Records of the Lambs as Fitzwilliam Trustees As a trustee under the will of John Fitzwilliam, Matthew Lamb of Lincoln’s Inn held property in trust to raise money from its sale or from rents to discharge the provisions of Fitzwilliam’s will. This responsibility was inherited by Peniston Lamb as executor of his father’s will. For further records concerning the Fitzwilliam family, see Add. MSS 82964 and 83031. 77216-77233. ‘Deeds belonging to Lord Melbourne as Fitzwilliam Trustee’; 1751-1773.
Copy will of William 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam; 29 June 1751, copy examined 20 April 1773. (5/2/2). Paper. William Fitzwilliam, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam: Will (1751) of Earl Fitzwilliam: 1773: Copy.
Mortgage and counterpart relating to the Norfolk estate
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William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 4th Earl FitzWilliam: Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne: Mortgage and counterpart to Viscount Melbourne from Earl Fitzwilliam: 1771.
Mortgage for £4,000 of part of the Norfolk estate; 10 Jan. 1771. From William, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam, to Peniston Lamb, Viscount Melbourne. (5/2/10). Vellum; signed by Fitzwilliam, and with his seal en placard.