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1. Add MS 34727-34747

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CORRESPONDENCE and papers of the families of Brawne, Mariett and West, who held in succession (circ. 1608, circ. 1662, post 1734) the manor of Alscot in Preston-on-Stour, co. Glouc., on the borders of cos. Warwick and Worcester; 1065-1813. They are connected more particularly with James West (ob. 1772), Secretary to the Treasury (1741-1762), M.P. for St. Alban's (1741- 1768), and President of the Royal Society, former owner of the Burghley Papers and other MSS. in the Lansdowne collection, w...
Scope & Content:
James West, MP for St. Alban's Secretary to the Treasury; President of the Royal Society: Correspondence and historical papers: 1065-1801.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Gaelic, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1065-1813
Extent:
21 items

2. Add MS 34742-34743

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WEST PAPERS. Vols. XVI., XVII. Pleadings, etc., in various suits; 1620-1752. Two volumes. Other papers illustrating the following suits will be found in Vols. IV. and XII.-XIV. Folio and Large Quarto.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1620-1752
Extent:
2 items

3. Add MS 34734-34735

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WEST PAPERS. Vols. VIII., IX. Correspondence of James West, as M.P. (1741-1768), Recorder (1758) and High Steward (1759) of St. Albans, with persons in the town and neighbourhood; 1740-17 68. Two volumes. The names of the writers will be found in the index. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1740-1768
Extent:
2 items

4. Add MS 34731-34732

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WEST PAPERS. Vols. V., VI. Correspondence of Thomas Steavens (ob. 1759), son of Sir Thomas Steavens, of Eltham, co. Kent, and brother of James West's wife; 1738-1759. The correspondence begins when Steavens was at school at Eton and under the guardianship of his brother-in-1aw, but for the most part it was carried on while he was residing on the continent. Two volumes. The names of the writers will be found in the index. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1738-1759
Extent:
2 items

5. Add MS 34739-34740

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WEST PAPERS. Vols. XIII., XIV. Miscellaneous papers, deeds, bonds, accompts, etc., relating to Preston-on-Stour, Whitchurch, Alderminster and other places near Stratford-on-Avon in cos. Glouc., Warw. and Wore., and to the families of Brawne, Mariett and West; 1419-1810. Two volumes. Folio.
Scope & Content:
Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire: Papers rel. to the neighbourhood of: 1419-1810. Preston-on-Stour, Gloucestershire: Papers relating to: 1419-1810.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1419-1810
Extent:
2 items

6. Add MS 34745

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WEST PAPERS. Vol. XIX. (ff. 151). "The contents of the last 64 folio volumes of MSS. called Scrinia Ceciliana [the Burghley papers, now Lansdowne MSS. 51-113 (55 is missing)] and a supplement of 4 volumes Quarto [Lansdowne MSS. 119-122] . . . Collated, reduced to a chronological series and the s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760-1766
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 34746

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WEST PAPERS. Vol. XX. (ff. 36). Accompts of Thomas Mariett, of Alscot, as executor of Sir Thomas Overbury (see above, Vol. XIII.); 8 Mar. 1683 18 May, 1685. General receipts and payments are followed (f. 6) by Ryder's British Merlin for 1684, inlaid (f. 30), by acquittances for various payments ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1684-1685
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 34747

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WEST PAPERS. Vol. XXI. (ff. 154). Miscellaneous accompts, etc.; 1675-1794. The contents are:- 1. Accompts of John Mariett, of Alseot, with a few memoranda concerning himself and his family; 7 Nov. 1675-25 Mar. 1701. A note (f. 2) of the death of his uncle [Sir John] Dormer, [Bart.], at Genoa, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1675-1794
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 34737

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WEST PAPERS. Vol. XI. (ff. 142). Papers relating to the land-tax, being chiefly statements of accompts of receivers-general in the division of William Lowndes, one of the Auditors of the Exchequer, of whose place James West and his son James held the reversion; 1724-1795. At f. 3 is a memorial o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1724-1795
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 34741

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WEST PAPERS. Vol. XV. (ff. 374). Miscellaneous papers, deeds, rentals, etc., relating to manors, etc., in various counties, arranged alphabetically in order of counties and names, a large proportion being connected with houses in London; 1397-1755. Included are:- 1. Inventory of church goods a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1397-1755
Extent:
1 item