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Thomas Sydney Blakeney, Secretary, Friends of the National Libraries: Correspondence and papers of and collected by Thomas Sydney Blakeney: circa 12th cent.-1976: Partly photographs.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 15th century-1976
Extent:
63 items

5. Add MS 63080

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Add MS 63080
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BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. II. Correspondence of George, 4th Viscount and 1st Marquess Townshend; 1767-1796. Partly copies. (TSB 2). ff. iv+215. 257 x 274mm. Field-Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend: Correspondence and papers of Field-Marshal George Townshend: 1750-1800: Partly cop...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1767-1796
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 63081

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Add MS 63081
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BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. III. Correspondence and papers of and relating to the Bacon and Townshend families, particularly Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey (1546?-1622), his family and descendants; 1572-1669, n.d. Partly copies. Nos. 13-17 are printed in Bacon Papers, I, pp. 239, 258-259, 262-263, 27...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1572-1669
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 63082

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Add MS 63082
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BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. IV. (TSB 4). ff. i+178. 355 x 275mm. 1. ff. 1-111v. Correspondence, chiefly of and relating to members of the Bacon and Townshend families, with (ff. 100-111v) a genealogical account of the Townshends to circa 1720; 1546-1801. Partly copies, some typewritten and pho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1546-1891
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 63083

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BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. V. 'A Narrative of the disputes between Isaac Preston Esqr. of Beeston St. Lawrence in the County of Norfolk, And John Michell Esqr. of Boston in the County of Lincoln, together with the Original Letters and the Cases with the Opinions of Council, from which the Narrati...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1756
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 63084

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BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. VI. Miscellaneous letters and papers; 1693-1873. Partly copies and printed. Partly French. (TSB 7). ff. ii+257. 315 x 255mm. Including: 1. ff. 3-20. Correspondence of Zachary Macaulay, philanthropist, chiefly letters from Hannah More and William Wilberforce; 1796-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1693-1873
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 63085

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Add MS 63085
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BLAKENEY COLLECTION. VOL. VII. A-F. ff. ii+213. 315 x 255mm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1898-1955]
Extent:
1 item