1. Add MS 78168-78271
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 78168-78271
- Title:
- GONSON AND BROWNE 78168-78271. EVELYN PAPERS. Vols. I-CIV. Papers which accrued to the Evelyn archive as the family papers of Mary, wife of John Evelyn (1620-1706) and only surviving child of Sir Richard Browne, Bart (1605-1683). They consist of papers (78168-78171) which descended to Browne through his mother Thomasine (d. 1638) from her father Benjamin Gonson the elder (d. 1577) and grandfather William Gonson (d. 1545), both of whom had been in turn Treasurers of the Navy; further pa...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1641-1660
- Extent:
- 109 items