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91. Add MS 75340-75347

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Add MS 75340-75347
Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. xl-xlvii. Books of general household expenditure at Althorp, with weekly entries for quantities of baking and brewing, labourers’ and servants’ wages, household supplies, repairs and other expenses; 1613-1647. For the household books of 1599-1602 and 1622, see Add. MSS 25080 and 25082, ff. 1-76. Some of the gaps in A46 are filled by Add. MSS 25082, ff. 99-180. Eight volumes.
Scope & Content:
Brington, Northant: Accounts, etc., of the Spencer family rel. to Brington and Althorp: 1329-1688. Northamptonshire: Estate papers and accounts of the Spencer family rel. to Northamptonshire: 1329-1706.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1613-1647
Extent:
8 items

92. Add MS 75388-75391

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Add MS 75388-75391
Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. lxxxviii-xci. Household books of James, Duke of York, afterwards James II; 1682-1685. The 1st Duke of Marlborough was Master of the Robes and (after 1684) Gentleman of the Bedchamber to James II, but it is not clear whether the books came into the archive as a result of this connection; 75388 has a pencilled (ownership?) inscription 'Robert Murray, April 13, 1892'. Paper and vellum. Four volumes. Uniform binding of red calf, gilt-stamped. 365 x 240 mm.
Scope & Content:
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Court, army and funeral papers of and rel. to of John Churchill: 1682-1722.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1682-1685
Extent:
4 items

93. Add MS 75432-75435

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Add MS 75432-75435
Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. cxxxii-cxxxv. Account books relating to the debts of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough; 1744-1764. Four volumes.
Scope & Content:
Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough: Accounts rel. to his debts: 1744-1764.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1744-1764
Extent:
4 items

94. Add MS 75398-75400

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Add MS 75398-75400
Title:
Althorp Papers. Vol. xcviii-c. Narratives of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, concerning her conduct as Queen Anne's favourite; 1704-1715. Copies. For the different versions of these, most of which are among the Blenheim Papers (Add. MSS 61421-61426), and their relationship to An Account of the Conduct of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough (1742), see Frances Harris, 'Accounts of the Conduct of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough', British Library Journal, VIII (1982), pp.7-35. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:
Sarah Churchill, wife of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Correspondence, political narratives, wills and executors' papers of Sarah Churchill: 1690s-1772.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1704-1715
Extent:
3 items

95. Add MS 75336 A-B

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Add MS 75336 A-B
Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. xxxvi a, b. Entry books of money paid over to servants for buying household provisions, with notes of the dates of settling accounts; 1605-1616. Signed by Robert, 1st Baron Spencer, and William, afterwards 2nd Baron Spencer. 200 x 150 mm. Contemporary vellum binding with leather ties.
Scope & Content:
Brington, Northant: Accounts, etc., of the Spencer family rel. to Brington and Althorp: 1329-1688. Northamptonshire: Estate papers and accounts of the Spencer family rel. to Northamptonshire: 1329-1706.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1605-1616
Extent:

2 items

96. Add MS 75382 A-B

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Add MS 75382 A-B
Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. lxxxii a, b. An account of the life of Elizabeth, wife of George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury; late 18th cent. Consisting chiefly of copies of their correspondence with each other, with Elizabeth I, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Sir Francis Walsingham, and others; and of letters from and relating to Lady Arabella Stuart and William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, chiefly to Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:

2 items

97. Add MS 75405-75409

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Add MS 75405-75409
Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. cv-cix. Draft and cancelled wills of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, with related notes; 1690-1744. Five volumes.
Scope & Content:
Sarah Churchill, wife of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Correspondence, political narratives, wills and executors' papers of Sarah Churchill: 1690s-1772.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1690-1744
Extent:
5 items

98. Add MS 75453-75455

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Add MS 75453-75455
Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. cliii-clv. General correspondence and papers of Stephen Poyntz, much of it relating to his diplomatic missions to Stockholm and the Congress of Soissons; 1721-1750. Preceded by one letter to his father, William Poyntz, 1680, and several letters received by Lord Townshend as Secretary of State, while Poyntz was acting his secretary, 1715-1716. Partly French. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:
Stephen Poyntz, diplomatist: Correspondence and papers: 1721-1750.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1680-1750
Extent:
3 items

99. Add MS 75447-75449

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Add MS 75447-75449
Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. cxlvii-cxlix. Letters from Stephen Poyntz as envoy to Stockholm and the Congress of Soissons, to ministers in England, chiefly to the Secretaries of State, Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend, and Thomas Pelham Holles, Duke of Newcastle; 1726-1730. See also his correspondence with Newcastle in Add. MSS. 32755-32769, passim, and with Townshend in Add. MSS. 48981-48982. Partly French, Italian and Spanish. Drafts and copies. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:
Stephen Poyntz, diplomatist: Correspondence and papers: 1721-1750.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1726-1730
Extent:
3 items

100. Add MS 75413 A-B

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Add MS 75413 A-B
Title:
Althorp Papers. Vols. cxiii a, b. Receipt books of the executors of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough; 1751-1766. Containing receipts signed by the annuitants and other beneficiaries of her will, and giving details of the produce of her personal estate as received from the Bank of England. Kept by Dr. James Stephens, the Duchess's former secretary and trustee, until his death in 1759, and afterwards by Thomas Parker, secretary to the trustees. Two volumes. Contemporary wrappers of marbled paper...
Scope & Content:
Sarah Churchill, wife of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough: Correspondence, political narratives, wills and executors' papers of Sarah Churchill: 1690s-1772.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1751-1766
Extent:

2 items