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Name Combe Abbey, Warwickshire

1. Add MS 32600

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Add MS 32600
Title:
SKETCHES, in water-colours and pencil, of buildings, etc., in co. Warwick, by Jolin Brandard; 1835-1846. Paper; ff. 33. Small Folio.
Scope & Content:
County of Warwick: Sketches in, by J. Brandard: 1835-1846. Topography Collections of Drawings: Sketches in co. Warwick, by J. Brandard: 1835-1846. John Brandard: Sketches in co. Warwick: 1835-1846. includes: f. 1 Birmingham, Warwickshire: View of the " Plough and Harrow Hotel," near: 19th ce...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1835-1846
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 69795

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 69795
Title:
'CAPABILITY' BROWN: correspondence of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, landscape gardener (b.1715, d.1783), comprising mainly letters from patrons relating to commissions, but also including a few letters from Brown and his wife on family matters; 1753-1784, n.d. See Dorothy Stroud, Capability Brown (rev. ed. 1957), Appendix III, pp. 217-222, where extracts are printed from a number of the letters. Formerly owned by G. R. M. Pakenham, a descendant of Capability Brown through his daughter Margare...
Scope & Content:
Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, architect and landscape gardener: Horticulture: Correspondence of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown: 1753-1784, n.d. includes: f. 1 Admiral George Anson, Baron Anson: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: 1753.f. 2 Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland: Letter to 'Capability' Brown: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1753-1784
Extent:
1 item

3. Stowe MS 141

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 141
Title:
Warrants, official and private letters from the reigns of Henry IV to James VI and I
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–86v: Original papers, warrants, official and private letters, from the reigns of Henry IV to James I and VI. The volume includes several letters from abbots of monasteries before the Dissolution, the reports to the Privy Council of Commissioners appointed to take account of Church goods i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
between 1399-1625
Extent:

1 volume