HARDWICKE PAPERS (continued). Twenty-six original vellum deeds most of them being grants of offices and honours to the successive Earls of Hardwicke; 1630-1849.
K. Commission to Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston [2nd Earl of Hardwicke 1764], to be Lord Lieutenant of co. Cambridge; 25 Aug. 31 George II. [1757]. Vellum. Great Seal in tin box.
M, N. Commissions to Philip Yorke, Viscount Royston, to be Lord Lieutenant and Keeper of the Rolls of co. Cambridge; 9 March, 1 Geo. III. [1761]. Vellum. Great Seal in tin box.
G. Appointment of Philip, Baron Hardwicke, as High Steward of Cambridge University; 5 July, 1749. Vellum, with illuminated border. Seal of the University in a silver-gilt box. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke: Appointment as High Steward of Cambridge University: 1749.
0. Appointment of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, to be High Steward of Cambridge University; 7 May, 1764. Injured by damp. Seal, detached, in silver-gilt box. Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke: Appointment as High Steward of Cambrdige University: 1784.
P. Commission to Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, to be Keeper of the Rolls for co. Cambridge; 11 June, 30 Geo. III. [1790] Vellum. Great Seal in tin box. With a certificate that Lord Hardwicke took the oaths as Lord Lieutenant on the same date. Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke: Commissi...