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BOWES PAPERS: correspondence and papers of the Bowes family. of Streatlam and Gibside, co. Durham, ancestors of the present Earl of Strathmore. For an account of the family, with copious extracts from their papers, see Sir Cuthbert Sharp, Memorials of the Rebellion of 1569, 1840, pp. 366-406. Paper. Three volumes. Folio. 1561-1817. Lots 654, 664, 666, 675, 690 at the Strathmore sale (Sotheby's, 28 Mar. 1923). As follows:-
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Streatlam, Durham: Papers and deeds formerly preserved at the Castle. Claude George Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne: Deeds and papers from sale (1923) of archives of: circ. 1200., 19th cent. Bowes family; of Streatlam Castle, Durham: Papers of: 16th-19th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1561-1817
Extent:
3 items

2. Add MS 40747

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Vol. II (ff. 194). Correspondence addressed mainly to Sir William Bowes (d. 1707) of Streatlam, M.P., his widow Elizabeth Bowes, daughter and heiress of Sir Francis Blakiston, Bart., of Gibside, and their eldest son William Blakiston Bowes; 1693-1724. The chief writers are:-George Bowes of the M...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1693-1724
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 40746

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Bowes papers, 1484-1691
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Volume 1. Papers relating to the Northern Rebellion of 1569-1570. Including letters, drafts, copies, accounts, musters, and law documents of Sir George Bowes (1527–1580), soldier and administrator. Dating between 1561 and 1691, except for an earlier letter (f. 6r) from Elizabeth Bullmer to Sir R...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1484-1691
Extent:
1 volume

4. Add MS 40748

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Vol. III (11. 138). Correspondence, chiefly of George Bowes (d. 1760) of Streatlam, M.P., whose only child, Eleanor Mary, married John Lyon, 9th Earl of Strathmore; 1725-1817. includes: ff. 1, 15 Martin Bowes, of Bury St. Edmunds: Correspondence with G. Bowes: 1725, n.d.ff. 1, 23 b-123 Geo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1725-1817
Extent:
1 item