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1. Add MS 75388-75391

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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.
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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
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4 items

2. Add MS 75392

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Althorp Papers. Vol. xcii. List of army officers by regiment; 20 April 1687, with a few notes of alterations to commissions, apparently in the hand of James II. A further list of Nov. 1687 from Harl. MS. 4847 is printed in Charles Dalton, English Army Lists and Commission Registers 1660-1714, I ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Apr 1687
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1 item

3. Add MS 75393

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Althorp Papers. Vol. xciii. List of army officers by regiment; [circa early-mid 1687?], with a few notes of alterations to commissions in late 1687 and early 1688 in the hand of John, Baron Churchill, afterwards 1st Duke of Marlborough. Listed in the inventories of his books in D14 below. Bound...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1687-1688
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 75394

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Althorp Papers. Vol. xciv. Establishment of the English forces in the Low Countries; 1 May 1689. Signed by William III. In 1689 Marlborough was commander-in-chief of these troops. Listed in the inventories of his books in D15 below. Bound in red calf, gilt-stamped with the royal arms. 448 x 290...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1689
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1 item

5. Add MS 75395

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Althorp Papers. Vol. xcv. 'Memoirs concerning the Affairs of Scotland ...', by George Lockhart of Carnwath, Vol. II; temp. Anne. [between 1702-1714] Early 18th cent. copy in a clerical hand. Includes the appendix not in the first unauthorised version, published by Sir David Dalrymple in 1714, bu...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1702-1714]
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 75396

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Althorp Papers. Vol. xcvi. Will of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 19 March 1722. Copy, 1722. Modern binding, stamped with the Spencer arms. 405 x 325 mm. 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:
1722
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 75397

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Althorp Papers. Vol. xcvii. Papers relating to funerals and other ceremonials, 1716-[1801?], n.d. Formerly Phillips MS. 6355. Acquired by the 7th Earl Spencer, via Maggs, from Sotheby's sale, 11 Nov. 1946. A collection of independent documents put together in a modern binding. 340 x 220 mm. Co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1716-1802
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 75398-75400

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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

9. Add MS 75401

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Althorp Papers. Vol. ci. Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough; 1710-1781. Contents: 1. Fragment of political verse, beg. 'Harley & Shrewsbury her councell guide'; 1710. Copy by the Duchess. 2. Letter to the Duchess from her daughter, Anne, wife of Charl...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1710-1781
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 75402

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Althorp Papers. Vol. cii. Inventories of the goods of the 1st Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, with a few of their grandson, John Spencer, chiefly the contents of Holywell House, the Ranger's Lodge (afterwards Cumberland Lodge) in Windsor Great Park, Marlborough House and Blenheim Palace; 1690s-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1690-1756
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1 item

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